CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

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EX-10.1.3 7 e39638ex10_1-3.htm CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.1.3

CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT

     THIS CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Second Amendment”) dated as of December 31, 2009 is by and among EXAMWORKS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), CROSSLAND MEDICAL REVIEW SERVICES, INC., a New York corporation, SOUTHWEST MEDICAL EXAMINATION SERVICES, INC., a Texas corporation, THE RICWEL CORPORATION, an Ohio corporation, CFO MEDICAL SERVICES, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company, DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INSTITUTE, INC., a Texas corporation, RICWEL OF WEST VIRGINIA, LLC, a West Virginia limited liability company, PACIFIC BILLING SERVICES, INC., a Texas corporation, SET-ASIDE SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, MARQUIS MEDICAL ADMINISTRATORS, INC., a New York corporation, IME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, FLORIDA MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, INC., a New Jersey corporation, and the subsidiaries of Parent that may from time to time hereafter become parties hereto and the Loan Agreement (the foregoing, together with Parent, individually, “Borrower” and collectively, “Borrowers”), in favor of FIFTH THIRD BANK, an Ohio banking corporation in its capacity as administrative agent for Lenders identified below (together with its successors and assigns, “Administrative Agent”).

RECITALS:

     WHEREAS, Borrowers, Administrative Agent and the financial institutions parties thereto (collectively, “Lenders”) are parties to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 18, 2009, as amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to Loan and Security Agreement dated as of December 31, 2009 (as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”); and

     WHEREAS, Borrower, Administrative Agent and Lenders desire to amend certain provisions of the Loan Agreement and consent to certain transactions as provided herein, in each case in accordance with, and subject to, the terms and conditions set forth herein.

     NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree that all capitalized terms used herein which are not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Loan Agreement, and further agree as follows:

     1. Consent. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Second Amendment, and notwithstanding anything in the Financing Agreements to the contrary, Administrative Agent and Lenders hereby consent to the acquisition by Parent of substantially all of the assets of QualMed Evaluations, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (together with its successors and assigns, “QualMed”), as more fully described in that certain Asset Purchase Agreement (the “QualMed Purchase Agreement”), dated as of December 31, 2009, by and among QualMed, Kenneth C. Peacock, MD (“Peacock”) and Parent (the “QualMed Acquisition”).



     2. Amendments to Loan Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions contained herein, the parties hereto hereby amend the Loan Agreement as follows:

          a. Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

     i. the definition of “Acquisitions” therein shall include the QualMed Acquisition;

     ii. the definition of “Acquisition Agreement” therein shall include the QualMed Purchase Agreement;

     iii. the definition of “Acquisition Documents” therein shall include the QualMed Purchase Agreement and any applicable bill of sale, assignment and assumption agreement, escrow agreement, real estate contract, special warranty deed, assignment of intellectual property, consulting agreement, management agreement, employment agreement, noncompete agreement, and any and all of the other documents, instruments and agreements executed or delivered in connection therewith or otherwise in connection with the QualMed Acquisition, in each case as the same may be amended or modified in conformity with Section 9.15 of the Loan Agreement;

     iv. the definition of “Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Agreements” therein shall include that certain Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Agreements dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date by and among QualMed, Peacock, Parent and Administrative Agent;

     v. the definition of “Intellectual Property Security Agreement” therein shall include any amendment or modification thereof dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date made in connection with this Second Amendment;

     vi. the definition of “Landlord Waiver” therein shall include the Landlord Waivers dated as of the Second Amendment Effective Date, if any, made in connection with this Second Amendment;

     vii. [Intentionally Omitted]; and

     viii. [Intentionally Omitted].

          b. Section 1.1 of the Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following new defined term in alphabetical order:

Second Amendment Effective Date” means December 31, 2009.

          c. Schedule 4.7 (Borrower Locations) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated with Schedule 4.7 attached hereto.

          d. Schedule 7.8 (Other Names) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated with Schedule 7.8 attached hereto.

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          e. Schedule 7.16 (Intellectual Property) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated with Schedule 7.16 attached hereto.

          f. Schedule 9.2 (Certain Indebtedness) of the Loan Agreement is hereby amended and restated with Schedule 9.2 attached hereto.

     3. No Other Consents or Amendments. Notwithstanding the consents and amendments set forth in Sections 1 and 2 hereof, Ultimate Parent and Borrowers acknowledge and expressly agree that this Second Amendment is limited to the extent expressly set forth herein and shall not constitute a modification or further amendment of the Loan Agreement or any other Financing Agreements or a course of dealing at variance with the terms of the Loan Agreement or any other Financing Agreements (other than as expressly set forth above) so as to require further notice by the Administrative Agent or Lenders, of any of its or their intent to require strict adherence to the terms of the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements in the future. All of the terms, conditions, provisions and covenants of the Loan Agreement and the other Financing Agreements shall remain unaltered and in full force and effect.

     4. Representations and Warranties. Ultimate Parent and each of Borrowers hereby represent and warrant to and in favor of the Administrative Agent and Lenders, which representations and warranties shall survive the execution and delivery hereof, as follows:

          a. Each representation and warranty set forth in Section 7 of the Loan Agreement is hereby restated and affirmed as true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof, except to the extent previously fulfilled in accordance with the terms of the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby;

          b. Ultimate Parent and each of Borrowers has the company power and authority (i) to enter into this Second Amendment and (ii) to do all acts and things as are required or contemplated hereunder to be done, observed and performed by it;

          c. This Second Amendment has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by one or more Duly Authorized Officers of Ultimate Parent and each of Borrowers, and each of this Second Amendment and the Loan Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Borrowers (and each of this Second Amendment and the Financing Agreements to which Ultimate Parent is a party constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Ultimate Parent), enforceable against Borrowers and Ultimate Parent, respectively, in accordance with their respective terms, subject, as to enforcement of remedies, to the following qualifications: (i) an order of specific performance and an injunction are discretionary remedies and, in particular, may not be available where damages are considered an adequate remedy at law and (ii) enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, reconstruction and other similar laws affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally (insofar as any such law relates to the bankruptcy, insolvency or similar event of Ultimate Parent or such Borrower);

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          d. The execution and delivery of this Second Amendment and performance by the Ultimate Parent and each of Borrowers under this Second Amendment, the Loan Agreement and each of the other Financing Agreements to which each is a party do not and will not require the consent or approval of any regulatory authority or governmental authority or agency having jurisdiction over Ultimate Parent or any Borrower which has not already been obtained, nor be in contravention of or in conflict with the organizational documents of Ultimate Parent and each of Borrowers, or any provision of any statute, judgment, order, indenture, instrument, agreement, or undertaking, to which Ultimate Parent or any Borrower is party or by which Ultimate Parent’s or any Borrower’s assets or properties are bound;

          e. No Default or Event of Default exists both before and after giving effect to this Second Amendment, and no event has occurred that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

          f. With respect to the QualMed Acquisition, each of the conditions precedent identified on Exhibit C attached to the Loan Agreement have previously been satisfied or waived by the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders or will be satisfied concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Second Amendment or as provided in Section 6 hereof.

     5. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness of this Second Amendment. This Second Amendment shall become effective on the date hereof subject to:

          a. all of the representations and warranties of the Ultimate Parent and Borrowers under Section 4 hereof, which are made as of the date hereof, being true and correct in all material respects;

          b. receipt by Administrative Agent of duly executed signature pages to this Second Amendment from the Ultimate Parent, each of Borrowers and Lenders;

          c. receipt by Administrative Agent of such duly executed and delivered resolutions, certified Organization Documents, good standing certificates, secretary’s certificates, Landlord Waivers, insurance certificates (each designating Administrative Agent as “lender’s loss payee” and additional insured thereunder) and other related certificates and documents, reasonably required by Administrative Agent in connection with this Second Amendment and the QualMed Acquisition;

          d. receipt by Administrative Agent of satisfactory evidence that any necessary authorizations, including all necessary consents and regulatory approvals necessary, or in the reasonable discretion of, the Administrative Agent, advisable for the closing of the QualMed Acquisition have been obtained or made, are in full force and effect and are not subject to any pending or, to the knowledge of any of Borrowers, threatened reversal or cancellation, and Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Duly Authorized Officer so stating;

          e. receipt by Administrative Agent of a duly executed favorable opinion of Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP, counsel to Borrowers, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and addressing such matters as the Administrative

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Agent may reasonably request in connection with this Second Amendment and the QualMed Acquisition;

          f. receipt by Administrative Agent of true, correct and complete duly executed copies of the QualMed Purchase Agreement and the other material Acquisition Documents relating to the QualMed Acquisition, including without limitation any escrow agreements;

          g. receipt by Administrative Agent of evidence, in form and substance satisfactory to it, of the simultaneous consummation of the QualMed Acquisition on terms and conditions set forth in the QualMed Purchase Agreement, which shall be in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

          h. [Intentionally Omitted];

          i. receipt by Administrative Agent of a duly completed Compliance Certificate as of the fiscal quarter of Borrower ending September 30, 2009, after giving pro forma effect to all Loans to be made on the date hereof and the consummation of the QualMed Acquisition, signed by a Duly Authorized Officer of Parent;

          j. Administrative Agent’s completion of due diligence relating to the QualMed Acquisition, the results of which shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent;

          k. Administrative Agent shall have received a payoff letter from any secured lender to QualMed and any other lienholder of QualMed (except only for Permitted Liens, if any), each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (together with applicable UCC termination statements, trademark releases and copyright releases necessary to release all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and other rights in favor of any Person, if any, in any of the Collateral (which shall include the assets purchased by Parent pursuant to the QualMed Purchase Agreement) except Administrative Agent (for the ratable benefit of Lenders and Administrative Agent), and other documents as Administrative Agent deems necessary or appropriate, which shall have been filed in all jurisdictions that Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable;

          l. receipt by Administrative Agent of evidence that the Liens in favor of Administrative Agent are valid, enforceable, properly perfected in a manner acceptable to Administrative Agent;

          m. receipt by Administrative Agent of all financial information, studies, materials, due diligence results, management reports and related documentation as required pursuant to Exhibit C to the Loan Agreement;

          n. receipt by Administrative Agent of a Collateral Assignment of Acquisition Agreements from QualMed, Peacock and Parent in favor of Administrative Agent and Lenders providing for the collateral assignment of rights and indemnities under the QualMed Acquisition Documents and (ii) if required by Parent in connection with the QualMed

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Acquisition, opinions of counsel for QualMed, if any, in favor of Administrative Agent and Lenders (with customary lender reliance provisions);

          o. receipt by Administrative Agent from Borrowers of payment of the Term Draw Fee;

          p. receipt by Administrative Agent of the amount of the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses of counsel to Administrative Agent in connection with this Second Amendment pursuant to Section 9 hereof and otherwise due and owing pursuant to the Loan Agreement;

          q. receipt by Administrative Agent of a fully-completed and duly executed Notice of Borrowing with respect to the QualMed Acquisition; and

          r. receipt by Administrative Agent of such other assurances, certificates, schedules, exhibits, documents, consents or opinions as Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably may require.

6. Additional Covenants.

          a. On or before ninety (90) days after the date hereof and at all times thereafter, Parent shall have closed all of the operating, deposit, investment and other bank accounts acquired pursuant to the QualMed Acquisition and maintained at or with all applicable financial institutions, and shall open and maintain all of their operating, deposit, investment and other bank accounts with Administrative Agent in accordance with the Loan Agreement. In the event that any of the terms of this Section 6(a) are not satisfied to the reasonable satisfaction of Administrative Agent within the time period specified, Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall have the right to immediately declare an Event of Default under the Loan Agreement.

          b. On or before thirty (30) days after the date hereof, Parent shall have qualified to do business in each state in which, due to the QualMed Acquisition, it is now required to so qualify, and shall provide evidence thereof to the Administrative Agent in the form of certificates of good standing or equivalent certificates.

7. Reaffirmation; References to Loan Agreement.

          a. Each Borrower and Ultimate Parent acknowledges and agrees that all of their respective obligations and Liabilities under the Loan Agreement, as amended hereby, shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be impaired or limited by the execution or effectiveness of this Second Amendment.

          b. Upon the effectiveness of this Second Amendment, each reference in the Loan Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment.

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          c. The failure by Administrative Agent, at any time or times hereafter, to require strict performance by any Borrower of any provision or term of the Loan Agreement, this Second Amendment or any of the Financing Agreements shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Administrative Agent hereafter to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or therewith. Any suspension or waiver by Administrative Agent of a breach of this Second Amendment or any Event of Default under the Loan Agreement shall not, except as expressly set forth in a writing signed by Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, Required Lenders), suspend, waive or affect any other breach of this Second Amendment or any Event of Default under the Loan Agreement, whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether of the same or of a different kind or character. None of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of any Borrower contained in this Second Amendment, shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Administrative Agent unless such suspension or waiver is (i) in writing and signed by Administrative Agent and (ii) delivered to Parent. In no event shall Administrative Agent's execution and delivery of this Second Amendment establish a course of dealing among Administrative Agent, Ultimate Parent, Parent or any other Borrower or any other obligor, or in any other way obligate Administrative Agent to hereafter provide any amendments or, if at any time applicable, waivers with respect to the Loan Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Second Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (x) to be a consent to any amendment or modification of any other term or condition of the Loan Agreement or of any of the Financing Agreements (except as expressly provided herein); or (y) to prejudice any right or remedy which Administrative Agent may now have under or in connection with the Loan Agreement or any of the Financing Agreements.

          d. Except as expressly provided herein, the Loan Agreement and all Financing Agreements shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects.

8. Release.

          a. In consideration of, among other things, the consents and amendments provided for herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, as of the date hereof, the Ultimate Parent, Parent and each other Borrower (on behalf of themselves and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates), their successors-in-title, legal representatives and assignees and, to the extent the same is claimed by right of, through or under the above, for their past, present and future employees, members, managers, partners, agents, representatives, officers, directors, shareholders, and trustees, do hereby and shall be deemed to have unconditionally and forever remised, satisfies, acquits, released and discharged the Administrative Agent and Lenders and any of their respective successors-in-title, legal representatives and assignees, past, present and future officers, directors, shareholders, trustees, agents, employees, consultants, experts, advisors, attorneys and other professionals and all other persons and entities to whom any of the Administrative Agent and Lenders would be liable if such persons or entities were found in any way to be liable to Ultimate Parent, Parent or any other Borrower, or any of them (collectively hereinafter the “Lender Parties”), from any and all manner of action and actions, cause and causes of action, claims, cross-claims, charges, demands, counterclaims, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts,

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controversies, damages, judgments, liabilities, damages, expenses, executions, liens, claims of liens, claims of costs, penalties, attorneys' fees, or any other compensation, recovery or relief on account of any liability, obligation, demand or cause of action of whatever nature, whether in law, equity or otherwise (including, without limitation, those arising under 11 U.S.C. §§ 541-550 and interest or other carrying costs, penalties, legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses, and incidental, consequential and punitive damages payable to third parties), whether known or unknown, fixed or contingent, joint and/or several, secured or unsecured, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, contractual or tortious, direct, indirect, or derivative, asserted or unasserted, foreseen or unforeseen, suspected or unsuspected, now existing, heretofore existing or which may have heretofore accrued against any o all of the Lender Parties, whether held in a personal or representative capacity, and which are based on any act, fact, event or omission or other matter, cause or thing occurring at or from any time prior to and including the date hereof in any way, directly or indirectly arising out of, connected with or relating to this Second Amendment, the Loan Agreement or any other Financing Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and all other agreements, certificates, instruments and other documents and statements (whether written or oral) related to any of the foregoing. Borrower and Ultimate Parent acknowledges that Administrative Agent is specifically relying upon the representations, warranties and agreements contained herein and that such representations, warranties and agreements constitute a material inducement to Administrative Agent in entering into this Second Amendment.

          b. Each of the Ultimate Parent, Parent and each other Borrower hereby knowingly, voluntarily, intentionally and expressly waives and relinquishes any and all rights and benefits that it may have as against the Lender Parties under any law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction that would have the effect of limiting the extent to which a general release extends to claims which a Lender Party does not know or suspect to exist as of the date hereof. Each of the Ultimate Parent, Parent and each other Borrower hereby acknowledges that the waiver set forth in the prior sentence was separately bargained for and that such waiver is an essential term of this Second Amendment, without which the consideration would not have been given by Administrative Agent and Lenders to Ultimate Parent, Parent and each other Borrower.

     9. Costs, Expenses and Taxes. Without limiting the obligation of Borrower to reimburse Administrative Agent for all costs, fees, disbursements and expenses incurred by Administrative Agent as specified in the Loan Agreement, as amended by this Second Amendment, Borrower agrees to pay on demand all costs, fees, disbursements and expenses of Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, negotiation, revision, execution and delivery of this Second Amendment and the other agreements, instruments and documents contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees and out-of-pocket expenses.

     10. Counterparts. This Second Amendment may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

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     11. Law of Contract. This Second Amendment shall be deemed to be made pursuant to the laws of the State of Illinois and shall be construed, interpreted, governed performed and enforced in accordance therewith, without regard to conflict of law principles.

     12. Financing Agreement. This Second Amendment shall constitute a Financing Agreement.

     13. Severability; Faxes. Any provision of this Second Amendment which is prohibited or unenforceable shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof in that jurisdiction or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. A signature hereto sent or delivered by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as legally binding and enforceable as a signed original for all purposes.

     14. Successors and Assigns. This Second Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, neither Ultimate Parent nor any Borrower may assign any of its respective rights or obligations under this Second Amendment without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Second Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

       EXAMWORKS, INC.
 
  By:       /s/ J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Name: J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Its: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer
   
  CROSSLAND MEDICAL REVIEW
     SERVICES, INC.
  SOUTHWEST MEDICAL EXAMINATION
     SERVICES, INC.
  THE RICWEL CORPORATION
  DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING INSTITUTE, INC.
  PACIFIC BILLING SERVICES, INC.
  MARQUIS MEDICAL ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
  FLORIDA MEDICAL SPECIALISTS, INC.
   
  By:       /s/ J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Name: J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Its: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer
   
  CFO MEDICAL SERVICES, LLC
  RICWEL OF WEST VIRGINIA, LLC
   
  By: ExamWorks, Inc., its sole member and manager
   
  By:         /s/ J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Name: J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Its: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer
   
  SET-ASIDE SOLUTIONS, LLC
  IME SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS, LLC
   
  By: ExamWorks, Inc., its sole member
   
  By:       /s/ J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Name: J. Miguel Fernandez de Castro
  Its: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
  Officer

EXAMWORKS, INC.
CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT



Acknowledged and Agreed:
 
EXAMWORKS HOLDINGS, LLLP
By: Compass Partners, L.L.C., its General Partner
 
By:            /s/ Richard E. Perlman
Name: Richard E. Perlman
Its: President

EXAMWORKS, INC.
CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT



      FIFTH THIRD BANK,
  as Administrative Agent and a Lender
     
  By:       /s/ Philip Renwick
    Philip Renwick
    Vice President
     
     
  BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
  as a Lender
     
  By:       /s/ Shawn Janko
    Shawn Janko
    Senior Vice President

EXAMWORKS, INC.
CONSENT AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT