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EX-10.1 2 dex101.htm RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Restated Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

 

[CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED BY DRUGMAX, INC. CONFIDENTIAL PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED AND HAVE BEEN SEPARATELY FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.]

 


 

 

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of December 9, 2004

 

among

 

FAMILYMEDS, INC., VALLEY DRUG COMPANY, VALLEY DRUG COMPANY SOUTH,

 

AND ANY ADDITIONAL BORROWERS THAT HEREAFTER

 

MAY BECOME A PARTY HERETO,

 

as Borrowers,

 

DRUGMAX, INC.,

 

as Parent,

 

THE OTHER CREDIT PARTIES SIGNATORY HERETO,

 

as Credit Parties,

 

THE LENDERS SIGNATORY HERETO

 

FROM TIME TO TIME,

 

as Lenders,

 

and

 

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

 

as Agent and Lender

 



TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page

1.

  AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT    2
    1.1   Credit Facilities.    2
    1.2   Letters of Credit    3
    1.3   Prepayments.    3
    1.4   Use of Proceeds    5
    1.5   Interest and Applicable Margins.    5
    1.6   Eligible Accounts    7
    1.7   Eligible Inventory    9
    1.8   Cash Management Systems    10
    1.9   Fees.    10
    1.10   Receipt of Payments    11
    1.11   Application and Allocation of Payments.    12
    1.12   Loan Account and Accounting    12
    1.13   Indemnity.    13
    1.14   Access.    14
    1.15   Taxes.    15
    1.16   Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.    16
    1.17   Single Loan    17
    1.18   Additional Borrowers    17

2.

  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT    18
    2.1   Conditions to the Initial Loans    18
    2.2   Further Conditions to Each Loan    19

3.

  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES    20
    3.1   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law    20
    3.2   Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN    21
    3.3   Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations    21
    3.4   Financial Statements and Projections    21
    3.5   Material Adverse Effect    22
    3.6   Ownership of Property; Liens    22
    3.7   Labor Matters    23
    3.8   Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness    23
    3.9   Government Regulation    24
    3.10   Margin Regulations    24
    3.11   Taxes    24
    3.12   ERISA.    25
    3.13   No Litigation    26
    3.14   Brokers    26
    3.15   Intellectual Property    26
    3.16   Full Disclosure    26
    3.17   Environmental Matters.    26


    3.18   Insurance    27
    3.19   Deposit and Disbursement Accounts    27
    3.20   HIPAA Compliance    27
    3.21   Compliance with Healthcare Laws.    28
    3.22   Agreements and Other Documents.    28
    3.23   Solvency    29
    3.24   Government Contracts    29
    3.25   Status of Parent and Borrower    29
    3.26   Customer and Trade Relations    29
    3.27   Bonding; Licenses    30
    3.28   Merger Agreement    30
    3.29   Subordinated Debt    30

4.

  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION    30
    4.1   Reports and Notices.    30
    4.2   Communication with Accountants    31

5.

  AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS    31
    5.1   Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business    31
    5.2   Payment of Charges.    31
    5.3   Books and Records    32
    5.4   Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.    32
    5.5   Compliance with Laws    33
    5.6   Supplemental Disclosure    33
    5.7   Intellectual Property    34
    5.8   Environmental Matters    34
    5.9   Landlords’ Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases    35
    5.10   Further Assurances    35
    5.11   Maintenance of Accreditation and Licensing    35
    5.12   Additional Subsidiaries    36

6.

  NEGATIVE COVENANTS    36
    6.1   Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc.    36
    6.2   Investments; Loans and Advances    37
    6.3   Indebtedness.    37
    6.4   Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions.    38
    6.5   Capital Structure and Business    38
    6.6   Guaranteed Indebtedness    39
    6.7   Liens    39
    6.8   Sale of Stock and Assets    39
    6.9   ERISA    40
    6.10   Financial Covenants    40
    6.11   Hazardous Materials    40
    6.12   Sale-Leasebacks    40
    6.13   Cancellation of Indebtedness    40
    6.14   Restricted Payments    40


    6.15   Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year    41
    6.16   No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers    41
    6.17   Real Estate Purchases.    41
    6.18   No Speculative Transactions    41
    6.19   Leases    42
    6.20   Changes Relating to Subordinated Debt; Material Contracts    42
    6.21   Parent and Borrower    42

7.

  TERM    43
    7.1   Termination    43
    7.2   Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements    43

8.

  EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES    43
    8.1   Events of Default    43
    8.2   Remedies.    45
    8.3   Waivers by Credit Parties    46

9.

  ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT    46
    9.1   Assignment and Participations.    46
    9.2   Appointment of Agent    49
    9.3   Agent’s Reliance, Etc.    49
    9.4   GE Capital and Affiliates    50
    9.5   Lender Credit Decision    50
    9.6   Indemnification    50
    9.7   Successor Agent    51
    9.8   Setoff and Sharing of Payments    51
    9.9   Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert.    52

10.

  SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS    54
    10.1   Successors and Assigns    54

11.

  MISCELLANEOUS    55
    11.1   Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement.    55
    11.2   Amendments and Waivers.    55
    11.3   Fees and Expenses    57
    11.4   No Waiver    58
    11.5   Remedies    58
    11.6   Severability    59
    11.7   Conflict of Terms    59
    11.8   Confidentiality    59
    11.9   GOVERNING LAW    59
    11.10   Notices    60
    11.11   Section Titles    60
    11.12   Counterparts    61
    11.13   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL    61
    11.14   Press Releases and Related Matters    61


   

11.15

  Reinstatement    62
   

11.16

  Advice of Counsel    62
   

11.17

  No Strict Construction    62


INDEX OF APPENDICES

 

Annex A (Recitals)

   -      Definitions

Annex B (Section 1.2)

   -      Letters of Credit

Annex C (Section 1.8)

   -      Cash Management System

Annex D (Section 2.1(a))

   -      Closing Checklist

Annex E (Section 4.1(a))

   -      Financial Statements and Projections - Reporting

Annex F (Section 4.1(b))

   -      Collateral Reports

Annex G (Section 6.10)

   -      Financial Covenants

Annex H (Section 9.9(a))

   -      Lenders’ Wire Transfer Information

Annex I (Section 11.10)

   -      Notice Addresses

Annex J (from Annex A -

           

Commitments definition)

   -      Commitments as of Closing Date

Exhibit 1.1(a)(i)

   -      Form of Notice of Revolving Credit Advance

Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii)

   -      Form of Revolving Note

Exhibit 1.5(e)

   -      Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation

Exhibit 1.18

   -      Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit 2.1(j)(iii)

   -      Form of Loss Payable Endorsement

Exhibit 4.1(b)

   -      Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

Exhibit 9.1(a)

   -      Form of Assignment Agreement

Exhibit B-1

   -      Application for Standby Letter of Credit

Exhibit B-2

   -      Application for Documentary Letter of Credit

Schedule 1.1

   -      Agent’s Representatives

Disclosure Schedule 1.3

   -      Term Sheet for Proposed Equity Financing

Disclosure Schedule 1.4

   -      Sources and Uses; Funds Flow Memorandum

Disclosure Schedule 3.1

   -      Type of Entity; State of Organization

Disclosure Schedule 3.2

   -      Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN

Disclosure Schedule 3.4(a)

   -      Financial Statements

Disclosure Schedule 3.4(b)

   -      Pro Forma

Disclosure Schedule 3.4(c)

   -      Projections

Disclosure Schedule 3.6

   -      Real Estate and Leases

Disclosure Schedule 3.7

   -      Labor Matters

Disclosure Schedule 3.8

   -      Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock

Disclosure Schedule 3.11

   -      Tax Matters

Disclosure Schedule 3.12

   -      ERISA Plans

Disclosure Schedule 3.13

   -      Litigation

Disclosure Schedule 3.15

   -      Intellectual Property

Disclosure Schedule 3.17

   -      Hazardous Materials

Disclosure Schedule 3.18

   -      Insurance

Disclosure Schedule 3.19

   -      Deposit and Disbursement Accounts

Disclosure Schedule 3.22

   -      Agreements and other Documents

Disclosure Schedule 3.24

   -      Government Contracts

Disclosure Schedule 3.27

   -      Bonding and Licensing

Disclosure Schedule 5.1

   -      Trade Names


Disclosure Schedule 6.3

   -      Indebtedness
Disclosure Schedule 6.7    -      Existing Liens
Schedule A    -      Reserves Added to EBITDA


This SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 9, 2004, among Familymeds, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (“Familymeds”); Valley Drug Company, an Ohio corporation (“Valley North”); Valley Drug Company South, a Louisiana corporation (“Valley South”); any Additional Borrowers that hereafter may from time to time become a party hereto pursuant to Section 1.18 hereof (Familymeds, Valley North, Valley South and such Additional Borrowers are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Borrowers” and individually each as a “Borrower”); DrugMax, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Parent”); the other Credit Parties signatory hereto; General Electric Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (in its individual capacity, “GE Capital”), for itself, as Lender, and as Agent for Lenders, and the other Lenders signatory hereto from time to time.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Familymeds, as borrower, Arrow Prescription Leasing Corp., a Connecticut corporation (“Arrow”), as guarantor, Familymeds Group, Inc., a Connecticut corporation (“Familymeds Group”), as guarantor, Familymeds Holdings, Inc., a Connecticut corporation, as guarantor, and GE Capital, as lender (in such capacity, the “Prior Familymeds Lender”) are party to that certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the “First Amended Credit Agreement”), dated as of August 19, 2002, pursuant to which GE Capital agreed to make certain loans and other credit available to Familymeds;

 

WHEREAS, Familymeds Group merged with and into Parent on November 12, 2004 pursuant to that certain Merger Agreement (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), dated as of March 19, 2004, by and among Familymeds Group and Parent (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the other Credit Parties signatory hereto, Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto desire to continue the First Amended Credit Agreement but to make certain amendments and modifications thereto, all as reflected in this Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which upon execution will supercede and replace the First Amended Credit Agreement effective as of the Closing Date (as hereafter defined); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have requested that Lenders extend a revolving credit facility to Borrowers of up to Sixty-Five Million Dollars ($65,000,000) in the aggregate for the purpose of refinancing certain indebtedness of Borrowers and to provide (a) working capital financing for Borrowers, (b) funds for other general corporate purposes of Borrowers and (c) funds for other purposes permitted hereunder; and for these purposes, Lenders are willing to make certain loans and other extensions of credit to Borrowers of up to such amount upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; and

 

WHEREAS, Borrowers have agreed to secure all of their obligations under the Loan Documents by granting to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, a security interest in and lien upon all of their existing and after-acquired personal and real property; and

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties that are not Borrowers are willing to guarantee all of the Obligations of each Borrower to Agent and Lenders under the Loan Documents, and the Credit Parties that hold Stock of any Borrower are willing to pledge to Agent, for the benefit of Agent and Lenders, all of the Stock of each Borrower to secure such guaranty; and


WHEREAS, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Annex A and, for purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the rules of construction set forth in Annex A shall govern. All Annexes, Disclosure Schedules, Exhibits and other attachments (collectively, “Appendices”) hereto, or expressly identified to this Agreement, are incorporated herein by reference, and taken together, shall constitute but a single agreement. These Recitals shall be construed as part of the Agreement

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF CREDIT

 

1.1 Credit Facilities.

 

(a) Revolving Credit Facility.

 

(i) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Revolving Lender agrees to make available to Borrowers from time to time until the Commitment Termination Date its Pro Rata Share of advances (each, a “Revolving Credit Advance”). The Pro Rata Share of the Revolving Loan of any Revolving Lender shall not at any time exceed its separate Revolving Loan Commitment. The obligations of each Revolving Lender hereunder shall be several and not joint. Until the Commitment Termination Date, Borrowers may from time to time borrow, repay and reborrow under this Section 1.1(a); provided, that the amount of any Revolving Credit Advance to be made at any time shall not exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. Borrowing Availability may be further reduced by Reserves imposed by Agent in its reasonable credit judgment. Each Revolving Credit Advance shall be made on notice by Borrower Representative on behalf of the Borrowers to one of the representatives of Agent identified in Schedule 1.1 at the address specified therein. Any such notice must be given no later than (1) noon (New York time) on the Business Day of the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of an Index Rate Loan, or (2) noon (New York time) on the date which is three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed Revolving Credit Advance, in the case of a LIBOR Loan. Each such notice (a ”Notice of Revolving Credit Advance”) must be given in writing (by telecopy or overnight courier) substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(i), and shall include the information required in such Exhibit and such other information as may be reasonably required by Agent. If Borrowers desire to have the Revolving Credit Advances bear interest by reference to a LIBOR Rate, Borrower Representative must comply with Section 1.5(e).

 

(ii) Except as provided in Section 1.12, Borrowers shall execute and deliver to each Revolving Lender a promissory note to evidence the Revolving Credit Advances made by that Revolving Lender, together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. Each note shall be in the principal amount of the

 

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Revolving Loan Commitment of the applicable Revolving Lender, dated the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit 1.1(a)(ii) (each a “Revolving Note” and, collectively, the “Revolving Notes”). Each Revolving Note shall represent the joint and several obligation of Borrowers to pay the amount of each Revolving Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment or, if less, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Advances made to Borrowers together with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 1.5. The entire unpaid balance of the Revolving Loan and all other non-contingent Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Commitment Termination Date.

 

(b) Reliance on Notices; Appointment of Borrower Representative. Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any Notice of Revolving Credit Advance, Notice of Conversion/Continuation or similar notice believed by Agent to be genuine. Agent may assume that each Person executing and delivering any notice in accordance herewith was duly authorized, unless the responsible individual acting thereon for Agent has actual knowledge to the contrary. Each Borrower hereby designates Familymeds as its representative and agent on its behalf for the purposes of issuing Notices of Revolving Credit Advances and Notices of Conversion/Continuation, giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Loans, selecting interest rate options, requesting Letters of Credit, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) on behalf of any Borrower of Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Borrower Representative hereby accepts such appointment. Agent and each Lender may regard any notice or other communication pursuant to any Loan Document from Borrower Representative as a notice or communication from all Borrowers, and may give any notice or communication required or permitted to be given to any Borrower or Borrowers hereunder to Borrower Representative on behalf of such Borrower or Borrowers. Each Borrower agrees that each notice, election, representation and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by Borrower Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Borrower and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if the same had been made directly by such Borrower.

 

1.2 Letters of Credit. Subject to and in accordance with the terms and conditions contained herein and in Annex B, Borrower Representative shall have the right to request, and Revolving Lenders agree to incur, or purchase participations in, Letter of Credit Obligations in respect of Borrowers.

 

1.3 Prepayments.

 

(a) Voluntary Prepayments; Reductions in Revolving Loan Commitments. Borrowers may at any time on at least five (5) days’ prior written notice by Borrower Representative to Agent (i) voluntarily prepay all or part of the Loan and/or (ii) permanently reduce (but not terminate) the Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that (A) any such prepayments and/or reductions shall be in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $250,000 in excess of such amount, (B) the Revolving Loan Commitment shall not be reduced to an amount less than the amount of the Revolving Loan outstanding, and (C) after giving effect to such reductions, Borrowers shall be in compliance with Section 1.3(b)(i).

 

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Borrowers may at any time on at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice by Borrower Representative to Agent terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment, provided that upon such termination all Loans and other Obligations shall be immediately due and payable in full and all Letter of Credit Obligations shall be cash collateralized or otherwise satisfied in accordance with Annex B hereto. Any voluntary prepayment and any reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment must be accompanied by payment of the Fee required by Section 1.9(c), if any, plus the payment of any LIBOR funding breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b). Upon any such reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment, Borrowers’ right to request Revolving Credit Advances, or request that Letter of Credit Obligations be incurred on its behalf, shall simultaneously be permanently reduced or terminated, as the case may be; provided that a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment shall not require a corresponding pro rata reduction in the L/C Sublimit. Each notice of partial prepayment shall designate the Loan or other Obligations to which such prepayment is to be applied.

 

(b) Mandatory Prepayments.

 

(i) If at any time the outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan exceeds the lesser of (A) the Maximum Amount and (B) the Borrowing Base, Borrowers shall immediately repay the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances to the extent required to eliminate such excess. If any such excess remains after repayment in full of the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Advances, Borrowers shall provide cash collateral for the Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner set forth in Annex B to the extent required to eliminate such excess.

 

(ii) Immediately upon receipt by any Credit Party of any cash proceeds of any asset disposition (including condemnation proceeds and the proceeds of any insurance claim that are required to be used under Section 5.4(c) to make a prepayment of the Obligations) other than proceeds of sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, Borrowers shall prepay the Loans (and cash collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations) in an amount equal to all such adjustment payments or proceeds, net of (A) commissions and other reasonable and customary transaction costs, fees and expenses properly attributable to such transaction and payable by Borrowers in connection therewith (in each case, paid to non-Affiliates), (B) transfer taxes, (C) amounts payable to holders of senior Liens on such asset (to the extent such Liens constitute Permitted Encumbrances hereunder), if any, and (D) an appropriate reserve for income taxes in accordance with GAAP in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).

 

(iii) If Parent, any Borrower or any other Credit Party issues Stock or debt securities, no later than the Business Day following the date of receipt of the proceeds thereof, Borrowers shall prepay the Loans (and cash collateralize Letter of Credit Obligations) to the extent of outstanding Loans only in an amount equal to all such proceeds, net of underwriting discounts and commissions and other reasonable costs paid to non-Affiliates in connection therewith. Any such prepayment shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(c).

 

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(c) Application of Certain Mandatory Prepayments. Any prepayments made by Borrowers pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(ii) or (b)(iii) above shall be applied in the following order: first, to Fees and reimbursable expenses of Agent then due and payable pursuant to any of the Loan Documents; second, to interest then due and payable on the Revolving Credit Advances; third, to the outstanding principal balance of Revolving Credit Advances until the same has been paid in full; fourth, to any Letter of Credit Obligations, to provide cash collateral therefor in the manner set forth in Annex B, until all such Letter of Credit Obligations have been fully cash collateralized in the manner set forth in Annex B; and fifth, to pay any other Obligations that may be then due and owing. The Revolving Loan Commitment shall not be permanently reduced by the amount of any such prepayments.

 

(d) No Implied Consent. Nothing in this Section 1.3 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to any transaction referred to in clauses (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above that is not permitted by other provisions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents.

 

1.4 Use of Proceeds. Borrowers shall utilize the proceeds of the Loans solely for the Refinancing (and to pay any related transaction expenses), and for the financing of Borrowers’ ordinary working capital and general corporate needs. Disclosure Schedule (1.4) contains a description of Borrowers’ and its Subsidiaries’ sources and uses of funds as of the Closing Date, including Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations to be made or incurred on that date, and a funds flow memorandum detailing how funds from each source are to be transferred to particular uses.

 

1.5 Interest and Applicable Margins.

 

(a) Borrowers shall pay interest to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Lenders in accordance with the various Loans being made by each Lender, in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date, at the following rates: the Index Rate plus the Applicable Revolver Index Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower Representative, the applicable LIBOR Rate plus the Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin per annum.

 

The Applicable Margins are as follows:

 

Applicable Revolver Index Margin

   0.50 %

Applicable Revolver LIBOR Margin

   2.75 %

Applicable L/C Margin

   2.75 %

Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin

   0.25 %

 

(b) If any payment on any Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof will be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (except as set forth in the definition of LIBOR Period) and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

 

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(c) All computations of Fees calculated on a per annum basis and interest shall be made by Agent on the basis of a 360-day year, in each case for the actual number of days occurring in the period for which such interest and Fees are payable. The Index Rate is a floating rate determined for each day. Each determination by Agent of interest rates and Fees hereunder shall be presumptive evidence of the correctness of such rates and Fees.

 

(d) So long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under Sections 8.1(a), (h) or (i), or so long as any other Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and at the election of Agent (or upon the written request of Requisite Lenders) confirmed by written notice from Agent to Borrower Representative, the interest rates applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees shall be increased by two percentage points (2%) per annum above the rates of interest or the rate of such Fees otherwise applicable hereunder unless Agent or Requisite Lenders elect to impose a smaller increase (the “Default Rate”), and all outstanding Obligations shall bear interest at the Default Rate applicable to such Obligations. Interest and Letter of Credit Fees at the Default Rate shall accrue from the initial date of such Event of Default until that Event of Default is cured or waived and shall be payable upon demand.

 

(e) Subject to the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2, Borrower Representative shall have the option to (i) request that any Revolving Credit Advance be made as a LIBOR Loan, (ii) convert at any time all or any part of outstanding Loans from Index Rate Loans to LIBOR Loans, (iii) convert any LIBOR Loan to an Index Rate Loan, subject to payment of LIBOR breakage costs in accordance with Section 1.13(b) if such conversion is made prior to the expiration of the LIBOR Period applicable thereto, or (iv) continue all or any portion of any Loan as a LIBOR Loan upon the expiration of the applicable LIBOR Period and the succeeding LIBOR Period of that continued Loan shall commence on the first day after the last day of the LIBOR Period of the Loan to be continued. Any Loan or group of Loans having the same proposed LIBOR Period to be made or continued as, or converted into, a LIBOR Loan must be in a minimum amount of $2,000,000 and integral multiples of $500,000 in excess of such amount. Any such election must be made by 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Third Business Day prior to (1) the date of any proposed Advance which is to bear interest at the LIBOR Rate, (2) the end of each LIBOR Period with respect to any LIBOR Loans to be continued as such, or (3) the date on which Borrower Representative wishes to convert any Index Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan for a LIBOR Period designated by Borrower Representative in such election. If no election is received with respect to a LIBOR Loan by 12:00 noon (New York time) on the Third Business Day prior to the end of the LIBOR Period with respect thereto (or if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or the additional conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 shall not have been satisfied), that LIBOR Loan shall be converted to an Index Rate Loan at the end of its LIBOR Period. Borrower Representative must make such election by notice to Agent in writing, by telecopy or overnight courier. In the case of any conversion or continuation, such election must be made pursuant to a written notice (a “Notice of Conversion/Continuation”) in the form of Exhibit 1.5(e).

 

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 1.5, if a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final order that the rate of interest payable hereunder exceeds the highest rate of interest permissible under law (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable hereunder shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided, however, that if at any

 

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time thereafter the rate of interest payable hereunder is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, Borrowers shall continue to pay interest hereunder at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by Agent, on behalf of Lenders, is equal to the total interest that would have been received had the interest rate payable hereunder been (but for the operation of this paragraph) the interest rate payable since the Closing Date as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Thereafter, interest hereunder shall be paid at the rate(s) of interest and in the manner provided in Sections 1.5(a) through (e) above, unless and until the rate of interest again exceeds the Maximum Lawful Rate, and at that time this paragraph shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender pursuant to the terms hereof exceed the amount that such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest due hereunder been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate. If the Maximum Lawful Rate is calculated pursuant to this paragraph, such interest shall be calculated at a daily rate equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate divided by the number of days in the year in which such calculation is made. If, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 1.5(f), a court of competent jurisdiction shall finally determine that Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate, Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, promptly apply such excess in the order specified in Section 1.11 and thereafter shall refund any excess to Borrowers or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise order.

 

1.6 Eligible Accounts. Based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower Representative to Agent and on other information available to Agent, Agent shall in its reasonable credit judgment determine which Accounts of the Borrowers shall be “Eligible Accounts” for purposes of this Agreement. In determining whether a particular Account constitutes an Eligible Account, Agent shall not include any such Account to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any such criteria, or to establish new criteria and to adjust advance rates with respect to Eligible Accounts, in its reasonable credit judgment. Eligible Accounts shall not include any Account of any Borrower:

 

(a) which does not arise from the retail sale (or wholesale sale to pharmacies, physicians, health care providers or other distributors) of Inventory or the provision of pharmacy services by such Borrower in the ordinary course of its business through stores operated by such Borrower or through such Borrower’s internet or mail order operations;

 

(b) (i) upon which such Borrower’s right to receive payment is not absolute or is contingent upon the fulfillment of any condition whatsoever or (ii) as to which such Borrower is not able to bring suit or otherwise enforce its remedies against the Account Debtor through judicial process or (iii) if the Account represents a progress billing consisting of an invoice for goods sold or services rendered pursuant to a contract under which the Account Debtor’s obligation to pay that invoice is subject to such Borrower’s completion of further performance under such contract or is subject to the equitable lien of a surety bond issuer;

 

(c) to the extent that any defense, counterclaim, setoff or dispute is asserted as to such Account;

 

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(d) that is not a true and correct statement of bona fide indebtedness incurred in the amount of the Account for merchandise sold to and accepted by the applicable Account Debtor or to such Account Debtor’s insured or covered life;

 

(e) with respect to which an invoice, acceptable to Agent in form and substance, has not been sent to the applicable Account Debtor;

 

(f) that (i) is not owned by such Borrower or (ii) is subject to any right, claim, security interest or other interest of any other Person, other than Liens in favor of Agent;

 

(g) that arises from a sale to any director, officer, other employee or Affiliate of any Credit Party or, in the case of a retail sale of Pharmaceutical Inventory, to the extent not payable by an Approved Government Plan Payor, Approved Private Plan Payor, an Approved Pharmacy Payor or an Approved Physician Group Payor;

 

(h) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor that is the United States government or a political subdivision thereof, or any state or municipality or department, agency or instrumentality thereof (i) except for Accounts payable by an Approved Government Plan Payor or (ii) unless Agent, in its sole discretion, has agreed to the contrary in writing and such Borrower, if necessary or desirable, has complied with the Federal Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, and any amendments thereto, or any applicable state statute or municipal ordinance of similar purpose and effect, with respect to such obligation;

 

(i) that is the obligation of an Account Debtor located in a foreign country;

 

(j) to the extent such Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is liable for goods sold or services rendered by the applicable Account Debtor to such Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, but only to the extent of the potential offset;

 

(k) that arises with respect to goods which are delivered on a bill-and-hold, cash-on-delivery basis or placed on consignment, guaranteed sale or other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor is or may be conditional;

 

(l) that is in default; provided, that, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, an Account shall be deemed in default upon the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(i) (a) it is not paid within ninety (90) days following its original service date, with respect to Accounts originated by Familymeds or (b) it is not paid within ninety (90) days following its original invoice date, with respect to Accounts originated by any Borrower other than Familymeds (except to the extent that such Account originated by a Borrower other than Familymeds constitutes a Permitted Overdue Account);

 

(ii) if any Account Debtor obligated upon such Account suspends business, makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or fails to pay its debts generally as they come due; or

 

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(iii) if any petition is filed by or against any Account Debtor obligated upon such Account under any bankruptcy law or any other federal, state or foreign (including any provincial) receivership, insolvency relief or other law or laws for the relief of debtors;

 

(m) as to which Agent’s Lien is not a first priority perfected Lien;

 

(n) as to which any of the representations or warranties pertaining to Accounts set forth in this Agreement or the Security Agreement is untrue;

 

(o) to the extent such Account is evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper;

 

(p) to the extent such Account exceeds any credit limit established by Agent, in its reasonable discretion, following prior notice by Agent to Borrower Representative;

 

(q) which is payable in any currency other than Dollars;

 

(r) with respect to which there has been, or should have been, established a contra account, but only to the extent of such contra account; or

 

(s) which is otherwise unacceptable to Agent in its reasonable credit judgment.

 

1.7 Eligible Inventory. Based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered by Borrower Representative to Agent and on other information available to Agent, Agent shall in its reasonable credit judgment determine which Inventory of the Borrowers shall be “Eligible Inventory” for purposes of this Agreement. In determining whether any particular Inventory constitutes Eligible Inventory, Agent shall not include any such Inventory to which any of the exclusionary criteria set forth below applies. Agent reserves the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to adjust any such criteria, to establish new criteria and to adjust advance rates with respect to Eligible Inventory, in its reasonable credit judgment. Eligible Inventory shall not include any Inventory of a Borrower that:

 

(a) is not owned by such Borrower free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person (including the rights of a purchaser that has made progress payments and the rights of a surety that has issued a bond to assure such Borrower’s performance with respect to that Inventory), except the Liens in favor of any Lender and Permitted Encumbrances in favor of landlords and bailees to the extent permitted by Section 5.9 hereof (subject to Reserves established by Agent in accordance with Section 5.9 hereof);

 

(b) is (i) not located on premises owned or leased by such Borrower and operated by such Borrower, (ii) stored with a bailee, warehouseman or similar Person, unless Agent has given its prior consent thereto and unless (x) a satisfactory bailee letter or landlord waiver has been delivered to Agent, or (y) Reserves satisfactory to Agent have been established with respect thereto, or (iii) located at any site if the aggregate book value of Inventory at any such location is less than $50,000;

 

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(c) is placed on consignment or is in transit;

 

(d) is covered by a negotiable document of title, unless such document and evidence of acceptable insurance covering such Inventory have been delivered to Agent with all necessary endorsements, free and clear of all Liens, except those in favor of Agent;

 

(e) in Agent’s reasonable determination, is excess, obsolete, morgue, unsalable, damaged, unfit for sale or within 60 days of its expiration date;

 

(f) consists of display items or packing or shipping materials, manufacturing supplies, work-in-process Inventory or replacement parts;

 

(g) consists of goods which have been returned by the buyer that have not been restocked for resale in accordance with applicable laws;

 

(h) is not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of such Borrower’s business;

 

(i) as to which Agent’s Lien is not a first priority perfected Lien;

 

(j) as to which any of the representations or warranties pertaining to Inventory set forth in this Agreement or the Security Agreement is untrue;

 

(k) consists of any costs associated with “freight-in” charges;

 

(l) consists of Hazardous Materials except FDA approved pharmaceuticals or goods that can be transported or sold only with licenses that are not readily available, except for any required pharmaceutical licenses;

 

(m) is not covered by casualty insurance acceptable to Agent;

 

(n) is otherwise unacceptable to Agent in its reasonable credit judgment; or

 

(o) that has given rise to an Account.

 

1.8 Cash Management Systems. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Credit Parties will establish and will maintain until the Termination Date, the cash management systems described in Annex C (the “Cash Management Systems”).

 

1.9 Fees.

 

(a) Borrowers shall pay to Agent on the Closing Date a closing fee in the amount of $212,500 (or such greater amount as may be agreed upon by the parties hereto if necessary in the good faith judgment of GE Capital to achieve the syndication of the financing provided hereunder), which fee shall be non-refundable and fully earned on the Closing Date.

 

(b) As additional compensation for the Revolving Lenders, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Lenders, in arrears, on the first Business Day of each month prior to the Commitment Termination Date and on the Commitment Termination Date, a

 

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Fee for Borrowers’ non-use of available funds in an amount equal to the Applicable Unused Line Fee Margin per annum (calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for actual days elapsed) multiplied by the difference between (x) the Maximum Amount (as it may be reduced from time to time) and (y) the average for the period of the daily closing balances of the Revolving Loan outstanding during the period for which such Fee is due.

 

(c) If Borrowers prepay the Revolving Loan and reduce or terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment, whether voluntarily or involuntarily and whether before or after acceleration of the Obligations or if the Commitments are otherwise terminated, Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the benefit of Lenders as liquidated damages and compensation for the costs of being prepared to make funds available hereunder an amount equal to the Applicable Percentage (as defined below) multiplied by the amount of the reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment. As used herein, the term “Applicable Percentage” shall mean (x) two percent (2.0%) in the case of a prepayment and concurrent reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment on or prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, (y) one and one-half percent (1.50%), in the case of a prepayment and concurrent reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment after the first anniversary of the Closing Date but on or prior to the second anniversary thereof, and (z) one percent (1.0%), in the case of a prepayment and concurrent reduction or termination of the Revolving Loan Commitment after the second anniversary of the Closing Date but prior to the third anniversary thereof. The Credit Parties agree that the Applicable Percentages are a reasonable calculation of Lenders’ lost profits in view of the difficulties and impracticality of determining actual damages resulting from an early termination of the Commitments. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no prepayment fee shall be payable by Borrowers upon a mandatory prepayment made pursuant to Sections 1.3(b) or 1.16(c) or 5.4(c); provided that Borrowers do not permanently reduce or terminate the Revolving Loan Commitment upon any such prepayment and, in the case of prepayments made pursuant to Sections 1.3(b)(ii) or (b)(iii), the transaction giving rise to the applicable prepayment is expressly permitted under Section 6.

 

(d) Borrowers shall pay to Agent, for the ratable benefit of Revolving Lenders, the Letter of Credit Fee as provided in Annex B.

 

(e) Borrowers shall pay to GE Capital, individually, the other Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter.

 

1.10 Receipt of Payments. Borrowers shall make each payment under this Agreement not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the day when due in immediately available funds in Dollars to the Collection Account. For purposes of computing interest and Fees and determining Borrowing Availability as of any date, all payments shall be deemed received on the Business Day on which immediately available funds therefor are received in the Collection Account prior to 2:00 p.m. New York time. Payments received after 2:00 p.m. New York time on any Business Day or on a day that is not a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received on the following Business Day.

 

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1.11 Application and Allocation of Payments.

 

(a) So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (i) payments consisting of proceeds of Accounts received in the ordinary course of business shall be applied to the Revolving Loan; (ii) voluntary prepayments shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 1.3(a); and (iii) mandatory prepayments shall be applied as set forth in Sections 1.3(c). All payments and prepayments applied to a particular Loan shall be applied ratably to the portion thereof held by each Lender as determined by its Pro Rata Share. As to any other payment, and as to all payments made when a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or following the Commitment Termination Date, each Borrower hereby irrevocably waives the right to direct the application of any and all payments received from or on behalf of such Borrower, and each Borrower hereby irrevocably agrees that Agent shall have the continuing exclusive right to apply any and all such payments against the Obligations as Agent may deem advisable notwithstanding any previous entry by Agent in the Loan Account or any other books and records. In the absence of a specific determination by Agent with respect thereto, payments shall be applied to amounts then due and payable in the following order: (1) to Fees and Agent’s expenses reimbursable hereunder; (2) to interest on the Loans, ratably in proportion to the interest accrued as to each Loan; (3) to principal payments on the Loans and to provide cash collateral for Letter of Credit Obligations in the manner described in Annex B; and (4) to all other Obligations including expenses of Lenders to the extent reimbursable under Section 11.3.

 

(b) Agent is authorized to, and at its sole election may, charge to the Revolving Loan balance on behalf of each Borrower and cause to be paid all Fees, expenses, Charges, costs (including insurance premiums in accordance with Section 5.4(a)) and interest and principal, other than principal of the Revolving Loan, owing by Borrowers under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents if and to the extent Borrowers fail to pay promptly any such amounts as and when due, even if the amount of such charges would cause the Revolving Loan to exceed Borrowing Availability at such time. At Agent’s option and to the extent permitted by law, any charges so made shall constitute part of the Revolving Loan hereunder.

 

1.12 Loan Account and Accounting. Agent shall maintain a loan account (the “Loan Account”) on its books to record: all Advances, all payments made by Borrowers, and all other debits and credits as provided in this Agreement with respect to the Loans or any other Obligations. All entries in the Loan Account shall be made in accordance with Agent’s customary accounting practices as in effect from time to time. The balance in the Loan Account, as recorded on Agent’s most recent printout or other written statement, shall, absent manifest error, be presumptive evidence of the amounts due and owing to Agent and Lenders by Borrowers; provided that any failure to so record or any error in so recording shall not limit or otherwise affect Borrowers’ duty to pay the Obligations. Agent shall render to Borrower Representative a monthly accounting of transactions with respect to the Loans setting forth the balance of the Loan Account for the immediately preceding month. Unless Borrower Representative notifies Agent in writing of any objection to any such accounting (specifically describing the basis for such objection), within sixty (60) days after the date thereof, each and every such accounting shall be presumptive evidence of all matters reflected therein. Only those items expressly objected to in such notice shall be deemed to be disputed by Borrowers. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, any Lender may elect (which election may be revoked) to dispense with the issuance of a Note to that Lender and may rely on

 

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the Loan Account as evidence of the amount of Obligations from time to time owing to it. Each Borrower shall at all times be deemed to be primarily liable for a portion of the aggregate outstanding balance of the Revolving Loan and any other Obligations that is equivalent to the percentage of such Borrower’s share of the Borrowing Base as reflected on the most recently delivered Borrowing Base certificate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally liable for, and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of, all Obligations owed or hereafter owing to Agent and Lenders by each other Borrower.

 

1.13 Indemnity.

 

(a) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each of Agent, Lenders and their respective Affiliates, and each such Person’s respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and representatives (each, an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all suits, actions, proceedings, claims, damages, losses, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and other costs of investigation or defense, including those incurred upon any appeal) that may be instituted or asserted by any third party or by any Credit Party against, or incurred by, any such Indemnified Person as the result of credit having been extended, suspended or terminated under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the administration of such credit, and in connection with or arising out of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder and any actions or failures to act in connection therewith, including any and all Environmental Liabilities and legal costs and expenses arising out of or incurred in connection with disputes between or among any parties to any of the Loan Documents (collectively, “Indemnified Liabilities”); provided, that no such Credit Party shall be liable for any indemnification to an Indemnified Person to the extent that any such suit, action, proceeding, claim, damage, loss, liability or expense results from that Indemnified Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. NO INDEMNIFIED PERSON SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE OR LIABLE TO ANY OTHER PARTY TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, ANY SUCCESSOR, ASSIGNEE OR THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY OF SUCH PERSON OR ANY OTHER PERSON ASSERTING CLAIMS DERIVATIVELY THROUGH SUCH PARTY, FOR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHICH MAY BE ALLEGED AS A RESULT OF CREDIT HAVING BEEN EXTENDED, SUSPENDED OR TERMINATED UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR AS A RESULT OF ANY OTHER TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER OR THEREUNDER.

 

(b) To induce Lenders to provide the LIBOR Rate option on the terms provided herein, if (i) any LIBOR Loans are repaid in whole or in part prior to the last day of any applicable LIBOR Period (whether that repayment is made pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or occurs as a result of acceleration, by operation of law or otherwise); (ii) any Borrower shall default in payment when due of the principal amount of or interest on any LIBOR Loan; (iii) any Borrower shall refuse to accept any borrowing of, or shall request a termination of any borrowing, conversion into or continuation of LIBOR Loans after Borrower Representative has given notice requesting the same in accordance herewith; or (iv)

 

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any Borrower shall fail to make any prepayment of a LIBOR Loan after Borrower Representative has given a notice thereof in accordance herewith, then Borrowers shall jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Lender from and against all losses, costs and expenses resulting from or arising from any of the foregoing. Such indemnification shall include a payment equal to the greater of (i) $1,000 and (ii) an amount equal to any loss (excluding loss of margin) or expense arising from the reemployment of funds obtained by it or from fees payable to terminate deposits from which such funds were obtained. For the purpose of calculating amounts payable to a Lender under this subsection, each Lender shall be deemed to have actually funded its relevant LIBOR Loan through the purchase of a deposit bearing interest at the LIBOR Rate in an amount equal to the amount of that LIBOR Loan and having a maturity comparable to the relevant LIBOR Period; provided, that each Lender may fund each of its LIBOR Loans in any manner it sees fit, and the foregoing assumption shall be utilized only for the calculation of amounts payable under this subsection. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder. As promptly as practicable under the circumstances, each Lender shall provide Borrower Representative with its written calculation of all amounts payable pursuant to this Section 1.13(b), and such calculation shall be binding on the parties hereto unless Borrower Representative shall object in writing within ten (10) Business Days of receipt thereof, specifying the basis for such objection in detail.

 

1.14 Access. Each Credit Party which is a party hereto shall, during normal business hours, from time to time upon one (1) Business Day’s prior notice as frequently as Agent determines to be appropriate: (i) provide Agent and any of its officers, employees and agents access to its properties, facilities, advisors and employees (including officers) of each Credit Party and to the Collateral; (ii) permit Agent, and any of its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, audit and make extracts from such Credit Party’s books and records (including, without limitation, field examination of Targets acquired in Approved Acquisitions immediately prior to the consummation of such Approved Acquisition) at the expense of the Borrowers as set forth in Section 1.14(b) hereof (each such examination a “Field Examinations”), provided that, absent an Event of Default, the Agent shall not be permitted more than three Field Examinations at the expense of Borrowers in any 12-month period (in addition to any Field Examinations performed in connection with an Approved Acquisition, which Field Examinations will not count against the foregoing limitation), and provided further that the Agent may conduct any number of Field Examinations at its own expense; and (iii) permit Agent, and its officers, employees and agents, to inspect, review, appraise, evaluate and make test verifications and counts of, and conduct audits with respect to, the Accounts, Inventory and other Collateral of any Credit Party (including, without limitation, appraisals and physical inventories of the Collateral conducted by an independent appraiser selected by Agent in its sole discretion) at the expense of the Borrowers as set forth in Section 1.14(b) hereof (each such action an “Appraisal”); provided that, absent an Event of Default, the Agent shall not be permitted more than three Appraisals at the expense of Borrowers in any 12-month period, and provided further that the Agent may conduct any number of Appraisals at its own expense. If a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or if access is necessary to preserve or protect the Collateral as determined by Agent, each such Credit Party shall provide such access at all times and without advance notice. Furthermore, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Borrowers shall provide Agent with access to its suppliers and customers. Each such Credit Party shall make available to Agent and its counsel,

 

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as quickly as is possible under the circumstances, originals or copies of all books and records which Agent may request. Each such Credit Party shall deliver any document or instrument necessary for Agent, as it may from time to time request, to obtain records from any service bureau or other Person which maintains records for such Credit Party, and shall maintain duplicate records or supporting documentation on media, including computer tapes and discs owned by such Credit Party.

 

(b) In the absence of an Event of Default, Borrowers shall pay Agent a Fee of $900 per day per individual (plus all out-of-pocket costs and expenses) in connection with Agent’s Field Examinations and Appraisals permitted under Section 1.14(a) above and Section 4(c) of the Security Agreement. After the occurrence of an Event of Default, Borrowers shall pay Agent a fee per day per individual to be determined by Agent (plus all out-of-pocket costs and expenses) in connection with any Field Examinations and Appraisals conducted by Agent. Such Fees and expenses shall be charged against the Revolving Loan in connection with each Field Examination and Appraisal conducted after the Closing Date.

 

1.15 Taxes.

 

(a) Any and all payments by Borrowers hereunder or under the Notes shall be made, in accordance with this Section 1.15, free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future Taxes. If Borrowers shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under the Notes, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as much as shall be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 1.15) Agent or Lenders, as applicable, receive an amount equal to the sum they would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) Borrowers shall make such deductions, and (iii) Borrowers shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing or other authority in accordance with applicable law. Within thirty (30) days after the date of any payment of Taxes, Borrower Representative shall furnish to Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

 

(b) Each Credit Party that is a signatory hereto shall indemnify and, within ten (10) days of demand therefor, pay Agent and each Lender for the full amount of Taxes (including any Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 1.15) paid by Agent or such Lender, as appropriate, and any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally asserted.

 

(c) Each Lender organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States (a “Foreign Lender”) as to which payments to be made under this Agreement or under the Notes are exempt from United States withholding tax under an applicable statute or tax treaty shall provide to Borrower Representative and Agent a properly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or other applicable form, certificate or document prescribed by the IRS or the United States certifying as to such Foreign Lender’s entitlement to such exemption (a “Certificate of Exemption”). Any foreign Person that seeks to become a Lender under this Agreement shall provide a Certificate of Exemption to Borrower Representative and Agent prior to becoming a Lender hereunder. No foreign Person may become a Lender hereunder if such Person fails to deliver a Certificate of Exemption in advance of becoming a Lender.

 

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1.16 Capital Adequacy; Increased Costs; Illegality.

 

(a) If Agent shall have determined that the adoption after the date hereof of any law, treaty, governmental (or quasi-governmental) rule, regulation, guideline or order regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy, reserve requirements or similar requirements (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted after the Closing Date, from any central bank or other Governmental Authority increases or would have the effect of increasing the amount of capital, reserves or other funds required to be maintained by such Lender and thereby reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder, then Borrowers shall from time to time upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent) pay to Agent, for the account of such Lender, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction. A certificate as to the amount of that reduction and showing the basis of the computation thereof submitted by such Lender to Borrower Representative and to Agent shall be presumptive evidence of the matters set forth therein.

 

(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) or (ii) the compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), in each case adopted after the Closing Date, there shall be any increase in the cost to any Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Loan, then Borrowers shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to Agent), pay to Agent for the account of such Lender additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to Borrower Representative and to Agent by such Lender, shall be presumptive evidence of the matters set forth therein. Each Lender agrees that, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstances referred to above which would result in any such increased cost, the affected Lender shall, to the extent not inconsistent with such Lender’s internal policies of general application, use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize costs and expenses incurred by it and payable to it by Borrowers pursuant to this Section 1.16(b).

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if the introduction of or any change in any law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation thereof) shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain any LIBOR Loan, then, unless that Lender is able to make or to continue to fund or to maintain such LIBOR Loan at another branch or office of that Lender without, in that Lender’s reasonable opinion, materially adversely affecting it or its Loans or the income obtained therefrom, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to Borrower Representative through Agent, (i) the obligation of such Lender to agree to make or to make or to continue to fund or maintain LIBOR Loans shall terminate and (ii) Borrowers shall forthwith prepay in full all outstanding LIBOR Loans owing to such Lender, together with interest accrued thereon, unless Borrower Representative, within five (5) Business Days after the delivery of such notice and demand, converts all LIBOR Loans into Index Rate Loans.

 

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(d) Within thirty (30) days after receipt by Borrower Representative of written notice and demand from any Lender (an “Affected Lender”) for payment of additional amounts or increased costs as provided in Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) or 1.16(b), Borrower Representative may, at its option, notify Agent and such Affected Lender of its intention to replace the Affected Lender. So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower Representative, with the consent of Agent, may obtain, at Borrowers’ expense, a replacement Lender (“Replacement Lender”) for the Affected Lender, which Replacement Lender must be reasonably satisfactory to Agent. If Borrower Representative obtains a Replacement Lender within ninety (90) days following notice of its intention to do so, the Affected Lender must sell and assign its Loans and Commitments to such Replacement Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Affected Lender and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of such sale and such assignment shall not require the payment of an assignment fee to Agent; provided, that Borrowers shall have reimbursed such Affected Lender for the additional amounts or increased costs that it is entitled to receive under this Agreement through the date of such sale and assignment. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower shall not have the right to obtain a Replacement Lender if the Affected Lender rescinds its demand for increased costs or additional amounts within 15 days following its receipt of Borrower Representative’s notice of intention to replace such Affected Lender. Furthermore, if Borrower Representative gives a notice of intention to replace and does not so replace such Affected Lender within ninety (90) days thereafter, Borrowers’ rights under this Section 1.16(d) shall terminate with respect to such Affected Lender and Borrowers shall promptly pay all increased costs or additional amounts demanded by such Affected Lender pursuant to Sections 1.15(a), 1.16(a) and 1.16(b).

 

1.17 Single Loan. All Loans to Borrowers and all of the other Obligations of Borrowers arising under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall constitute one general obligation of Borrowers secured, until the Termination Date, by all of the Collateral.

 

1.18 Additional Borrowers. The Borrower Representative may request in writing from time to time that any Subsidiary of Parent or of any Borrower be allowed to become a Borrower under this Agreement (each, an “Additional Borrower”); provided that such Subsidiary shall not become an Additional Borrower unless and until each and every of the following conditions precedent with respect to such Subsidiary have been satisfied or provided for in a manner satisfactory to Agent in all respects or waived in writing by Agent and the Requisite Lenders: (a) such Subsidiary shall have been formed or acquired by Parent or a Borrower in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (b) the Agent shall have consented in writing in its sole discretion to such Subsidiary becoming an Additional Borrower; (c) no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of or after giving effect to such Subsidiary’s becoming an Additional Borrower, and (d) the Agent shall have received the following documents with respect to such Subsidiary (each duly executed and delivered by the appropriate Persons specified below): (i) from such Subsidiary, the Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, Parent and any and all other Persons who may be Guarantors at such time, a Joinder Agreement in the form of Exhibit 1.18 or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (each, a “Joinder Agreement”), and (ii) from such Subsidiary and any other applicable Credit Parties, the various Loan Documents with respect to such Subsidiary required to be delivered under Section 5.12(a).

 

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1.19 Amendment and Restatement; No Novation. This Agreement constitutes an amendment and restatement of the First Amended Credit Agreement effective from and after the Closing Date. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are not intended by the parties to be, and shall not constitute, a novation or an accord and satisfaction of the Obligations or any other obligations owing to the Prior Familymeds Lender under the First Amended Credit Agreement or the loan documents executed in connection therewith. On the Closing Date, the credit facilities and the terms and conditions thereof described in the First Amended Credit Agreement shall be amended and replaced by the credit facilities and the terms and conditions thereof described in this Agreement, and all Loans and other Obligations of Familymeds outstanding as of such date under the First Amended Credit Agreement shall be deemed to be Loans and Obligations of the Borrowers outstanding under the corresponding facilities described herein (such that all “Revolving Credit Advances” as defined in and outstanding under the First Amended Credit Agreement on the Closing Date shall become Revolving Credit Advances under this Agreement, and the “Term Loan” as defined in and outstanding under the First Amended Credit Agreement on the Closing Date shall be converted into a Revolving Credit Advance under this Agreement), without further action by any Person.

 

2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

2.1 Conditions to the Initial Loans. No Lender shall be obligated to make any Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligations on the Closing Date, or to take, fulfill, or perform any other action hereunder, until the following conditions have been satisfied or provided for in a manner satisfactory to Agent, or waived in writing by Agent and Requisite Lenders:

 

(a) Credit Agreement; Loan Documents. This Agreement or counterparts hereof shall have been duly executed by, and delivered to, Borrowers, each other Credit Party, Agent and Lenders; and Agent shall have received such documents, instruments, agreements and legal opinions as Agent shall reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including all those listed in the Closing Checklist attached hereto as Annex D, each in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and the Requisite Lenders.

 

(b) Repayment of Prior DrugMax Lender’s Obligations. (i) Agent shall have received fully executed originals of pay-off letters reasonably satisfactory to Agent confirming that all of the Prior DrugMax Lender’s Obligations will be repaid in full from the proceeds of the initial Revolving Credit Advance and all Liens upon any of the property of any Credit Party in favor of the Prior DrugMax Lender shall be terminated by the Prior DrugMax Lender immediately upon such payment.

 

(c) Approvals. Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the Credit Parties have obtained all required consents and approvals of all Persons including all requisite Governmental Authorities, to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the consummation of the Related Transactions or (ii) an officer’s certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent affirming that no such consents or approvals are required.

 

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(d) Opening Availability. The Eligible Accounts, Eligible Inventory and Eligible Prescription Files supporting the initial Revolving Credit Advance and the initial Letter of Credit Obligations incurred and the amount of the Reserves to be established on the Closing Date shall be sufficient in value, as determined by Agent, to provide Borrowers with Borrowing Availability, after giving effect to the initial Revolving Credit Advance, the incurrence of any initial Letter of Credit Obligations and the consummation of the Related Transactions (on a pro forma basis, with trade payables being paid currently, and expenses and liabilities being paid in the ordinary course of business and without acceleration of sales) of at least $10,000,000.

 

(e) Payment of Fees. Borrowers shall have paid the Fees required to be paid on the Closing Date in the respective amounts specified in Section 1.9 (including the Fees specified in the GE Capital Fee Letter), and shall have reimbursed Agent for all fees, costs and expenses of closing presented as of the Closing Date.

 

(f) Capital Structure: Other Indebtedness. The capital structure of each Credit Party and the terms and conditions of all Indebtedness of each Credit Party shall be acceptable to Agent and Requisite Lenders in their sole discretion.

 

(g) Due Diligence. Agent shall have completed its business and legal due diligence, including a roll forward of its previous Collateral audit, in each case with results reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Requisite Lenders.

 

(h) Consummation of Equity Investment and Related Transactions. Agent shall have received fully executed copies of Equity Investment Documents and each of the other Related Transaction Documents, each of which shall be in full force and effect in form and substance satisfactory to Agent. The Equity Investment and the other Related Transactions shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the Equity Investment Documents and the other Related Transactions Documents. The Borrower Representative shall provide evidence satisfactory to Agent that, prior to the Closing Date, Parent has received net cash proceeds of not less than $13,000,000 from the Equity Investment.

 

(i) Insurance. Agent shall have received from Borrower Representative in form and substance satisfactory to Agent evidence of the Credit Parties’ liability and property insurance, and all “additional insured” and “loss payee” endorsements thereto requested by Agent.

 

2.2 Further Conditions to Each Loan. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Lender shall be obligated to fund any Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation, if, as of the date thereof:

 

(a) any representation or warranty by any Credit Party contained herein or in any other Loan Document is untrue or incorrect as of such date as determined by Agent or Requisite Lenders, except to the extent that such representation or warranty expressly relates to an earlier date and except for changes therein expressly permitted or expressly contemplated by this Agreement, unless Agent or Requisite Revolving Lenders have determined to make such

 

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Advance, convert or continue any Loan as LIBOR Loan or incur such Letter of Credit Obligation in their sole discretion notwithstanding the fact that such warranty or representation is untrue or incorrect;

 

(b) (i) any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligation), unless Agent and Requisite Revolving Lenders shall have determined to make any Advance, convert or continue any Loan as a LIBOR Loan or incur any Letter of Credit Obligation in their sole discretion notwithstanding such Default or Event of Default;

 

(c) any event or circumstance having a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred since the date hereof; or

 

(d) after giving effect to any Advance (or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations), the outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Loan would exceed the lesser of the Borrowing Base and the Maximum Amount.

 

The request and acceptance by any Borrower of the proceeds of any Advance, the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations or the conversion or continuation of any Loan into, or as, a LIBOR Loan shall be deemed to constitute, as of the date of such request or acceptance thereof, (i) a representation and warranty by Borrowers that the conditions in this Section 2.2 have been satisfied, (ii) a reaffirmation by Borrowers of the cross-guaranty provisions set forth in Section 12 and (iii) a reaffirmation by Borrowers of the granting and continuance of Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, pursuant to the Collateral Documents.

 

3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

To induce Lenders to make the Loans and to incur Letter of Credit Obligations, the Credit Parties executing this Agreement, jointly and severally, make the following representations and warranties to Agent and each Lender with respect to all Credit Parties, each and all of which shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

3.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; (b) is duly qualified to conduct business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (c) has the requisite corporate power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage or otherwise encumber and operate its properties, to lease the property it operates under lease and to conduct its business as now, heretofore and proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to have such power and authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (d) subject to specific representations regarding Environmental Laws, has all licenses, permits, consents or approvals from or by, and has made all filings with, and has given all notices to, all Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, operation and conduct except for such licenses, approvals, consents and permits, the failure to have which could not reasonably be

 

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expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (e) is in compliance with its charter and by-laws; and (f) subject to specific representations set forth herein regarding ERISA, Environmental Laws, tax and other laws, is in compliance with all applicable provisions of law, except where the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.2 Executive Offices, Collateral Locations, FEIN. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party’s name as it appears in official filings in its state of incorporation or organization, organization type, organization number, if any, issued by its state incorporation or organization, and the current location of each Credit Party’s chief executive office and the warehouses and premises at which any Collateral is located are set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.2), and none of such locations has changed within four (4) months preceding the Closing Date. In addition, Disclosure Schedule (3.2) lists the federal employer identification number of each Credit Party.

 

3.3 Corporate Power, Authorization, Enforceable Obligations. The execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the creation of all Liens provided for therein: (a) are within such Person’s corporate power; (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary or proper corporate and shareholder action; (c) do not contravene any provision of such Person’s charter or bylaws; (d) do not violate any law or regulation, or any order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority; (e) do not conflict with or result in the breach or termination of, constitute a default under or accelerate or permit the acceleration of any performance required by, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, lease, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which such Person or any of its property is bound; (f) do not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the property of such Person other than those in favor of Agent pursuant to the Loan Documents; and (g) do not require the consent or approval of any Governmental Authority or any other Person, except those referred to in Section 2.1(c), all of which will have been duly obtained, made or complied with prior to the Closing Date. On or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Loan Documents shall have been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party thereto and each such Loan Document shall then constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

 

3.4 Financial Statements and Projections. Except for the Projections, all Financial Statements concerning Parent and its Subsidiaries that are referred to below have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered (except as disclosed therein and except, with respect to unaudited Financial Statements, for the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Persons covered thereby as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended.

 

(a) Financial Statements. The following Financial Statements attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)) have been delivered on the Closing Date:

 

(i) The audited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets at March 31, 2004 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year then ended, certified by BDO Seidman, and the audited

 

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consolidated and consolidating balance sheets at December 29, 2003 and the related statements of income and cash flows of Familymeds Group and its Subsidiaries for the Fiscal Year then ended, certified by Deloitte & Touche LLP; and

 

(ii) The (1) unaudited balance sheet(s) at October 31, 2004 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries prior to the Merger and (ii) unaudited balance sheet(s) at October 23, 2004 and the related statement(s) of income and cash flows of Familymeds Group and its Subsidiaries prior to the Merger.

 

(b) Pro Forma. The Pro Forma delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(b)) was prepared by Parent giving pro forma effect to the Related Transactions and the Merger, was based on the unaudited consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of (i) Parent and its Subsidiaries prior to the Merger, dated September 25, 2004, and (ii) Familymeds Group and its Subsidiaries prior to the Merger, dated September 30, 2004, and was prepared in accordance with GAAP, with only such adjustments thereto as would be required in accordance with GAAP.

 

(c) Projections. The Projections delivered on the date hereof and attached hereto as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(c)) have been prepared by Parent in light of the past operations of the businesses of Parent and its Subsidiaries and Familymeds and its Subsidiaries (in each case, prior to the Merger), but including future payments of known contingent liabilities, and reflect projections for the two (2) year period beginning on January 1, 2005 on a month-by-month basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. The Projections are based upon the same accounting principles as those used in the preparation of the financial statements described above and the estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which Parent believes to be reasonable and fair in light of current conditions and current facts known to Parent and, as of the Closing Date, reflect Parent’s good faith and reasonable estimates of the future financial performance of Parent and its Subsidiaries for the period set forth therein. The Projections are not a guaranty of future performance, and actual results may differ from the Projections.

 

3.5 Material Adverse Effect. Between March 31, 2004 and the Closing Date, (a) no Credit Party has incurred any obligations, contingent or noncontingent liabilities, liabilities for Charges, long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments that are not reflected in the Pro Forma and that, alone or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (b) no contract, lease or other agreement or instrument has been entered into by any Credit Party or has become binding upon any Credit Party’s assets and no law or regulation applicable to any Credit Party has been adopted that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (c) no Credit Party is in default and to the best of each Borrower’s knowledge no third party is in default under any material contract, lease or other agreement or instrument, that alone or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Since March 31, 2004 no event has occurred, that alone or together with other events, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6 Ownership of Property; Liens. As of the Closing Date, the real estate (“Real Estate”) listed in Disclosure Schedule (3.6) constitutes all of the real property owned, leased, subleased, or used by any Credit Party. Each Credit Party owns good and

 

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marketable fee simple title to all of its owned Real Estate, and valid and marketable leasehold interests in all of its leased Real Estate, all as described on Disclosure Schedule (3.6), and copies of all such leases or a summary of terms thereof reasonably satisfactory to Agent have been delivered to Agent. Disclosure Schedule (3.6) further describes any Real Estate with respect to which any Credit Party is a lessor, sublessor or assignor as of the Closing Date. Each Credit Party also has good and marketable title to, or valid leasehold interests in, all of its personal property and assets. As of the Closing Date, none of the properties and assets of any Credit Party are subject to any Liens other than Permitted Encumbrances, and there are no facts, circumstances or conditions known to any Credit Party that may result in any Liens (including Liens arising under Environmental Laws) other than Permitted Encumbrances. Each Credit Party has received all deeds, assignments, waivers, consents, nondisturbance and attornment or similar agreements, bills of sale and other documents, and has duly effected all recordings, filings and other actions necessary to establish, protect and perfect such Credit Party’s right, title and interest in and to all such Real Estate and other properties and assets. Disclosure Schedule (3.6) also describes any purchase options, rights of first refusal or other similar contractual rights pertaining to any Real Estate. As of the Closing Date, no portion of any Credit Party’s Real Estate has suffered any material damage by fire or other casualty loss that has not heretofore been repaired and restored in all material respects to its original condition or otherwise remedied. As of the Closing Date, all material permits required to have been issued or appropriate to enable the Real Estate to be lawfully occupied and used for all of the purposes for which it is currently occupied and used have been lawfully issued and are in full force and effect.

 

3.7 Labor Matters. As of the Closing Date, except for any of the following that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) no strikes or other labor disputes against any Credit Party are pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of each Credit Party comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and each other federal, state, local or foreign law applicable to such matter; (c) all payments due from any Credit Party for employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of such Credit Party; (d) except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7), no Credit Party is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement, management agreement, consulting agreement or any employment agreement (and true and complete copies of any agreements described on Disclosure Schedule (3.7) have been delivered to Agent); (e) there is no organizing activity involving any Credit Party pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened by any labor union or group of employees; (f) there are no representation proceedings pending or, to any Credit Party’s knowledge, threatened with the National Labor Relations Board, and no labor organization or group of employees of any Credit Party has made a pending demand for recognition; and (g) except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.7), there are no complaints or charges against any Credit Party pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened to be filed with any Governmental Authority or arbitrator based on, arising out of, in connection with, or otherwise relating to the employment or termination of employment by any Credit Party of any individual.

 

3.8 Ventures, Subsidiaries and Affiliates; Outstanding Stock and Indebtedness. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.8), no Credit Party has any Subsidiaries, is engaged in any joint venture or partnership with any other Person, or is an Affiliate of any other Person. As of the Closing Date, all of the issued and outstanding Stock of each Credit Party is owned by each of the stockholders and in the amounts set forth on

 

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Disclosure Schedule (3.8). Except as described on Disclosure Schedule (3.8), there are no outstanding rights to purchase, options, warrants or similar rights or agreements pursuant to which any Credit Party may be required to issue, sell, repurchase or redeem any of its Stock or other equity securities or any Stock or other equity securities of its Subsidiaries. All outstanding Indebtedness of each Credit Party as of the Closing Date is described in Section 6.3 (including Disclosure Schedule (6.3)). Parent has no assets (except Stock of its Subsidiaries and funds held from time to time for the payment of Parent’s reasonable expenses incidental to the performance of its functions permitted pursuant to Section 6.21), or any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (except the Obligations). No Inactive Subsidiary owns any assets (except Stock of its Subsidiaries) or has any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (except the Obligations).

 

3.9 Government Regulation. No Credit Party is an “investment company” or an “affiliated person” of, or “promoter” or “principal underwriter” for, an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. No Credit Party is subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, or any other federal or state statute that restricts or limits its ability to incur Indebtedness or to perform its obligations hereunder. The making of the Loans by Lenders to Borrowers, the incurrence of the Letter of Credit Obligations on behalf of Borrowers, the application of the proceeds thereof and repayment thereof and the consummation of the Related Transactions will not violate any provision of any such statute or any rule, regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

3.10 Margin Regulations. No Credit Party is engaged, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” as such terms are defined in Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board as now and from time to time hereafter in effect (such securities being referred to herein as “Margin Stock”). No Credit Party owns any Margin Stock, and none of the proceeds of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock, for the purpose of reducing or retiring any Indebtedness that was originally incurred to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or for any other purpose that might cause any of the Loans or other extensions of credit under this Agreement to be considered a “purpose credit” within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board. No Credit Party will take or permit to be taken any action that might cause any Loan Document to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

3.11 Taxes. All tax returns, reports and statements, including information returns, required by any Governmental Authority to be filed by any Credit Party have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authority and all Charges have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may be added thereto for nonpayment thereof (or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss has been paid), excluding Charges or other amounts being contested in accordance with Section 5.2(b) or the failure to pay which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Credit Party from its respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with all applicable federal, state, local and foreign law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. Disclosure Schedule (3.11) sets forth as of the Closing Date those taxable years for which any

 

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Credit Party’s tax returns are currently being audited by the IRS or any other applicable Governmental Authority and any assessments or threatened assessments in connection with such audit, or otherwise currently outstanding. Except as described on Disclosure Schedule (3.11), no Credit Party has executed or filed with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority any agreement or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any Charges. None of the Credit Parties and their respective predecessors are liable for any Charges: (a) under any agreement (including any tax sharing agreements) or (b) to each Credit Party’s knowledge, as a transferee. As of the Closing Date, no Credit Party has agreed or been requested to make any adjustment under IRC Section 481(a), by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.12 ERISA.

 

(a) Disclosure Schedule (3.12) lists all Plans and separately identifies all Pension Plans, including Title IV Plans, Multiemployer Plans, ESOPs and Welfare Plans, including all Retiree Welfare Plans. Copies of all such listed Plans, together with a copy of the latest form IRS/DOL 5500-series for each such Plan have been delivered to Agent. Except with respect to Multiemployer Plans, each Qualified Plan has been determined by the IRS to qualify under Section 401 of the IRC, the trusts created thereunder have been determined to be exempt from tax under the provisions of Section 501 of the IRC, and nothing has occurred that would cause the loss of such qualification or tax-exempt status. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the IRC, including the timely filing of all reports required under the IRC or ERISA, including the statement required by 29 CFR Section 2520.104-23. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has failed to make any contribution or pay any amount due as required by either Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 of ERISA or the terms of any such Plan which failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither any Credit Party nor ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a “prohibited transaction,” as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the IRC, in connection with any Plan, that would subject any Credit Party to a material tax on prohibited transactions imposed by Section 502(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 of the IRC.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.12) and except (in the case of (i) through (v) only) for any of the following as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no Title IV Plan has any Unfunded Pension Liability; (ii) no ERISA Event or event described in Section 4062(e) of ERISA with respect to any Title IV Plan has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iii) there are no pending, or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened claims (other than claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions or lawsuits, asserted or instituted against any Plan or any Person as fiduciary or sponsor of any Plan; (iv) no Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate has incurred or reasonably expects to incur any liability as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from a Multiemployer Plan; (v) within the last five years no Title IV Plan with Unfunded Pension Liabilities has been transferred outside of the “controlled group” (within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA) of any Credit Party or ERISA Affiliate; and (vi) no liability under any Title IV Plan has been satisfied with the purchase of a contract from an insurance company that is not rated AAA by the Standard & Poor’s Corporation or the equivalent by another nationally recognized rating agency.

 

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3.13 No Litigation. No action, claim, lawsuit, demand, investigation or proceeding is now pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Credit Party, before any Governmental Authority or before any arbitrator or panel of arbitrators (collectively, “Litigation”), (a) that challenges any Credit Party’s right or power to enter into or perform any of its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, or the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or any action taken thereunder, or (b) that has a reasonable risk of being determined adversely to any Credit Party and that, if so determined, could have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.13), as of the Closing Date there is no Litigation pending or threatened that seeks damages in excess of $100,000 or injunctive relief against, or alleges criminal misconduct of, any Credit Party.

 

3.14 Brokers. No broker or finder acting on behalf of any Credit Party or Affiliate thereof brought about the obtaining, making or closing of the Loans or the Related Transactions, and no Credit Party or Affiliate thereof has any obligation to any Person in respect of any finder’s or brokerage fees in connection therewith.

 

3.15 Intellectual Property. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party owns or has rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to continue to conduct its business as now or heretofore conducted by it or presently proposed to be conducted by it, and each Patent, Trademark, Copyright and License is listed, together with application or registration numbers, as applicable, in Disclosure Schedule (3.15). Each Credit Party conducts its business and affairs (and with respect to any Intellectual Property licensed by a Credit Party, to such Credit Party’s knowledge, such licensed Intellectual Property has been licensed to and used by the Credit Party) without infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.15), no Credit Party is aware of any material infringement claim by any other Person with respect to any Intellectual Property.

 

3.16 Full Disclosure. No information contained in this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents, any Projections, Financial Statements or Collateral Reports or other reports from time to time delivered hereunder or any written statement furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement contains or will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made. The Liens granted to Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents will at all times be fully perfected first priority Liens in and to the Collateral described therein, subject, as to priority, only to Permitted Encumbrances with respect to the Collateral other than Accounts.

 

3.17 Environmental Matters.

 

(a) Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.17), as of the Closing Date: (i) the Real Estate owned by the Credit Parties (and with respect to Real Estate which is held by a Credit Party pursuant to an operating lease, to the best of the Credit Parties’ knowledge, such Real Estate) is free of contamination from any Hazardous Material except for such contamination that would not adversely impact the value or marketability of such Real Estate and which would not result in Environmental Liabilities which could reasonably be expected to exceed $50,000; (ii) no Credit Party has caused or suffered to occur any Release of Hazardous

 

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Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate; (iii) the Credit Parties are and have been in compliance with all Environmental Laws, except for such noncompliance which would not result in Environmental Liabilities which could reasonably be expected to exceed $50,000; (iv) the Credit Parties have obtained, and are in compliance with, all Environmental Permits required by Environmental Laws for the operations of their respective businesses as presently conducted or as proposed to be conducted, except where the failure to so obtain or comply with such Environmental Permits would not result in Environmental Liabilities which could reasonably be expected to exceed $50,000, and all such Environmental Permits are valid, uncontested and in good standing; (v) no Credit Party is involved in operations or knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including any Releases of Hazardous Materials, that are likely to result in any Environmental Liabilities of such Credit Party which could reasonably be expected to exceed $50,000, and no Credit Party has permitted any current or former tenant or occupant of the Real Estate to engage in any such operations; (vi) there is no Litigation arising under or related to any Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or Hazardous Material which seeks damages, penalties, fines, costs or expenses in excess of $50,000 or injunctive relief, or which alleges criminal misconduct by any Credit Party; (vii) no notice has been received by any Credit Party identifying it as a “potentially responsible party” or requesting information under CERCLA or analogous state statutes, and to the knowledge of the Credit Parties, there are no facts, circumstances or conditions that may result in any Credit Party being identified as a “potentially responsible party” under CERCLA or analogous state statutes; and (viii) the Credit Parties have provided to Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all written information pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case relating to any Credit Party.

 

(b) Each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that Agent (i) is not now, and has not ever been, in control of any of the Real Estate or any Credit Party’s affairs, and (ii) does not have the capacity through the provisions of the Loan Documents or otherwise to influence any Credit Party’s conduct with respect to the ownership, operation or management of any of its Real Estate or compliance with Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits.

 

3.18 Insurance. Disclosure Schedule (3.18) lists all insurance policies of any nature maintained, as of the Closing Date, for current occurrences by each Credit Party, as well as a summary of the terms of each such policy.

 

3.19 Deposit and Disbursement Accounts. Disclosure Schedule (3.19) lists all banks and other financial institutions at which any Credit Party maintains deposit or other accounts as of the Closing Date, including any Disbursement Accounts, and such Schedule correctly identifies the name, address and telephone number of each depository, the name in which the account is held, a description of the purpose of the account, and the complete account number therefor.

 

3.20 HIPAA Compliance. To the extent that and for so long as (i) a Credit Party is a “covered entity” as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103, (ii) a Credit Party and/or its business and operations are subject to or covered by the HIPAA Administrative Requirements codified at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 & 162 (the “Transactions Rule”) and/or the HIPAA Security and Privacy Requirements codified at 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 & 164 (the “Privacy and Security Rules”), and/or (iii) a Credit Party sponsors any “group health plans” as defined in 45 C.F.R. § 160.103,

 

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each such Credit Party has: (x) completed, or will complete on or before any applicable compliance date, thorough and detailed surveys, audits, inventories, reviews, analyses and/or assessments, including risk assessments, (collectively “Assessments”) of all areas of its business and operations subject to HIPAA and/or that could be adversely affected by the failure of such Credit Party to be HIPAA Compliant (as defined below) to the extent these Assessments are appropriate or required for such Credit Party to be HIPAA Compliant; (y) developed, or will develop on or before any applicable compliance date, a detailed plan and time line for becoming HIPAA Compliant (a “HIPAA Compliance Plan”); and (z) implemented, or will implement on or before any applicable compliance date, those provisions of its HIPAA Compliance Plan necessary to ensure that such Credit Party is HIPAA Compliant. For purposes of this Agreement, “HIPAA Compliant” shall mean that an applicable Credit Party (1) is, or on or before any applicable compliance date will be, in full compliance with any and all of the applicable requirements of HIPAA, including all requirements of the Transactions Rule and the Privacy and Security Rules and (2) is not subject to, and could not reasonably be expected to become subject to, any civil or criminal penalty or any investigation, claim or process that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect such Credit Party’s business operations, assets, properties or condition (financial or otherwise), in connection with any violation by such Credit Party of the then effective requirements of HIPAA.

 

3.21 Compliance with Healthcare Laws. The Facilities, and each of its licensed employees and contractors (other than contracted agencies) in the exercise of their respective duties on behalf of the Facilities, are in compliance with all applicable Healthcare Laws, except where the failure to comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Credit Parties have maintained all records required to be maintained by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency and State Boards of Pharmacy and the federal and state Medicare and Medicaid programs as required by the Healthcare Laws and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, there are no presently existing circumstances which would result or likely would result in material violations of the Healthcare Laws. The Credit Parties and their Affiliates have such permits, licenses, franchises, certificates and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities as are necessary under applicable law to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective business (including, without limitation, such permits as are required under such federal, state and other health care laws, and under such HMO or similar licensure laws and such insurance laws and regulations, as are applicable thereto), and with respect to those Facilities and other businesses that participate in Medicare and/or Medicaid, to receive reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid. To any Borrower’s knowledge, there currently exist no restrictions, deficiencies, required plans of correction actions or other such remedial measures with respect to federal and state Medicare Certifications and Medicaid Certifications or licensure

 

3.22 Agreements and Other Documents. As of the Closing Date, each Credit Party has provided to Agent or its counsel accurate and complete copies (or summaries) of all of the following agreements or documents to which any it is subject and each of which are listed on Disclosure Schedule (3.22): supply agreements and purchase agreements not terminable by such Credit Party within sixty (60) days following written notice issued by such Credit Party and involving transactions in excess of $1,000,000 per annum; any lease of Equipment having a remaining term of one year or longer and requiring aggregate rental and

 

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other payments in excess of $250,000 per annum; licenses and permits held by the Credit Parties, the absence of which could be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; instruments or documents evidencing Indebtedness of such Credit Party and any security interest granted by such Credit Party with respect thereto; and instruments and agreements evidencing the issuance of any equity securities, warrants, rights or options to purchase equity securities of such Credit Party.

 

3.23 Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations to be made or incurred on the Closing Date or such other date as Loans and Letter of Credit Obligations requested hereunder are made or incurred, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans pursuant to the instructions of Borrower Representative, (c) the Equity Investment, the Refinancing and the consummation of the other Related Transactions and (d) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, each Credit Party is and will be Solvent.

 

3.24 Government Contracts. Except as set forth in Disclosure Schedule (3.24), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party is a party to any contract or agreement with any Governmental Authority and no Credit Party’s Accounts are subject to the Federal Assignment of Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section 3727) or any similar state or local law.

 

3.25 Status of Parent and Familymeds Holdings; Status of Inactive Subsidiaries. Prior to the Closing Date, neither Parent nor Familymeds Holdings will have engaged in any business or incurred any Indebtedness or any other liabilities (except in connection with its corporate formation, the Prior DrugMax Agreement, the Related Transactions Documents and this Agreement); provided, however, that prior to the Closing Date, Parent engaged in the following activities: (1) employed and provided compensation for Parent officers and certain other employees of the Parent, including but not limited to, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Assistants, (2) generally engaged in activities necessary and incidental to managing the operations of the Credit Parties, (3) managed the accounting and tax activities of the Credit Parties and engaged public accounts and tax advisers in connection therewith, and (4) managed securities law compliance and SEC filings for the Credit Parties. No Inactive Subsidiary engages in any business, owns any assets or owes any Indebtedness or other liabilities (other than the Obligations).

 

3.26 Customer and Trade Relations. As of the Closing Date, there exists no actual or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened termination or cancellation of, or any material adverse modification or change in: the business relationship of any Credit Party with any customer or group of customers whose purchases during the preceding 12 months caused them to be ranked among the ten largest customers of such Credit Party; or the business relationship of any Credit Party with any supplier essential to its operations.

 

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3.27 Bonding; Licenses. Except as set forth on Disclosure Schedule (3.27), as of the Closing Date, no Credit Party is a party to or bound by any surety bond agreement or bonding requirement with respect to products or services sold by it or any Trademark License or Patent License with respect to products sold by it.

 

3.28 Merger Agreement. As of the Closing Date, Borrower Representative has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the Merger Agreement (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith). No Credit Party and no other Person party thereto is in default in the performance or compliance with any provisions thereof. The Merger Agreement complies with, and the Merger has been consummated in accordance with, all applicable laws. The Merger Agreement is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date and has not been terminated, rescinded or withdrawn. All requisite approvals by Governmental Authorities having jurisdiction over any Credit Party and any other Person party to the Merger Agreement have been obtained, and no such approvals impose any conditions to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or to the conduct by any Credit Party of its business thereafter. To the best of each Credit Party’s knowledge, none of the representations or warranties in the Merger Agreement made by any Person other than a Credit Party contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit any fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. Each of the representations and warranties given by each applicable Credit Party in the Merger Agreement is true and correct in all material respects.

 

3.29 Subordinated Debt and Equity Investment Documents. As of the Closing Date, Borrower Representative has delivered to Agent a complete and correct copy of the Seller Notes and the Equity Investment Documents (including all schedules, exhibits, amendments, supplements, modifications, assignments and all other documents delivered pursuant thereto or in connection therewith). All Obligations, including the Letter of Credit Obligations, constitute Indebtedness entitled to the benefits of the subordination provisions contained in the Seller Notes and the Seller Notes Subordination Agreements.

 

4. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION

 

4.1 Reports and Notices.

 

(a) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as required, the Financial Statements, notices, Projections and other information required to be delivered by it at the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in Annex E.

 

(b) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement hereby agrees that from and after the Closing Date and until the Termination Date, it shall deliver or cause to be delivered to Agent or to Agent and Lenders, as required, the various Collateral Reports required to be delivered by it (including Borrowing Base Certificates in the form of Exhibit 4.1(b)) at the times, to the Persons and in the manner set forth in Annex F.

 

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4.2 Communication with Accountants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement authorizes (a) Agent and (b) so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, each Lender, to communicate directly with its independent certified public accountants, including Deloitte & Touche LLP, and authorizes and shall instruct those accountants and advisors to communicate to Agent and each Lender information relating to any Credit Party with respect to the business, results of operations and financial condition of any Credit Party. The Agent agrees that, absent an Event of Default, it will provide Borrower Representative with reasonable advance notice of any such communication.

 

5. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof and until the Termination Date:

 

5.1 Maintenance of Existence and Conduct of Business. Each Credit Party shall: do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and its rights and franchises; continue to conduct its business substantially as now conducted or as otherwise permitted hereunder; at all times maintain, preserve and protect all of its assets and properties used or useful in the conduct of its business, and keep the same in good repair, working order and condition in all material respects (taking into consideration ordinary wear and tear) and from time to time make, or cause to be made, all necessary or appropriate repairs, replacements and improvements thereto consistent with industry practices; and transact business only in such corporate and trade names as are set forth in Disclosure Schedule (5.1); provided, however, that the Borrowers may cause the winding up and dissolution of any Inactive Subsidiary after giving fifteen (15) days’ written notice to the Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith has been completed or taken (such acknowledgement by Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or conditioned).

 

5.2 Payment of Charges.

 

(a) Subject to Section 5.2(b), each Credit Party shall pay and discharge or cause to be paid and discharged promptly all Charges payable by it, including (i) Charges imposed upon it, its income and profits, or any of its property (real, personal or mixed) and all Charges with respect to tax, social security and unemployment withholding with respect to its employees, and (ii) lawful claims for labor, materials, supplies and services or otherwise in accordance with past practices as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

(b) Each Credit Party may in good faith contest, by appropriate proceedings, the validity or amount of any Charges described in Section 5.2(a); provided, (i) adequate reserves with respect to such contest are maintained on the books of such Credit Party, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) no Lien shall be imposed to secure payment of such Charges that is superior to any of the Liens securing the Obligations and such contest is maintained and prosecuted continuously and with diligence and operates to suspend collection or enforcement of such Charges; (iii) none of the Collateral becomes subject to forfeiture or loss as a result of such contest, (iv) such Credit Party shall promptly pay or discharge such contested Charges or claims and all additional charges, interest, penalties and expenses, if any, and shall deliver to Agent evidence acceptable

 

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to Agent of such compliance, payment or discharge, if such contest is terminated or discontinued adversely to such Credit Party or the conditions set forth in this Section 5.2(b) are no longer met, and (v) Agent has not advised Borrower Representative in writing that Agent reasonably believes that nonpayment or nondischarge thereof could have or result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.3 Books and Records. Each Credit Party shall keep adequate books and records with respect to its business activities in which proper entries, reflecting all financial transactions, are made in accordance with GAAP and on a basis consistent with the Financial Statements attached as Disclosure Schedule (3.4(a)).

 

5.4 Insurance; Damage to or Destruction of Collateral.

 

(a) The Credit Parties shall, at their sole cost and expense, maintain the policies of insurance described on Disclosure Schedule (3.18) as in effect on the date hereof or otherwise in form and amounts and with insurers acceptable to Agent. If any Credit Party at any time or times hereafter shall fail to obtain or maintain any of the policies of insurance required above or to pay all premiums relating thereto, Agent may at any time or times thereafter obtain and maintain such policies of insurance and pay such premiums and take any other action with respect thereto which Agent deems advisable. Agent shall have no obligation to obtain insurance for any Credit Party or pay any premiums therefor. By doing so, neither Agent nor any Lender shall be deemed to have waived any Default or Event of Default arising from any Credit Party’s failure to maintain such insurance or pay any premiums therefor. All sums so disbursed, including attorneys’ fees, court costs and other charges related thereto, shall be payable on demand by Borrowers to Agent and shall be additional Obligations hereunder secured by the Collateral.

 

(b) Agent reserves the right at any time upon any change in any Credit Party’s risk profile (including any change in the product mix maintained by any Credit Party or any laws affecting the potential liability of such Credit Party) to reasonably require additional forms and limits (which are commercially available and customary for such Credit Party’s industry) of insurance to, in Agent’s opinion, adequately protect both Agent’s interests in all or any portion of the Collateral and to ensure that each Credit Party is protected by insurance in amounts and with coverage customary for its industry. If requested by Agent, each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent from time to time a report of a reputable insurance broker, satisfactory to Agent, with respect to its insurance policies.

 

(c) Each Credit Party shall deliver to Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to Agent, endorsements to (i) all “All Risk” and business interruption insurance naming the Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders, as loss payee, and (ii) all general liability and other liability policies naming Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional insured. Each Credit Party irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Agent), so long as any Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or the anticipated insurance proceeds exceed $500,000, as such Credit Party’s true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of making, settling and adjusting claims under such “All Risk” policies of

 

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insurance, endorsing the name of such Credit Party on any check or other item of payment for the proceeds of such “All Risk” policies of insurance and for making all determinations and decisions with respect to such “All Risk” policies of insurance. Agent shall not have any duty to exercise any rights or powers granted to it pursuant to the foregoing power-of-attorney. Borrower Representative shall promptly notify Agent of any loss, damage, or destruction to the Collateral in the amount of $500,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance. After deducting from such proceeds the expenses, if any, incurred by Agent in the collection or handling thereof, Agent may, at its option, require that such proceeds be applied to the reduction of the Obligations in accordance with Sections 1.3(b) and 1.3(c) (and any remaining balance of such proceeds after the satisfaction of all Obligations shall be applied by the Agent in accordance with the terms of the applicable Collateral Document); or permit or require the applicable Credit Party to use such money, or any part thereof, to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral in a diligent and expeditious manner with materials and workmanship of substantially the same quality as existed before the loss, damage or destruction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the casualty giving rise to such insurance proceeds would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such insurance proceeds do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate, Agent shall permit such Credit Party to replace, restore, repair or rebuild the property; provided that if such Credit Party has not completed or entered into binding agreements to complete such replacement, restoration, repair or rebuilding within 180 days of such casualty, Agent may apply such insurance proceeds to the Obligations in accordance with Section 1.3(b) and (c). All insurance proceeds which are to be made available to any Borrower to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral shall be applied by Agent to reduce the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loan (which application shall not result in a permanent reduction of the Revolving Loan Commitment) and upon such application, Agent shall establish a Reserve against the Borrowing Base in an amount equal to the amount of such proceeds so applied. Thereafter, such funds shall be made available to the Borrower Representative to loan to the applicable Credit Party (in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 6.3(a)(v)) to provide funds to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral as follows: (i) Borrower Representative shall request a Revolving Credit Advance in the amount requested to be released; (ii) so long as the conditions set forth in Section 2.2 have been met, Lenders shall make such Revolving Credit Advance; and (iii) in the case of insurance proceeds applied against the Revolving Loan, the Reserve established with respect to such insurance proceeds shall be reduced by the amount of such Revolving Credit Advance. To the extent not used to replace, repair, restore or rebuild the Collateral, such insurance proceeds shall be applied in accordance with Section 1.3(b) and (c).

 

5.5 Compliance with Laws. Each Credit Party shall comply with all federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations applicable to it, including those relating to the sale or handling of pharmaceutical products, licensing, ERISA and labor matters and Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, except to the extent that the failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.6 Supplemental Disclosure. From time to time as may be requested by Agent (which request will not be made more frequently than once each year absent the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default) or at Credit Parties’ election, the Credit Parties shall supplement each Disclosure Schedule hereto, or any representation herein or in any other Loan Document, with respect to any matter hereafter arising that, if existing or occurring at the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be set forth or described in such Disclosure Schedule or as an exception to such representation or that is necessary to correct

 

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any information in such Disclosure Schedule or representation which has been rendered inaccurate thereby (and, in the case of any supplements to any Disclosure Schedule, such Disclosure Schedule shall be appropriately marked to show the changes made therein); provided that (a) no such supplement to any such Disclosure Schedule or representation shall amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Disclosure Schedule or representation, or be or be deemed a waiver of any Default or Event of Default resulting from the matters disclosed therein, except as consented to by Agent and Requisite Lenders in writing, and (b) no supplement shall be required or permitted as to representations and warranties that relate solely to the Closing Date.

 

5.7 Intellectual Property. Each Credit Party will conduct its business and affairs without infringement of or interference with any Intellectual Property of any other Person in any material respect.

 

5.8 Environmental Matters. Each Credit Party shall and shall cause each Person within its control to: (a) conduct its operations and keep and maintain its Real Estate in compliance with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits other than noncompliance which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) implement any and all investigation, remediation, removal and response actions which are appropriate or necessary to maintain the value and marketability of the Real Estate or to otherwise comply with Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits pertaining to the presence, generation, treatment, storage, use, disposal, transportation or Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate; (c) notify Agent promptly after such Credit Party becomes aware of any violation of Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or any Release on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any Real Estate which is reasonably likely to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000; and (d) promptly forward to Agent a copy of any order, notice, request for information or any communication or report received by such Credit Party in connection with any such violation or Release or any other matter relating to any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits that could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $50,000, in each case whether or not the Environmental Protection Agency or any Governmental Authority has taken or threatened any action in connection with any such violation, Release or other matter. If Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there may be a violation of any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits by any Credit Party or any Environmental Liability arising thereunder, or a Release of Hazardous Materials on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of its Real Estate, which, in each case, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, then each Credit Party shall, upon Agent’s written request (i) cause the performance of such environmental audits including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and preparation of such environmental reports, at Borrowers’ expense, as Agent may from time to time reasonably request, which shall be conducted by reputable environmental consulting firms acceptable to Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Agent, and (ii) permit Agent or its representatives to have access to all Real Estate for the purpose of conducting such environmental audits and testing as Agent reasonably deems appropriate, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater. Borrowers shall reimburse Agent for the reasonable costs of such audits and tests and the same will constitute a part of the Obligations secured hereunder.

 

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5.9 Landlords’ Agreements, Mortgagee Agreements, Bailee Letters and Real Estate Purchases. Each Credit Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Agent a landlord’s agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased property or mortgagee of owned property or with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral is located, which agreement or letter shall contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee or bailee may assert against the Inventory or Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise be satisfactory in form and substance to Agent. With respect to such locations or warehouse space, so long as the Agent has not received a landlord or mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, Borrowers’ Eligible Inventory at that location shall be subject to the following Reserves:

 

(a) If such location is one where the landlord, mortgagee or bailee has a legal lien (whether by statute, case law, agreement or otherwise) upon property stored at such location, the Agent shall establish a Reserve in the amount of base rent and other payments required to be paid under the lease for such location for a period of six (6) months or such longer period as the Agent shall require in its good faith discretion; or

 

(b) If such location is one where the landlord, mortgagee or bailee has no legal lien (whether by statute, case law, agreement or otherwise) upon property stored at such location, the Agent shall establish a Reserve in the amount of base rent and other payments required to be paid under the lease for such location for a period of three (3) months or such longer period as the Agent shall require in its good faith discretion.

 

Each Credit Party shall timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location or public warehouse where any Collateral is or may be located.

 

5.10 Further Assurances. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that it shall and shall cause each other Credit Party to, at such Credit Party’s expense and upon request of Agent, duly execute and deliver, or cause to be duly executed and delivered, to Agent such further instruments and do and cause to be done such further acts as may be necessary or proper in the reasonable opinion of Agent to carry out more effectively the provisions and purposes of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

5.11 Maintenance of Accreditation and Licensing. Each Credit Party shall keep itself fully licensed with all licenses required to operate such Person’s business under applicable law and maintain such Person’s qualification for participation in, and payment under, Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, CHAMPUS, CHAMPVA and any other federal, state or local governmental program or private program providing for payment or reimbursement for services rendered by such Person, except to the extent that the loss or relinquishment of such qualification would not or would not reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that nothing in this Agreement shall require any Credit Party to participate in the Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, CHAMPUS or CHAMPVA programs if it elects not to accept patients covered by such programs. Each Credit Party will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent copies of all reports and correspondence it sends or receives relating to any loss or revocation (or threatened loss or revocation) of any qualification described in this

 

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Section 5.11. If after the Closing Date any Governmental Authority imposes any restriction on any Facility owned or operated by any Credit Party as a result of alleged non-compliance with Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, CHAMPVA and/or CHAMPUS, Borrower Representative will promptly (and in any event within three (3) days after any Borrower becomes aware of such event) notify the Agent in writing of such event and provide a detailed explanation as to what steps are being, or will be, taken by Borrowers to remove such hold or other restriction

 

5.12 Additional Subsidiaries. If Agent consents (which consent shall be at its sole discretion) to the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary of Parent, promptly (and in any event within fifteen (15) days) after the formation or acquisition of any such Subsidiary, the Credit Parties shall cause to be executed and delivered, (i) by such new Subsidiary, a Guaranty and pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall guarantee the payment and performance of all of the Obligations, (ii) by such new Subsidiary, an acknowledgement to the Security Agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Agent and pursuant to which Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders shall be granted a first priority (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) and perfected security interest in all Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of such Subsidiary to secure the Obligations, (iii) by such new Subsidiary if it owns any Intellectual Property that is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or the United States Copyright Office, an Intellectual Property Security Agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and pursuant to which Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders shall be granted a first priority (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) and perfected security in all of such Intellectual Property to secure the Obligations, (iv) by the Credit Party that is such Subsidiary’s direct parent company, a Pledge Agreement substantially in the form of the Pledge Agreement delivered on the Closing Date (or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent) and pursuant to which all of the Stock of such new Subsidiary owned by each such parent company shall be pledged to Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders on a first priority and perfected basis to secure the Obligations, and (v) by the Credit Parties, such other related documents (including closing certificates, legal opinions and other similar documents) as Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent. Nothing in this Section 5.12 shall be construed to constitute Agent’s or any Lender’s consent to the formation or acquisition of any Subsidiary.

 

5.13 Certificate of Designation.

 

Each Credit Party will, by the second Dividend Payment Date (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) after the Closing Date, cause any dividends paid to the holders of Preferred Stock of Holdings pursuant to the terms of the Certificate of Designation to consist of Common Stock (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation).

 

6. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Credit Party executing this Agreement jointly and severally agrees as to all Credit Parties that from and after the date hereof until the Termination Date:

 

6.1 Mergers, Subsidiaries, Etc. No Credit Party shall directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise, (a) form or acquire any Subsidiary, or (b) merge with, consolidate with, acquire all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of, or

 

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otherwise combine with or acquire, any Person (such Person a “Target”) (each item listed in this clause (b) is hereinafter referred to as an “Acquisition”), without the prior express written consent of Agent and the Requisite Lenders, which consent shall be in the Agent’s and the Requisite Lenders’ sole discretion (such Acquisition consented to by Agent and the Requisite Lenders, an “Approved Acquisition”).

 

6.2 Investments; Loans and Advances. Except as otherwise expressly permitted by this Section 6, no Credit Party shall make or permit to exist any investment in, or make, accrue or permit to exist loans or advances of money to, any Person, through the direct or indirect lending of money, holding of securities or otherwise, except that (a) Borrowers may hold investments comprised of notes payable, or stock or other securities issued by Account Debtors to any Borrower pursuant to negotiated agreements with respect to settlement of such Account Debtor’s Accounts in the ordinary course of business, so long as the aggregate amount of such Accounts so settled by Borrowers does not exceed $100,000; (b) each Credit Party may maintain its existing investments in its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date; (c) Borrowers may make Approved Acquisitions; and (d) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and there is no outstanding Revolving Loan balance, Borrowers may make investments, subject to Control Letters in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders or otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of Agent for the benefit of Lenders, in (i) marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof maturing no more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof, (ii) commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and currently having the highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (iii) certificates of deposit maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof issued by commercial banks incorporated under the laws of the United States of America, each having combined capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $300,000,000 and having a senior unsecured rating of “A” or better by a nationally recognized rating agency (an “A Rated Bank”), (iv) time deposits maturing no more than 30 days from the date of creation thereof with A Rated Banks and (v) mutual funds that invest solely in one or more of the investments described in clauses (i) through (iv) above; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of all investments permitted under this clause (d) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time.

 

6.3 Indebtedness.

 

(a) No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except (without duplication) (i) Indebtedness secured by purchase money security interests and Capital Leases permitted in clause (c) of Section 6.7, (ii) the Loans and the other Obligations, (iii) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities to the extent they are permitted to remain unfunded under applicable law, (iv) existing Indebtedness described in Disclosure Schedule (6.3) and refinancings thereof or amendments or modifications thereof which do not have the effect of increasing the principal amount thereof or changing the amortization thereof (other than to extend the same) and which are otherwise on terms and conditions no less favorable to any Credit Party, Agent or any Lender, as determined by Agent, than the terms of the Indebtedness being refinanced, amended or modified, and (v) Indebtedness consisting of intercompany loans and advances made by any Borrower to any other Borrower; provided, that: (A) each Borrower shall have executed and delivered to each other

 

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Borrower, on the Closing Date, a demand note (collectively, the “Intercompany Notes”) to evidence any such intercompany Indebtedness owing at any time by such Borrower to such other Borrowers, which Intercompany Notes shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent and shall be pledged and delivered to Agent pursuant to the applicable Pledge Agreement or Security Agreement as additional collateral security for the Obligations; (B) each Borrower shall record all intercompany transactions applicable to such Borrower on its books and records in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (C) the obligations of each Borrower under any such Intercompany Notes shall be subordinated to the Obligations of such Borrower hereunder in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (D) at the time any such intercompany loan or advance is made by any Borrower to any other Borrower and after giving effect thereto, each such Borrower shall be Solvent; and (E) no Default or Event of Default would occur and be continuing after giving effect to any such proposed intercompany loan.

 

(b) No Credit Party shall, directly or indirectly, voluntarily purchase, redeem, defease or prepay any principal of, premium, if any, interest or other amount payable in respect of any Indebtedness prior to its scheduled maturity, other than (i) the Obligations; (ii) Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Encumbrance if the asset securing such Indebtedness has been sold or otherwise disposed of in accordance with Sections 6.8(b) or (c); (iii) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.3(a)(v); and (iv) as otherwise permitted in Section 6.14.

 

6.4 Employee Loans and Affiliate Transactions.

 

(a) No Credit Party shall enter into or be a party to any transaction with any other Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof except in the ordinary course of and pursuant to the reasonable requirements of such Credit Party’s business and upon fair and reasonable terms that are no less favorable to such Credit Party than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of such Credit Party.

 

(b) No Credit Party shall enter into any lending or borrowing transaction with any employees of any Credit Party, except loans to its respective employees on an arm’s-length basis in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices for travel expenses, relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $50,000 to any employee and up to a maximum of $150,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding.

 

6.5 Capital Structure and Business. No Credit Party shall (a) make any changes in any of its business objectives, purposes or operations which could be reasonably expected to in any way adversely affect the repayment of the Loans or any of the other Obligations or could reasonably be expected to have or result in a Material Adverse Effect; (b) make any change in its capital structure as described on Disclosure Schedule (3.8), including the issuance of any shares of Stock, warrants or other securities convertible into Stock or any revision of the terms of its outstanding Stock; provided that Parent may issue or sell shares of its Stock for cash so long as (i) the proceeds thereof are applied in prepayment of the Obligations as required by Section 1.2(b)(iii), and (ii) no Change of Control occurs after giving effect thereto; or (c) amend its charter or bylaws in a manner which would adversely affect Agent or any Lender or such Credit Party’s duty or ability to repay the Obligations. No Credit Party shall engage in any business other than the businesses currently engaged in by it.

 

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6.6 Guaranteed Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Guaranteed Indebtedness except (a) by endorsement of instruments or items of payment for deposit to the general account of any Credit Party, and (b) for Guaranteed Indebtedness incurred for the benefit of any other Credit Party if the primary obligation is expressly permitted by this Agreement.

 

6.7 Liens. No Credit Party shall create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on or with respect to its Accounts or any of its other properties or assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) except for (a) Permitted Encumbrances; (b) Liens in existence on the date hereof and summarized on Disclosure Schedule (6.7) securing Indebtedness described on Disclosure Schedule (6.3) and permitted refinancings, extensions and renewals thereof, including extensions or renewals of any such Liens; provided that the principal amount so secured is not increased and the Lien does not attach to any other property; (c) Liens created after the date hereof by conditional sale or other title retention agreements (including Capital Leases) or in connection with purchase money Indebtedness, in each case with respect to Equipment and Fixtures acquired by any Credit Party in the ordinary course of business, involving the incurrence of an aggregate amount of purchase money Indebtedness and Capital Lease Obligations of not more than $1,500,000 outstanding at any one time for all such Liens (provided that such Liens attach only to the assets subject to such purchase money debt and such Indebtedness is incurred within forty-five (45) days following such purchase and does not exceed 100% of the purchase price of the subject assets); (d) other Liens securing Indebtedness not exceeding $250,000 in the aggregate at any time outstanding, so long as such Liens do not attach to any Accounts or Inventory; and (e) UCC protective filings with respect to operating leases made by any Borrower or any other Credit Party in the ordinary course of business and permitted under the terms of this Agreement. In addition, no Credit Party shall become a party to any agreement, note, indenture or instrument, or take any other action, that would prohibit the creation of a Lien on any of its properties or other assets in favor of Agent, on behalf of itself and Lenders, as additional collateral for the Obligations, except operating leases, Capital Leases or Licenses which prohibit Liens upon the assets that are subject thereto.

 

6.8 Sale of Stock and Assets. No Credit Party shall sell, transfer, convey, assign or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or other assets, including the Stock of any of its Subsidiaries (whether in a public or a private offering or otherwise) or any of its Accounts, other than (a) the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition by a Credit Party of Equipment, Fixtures or Real Estate that are obsolete or no longer used or useful in such Credit Party’s business and having a book value, not exceeding $50,000 in any single transaction or $150,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, and (c) the sale or other disposition of other Equipment and Fixtures having a book value not exceeding $50,000 in any single transaction or $150,000 in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year. With respect to any disposition of assets or other properties permitted pursuant to clause (b) and clause (c), Agent agrees on reasonable prior written notice and absent the existence of a Default or Event of Default, to release its Lien on such assets or other properties in order to permit the applicable Credit Party to effect such disposition and shall execute and deliver to Borrower Representative, at Borrowers’ expense, appropriate UCC termination statements and other releases as reasonably requested by Borrowers.

 

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6.9 ERISA. No Credit Party shall, or shall cause or permit any ERISA Affiliate to, cause or permit to occur (i) an event that could result in the imposition of a Lien under Section 412 of the IRC or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA or (ii) an ERISA Event to the extent such ERISA Event could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.10 Financial Covenants. No Credit Party shall breach or fail to comply with any of the Financial Covenants.

 

6.11 Hazardous Materials. No Credit Party shall cause or permit a Release of any Hazardous Material on, at, in, under, above, to, from or about any of the Real Estate where such Release would (a) violate in any respect, or form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities under, any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits or (b) otherwise materially adversely impact the value or marketability of any of the Real Estate or any of the Collateral, other than such violations or Environmental Liabilities that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.12 Sale-Leasebacks. No Credit Party shall engage in any sale-leaseback, synthetic lease or similar transaction involving any of its assets without Agent’s and Requisite Lenders’ prior written consent.

 

6.13 Cancellation of Indebtedness. No Credit Party shall cancel any claim or debt owing to it, except for reasonable consideration negotiated on an arm’s-length basis and in the ordinary course of its business consistent with past practices.

 

6.14 Restricted Payments. No Credit Party shall make any Restricted Payment, except (a) intercompany loans and advances between Borrowers to the extent permitted by Section 6.3, (b) dividends and distributions of Subsidiaries of any Borrower paid to such Borrower; (c) employee loans permitted under Section 6.4(b), (d) distributions by Borrowers to Parent for the purpose and in the amount necessary to permit (i) Parent to pay income and franchise taxes payable with respect to income of the Credit Parties and (ii) Parent to pay reasonable expenses actually incurred and incidental to the performance of its functions permitted pursuant to Section 6.21 in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3,000,000 in any Fiscal Year; (e) regularly scheduled payments of interest and principal (but only to the extent that such principal payments do not exceed $131,741 per month) with respect to the Seller Notes; (f) prepayments of principal with respect to the Seller Notes; (g) prepayments of principal with respect to Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 6.3(a)(i) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $250,000 in any Fiscal Year; and (h) provided that the “Equity Conditions” (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) shall not have been satisfied on the first “Dividend Payment Date” (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) to occur after the Closing Date, cash dividends with respect to the Preferred Stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed $300,000 made on the first “Dividend Payment Date” to occur after the Closing Date; provided, that (i) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result after giving effect to any Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) and (h) above, (ii) after giving effect to any Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (f), (g) and (h) above, Borrowers shall have Borrowing Availability of not less than $3,500,000, and (iii) during the 30-day period prior to any Restricted Payment pursuant to clauses (f) and (g) above, Borrowers shall have had an average daily Borrowing Availability of not less than $2,000,000 (calculated as if

 

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such Restricted Payment was made on the last day of such 30-day period). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, neither the Parent nor any other Credit Party shall declare or make any payments or dividends (other than dividends of common Stock of the Parent and dividends permitted pursuant to clause (h) above) with respect to the Preferred Stock, and the maintenance of the Preferred Stock Reserve by Agent shall not be construed to constitute Agent or any Lender’s consent to the declaration or making of such payments or dividends.

 

6.15 Change of Corporate Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year. No Credit Party shall (a) change its corporate or legal name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or other organization, (b) change its chief executive office, principal place of business, corporate offices or warehouses or locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the location of its records concerning the Collateral, (c) change the type of entity that it is, (d) change its organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of incorporation or other organization, or (e) change its state of incorporation or organization, in each case without at least thirty (30) days prior written notice to Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of Agent, on behalf of Lenders, in any Collateral, has been completed or taken (such acknowledgement by Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or conditioned), and provided that any such new location shall be in the continental United States. Without limiting the foregoing, no Credit Party shall change its name, identity or corporate structure in any manner which might make any financing or continuation statement filed in connection herewith seriously misleading within the meaning of Sections 9-506 and 9-507(c) of the Code or any other then applicable provision of the Code except upon prior written notice to Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith, including to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of Agent in any Collateral, has been completed or taken. Without limiting the foregoing, the Borrowers may cause the winding up and dissolution of any Inactive Subsidiary after giving fifteen (15) days’ written notice to the Agent and after Agent’s written acknowledgment that any reasonable action requested by Agent in connection therewith has been completed or taken (such acknowledgement by Agent not to be unreasonably withheld or conditioned). No Credit Party shall change its Fiscal Year.

 

6.16 No Impairment of Intercompany Transfers. No Credit Party shall directly or indirectly enter into or become bound by any agreement, instrument, indenture or other obligation (other than this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) that could directly or indirectly restrict, prohibit or require the consent of any Person with respect to the payment of dividends or distributions or the making or repayment of intercompany loans by a Subsidiary of any Credit Party to any other Credit Party.

 

6.17 Real Estate Purchases. No Credit Party shall purchase a fee simple ownership interest Real Estate without Agent’s and the Requisite Lenders’ prior written consent.

 

6.18 No Speculative Transactions. No Credit Party shall engage in any transaction involving commodity options, futures contracts or similar transactions, except solely to hedge against fluctuations in the prices of commodities owned or purchased by it and the values of foreign currencies receivable or payable by it and interest swaps, caps or collars.

 

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6.19 Leases. No Credit Party shall become or remain liable in any way, whether by assignment, as a guarantor or other surety or otherwise, for the obligations of any lessee under any operating lease, synthetic lease or similar off-balance sheet financing.

 

6.20 Changes Relating to Subordinated Debt; Material Contracts.

 

(a) No Credit Party shall change or amend the terms of any Subordinated Debt (or any indenture or agreement in connection therewith) if the effect of such amendment is to: (a) increase the interest rate on such Subordinated Debt; (b) change the dates upon which payments of principal or interest are due on such Subordinated Debt other than to extend such dates; (c) change any default or event of default other than to delete or make less restrictive any default provision therein, or add any covenant with respect to such Subordinated Debt; (d) change the redemption or prepayment provisions of such Subordinated Debt other than to extend the dates therefor or to reduce the premiums payable in connection therewith; (e) grant any security or collateral to secure payment of such Subordinated Debt; or (f) change or amend any other term if such change or amendment would materially increase the obligations of the Credit Party thereunder or confer additional material rights on the holder of such Subordinated Debt in a manner adverse to any Credit Party, Agent or any Lender.

 

(b) [Omitted as Confidential] [xxxxxxxx]

 

6.21 Parent and Familymeds Holdings; Inactive Subsidiaries.

 

(a) Neither Parent not Familymeds Holdings shall engage in any trade or business, or own any assets (other than Stock of its Subsidiaries) or incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations); provided, however that Parent may (1) employ and provide compensation for Parent officers and certain other employees of the Parent, including but not limited to, the Chief Executive Officer, the President and Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors and the Executive Assistants, (2) generally engage in activities necessary and incidental to managing the operations of the Credit Parties, (3) manage the accounting and tax activities of the Credit Parties and engage public accounts and tax advisers in connection therewith, and (4) manage securities law compliance and SEC filings for the Credit Parties.

 

(b) No Inactive Subsidiary shall engage in any trade or business, or own any assets (other than Stock of its Subsidiaries) or incur any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations).

 

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7. TERM

 

7.1 Termination. The financing arrangements contemplated hereby shall be in effect until the Commitment Termination Date, and the Loans and all other Obligations shall be automatically due and payable in full on such date.

 

7.2 Survival of Obligations Upon Termination of Financing Arrangements. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in the Loan Documents, no termination or cancellation (regardless of cause or procedure) of any financing arrangement under this Agreement shall in any way affect or impair the obligations, duties and liabilities of the Credit Parties or the rights of Agent and Lenders relating to any unpaid portion of the Loans or any other Obligations, due or not due, liquidated, contingent or unliquidated or any transaction or event occurring prior to such termination, or any transaction or event, the performance of which is required after the Commitment Termination Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or in any other Loan Document, all undertakings, agreements, covenants, warranties and representations of or binding upon the Credit Parties, and all rights of Agent and each Lender, all as contained in the Loan Documents, shall not terminate or expire, but rather shall survive any such termination or cancellation and shall continue in full force and effect until the Termination Date; provided, however, that in all events the provisions of Section 11, the payment obligations under Sections 1.15 and 1.16, and the indemnities contained in the Loan Documents shall survive the Termination Date.

 

8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; RIGHTS AND REMEDIES

 

8.1 Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events (regardless of the reason therefor) shall constitute an “Event of Default” hereunder:

 

(a) Any Credit Party (i) fails to make any payment of principal of, or interest on, or Fees owing in respect of, the Loans or any of the other Obligations when due and payable, or (ii) fails to pay or reimburse Agent or Lenders for any expense reimbursable hereunder or under any other Loan Document within ten (10) days following Agent’s demand for such reimbursement or payment of expenses.

 

(b) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Sections 1.4, 1.8, 5.4 or 6, or the first sentence of Section 5.11, or any of the provisions set forth in Annexes C or G, respectively.

 

(c) Any Borrower fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any of the provisions of Section 4 or any provisions set forth in Annexes E or F, respectively, and the same shall remain unremedied for three (3) days or more.

 

(d) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to perform, keep or observe any other provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents (other than any provision embodied in or covered by any other clause of this Section 8.1) and the same shall remain unremedied for thirty (30) days or more.

 

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(e) A default or breach occurs under any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Credit Party is a party that is not cured within any applicable grace period therefor, and such default or breach (i) involves the failure to make any payment when due in respect of any Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Credit Party in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate (including (x) undrawn committed or available amounts and (y) amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangements), or (ii) causes, or permits any holder of such Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a trustee to cause, Indebtedness or Guaranteed Indebtedness or a portion thereof in excess of $150,000 in the aggregate to become due prior to its stated maturity or prior to its regularly scheduled dates of payment, or cash collateral to be demanded in respect thereof, in each case, regardless of whether such default is waived, or such right is exercised, by such holder or trustee.

 

(f) Any information contained in any Borrowing Base Certificate is untrue or incorrect in any respect, or any representation or warranty herein or in any Loan Document or in any written statement, report, financial statement or certificate (other than a Borrowing Base Certificate) made or delivered to Agent or any Lender by any Credit Party is untrue or incorrect in any respect (or, in the case of any representation or warranty not otherwise qualified as to materiality, any material respect) as of the date when made or deemed made.

 

(g) Assets of any Credit Party with a fair market value of $200,000 or more are attached, seized, levied upon or subjected to a writ or distress warrant, or come within the possession of any receiver, trustee, custodian or assignee for the benefit of creditors of any Credit Party and such condition continues for thirty (30) days or more.

 

(h) A case or proceeding is commenced against any Credit Party seeking a decree or order in respect of such Credit Party (i) under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, or (iii) ordering the winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of such Credit Party, and such case or proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) days or more or a decree or order granting the relief sought in such case or proceeding is granted by a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

(i) Any Credit Party (i) files a petition seeking relief under the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal, state or foreign bankruptcy or other similar law, (ii) consents to or fails to contest in a timely and appropriate manner the institution of proceedings thereunder or the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) for such Credit Party or for any substantial part of any such Credit Party’s assets, (iii) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or (iv) takes any action in furtherance of any of the foregoing, or (v) admits in writing its inability to, or is generally unable to, pay its debts as such debts become due.

 

(j) A final judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate at any time are outstanding against one or more of the Credit Parties and the same are not, within thirty (30) days after the entry thereof, discharged or execution thereof stayed or bonded pending appeal, or such judgments are not discharged prior to the expiration of any such stay.

 

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(k) Any material provision of any Loan Document for any reason ceases to be valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms (or any Credit Party shall challenge the enforceability of any Loan Document or shall assert in writing, or engage in any action or inaction based on any such assertion, that any provision of any of the Loan Documents has ceased to be or otherwise is not valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms), or any Lien created under any Loan Document ceases to be a valid and perfected first priority Lien (except as otherwise permitted herein or therein) in any of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby.

 

(l) Any Change of Control occurs.

 

(m) Any event occurs, whether or not insured or insurable, as a result of which revenue-producing activities cease or are substantially curtailed at one or more Facilities of the Credit Parties generating more than ten percent (10.0%) of the Credit Parties’ aggregate revenues for the Fiscal Year preceding such event and such cessation or curtailment continues for more than thirty (30) days.

 

(n) Regardless of the existence of any cure period or rights set forth herein, any Credit Party shall fail or neglect to perform, keep or observe any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and such Credit Party has failed or neglected to perform, keep or observe such provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document at least two additional times in the prior 12-month period.

 

(o) [Omitted as confidential.] [xxxxxxxx]

 

(p) Parent shall make, declare, or become obligated to make or declare, any dividends with respect to the Preferred Stock other than dividends of common Stock of the Parent, or any “Equity Condition” (as such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation) shall not have occurred.

 

(q) Any Credit Party fails or neglects to comply with the provisions of the Post-Closing Obligations Letter.

 

8.2 Remedies.

 

(a) If any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of the Requisite Revolving Lenders shall), without notice, suspend the Revolving Loan facility with respect to additional Advances and/or the incurrence of additional Letter of Credit Obligations, whereupon any additional Advances and additional

 

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Letter of Credit Obligations shall be made or incurred in Agent’s sole discretion (or in the sole discretion of the Requisite Revolving Lenders, if such suspension occurred at their direction) so long as such Default or Event of Default is continuing. If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of Requisite Lenders shall), without notice except as otherwise expressly provided herein, increase the rate of interest applicable to the Loans and the Letter of Credit Fees to the Default Rate.

 

(b) If any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Agent may (and at the written request of the Requisite Lenders shall), without notice: (i) terminate the Revolving Loan facility with respect to further Advances or the incurrence of further Letter of Credit Obligations; (ii) reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment from time to time; (iii) declare all or any portion of the Obligations, including all or any portion of any Loan to be forthwith due and payable, and require that the Letter of Credit Obligations be cash collateralized in the manner set forth in Annex B, all without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are expressly waived by each Borrower and each other Credit Party; or (iv) exercise any rights and remedies provided to Agent under the Loan Documents or at law or equity, including all remedies provided under the Code; provided, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Sections 8.1(h) or (i), the Commitments shall be immediately terminated and all of the Obligations, including the Revolving Loan, shall become immediately due and payable without declaration, notice or demand by any Person.

 

8.3 Waivers by Credit Parties. Except as otherwise provided for in this Agreement or by applicable law, each Credit Party waives: (a) presentment, demand and protest and notice of presentment, dishonor, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of acceleration, protest, default, nonpayment, maturity, release, compromise, settlement, extension or renewal of any or all commercial paper, accounts, contract rights, documents, instruments, chattel paper and guaranties at any time held by Agent on which any Credit Party may in any way be liable, and hereby ratifies and confirms whatever Agent may do in this regard, (b) all rights to notice and a hearing prior to Agent’s taking possession or control of, or to Agent’s replevy, attachment or levy upon, the Collateral or any bond or security that might be required by any court prior to allowing Agent to exercise any of its remedies, and (c) the benefit of all valuation, appraisal, marshaling and exemption laws.

 

9. ASSIGNMENT AND PARTICIPATIONS; APPOINTMENT OF AGENT

 

9.1 Assignment and Participations.

 

(a) Subject to the terms of this Section 9.1, any Lender may make an assignment to a Qualified Assignee of, or sale of participations in, at any time or times, the Loan Documents, Loans, Letter of Credit Obligations and any Commitment or any portion thereof or interest therein, including any Lender’s rights, title, interests, remedies, powers or duties thereunder. Any assignment by a Lender shall: (i) require the consent of Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed with respect to a Qualified Assignee) and the execution of an assignment agreement (an “Assignment Agreement” substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 9.1(a) and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to, and acknowledged by, Agent; (ii) be conditioned on such assignee Lender representing to the assigning Lender and Agent that it is purchasing the applicable Loans to be assigned to it for its

 

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own account, for investment purposes and not with a view to the distribution thereof; (iii) after giving effect to any such partial assignment, the assignee Lender shall have Commitments in an amount at least equal to $5,000,000 and the assigning Lender shall have retained Commitments in an amount at least equal to $5,000,000; and (iv) include a payment by such Lender to Agent of an assignment fee of $3,500. In the case of an assignment by a Lender under this Section 9.1, the assignee shall have, to the extent of such assignment, the same rights, benefits and obligations as all other Lenders hereunder. The assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to its Commitments or assigned portion thereof from and after the date of such assignment. Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree that any assignment shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the assignee and that the assignee shall be considered to be a “Lender”. In all instances, each Lender’s liability to make Loans hereunder shall be several and not joint and shall be limited to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the applicable Commitment. In the event Agent or any Lender assigns or otherwise transfers all or any part of the Obligations, Agent or any such Lender shall so notify Borrower Representative and Borrowers shall, upon the request of Agent or such Lender, execute new Notes in exchange for the Notes, if any, being assigned. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.1(a), any Lender may at any time pledge the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to a Federal Reserve Bank, and any lender that is an investment fund may assign the Obligations held by it and such Lender’s rights under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to another investment fund managed by the same investment advisor; provided, that no such pledge to a Federal Reserve Bank shall release such Lender from such Lender’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

(b) Any participation by a Lender of all or any part of its Commitments shall be made with the understanding that all amounts payable by Borrowers hereunder shall be determined as if that Lender had not sold such participation, and that the holder of any such participation shall not be entitled to require such Lender to take or omit to take any action hereunder except actions directly affecting (i) any reduction in the principal amount of, or interest rate or Fees payable with respect to, any Loan in which such holder participates, (ii) any extension of the scheduled amortization of the principal amount of any Loan in which such holder participates or the final maturity date thereof, and (iii) any release of all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Collateral Documents or the other Loan Documents). Solely for purposes of Sections 1.13, 1.15, 1.16 and 9.8, Borrowers acknowledge and agree that a participation shall give rise to a direct obligation of Borrowers to the participant and the participant shall be considered to be a “Lender”; provided that the Credit Parties will not be liable for any such amounts to the extent that, at the time of the sale of any such participation interest, such sale results in the Credit Parties having a greater obligation under any such section than such Credit Party would have had if the Lender had not made such sale. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence neither any Borrower nor any other Credit Party shall have any obligation or duty to any participant. Neither Agent nor any Lender (other than the Lender selling a participation) shall have any duty to any participant and may continue to deal solely with the Lender selling a participation as if no such sale had occurred.

 

(c) Except as expressly provided in this Section 9.1, no Lender shall, as between Borrowers and that Lender, or Agent and that Lender, be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder as a result of any sale, assignment, transfer or negotiation of, or granting of participation in, all or any part of the Loans, the Notes or other Obligations owed to such Lender.

 

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(d) Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall assist any Lender permitted to sell assignments or participations under this Section 9.1 as reasonably required to enable the assigning or selling Lender to effect any such assignment or participation, including the execution and delivery of any and all agreements, notes and other documents and instruments as shall be requested and the preparation of informational materials for, and the participation of management in meetings with, potential assignees or participants. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement shall certify the correctness, completeness and accuracy of all descriptions of the Credit Parties and their respective affairs contained in any selling materials provided by it and all other information provided by it and included in such materials, except that any Projections delivered by Borrowers shall only be certified by Borrowers as having been prepared by Borrowers in compliance with the representations contained in Section 3.4(c).

 

(e) A Lender may furnish any information concerning Credit Parties in the possession of such Lender from time to time to assignees and participants permitted hereunder (including prospective assignees and participants); provided that such Lender shall obtain from assignees or participants confidentiality covenants substantially equivalent to those contained in Section 11.8.

 

(f) So long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Lender shall assign or sell participations in any portion of its Loans or Commitments to a potential Lender or participant, if, as of the date of the proposed assignment or sale, the assignee Lender or participant would be subject to capital adequacy or similar requirements under Section 1.16(a), increased costs under Section 1.16(b), an inability to fund LIBOR Loans under Section 1.16(c), or withholding taxes in accordance with Section 1.15(a).

 

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”), may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such in writing by the Granting Lender to Agent and Borrower Representative, the option to provide to Borrowers all or any part of any Loans that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to Borrowers pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan; and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. No SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). Any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, Borrower Representative and Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender or to any financial institutions (consented to by Borrower Representative and Agent) providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC. This Section 9.1(g) may not be amended without the prior written consent of each Granting Lender, all or any of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment. For the avoidance of doubt, the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including without limitation, the approval of any amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan

 

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Document or the obligation to pay any amount otherwise payable by the Granting Lender under the Loan Documents, continue to be the Lender of record hereunder, and no SPC shall be a Lender hereunder.

 

9.2 Appointment of Agent. GE Capital is hereby appointed to act on behalf of all Lenders as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The provisions of this Section 9.2 are solely for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and no Credit Party nor any other Person shall have any rights as a third party beneficiary of any of the provisions hereof. In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall act solely as an agent of Lenders and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation toward or relationship of agency or trust with or for any Credit Party or any other Person. Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities except for those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. The duties of Agent shall be mechanical and administrative in nature and Agent shall not have, or be deemed to have, by reason of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or otherwise a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for failure to disclose, any information relating to any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Account Debtor that is communicated to or obtained by GE Capital or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. Neither Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or in connection herewith or therewith, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

If Agent shall request instructions from Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, then Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such act or taking such action unless and until Agent shall have received instructions from Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders, or all affected Lenders, as the case may be, and Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining. Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document (a) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, be contrary to law or the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (b) if such action would, in the opinion of Agent, expose Agent to Environmental Liabilities or (c) if Agent shall not first be indemnified to its satisfaction against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against Agent as a result of Agent acting or refraining from acting hereunder or under any other Loan Document in accordance with the instructions of Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable.

 

9.3 Agent’s Reliance, Etc. Neither Agent nor any of its Affiliates nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, except for damages caused by its or their own gross negligence or willful

 

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misconduct. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Agent: (a) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form reasonably satisfactory to Agent; (b) may consult with legal counsel, independent public accountants and other experts selected by it and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (c) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender and shall not be responsible to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; (d) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents on the part of any Credit Party or to inspect the Collateral (including the books and records) of any Credit Party; (e) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto; and (f) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents by acting upon any notice, consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by telecopy, telegram, cable or telex) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties.

 

9.4 GE Capital and Affiliates. With respect to its Commitments hereunder, GE Capital shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Agent; and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated, include GE Capital in its individual capacity. GE Capital and its Affiliates may lend money to, invest in, and generally engage in any kind of business with, any Credit Party, any of their Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own securities of any Credit Party or any such Affiliate, all as if GE Capital were not Agent and without any duty to account therefor to Lenders. GE Capital and its Affiliates may accept fees and other consideration from any Credit Party for services in connection with this Agreement or otherwise without having to account for the same to Lenders.

 

9.5 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on the Financial Statements referred to in Section 3.4(a) and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit and financial analysis of the Credit Parties and its own decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement. Each Lender acknowledges the potential conflict of interest of each other Lender as a result of Lenders holding disproportionate interests in the Loans, and expressly consents to, and waives any claim based upon, such conflict of interest.

 

9.6 Indemnification. Lenders agree to indemnify Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by Credit Parties and without limiting the obligations of Credit Parties hereunder), ratably according to their respective Pro Rata Shares, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever that may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted

 

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against Agent in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any action taken or omitted to be taken by Agent in connection therewith; provided, that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Without limiting the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse Agent promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees) incurred by Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement and each other Loan Document, to the extent that Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by Credit Parties.

 

9.7 Successor Agent. Agent may resign at any time by giving not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice thereof to Lenders and Borrower Representative. Upon any such resignation, the Requisite Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Requisite Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the resigning Agent’s giving notice of resignation, then the resigning Agent may, on behalf of Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if a Lender is willing to accept such appointment, or otherwise shall be a commercial bank or financial institution or a subsidiary of a commercial bank or financial institution if such commercial bank or financial institution is organized under the laws of the United States of America or of any State thereof and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $300,000,000. If no successor Agent has been appointed pursuant to the foregoing, within thirty (30) days after the date such notice of resignation was given by the resigning Agent, such resignation shall become effective and the Requisite Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Requisite Lenders appoint a successor Agent as provided above. Any successor Agent appointed by Requisite Lenders hereunder shall be subject to the approval of Borrower Representative, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that such approval shall not be required if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the resigning Agent. Upon the earlier of the acceptance of any appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent or the effective date of the resigning Agent’s resignation, the resigning Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, except that any indemnity rights or other rights in favor of such resigning Agent shall continue. After any resigning Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

9.8 Setoff and Sharing of Payments. In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted under applicable law and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default and subject to Section 9.9(f), each Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without prior notice to any Credit Party or to any Person other than Agent, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to offset and to appropriate and to apply any and all balances held by it at any of its offices for the account of any Borrower or any Guarantor (regardless of whether such balances are then due

 

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to any Borrower or any Guarantor) and any other properties or assets at any time held or owing by that Lender or that holder to or for the credit or for the account of any Borrower or any Guarantor against and on account of any of the Obligations that are not paid when due; provided that the Lender exercising such offset rights shall give notice thereof to the affected Credit Party promptly after exercising such rights. Any Lender exercising a right of setoff or otherwise receiving any payment on account of the Obligations in excess of its Pro Rata Share thereof shall purchase for cash (and the other Lenders or holders shall sell) such participations in each such other Lender’s or holder’s Pro Rata Share of the Obligations as would be necessary to cause such Lender to share the amount so offset or otherwise received with each other Lender or holder in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares, (other than offset rights exercised by any Lender with respect to Sections 1.13, 1.15 or 1.16). Each Borrower and each Guarantor agrees, to the fullest extent permitted by law, that (a) any Lender may exercise its right to offset with respect to amounts in excess of its Pro Rata Share of the Obligations and may sell participations in such amounts so offset to other Lenders and holders and (b) any Lender so purchasing a participation in the Loans made or other Obligations held by other Lenders or holders may exercise all rights of offset, bankers’ lien, counterclaim or similar rights with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender or holder were a direct holder of the Loans and the other Obligations in the amount of such participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if all or any portion of the offset amount or payment otherwise received is thereafter recovered from the Lender that has exercised the right of offset, the purchase of participations by that Lender shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored without interest.

 

9.9 Advances; Payments; Non-Funding Lenders; Information; Actions in Concert.

 

(a) Advances; Payments.

 

(i) Agent shall notify Revolving Lenders, promptly after receipt of a Notice of Revolving Advance and in any event prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date such Notice of Revolving Advance is received, by telecopy, telephone or other similar form of transmission. Each Revolving Lender shall make the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent in same day funds by wire transfer to Agent’s account as set forth in Annex H not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the requested funding date, in the case of an Index Rate Loan and not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the requested funding date in the case of a LIBOR Loan. After receipt of such wire transfers (or, in the Agent’s sole discretion, before receipt of such wire transfers), subject to the terms hereof, Agent shall make the requested Revolving Credit Advance to Borrowers. All payments by each Revolving Lender shall be made without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(ii) Not less than once during each calendar week or more frequently at Agent’s election (each, a “Settlement Date”), Agent shall advise each Lender by telephone, or telecopy of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid for the benefit of Lenders with respect to each applicable Loan. Provided that each Lender has funded all payments and Advances required to be made by it and purchased all participations required to be purchased by it under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as of such Settlement Date, Agent shall pay to each Lender such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of principal, interest and Fees paid by Borrowers since the previous Settlement Date for the benefit of such

 

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Lender on the Loans held by it. To the extent that any Lender (a “Non-Funding Lender”) has failed to fund all such payments and Advances or failed to fund the purchase of all such participations, Agent shall be entitled to set off the funding short-fall against that Non-Funding Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments received from Borrowers. Such payments shall be made by wire transfer to such Lender’s account (as specified by such Lender in Annex H or the applicable Assignment Agreement) not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the next Business Day following each Settlement Date.

 

(b) Availability of Lenders Pro Rata Share. Agent may assume that each Revolving Lender will make its Pro Rata Share of each Revolving Credit Advance available to Agent on each funding date. If such Pro Rata Share is not, in fact, paid to Agent by such Revolving Lender when due, Agent will be entitled to recover such amount on demand from such Revolving Lender without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind. If any Revolving Lender fails to pay the amount of its Pro Rata Share forthwith upon Agent’s demand, Agent shall promptly notify Borrower Representative and Borrowers shall immediately repay such amount to Agent. Nothing in this Section 9.9(b) or elsewhere in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents shall be deemed to require Agent to advance funds on behalf of any Revolving Lender or to relieve any Revolving Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitments hereunder or to prejudice any rights that Borrowers may have against any Revolving Lender as a result of any default by such Revolving Lender hereunder. To the extent that Agent advances funds to Borrowers on behalf of any Revolving Lender and is not reimbursed therefor on the same Business Day as such Advance is made, Agent shall be entitled to retain for its account all interest accrued on such Advance until reimbursed by the applicable Revolving Lender.

 

(c) Return of Payments.

 

(i) If Agent pays an amount to a Lender under this Agreement in the belief or expectation that a related payment has been or will be received by Agent from Borrowers and such related payment is not received by Agent, then Agent will be entitled to recover such amount from such Lender on demand without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(ii) If Agent determines at any time that any amount received by Agent under this Agreement must be returned to any Borrower or paid to any other Person pursuant to any insolvency law or otherwise, then, notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, Agent will not be required to distribute any portion thereof to any Lender. In addition, each Lender will repay to Agent on demand any portion of such amount that Agent has distributed to such Lender, together with interest at such rate, if any, as Agent is required to pay to any Borrower or such other Person, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(d) Non-Funding Lenders. The failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any Revolving Credit Advance or any payment required by it hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender (each such other Revolving Lender, an “Other Lender”) of its obligations to make such Advance or purchase such participation on such date, but neither any Other Lender nor Agent shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make an Advance, purchase a participation or make any other payment required hereunder. Notwithstanding

 

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anything set forth herein to the contrary, a Non-Funding Lender shall not have any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document or constitute a “Lender” or a “Revolving Lender” (or be included in the calculation of “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” hereunder) for any voting or consent rights under or with respect to any Loan Document. At Borrower Representative’s request, Agent or a Person acceptable to Agent shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from any Non-Funding Lender, and each Non-Funding Lender agrees that it shall, at Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of that Non-Funding Lender for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by such Non-Funding Lender and all accrued interest and fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.

 

(e) Dissemination of Information. Agent shall use reasonable efforts to provide Lenders with any notice of Default or Event of Default received by Agent from, or delivered by Agent to, any Credit Party, with notice of any Event of Default of which Agent has actually become aware and with notice of any action taken by Agent following any Event of Default; provided, that Agent shall not be liable to any Lender for any failure to do so, except to the extent that such failure is attributable to Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. Lenders acknowledge that Borrowers are required to provide Financial Statements and Collateral Reports to Lenders in accordance with Annexes E and F hereto and agree that Agent shall have no duty to provide the same to Lenders.

 

(f) Actions in Concert. Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, each Lender hereby agrees with each other Lender that no Lender shall take any action to protect or enforce its rights arising out of this Agreement or the Notes (including exercising any rights of setoff) without first obtaining the prior written consent of Agent and Requisite Lenders, it being the intent of Lenders that any such action to protect or enforce rights under this Agreement and the Notes shall be taken in concert and at the direction or with the consent of Agent or Requisite Lenders.

 

9.10 Liens Under First Amended Credit Agreement. GE Capital hereby agrees that all Liens, possessory Collateral and other interests of the “Credit Parties” (as such term is defined in the First Amended Credit Agreement) held by it previously in its capacity as Prior Familymeds Lender shall, on the Closing Date, continue to be held by GE Capital in its capacity as Agent for the benefit of itself and the Lenders hereunder.

 

10. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

 

10.1 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of each Credit Party, Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns (including, in the case of any Credit Party, a debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Credit Party), except as otherwise provided herein or therein. No Credit Party may assign, transfer, hypothecate or otherwise convey its rights, benefits, obligations or duties hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents without the prior express written consent

 

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of Agent and Lenders. Any such purported assignment, transfer, hypothecation or other conveyance by any Credit Party without the prior express written consent of Agent and Lenders shall be void. The terms and provisions of this Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights and obligations of each Credit Party, Agent and Lenders with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby and no Person shall be a third party beneficiary of any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents.

 

11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Complete Agreement; Modification of Agreement. The Loan Documents constitute the complete agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter thereof and may not be modified, altered or amended except as set forth in Section 11.2. The Prior Amended Credit Agreement and any letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter or confidentiality agreement, if any, between any Credit Party and Agent or any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates, predating this Agreement and relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose or effect shall be superseded by this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the GE Capital Fee Letter between Agent and Borrower shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall continue to be binding obligations of the parties.

 

11.2 Amendments and Waivers.

 

(a) Except for actions expressly permitted to be taken by Agent, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Credit Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent and Borrowers, and by Requisite Lenders, Requisite Revolving Lenders, Supermajority Revolving Lenders or all affected Lenders, as applicable. Except as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) below, all such amendments, modifications, terminations or waivers requiring the consent of any Lenders (except for any provisions of this Agreement expressly permitting consent by Agent alone) shall require the written consent of Requisite Lenders.

 

(b) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that increases the percentage advance rates set forth in the definition of the Borrowing Base, that decreases the amount set forth in the definition of “Availability Block,” that makes less restrictive the nondiscretionary criteria for exclusion from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory set forth in Sections 1.6 and 1.7, or that makes less restrictive the nondiscretionary criteria for exclusion from Eligible Prescription Files set forth in the definition of such term, shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Supermajority Revolving Lenders and Borrowers. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of or consent with respect to any provision of this Agreement that waives compliance with the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.2 to the making of any Loan or the incurrence of any Letter of Credit Obligations shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Agent, Requisite Revolving Lenders and Borrowers.

 

(c) No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall, unless in writing and signed by Agent and each Lender directly affected thereby: (i) increase the principal amount of any Lender’s Commitment (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (ii) reduce the principal of, rate of interest on or Fees payable with respect to any Loan

 

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or Letter of Credit Obligations of any affected Lender; (iii) extend any scheduled payment date (other than payment dates of mandatory prepayments under Section 1.3(b)(ii)-(iv)) or final maturity date of the principal amount of any Loan of any affected Lender; (iv) waive, forgive, defer, extend or postpone any payment of interest or Fees as to any affected Lender; (v) release any Guaranty or, except as otherwise permitted herein or in the other Loan Documents, release, or permit any Credit Party to sell or otherwise dispose of, any Collateral with a value exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate (which action shall be deemed to directly affect all Lenders); (vi) change the percentage of the Commitments or of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Loans that shall be required for Lenders or any of them to take any action hereunder; and (vii) amend or waive this Section 11.2 or the definitions of the terms “Requisite Lenders”, “Requisite Revolving Lenders” or “Supermajority Revolving Lenders” insofar as such definitions affect the substance of this Section 11.2. Furthermore, no amendment, modification, termination or waiver affecting the rights or duties of Agent or L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be effective unless in writing and signed by Agent or L/C Issuer, as the case may be, in addition to Lenders required hereinabove to take such action. Each amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver shall be required for Agent to take additional Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document. No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of any Note shall be effective without the written concurrence of the holder of that Note. No notice to or demand on any Credit Party in any case shall entitle such Credit Party or any other Credit Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.2 shall be binding upon each holder of the Notes at the time outstanding and each future holder of the Notes.

 

(d) If, in connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”):

 

(i) requiring the consent of all affected Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this clause (i) and in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) below being referred to as “Non Consenting Lender”);

 

(ii) requiring the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders, the consent of Requisite Lenders is obtained, but the consent of Supermajority Revolving Lenders is not obtained;

 

(iii) requiring the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders, the consent of Revolving Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Revolving Lenders is not obtained; or

 

(iv) requiring the consent of Requisite Lenders, the consent of Lenders holding 51% or more of the aggregate Commitments is obtained, but the consent of Requisite Lenders is not obtained;

 

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then, so long as Agent is not a Non Consenting Lender, at Borrower Representative’s request Agent, or a Person reasonably acceptable to Agent, shall have the right with Agent’s consent and in Agent’s sole discretion (but shall have no obligation) to purchase from such Non Consenting Lenders, and such Non Consenting Lenders agree that they shall, upon Agent’s request, sell and assign to Agent or such Person, all of the Commitments of such Non Consenting Lenders for an amount equal to the principal balance of all Loans held by the Non Consenting Lenders and all accrued interest and Fees with respect thereto through the date of sale, such purchase and sale to be consummated pursuant to an executed Assignment Agreement.

 

(e) Upon payment in full in cash and performance of all of the Obligations (other than indemnification Obligations), termination of the Commitments and a release of all claims against Agent and Lenders, and so long as no suits, actions proceedings, or claims are pending or threatened against any Indemnified Person asserting any damages, losses or liabilities that are Indemnified Liabilities, Agent shall deliver to Borrower Representative termination statements, mortgage releases and other documents necessary or appropriate to evidence the termination of the Liens securing payment of the Obligations.

 

11.3 Fees and Expenses. Borrowers shall reimburse (i) Agent for all fees, costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of all of its counsel, advisors, consultants and auditors) and (ii) Agent (and, with respect to clauses (c) and (d) below, all Lenders) for all fees, costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of counsel or other advisors (including environmental and management consultants and appraisers) incurred in connection with the negotiation, preparation and filing and/or recordation of the Loan Documents and incurred in connection with:

 

(a) any amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, or termination of, any of the Loan Documents or Related Transactions Documents or advice in connection with the syndication and administration of the Loans made pursuant hereto or its rights hereunder or thereunder;

 

(b) any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action (whether instituted by Agent, any Lender, any Credit Party or any other Person and whether as a party, witness or otherwise) in any way relating to the Collateral, any of the Loan Documents or any other agreement to be executed or delivered in connection herewith or therewith, including any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, case, proceeding or action, and any appeal or review thereof, in connection with a case commenced by or against any or all of the Credit Parties or any other Person that may be obligated to Agent by virtue of the Loan Documents, including any such litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action arising in connection with any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders; provided, further, that no Person shall be entitled to reimbursement under this clause (c) in respect of any litigation, contest, dispute, suit, proceeding or action to the extent any of the foregoing results from such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct;

 

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virtue of any of the Loan Documents, including any such attempt to enforce any such remedies in the course of any work-out or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; provided, that in the case of reimbursement of counsel for Lenders other than Agent, such reimbursement shall be limited to one counsel for all such Lenders;

 

(d) any workout or restructuring of the Loans during the pendency of one or more Events of Default; and

 

(e) efforts to (i) monitor the Loans or any of the other Obligations, (ii) evaluate, observe or assess any of the Credit Parties or their respective affairs, and (iii) verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral; including, as to each of clauses (a) through (e) above, all reasonable attorneys’ and other professional and service providers’ fees arising from such services and other advice, assistance or other representation, including those in connection with any appellate proceedings, and all expenses, costs, charges and other fees incurred by such counsel and others in connection with or relating to any of the events or actions described in this Section 11.3, all of which shall be payable, on demand, by Borrowers to Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such expenses, costs, charges and fees may include: reasonable fees, costs and expenses of accountants, environmental advisors, appraisers, investment bankers, management and other consultants and paralegals; court costs and expenses; photocopying and duplication expenses; court reporter fees, costs and expenses; long distance telephone charges; air express charges; telegram or telecopy charges; secretarial overtime charges; and reasonable expenses for travel, lodging and food paid or incurred in connection with the performance of such legal or other advisory services.

 

11.4 No Waiver. Agent’s or any Lender’s failure, at any time or times, to require strict performance by the Credit Parties of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of Agent or such Lender thereafter to demand strict compliance and performance herewith or therewith. Any suspension or waiver of an Event of Default shall not suspend, waive or affect any other Event of Default whether the same is prior or subsequent thereto and whether the same or of a different type. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.2, none of the undertakings, agreements, warranties, covenants and representations of any Credit Party contained in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and no Default or Event of Default by any Credit Party shall be deemed to have been suspended or waived by Agent or any Lender, unless such waiver or suspension is by an instrument in writing signed by an officer of or other authorized employee of Agent and the applicable required Lenders and directed to Borrower Representative specifying such suspension or waiver.

 

11.5 Remedies. Agent’s and Lenders’ rights and remedies under this Agreement shall be cumulative and nonexclusive of any other rights and remedies that Agent or any Lender may have under any other agreement, including the other Loan Documents, by operation of law or otherwise. Recourse to the Collateral shall not be required.

 

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11.6 Severability. Wherever possible, each provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement or such other Loan Document.

 

11.7 Conflict of Terms. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents by specific reference to the applicable provisions of this Agreement, if any provision contained in this Agreement conflicts with any provision in any of the other Loan Documents, the provision contained in this Agreement shall govern and control.

 

11.8 Confidentiality. Agent and each Lender agree to use commercially reasonable efforts (equivalent to the efforts Agent or such Lender applies to maintain the confidentiality of its own confidential information) to maintain as confidential all confidential information provided to them by the Credit Parties and designated as confidential for a period of two (2) years following receipt thereof, except that Agent and each Lender may disclose such information (a) to Persons employed or engaged by Agent or such Lender or their Affiliates; (b) to any bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant that has agreed to comply with the covenant contained in this Section 11.8 (and any such bona fide assignee or participant or potential assignee or participant may disclose such information to Persons employed or engaged by them as described in clause (a) above); (c) as required or requested by any Governmental Authority or reasonably believed by Agent or such Lender to be compelled by any court decree, subpoena or legal or administrative order or process; (d) as, on the advice of Agent’s or such Lender’s counsel, is required by law; (e) in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy under the Loan Documents or in connection with any Litigation to which Agent or such Lender is a party; or (f) that ceases to be confidential through no fault of Agent or any Lender.

 

11.9 GOVERNING LAW. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ANY OF THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, IN ALL RESPECTS, INCLUDING ALL MATTERS OF CONSTRUCTION, VALIDITY AND PERFORMANCE, THE LOAN DOCUMENTS AND THE OBLIGATIONS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED IN THAT STATE AND ANY APPLICABLE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY CONSENTS AND AGREES THAT THE STATE OR FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, CITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK SHALL HAVE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION TO HEAR AND DETERMINE ANY CLAIMS OR DISPUTES BETWEEN THE CREDIT PARTIES, AGENT AND LENDERS PERTAINING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR TO ANY MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS; PROVIDED, THAT AGENT, LENDERS AND THE CREDIT PARTIES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT ANY APPEALS FROM THOSE COURTS MAY HAVE TO BE HEARD BY A COURT

 

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LOCATED OUTSIDE OF NEW YORK COUNTY AND; PROVIDED, FURTHER THAT NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED OR OPERATE TO PRECLUDE AGENT FROM BRINGING SUIT OR TAKING OTHER LEGAL ACTION IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION TO REALIZE ON THE COLLATERAL OR ANY OTHER SECURITY FOR THE OBLIGATIONS, OR TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT OR OTHER COURT ORDER IN FAVOR OF AGENT. EACH CREDIT PARTY EXPRESSLY SUBMITS AND CONSENTS IN ADVANCE TO SUCH JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION OR SUIT COMMENCED IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT SUCH CREDIT PARTY MAY HAVE BASED UPON LACK OF PERSONAL JURISDICTION, IMPROPER VENUE OR FORUM NON CONVENIENS AND HEREBY CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT. EACH CREDIT PARTY HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF THE SUMMONS, COMPLAINT AND OTHER PROCESS ISSUED IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR SUIT AND AGREES THAT SERVICE OF SUCH SUMMONS, COMPLAINTS AND OTHER PROCESS MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL ADDRESSED TO SUCH CREDIT PARTY AT THE ADDRESS SET FORTH IN ANNEX I OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THAT SERVICE SO MADE SHALL BE DEEMED COMPLETED UPON THE EARLIER OF SUCH CREDIT PARTY’S ACTUAL RECEIPT THEREOF OR THREE (3) DAYS AFTER DEPOSIT IN THE UNITED STATES MAILS, PROPER POSTAGE PREPAID.

 

11.10 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other parties, or whenever any of the parties desires to give or serve upon any other parties any communication with respect to this Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been validly served, given or delivered (a) upon the earlier of actual receipt and three (3) Business Days after deposit in the United States Mail, registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, with proper postage prepaid, (b) upon transmission, when sent by telecopy or other similar facsimile transmission (with such telecopy or facsimile promptly confirmed by delivery of a copy by personal delivery or United States Mail as otherwise provided in this Section 11.10); (c) one (1) Business Day after deposit with a reputable overnight courier with all charges prepaid or (d) when delivered, if hand-delivered by messenger, all of which shall be addressed to the party to be notified and sent to the address or facsimile number indicated in Annex I or to such other address (or facsimile number) as may be substituted by notice given as herein provided. The giving of any notice required hereunder may be waived in writing by the party entitled to receive such notice. Failure or delay in delivering copies of any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication to any Person (other than Borrower Representative or Agent) designated in Annex I to receive copies shall in no way adversely affect the effectiveness of such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication.

 

11.11 Section Titles. The Section titles and Table of Contents contained in this Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.

 

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11.12 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement.

 

11.13 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG AGENT, LENDERS AND ANY CREDIT PARTY ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO.

 

11.14 Press Releases and Related Matters. Each Credit Party executing this Agreement agrees that neither it nor its Affiliates will in the future issue any press releases or other public disclosure (other than as required by law in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission) using the name of GE Capital or its affiliates or referring to this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Related Transactions Documents without at least two (2) Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior written consent of GE Capital unless (and only to the extent that) such Credit Party or Affiliate is required to do so under law and then, in any event, such Credit Party or Affiliate will consult with GE Capital before issuing such press release or other public disclosure. Each Credit Party consents to the publication by Agent or any Lender of advertising material relating to the financing transactions contemplated by this Agreement using Borrowers’ names, product photographs, logos or trademarks. Agent or such Lender shall provide a draft of any advertising material to each Credit Party for review and comment prior to the publication thereof. Agent reserves the right to provide to industry trade organizations information necessary and customary for inclusion in league table measurements.

 

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11.15 Reinstatement. This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Credit Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Credit Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Credit Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

11.16 Advice of Counsel. Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Sections 11.9 and 11.13, with its counsel.

 

11.17 No Strict Construction. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Agreement.

 

11.18 Release and Covenant Not to Sue.

 

(a) In consideration of the agreements of GE Capital contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Arrow and Familymeds Holdings, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably releases, remises and forever discharges GE Capital and its successors and assigns, and their present and former shareholders, affiliates, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors, directors, officers, attorneys, employees, agents and other representatives (GE Capital and all such other Persons being hereinafter referred to collectively as the “Releasees” and individually as a “Releasee”), of and from all demands, actions, causes of action, suits, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, sums of money, accounts, bills, reckonings, damages and any and all other claims, counterclaims, defenses, rights of set-off, demands and liabilities whatsoever (individually, a “Claim” and collectively, “Claims”) of every name and nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, both at law and in equity, which any of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings or Arrow or any of its successors, assigns, or other legal representatives may now or hereafter own, hold, have or claim to have against the Releasees or any of them for, upon, or by reason of any circumstance, action, cause or thing whatsoever which arises at any time on or prior to the date of this Agreement, including, without limitation, for or on account of, or in relation to, or in any way in connection with the First Amended Credit Agreement or any of the other loan documents or transactions thereunder or related thereto.

 

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(b) Each of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings and Arrow understands, acknowledges and agrees that its release set forth above may be pleaded as a full and complete defense and may be used as a basis for an injunction against any action, suit or other proceeding which may be instituted, prosecuted or attempted in breach of the provisions of such release.

 

(c) Each of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings and Arrow agrees that no fact, event, circumstance, evidence or transaction which could now be asserted or which may hereafter be discovered shall affect in any manner the final, absolute and unconditional nature of the release set forth above.

 

(d) Each of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings and Arrow, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, covenants and agrees with and in favor of each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee on the basis of any Claim released, remised and discharged by Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings or Arrow pursuant to this Section 11.18. If any of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings or Arrow or any of their respective successors, assigns or other legal representations violates the foregoing covenant, each of Parent (as successor to Familymeds Group), Familymeds, Familymeds Holdings and Arrow, for themselves and their successors, assigns and legal representatives, jointly and severally agree to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.

 

12. CROSS-GUARANTY

 

12.1 Cross-Guaranty. Each Borrower hereby agrees that such Borrower is jointly and severally liable for, and hereby absolutely and unconditionally guarantees to Agent and Lenders and their respective successors and assigns, the full and prompt payment (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) and performance of, all Obligations owed or hereafter owing to Agent and Lenders by each other Borrower. Each Borrower agrees that its guaranty obligation hereunder is a continuing guaranty of payment and performance and not of collection, that its obligations under this Section 12 shall not be discharged until payment and performance, in full, of the Obligations has occurred, and that its obligations under this Section 12 shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and unaffected by,

 

(a) the genuineness, validity, regularity, enforceability or any future amendment of, or change in, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, document or instrument to which any Borrower is or may become a party;

 

(b) the absence of any action to enforce this Agreement (including this Section 12) or any other Loan Document or the waiver or consent by Agent and Lenders with respect to any of the provisions thereof;

 

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(c) the existence, value or condition of, or failure to perfect its Lien against, any security for the Obligations or any action, or the absence of any action, by Agent and Lenders in respect thereof (including the release of any such security);

 

(d) the insolvency of any Credit Party; or

 

(e) any other action or circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.

 

Each Borrower shall be regarded, and shall be in the same position, as principal debtor with respect to the Obligations guaranteed hereunder.

 

12.2 Waivers by Borrowers. Each Borrower expressly waives, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all rights it may have now or in the future under any statute, or at common law, or at law or in equity, or otherwise, to compel Agent or Lenders to marshal assets or to proceed in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereunder against any other Credit Party, any other party or against any security for the payment and performance of the Obligations before proceeding against, or as a condition to proceeding against, such Borrower. It is agreed among each Borrower, Agent and Lenders that the foregoing waivers are of the essence of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and that, but for the provisions of this Section 12 and such waivers, Agent and Lenders would decline to enter into this Agreement.

 

12.3 Benefit of Guaranty. Each Borrower agrees that the provisions of this Section 12 are for the benefit of Agent and Lenders and their respective successors, transferees, endorsees and assigns, and nothing herein contained shall impair, as between any other Borrower and Agent or Lenders, the obligations of such other Borrower under the Loan Documents.

 

12.4 Subordination of Subrogation, Etc. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, and except as set forth in Section 12.7, each Borrower hereby expressly and irrevocably subordinates to payment of the Obligations any and all rights at law or in equity to subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution, indemnification or set off and any and all defenses available to a surety, guarantor or accommodation co-obligor until the Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full in cash. Each Borrower acknowledges and agrees that this subordination is intended to benefit Agent and Lenders and shall not limit or otherwise affect such Borrower’s liability hereunder or the enforceability of this Section 12, and that Agent, Lenders and their respective successors and assigns are intended third party beneficiaries of the waivers and agreements set forth in this Section 12.4.

 

12.5 Election of Remedies. If Agent or any Lender may, under applicable law, proceed to realize its benefits under any of the Loan Documents giving Agent or such Lender a Lien upon any Collateral, whether owned by any Borrower or by any other Credit Party, either by judicial foreclosure or by non-judicial sale or enforcement, Agent or any Lender may, at its sole option, determine which of its remedies or rights it may pursue without affecting any of its rights and remedies under this Section 12. If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies, Agent or any Lender shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, including its right to enter a

 

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deficiency judgment against any Borrower or any other Person, whether because of any applicable laws pertaining to “election of remedies” or the like, each Borrower hereby consents to such action by Agent or such Lender and waives any claim based upon such action, even if such action by Agent or such Lender shall result in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation that each Borrower might otherwise have had but for such action by Agent or such Lender. Any election of remedies that results in the denial or impairment of the right of Agent or any Lender to seek a deficiency judgment against any Borrower shall not impair any other Borrower’s obligation to pay the full amount of the Obligations. In the event Agent or any Lender shall bid at any foreclosure or trustee’s sale or at any private sale permitted by law or the Loan Documents, Agent or such Lender may bid all or less than the amount of the Obligations and the amount of such bid need not be paid by Agent or such Lender but shall be credited against the Obligations. The amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether Agent, Lender or any other party is the successful bidder, shall be deemed (absent manifest error) to be the fair market value of the Collateral and the difference between such bid amount and the remaining balance of the Obligations shall be deemed (absent manifest error) to be the amount of the Obligations guaranteed under this Section 12, notwithstanding that any present or future law or court decision or ruling may have the effect of reducing the amount of any deficiency claim to which Agent or any Lender might otherwise be entitled but for such bidding at any such sale.

 

12.6 Limitation. Notwithstanding any provision herein contained to the contrary, each Borrower’s liability under this Section 12 (which liability is in any event in addition to amounts for which such Borrower is primarily liable under Section 1) shall be limited to an amount not to exceed as of any date of determination the greater of:

 

(a) the net amount of all Loans advanced to any other Borrower under this Agreement and then re-loaned or otherwise transferred to, or for the benefit of, such Borrower; and

 

(b) the amount that could be claimed by Agent and Lenders from such Borrower under this Section 12 without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law after taking into account, among other things, such Borrower’s right of contribution and indemnification from each other Borrower under Section 12.7.

 

12.7 Contribution with Respect to Guaranty Obligations.

 

(a) To the extent that any Borrower shall make a payment under this Section 12 of all or any of the Obligations (other than Loans made to that Borrower for which it is primarily liable) (a “Guarantor Payment”) that, taking into account all other Guarantor Payments then previously or concurrently made by any other Borrower, exceeds the amount that such Borrower would otherwise have paid if each Borrower had paid the aggregate Obligations satisfied by such Guarantor Payment in the same proportion that such Borrower’s Allocable Amount (as defined below) (as determined immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment) bore to the aggregate Allocable Amounts of each of the Borrowers as determined immediately prior to the making of such Guarantor Payment, then, following indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations and termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments, such Borrower shall be

 

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entitled to receive contribution and indemnification payments from, and be reimbursed by, each other Borrower for the amount of such excess, pro rata based upon their respective Allocable Amounts in effect immediately prior to such Guarantor Payment.

 

(b) As of any date of determination, the “Allocable Amount” of any Borrower shall be equal to the maximum amount of the claim that could then be recovered from such Borrower under this Section 12 without rendering such claim voidable or avoidable under Section 548 of Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code or under any applicable state Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act, Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act or similar statute or common law.

 

(c) This Section 12.7 is intended only to define the relative rights of Borrowers and nothing set forth in this Section 12.7 is intended to or shall impair the obligations of Borrowers, jointly and severally, to pay any amounts as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 12.1. Nothing contained in this Section 12.7 shall limit the liability of any Borrower to pay the Loans made directly or indirectly to that Borrower and accrued interest, Fees and expenses with respect thereto for which such Borrower shall be primarily liable.

 

(d) The parties hereto acknowledge that the rights of contribution and indemnification hereunder shall constitute assets of the Borrower to which such contribution and indemnification is owing.

 

(e) The rights of the indemnifying Borrowers against other Credit Parties under this Section 12.7 shall be exercisable upon the full and indefeasible payment of the Obligations and the termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments.

 

12.8 Liability Cumulative. The liability of Borrowers under this Section 12 is in addition to and shall be cumulative with all liabilities of each Borrower to Agent and Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party or in respect of any Obligations or obligation of the other Borrower, without any limitation as to amount, unless the instrument or agreement evidencing or creating such other liability specifically provides to the contrary.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWERS:
FAMILYMEDS, INC.
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    
VALLEY DRUG COMPANY
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    
VALLEY DRUG COMPANY SOUTH
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, as Agent and Lender
By:  

 


            Duly Authorized Signatory


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Lender
By:  

 


            Duly Authorized Signatory


The following Persons are signatory to this Agreement in their capacity as a Credit Party and not as a Borrower.

 

DRUGMAX, INC.
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    
FAMILYMEDS HOLDINGS, INC.
By:  

 


Name:    
Title:    
ARROW PRESCRIPTION LEASING CORP.
By:  

 


Name:    
Title: