SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT ANDSECURITY AGREEMENT

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EX-10.56 2 d444070dex1056.htm SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Agreement

Exhibit 10.56

SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING

CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is entered into on this 25th day of January, 2013 (the “Effective Date”), by and among NEOGENOMICS LABORATORIES, INC., a Florida corporation (“Borrower”), NEOGENOMICS, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Guarantor”, together with Borrower, individually, a “Credit Party” and collectively, the “Credit Parties”) and CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Lender”) as agent for the lenders to the Credit Agreement.

RECITALS

A. The Credit Parties and Lender have entered into that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2010 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

B. The Credit Parties have requested that Lender agree to make certain amendments to the Credit Agreement. Lender has agreed to this request on the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

C. Pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Amendment, the Credit Parties and the Lender have agreed to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

ARTICLE I – DEFINITIONS

1.01 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment are defined in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, unless otherwise stated.

ARTICLE II – AMENDMENT

2.01 Amendment to Recitals of the Credit Agreement.

(a) The Second recital of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such section in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Lender make available to Borrower a revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”) in a maximum principal amount equal to the Facility Cap, the proceeds of which shall be used by Borrower as a provider of healthcare services and for the generation and/or acquisition of Accounts, and for other lawful purposes not prohibited hereunder;


2.02 Amendment to Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date, Section 1.2 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) The definition of “Facility Cap” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with:

Facility Cap” shall mean Ten Million and 00/100 Dollars ($10,000,000.00) as such amount may be increased from time to time as provided in Section 2.1(d).

2.03 Amendment to Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (d) of such section and replacing it with the following:

(d) On or after January 31, 2013, Borrower may, no more than twice during the Term of this Agreement, request to increase the amount of the Facility Cap as in effect on any date of determination; provided, that, in connection with any such request, Borrower shall (x) provide such request in writing, (y) certify to Lender that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused by such request, and (z) state the requested effective date of such increase in the Facility Cap, which in no event may be more than forty-five (45) or less than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date of such request. All such requests shall be made in increments of $1,000,000. Upon Lender’s written consent to such request, which consent may be granted or withheld by Lender in Lender’s sole discretion, and upon payment by Borrower to Lender of a commitment fee equal to 1% of the requested increase in the Facility Cap, Borrower’s requested increase of the Facility Cap will become effective on the date requested. All increases to the Facility Cap made pursuant to this section shall not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate.

2.04 Amendment to Annex I of the Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date, Annex I of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by:

(a) deleting Section 2 of Annex I in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

2. Minimum Cash Velocity

For each Test Period, measured as of the last day of each calendar month ending on or after December 31, 2012, Collections of Accounts of Borrowers collectively shall not be less than the Cash Velocity Percentage of Borrowers’ net revenue for the Revenue Period less the bad debt expense recognized on the income statement for such Revenue Period.

 

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(b) adding the following definition to the definitions set forth in such Annex in the appropriate alphabetical order:

Cash Velocity Percentage” shall mean (a) 80% for the period beginning December 31, 2012 and ending on March 31, 2013 and (b) 87.5% at all other times.

ARTICLE III- CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

3.01 Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment against Lender is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent in a manner satisfactory to Lender in its sole discretion, unless specifically waived in writing by Lender:

(a) Lender shall have received this Amendment duly executed by each party thereto;

(b) the representations and warranties contained herein and in all other Loan Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects (without duplication of any materiality qualifiers contained in the Loan Documents);

(c) no Default or Event of Default shall be in existence; and

(d) Lender shall have received all fees, charges and expenses payable to Lender as required by this Amendment, including the Commitment Fee (as hereinafter defined), and in connection with this Amendment and the documentation related hereto, including, but not limited to, reasonable legal fees and out-of-pocket costs, (including reasonable in-house counsel fees and expenses), and Borrower hereby authorize Lender to charge such amounts as an Advance under the Revolving Facility.

ARTICLE IV- RATIFICATIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

4.01 Ratifications. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions set forth in the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, and, except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect. The Credit Parties hereby ratify and confirm that the Liens granted under the Credit Agreement secure all obligations and indebtedness now, hereafter or from time to time made by, owing to or arising in favor of Lender pursuant to the Loan Documents (as now, hereafter or from time to time amended). The Credit Parties and Lender agree that the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, as amended hereby, shall continue to be legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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4.02 Representations and Warranties. The Credit Parties hereby, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to Lender that:

(a) The representations and warranties made by the Credit Parties (other than those made as of a specific date) contained in the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, and each Loan Document are true and correct in all material respects (except that, for those representations and warranties already qualified by concepts of materiality, those representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all respects) on and as of the date hereof and as of the date of execution hereof as though made on and as of each such date;

(b) No Default or Event of Default under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, has occurred and is continuing;

(c) No Borrower has amended its certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or any other equivalent governing agreement or document), as applicable, since the date of the Credit Agreement;

ARTICLE V – COMMITMENT FEE

5.01 Commitment Fee. Borrower agrees to pay Lender $10,000 as a commitment fee, which fee shall be due and payable on the date hereof. Borrower hereby authorizes Lender to charge such fee as an Advance on the date hereof and shall be fully earned by Lender when so charged.

ARTICLE VI – MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

6.01 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made in the Credit Agreement, or any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any document furnished in connection with this Amendment, shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the Loan Documents, and no investigation by Lender or any closing shall affect the representations and warranties or the right of Lender to rely upon them.

6.02 Reference to Credit Agreement. Each of the Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents, and any and all Loan Documents, documents or instruments now or hereafter executed and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof or pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, are hereby amended so that any reference in the Credit Agreement and such Loan Documents to the Credit Agreement shall mean a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

6.03 Expenses of Lender. As provided in the Credit Agreement, the Credit Parties agree to pay on demand all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the preparation, negotiation, and execution of this Amendment and the Loan Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications, and supplements thereto, including, without limitation, the reasonable costs and fees of Lender’s legal counsel, and all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, or any Loan Documents, including, without, limitation, the reasonable costs and fees of Lender’s legal counsel.

 

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6.04 Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

6.05 Successors and Assigns. This Amendment is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of Lender and the Credit Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Credit Parties may not assign or transfer any of their rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of Lender.

6.06 Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

6.07 Effect of Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by Lender to or for any breach of or deviation from any covenant or condition by the Credit Parties shall be deemed a consent to or waiver of any other breach of the same or any other covenant, condition or duty.

6.08 Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Amendment.

6.09 Applicable Law. THIS AMENDMENT AND ALL LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED PURSUANT HERETO SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE AND TO BE PERFORMABLE IN AND SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHOICE OF LAW SET FORTH IN THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.

6.10 Final Agreement. THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, EACH AS AMENDED HEREBY, REPRESENT THE ENTIRE EXPRESSION OF THE PARTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF ON THE DATE THIS AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED. THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE LOAN DOCUMENTS, AS AMENDED HEREBY, MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES. NO MODIFICATION, RESCISSION, WAIVER, RELEASE OR AGREEMENT OF ANY PROVISION OF THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE MADE, EXCEPT BY A WRITTEN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE CREDIT PARTIES AND LENDER.

6.11 Release. THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY HAVE NO DEFENSE, COUNTERCLAIM, OFFSET, CROSS-COMPLAINT, CLAIM OR DEMAND OF ANY KIND OR NATURE WHATSOEVER THAT CAN BE ASSERTED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE ALL OR ANY PART OF ITS LIABILITY TO REPAY THE “OBLIGATIONS” OR TO SEEK AFFIRMATIVE RELIEF OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE FROM LENDER. THE CREDIT PARTIES HEREBY VOLUNTARILY AND KNOWINGLY RELEASE AND FOREVER DISCHARGE LENDER AND LENDERS, AND

 

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ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS, AGENTS, ATTORNEYS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, FROM ALL POSSIBLE CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, DAMAGES, COSTS, EXPENSES, AND LIABILITIES WHATSOEVER, KNOWN OR UNKNOWN, ANTICIPATED OR UNANTICIPATED, SUSPECTED OR UNSUSPECTED, FIXED, CONTINGENT, OR CONDITIONAL, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, ORIGINATING IN WHOLE OR IN PART ON OR BEFORE THE DATE THIS AMENDMENT IS EXECUTED, WHICH THE CREDIT PARTIES MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AGAINST LENDER, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PREDECESSORS, ATTORNEYS, AGENTS, EMPLOYEES, AFFILIATES, SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, IF ANY, AND IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ANY SUCH CLAIMS ARISE OUT OF CONTRACT, TORT, VIOLATION OF LAW OR REGULATIONS, OR OTHERWISE, AND ARISING FROM ANY “LOANS”, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY CONTRACTING FOR, CHARGING, TAKING, RESERVING, COLLECTING OR RECEIVING INTEREST IN EXCESS OF THE HIGHEST LAWFUL RATE APPLICABLE, THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHTS AND REMEDIES UNDER THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR LOAN DOCUMENTS, AND NEGOTIATION FOR AND EXECUTION OF THIS AMENDMENT.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed and is effective as of the date first written above.

 

BORROWER:
NEOGENOMICS LABORATORIES, INC., a Florida corporation
By:  

/s/ Douglas VanOort

Name:  

Douglas VanOort

Title:  

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

GUARANTOR:
NEOGENOMICS, INC., a Nevada corporation
By:  

/s/ Douglas VanOort

Name:  

Douglas VanOort

Title:  

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

LENDER:
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, as agent for the lenders
By:  

/s/ Jason Schwartz

Name:  

Jason Schartz

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

 

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