Commitment Letter for $829 Million Senior Secured Credit Facilities and $300 Million Senior PIK Loans – IASIS Healthcare, Banc of America Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Bank of America, and Banc of America Bridge
IASIS Healthcare LLC and IASIS Healthcare Corporation have received a commitment from Banc of America Securities, Citigroup Global Markets, Bank of America, and Banc of America Bridge for $829 million in senior secured credit facilities and $300 million in senior PIK loans. The lenders agree to provide these funds under specified terms and conditions, with Banc of America and Citigroup acting as joint lead arrangers. The agreement outlines the roles of each party, syndication plans, and the process for finalizing the loan documentation. The commitment is subject to certain conditions and the successful completion of the transaction.
BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | |
BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC | 388 Greenwich Street | |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | New York, NY 10013 | |
9 West 57th Street | ||
New York, NY 10019 |
IASIS Healthcare Corporation
Dover Centre
117 Seaboard Lane, Building E
Franklin, Tennessee 37067
$829,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
$300,000,000 Holdings Senior PIK Loans
Commitment Letter
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Very truly yours, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | ||||
by | /s/ Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Name: | Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Title: | Principal | |||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||||
by | /s/ Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Name: | Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Title: | Principal | |||
BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC | ||||
by | /s/ Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Name: | Christopher Kelly Wall | |||
Title: | Principal | |||
Very truly yours, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||
by | /s/ Stuart Dickson | |||
Name: | Stuart Dickson | |||
Title: | Director | |||
respect to the Senior Secured Facilities are
accepted and agreed to as of the date first
written above:
IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC | ||||
by /s/ John M. Doyle | ||||
Name: | John M. Doyle | |||
Title: | VP, Chief Accounting Officer | |||
IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION | ||||
by /s/ John M. Doyle | ||||
Name: | John M. Doyle | |||
Title: | VP, Chief Accounting Officer | |||
respect to the Holdings Facility are accepted
and agreed to as of the date first written
above:
IASIS HEALTHCARE LLC | ||||
by /s/ John M. Doyle | ||||
Name: | John M. Doyle | |||
Title: | VP, Chief Accounting Officer | |||
IASIS HEALTHCARE CORPORATION | ||||
by /s/ John M. Doyle | ||||
Name: | John M. Doyle | |||
Title: | VP, Chief Accounting Officer | |||
CONFIDENTIAL | EXHIBIT A |
$829,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
$300,000,000 Holdings Senior PIK Loans
Transactions Description
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CONFIDENTIAL | EXHIBIT B |
$829,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions
Borrower: | IASIS Healthcare LLC (the Borrower). | |
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent: | Bank of America, N.A. will act as the sole administrative agent and sole collateral agent (in such capacities, the "Administrative Agent) for a syndicate of financial institutions (the Lenders) acceptable to the Borrower, and will perform the duties customarily associated with such roles. | |
Joint Lead Arrangers: | Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. will act as the joint lead arrangers and joint book managers (the Arrangers) for the Senior Secured Facilities, and will perform the duties customarily associated with such roles. | |
Syndication Agent: | Citigroup will act as syndication agent (the Syndication Agent) for the Senior Secured Facilities. | |
Documentation Agent: | At the option of the Borrower, one or more financial institutions identified by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers (each a Documentation Agent and, together with the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent, the Agents). |
Senior Secured Facilities: | (A) | A senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $439,000,000 (the Initial Term Loan Facility). | ||
(B) | A senior secured delayed draw term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility and, together with the Initial Term Loan Facility, the Term Loan Facilities). | |||
(C) | A senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $200,000,000 (the Revolving Facility). Lenders with commitments under the Revolving Facility are collectively referred to herein as the Revolving Lenders. | |||
(D) | A senior secured synthetic letter of credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $40,000,000 (the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility and, together with the Revolving Facility and the Term Loan Facilities, the Senior Secured Facilities). |
Swingline Loans: | Bank of America, N.A. (in such capacity, the Swingline Lender) will make available to the Borrower a swingline facility under which the Borrower may make short-term borrowings (in |
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minimum amounts and integral multiples to be agreed upon) of up to $25,000,000. Except for purposes of calculating the commitment fee described below, any such swingline borrowings will reduce availability under the Revolving Facility on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Upon notice from the Swingline Lender, the Revolving Lenders will be unconditionally obligated to purchase participations in any swingline loan pro rata based upon their commitments under the Revolving Facility. | ||
Operation of Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility: | On the Closing Date, each Lender under the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility (each a Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lender) shall deposit with the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (as defined below) an amount equal to such Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lenders pro rata share of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility (such deposit for each Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lender, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amount). The sole funding obligation of each Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lender shall be satisfied upon funding of its Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amount. The Borrower shall have no right, title or interest in the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amount, and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lenders shall have no right to withdraw their Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts so long as the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility is in effect, except in connection with reductions in the amount of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility as described under Voluntary Prepayments and Reductions in Commitments described below or upon the termination of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility. | |
Issuance of Synthetic Letters of Credit: | The Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall be available for the issuance of letters of credit (Synthetic Letters of Credit) by Bank of America, N.A. (in such capacity, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank). No Synthetic Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date after the earlier of (a) 12 months after its date of issuance or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and (b) the third business day prior to the final maturity date of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, provided that any Synthetic Letter of Credit may provide for the renewal thereof for additional periods of up to 12 months or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (which in no event shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (b) above, except to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank). The Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall not be obligated to issue any Synthetic Letter of Credit to the extent that such Synthetic Letter of Credit, together with the |
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amount of all other issued and outstanding Synthetic Letters of Credit, exceeds the amount of all of Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts. | ||
Drawings under any Synthetic Letter of Credit shall be reimbursed by the Borrower (whether with its own funds or with the proceeds of loans under the Revolving Facility) within two business days after notice of such drawing is received by the Borrower from the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank; provided that if the Borrower does not so reimburse the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank within such period, the amount of such drawing shall be automatically converted into a loan, which loan may be repaid at any time prior to the maturity date of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility and, following repayment thereof, be considered as a part of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amount and available to support the issuance of Synthetic Letters of Credit. To the extent that the Borrower does not so reimburse the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank within the time period specified above, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank will withdraw the amount of such overdue reimbursement amount from the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts (allocated ratably among the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lenders) and apply such amount to satisfy such reimbursement obligation (whereupon the amount of such reimbursement obligation will be owing by the Borrower as a loan to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lenders, ratably in accordance with the amounts of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts applied by the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank as described above). | ||
Revolving Facility Letters of Credit: | Up to $100,000,000 of the Revolving Facility will be available to the Borrower in the form of letters of credit. Letters of credit will be issued by Bank of America, N.A. and other Lenders approved by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (in such capacity, the Revolving Facility Issuing Banks). Each letter of credit will expire not later than the earlier of (a) 12 months after its date of issuance or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the relevant Revolving Facility Issuing Bank and (b) the third business day prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Facility; provided, however, that any letter of credit may provide for renewal thereof for additional periods of up to 12 months or such longer period of time as may be agreed by the relevant Revolving Facility Issuing Bank (which in no event shall extend beyond the date referred to in clause (b) above, except to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the relevant Revolving Facility Issuing |
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Bank). Drawings under any letter of credit shall be reimbursed by the Borrower (whether with its own funds or with the proceeds of loans under the Revolving Facility) within two business days after notice of such drawing is received by the Borrower from the relevant Revolving Facility Issuing Bank. The Revolving Lenders will be irrevocably and unconditionally obligated to acquire participations in each letter of credit, pro rata in accordance with their commitments under the Revolving Facility, and to fund such participations in the event the Borrower does not reimburse an Issuing Bank for drawings within the time period specified above. | ||
Incremental Facilities: | The Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will permit the Borrower to add one or more incremental term loan facilities to the Senior Secured Facilities (each, an Incremental Term Facility), one or more incremental synthetic letter of credit facilities to the Senior Secured Facilities (each, an Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility) and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Facility (any such increase, an Incremental Revolving Facility; the Incremental Term Facilities, the Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facilities and the Incremental Revolving Facilities are collectively referred to as Incremental Facilities) in an aggregate amount of up to $400,000,000; provided that (i) no existing Lender will be required to participate in any such Incremental Facility, (ii) no event of default or default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto, (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Revolving Facilities shall not exceed $100,000,000, (iv) the maturity date of any such Incremental Term Facility shall be no earlier than the maturity date of the Term Loan Facilities and the weighted average life to maturity of any such Incremental Term Facility shall not be less than the remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loan Facilities at the time of the closing of such Incremental Term Facility, (v) the maturity date of any such Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall be no earlier than the maturity date of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, (vi) the interest rates and amortization schedule applicable to any Incremental Term Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereunder, (vii) the interest rates applicable to any Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereunder and (viii) any Incremental Revolving Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation applicable to the Revolving Facility (including the maturity date in respect thereof) and any Incremental Term Facility and any Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined, provided that, to the extent such terms and |
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documentation are not consistent with, in the case of an Incremental Term Facility, the Term Loan Facilities (except to the extent permitted by clause (iv) or (vi) above) or, in the case of an Incremental Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility (except to the extent permitted by clause (v) and (vii) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. It is understood that the Incremental Facilities shall not be subject to any most favored nation pricing provisions. |
Purpose: | (A) | The proceeds of the loans under the Initial Term Loan Facility will be used to refinance the Existing Facilities and for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its subsidiaries. | ||
(B) | The proceeds of loans under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility will be used to finance permitted acquisitions, other permitted investments and capital expenditures of the Borrower and its subsidiaries. | |||
(C) | The proceeds of loans under the Revolving Facility will be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, including financing of permitted acquisitions and other permitted investments. | |||
(D) | Letters of credit under the Revolving Facility and the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility will be used by the Borrower for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its subsidiaries. | |||
Availability: | (A) | The full amount of the Initial Term Loan Facility must be drawn in a single drawing on the date of the initial borrowing under the Senior Secured Facilities (the Closing Date). Amounts repaid or prepaid under the Initial Term Loan Facility may not be reborrowed. | ||
(B) | The Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility will be available in one or more drawings in minimum amounts to be agreed at any time until the first anniversary of the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility that are repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. | |||
(C) | Loans under the Revolving Facility will be available on and after the Closing Date and at any time prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Facility, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon. Amounts prepaid under the |
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Revolving Facility may be reborrowed. | ||||
(D) | The full amount of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall be funded on the Closing Date. | |||
Interest Rates and Fees | As set forth on Annex I hereto. | |||
Final Maturity and Amortization: | (A) | The Initial Term Loan Facility will mature on March 15, 2014 and will amortize 1% per annum in equal quarterly installments until the final maturity date. | ||
(B) | The Revolving Facility will mature, and lending commitments thereunder will terminate, on the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date. | |||
(C) | The Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility will mature on March 15, 2014 and will amortize in equal quarterly installments beginning on the last day of the first full fiscal quarter to occur after the first anniversary of the Closing Date (the First DD Amortization Payment Date) in aggregate annual amounts equal to 1% of the actual principal outstanding under the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility as of the First DD Amortization Payment Date, with the balance payable on the final maturity date. | |||
(D) | The Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility will terminate on March 15, 2014. |
Guarantees: | All obligations of the Borrower under the Senior Secured Facilities and any treasury management, interest rate protection or other hedging arrangements entered into with a Lender or any affiliate of any Lender (collectively, the Ancillary Arrangements), will be unconditionally guaranteed (the Guarantees) by Holdings and each existing and each subsequently acquired or organized wholly-owned domestic restricted subsidiary of the Borrower (other than immaterial subsidiaries, certain subsidiaries to be agreed upon, which will include all subsidiaries not providing guarantees of the Existing Facilities, and only to the extent permitted by contractual arrangements or applicable law or regulation) (collectively, the Guarantors). Each Guarantor that becomes a non-wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower as permitted by the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will be automatically released from its guarantee. | |
Security: | The Senior Secured Facilities, the Guarantees and any Ancillary Arrangements will be secured by substantially all material, owned |
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assets of the Borrower and each of the Guarantors and Pledgors (as defined below) (collectively, the Collateral), including: (a) a perfected first-priority pledge of all equity interests of the Borrower and each of its subsidiaries (excluding any equity interests that are not pledged to secure the Existing Facilities), to the extent permitted by applicable law and contractual arrangements, in each case directly held by the Borrower, any Guarantor or any Pledgor (which pledge, in the case of a foreign subsidiary, shall be limited to 100% of the non-voting equity interests (if any) and 65% of the voting equity interests of such foreign subsidiary), and (b) perfected security interests in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of the Borrower and each Guarantor and Pledgor (including accounts receivable, inventory, equipment, investment property, intellectual property, material owned real property, intercompany notes (including, without limitation, intercompany notes under which the obligor is a Pledgor, a Permitted JV or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) and drag-along rights and proceeds of the foregoing), and excluding (i) those assets over which the granting of a security interest in such assets would be prohibited by contract or applicable law or the organizational documents of any non-wholly owned subsidiary, or to the extent that such security interests would result in adverse tax or accounting consequences as determined by the Borrower, (ii) vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, (iii) fee interests in real property valued at less than an amount to be agreed (with all required mortgages being permitted to be delivered post-closing; provided that the Borrower uses commercially reasonable efforts to provide the required mortgages on the Closing Date), (iv) leaseholds, (v) letter of credit rights, (vi) commercial tort claims and (vii) other exceptions to be mutually agreed upon or that are usual for facilities of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor. There shall be no lockbox arrangements nor any control agreements relating to the Borrowers and its subsidiaries deposit or securities accounts. | ||
Each Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee as permitted by the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation but remains a subsidiary of the Borrower shall be a Pledgor so long as such Pledgor is providing security interests in its Collateral as set forth above. | ||
All the above-described pledges, security interests and mortgages shall be created on terms, and pursuant to documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and subject to exceptions (including customary permitted liens, including liens |
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on the assets of the Borrower and its subsidiaries permitted under the Existing Facilities) usual for facilities of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor and customary for borrowers in the same industry as the Borrower permitted under the definitive documentation for the Senior Secured Facilities (the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation). | ||
Notwithstanding the foregoing, assets may be excluded from the Collateral and subsidiaries may be excluded from guarantee requirements under the Senior Secured Facilities in circumstances where the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree that the cost of obtaining a security interest in such assets or providing such a guarantee are excessive in relation to the value afforded thereby. | ||
Ranking: | The Term Loan Facilities, the Revolving Facility, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility and the Ancillary Arrangements shall rank equal in right of payment with one another as between the holders of the obligations outstanding thereunder, on the one hand, and the Borrower and the Guarantors, on the other hand, and the Term Loan Facilities, the Revolving Facility, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility and the Ancillary Arrangements shall share a lien of equal priority in the Collateral, provided, however, that, following an acceleration of the Borrowers obligations under the Senior Secured Facilities, any amounts received on account of such obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent, first, ratably to the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors in respect of the Revolving Facility and, second, ratably to the obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantors in respect of the Term Loan Facilities, the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility and the Ancillary Arrangements. | |
Following an acceleration of the Borrowers obligations under the Senior Secured Facilities, Lenders under the Term Loan Facilities and/or the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility shall have the right to purchase, at par plus accrued but unpaid interest and fees, the outstanding loans and commitments of the Revolving Lenders on mutually acceptable terms to be set forth in the definitive loan documentation for the Senior Secured Facilities. | ||
Senior Secured Facilities Documentation: | Except as otherwise specified herein, all Senior Secured Facilities Documentation shall be in form usual for facilities of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor. Pledgors, Guarantors and Permitted JVs shall be treated in the same manner for all purposes under the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation (other than with respect to the obligation of a Pledgor or Permitted JV to provide a Guarantee or the obligation of a Permitted JV to pledge Collateral). |
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Certain Financial Definitions: | The Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall mean the ratio of Senior Secured Net Indebtedness to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA (such terms to be defined in a manner consistent with facilities of this type by affiliates of the Sponsor, the definition of Senior Secured Net Indebtedness to be defined as senior secured debt net of unrestricted cash on hand and the definition of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA to include, without limitation, an add-back for legal fees incurred in conjunction with the Borrowers response to OIGs request for information in an amount not to exceed $10 million per year, with carry-over of unused amounts in any year). Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be defined to include the consolidated net income of all Guarantors, Pledgors and Permitted JVs, whether or not distributed to minority equityholders, except as expressly provided in clause (d) under Negative Covenants below. | |
Mandatory Prepayments: | Loans under the Term Loan Facilities shall be prepaid with: | |
(a) 50% of the Borrowers annual excess cash flow (with stepdowns to 25% and 0% if the Borrowers Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than certain thresholds to be agreed) (excess cash flow to be defined in a manner consistent with facilities of this type by affiliates of the Sponsor, such definition to provide for, among other things, a deduction from excess cash flow, without duplication among periods, of operating cash used to finance acquisitions or capital expenditures or to be used to finance planned capital expenditures or to finance acquisitions for which contractual commitments exist); provided that the first mandatory prepayment hereunder shall be made following the first full fiscal year ending after the Closing Date; provided further that any voluntary prepayments of loans (including loans under the Revolving Facility to the extent commitments thereunder are permanently reduced by the amount of such prepayments) other than any such prepayments which are funded pursuant to the incurrence of other debt shall be credited against excess cash flow prepayment obligations on a dollar-for-dollar basis; | ||
(b) If the Borrowers Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than a certain threshold to be agreed, 100% of the net cash proceeds of all non-ordinary course asset sales or other dispositions of property (including equity interests in subsidiaries) by the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries (including |
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insurance and condemnation proceeds), in excess of $5,000,000 per asset sale or other disposition (subject to a mutually acceptable aggregate cap on all such exempted transactions subsequent to the Closing Date) and subject to exceptions to be agreed upon and a 100% reinvestment right if reinvested (or committed to be reinvested) within (i) 730 days with respect to a greenfield construction project or (ii) 365 days with respect to any other reinvestment, of such sale or disposition (and if committed to be reinvested with the applicable period above, actually reinvested within 3 years of such sale or disposition); and | ||
(c) 100% of the net cash proceeds of incurrences of debt obligations of the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries after the Closing Date (excluding proceeds from any debt not prohibited under the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation and with other exceptions, if any, to be mutually agreed upon). | ||
The above-described mandatory prepayments shall be applied pro rata to each of the outstanding Term Loan Facilities and to remaining amortization payments under such Term Loan Facilities as directed by the Borrower. | ||
Any Lender may elect not to accept any mandatory prepayment (each a Declining Lender) of Loans under the Term Loan Facilities. Any prepayment amount declined by a Declining Lender shall be offered first to the non-Declining Lenders under the Term Loan Facilities. To the extent such prepayment amounts are not accepted by such non-Declining Lenders, such amounts may be retained by the Borrower. | ||
Voluntary Prepayments/ Reductions in Commitments: | Voluntary reductions of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Facility commitments and, prepayments of borrowings under the Senior Secured Facilities and voluntary withdrawals of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts that are in excess of the aggregate face amount of all Synthetic Letters of Credit then outstanding, will be permitted at any time, in minimum principal amounts to be agreed upon, without premium or penalty, subject to reimbursement of the Lenders redeployment costs actually incurred in the case of a prepayment of Adjusted LIBOR borrowings other than on the last day of the relevant interest period. All voluntary prepayments of any of the Term Loan Facilities will be applied to the remaining amortization payments under the applicable Term Loan Facilities as directed by the Borrower. |
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Representations and Warranties: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor and limited to: financial statements; no material adverse change; corporate existence; compliance with laws; corporate power and authority; enforceability of Senior Secured Facilities Documentation; no conflict with law or contractual obligations; no material litigation; ownership of property; intellectual property; taxes; Federal Reserve regulations; ERISA; Investment Company Act; subsidiaries; environmental matters; solvency on a consolidated basis on the Closing Date; accuracy of disclosure; creation and perfection of security interests; and treatment as senior debt under all subordinated debt and as designated senior debt thereunder, subject, in the case of each of the foregoing representations and warranties, to qualifications and limitations for materiality customary for financings of this kind with affiliates of the Sponsor. | |
Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor, and limited to: delivery of customary legal opinions, delivery of customary evidence of authority and officers certificates; payment of required fees and expenses; delivery of a customary solvency certificate (with respect to the Borrower and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis); delivery of evidence of insurance; delivery of a customary borrowing notice; delivery of customary documentation with respect to the security arrangements contemplated herein; and except as set forth in the Borrowers reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or prior to the date of this Commitment Letter, the absence since September 30, 2006 of any event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities or financial condition of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole. | |
Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing: | The making of each extension of credit under the Senior Secured Facilities shall be conditioned upon (a) the accuracy of representations and warranties in all material respects as of the date of such extension of credit, and (b) the absence of defaults or events of default at the time of, or after giving effect to the making of, such extension of credit. | |
Affirmative Covenants: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor (to be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries) and limited to: delivery of annual and quarterly financial statements, annual budgets, officers certificates and other information reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; use of proceeds; payment of taxes; continuation of business and maintenance of existence and material rights and privileges; compliance with laws; maintenance of property and |
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customary insurance provided that there shall be no requirement to maintain insurance that is more restrictive than industry practice; maintenance of books and records; right of the Lenders to inspect property and books and records under customary conditions to be agreed upon; notices of defaults and litigation and other material events; compliance with environmental laws; additional Guarantors and Pledgors and collateral; and further assurances with respect to guarantees, security interests and related matters, subject, in the case of each of the foregoing covenants, to exceptions and qualifications to be agreed upon. | ||
Negative Covenants: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor (to be applicable to the Borrower and its restricted subsidiaries) and limited to: limitations on dividends or distributions on, and redemptions and repurchases of, equity interests, restricted investments and other restricted payments (with exceptions to include, without limitation, (a) tax distributions to equity owners of the Borrower, (b) at any time after the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date and provided that no event of default or payment default exists, dividends by the Borrower to finance any AHYDO catch-up payment related to the Holdings Loans and any cash interest payments payable thereafter, (c) investments in Guarantors and Pledgors, (d) investments in joint ventures (each, a Permitted JV), and the purchase of any minority interest in such Permitted JV; provided that (i) the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries that is a Guarantor or Pledgor shall own, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through a Permitted JV), at least 65% of the equity interests of any such Permitted JV, (ii) the equity interests of such Permitted JV owned by the Borrower, such Guarantor and/or such Pledgor shall be pledged as Collateral and (iii) upon giving pro forma effect to such investment and purchase, at the time of such investment or purchase, no more than 30% of pro forma Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower shall be attributable to its ownership interest in all Permitted JVs (in making this pro forma calculation, minority interests in such joint venture and all other Permitted JVs shall be excluded) and (e) a basket of $100.0 million for new investments in unrestricted subsidiaries); limitations on prepayments, redemptions and repurchases of subordinated debt and modification of instruments relating thereto; limitations on liens (which shall permit pari passu liens and subordinated liens securing debt incurred in compliance with the below-referenced debt incurrence test, subject to intercreditor terms customary for financings involving affiliates of the Sponsor); limitations on debt, guarantees and hedging arrangements (which shall permit (1) the incurrence of debt by the Borrower or any Guarantor, subject only to no default |
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and compliance with a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to be agreed, (2) a basket of up to $100,000,000 in the aggregate in respect of the incurrence of all third party indebtedness by Pledgors and Permitted JVs, (3) intercompany indebtedness of a Pledgor or Permitted JV, so long as such indebtedness is owed to the Borrower, a Guarantor or a Pledgor and documented in an intercompany note that has been pledged to the Administrative Agent and (4) other customary exceptions); limitations on mergers, acquisitions (which shall be permitted on the terms set forth in the next succeeding paragraph) and asset sales (with exceptions to include, without limitation, (I) asset swaps involving hospital facilities, provided that after giving effect to any such swap, Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower will be no less than 85% of Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower immediately prior to such swap and (II) subject to compliance with the provisions hereof relating to mandatory prepayment associated with sale of assets by the Borrower and its subsidiaries, the syndication of up to 35% of the equity interests in any of the Borrowers subsidiaries that own hospitals to physicians, administrators and other persons in the community where such hospitals are located); limitations on transactions with affiliates; and limitations on restrictions on ability of restricted subsidiaries that are not Guarantors or Pledgors to pay dividends or make distributions, subject, in the case of each of the foregoing covenants, to exceptions, qualifications and, as appropriate, baskets to be agreed upon (including an available basket amount consisting of an amount equal to $98,500,000 plus the greater of retained excess cash flow or 50% (to be increased to 75% upon achievement of a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to be agreed) of cumulative consolidated net income for the period beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter commencing January 1, 2007 to the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available at the time of measurement of such basket, which available basket amount may be used for, among other things, restricted investments, restricted payments and the prepayment of subordinated debt). | ||
The Borrower or any restricted subsidiary will be permitted to acquire Alliance Hospital, L.P. and make other acquisitions so long as (a) there is no default, (b) the Borrower would be in pro forma compliance with a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio to be agreed after giving effect thereto, (c) the acquired company or assets are in the same or generally related line of business as the Borrower and its subsidiaries and (d) the acquired company and its subsidiaries (other than immaterial subsidiaries) will become, in the case of any acquired entities organized under the laws of the United States, Guarantors or Pledgors and pledge their |
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Collateral to the Administrative Agent. Acquisitions of entities that do not become Guarantors or Pledgors (other than Permitted JVs) will be limited to an aggregate amount to be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower. Any restricted subsidiary shall be permitted to issue up to 35% of its outstanding equity interests as consideration for such permitted acquisition. | ||
Transactions not constituting otherwise permitted assets sales that result in the release of Collateral by any Guarantor or Pledgor shall be treated as investments under the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation and may be made to the extent permitted under the covenant relating to limitations on restricted investments. | ||
Financial Covenants: | None. | |
Unrestricted Subsidiaries: | The Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will contain provisions pursuant to which, subject to limitations to be agreed (including customary limitations on investments, loans and advances to, or other investments in, unrestricted subsidiaries), the Borrower will be permitted to designate any existing or subsequently acquired or organized subsidiary as an unrestricted subsidiary and subsequently re-designate any such unrestricted subsidiary as a restricted subsidiary. Unrestricted subsidiaries will not be subject to the affirmative or negative covenant or event of default provisions of the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation, and the results of operations and debt of unrestricted subsidiaries will not be taken into account for purposes of determining compliance (to the extent applicable) with the negative covenants and financial ratios contained in the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation. | |
Events of Default: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor (subject, where appropriate, to customary and other agreed upon grace periods and exceptions) and limited to: nonpayment of principal, interest or other amounts; violation of covenants; incorrectness of representations and warranties in any material respect; cross default and cross acceleration to material debt of the Borrower or its subsidiaries; bankruptcy of the Borrower or its material subsidiaries; material monetary judgments in respect of the Borrower or its material subsidiaries; ERISA events; actual or asserted invalidity of material guarantees or security documents; and Change of Control (to be defined in a manner usual for facilities of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor). | |
Voting: | Amendments and waivers of the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will require the approval of Lenders holding more |
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than 50% of the aggregate amount of loans, commitments and synthetic letter of credit funded amounts under the Senior Secured Facilities, except that (a) the consent of each Lender adversely affected thereby shall be required with respect to: (i) increases in the commitments of such Lender, (ii) reductions of principal, interest or fees, (iii) extensions of any amortization payment or final maturity and (iv) releases of liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral (other than as permitted by the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation), (b) the consent of 100% of the Lenders will be required with respect to (i) modifications to any of the voting percentages and (ii) modifications of the pro rata payment provisions, (c) the consent of Lenders holding more than 50% of the advances under the Term Loan Facilities shall be required with respect to any amendment or waiver that changes the manner of application of any mandatory prepayments, and (d) the consent of 100% of the Revolving Lenders shall be required with respect to any amendment or waiver that changes the manner of application of payments in respect of the Senior Secured Facilities following acceleration of the Borrowers obligations thereunder. | ||
The Senior Secured Facilities Documentation shall contain customary provisions for replacing non-consenting Lenders in connection with amendments and waivers requiring the consent of all Lenders or of all Lenders directly affected thereby so long as Lenders holding at least 50% of the aggregate amount of the loans and commitments under the Senior Secured Facilities shall have consented thereto. | ||
Cost and Yield Protection: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of or funds advised by the Sponsor, it being agreed that the definitive credit documentation will provide customary provisions protecting the Borrower from withholding tax liabilities in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. | |
Assignments and Participations: | The Lenders will be permitted to assign loans and commitments and Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts with the consent of the Borrower (unless a payment or bankruptcy (with respect to the Borrower) event of default has occurred and is continuing or such assignment is to a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender), the Administrative Agent (unless such assignment is an assignment of a commitment or loan under a Term Loan Facility or of Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts under the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility to a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender) and, in the case of assignments under the Revolving Facility, the Swingline Lender and each principal Revolving Facility Issuing Bank, in each case not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Each |
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assignment (except to other Lenders or their affiliates) will be in a minimum amount of (a) $5,000,000 in respect of loans and commitments under the Revolving Facility and (b) $1,000,000 in respect of loans and commitments under the Term Loan Facilities and Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts under the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility. Assignments will not be required to be pro rata among the Senior Secured Facilities. | ||
The Lenders will be permitted to participate loans and commitments without restriction in accordance with applicable law. Voting rights of participants shall be limited to matters set forth under Voting above with respect to which the unanimous affirmative vote of all Lenders would be required. | ||
Expenses and Indemnification: | The Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will provide that the Borrower shall pay all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent (including the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel identified herein or otherwise retained with the Borrowers consent) in connection with the enforcement of the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation. | |
The Borrower will indemnify the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons of the foregoing, and hold them harmless from and against all costs, expenses (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) and liabilities of any such indemnified person arising out of or relating to any claim or any litigation or other proceedings (regardless of whether any such indemnified person is a party thereto) that relate to the financing contemplated hereby, provided that no indemnified person will be indemnified for its (or any of its related parties) gross negligence, bad faith, willful misconduct or breach of the Senior Secured Facilities Documentation. | ||
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. | |
Counsel to Agents and Arrangers: | Moore & Van Allen PLLC. |
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to Exhibit B
Interest Rates: | The interest rates under the Senior Secured Facilities will be as follows: | |
Term Loan Facilities: | ||
At the option of the Borrower, (i) if on the Closing Date, the Borrower shall have received a corporate rating of B1 or higher by Moodys and a corporate family rating of B+ or higher by S&P, Adjusted LIBOR plus 1.75% or ABR plus 0.75% and (ii) in all other cases, Adjusted LIBOR plus 2.00% or ABR plus 1.00%. The Arrangers will use their commercially reasonable efforts to provide for the institution of a senior secured leverage-based pricing grid to be determined with a single step-down for interest rate margins in respect of the Term Loan Facilities. If applicable, the pricing grid for the Term Loan Facilities would take effect following the first full fiscal quarter of the Borrower after the Closing Date. | ||
Revolving Facility: | ||
At the option of the Borrower, Adjusted LIBOR plus 1.75% or ABR plus 0.75%, subject to the step-downs described below. All swingline loans will be ABR loans based on the same interest rate margins as other loans under the Revolving Facility. | ||
As used herein: | ||
Adjusted LIBOR means the London interbank offered rate, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements. | ||
ABR means the higher of (a) the Administrative Agents Prime Rate and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%. | ||
Adjusted LIBOR borrowings may be made for interest periods of 1, 2, 3 or 6 and, if available to all relevant Lenders, 9 or 12 months or a shorter period, as selected by the Borrower. | ||
Interest on loans and all fees will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 360-day year (calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed), provided that interest on ABR loans, when based on the Administrative Agents Prime Rate, will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 365-day year (or a 366-day |
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year in a leap year), in each case calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed. Interest will be payable on Adjusted LIBOR loans on the last day of the applicable interest period (and at the end of each three months, in the case of interest periods longer than three months) and upon prepayment, and on ABR loans quarterly and upon prepayment. | ||
Default Rate: | With respect to overdue principal, after notice from the Administrative Agent, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and, with respect to any other overdue amount, after notice from the Administrative Agent, the interest rate applicable to ABR loans plus 2.00% per annum. | |
Letter of Credit Fees: | Revolving Letters of Credit | |
A per annum fee equal to the applicable spread over Adjusted LIBOR under the Revolving Facility in effect from time to time will accrue on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit under the Revolving Facility, payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon termination of the Revolving Facility. Such fees shall be distributed to Revolving Lenders pro rata in accordance with their commitments under the Revolving Facility. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to each Revolving Facility Issuing Bank, for its own account, (a) a fronting fee of 0.125% on the aggregate face amount of outstanding letters of credit, payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon termination of the Revolving Facility, and (b) the Revolving Facility Issuing Banks customary issuance and administration fees. | ||
Synthetic Letters of Credit | ||
A per annum fee equal to the spread over Adjusted LIBOR under the Term Loan Facilities will accrue on all outstanding Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts, and will be payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon the termination of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year. An amount equal to the Investment Fee Rate shall also be payable in arrears at the end of each quarter and upon the termination of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility. Such fees and amounts shall be distributed to the Lenders participating in the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Lenders Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amount. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, for its own account, (a) a fronting |
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fee equal to 0.125% of the aggregate face amount of outstanding Synthetic Letters of Credit, payable in arrears at the end of each fiscal quarter and upon the termination of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year, and (b) customary issuance and administration fees. | ||
Investment of Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts: | The Administrative Agent shall invest the Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts so as to earn (except during periods when, and to the extent to which, such Synthetic Letter of Credit Funded Amounts are being used to reimburse the Synthetic Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, including if converted into a loan) a return (the Return on Deposits) equal to (i) a rate per annum, reset daily on each business day for the period until the next following business day, equal to such business days rate for one month eurodollar deposits minus (ii) 0.10% per annum (the Investment Fee Rate). The Administrative Agent will pay the Return on Deposits to the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility Lenders quarterly in arrears and upon the termination of the Synthetic Letter of Credit Facility, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year. | |
Commitment Fees: | The Borrower shall pay a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the Revolving Facility, payable quarterly in arrears and subject to the step-downs described below. | |
The Borrower shall pay a commitment fee of 1.00% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the Delayed Draw Term Loan Facility, payable quarterly in arrears. | ||
Changes in Interest Rate Margins and Commitment Fees: | The Senior Secured Facilities Documentation will contain provisions under which, from and after the date of delivery of the Borrowers financial statements covering a period of at least one full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, (a) interest rate margins under the Revolving Facility will be subject to change based upon a leverage-based grid set forth on Schedule A to this Annex I and (b) commitment fees under the Revolving Facility will be subject to change based upon a leverage-based grid set forth on Schedule A to this Annex I. |
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(basis points)
Revolving Facility | ||||||||||||
Senior Secured | ||||||||||||
Leverage Ratio | Adjusted LIBOR+ | ABR+ | Commitment Fees | |||||||||
Greater than or equal to 2.25 to 1.00 | 175 | 75 | 50 | |||||||||
Less than 2.25 to 1.00 but greater than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00 | 150 | 50 | 37.5 | |||||||||
Less than 1.75 to 1.00 | 125 | 25 | 37.5 |
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CONFIDENTIAL | EXHIBIT C |
$300,000,000 Holdings Senior PIK Loans
Summary of Principal Terms and Conditions
Borrower: | IASIS Healthcare Corporation (Holdings). | |
Administrative Agent: | Banc of America Bridge LLC will act as the sole administrative agent (in such capacity, the Administrative Agent) for a syndicate of financial institutions (the Lenders) acceptable to Holdings, and will perform the duties customarily associated with such role. | |
Joint Lead Arrangers: | Banc of America Securities LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. will act as the joint lead arrangers and joint book managers (the Arrangers) for the Holdings Loans, and will perform the duties customarily associated with such roles. | |
Syndication Agent: | Citigroup will act as syndication agent (the Syndication Agent) for the Holdings Loans. | |
Documentation Agent: | At the option of the Borrower, one or more financial institutions identified by the Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers (each a Documentation Agent and, together with the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent, the Agents). | |
Holdings Senior PIK Loans: | The Lenders will make senior unsecured PIK loans (the Holdings Loans) to Holdings on the Closing Date in an aggregate principal amount of up to $300,000,000. | |
Issue Price: | 99% | |
Availability: | The Lenders will make the Holdings Loans on the Closing Date simultaneously with the initial funding under the Senior Secured Facilities. | |
Purpose: | The proceeds of the Holdings Loans will be used to finance the Holdings Dividend on or about the Closing Date. | |
Maturity and Amortization: | The Holdings Loans will mature on June 15, 2014 (the Maturity Date) and no amortization payments will be made prior to the final maturity date. | |
Interest: | The Holdings Loans will accrue interest at a rate per annum equal to three-month Adjusted LIBOR (as defined below) plus 5.00%. |
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Until the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, interest will be paid by adding such interest to the principal amount of the outstanding Holdings Loans, quarterly in arrears. After the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, interest shall be payable in cash only. | ||
In addition, an AHYDO catch-up payment provision will be included in the Holdings Loan Documentation (as defined below). | ||
With respect to overdue principal, after notice from the Administrative Agent, the applicable interest rate plus 2.00% per annum and, with respect to any other overdue amount, after notice from the Administrative Agent, the interest rate applicable to ABR loans plus 2.00% per annum. | ||
Interest on loans and all fees will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 360-day year (calculated on the basis of actual number of days elapsed), provided that interest on loans based on the Administrative Agents Prime Rate will be payable in arrears on the basis of a 365-day year (or a 366-day year in a leap year), in each case calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed. Interest will be payable on Adjusted LIBOR loans on the last day of the applicable interest period and upon prepayment, and on ABR loans quarterly and upon prepayment. | ||
As used herein, Adjusted LIBOR means the London interbank offered rate, adjusted for statutory reserve requirements. | ||
In the event that Adjusted LIBOR cannot be determined, or any Lender is unable to maintain Holdings Loans accruing interest at Adjusted LIBOR, the affected Holdings Loans will accrue interest until the Maturity Date at ABR plus 4.00%. ABR means the higher of (a) the Administrative Agents Prime Rate and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 1/2 of 1%. | ||
Ranking: | The Holdings Loans will rank pari passu with other senior debt of Holdings. | |
Guarantees: | None. | |
Security: | None. | |
Mandatory Redemption: | After any payments required to be made to repay the Senior Secured Facilities and the Borrowers existing senior subordinated notes due 2014 (the Senior Subordinated Notes), Holdings will be required to offer to repurchase the Holdings Loans upon the occurrence of a change of control (to be defined in a manner customary for affiliates of the Sponsor), which offer shall be at 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest. |
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Optional Redemption: | Subject to the remainder of this paragraph, the Holdings Loans will be redeemable at the option of Holdings, in whole or in part, at any time at par plus accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption date plus applicable LIBOR breakage costs, if any. The Holdings Loans will be callable subject to customary make-whole provisions at T+50 basis points prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date and will be callable thereafter at par plus accrued interest plus a premium equal to (a) 2% if prepaid on or after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date, (b) 1% if prepaid on or after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and prior to the third anniversary of the Closing Date and (c) zero if prepaid at any time thereafter. | |
Documentation: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor and reasonably acceptable to the Arrangers and Holdings (such documentation, the Holdings Loan Documentation). | |
Conditions Precedent: | Substantially the same as the conditions precedent to the initial borrowings under the Senior Secured Facilities. | |
Representations and Warranties: | Substantially the same as the representations and warranties in the Senior Secured Facilities. | |
Covenants: | Consistent with those in the indenture relating to the Senior Subordinated Notes, and as adjusted to eliminate covenants inappropriate for Holdings. The restricted payments covenant will permit the Holdings Dividend and restricted payments in an amount equal to $35,000,000 plus 50% of cumulative consolidated net income for the period beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs to the end of the most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available at the time of measurement. | |
Financial Covenants: | None. | |
Events of Default: | Consistent with those in the indenture governing the Senior Subordinated Notes, as adjusted to eliminate events of default inappropriate for Holdings, and to include a cross-acceleration (but not cross-default) to the Senior Secured Facilities. | |
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Holdings Loans then outstanding, by notice in writing to Holdings, may declare the principal of, and all accrued interest on, all Holdings Loans to be due and payable immediately. If a bankruptcy event of Holdings occurs, the principal of and accrued interest on the |
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Holdings Loans will be immediately due and payable without any notice, declaration or other act on the part of the holders of the Holdings Loans. An acceleration notice may be annulled and past defaults (except for monetary defaults not yet cured) may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Holdings Loans. | ||
Cost and Yield Protection: | Usual for facilities and transactions of this type for affiliates of the Sponsor. | |
Assignment and Participation: | Subject to the prior approval of the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), the Lenders will have the right to assign Holdings Loans after the Closing Date without the consent of Holdings. | |
The Lenders will be permitted to participate loans and commitments without restriction in accordance with applicable law. Voting rights of participants shall be limited to matters set forth under Voting above with respect to which the unanimous affirmative vote of all Lenders would be required. | ||
Voting: | Amendments and waivers of the Holdings Loan Documentation will require the approval of Lenders holding more than 50% of the outstanding Holdings Loans, except that (a) the consent of each affected Lender will be required for (i) reductions of principal or interest rates or applicable fees or premiums or (ii) extensions of the Maturity Date and (b) the consent of 100% of the Lenders will be required with respect to modifications to any of the voting percentages or the pro rata payment provisions. | |
Expenses and Indemnification: | The Holdings Loan Documentation will provide that Holdings shall pay all reasonable, documented out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel identified herein or otherwise retained with Holdings consent) in connection with the enforcement of the Holdings Loan Documentation. | |
Holdings will indemnify the Agents, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents and controlling persons of the foregoing, and hold them harmless from and against all costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel) and liabilities of any such indemnified person arising out of or relating to any claim or any litigation or other proceedings (regardless of whether any such indemnified person is a party thereto) that relate to the financing contemplated hereby, or any transactions connected therewith, provided that no indemnified person will be indemnified for its (or any of its related parties) gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or breach of the Holdings Loan Documentation. | ||
Governing Law and Forum: | New York. | |
Counsel for Agents and Arrangers: | Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. |
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