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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from             to             

Commission File No. 001-31299

 

 

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   65-0865171

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification Number)

 

901 Yamato Road, Suite 110

Boca Raton, FL

  33431
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (561) 322-1300

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

 

Title of each class:

 

Name of each exchange on which registered:

Common Stock, par value $0.01   OTCQX Pink Sheets

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

 

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “larger accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   x
Non-accelerated filer   ¨    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨    No   x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold as of June 27, 2008 (the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter) was $60,384,982.

As of March 2, 2009, there were 30,489,567 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value, outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference:

Part III of this Form 10-K incorporates certain information by reference from the registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which will be filed no later than 120 days after December 28, 2008.

 

 

 


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   PART I   

Item 1.

   Business    1

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors    9

Item 1B.

   Unresolved Staff Comments    17

Item 2.

   Properties    17

Item 3.

   Legal Proceedings    17

Item 4.

   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    17
   PART II   

Item 5.

   Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities    18

Item 6.

   Selected Financial Data    20

Item 7.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    22

Item 7A.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    39

Item 8.

   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    39

Item 9.

   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure    39

Item 9A.

   Controls and Procedures    39

Item 9B.

   Other Information    40
   PART III   

Item 10.

   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance    41

Item 11.

   Executive Compensation    41

Item 12.

   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters    41

Item 13.

   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence    41

Item 14.

   Principal Accountant Fees and Services    41
   PART IV   

Item 15.

   Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules    42
SIGNATURES    43

All references to “Medical Staffing Network,” “we,” “us,” or “our,” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K means Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.


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Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements are predictive in nature and may depend upon or refer to future events, activities or conditions. Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we cannot provide any assurances regarding future results. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed in the section entitled “Item 1A – Risk Factors” and “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements.”

PART I

Item 1. Business

General Development of Business

We are a leading diversified temporary healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem staffing services (staffing assignments of less than two weeks in duration) in the United States as measured by revenues. Our per diem staffing assignments place our professionals, predominately nurses, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in response to our clients’ temporary staffing needs. Our travel and short term contract-based healthcare staffing assignments place our professionals at hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the country for assignments lasting more than two weeks. The short term contract-based assignments are typically staffed by our per diem branches while the longer length assignments are staffed by both the centralized travel offices and per diem branches. We believe we are also a leading provider, as measured by revenues, of radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and respiratory therapists, or “allied health” professionals.

We serve our clients through what we believe to be the largest temporary healthcare staffing network in the United States, which was comprised as of December 28, 2008 of over 80 per diem branches that provide nurse staffing on a per diem basis in 38 states, though we service all 50 states through our travel nurse and allied health staffing divisions. Our extensive client base includes approximately 7,000 healthcare facilities including leading for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, leading teaching hospitals and regional healthcare providers. We do not receive a material portion of our revenues from Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements or similar state reimbursement programs.

Our business has grown significantly since our founding in 1998. We call branches that we have opened since our inception “de novo” branches, as opposed to branches acquired from third parties. The majority of our branches were de novo branches as of December 28, 2008.

For the year ended December 28, 2008, we had revenues of $537.8 million and a loss from operations of $114.0 million, which included non-cash write-downs relating to the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of $130.9 million. Our fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The year ended December 28, 2008 was a 52 week year. During the year ended December 28, 2008, 68% of our revenues came from our per diem nurse staffing (inclusive of short-term contracts) assignments, 18% came from our travel nurse staffing assignments and 14% came from our allied health staffing assignments.

We believe the flexibility of our service offerings provides substantial value to our clients and professionals. We provide our clients with significant assistance in managing their profitability by giving them a high degree of control in managing their labor costs without sacrificing clinical expertise. In addition, working on a per diem or short-term contract basis allows our healthcare professionals substantial flexibility in balancing their careers with their lifestyle objectives.

 

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We were organized as a Delaware corporation in 1998. Our predecessor corporation, Southeast Staffing Partners, Inc., a Florida corporation, was founded in June 1997.

For information concerning our financial condition, results of operations and related financial data, you should review the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” sections of this report. You also should review and consider the risks relating to our business and industry that we describe below under “Risk Factors”.

Industry Overview

The temporary nurse staffing market has two major components: per diem staffing and travel staffing. Per diem staffing is the largest sector of the temporary healthcare staffing industry, providing healthcare professionals for assignments of a single shift to two weeks, and is used to meet local labor shortages and openings due to holidays, vacations, illness and staff turnover, as well as daily and seasonal fluctuations in hospital volume. The per diem staffing market operates with many local operators and is highly fragmented. The per diem staffing model is also highly decentralized, requiring a local presence in every market served because these short-term staffing needs are typically filled on a local basis, and are typically dependent on the relationship that exists between local operators, local professionals and the local healthcare facilities. Local based contracts, which are more than two weeks in duration, are similar to travel contracts; however, these contracts are staffed by per diem branches.

In the travel staffing market, healthcare facilities hire travel nurses on a contracted, fixed-term basis to meet seasonal or other volume-driven fluctuations in hospital admissions levels for time periods ranging from several weeks to one year, but are typically thirteen weeks long. Travel staffing companies coordinate travel and housing arrangements for their professionals who typically relocate to the area in which they are placed. The travel staffing model utilizes a centralized approach in serving its clients.

Allied health staffing consists of highly specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations. These professionals are staffed on both a per diem and travel basis.

Service revenues have been under pressure (particularly during the fourth quarter of 2008) due to an economy in recession, weak hospital admissions, and other challenging healthcare staffing industry dynamics that have suppressed incremental demand for temporary nurses. Due to the worsening economic conditions and high unemployment rate, we believe that nurses in many households may become the primary wage earner, which could cause such nurses to potentially seek more traditional full-time employment. Additionally, as hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels, they are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads.

While we cannot predict when market conditions will improve, we remain confident in the long-term growth potential of the temporary staffing industry. In a March 2004 report, the United States (U.S.) Census Bureau projected that the number of Americans 65 years of age or older is expected to grow from 35.1 million in 2000 to 54.6 million in 2020. Among the trends noted in a March 2006 U.S. Census Bureau report, the U.S. population age 65 and over, which is now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, is expected to double in size within the next 25 years and by 2030, almost 1 out of every 5 Americans (some 72 million people) will be 65 years or older. In a November 2007 report, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that more than 1.0 million nurses will be needed by 2020, making nursing the nation’s top profession in terms of projected job growth. Additionally, there is pressure to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish regulated nurse-patient ratios. Several states have enacted legislation establishing nurse to patient ratios and/or prohibiting mandatory overtime while other states have similar legislation pending. In conjunction with the aforementioned factors, the long-term prospects for the healthcare staffing industry should improve as hospitals experience higher census levels, due in large part to an aging society and an increasing shortage of healthcare workers.

 

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Description of the Business

We provide hospitals and other healthcare facilities with a wide range of staffing services, including per diem nurses, travel and short term contract-based nurses and allied health professionals. While we have a national presence, we operate on a local basis through an integrated network, which consisted of over 80 per diem branches in 38 states as of December 28, 2008, so that we may develop significant relationships with our clients and healthcare professionals and provide the highest level of service. We have provided services to over 7,000 healthcare facilities that have paid us directly for the services we provide.

Temporary Staffing Services Provided

The per diem staffing portion of our business provides nurses for assignments with durations ranging from a single shift to a two week assignment. We offer our clients all major classifications of nurses, including registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, across all specialties such as pediatric, geriatric, intensive care unit and cardiovascular. We provide per diem personnel to a variety of healthcare facilities including acute care hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and surgical and ambulatory care centers. We serve both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that range in scope from one facility to national chains with dozens of facilities. The travel and short term contract-based staffing portion of our business provides nurses and surgical technicians to hospitals and other healthcare facilities across the country for assignments lasting more than two weeks in duration. The short term contract-based assignments are typically staffed by our per diem branches while the longer length assignments are staffed by both the centralized travel offices and per diem branches.

The allied health staffing portion of our business specializes in providing allied health professionals to hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and surgical ambulatory care centers and retail pharmacies, both on a per diem and a travel basis. We believe our allied health staffing business to be among the largest in the country as measured by revenues. Allied health staffing specialties that we staff include highly specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare specialists, or “allied health” professionals.

Another element of our staffing business is vendor management services (VMS) agreements. In our VMS agreements, we provide a client facility with a single point of contact that coordinates temporary staffing across all departments for the entire facility. We first attempt to fill the needs of our VMS clients using our internal per diem or travel staff. When this is not possible, we subcontract staff from unaffiliated agencies (each, an Associate Partner). The facility is typically aware that we will be required to use Associate Partners and the facility has the final authority as to the acceptability and use of a particular Associate Partner and its personnel. We are not liable for payment to the Associate Partner until we are paid by the facility.

National Branch Network

We currently operate an integrated network, consisting of over 80 per diem branches located in 38 states as of December 28, 2008, as well as centralized travel staffing and allied health offices. Our per diem branches are organized into several geographic regions, each of which is coordinated by a regional director. Each per diem branch is responsible for covering a specific local geographic region. Our typical per diem branch is staffed with four or five professionals who are responsible for the day-to-day operations of the business. These professionals include a branch manager, two to three staffing coordinators, and a payroll administrator. The cost structure of our typical per diem branch is primarily fixed, consisting of limited personnel, office space rent, information systems infrastructure and supplies. We have been able to develop a highly efficient branch management model that we believe is easily scalable to meet increasing demand.

Our centralized travel staffing and allied health offices are national in scope. These offices serve as our direct contact with our healthcare professionals and clients and are active in recruiting, scheduling, and sales and marketing.

 

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Recruitment and Retention

Our ability to recruit and retain a pool of talented, motivated and highly credentialed healthcare professionals is critical to our success. We had an active pool of approximately 27,000 professionals in 2008. We typically attract new recruits via word of mouth referral. The majority of our senior operations management have nursing or other clinical backgrounds. We believe this depth of clinical experience helps us understand the needs of clinical personnel and enhances our reputation in the industry as an advocate for nurses and other healthcare professionals, improving our ability to recruit such personnel. In addition, we offer competitive benefits packages that differentiate us from the smaller, local per diem staffing companies with which we compete, and which are typically unable to offer the package of services and benefits that we offer. We believe our competitive advantages in recruiting skilled personnel include the ability to offer the following opportunities to our personnel:

 

 

Flexible Staffing Assignments. We provide our professionals with the flexibility to tailor their schedules to accommodate lifestyle choices. There are many reasons why qualified healthcare professionals choose to work on a per diem or travel assignment basis, but most are motivated by the ability to balance their profession with their other responsibilities and interests. Our professionals are able to choose not only when they work but also where they work. Our scheduling systems are designed to place our professionals in facilities and shifts where they have had a productive and positive experience with our clients.

 

 

Competitive Benefits Package. We believe that we were the first per diem healthcare staffing company to offer a comprehensive benefits program for qualified per diem staff. Our program includes access to group discounted benefits such as health, dental, life, disability and general liability insurances for healthcare professionals who work for us for a specified minimum number of hours per month for more than one month.

 

 

Choice of Pay Frequency. Our ability to offer pay as frequently as daily for our per diem staff provides our professionals with another key element of flexibility. Rather than waiting for the end of a traditional weekly or biweekly pay period, our professionals can be paid immediately after completing their shifts. This allows our branch staff to maintain an active dialogue with our professionals regarding future assignments. This consistent interaction fosters unique relationships that distinguish us from our competition.

 

 

Leading Continuing Educational Programs. We offer continuing education courses as a means to improve our pool of nurses as well as to maintain proper compliance. We have a unique relationship with Florida Atlantic University’s College of Nursing. Through this relationship, the College of Nursing faculty develops continuing education courses that we offer online through our website. Our nurses can obtain continuing education units (CEUs) that many states require and we are able through this portal to educate our nurses regarding changing technology and clinical practices. Our courses are fully accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center of Excellence and the Florida Board of Nursing.

We have several proven recruitment channels that consistently augment our pool of healthcare professionals at low marginal cost. In 2008, we spent approximately 1% of our revenues on recruitment activities. Our recruitment activities include print advertisements in local newspapers and in trade journals, mailings, job postings, internet listings and solicitations at trade conventions.

 

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Quality Management

We have developed a substantial clinical quality improvement program to uphold our high standards in recruiting healthcare professionals. Our two-step internal process ensures that all of our temporary professionals have the proper credentials, skills and experience for their assignments. We have found that our adherence to high quality management standards is an integral component of satisfying both clients and professionals with our placements. Our two-step process for quality management includes the following:

Pre-employment Qualifications. All of our healthcare professionals undergo a rigorous screening process that includes requirements such as a minimum of one year of related work experience and the successful completion of written tests and skill checklists specific to their area of specialty. Each per diem applicant is typically interviewed in person by local branch personnel. We believe this sets us apart from our competitors, some of whom may not always conduct face-to-face interviews. Travel nursing and Allied candidates are interviewed by phone by trained recruiters that screen them for meeting MSN/InteliStaf Travel requirements. We also check prior work references, confirm the validity of the applicant’s professional license(s) and screen the applicant for any criminal activity. Furthermore, we typically perform drug screening to ensure total compliance with facility drug screening requirements. All of these standards comply with or exceed those required by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) and The Joint Commission.

Placement and Ongoing Monitoring. Once we have hired a healthcare professional, we enter all of the professional’s data into our database, which tracks any “renewal dates” with respect to licenses and continuing education requirements. Our database also matches our clients’ needs with our available pool of professionals. We strive to place our professionals in facilities where they have previously worked in order to enhance the continuity of our services to our clients. If this is not possible, we provide our professionals with pre-staffing orientation to the facility. By taking these steps, we ensure that the healthcare professional is comfortable with the facility’s physical layout, permanent staff and clinical protocols. We also continually monitor the performance of our professionals through clinical performance assessments, evaluations and client feedback, among other things. In addition, our clients may access our database remotely (via the Internet), which provides them the ability to view the credentials of the professionals being staffed at their facilities.

In 2008, we completed The Joint Commission’s voluntary comprehensive certification review process to earn its Gold Seal of Approval for the third consecutive time. The Joint Commission is an independent, not-for-profit organization that evaluates the quality of safety and care for more than 15,000 health care organizations. We were the first national provider of per diem nursing services to achieve The Joint Commission’s Health Care Staffing Services Certification, which provides us with another competitive advantage in the per diem nursing staffing marketplace. The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval is recognized nationwide as a symbol of quality that reflects a commitment to meeting certain performance standards.

Sales and Marketing

We have developed a three pronged approach to our sales and marketing activities in order to address the different levels of decision makers at our clients’ facilities.

Our first level of business development and relationship management is with the purchasing manager, administrator(s) or chief nursing officer at a facility or group of facilities that we service. Commonly owned hospitals, nursing home chains and healthcare group alliances often purchase temporary staffing services for multiple facilities under a single contract, and a single person typically manages the selection process. A senior member of our staff, the regional director and, in certain circumstances, the Executive Vice President of Operations, negotiate contractual terms and pricing with such groups of facilities.

Our second level of business development and relationship management is with the director of nursing or a nurse/allied department manager who reviews our services from a clinical competency and quality hiring standards perspective. Our regional director and local branch manager establish, build and maintain relationships at this level.

 

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Our third level of business development and relationship management is with the facility staffing coordinators and the after-hours and weekend supervisors who are the actual users of the services provided by our healthcare professionals. Our branch managers and local staffing coordinators regularly contact these buyers to coordinate the daily staffing and scheduling of personnel.

Information Systems

Our per diem branches use applications that are customized to our recruiting, regulatory, credentialing, scheduling and billing needs. These applications, and their supporting infrastructures, house and organize all of our client and employee information. Electronic files are maintained on local branch servers and backed up at a central data center, detailing historical and prospective requests for staffing. These files also contain facility specific procedures and protocols so that we can ensure that our healthcare professionals integrate quickly. Each employee’s electronic file contains the employee’s credentials, test scores, employment record and availability. This data enables our branch office staff to automatically match open requests with qualified candidates. We can typically fill a client staffing request in less than 15 minutes.

Our allied division uses a customized application to schedule, recruit, and track employees as well as client contracts and rates for long-term placements. The billing for Allied is generated through a series of imports. We have a reporting subsystem that allows us to track employee utilization and to ensure our employees have all credentials needed for any position they fill.

Our travel division uses applications to capture information regarding open travel assignments, contracts, contract requirements, rates and reimbursement information for our clients. It also has nurse testing results, credentials, preferences and travel information for our professionals. These applications store the information in a granular format that allows us to keep tabs on both billed and absorbed expenses specific to this activity.

Competition

The temporary healthcare staffing industry is highly competitive. We compete with national, regional and local firms to attract nurses and other healthcare professionals (collectively, temporary healthcare professionals) as well as to attract hospital and healthcare facility clients. We compete for temporary healthcare professionals on the basis of the quantity, diversity and quality of assignments available, compensation packages, and the benefits that we provide to temporary healthcare professionals while they are on assignment. We compete for hospital and healthcare facility clients on the basis of the quality of our temporary healthcare professionals, the timely availability of our professionals with the requisite skills, quality and scope, price and geographic reach of our services.

The per diem market includes many local operators and is highly fragmented. The per diem staffing business requires a local presence in every market served, since it is important that a relationship exists between the local branch and the healthcare facilities that it services. We believe, however, that larger, nationally established firms enjoy distinct competitive advantages over smaller, local and regional competitors in the temporary healthcare staffing industry. Larger and more established firms have a critical mass of available nursing candidates, substantial word-of-mouth referral networks and established brand names, enabling them to attract a consistent flow of new applicants. Larger firms can also more easily provide payroll services, which are cash flow intensive, to healthcare providers. As a result, we believe that sizable and established firms such as ours have had a significant advantage over small participants.

Some of our large competitors in the temporary healthcare staffing industry include AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., On Assignment, Inc., and MedFinders, Inc.

 

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Professional Liability Insurance

We maintain a professional liability insurance policy for losses in excess of $1.0 million for each “wrongful act” associated with professional liability. We believe this is sufficient for the risks associated with our business. Medical malpractice claims against us relating to our healthcare professionals are defended by our insurance carrier. We have indemnity agreements with many of our clients which state that we will indemnify and defend the client for claims arising from our independent negligent acts or negligent omissions. A majority of such agreements are reciprocal.

Trademarks and Service Marks

The Company, or its subsidiaries, has registered various trademarks at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), including, among others, MSN MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC. (and Design)®, PHARMSTAFF (and Design)®, PHARMSTAFF® and INTELISTAF HEALTHCARE® and INTELISTAF HEALTHCARE (stylized)®. Further, the Company, and/or its subsidiaries, are in the process of registering MSN MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK (and Design) SM, PHARMSTAFF A MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK COMPANY (and Design) SM, and ONESOURCE SM with the USPTO. Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries use unregistered service marks, including AMR SM and ADVANCED MEDICAL RESOURCES SM.

A federally registered trademark in the United States is effective for ten years subject to a required filing and our continued use of the mark, with the right of perpetual renewal. A federally registered trademark provides a presumption of validity and ownership of the mark by us in connection with its goods or services and constitutes constructive notice throughout the United States of such ownership. We intend to continue to renew those registrations that we believe are material to our operations.

Government Regulation

The healthcare industry is subject to extensive and complex federal and state laws and regulations relating to professional licensure, conduct of operations, payment for services and payment for referrals. The laws that apply to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, including laws related to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs, could indirectly affect the demand or the prices paid for our services. For example, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties and/or be excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs if they fail to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to their businesses. Our business, however, is not directly impacted by or subject to the laws and regulations that generally govern the healthcare industry, because we provide services on a contract basis and are paid directly by our hospital and other healthcare facility clients.

Some states require state licensure for businesses that employ and/or assign healthcare personnel to provide healthcare services on-site at hospitals and other healthcare facilities. We hold a Temporary Healthcare Staffing License including but not limited to the following jurisdictions in which we do business that require such licenses: Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Washington.

Most of our temporary healthcare professionals are required to be individually licensed or certified under applicable state laws. We take reasonable steps to ensure that our professionals possess all necessary licenses and certifications in all material respects. These steps include: (i) obtaining from each employee an original version of a state issued license; (ii) validation of each employee’s identity through government issued photo identification; (iii) verification of each employee’s license with the applicable state board prior to assignment; and, (iv) maintaining a copy of the license in the employee’s personnel file and monitoring expiration dates through our various information systems applications.

 

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Seasonality

Due to the regional and seasonal fluctuations in the patient census of our hospital and healthcare facility clients and due to the seasonal preferences for destinations by our temporary healthcare professionals, the number of healthcare professionals on assignment, revenue and earnings are subject to moderate seasonal fluctuations. Many of our hospital and healthcare facility clients are located in areas that experience seasonal fluctuations in population during the winter and/or summer months. These facilities adjust their staffing levels to accommodate the change in this seasonal demand and many of these facilities utilize temporary healthcare professionals to satisfy these seasonal staffing needs.

Historically, the number of temporary healthcare professionals on assignment has increased from January through March followed by minimal growth or declines from April through December; however, in 2008, the anticipated increase in our travel division occurred later in the first quarter than expected. This pattern may or may not continue in the future. As a result of all of these factors, results of any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other quarter or for any year. Additionally, volume for our travel nurse staffing and allied health divisions are typically negatively impacted in December and January due to vacations taken over the year-end holidays.

Impact of Current Economic Conditions on our Business

Our business, and the business of many of our competitors, is currently being negatively impacted by difficult economic conditions in the markets in which we operate. We cannot provide any assurance as to when we expect these conditions to stabilize.

Employees

As of December 28, 2008, we had approximately 1,200 branch, regional operations and corporate office employees. In addition, during 2008, we employed approximately 27,000 temporary staff and healthcare professionals. We do not have any organized labor unions. We believe we have excellent relationships with our employees.

Generally, our per diem and travel staff are our employees. However, our certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologists are independent contractors. We have not entered into any long-term employment agreements with any of our healthcare professionals.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), are available free of charge in the “Investor Relations” section of our website at www.msnhealth.com. These reports, and any amendments to these reports, are made available on our website as soon as reasonably practicable after such reports are filed with or furnished to the SEC. Such reports are also available, free of charge, from the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.

In addition, our website, www.msnhealth.com, includes, free of charge, items related to corporate governance matters, including our Corporate Governance Guidelines, charters of various committees of our Board of Directors and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to our employees, officers and directors. A printed copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines and our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available without charge by sending a written request to: Secretary, Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., 901 Yamato Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, Florida 33431.

 

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

There are a number of factors, including those specified below, which may adversely affect our business, financial results or stock price. Additional risks that we do not know about or that we currently view as immaterial may also impair our business or adversely impact our financial results or stock price.

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

If we are unable to attract qualified nurses and allied health professionals for our healthcare staffing business, our business could be negatively impacted.

We rely significantly on our ability to attract and retain nurses and allied health professionals who possess the skills, experience and licenses necessary to meet the requirements of our hospital and healthcare facility clients. We compete for temporary healthcare professionals with other temporary healthcare staffing companies and with hospitals and healthcare facilities. We must continually evaluate and expand our temporary healthcare professional network to keep pace with our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ needs. Currently, there is a shortage of qualified nurses in most areas of the United States, competition for nursing personnel is increasing, and salaries and benefits have risen. We may be unable to continue to increase the number of temporary healthcare professionals that we recruit, thereby decreasing the potential for growing our business. Our ability to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals depends on several factors, including our ability to provide temporary healthcare professionals with assignments that they view as attractive and to provide them with competitive benefits and wages. We cannot assure you that we will be successful in any of these areas. The cost of attracting temporary healthcare professionals and providing them with attractive benefits packages may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, if we are unable to pass these costs on to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, our profitability could decline. Moreover, if we are unable to attract and retain temporary healthcare professionals, the quality of our services to our hospital and healthcare facility clients may decline and, as a result, we could lose clients.

Contraction of demand for our temporary nurses may continue if hospital admissions levels remain lower than expected.

Demand for temporary nurses has been experiencing a period of contraction. Hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels and are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads. Consequently, our service revenues and gross profit margins have been under pressure. If these industry trends continue, our revenues and gross profit margins may decline.

During the fourth quarter of 2008, we completed a plan to realign our per diem nurse staffing division whereby certain per diem branches were closed and certain operations and corporate staff were eliminated. In response to our recent VMS successes and an increased focus on local contract staffing, the realignment consolidated our national branch footprint by closing branches where VMS and local contract business opportunities were less evident.

During the first quarter of 2006, we completed a plan to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division whereby certain per diem branches were closed. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff were eliminated. The restructuring was in response to soft demand for our per diem nurse staffing services.

Higher unemployment rates could have a negative impact on our ability to successfully recruit additional healthcare professionals.

We believe that high unemployment rates cause nurses in many households to become primary wage earners, which in turn causes them to seek more traditional full-time employment. Should unemployment rates continue to increase, it could be more difficult for us to recruit nurses to become our employees.

 

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Demand for healthcare staffing services could be significantly affected by the general level of economic activity and unemployment or by factors beyond our control (i.e.; hurricanes, weather conditions, acts of war, etc.) in the United States.

When economic activity increases, temporary employees are often added before full-time employees are hired. However, as economic activity slows, many companies, including our hospital and healthcare facility clients, reduce their use of temporary employees before laying off full-time employees. In addition, we experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of economic downturn.

The current recession and the continuation or intensification of any continued volatility in the financial markets may have an adverse impact on the availability of credit to our customers and businesses generally and could lead to a further weakening of the U.S. and global economies. To the extent that disruption in the financial markets continues and/or intensifies, it has the potential to materially affect our customers’ ability to tap into debt and/or equity markets to continue their ongoing operations, have access to cash and/or pay their debts as they come due, all of which could reasonably be expected to have an adverse impact on the number of open positions for healthcare staff they request, as well as their ability to pay for our temporary staffing services.

The disruptions that the financial markets are currently undergoing have led to unprecedented governmental intervention on an emergency basis. The results of these actions have been unclear, resulting in confusion and uncertainty which in itself has been materially detrimental to the efficient functioning of the markets. It is impossible to predict what, if any, additional interim or permanent governmental restrictions may be imposed on the markets and/or the effect of such restrictions on us, our customers and the operations of corporate entities generally in the United States.

There are significant expectations that there may be legislative changes in the next few years that fundamentally impact the healthcare industry. We cannot assess the impact that any such future changes may have on our customers and, as a result, on our business. We also cannot assess how, and whether, the recently enacted fiscal stimulus bill will impact our business and our industry.

Our ability to borrow under our credit facility may be limited.

We amended our senior credit facility on March 12, 2009 (Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility). The Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility provides for an $18.0 million revolving senior credit facility (Revolver), an $81.0 million senior secured term loan (1st Term Loan) and a $25.0 million senior secured second term loan (2nd Term Loan). Our ability to borrow in the future under the Revolver is based upon our compliance with certain financial covenants, including consolidated leverage ratios and consolidated fixed charge coverage ratios. Additionally, if covenant violations were to occur in the future and the lenders do not agree to modify the covenants or waive such violations, it could result in the acceleration of the maturity date of all of our debt. In both of these circumstances it could have a material adverse impact on our business and financial condition.

Our profitability may be impacted by our ability to leverage our cost structure.

We have technology, operations and human capital infrastructures in place to support both our current business operations and future growth. If our business does not grow, we may be unable to reduce costs which could adversely affect our results of operations.

We operate in a highly competitive market and our success depends on our ability to remain competitive in obtaining and retaining hospital and healthcare facility clients and temporary healthcare professionals.

The temporary healthcare staffing business is highly competitive. We compete in national, regional and local markets with full-service staffing companies and with specialized temporary staffing agencies. Some of our largest competitors are AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., On Assignment, Inc. and MedFinders, Inc. Some of our competitors may have greater marketing and financial resources than we do. Competition for hospital and healthcare facility clients and temporary healthcare professionals may increase in the future and, as a result, we may not be able to remain competitive. To the extent competitors seek to gain or retain market share by reducing prices or increasing marketing expenditures, we could lose revenues or hospital and healthcare facility clients. Furthermore,

 

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our margins could decline, which could seriously harm our operating results and cause the price of our stock to decline. In addition, the development of alternative recruitment channels could lead our hospital and healthcare facility clients to bypass our services, which would also cause our revenues and margins to decline.

Our business depends upon our continued ability to secure and fill new orders from our hospital and healthcare facility clients, because we do not have long-term agreements or exclusive contracts with them.

We do not have long-term agreements or exclusive guaranteed order contracts with the vast majority of our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The success of our business depends upon our ability to continually secure new orders from hospitals and other healthcare facilities and to fill those orders with our temporary healthcare professionals. Our hospital and healthcare facility clients are free to place orders with our competitors and may choose to use temporary healthcare professionals that our competitors offer them. Therefore, we must maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients. If we fail to maintain positive relationships with our hospital and healthcare facility clients, we may be unable to generate new temporary healthcare professional orders and our business may be adversely affected.

Reacting to concerns over agency utilization in prior years, hospitals and other healthcare facilities have devised strategies to reduce agency expenditure and limit overall agency utilization. If current pressures to control agency usage continue and escalate, we and our industry will have fewer business opportunities, which could harm our business.

Fluctuations in patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients may adversely affect the demand for our services and therefore the profitability of our business.

Demand for our temporary healthcare staffing services is significantly affected by the general level of patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients. When occupancy increases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities often add temporary employees before full-time employees are hired. As occupancy decreases, hospitals and other healthcare facilities typically reduce their use of temporary employees before undertaking layoffs of their own employees. In addition, we may experience more competitive pricing pressure during periods of occupancy downturn. Occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients also fluctuates due to the seasonality and the timing of some elective procedures. We are unable to predict the level of patient occupancy at any particular time and its effect on our revenues and earnings.

Our clients’ inability to pay for services could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and cash flows.

We maintain an allowance for estimated losses resulting from the potential inability of our customers to make required payments, which results in a provision for doubtful accounts. If the financial condition of our customers, or VMS providers (in our role as a subcontractor in dozens of VMS agreements), were to deteriorate, resulting in an inability to make payments, we could be required to record additional allowances for doubtful accounts, which would negatively impact our results of operations and cash flow.

Healthcare reform could negatively impact our business opportunities, revenues and margins.

The U.S. government has undertaken efforts to control increasing healthcare costs through legislation, regulation and voluntary agreements with medical care providers and drug companies. The U.S. Congress has, in recent years, considered several comprehensive healthcare reform proposals. The proposals were generally intended to expand healthcare coverage for the uninsured and reduce the growth of total healthcare expenditures. While the U.S. Congress did not adopt any comprehensive reform proposals, members of Congress may raise similar proposals in the future. Further, the Obama administration is likely to propose a comprehensive healthcare reform bill. If any of these proposals are approved, hospitals and other healthcare facilities may react by spending less on healthcare staffing, including nurses and allied professionals. If this were to occur, we would have fewer business opportunities, which could adversely affect our business.

 

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Several state governments have also attempted to control increasing healthcare costs. For example, the State of Massachusetts has implemented a regulation that limits the hourly rate billable by temporary nurse staffing agencies for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nurses’ aides. The State of Minnesota has also implemented a statute that limits the amount that nursing agencies may charge nursing homes. Other states have also proposed legislation that would limit the amounts that temporary healthcare staffing companies may charge. Any such current or proposed laws could impact our business, revenues and results of operations.

Further, third party payers, such as health maintenance organizations, increasingly challenge the prices charged for medical care. Failure by hospitals and other healthcare facilities to obtain full reimbursement from those third party payers could reduce the demand or the price paid for our staffing services.

Finally, there is a growing trend to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish nurse-patient ratios. The State of California has already enacted such legislation and several other states have similar legislation pending. This legislation could ultimately have a potential impact on our business, revenues and results of operations.

We are exposed to increased costs and risks associated with complying with increasing and new regulation of corporate governance and disclosure standards.

Since the inception of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we spend an increasing amount of management’s time and resources (both internal and external) to comply with changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosures. This compliance requires management’s annual review and evaluation of our internal control systems, and attestation of the effectiveness of these systems by our independent auditors. This process has required us to hire additional personnel and outside advisory services and has resulted in additional accounting and legal expenses. We may encounter problems or delays in completing the reviews and evaluation, the implementation of improvements and the receipt of a positive attestation by our independent auditors. If we are not able to timely comply with the requirements set forth in Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, we might be subject to sanctions or investigation by regulatory authorities. Any such action could adversely affect our business.

We operate in a regulated industry and changes in regulations or violations of regulations may result in increased costs or sanctions that could adversely impact our business.

The healthcare industry is subject to extensive and complex federal and state laws and regulations related to professional licensure, conduct of operations, payment for services and payment for referrals. If we fail to comply with the laws and regulations that are directly applicable to our business, we could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties or be subject to injunctions or cease and desist orders.

The extensive and complex laws that apply to our hospital and healthcare facility clients, including laws related to Medicare, Medicaid and other federal and state healthcare programs, could indirectly affect the demand or the prices paid for our services. For example, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could suffer civil and/or criminal penalties and/or be excluded from participating in Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs if they fail to comply with the laws and regulations applicable to their businesses. In addition, our hospital and healthcare facility clients could receive reduced reimbursements, or be excluded from coverage, because of a change in the rates or conditions set by federal or state governments. In turn, violations of or changes to these laws and regulations that adversely affect our hospital and healthcare facility clients could also adversely affect the prices that these clients are willing or able to pay for our services.

The Joint Commission has created a set of quality and compliance standards by which to certify healthcare staffing providers. Healthcare staffing companies can apply to be reviewed by The Joint Commission to ensure that they are compliant with the standards. Healthcare facilities could potentially use only those providers that obtain certification. In that regard, we completed the voluntary certification process in 2008 and received The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval for the third consecutive time. Upon subsequent review (which in the future will occur biannually), should we not meet the standards created by The Joint Commission it could potentially adversely affect our business.

 

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We are dependent on the proper functioning of our information systems.

We are dependent on the proper functioning of our information systems in operating our business. Critical information systems used in daily operations identify and match staffing resources and client assignments. These systems also track regulatory credentialing expirations and other relevant client and healthcare information. They also perform payroll, billing and accounts receivable functions. Our information systems while fully backed up are vulnerable to fire, storm, flood, power loss, telecommunications failures, physical or software break-ins and similar events. If our information systems fail or are otherwise unavailable, these functions would have to be accomplished manually, which could impact our ability to identify business opportunities quickly, maintain billing and staffing records reliably, pay our staff in a timely fashion and bill for services efficiently.

Competition for acquisition opportunities may restrict our future growth by limiting our ability to make acquisitions at reasonable valuations.

Since our founding in 1998, we have completed 30 acquisitions. Our business strategy includes increasing our market share and presence in the temporary healthcare staffing industry through strategic acquisitions of companies that complement or enhance our business. We have historically faced competition for acquisitions. In the future, this could limit our ability to grow by acquisitions or could raise the prices of acquisitions and make them less accretive to us. In addition, there are restrictive covenants in our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, including a covenant that requires us to obtain approval from our lenders for all acquisitions, which may limit our ability to complete desirable acquisitions. If we are unable to secure necessary financing under our credit facility or otherwise, we may be unable to complete desirable acquisitions.

We may face difficulties integrating our acquisitions into our operations and our acquisitions may be unsuccessful, involve significant cash expenditures or expose us to unforeseen liabilities.

We continually evaluate opportunities to acquire healthcare staffing companies that complement or enhance our business and frequently have preliminary acquisition discussions with some of these companies.

These acquisitions involve numerous risks, including:

 

   

potential loss of key employees or clients of acquired companies;

 

   

difficulties integrating acquired personnel and distinct cultures into our business;

 

   

difficulties integrating acquired companies into our operating, financial planning and financial reporting systems;

 

   

diversion of management attention from existing operations; and

 

   

assumption of liabilities and exposure to unforeseen liabilities of acquired companies, including liabilities for their failure to comply with healthcare regulations.

These acquisitions may also involve significant cash expenditures, debt incurrence and integration expenses that could seriously harm our financial condition and results of operations. Any acquisition may ultimately have a negative impact on our business and financial condition.

Significant legal actions could subject us to substantial uninsured liabilities.

In recent years, healthcare providers have become subject to an increasing number of legal actions alleging malpractice, product liability or related legal theories. Many of these actions might involve large claims and cause us to incur significant defense costs. In addition, we may be subject to claims related to torts or crimes committed by our employees or temporary healthcare professionals. In some instances, we are required to indemnify our hospital and healthcare facility clients against some or all of these risks. A failure of any of our employees or temporary healthcare professionals to observe our policies and guidelines intended to reduce these risks, relevant client policies and

 

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guidelines or applicable federal, state or local laws, rules and regulations could result in negative publicity, payment of fines or other damages. We retain the first $1.0 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with professional liability. We maintain a professional liability insurance policy for losses in excess of this per occurrence amount. Our professional malpractice liability insurance and general liability insurance coverage may not cover all claims against us or continue to be available to us at a reasonable cost. If we are unable to maintain adequate insurance coverage or if our insurers deny coverage we may be exposed to substantial liabilities.

We may be legally liable for damages resulting from our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ mistreatment of our temporary healthcare professionals.

Because we are in the business of placing our temporary healthcare professionals in the workplaces of other companies, we are subject to possible claims by our temporary healthcare professionals alleging discrimination, sexual harassment, negligence and other similar activities by our hospital and healthcare facility clients. The cost of defending such claims, even if groundless, could be substantial and the associated negative publicity could adversely affect our ability to attract and retain qualified temporary healthcare professionals in the future.

If we become subject to material liabilities under our self-insured programs, our financial results may be adversely affected.

We provide for certain types of risk management coverage through a program that is partially self-insured. We retain the first $1.0 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with professional liability claims. In addition, we retain the first $0.5 million, per occurrence, of risk associated with workers compensation claims. We also provide medical coverage to our employees through a partially self-insured preferred provider organization. If we become subject to substantial professional liability, workers compensation claims and/or medical coverage liabilities, our financial results may be adversely affected.

Our operations may deteriorate if we are unable to continue to attract, develop and retain our sales and recruitment personnel.

Our success depends upon the performance of our sales and recruitment personnel, especially regional directors, branch managers and staffing coordinators. The number of individuals who meet our qualifications for these positions is limited and we may experience difficulty in attracting qualified candidates. In addition, we commit substantial resources to the training, development and support of these individuals. Competition for qualified sales and recruitment personnel in the line of business in which we operate is strong and there is a risk that we may not be able to retain our sales and recruitment personnel after we have expended the time and expense to recruit and train them.

The loss of key senior management personnel could adversely affect our ability to remain competitive.

We believe that the success of our business strategy and our ability to operate profitably depends on the continued employment of our senior management team, which consists of Robert J. Adamson, Kevin S. Little, Lynne Stacy-Mathews, Jan Casford, Patricia Layton and Jeffrey Yesner. We only have employment contracts with two of these individuals, and if any members of our senior management team become unable or unwilling to continue in their present positions, our business and financial results could be materially adversely affected.

We have a substantial amount of goodwill on our balance sheet. Future write-offs of goodwill may have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses.

As of December 28, 2008, we had $59.9 million of goodwill on our consolidated balance sheet, which represents the excess of the total purchase price of our acquisitions over the fair value of the net assets acquired. At December 28, 2008, goodwill represented approximately 34% of our total assets. This goodwill is what remains on our balance sheet after writing off $126.7 million of goodwill in 2008 because it was impaired.

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. Pursuant to the provisions of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142), we do not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Per

 

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SFAS No. 142, impairment, for goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life, exists if the net book value of the goodwill or intangible asset equals or exceeds its fair value. During the year ended December 25, 2005, we reevaluated our reporting units and determined that each branch location represented a reporting unit, as opposed to our previous view that the entire business represented one reporting unit. We performed an analysis whereby the historical goodwill was allocated or “pushed down” to each reporting unit based on their estimated relative fair value at the time.

During the second quarter of 2008, we reassessed our growth rates due in large part to the weak economy. Accordingly, we performed an interim goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill was impaired at a number of our reporting units. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of $59.8 million in the second quarter of 2008.

Additionally, coinciding with the branch closures associated with our per diem branch network realignment, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill.

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we performed our annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. The fair value analysis was completed with the assistance of outside valuation professionals. Based on the analysis, impairment was noted at a number of reporting units in fiscal year 2008. Accordingly, a charge to our recorded goodwill of $61.1 million was recorded in the fourth quarter of 2008 in the line item “impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statement of operations. Contributing to the fiscal year 2008 impairment charge was the reduction in projected growth rates at a number of our reporting units (compared to prior projections) based on management’s current assessment of the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the significant decrease in the enterprise value of the Company. Each of the reporting units that took an impairment charge as a result of the fourth quarter 2008 impairment testing had positive operating income for the trailing twelve month period preceding the test date; however, their individual discounted cash calculations were impacted by reduced projected operating results in subsequent periods. We will continue to perform a reporting unit level fair value analysis impairment test during the fourth quarter of each year. On a quarterly basis, we will review our reporting units for impairment indicators. If branches are not achieving their expected operating results, additional analysis may be performed to determine if indicators of impairment are present, and if so, such amount will be determined and the associated charge will be recorded to the consolidated statement of operations.

Should we decide to close one or more of our reporting units, the associated goodwill will be written off with a non-cash charge to the consolidated statement of operations. Although it does not affect our cash flow, an impairment charge to earnings has the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses, as the case may be. If we are required to record additional impairment charges, our stock price could also be adversely affected.

Our costs of providing housing for temporary healthcare professionals in our travel business may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, could adversely affect our margins in this business.

We currently have approximately 200 apartments on lease throughout the United States that are used for housing for temporary healthcare professionals. If the costs of renting apartments and furniture for our temporary healthcare professionals increase more than we anticipate and we are unable to pass such increases on to our clients, our margins may decline. To the extent that the length of a nurse’s or other professional’s housing lease exceeds the term of the nurse’s or other professional’s staffing contract, we bear the risk that we will be obligated to pay rent for housing we do not use. To limit the costs of unutilized housing, we try to secure leases with term lengths that match the term lengths of our staffing contracts, which typically last thirteen weeks but can range up to 52 weeks in duration. In some housing markets we have had, and believe we will continue to have, difficulty identifying short-term leases. If we cannot identify a sufficient number of appropriate short-term leases in regional markets, or if, for any reason, we are unable to efficiently utilize the apartments we do lease, we may be required to pay rent for unutilized housing or, to avoid such risk, we may have to forego otherwise profitable opportunities.

 

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Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders will be able to influence matters requiring stockholder approval and could discourage the purchase of our outstanding shares at a premium.

Our executive officers and directors (including their affiliates) control approximately 51% of our outstanding common stock. Warburg Pincus Private Equity Fund VIII, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (Warburg Pincus), owns approximately 48% of our common stock and currently has a representative on our Board of Directors. This concentration of ownership may have the effect of delaying, preventing or deterring a change in control of our company, could deprive our stockholders of an opportunity to receive a premium for their common stock as part of a sale or merger of our company and may negatively affect the market price of our common stock. These transactions might include proxy contests, tender offers, mergers or other purchases of common stock that could give our stockholders the opportunity to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price for shares of our common stock.

Warburg Pincus has the right under our stockholders agreement to propose for nomination two persons to our Board of Directors. Any person proposed for appointment to the Board by Warburg Pincus will be subject to the determination of the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that such person is qualified to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors. As a result of this share ownership and representation on our Board of Directors, our principal stockholders will be able to influence all affairs and actions of our company, including matters requiring stockholder approval such as the election of directors and approval of significant corporate transactions. The interests of our executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may differ from the interests of the other stockholders.

Warburg Pincus and certain significant stockholders have demand registration rights to cause us to file, at any time and at our expense, a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act) covering resales of their shares. These shares represent a majority of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 14.5 million shares. These shares may also be sold under Rule 144 of the Securities Act, depending on their holding period and subject to significant restrictions in the case of shares held by persons deemed to be our affiliates.

If provisions in our corporate documents and Delaware law delay or prevent a change in control of our company, we may be unable to consummate a transaction that our stockholders consider favorable.

Provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a merger or acquisition involving us that our Board of Directors or stockholders may consider favorable. For example, our certificate of incorporation authorizes our Board of Directors to issue up to 15 million shares of “blank check” preferred stock. Without stockholder approval, the Board of Directors has the authority to attach special rights, including voting and dividend rights, to this preferred stock. With these rights, preferred stockholders could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us. Applicable Delaware law may also discourage, delay or prevent someone from acquiring or merging with us.

The delisting of our common stock from the NYSE could have a negative impact on our business.

Our common stock was delisted from the New York Stock Exchange in December 2008. Our delisting may impact the market liquidity of our common stock, our ability to raise capital, and general issues regarding the perception of our company in the marketplace.

Our stock price may be volatile and your investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.

With the current uncertainty about healthcare policy, reimbursement and coverage in the United States, there has been significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of healthcare and other companies, which is unrelated to the financial performance of these companies. These broad market fluctuations may negatively affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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Some specific factors that may have a significant effect on our common stock market price include, but are not limited to,:

 

   

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our operating results;

 

   

actual or anticipated changes in our growth rates or our competitors’ growth rates;

 

   

actual or anticipated changes in healthcare policy in the United States and internationally;

 

   

conditions in the financial markets in general or changes in general economic conditions;

 

   

our ability to stay in compliance with credit facility covenants;

 

   

our inability to raise additional capital when and if it is required for use in our business;

 

   

conditions of other healthcare staffing companies or the medical staffing industry generally;

 

   

conditions of our healthcare provider company clients; and

 

   

changes in stock market analyst recommendations regarding our common stock, other comparable companies or the healthcare staffing industry generally.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item 2. Properties

Our U.S. corporate headquarters is located in Boca Raton, Florida and has an aggregate of 50,000 square feet. We operate on a national basis with a presence in 38 states and over 80 locations as of December 28, 2008. The facilities at our headquarters and at each of our locations are leased. The lease to our corporate headquarters expires in 2013. We believe that our properties are adequate for our current needs. In addition, we believe that adequate space can be obtained to meet our foreseeable business needs. As of December 28, 2008, we have one material operating lease (our corporate headquarters).

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

The Department of Labor (DOL) is currently conducting a wage and hour review regarding our payment of certain “on-call” employees, who work from their homes after normal business hours and bonus payments made to certain per diem employees. We are cooperating fully with the review and believe that all employees were properly paid.

From time to time, we are subject to lawsuits and claims that arise out of our operations in the normal course of business. We are either a plaintiff or defendant in various litigation matters in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in amount. We believe that the disposition of any claims that arise out of operations in the normal course of business will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position or results of operations.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

There were no matters submitted to a vote of security holders during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008.

 

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PART II

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table sets forth, for the fiscal quarters indicated, the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock, as reported by the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or the Pink OTCQX Markets (OTCQX).

 

     High    Low

2007:

     

First Quarter

   $ 7.22    $ 5.51

Second Quarter

   $ 6.33    $ 4.71

Third Quarter

   $ 5.95    $ 4.91

Fourth Quarter

   $ 6.35    $ 4.67

2008:

     

First Quarter

   $ 6.52    $ 4.56

Second Quarter

   $ 5.17    $ 3.95

Third Quarter

   $ 4.03    $ 1.50

Fourth Quarter

   $ 1.98    $ 0.14

Our common stock trades on the OTCQX Pink Sheets under the symbol “MSNW.PK”. Prior to December 15, 2008, our common stock traded on the NYSE under the symbol “MRN”. Prior to our April 2002 initial public offering, there was no public trading market for our common stock.

As of March 2, 2009, there were 21 holders of record of our common stock, which numbers do not reflect stockholders who beneficially own common stock held in nominee or street name.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock. We currently intend to retain all future earnings for the operation and expansion of our business and, therefore, do not anticipate declaring or paying cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future. Our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility prohibits us from declaring or paying any cash dividends on our common stock without the consent of our lenders. Further, any payment of cash dividends on our common stock will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend upon our results of operations, earnings, capital requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors deemed relevant by our Board of Directors.

We did not repurchase any shares of our common stock during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008.

 

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The following table provides securities authorized for issuance under our equity compensation plans as of December 28, 2008:

 

Plan category

   Number of
securities
to be issued
upon
exercise of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
   Weighted-
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
options,
warrants
and rights
   Number of
securities
remaining
available for
future
issuance
under equity
compensation
plans
(excluding
securities in
column (a))
     (a)    (b)    (c)

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders (1)

   1,972,409    $ 6.63    1,248,704

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders (2)

   45,086    $ 2.18    —  
            

Total

   2,017,495    $ 6.53    1,248,704
            

 

(1) Includes options granted pursuant to our 2001 Stock Incentive Plan.
(2) Includes options granted pursuant to our 1999 Plan, which has been frozen by the Board of Directors, such that no further options will be granted thereunder. For additional information, see our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The following stock performance graph compares the cumulative total stockholder return on our common stock against the cumulative total stockholder return on stock included in the S&P 500 index and on stock of three peer issuers selected on an industry basis (AMN Healthcare, Inc. (AHS), Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (CCRN) and On Assignment, Inc. (ASGN)) for the five fiscal year period ending December 28, 2008. The graph assumes that the value of the investment in our common stock and each index was $100 on December 28, 2003 and assumes reinvestment of all dividends.

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     12/28/03    12/26/04    12/25/05    12/31/06    12/30/07    12/28/08

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.

   $ 100.00    $ 80.19    $ 51.79    $ 56.71    $ 58.84    $ 1.55

S&P 500

     100.00      110.42      115.77      129.42      134.91      79.64

Peer Group

     100.00      108.37      130.78      166.15      103.94      59.79

 

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Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The selected Consolidated Statements of Operations data for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 and the selected Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report. The selected Consolidated Statements of Operations data for the years ended December 25, 2005 and December 26, 2004 and the selected Consolidated Balance Sheet data as of December 31, 2006, December 25, 2005, and December 26, 2004 are derived from our audited consolidated financial statements not included in this report. Each of the years presented included 52 weeks of operations with the exception of the year ended December 31, 2006 which included 53 weeks.

In the following tables, we provide you with select consolidated financial data and other operating information of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. These tables should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

     Fiscal Years Ended  
   2008     2007(1)     2006     2005(2)     2004  
   (in thousands, except per share data)  

Consolidated Statement of Operations Data:

          

Service revenues

   $ 537,814     $ 482,339     $ 385,450     $ 402,507     $ 417,058  

Cost of services rendered

     403,689       366,040       299,374       314,341       327,075  
                                        

Gross profit

     134,125       116,299       86,076       88,166       89,983  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     109,398       95,839       75,619       81,087       82,067  

Depreciation and amortization expenses

     6,146       4,665       3,913       5,259       6,316  

Impairment of goodwill(3)(4)

     126,675       2,621       31,753       —         —    

Impairment of intangible assets(5)

     4,200       —         —         —         —    

Restructuring and other charges(6)

     1,673       3,167       3,089       512       —    
                                        

Income (loss) from operations

     (113,967 )     10,007       (28,298 )     1,308       1,600  

Minority interest in income of subsidiary(7)

     246       164       —         —         —    

Loss on early extinguishment of debt(8)

     —         278       79       —         —    

Interest expense, net

     11,016       7,302       2,446       2,767       3,541  
                                        

Income (loss) from continuing operations before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (125,229 )     2,263       (30,823 )     (1,459 )     (1,941 )

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (8,334 )     3,320       (3,826 )     (660 )     (615 )
                                        

Net loss

   $ (116,895 )   $ (1,057 )   $ (26,997 )   $ (799 )   $ (1,326 )
                                        

Basic and diluted net loss per share

   $ (3.86 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.89 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.04 )
                                        

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

          

Basic and diluted

     30,314       30,263       30,249       30,233       30,228  

Other Operating Data:

          

Number of per diem branches at year end

     81       118       107       120       126  

 

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     As of Fiscal Years Ended
   2008    2007(1)    2006    2005(2)    2004
   (in thousands)

Balance Sheet Data:

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 14,344    $ 1,898    $ 527    $ 42    $ 345

Total assets

     173,929      319,856      171,151      204,916      210,903

Total liabilities and minority interest

     172,242      200,087      48,824      55,668      60,877

Total common stockholders’ equity

     1,687      119,769      122,327      149,248      150,026

 

(1) Includes results of operations of InteliStaf and AMR from July 3, 2007 and September 8, 2007, respectively, the dates we assumed control of the acquired companies.
(2) Includes results of operations of Quality Medical Professionals (QMP) and Winnertech from April 1, 2005 and December 1, 2005, respectively, the dates we assumed control of the acquired companies.
(3) During the second quarter of 2008, we reassessed our projected growth rates due in large part to the weak economy. Accordingly, we performed an interim goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill was impaired at a number of our reporting units. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of $59.8 million in the second quarter of 2008. Coinciding with the branch closures associated with our per diem branch network realignment (see Note 6 below), we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill. Coinciding with the branch closures associated with the InteliStaf restructuring initiative (see Note 6 below), in the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, we recorded an impairment charge of $1.9 million to write off the associated goodwill. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006 we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $3.2 million due to the closure of the 13 branches associated with our first quarter restructuring initiative (see Note 6 below).
(4) During the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006, we completed our annual impairment test and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill in each year by using a combination of market multiples, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Contributing to the fiscal year 2008 impairment charge was a reduction in projected growth rates at a number of our reporting units (compared to prior projections) based on management’s current assessment of the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the significant decrease in the enterprise value of our company. Contributing to the fiscal year 2007 impairment charge was reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. Contributing to the fiscal year 2006 impairment charge were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, we recorded non-cash impairment charges of $61.1 million, $0.7 million and $28.6 million, respectively, in the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006.
(5) Based on the results of our interim and annual goodwill testing in 2008, we noted that an indicator was present for potential impairment of an intangible asset, trade names. We updated our analyses of the value of our trade name and noted that the current fair value was less than the carrying value. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of $4.2 million ($3.1 million and $1.1 million in the second and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively) to recognize the impairment.
(6) In the first quarter of 2008, we terminated an outsourcing initiative, and recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.3 million in duplicative costs. In June 2008, we eliminated over 100 corporate and branch positions due to the weakening economy. As a result, we incurred charges of $0.2 million related to severance costs. In October 2008, we realigned our per diem branch network and closed 20 branches and eliminated 150 branch, corporate and operations personnel. As a result, we incurred charges of $1.2 million related to severance costs and lease termination fees. In August 2007, we initiated a plan to restructure and integrate the operations of InteliStaf. As part of this plan, we reduced our pre-acquisition workforce by approximately 70 employees and closed four of our branches. As a result, we incurred a charge of $1.0 million related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees and $2.2 million related to integration expenses for the InteliStaf acquisition. In the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, we initiated a plan to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division due to challenging market conditions. This initiative included certain per diem branch closures along with corresponding elimination of certain branch positions. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff positions were eliminated. As a result of these initiatives, we incurred a charge of approximately $3.1 million primarily related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees. In fiscal year 2005, the restructuring and other charges of approximately $0.5 million represented legal and professional fees and other expenses associated with due diligence performed related to a potential acquisition that was ultimately not completed.
(7) Represents the minority owner’s 32% interest in the income of InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC.
(8) In July 2007, we repaid our then existing senior credit facility, entered into a new senior credit facility, and took a charge of $0.3 million to write off the remaining balance of debt issuance costs associated with the extinguished senior credit facility. In September 2006, we amended our senior credit facility and took a $79,000 charge related to the writeoff of debt issuance costs.

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Introduction

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is intended to help provide an understanding of our financial condition, changes in financial condition and results of operations. The discussion and analysis is organized as follows:

 

 

Overview. This section provides a general description of our business, trends in our industry, as well as significant transactions that have occurred that we believe are important in understanding our financial condition and results of operations.

 

 

Recent accounting pronouncements. This section provides an analysis of relevant recent accounting pronouncements issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and/or other standard-setting bodies and the effect of those pronouncements.

 

 

Results of operations. This section provides an analysis of our results of operations for all three fiscal years presented in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

 

 

Liquidity and capital resources. This section provides an analysis of our cash flows, capital resources, off-balance sheet arrangements and our outstanding debt and commitments.

 

 

Critical accounting policies. This section discusses those accounting policies that are both considered important to our financial condition and results of operations, and require significant judgment and estimates on the part of management in their application. All of our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies, are also summarized in Note 1 to the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

 

 

Caution concerning forward-looking statements. This section discusses how certain forward-looking statements made by us throughout this discussion and analysis and in other sections of this report are based on management’s present expectations about future events and are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstance.

Overview

Business Description

We are a leading temporary healthcare staffing company and the largest provider of per diem staffing services in the United States (as measured by revenues). More than two-thirds of our clients are acute care hospitals, clinics, surgical and ambulatory care centers, and governmental facilities. We serve both for-profit and not-for-profit organizations that range in scope from one facility to national chains with dozens of facilities. Our clients typically pay us directly. We do not receive a material portion of our revenues from Medicare or Medicaid reimbursements or similar state reimbursement programs.

Our per diem staffing division currently operates in an integrated network of branches which serve as our direct contact with our healthcare professionals and clients. The cost structure of a typical branch is substantially fixed, consisting of limited personnel, office space rent, information systems infrastructure and office supplies. We have been able to develop a highly efficient branch management model that we believe is easily scalable.

 

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Our per diem healthcare staffing assignments which are less than two weeks in duration, short term contract-based healthcare staffing assignments which are more than two weeks in duration, and travel healthcare staffing assignments which are typically thirteen weeks in duration, place professionals, predominately nurses, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in response to our clients’ temporary staffing needs. Short term contract-based assignments are typically staffed by our per diem branches while longer length assignments are staffed by both the centralized travel offices and per diem branches. Our travel staffing offices coordinate travel and housing arrangements for our professionals who typically relocate to the area in which they are placed.

We are also a leading provider, as measured by revenues, of highly specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare specialists, or “allied health” professionals. These professionals are staffed on both a per diem and travel basis, serving hospitals, nursing homes, clinics and surgical ambulatory care centers and retail pharmacies.

Our centralized travel staffing and allied health offices are national in scope and serve as our direct contact with our healthcare professionals and clients.

Another element of our staffing business is VMS agreements, whereby we provide a client facility a single point of contact that coordinates temporary staffing across all departments for the entire facility. We first attempt to fill the needs of our VMS clients using our internal per diem or travel staff. When this is not possible, we subcontract staff from unaffiliated agencies (each, an Associate Partner). The facility is typically aware that we will be required to use Associate Partners and the facility has the final authority as to the acceptability and use of a particular Associate Partner and its personnel. We are not liable for payment to the Associate Partner until we are paid by the facility.

Industry Trends

Service revenues have been under pressure (particularly during the fourth quarter of 2008) due to an economy in recession, weak hospital admissions, and other challenging healthcare staffing industry dynamics that have suppressed incremental demand for temporary nurses. Due to the worsening economic conditions and high unemployment rate, we believe that nurses in many households may become the primary wage earner, which could cause such nurses to potentially seek more traditional full-time employment. Additionally, as hospitals are experiencing lower than projected admissions levels, they are placing greater reliance on existing full-time staff, resulting in increased overtime and nurse-patient loads.

While we cannot predict when market conditions will improve, we remain confident in the long-term growth potential of the temporary staffing industry. In a March 2004 report, the United States (U.S.) Census Bureau projected that the number of Americans 65 years of age or older is expected to grow from 35.1 million in 2000 to 54.6 million in 2020. Among the trends noted in a March 2006 U.S. Census Bureau report, the U.S. population age 65 and over, which is now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population, is expected to double in size within the next 25 years and by 2030, almost 1 out of every 5 Americans (some 72 million people) will be 65 years or older. In a November 2007 report, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics stated that more than 1.0 million nurses will be needed by 2020, making nursing the nation’s top profession in terms of projected job growth. Additionally, there is pressure to restrict mandatory healthcare worker overtime requirements by employers and to establish regulated nurse-patient ratios. Several states have enacted legislation establishing nurse to patient ratios and/or prohibiting mandatory overtime while other states have similar legislation pending. In conjunction with the aforementioned factors, and although there can be no assurance, we believe that the long-term prospects for the healthcare staffing industry should improve as hospitals experience higher census levels, due in large part to an aging society and an increasing shortage of healthcare workers.

Fiscal Year

Our fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consisted of 52, 52 and 53 weeks, respectively.

 

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Acquisitions

We made no acquisitions in fiscal year 2008.

We made two acquisitions in fiscal year 2007. In September 2007, we acquired certain assets of AMR ProNurse (AMR) for approximately $11.0 million in cash less a working capital adjustment of $0.2 million, of which approximately $0.3 million was held in escrow, with the potential for additional consideration contingent upon AMR achieving certain financial results for fiscal years 2007 through March 2013. In July 2007, we acquired all of the interests of InteliStaf Holdings, Inc. (InteliStaf) for approximately $92.0 million in cash plus a net working capital adjustment of $1.2 million (of which $2.2 million was funded at the acquisition’s close in July 2007 and $1.0 million was returned to us in 2008), of which approximately $4.6 million was held in escrow, with no potential for additional consideration. In the beginning of the third quarter, we finalized the purchase accounting for the InteliStaf acquisition, resulting in an increase to goodwill of approximately $1.3 million.

In fiscal year 2008, we paid approximately $1.0 million of additional consideration related to the AMR acquisition based on the achievement of certain financial results, all of which has been allocated to goodwill. In 2007 and 2006, we paid approximately $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of additional consideration based on the achievement of certain financial results relating to a 2005 acquisition, which has also been included in goodwill.

All acquisitions were accounted for as purchases and, accordingly, the results of these acquired businesses are included in our consolidated financial statements from the acquisition dates or the dates when we assumed substantial control.

Service Revenues

For each of the fiscal years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006, temporary staffing services represented more than 99% of our consolidated revenues, with permanent placements representing less than 0.4%. For the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006, approximately 68%, 71%, and 75%, respectively, of our revenues were derived from per diem nurse staffing (inclusive of short-term contracts staffed by per diem branches), 18%,12%, and 5%, respectively, were derived from travel nurse staffing and 14%, 17%, and 20%, respectively, were derived from the staffing of various allied health professionals, such as radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists and respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations.

For the fiscal years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006, approximately 70%, 74%, and 80%, respectively, of our revenues were generated through our per diem branch network, 18%, 12%, and 5%, respectively, from travel staffing and 12%, 14%, and 15%, respectively, from allied health staffing.

Restructuring and Other Charges

In fiscal year 2008, we reported restructuring and other charges of $1.7 million related to various initiatives. In the first quarter of 2008, we terminated an outsourcing initiative and recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.3 million. In June 2008, we eliminated over 100 corporate and branch positions due to the weakening economy. As a result, we recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.2 million related to severance costs. In October 2008, we realigned our per diem branch network and closed 20 branches and eliminated 150 branch, corporate and operations personnel. As a result, we incurred charges of $1.2 million related to severance costs and lease termination fees.

On August 7, 2007, we initiated a plan to eliminate redundant costs resulting from the acquisition of InteliStaf and to improve efficiencies in operations (IS Plan). As part of the IS Plan, we reduced our pre-acquisition workforce by approximately 70 employees and closed four of our pre-acquisition branches. Additionally, we reduced InteliStaf’s pre-acquisition workforce by approximately 200 employees and closed three of InteliStaf’s branches. As a result, in fiscal year 2007 we recorded a pre-tax charge of $3.2 million, which was comprised of $1.0 million related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees associated with our pre-acquisition branches and $2.2 million related to integration expenses for the InteliStaf acquisition. The severance costs and contract and lease termination fees associated with the InteliStaf branch closures was $10.4 million, with $9.3 million recorded in the third quarter of

 

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2007 and $1.1 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. In conjunction with the finalization of the purchase accounting for the InteliStaf acquisition, in the third quarter of 2008, we recorded additional lease termination fees under the IS Plan of $0.4 million as a liability.

Of the total restructuring accrual of $11.8 million, $10.8 million was accounted for as part of the cost of the acquired business and was not recorded as a period expense, and the remaining $1.0 million was included within the aforementioned fiscal year 2007 pre-tax charge of $3.2 million, which can be found in the line item “Restructuring and other charges” on our statement of operations for the year ended December 30, 2007.

On February 1, 2006, we initiated a plan (2006 Plan) to restructure our per diem nurse staffing division. This initiative included certain per diem branch closures along with corresponding elimination of certain branch positions. Additionally, certain operations and corporate staff positions were eliminated. As a result of these initiatives, for the year ended December 31, 2006, we incurred a pre-tax charge of approximately $3.1 million primarily related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees.

Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible Assets

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we perform an annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. On a quarterly basis, we review our reporting units for impairment indicators. In fiscal years 2008, 2007, and 2006, we recorded aggregate non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $126.7 million, $2.6 million, and $31.8 million, respectively. Details of the composition of these charges are as follows:

 

 

During the second quarter of 2008, we reassessed our growth rates due in large part to the weak economy. Accordingly, we performed an interim goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill was impaired at a number of our reporting units. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $59.8 million to write off the associated goodwill.

 

 

Coinciding with the October 2008 branch closures associated with our per diem branch network realignment, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill. These amounts are included in the line item “Impairment of goodwill” on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 28, 2008.

 

 

We completed our annual goodwill impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006, using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Impairment was noted at a number of our reporting units in fiscal year 2008. Contributing to the impairment charge was the reduction in projected growth rates at a number of our reporting units (compared to prior projections) based on management’s current assessment of the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the significant decrease in the enterprise value of our company. Impairment was also noted at a number of reporting units in fiscal years 2007 and 2006. Each of the reporting units that took an impairment charge as a result of the fourth quarter of 2008 and 2007 impairment testing had positive operating income for the trailing twelve month period preceding the test date; however, their individual discounted cash calculations were impacted by reduced projected operating results in subsequent periods. Contributing to the impairment loss in fiscal year 2006 were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing, as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, in the fourth quarter of each of the fiscal years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $61.1 million, $0.7 million and $28.6 million, respectively.

 

 

Coinciding with the branch closures associated with the IS Plan, we concluded that the goodwill associated with the four closed pre-acquisition branches was fully impaired. As a result, for the year ended December 30, 2007, we recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $1.9 million to write-off the associated goodwill.

 

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Coinciding with the branch closures associated with the 2006 Plan, we concluded that the goodwill associated with such closed branches was fully impaired. As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2006, we recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $3.2 million to write-off the associated goodwill.

 

 

Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142 and SFAS No. 144, we review all long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired. The discounted cash flow models used in our 2008 interim and annual goodwill impairment testings resulted in reduced discounted cash flow projections for our reporting units. As a result, we believed an indicator might have been present for possible impairment of the intangible asset, trade names. As such, an analysis of the trade name value was performed using the respective growth rates used in the interim period or annual goodwill discounted cash flow model resulting in non-cash impairment charges of $4.2 million ($3.1 million and $1.1 million in the second and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively) to reduce the $5.6 million carrying value of the intangible asset to the calculated $1.4 million fair value. This amount is included in the line item “Impairment of intangible assets” on our consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 28, 2008.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt

On July 2, 2007, we repaid all amounts outstanding under a senior credit facility and entered into a new facility. We recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2007 to write off the remaining balance of the unamortized debt issuance costs associated with the extinguished senior credit facility. The charge appears in the line item “Loss on early extinguishment of debt” on the consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 30, 2007. In September 2006, we amended our credit facility which was then in place and recorded a $79,000 charge related to the writeoff of debt issuance costs.

As discussed further in “Item 7 - Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Liquidity and Capital Resources”, in March 2009 we entered into the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility. As a result, we expect to record a loss from the early extinguishment of debt in the first quarter of 2009 of approximately $1.8 million.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting for Business Combinations/Noncontrolling Interest

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141(R)), and SFAS No. 160, Accounting and Reporting of Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (SFAS No. 160). SFAS No. 141(R) expands the scope of acquisition accounting to all transactions and circumstances under which control of a business is obtained. The acquiring entity in a business combination will be required to recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction using the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. SFAS No. 141(R) provides specific guidance on the recognition of acquisition costs, restructuring costs, contingencies and goodwill related to an acquisition, replacing previous guidance found in SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141). Acquisition-related costs (i.e. due diligence costs, etc.) and restructuring costs (i.e. severance for acquiree’s terminated employees, lease termination costs, etc.) will now be required to be expensed in the period incurred as opposed to current guidance whereby the costs are capitalized as a cost of the acquisition. Contingent consideration (payments made conditioned on the outcome of future events) is to be recognized at the acquisition date, measured at its fair value at that date, rather than being recognized as an adjustment to the accounting for the business combination when the consideration is issued or becomes issuable. SFAS No. 160 requires all entities to report noncontrolling (minority) interests in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements and to account for transactions between an entity and noncontrolling interest as equity transactions. SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 are required to be adopted simultaneously, are effective for fiscal years, inclusive of the interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and earlier adoption is prohibited. We will implement the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 in the fiscal year beginning December 29, 2008 and the future impact of adoption is not determinable at this time.

 

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Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (FSP FAS 157-2), which provides a one-year deferral of the effective date of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157) for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The purpose of this deferral is to allow the FASB time to consider the effects of the implementation issues that have arisen. FSP FAS 157-2 is effective on issuance and postpones the effective date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 and to interim periods within those fiscal years. We will apply the effective-date deferral to our non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are subject to the deferral and we do not believe that the adoption of FSP FAS 157-2 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of SFAS No. 115 (SFAS No. 159), which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. We have chosen not to elect the fair value option for any items that are not already required to be measured at fair value in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161). SFAS No. 161 requires enhanced disclosures about how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its related interpretations, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. SFAS No. 161 encourages, but does not require, comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. We will implement SFAS No. 161 in the fiscal year beginning December 29, 2008 and do not believe that the adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (SFAS No. 162), which identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with GAAP in the U.S. Any effect of applying the provisions of SFAS No. 162 shall be reported as a change in accounting principle in accordance with SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. We will implement SFAS No. 162 in accordance with the effective date, which is 60 days following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. We do not believe that the adoption of SFAS No. 162 will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, certain selected financial data expressed as a percentage of service revenues:

 

     Fiscal Year Ended  
   2008     2007     2006  

Service revenues

   100.0 %   100.0 %   100.0 %

Cost of services rendered

   75.1     75.9     77.7  

Gross profit

   24.9     24.1     22.3  

Selling, general and administrative expenses

   20.3     19.8     19.6  

Depreciation and amortization expenses

   1.1     1.0     1.0  

Impairment of goodwill

   23.6     0.5     8.2  

Impairment of intangible assets

   0.8     —       —    

Restructuring and other charges

   0.3     0.7     0.8  

Income (loss) from operations

   (21.2 )   2.1     (7.3 )

Minority interest in income of subsidiary

   —       —       —    

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   —       0.1     0.1  

Interest expense, net

   2.1     1.5     0.6  

Income (loss) from operations before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

   (23.3 )   0.5     (8.0 )

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

   (1.6 )   0.7     (1.0 )

Net loss

   (21.7 )   (0.2 )   (7.0 )

Comparison of Year Ended December 28, 2008 to Year Ended December 30, 2007

Service Revenues. Service revenues increased $55.5 million, or 11.5%, to $537.8 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $482.3 million for the prior year. The increase was due to a higher number of hours worked by professionals due in large part to the third quarter 2007 acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR as well as organic growth in our allied health staffing division partially offset by increasingly challenging industry dynamics and adverse economic conditions that caused a reduction in demand in the fourth quarter of 2008.

Branch based per diem staffing service revenues increased $19.7 million, or 5.5%, to $376.1 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $356.4 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of hours worked by professionals due in large part to the acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR partially offset by decreased revenue in the fourth quarter of 2008 due in large part to a decline in client demand resulting from adverse economic conditions.

Revenues from our travel nurse staffing division increased $35.0 million, or 58.3%, to $94.8 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $59.8 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of working travel nurses resulting from the acquisition of InteliStaf partially offset by decreased revenue in the fourth quarter of 2008 due in large part to a decline in client demand.

Revenues from our allied health division increased $0.8 million, or 1.2%, to $66.9 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $66.1 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. The increase was primarily due to a higher number of hours worked by pharmacy, ambulatory, respiratory and laboratory professionals partially offset by a lower number of hours worked by clinical research and rehabilitation professionals.

Cost of Services Rendered. Cost of services rendered increased $37.7 million, or 10.3%, to $403.7 million for the year ended December 28, 2007 as compared to $366.0 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. The increase was primarily due to the factors discussed above.

 

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Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $17.8 million, or 15.3%, to $134.1 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $116.3 million for the prior year period. The increase was primarily due to the increased volume from the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions and the organic growth in our allied health staffing division. Gross margin for the year ended December 28, 2008 was 24.9% as compared to 24.1% for the comparable prior year period, an increase of 80 basis points primarily attributable to a continued focus on gross margin expansion.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $109.4 million, or 20.3% of revenues for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $95.8 million, or 19.8% of revenues for the prior year period. The dollar increase was primarily due to increased overhead costs associated with the larger per diem branch network and travel nurse division resulting from the acquisition of InteliStaf.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 28, 2008 was $6.1 million, as compared to $4.7 million for the prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to the intangible assets subject to amortization acquired in the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions and the depreciation of furniture and equipment acquired in the InteliStaf acquisition.

Impairment of Goodwill. Impairment of goodwill for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008 was $126.7 million, as compared to $2.6 million for the prior year period. During the second quarter of fiscal year 2008, we determined that goodwill at a number of our reporting units was impaired due to reduced discounted cash flow projections. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $59.8 million to write off the associated goodwill. Coinciding with the October 2008 branch closures associated with our per diem branch network realignment, we recorded a non-cash charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill. Lastly, we completed the annual impairment test of goodwill during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2008 and additional impairment was noted at a number of our reporting units. Contributing to the impairment charge was the reduction in projected growth rates at a number of our reporting units (compared to prior projections) based on management’s current assessment of the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the significant decrease in the enterprise value of the Company. Accordingly, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge to goodwill of $61.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2008.

During the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $1.9 million due to the closure of four pre-acquisition branches coinciding with our IS Plan. We completed our annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill by using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Each of the reporting units that took an impairment charge as a result of the fourth quarter 2007 impairment testings had positive operating income for the trailing twelve month period preceding the test date; however, their individual discounted cash calculations were impacted by reduced projected operating results in subsequent periods. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $0.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007.

Impairment of Intangible Assets. Impairment of intangible assets was $4.2 million for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008. Based on the results of our 2008 interim and annual goodwill impairment testings, we believed an indicator might have been present for possible impairment of the intangible asset, trade names. As such, an analysis of the trade name value was performed using the respective growth rates used in the interim period or annual goodwill discounted cash flow model. As a result, we recorded a non-cash charge of $4.2 million ($3.1 million and $1.1 million in the second and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively) to recognize the impairment.

Restructuring and Other Charges. Restructuring and other charges for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008 was $1.7 million, as compared to $3.2 million for the prior year. In fiscal year 2008, the amount is attributable to costs related to the termination of an outsourcing program, severance payments related to a second quarter initiative, and severance costs and lease termination fees related to a fourth quarter per diem branch network realignment. In fiscal year 2007, the amount is attributable to the integration and restructuring plan implemented upon the InteliStaf acquisition, whereby certain Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (pre-acquisition) and InteliStaf (acquired) branch locations were closed.

 

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Minority Interest in Income of Subsidiary. Minority interest in income of subsidiary was $0.2 million for the years ended December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007. This amount represents the 32% minority interest in the income of InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on early extinguishment of debt was $0.3 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. The non-cash charge was due to the write off of certain unamortized debt issuance costs in association with the July 2007 repayment of our previous senior credit facility.

Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net, increased to $11.0 million for the year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $7.3 million for the prior year. The increase was attributable to higher outstanding borrowings, the proceeds of which were primarily used to finance the acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR, partially offset by a lower weighted average interest rate.

Provision for (Benefit From) Income Taxes. Our effective income tax benefit rate for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008 was 6.7%, as compared to an effective income tax rate of 146.7% for the prior fiscal year. The change in the tax rate in 2008 was the result of the recording of the tax effect from the goodwill impairment charge which caused the deferred tax liability to change to a deferred tax asset, resulting in an $8.3 million tax benefit as we currently have a full valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets. We will not record a tax expense until the goodwill amortization for income tax purposes causes the deferred tax asset to revert back to a deferred tax liability.

Net Loss. As a result of the above, we incurred a net loss of $116.9 million for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to a net loss of $1.1 million for the prior year.

Comparison of Year Ended December 30, 2007 (52 weeks) to Year Ended December 31, 2006 (53 weeks)

Service Revenues. Service revenues increased $96.8 million, or 25.1%, to $482.3 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $385.5 million for the comparable prior year period. Excluding the 53rd week, service revenues for the year ended December 31, 2006 would have been $378.6 million.

Branch based per diem staffing revenues increased $49.5 million, or 16.1%, to $356.4 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $306.9 million for the comparable prior year period. Excluding the 53rd week, branch based per diem nurse staffing revenues for 2006 would have been $301.3 million. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in the number of hours worked by professionals due in large part to the acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR combined with bill rate increases.

Revenues from our travel nurse staffing division increased $38.9 million, or 186.1%, to $59.8 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $20.9 million for the comparable prior year period. Excluding the 53rd week, branch based travel nurse staffing revenues for 2006 would have been $20.6 million. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of working travel nurses due to the acquisition of InteliStaf combined with bill rate increases.

Revenues from our allied health division increased $8.4 million, or 14.6%, to $66.1 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $57.7 million for the comparable prior year period. Excluding the 53rd week, allied staffing revenues for 2006 would have been $56.7 million. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of hours worked by professionals resulting from organic growth initiatives combined with bill rate increases.

Cost of Services Rendered. Cost of services rendered increased $66.6 million, or 22.2%, to $366.0 million for the year ended December 30, 2007 as compared to $299.4 million for the prior year. The increase was primarily due to the increased volume due to the acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR.

 

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Gross Profit. Gross profit increased $30.2 million, or 35.1%, to $116.3 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $86.1 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to the increased volume resulting from the acquisitions of InteliStaf and AMR. Gross margin for the year ended December 30, 2007 was 24.1% as compared with 22.3% for the prior year, an increase of 180 basis points primarily due to low- to mid-single digit bill rate increases.

Selling, General and Administrative. Selling, general and administrative expenses increased to $95.8 million, or 19.8% of revenues for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $75.6 million, or 19.6% of revenues for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to increased overhead costs associated with the larger per diem branch network and scale travel nurse division resulting from the acquisition of InteliStaf.

Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization for the year ended December 30, 2007 was $4.7 million, as compared to $3.9 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to the intangible assets subject to amortization acquired in the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions and the depreciation of furniture and equipment acquired in the InteliStaf acquisition.

Impairment of Goodwill. Impairment of goodwill for the year ended December 30, 2007 was $2.6 million. During the third quarter of fiscal year 2007, we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $1.9 million due to the closure of four pre-acquisition branches coinciding with our IS Plan. We completed our annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007 and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill by using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Each of the four reporting units that took an impairment charge as a result of the fourth quarter 2007 impairment testing had positive operating income for the trailing twelve month period preceding the test date; however, their individual discounted cash calculations were impacted by reduced projected operating results in subsequent periods. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $0.7 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2007. Impairment of goodwill for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $31.8 million. During the first quarter of fiscal year 2006, we recorded an impairment charge to our recorded goodwill of $3.2 million due to the closure of the 13 branches associated with our first quarter restructuring initiative. During the fourth quarter of 2006, we completed our annual impairment test and determined that there was an impairment to our recorded goodwill. Contributing to the impairment loss were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing, as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $28.6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006.

Restructuring and Other Charges. Restructuring and other charges for the year ended December 30, 2007 was $3.2 million, as compared to $3.1 million for the prior year. In fiscal year 2007, the amount is attributable to the integration and restructuring plan implemented upon the InteliStaf acquisition, whereby certain Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (pre-acquisition) and InteliStaf (acquired) branch locations were closed. In fiscal year 2006, the amount represents the charges incurred with the 2006 Plan initiated on February 1, 2006 related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees.

Minority Interest in Income of Subsidiary. Minority interest in income of subsidiary was $0.2 million for the year ended December 30, 2007. This amount represents the 32% minority interest in the income of InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt. Loss on early extinguishment of debt was $0.3 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2006. The non-cash charge was due to the writeoff of certain unamortized debt issuance costs in association with the July 2007 repayment of our previous senior credit facility.

Interest Expense, Net. Interest expense, net, increased to $7.3 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to $2.4 million for the prior year. The increase was attributable to higher average outstanding borrowings due to the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions and a higher weighted average interest rate resulting from the credit facility obtained in July 2007 in connection with the InteliStaf acquisition.

 

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Provision for (Benefit From) Income Taxes. Our effective income tax rate for the year ended December 30, 2007 was a provision of 146.7% as compared to benefit of 12.4% in the prior year. In the fourth quarter of 2006, we recorded a valuation allowance against our net current and noncurrent deferred tax assets and a deferred tax liability and the 2007 provision is recorded relative to indefinite reversing of temporary differences.

Net Loss. As a result of the above, we incurred a net loss of $1.1 million for the year ended December 30, 2007, as compared to a net loss of $27.0 million for the prior year.

Seasonality

Due to the regional and seasonal fluctuations in the hospital patient census of our hospital and healthcare facility clients and due to the seasonal preferences for destinations by our temporary healthcare professionals, the number of healthcare professionals on assignment, revenue and earnings are subject to moderate seasonal fluctuations. Many of our hospital and healthcare facility clients are located in areas that experience seasonal fluctuations in population during the winter and summer months. These facilities adjust their staffing levels to accommodate the change in this seasonal demand and many of these facilities utilize temporary healthcare professionals to satisfy these seasonal staffing needs.

Historically, the number of temporary healthcare professionals on assignment has increased from January through March followed by declines or minimal growth from April through December; however, in 2008 the anticipated increase in our travel division occurred later in the first quarter than expected. This pattern may or may not continue in the future. As a result of all of these factors, results of any one quarter are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any other quarter or for any year. Additionally, volume for our travel nurse staffing and allied health divisions are typically negatively impacted in December and January due to vacations taken over the year-end holidays.

Impact of Current Economic Conditions on our Business

Our business, and the business of many of our competitors, is currently being negatively impacted by difficult economic conditions in the markets in which we operate. We cannot provide any assurance as to when we expect these conditions to stabilize.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Discussion on Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our historical capital resource requirements have been the funding of working capital, debt service, capital expenditures and acquisitions. We have historically funded these requirements from a combination of cash flow from operations, equity issuances and borrowings under our senior credit facilities.

Cash flow provided by operations was $31.7 million for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, as compared to $0.1 million for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007.

During the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, we used cash generated from operations to: (i) fund investing activities of $5.9 million including cash capital expenditures of $4.9 million, (ii) fund financing activities of $13.3 million including repayment of $12.4 million of outstanding borrowings under our senior credit facility, and (iii) increase cash on hand by $12.4 million from $1.9 million at December 30, 2007 to $14.3 million at December 28, 2008.

 

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As of December 28, 2008, we had net working capital of $29.0 million, as compared to $46.9 million as of December 30, 2007. The $17.9 million decrease was due to decreases in accounts receivable and other current assets of $28.0 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and the $10.8 million increase in current portion of long-term debt due under the terms of the March 12, 2009 Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility (discussed in further detail below), partially offset by decreases in accounts payable and accrued expenses and accrued payroll and related liabilities of $5.3 million and $3.9 million, respectively, and an increase in cash and cash equivalents of $12.4 million. Available borrowings under the revolver portion of our senior credit facility are an important component of our liquidity.

Our stockholders’ equity at December 28, 2008 was $1.7 million. Our 2008 non-cash write-offs of impairment of goodwill and intangible assets of $130.9 million eliminated virtually all of our stockholders’ equity. Our balance sheet at December 28, 2008 continues to include intangible assets and goodwill of $68.0 million.

At January 1, 2007, we were a party to a senior credit facility that, as amended, provided for a $40.0 million revolving credit facility that was due to expire on September 29, 2009.

On July 2, 2007, we repaid all amounts outstanding under our prior senior credit facility and entered into a $155.0 million senior credit facility. The 2007 senior credit facility was comprised of a six-year $30.0 million revolving senior credit facility, a six-year $100.0 million senior secured term loan and a seven-year $25.0 million senior secured second term loan. The proceeds of the 2007 senior credit facility were used to finance the purchase of the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions, to repay outstanding borrowings under the old senior credit facility, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions and for general working capital purposes.

Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, the amount that could be borrowed at any given time under the revolver portion of the facility were based on a leverage covenant and the amount of outstanding letters of credit, which can result in borrowing availability of less than the full capacity of the revolver. As we had more than $14 million in cash on hand at December 28, 2008, we had no borrowings outstanding under the revolver. As of December 28, 2008, $7.7 million of the revolver’s $30.0 million capacity was being reserved for standby letters of credit (of which $7.1 million related to InteliStaf’s workers compensation policy and $0.6 million related to operating leases), resulting in $22.3 million available for borrowing (of which $3.6 million was immediately available in addition to the unrestricted cash balance of $14.3 million).

The revolver bore interest at either prime rate or London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin (5.75% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Unused capacity under the revolver bore interest at 0.50% and was payable quarterly. The 1st term loan bore interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (the variable portion is 5.75% and the fixed (hedged) portion is 8.48% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. The 2nd term loan bore interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (8.75% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, we were required to hedge at least 50% of the outstanding borrowings of the 1st and 2nd term loans, and on September 6, 2007, we entered into a three year hedging agreement using three month LIBOR rates, whereby we hedged $62.5 million of variable rate debt at 4.975%. For the year ended December 28, 2008, the weighted average interest rate for loans under our 2007 senior credit facility was 8.25%. As of December 28, 2008, the blended rate for loans outstanding under the 2007 senior credit facility was 7.81%.

 

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On March 12, 2009, we entered into an Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility. Under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility we now have: (i) an $18.0 million revolving senior credit facility (Revolver), (ii) an $81.0 million senior secured term loan (1st Term Loan), and (iii) a $25.0 million senior secured second lien term loan (2nd Term Loan). The primary changes made in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility compared to our previous 2007 senior credit facility are as follows: (i) we repaid $10.5 million of outstanding borrowings under the 1st Term Loan, (ii) we amended certain financial covenants, (iii) we added a new financial covenant (minimum EBITDA, as defined in the agreements), (iv) we changed the quarterly amortization, such that effective the third quarter of 2009 we will be required to pay 2.5% of the remaining $81.0 million outstanding under the 1st Term Loan (after payment noted above) for four quarters with the amount increasing by 2.5% for the subsequent four quarters, etc., (v) we incorporated a LIBOR floor of 2.5% for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans, (vi) we agreed to an increase in the applicable margin for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans, (vii) we incorporated an annual 2.0% interest charge for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans that accrues quarterly and is payable upon the maturity of the respective loans, and (viii) we agreed to a reduction in the size of the Revolver to $18.0 million. As a result of entering into the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, we expect to record a loss from the early extinguishment of debt in the first quarter of 2009 of approximately $1.8 million. There was no change to the maturity dates for the 1st Term Loan, Revolver or 2nd Term Loan and all of these loans continue to be secured by a lien on substantially all of our assets. In connection with the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, we expect to record debt issuance costs of approximately $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2009 and will amortize these costs over the remaining useful lives of the respective loans.

Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, we were required to make annual payments of $1.0 million, in four equal quarterly installments. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, we are now required to make quarterly amortization payments of $0.5 million beginning in the third quarter of 2009. The quarterly amortization payment will increase by $0.5 million each subsequent year in the third quarter. Additionally, at the end of each fiscal year beginning in 2009, we will be obligated to compute an excess cash flow calculation (as defined), which could result in us being required to prepay an additional amount of outstanding borrowings.

As the borrower under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, our subsidiary, Medical Staffing Network, Inc., may only pay dividends or make other distributions to us in the amount of $2,000,000 in any fiscal year to pay our operating expenses. This limitation on our subsidiary’s ability to distribute cash to us will limit our ability to obtain and service any additional debt. In addition, we and our subsidiaries are subject to restrictions under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility against incurring additional indebtedness.

Capital expenditures were $5.5 million (of which $4.9 million was purchased via cash and $0.6 million was purchased via a capital lease) for the year ended December 28, 2008 and were $3.5 million for the prior year. The expenditures primarily related to the refurbishment of the corporate office and the upgrade or replacement of various computer systems including hardware and purchased and/or internally developed software.

Because we rely on cash flow from operating activities as a source of liquidity, we are subject to the risk that a decrease in the demand for our staffing services could have an adverse impact on our liquidity. Decreased demand for our staffing services could result from an inability to attract qualified healthcare professionals, fluctuations in patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients and changes in state and federal regulations relating to our business.

We believe that our cash flow from operations plus amounts available under the Revolver portion of our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility will be sufficient for us to meet our working capital, anticipated capital expenditures and debt repayment obligations for at least the next twelve months. No assurance can be given, however, that this will be the case given the risk factors disclosed elsewhere in this report. In the longer term, we may require additional equity and/or debt financing to meet our working capital requirements, or to fund future acquisition activities, if any. There can be no assurance that additional financing will be available to us when required or, if available, will be available on satisfactory terms.

 

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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to our investors.

Contractual Obligations

The following table reflects our significant contractual obligations and other commitments as of December 28, 2008 (in thousands):

 

     Payments due by period
   Total    Less than
1 year
   1-3 years    3-5 years    More than
5 years

Long-term debt obligations (1)(2)

   $ 173,500    $ 23,000    $ 30,500    $ 93,000    $ 27,000

Operating leases (3)

     23,413      6,444      9,683      6,183      1,103

Capital lease obligations (4)

     582      295      287      —        —  
                                  

Total

   $ 197,495    $ 29,739    $ 40,470    $ 99,183    $ 28,103
                                  

 

(1)

Relates to amortization amounts as set forth within the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility entered into on March 12, 2009 and the estimated cash interest expense that will be paid during the respective periods. The interest expense for the respective periods contains a fixed interest rate on $62.5 million of the outstanding debt through September 2010 with the remaining debt balance at variable rates. Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, there is a LIBOR floor interest rate of 2.5%. Additionally, as defined within the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, an applicable margin is added to the interest rates when calculating interest expense on outstanding borrowings under the 1st and 2nd Term Loans.

(2)

These amounts do not include accrued non-cash interest expense that matures on the respective maturity dates of the 1 st and 2nd Term Loans.

(3)

Relates to office space for corporate and branch locations.    

(4) Funds capital lease expenditures.

Critical Accounting Policies

In response to the SEC Release Number 33-8040 “Cautionary Advice Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies” and SEC Release Number 33-8056, “Commission Statement about Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” we have identified the following critical accounting policies that affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires that we make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we will evaluate our estimates, including those related to asset impairment, accruals for self-insurance and compensation and related benefits, allowance for doubtful accounts, and contingencies and litigation. These estimates are based on the information that is currently available to us and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could vary from those estimates under different assumptions or conditions. For a summary of all our significant accounting policies, including the critical accounting policies discussed below, see Note 1 to our consolidated financial statements that are included in this report.

 

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We believe that the following critical accounting policies affect the more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:

 

 

We maintain an allowance for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make required payments, which results in a provision for doubtful accounts. The adequacy of this allowance is determined by continually evaluating customer receivables, considering the customers’ financial condition, credit history and current economic conditions. If the financial condition of our customers were to deteriorate, resulting in an impairment of their ability to make payments, additional allowances would be required.

 

 

We have recorded goodwill and other intangibles resulting from our acquisitions through December 30, 2007. Through December 30, 2001, goodwill and other intangibles were amortized on a straight-line basis over their lives of 6 to 20 years. Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142, which we adopted in 2002, goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life are no longer amortized and our intangibles subject to amortization continue to be amortized on a straight line basis over their lives ranging from 2 to 7.5 years. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill be separately disclosed from other intangible assets on the balance sheet and tested for impairment on an annual basis, or more frequently if certain indicators arise. We have determined that each branch location represents a reporting unit. In accordance with SFAS No. 142, we perform an annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of our fiscal year by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. On a quarterly basis, we review our reporting units for impairment indicators. Should we decide to close one or more of our reporting units, the associated goodwill will be written off as a non-cash charge to the consolidated statement of operations.

Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 144, we review all long-lived assets including intangible assets with definite useful lives, for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired. In fiscal year 2008, we recorded non-cash impairment charges to goodwill and intangible assets with an indefinite useful life aggregating to $126.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively. Details of the composition of these charges are discussed above in “Impairment of Goodwill and Intangible Assets”.

 

 

For all acquisitions, we record the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at fair value. We utilize an independent third party accounting firm to determine if there were any intangible assets acquired in the acquisition, and if there were, they provide us with their respective fair values and useful lives. We record the fair values of the intangible assets separately identifiable from goodwill on our consolidated balance sheet and amortize them over their estimated useful lives.

 

 

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements, we are required to estimate our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our current tax exposures in each jurisdiction including the impact, if any, of additional taxes resulting from tax examinations. A deferred tax asset or liability is recognized whenever there are future tax effects from existing temporary differences and operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Such deferred income tax asset and liability computations are based on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to periods in which the differences are expected to reverse. If necessary, a valuation allowance is established to reduce deferred income tax assets in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS No. 109). Tax exposures can involve complex issues and may require an extended period to resolve. The estimated effective tax rate is adjusted for the tax related to significant unusual items. Changes in the geographic mix or estimated level of annual pre-tax income can affect the overall effective tax rate. We adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN No. 48) on January 1, 2007. We recognize the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more likely than not threshold, the amount recognized in the consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority. Upon implementing FIN No. 48, we did not recognize any liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.

At December 28, 2008, we had gross deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities. We have determined that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully realized in the near term (deferred tax liabilities that are not expected to reverse in the net operating loss carryforward period would not be considered in reviewing the realizability of the other temporary differences). Due to the

 

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recording of the tax effect from the second quarter of 2008 non-cash goodwill impairment charge, our deferred tax liability as of the end of the first quarter changed to a deferred tax asset as of the end of the second quarter. As we have a valuation allowance on our deferred tax assets, we are required to establish a full valuation allowance against the entire balance of our deferred tax assets. When, due to the amortization of our goodwill for tax purposes, the deferred tax asset changes back to a deferred tax liability, we would then begin to record income tax expense relative to indefinite reversing temporary differences. SFAS No. 109 requires that a valuation allowance be established when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. A review of all evidence, both positive and negative needs to be considered. Such evidence includes the existence of deferred tax liabilities that will turn around within a carryforward period, a company’s past and projected future performance, the market environment in which the company operates, the utilization of past tax credits, the length of carryback and carryforward periods of net operating losses and allowable tax planning strategies. As we had cumulative losses for the three-year period ended December 30, 2008, we were only able to give minimal consideration to projected future performance in measuring the need for a valuation allowance. We evaluate our ability to realize our deferred tax assets on a quarterly basis and will continue to maintain the allowance until an appropriate amount of positive evidence would substantiate any reversal. Such positive evidence could include actual utilization of the deferred tax asset and/or projections of potential utilization.

 

 

We maintain an accrual for our health, workers compensation and professional liability exposures that are either self-insured or partially self-insured and are classified in accounts payable and accrued expenses. The adequacy of these accruals is determined by periodically evaluating our historical experience and trends related to health, workers compensation, and professional liability claims and payments, based on company-specific actuarial computations and industry experience and trends. If such information indicates that the accruals are overstated or understated, we will adjust the assumptions utilized in the methodologies and reduce or provide for additional accruals as appropriate.

 

 

We are subject to various claims and legal actions in the ordinary course of our business. Some of these matters include professional liability and employee-related matters. Hospital and healthcare facility clients may also become subject to claims, governmental inquiries and investigations and legal actions to which we may become a party relating to services provided by our professionals. From time to time, and depending upon the particular facts and circumstances, we may be subject to indemnification obligations under our contracts with hospital and healthcare facility clients relating to these matters. Although we are currently not aware of any such pending or threatened litigation that we believe is reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations, we will evaluate the probability of an adverse outcome and provide accruals for such estimable contingencies as necessary, if we become aware of such claims against us.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are “forward-looking statements,” as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements are predictive in nature and may depend upon or refer to future events, activities or conditions. Although we believe that these statements are based upon reasonable assumptions, we cannot provide any assurances regarding future results. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause our actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements. These factors include the following:

 

 

If we are unable to attract qualified nurses and allied health professionals for our healthcare staffing business, our business could be negatively impacted;

 

 

Contraction of demand for our temporary nurses may continue if hospital admissions levels remain lower than expected;

 

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Higher unemployment rates could have a negative impact on our ability to successfully recruit additional healthcare professionals;

 

 

Demand for healthcare staffing services could be significantly affected by the general level of economic activity and unemployment or by factors beyond our control (i.e.; hurricanes, weather conditions, acts of war, etc.) in the United States;

 

 

Our ability to borrow under the Revolver portion of our Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility may be limited;

 

 

Our profitability may be impacted by our inability to leverage our cost structure;

 

 

We operate in a highly competitive market and our success depends on our ability to remain competitive in obtaining and retaining hospital and healthcare facility clients and temporary healthcare professionals;

 

 

Our business depends upon our continued ability to secure and fill new orders from our hospital and healthcare facility clients, because we do not have long-term agreements or exclusive contracts with them;

 

 

Fluctuations in patient occupancy at our hospital and healthcare facility clients may adversely affect the demand for our services and therefore the profitability of our business;

 

 

Our clients’ inability to pay for services could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and cash flows;

 

 

Healthcare reform could negatively impact our business opportunities, revenues and margins;

 

 

We are exposed to increased costs and risks associated with complying with increasing and new regulation of corporate governance and disclosure standards;

 

 

We operate in a regulated industry and changes in regulations or violations of regulations may result in increased costs or sanctions that could adversely impact our business;

 

 

We are dependent on the proper functioning of our information systems;

 

 

Competition for acquisition opportunities may restrict our future growth by limiting our ability to make acquisitions at reasonable valuations;

 

 

We may face difficulties integrating our acquisitions into our operations and our acquisitions may be unsuccessful, involve significant cash expenditures or expose us to unforeseen liabilities;

 

 

Significant legal actions could subject us to substantial uninsured liabilities;

 

 

We may be legally liable for damages resulting from our hospital and healthcare facility clients’ mistreatment of our temporary healthcare professionals;

 

 

If we become subject to material liabilities under our self-insured programs, our financial results may be adversely affected;

 

 

Our operations may deteriorate if we are unable to continue to attract, develop and retain our sales and recruitment personnel;

 

 

The loss of key senior management personnel could adversely affect our ability to remain competitive;

 

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We continue to have a substantial amount of goodwill on our balance sheet (even after the substantial non-cash write-offs of goodwill recorded in 2008). Future write-offs of goodwill may have the effect of decreasing our earnings or increasing our losses;

 

 

Our costs of providing housing for temporary healthcare professionals in our travel business may be higher than we anticipate and, as a result, our margins could decline;

 

 

Our executive officers, directors and significant stockholders will be able to influence matters requiring stockholder approval and could discourage the purchase of our outstanding shares at a premium;

 

 

If provisions in our corporate documents and Delaware law delay or prevent a change in control of our company, we may be unable to consummate a transaction that our stockholders consider favorable; and

 

 

Our stock price may be volatile and an investment in our common stock could suffer a decline in value.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Our exposure to interest rate risk arises principally from the variable rates associated with the senior credit facility. On December 28, 2008, we had borrowings of $54.3 million under the senior credit facility that were subject to variable rates, with a blended rate of 7.04%. As of December 28, 2008, an adverse change of 1.0% in the interest rate of all such borrowings outstanding would have caused us to incur an increase in interest expense of approximately $0.5 million on an annual basis.

Foreign Currency Risk

We have no foreign currency risk as we have no revenue outside the United States and all of our revenues are billed and collected in U.S. dollars.

Inflation

We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on our results of operations in recent years and periods. There can be no assurance, however, that we will not be adversely affected by inflation in the future.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, which commences on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

We have had no disagreements with our independent registered public accounting firm on any matter of accounting principles or practices or financial statement disclosure.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Robert J. Adamson, and the President and Chief Financial Officer, Kevin S. Little, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act, as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)), as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, were effective.

 

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Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting, which appears on page F-2 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, is incorporated by reference herein.

Our internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008 has been audited by Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report which is included herein on page F-3.

Changes in Internal Controls

The term “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act) refers to the process of a company that is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated our internal control over financial reporting and concluded that no changes in internal control over financial reporting occurred during the year ended December 28, 2008 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

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PART III.

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Information regarding our directors and executive officers will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, which Proxy Statement will be filed no later than 120 days after the end of our fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Information regarding executive compensation will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

Information regarding security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management and related stockholder matters will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Information regarding certain relationships and related transactions will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Information regarding principal accounting fees and services will be included in our Proxy Statement for the 2009 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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PART IV.

Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

 

  (a) The following documents are filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K:

 

  1. Financial Statements

The information required to be presented by this item is presented commencing on page F-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

  2. Financial Statement Schedules

The information required to be presented by this item is presented commencing on page S-1 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

  3. Exhibits

See the Exhibit Index on page 44 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on March 13, 2009.

 

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.
By:  

/s/ Robert J. Adamson

  Robert J. Adamson
  Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature

  

Title

 

Date

/s/ Robert J. Adamson

   Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and a Director (Principal Executive Officer)   March 13, 2009
Robert J. Adamson     

/s/ Kevin S. Little

   President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)   March 13, 2009
Kevin S. Little     

/s/ Jeffrey Yesner

   Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)   March 13, 2009
Jeffrey Yesner     

/s/ Joel Ackerman

   Director   March 13, 2009
Joel Ackerman     

/s/ Anne Boykin

   Director   March 13, 2009
Anne Boykin     

/s/ C. Daryl Hollis

   Director   March 13, 2009
C. Daryl Hollis     

/s/ Philip Incarnati

   Director   March 13, 2009
Philip Incarnati     

/s/ Edward J. Robinson

   Director   March 13, 2009
Edward J. Robinson     

/s/ David Wester

   Director   March 13, 2009
David Wester     

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated August 20, 2001, among Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P., MSN Acquisition Corp., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and certain stockholders (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
  2.2   First Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated October 26, 2001, among Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P. and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
  2.3   Asset Purchase Agreement, dated October 31, 2002, among Clinical Resource Services, Inc., Health Search International, Inc., Cheryl Rhodes, Stacey Birnbach and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 22, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
  2.4   Escrow Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Clinical Resource Services, Inc. and Silver, Friedman & Taft, LLP (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 22, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
  2.5   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 10, 2007, among the registrant, Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Greenhouse Acquisition Sub, Inc., InteliStaf Holdings, Inc. and TC Group, L.L.C. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-Q, dated August 9, 2007 (Registration Number 001-31299)).
  2.6   Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2007, among the registrant, Medical Staffing Network, Inc., InteliStaf Holdings, Inc. the Friedmann Family Parties (as defined therein) and the Carlyle Parties (as defined therein). (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10-Q, dated August 9, 2007 (Registration Number 001-31299)).
  3.1   Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
  3.2   Amended and Restated Bylaws of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
  4.1   Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 26, 2001, among the investors listed on Schedule I to such Agreement and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
  4.2   Form of Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated April 1, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.1   Stockholders Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, by and among Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and the investors named therein (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.2+   Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.3+   First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.4+   Second Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Robert Adamson, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.5+   Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated August 20, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.6+   First Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.7+   Second Amendment to the Medical Staffing Network, Inc. Amended and Restated Employment Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Kevin Little, dated October 26, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.8+   Separation Agreement among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Patricia Donohoe, dated October 1, 2007 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 30, 2007 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.9+   Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., dated February 27, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.10+   Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.11+   2001 Stock Incentive Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.12+   Form of Amended and Restated Executive Incentive Stock Ownership Plan of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.13   Credit Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, LaSalle Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and General Electric Capital Corporation, Barclays Bank, PLC, and Antares Capital Corporation, as co-documentation agents (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.14   Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.15   Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.16   Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.17   Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 23, 2002, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2002 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.18   Fifth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 21, 2003, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower identified as “Guarantors” on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 30, 2003 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.19   Security Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.20   Credit Agreement, dated December 22, 2003, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, the Lenders identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as Administrative Agent, and LaSalle Bank, National Association, as syndication agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.25 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2003 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.21   First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated June 25, 2004, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, LaSalle Bank National Association and Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 27, 2004 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.22   Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated February 24, 2005, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other Credit Parties identified on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, LaSalle Bank National Association and Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated February 28, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.23   Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of September 29, 2006, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other credit parties named therein, the lenders listed on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and lender, and LaSalle Bank National Association as syndication agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 24, 2006 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.24   Credit Party Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.25   Holdings Pledge Agreement, dated as of October 26, 2001, among Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A., as collateral agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

10.26   Lease Agreement, dated November 22, 1999, between Fairfax Boca ‘92 LP and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.21 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.27   Lease Amendment No. 1, dated July 31, 2001, between Fairfax Boca ‘92 LP and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated February 8, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.28   Lease Agreement, dated January 24, 2005, between Cantera H-6 LLC and Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 24, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.29   License and Master Agreement, dated February 8, 2002, between Premier Computer Systems, Inc. and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.23 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, dated March 15, 2002 (Registration Number 333-82438)).
10.30   Blanket Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2005, between Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and the United States Department of Health and Human Services (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 25, 2005 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.31   1st Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, effective as of December 29, 2006, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., the other credit parties named therein, the lenders listed on the signature pages thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and lender, and LaSalle Bank National Association as syndication agent (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.41 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.32   Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., as borrower, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as certain of the guarantors, the Lenders and L/C Issuers thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, GE Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, Merrill Lynch Capital, as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and syndication agent and Firstlight Financial Corporation, as documentation agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, dated September 18, 2007 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.33   Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., as borrower, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as certain of the guarantors, the Lenders thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, GE Capital Markets, Inc., as joint lead arranger and joint bookrunner, Merrill Lynch Capital, as joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner and syndication agent. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, dated September 18, 2007 (File No. 001-31299)).
10.34   Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2009, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., as borrower, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as certain of the guarantors, the Lenders parties thereto and L/C Issuers parties thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, GE Capital Markets, Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner, and Firstlight Financial Corporation, as documentation agent (filed herewith).
10.35   Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of March 12, 2009, among Medical Staffing Network, Inc., as borrower, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC, and Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as certain of the guarantors, the Lenders parties thereto, General Electric Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent and GE Capital Markets, Inc., as sole lead arranger and sole bookrunner (filed herewith).
21.1   List of Subsidiaries (filed herewith).
23.1   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (filed herewith).

 

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Exhibit No.

 

Description

31.1   Certification of Robert J. Adamson, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
31.2   Certification of Kevin S. Little, Chief Financial Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.1   Certification of Robert J. Adamson, Chief Executive Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).
32.2   Certification of Kevin S. Little, Chief Financial Officer of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc., pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith).

 

+ Management contract or compensatory plan.

 

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Contents

 

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

   F-2

Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

   F-3

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007

   F-5

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 28, 2008, December  30, 2007 and December 31, 2006

   F-6

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December  28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006

   F-7

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 28, 2008, December  30, 2007 and December 31, 2006

   F-8

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

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MANAGEMENT’S REPORT ON INTERNAL CONTROL

OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008. Internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company’s system of internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Management performed an assessment of the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008 based upon criteria in Internal Control – Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on our assessment, management determined that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 28, 2008 based on the criteria in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by COSO.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Ernst & Young LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, has issued a report on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: March 13, 2009

 

/s/ Robert J. Adamson

   

/s/ Kevin S. Little

Robert J. Adamson     Kevin S. Little
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer     President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (the COSO criteria). Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 28, 2008 of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries and our report dated March 12, 2009 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Certified Public Accountants

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 12, 2009

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 28, 2008. These financial statements are the responsibility of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, and the consolidated results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 28, 2008, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the effectiveness of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ internal control over financial reporting as of December 28, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated March 12, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 12, 2009

 

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
 

ASSETS

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 14,344     $ 1,898  

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,379 and $1,810 at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively

     70,375       98,376  

Prepaid expenses

     1,131       2,642  

Other current assets

     3,637       2,887  
                

Total current assets

     89,487       105,803  

Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $26,594 and $26,822 at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively

     11,751       9,944  

Goodwill

     59,916       184,257  

Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $7,162 and $4,768 at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively

     8,043       14,637  

Other assets, net of accumulated amortization of $680 and $225 at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively

     4,732       5,215  
                

Total assets

   $ 173,929     $ 319,856  
                

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 40,378     $ 45,702  

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

     8,072       11,938  

Current portion of long-term debt

     11,762       1,000  

Current portion of capital lease obligations

     267       307  
                

Total current liabilities

     60,479       58,947  

Long-term debt

     104,988       128,185  

Deferred income taxes

     —         8,334  

Capital lease obligations, net of current portion

     272       53  

Other liabilities

     6,101       4,166  
                

Total liabilities

     171,840       199,685  

Minority interest

     402       402  

Commitments and contingencies

    

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 75,000 authorized: 30,315 and 30,286 issued and outstanding at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively

     303       303  

Additional paid-in capital

     285,243       284,744  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (3,424 )     (1,738 )

Accumulated deficit

     (280,435 )     (163,540 )
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     1,687       119,769  
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 173,929     $ 319,856  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Years Ended  
   December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006
 

Service revenues

   $ 537,814     $ 482,339     $ 385,450  

Cost of services rendered

     403,689       366,040       299,374  
                        

Gross profit

     134,125       116,299       86,076  

Operating expenses:

      

Selling, general and administrative

     109,398       95,839       75,619  

Depreciation and amortization

     6,146       4,665       3,913  

Impairment of goodwill

     126,675       2,621       31,753  

Impairment of intangible assets

     4,200       —         —    

Restructuring and other charges

     1,673       3,167       3,089  
                        

Income (loss) from operations

     (113,967 )     10,007       (28,298 )

Minority interest in income of subsidiary

     246       164       —    

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

     —         278       79  

Interest expense, net

     11,016       7,302       2,446  
                        

Income (loss) before provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (125,229 )     2,263       (30,823 )

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

     (8,334 )     3,320       (3,826 )
                        

Net loss

   $ (116,895 )   $ (1,057 )   $ (26,997 )
                        

Basic and diluted net loss per share

   $ (3.86 )   $ (0.03 )   $ (0.89 )
                        

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

      

Basic and diluted

     30,314       30,263       30,249  
                        

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands)

 

    

 

Common Stock

   Additional
Paid-in
Capital
   Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Total  
   Shares    Par          

Balance at December 25, 2005

   30,237    $ 302    $ 284,432    $ —       $ (135,486 )   $ 149,248  

Exercise of stock options

   20      1      45      —         —         46  

Stock-based compensation

   —        —        30      —         —         30  

Net loss and comprehensive loss

   —        —        —        —         (26,997 )     (26,997 )
                                           

Balance at December 31, 2006

   30,257      303      284,507      —         (162,483 )     122,327  

Exercise of stock options

   29      —        81      —         —         81  

Stock-based compensation

   —        —        156      —         —         156  

Net loss

   —        —        —        —         (1,057 )     (1,057 )

Unrealized loss on derivative, net of taxes

   —        —        —        (1,738 )     —         (1,738 )
                     

Total comprehensive loss

                  (2,795 )
                                           

Balance at December 30, 2007

   30,286      303      284,744      (1,738 )     (163,540 )     119,769  

Restricted stock grant

   29      —        175      —         —         175  

Stock-based compensation

   —        —        324      —         —         324  

Net loss

   —        —        —        —         (116,895 )     (116,895 )

Unrealized loss on derivative, net of taxes

   —        —        —        (1,686 )     —         (1,686 )
                     

Total comprehensive loss

                  (118,581 )
                                           

Balance at December 28, 2008

   30,315    $ 303    $ 285,243    $ (3,424 )   $ (280,435 )   $ 1,687  
                                           

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

 

     Years Ended  
   December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006
 

Operating activities

      

Net loss

   $ (116,895 )   $ (1,057 )   $ (26,997 )

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

      

Goodwill impairment charge

     126,675       2,621       31,753  

Intangible assets impairment charge

     4,200       —         —    

Depreciation and amortization

     6,146       4,665       3,913  

Amortization of debt issuance cost

     454       287       572  

Deferred income taxes

     (8,334 )     3,320       (4,032 )

Provision for doubtful accounts

     813       642       661  

Stock-based compensation expense

     499       156       30  

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

     —         278       79  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

      

Accounts receivable

     27,188       (4,757 )     (1,516 )

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     746       2,170       1,474  

Other assets

     29       69       (1,510 )

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     (6,204 )     (2,444 )     4,158  

Accrued payroll and related liabilities

     (3,866 )     (5,562 )     1,415  

Other liabilities

     249       (260 )     322  
                        

Cash provided by operating activities

     31,700       128       10,322  

Investing activities

      

Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (1,000 )     (104,265 )     (261 )

Purchases of furniture and equipment, net

     (2,903 )     (2,177 )     (1,509 )

Capitalized internal software costs

     (2,039 )     (1,287 )     (868 )
                        

Cash used in investing activities

     (5,942 )     (107,729 )     (2,638 )

Financing activities

      

Extinguishment of senior credit facility

     —         (16,635 )     —    

Net borrowings (repayments) under revolving credit facility

     (4,435 )     4,015       (955 )

Proceeds from issuance of term loans, net of financing costs

     —         122,227       —    

Principal payments on term loan

     (8,000 )     (250 )     (6,000 )

Payments of debt issuance costs

     —         (30 )     —    

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     —         81       46  

Dividends paid to holders of minority interest in subsidiary

     (439 )     (147 )     —    

Principal payments under capital lease obligations

     (438 )     (289 )     (290 )
                        

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (13,312 )     108,972       (7,199 )
                        

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     12,446       1,371       485  

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     1,898       527       42  
                        

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

   $ 14,344     $ 1,898     $ 527  
                        

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – (continued)

(in thousands)

 

     Years Ended  
   December 28,
2008
   December 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006
 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities:

        

Non-cash payment of interest

   $ 9,500    $ 5,325    $ 2,294  
                      

Non-cash payment of debt issuance costs

   $ —      $ 2,792    $ —    
                      

Purchases of equipment through capital leases

   $ 617    $ —      $ —    
                      

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

        

Interest paid

   $ 39    $ 1,220    $ 26  
                      

Income taxes paid (refunded), net

   $ —      $ 3    $ (198 )
                      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Organization

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (the Company), a Delaware corporation, is a provider of temporary staffing services, per diem, short term contracts and travel, in the United States (U.S.). The Company’s per diem healthcare staffing assignments (less than two weeks in duration), short term contract-based healthcare staffing assignments (more than two weeks in duration) and travel healthcare staffing assignments (typically thirteen weeks in duration) place professionals, predominately nurses, at hospitals and other healthcare facilities in response to its clients’ temporary staffing needs. Short term contract-based assignments are typically staffed by the Company’s per diem branches while longer length assignments are staffed by both its centralized travel offices and per diem branches. The Company also provides temporary staffing of allied health professionals such as specialized radiology and diagnostic imaging specialists, clinical laboratory specialists, rehabilitation specialists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists and other similar healthcare vocations. The Company’s temporary healthcare staffing client base includes for-profit and not-for-profit hospitals, teaching hospitals, governmental facilities and regional healthcare providers.

The Company currently provides its services through a network of over 80 branch locations around the United States and considers each branch location to be a reporting unit and therefore an operating segment. The Company has aggregated all branch operating results under one reportable segment as each branch has similar economic characteristics. Each per diem branch provides the same type of service, temporary staffing, and utilizes similar distribution methods, common systems, databases, procedures, processes and similar methods of identifying and serving their customers. Pursuant to the provisions of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 131, Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information, the Company considers the different services described above to aggregate into one segment. Temporary staffing services represent more than 99% of the Company’s consolidated revenue, with permanent placements representing less than 0.4%, for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006.

Through its acquisition of InteliStaf Holdings, Inc. (see Note 5 for additional information), the Company acquired a 68% ownership in InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC, a joint venture with an independent third party. The third party is a hospital system that is the largest client of the joint venture.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The most significant areas requiring the use of management estimates relate to the determination of allowance for doubtful accounts, the determination of required accruals for health, workers compensation and professional liability that are partially self funded, the determination of a valuation allowance on net deferred tax assets, and the determination of estimates used in the impairment analysis of goodwill and other intangible assets.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)

 

1. ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)

 

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC (MSN LLC), Medical Staffing Network, Inc. (MSN Inc.), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN LLC, MSN-Illinois Holdings, Inc. (MSN-Ill), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN Inc., Medical Staffing Network of Illinois, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN-Ill, Medical Staffing Network Assets, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN-Ill, InteliStaf Holdings Inc. (ISH), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MSN Inc., InteliStaf Group, Inc. (ISG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ISH, InteliStaf Healthcare, Inc. (InteliStaf or IS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of ISG, InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC, a joint venture between IS and Integris ProHealth, Inc. (an unrelated third party), InteliStaf Partners No. 1, LLC (ISP1) and InteliStaf Partners No. 2, LLC (ISP2), both wholly-owned subsidiaries of IS, and InteliStaf Healthcare Management, LP, a subsidiary of ISP1 (1% general partner) and ISP2 (99% limited partner). All material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company’s fiscal year consists of 52/53 weeks ending on the last Sunday in December in each year. The years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 consisted of 52 weeks, 52 weeks, and 53 weeks, respectively.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For purposes of reporting cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Deposits in banks may exceed the amount of insurance provided on such deposits. The Company performs reviews of the creditworthiness of its depository banks. The Company has not historically experienced any losses on deposits.

Accounts Receivable and Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk as defined by SFAS No. 105, Disclosure of Information About Financial Instruments With Off-Balance-Sheet Risk and Financial Instruments with Concentrations of Credit Risk, consist principally of accounts receivable. Concentrations of credit risk with respect to trade accounts receivable are limited due to the large number of customers and their dispersion across a number of geographic areas. However, essentially all trade receivables are concentrated in the hospital and healthcare sectors in the United States and, accordingly, the Company is exposed to their respective business and economic variables. Although the Company does not currently foresee a concentrated credit risk associated with these receivables, repayment is dependent upon the financial stability of these industry sectors. The Company does not generally require collateral. The allowance for doubtful accounts represents the Company’s estimate for uncollectible receivables based on a review of specific accounts and the Company’s historical collection experience. The Company writes off specific accounts based on an ongoing review of collectability as well as management’s past experience with the customers.

Furniture and Equipment

Furniture and equipment are stated at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, ranging generally from three to seven years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the lives of the related leases or their estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.

Certain leases for office equipment have been capitalized in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases, and are amortized over the lives of the related leases or their estimated useful lives, whichever is shorter.

 

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Certain software development costs for internally developed software have been capitalized in accordance with the provisions of Statement of Position 98-1, Accounting for the Costs of Computer Software Developed or Obtained for Internal Use. These capitalized costs include purchased software for internal use, consulting services and costs for personnel associated with programming, coding and testing such software during the application development stage. Amortization of capitalized software costs begins when the software is placed into service and is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. Software development costs are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful life of three years.

Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired. Identifiable intangible assets are being amortized using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from 2 to 7.5 years. Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (SFAS No. 142), the Company does not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Per SFAS No. 142, impairment for goodwill and intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite life exists if the net book value of the goodwill or intangible asset equals or exceeds its fair value. The Company’s policy is that each branch location represents a reporting unit. The Company performed an analysis whereby the historical goodwill was allocated or “pushed down” to each reporting unit based on their estimated relative fair value at the time.

In fiscal years 2008, 2007, and 2006, we recorded aggregate non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $126.7 million, $2.6 million, and $31.8 million, respectively. Details of the composition of these charges are discussed in the paragraphs below.

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company performed its annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006 using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Based on the analysis, impairment was noted at a number of individual reporting units in fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006. Accordingly, a charge to the Company’s recorded goodwill of $61.1 million, $0.7 million and $28.6 million was recorded in the respective periods in the line item “Impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company will continue to perform a reporting unit level fair value analysis impairment test during the fourth quarter of each year (see Note 6).

On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews its reporting units for impairment indicators. If branches are not achieving their expected operating results, additional analysis may be performed to determine if indicators of impairment are present, and if so, such amount will be determined and the associated charge will be recorded in the consolidated statement of operations. Should the Company decide to close one or more of its reporting units the associated goodwill will be written off with a charge to the consolidated statement of operations (see Note 6). Coinciding with the October 2008 branch closures associated with the Company’s per diem branch network realignment (see Note 4), the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill. Additionally, during the second quarter of 2008, the Company reassessed its growth rates due in large part to the weak economy. Accordingly, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill was impaired at a number of its reporting units. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of $59.8 million in the second quarter of 2008. Additionally, in connection with third quarter of 2007 and first quarter of 2006 restructuring initiatives, the Company recorded a charge to its recorded goodwill of $1.9 million and $3.2 million, respectively, in the line item “Impairment of goodwill” on the consolidated statements of operations to write off the goodwill associated with the per diem branches closed in these initiatives (See Note 4).

The Company accounts for long-lived assets, including intangible assets, with definite useful lives pursuant to SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets (SFAS No. 144), which requires impairment losses to be recorded on long-lived assets used in operations when events or changes in circumstances

 

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indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of intangible assets with a definite useful life is determined by comparison of the carrying amount of the asset to net future cash flows expected to be generated from the asset. Management reviews all amortizable long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired. An impairment loss is recorded when the net book value of the assets exceeds the fair value, as measured by projected discounted future cash flows.

The Company’s identifiable intangible assets are comprised of partnership (VMS) customer relationships, proprietary software, non-compete agreements, contractor databases, trademarks, trade names and customer and vendor (subcontractor) relationships (see Note 7). The discounted cash flow models used in the Company’s 2008 interim and annual goodwill impairment testings resulted in reduced discounted cash flow projections for the Company’s reporting units. The Company believed an indicator might have been present for possible impairment of the intangible asset, trade names. As such, an analysis of the trade name value was performed using the respective growth rates used in the interim period or annual goodwill discounted cash flow model resulting in non-cash impairment charges of $4.2 million ($3.1 million and $1.1 million in the second and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively) to reduce the $5.6 million carrying value of the intangible asset to the calculated $1.4 million fair value. This amount is included in the line item “Impairment of intangible assets” on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 28, 2008. No impairment charges related to amortizable long lived assets were recorded in the years ended December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 (see Note 6).

Reserves for Claims

Workers’ compensation, healthcare benefits and professional liability are provided under self-insured and partially self-funded plans. The Company records its estimate of the ultimate cost of, and reserves for, workers’ compensation and professional liability based on actuarial computations and the Company’s loss history as well as industry statistics. Furthermore, in determining its reserves, the Company includes reserves for estimated claims incurred but not reported. The ultimate cost of workers’ compensation, healthcare benefits and professional liability will depend on actual costs incurred to settle the claims and may differ from the amounts reserved by the Company for those claims.

Letters of Credit

As of December 28, 2008, the Company had $7.7 million of standby letters of credit, of which $7.1 million related to InteliStaf’s workers compensation policy and $0.6 million related to operating leases. As of December 30, 2007, the Company had $8.0 million of standby letters of credit, of which $7.4 million related to InteliStaf’s workers compensation policy and $0.6 million related to operating leases.

Debt Issuance Costs

Deferred costs related to the issuance of debt are amortized using the effective interest method over the terms of the respective debt. Debt issuance costs of approximately $2.8 million, less accumulated amortization of approximately $0.7 million at December 28, 2008, and approximately $2.8 million, less accumulated amortization of approximately $0.2 million at December 30, 2007, are recorded in other assets in the consolidated balance sheets. The increase in debt issuance costs in fiscal year 2007 was related to the Company entering into a new senior credit facility (2007 senior credit facility) partially offset by the write-off of the debt issuance costs associated with the extinguished credit facility (senior credit facility) (see Note 11). The amount of debt issuance costs written off is included in the line item “Loss on early extinguishment of debt” on the consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 30, 2007. (See Note 19 for information about the $1.8 million loss on early extinguishment of debt that will be recorded in the first quarter of 2009 because of the March 2009 amendment and restatement of the Company’s senior credit facility.)

 

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Revenue Recognition

The Company’s service revenues consist almost entirely (more than 99%) of temporary staffing revenues. Revenues are recognized when services are rendered. Reimbursable expenses, including those related to travel and out-of-pocket expenses, are recorded as service revenues with an equal amount in cost of services rendered.

The Company recognizes revenues from staffing services on a gross basis, as services are performed and associated costs have been incurred using employees of the Company. In these circumstances, the Company assumes the risk of acceptability of its employees to its customers. An element of the Company’s staffing business (within vendor management service (VMS) agreements) is the use of unaffiliated companies (associate partners), and the use of their employees to fulfill a customer’s staffing requirement. Under these arrangements, the associate partners serve as subcontractors. The customer is typically responsible for assessing the work of the associate partner and has responsibility for the acceptability of its personnel, and the customer and associate partner have agreed that the Company does not pay the associate partner until the customer pays the Company. Based upon the revenue recognition principles in Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) No. 99-19, Reporting Revenue Gross as a Principal versus Net as an Agent, revenue for these services, where the customer and the associate partner have agreed that the Company is not at risk for payment, is recognized net of associated costs in the period the services are rendered.

Gross revenues of associate partners and net revenues recognized in the consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are as follow (in thousands):

 

     Years Ended
   December 28,
2008
   December 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006

Gross revenues of associate partners

   $ 60,696    $ 34,151    $ 16,631

Net revenues recognized

     2,184      1,193      481

Share-based payments

The Company grants stock options for a fixed number of common shares to employees and directors from time to time. As of December 28, 2008, approximately 1.2 million options are available for future issuance (see Note 15).

Effective as of December 26, 2005, the Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123(R)), which is a revision of SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123), using the modified prospective transition method. Under this method, compensation cost recognized for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 includes compensation cost for all share-based payments modified or granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of December 26, 2005, based on the grant date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123.

The Company did not grant stock options among its employees during the year ended December 28, 2008 and granted 458,750 and 7,500 stock options among its employees during the years ended December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

The Company calculates the fair value of employee stock options using a Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model at the time the stock options are granted and that amount is amortized over the vesting period of the options, which is generally up to four years. The fair value for employee stock options for the year ended December 30, 2007 was calculated based on the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate of 4.8%; dividend yield of 0%; weighted-average volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock of 53%; and a weighted-average expected life of the options of 6 years. The fair value for employee stock options for the year

 

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ended December 31, 2006 was calculated based on the following assumptions: a risk-free interest rate of 4.8%; dividend yield of 0%; weighted-average volatility factor of the expected market price of the Company’s common stock of 56%; and a weighted-average expected life of the options of 6 years.

Net Loss Per Share

In accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 128, Earnings Per Share (SFAS No. 128), basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income or loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding and diluted earnings per share reflects the dilutive effects of stock options and other common stock equivalents (as calculated utilizing the treasury stock or reverse treasury stock method, as appropriate). Shares of common stock that are issuable upon the exercise of options have been excluded from the fiscal years 2008, 2007, and 2006 per share calculations because their effect would have been anti-dilutive due to the net loss. See Note 16 for the calculation of net loss per share.

Income Taxes

The Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation (FIN) No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN No. 48), on January 1, 2007 and it had an immaterial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements. As required by FIN No. 48, which clarifies SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes (SFAS No. 109), the Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based upon differences between financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse (see Note 10).

Derivative Financial Instruments

Effective September 6, 2007, the Company entered into a three-year interest rate swap agreement (2007 Swap Agreement) with a financial institution, as required by the Company’s 2007 senior credit facility, to manage the impact of interest rate changes on a portion of the Company’s variable rate obligations (see Note 12). The 2007 Swap Agreement is scheduled to mature on September 6, 2010. The Company deems the 2007 Swap Agreement as a 100% effective derivative designated as a cash flow hedge (see Note 12). In accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 133) and other applicable guidance, on a quarterly basis the Company records changes in the fair value of the cash flow hedge to accumulated other comprehensive loss, a stockholders’ equity balance sheet account, and will subsequently reclassify the value to results of operations when the forecasted transaction affects earnings.

Comprehensive Loss

SFAS No. 130, Comprehensive Income (SFAS No. 130), requires that an enterprise (a) classify items of other comprehensive income by their nature in the financial statements, and (b) display the accumulated balance of other comprehensive income separately from retained earnings and additional paid-in capital in the equity section of the balance sheet. The items of other comprehensive loss that are typically required to be displayed are foreign currency items, minimum pension liability adjustments, unrealized gains and losses on certain investments in debt and equity securities and the effective portion of certain derivative instruments. There are no components of comprehensive loss other than the Company’s net loss and unrealized loss on the derivative instrument for the years ended December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007. There were no components of comprehensive loss other than the Company’s net loss for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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Accounting for Business Combinations/Noncontrolling Interest

In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141(R)), and SFAS No. 160, Accounting and Reporting of Noncontrolling Interest in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51 (SFAS No. 160). SFAS No. 141(R) expands the scope of acquisition accounting to all transactions and circumstances under which control of a business is obtained. The acquiring entity in a business combination will be required to recognize all (and only) the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the transaction using the acquisition-date fair value as the measurement objective for the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. SFAS No. 141(R) provides specific guidance on the recognition of acquisition costs, restructuring costs, contingencies and goodwill related to an acquisition, replacing previous guidance found in SFAS No. 141, Business Combinations (SFAS No. 141). Acquisition-related costs (i.e. due diligence costs, etc.) and restructuring costs (i.e. severance for acquiree’s terminated employees, lease termination costs, etc.) will now be required to be expensed in the period incurred as opposed to current guidance whereby the costs are capitalized as a cost of the acquisition. Contingent consideration (payments made conditioned on the outcome of future events) is to be recognized at the acquisition date, measured at its fair value at that date, rather than being recognized as an adjustment to the accounting for the business combination when the consideration is issued or becomes issuable. SFAS No. 160 requires all entities to report noncontrolling (minority) interests in subsidiaries as equity in the consolidated financial statements and to account for transactions between an entity and noncontrolling interest as equity transactions. SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 are required to be adopted simultaneously, are effective for fiscal years, inclusive of the interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008 and earlier adoption is prohibited. The Company will implement the provisions of SFAS No. 141(R) and SFAS No. 160 in the fiscal year beginning December 29, 2008 and the future impact of adoption is not determinable at this time.

Fair Value of Assets and Liabilities

In February 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) FAS 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157 (FSP FAS 157-2), which provides a one-year deferral of the effective date of SFAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157) for non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis (at least annually). The purpose of this deferral is to allow the FASB time to consider the effects of the implementation issues that have arisen. FSP FAS 157-2 is effective on issuance and postpones the effective date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 and to interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will apply the effective-date deferral to its non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities that are subject to the deferral and does not believe that adoption of FSP FAS 157-2 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161). SFAS No. 161 requires enhanced disclosures about how and why an entity uses derivative instruments, how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, and its related interpretations, and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect an entity’s financial position, financial performance, and cash flows. SFAS No. 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged. SFAS No. 161 encourages, but does not require, comparative disclosures for earlier periods at initial adoption. The Company will implement SFAS No. 161 in the fiscal year beginning December 29, 2008, and does not believe that adoption of SFAS No. 161 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

 

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Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

In May 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (SFAS No. 162), which identifies the sources of accounting principles and the framework for selecting the principles used in the preparation of financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with GAAP in the U.S. Any effect of applying the provisions of SFAS No. 162 shall be reported as a change in accounting principle in accordance with SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and Error Corrections. The Company will implement SFAS No. 162 in accordance with the effective date, which is 60 days following the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU Section 411, The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. The Company does not believe adoption of SFAS No. 162 will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

3. FAIR VALUE OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

Due to their short maturities, the carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term borrowings approximated their fair values at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007.

The Company estimates that, based on current market conditions, the fair value of its debt obligations under the 2007 senior credit facility would be $98.5 million compared to the book value of $116.8 million at December 28, 2008. The lower fair value results from the difference in the interest rate spread under the 2007 senior credit facility versus the interest rate spread that the Company obtained when it entered into an amendment of the 2007 senior credit facility (Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) in March 2009 (see note 19 for additional information).

Effective with the fiscal year beginning December 31, 2007, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 and FSP FAS 157-1, Application of FASB Statement No. 157 to FASB Statement No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement under Statement 13 (FSP FAS 157-1). SFAS No. 157 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in GAAP, clarifies the definition of fair value within that framework, and expands disclosures about the use of fair value measurements. FSP FAS 157-1 amends SFAS No. 157 to exclude SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases (SFAS No. 13), and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements for purposes of lease classification or measurement under SFAS No. 13. However, this scope exception does not apply to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that are required to be measured at fair value under SFAS No. 141 and SFAS No. 141(R), regardless of whether those assets and liabilities are related to leases.

To increase consistency and comparability in fair value measurement and related disclosures, a fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of SFAS No. 115 (SFAS No. 159), which permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value at specified election dates. SFAS No. 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company has chosen not to elect the fair value option for any items that are not already required to be measured at fair value in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

 

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At December 28, 2008, the Company held one interest rate swap agreement with a financial institution, designated as a cash flow hedge, to reduce the exposure to adverse fluctuations in floating interest rates on the underlying debt obligation (see Note 12). The swap agreement involves the receipt of floating interest rate payments based on the U.S. Dollar London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), which is reset quarterly and therefore considered a Level 2 input.

The following table presents the Company’s financial liability that was accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis as of December 28, 2008 by level within the fair value hierarchy in accordance with SFAS No. 157 (in thousands):

 

     Fair Value Measurements at December 28, 2008
Using
      
   Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
(Level 1)
   Significant Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
   Total Carrying
Value at

Dec, 28, 2008
 

Liability:

          

Derivative financial instrument

   $ —      $ (3,424 )   $ —      $ (3,424 )
                              

4. RESTRUCTURING AND OTHER CHARGES

In fiscal year 2008, the Company recorded restructuring and other charges of $1.7 million related to various initiatives. In the first quarter of 2008, the Company terminated an outsourcing initiative and recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.3 million. In June 2008, the Company eliminated over 100 corporate and branch positions due to the weakening economy. As a result, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.2 million in the second quarter of 2008 related to severance costs. There were no remaining liabilities related to the first and second quarter restructuring and other charges at December 28, 2008.

In October 2008, the Company realigned its per diem branch network and closed 20 branches and eliminated 150 branch, corporate and operations personnel. As a result, the Company incurred charges of $1.2 million related to severance costs and lease termination fees in the fourth quarter of 2008.

A breakdown of the $1.2 million liability incurred for the October 2008 plan is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Initial
Liability
   Cash paid
through
Dec. 28, 2008
   Accrued at
Dec. 28, 2008
 

Lease termination costs

   $ 990    $ 345    $ 645 (1)

Employee termination costs

     174      174      —    
                      

Total

   $ 1,164    $ 519    $ 645  
                      

 

(1) Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

On August 7, 2007, the Company initiated a plan to eliminate redundant costs resulting from the acquisition of InteliStaf and to improve efficiencies in operations (IS Plan). As part of the IS Plan, the Company reduced its pre-acquisition workforce by approximately 70 employees and closed four of its pre-acquisition branches. Additionally, the Company reduced InteliStaf’s pre-acquisition workforce by approximately 200 employees and closed three of

 

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InteliStaf’s branches. As a result, in fiscal year 2007 the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $3.2 million, which was comprised of $1.0 million related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees associated with the Company’s pre-acquisition branches and $2.2 million related to integration expenses for the InteliStaf acquisition. The severance costs and contract and lease termination fees associated with the InteliStaf branch closures was $10.4 million, with $9.3 million recorded in the third quarter of 2007 and $1.1 million recorded in the fourth quarter of 2007. In conjunction with the finalization of the purchase accounting for the InteliStaf acquisition (see Note 5), in the third quarter of 2008, the Company recorded additional lease termination fees under the IS Plan of $0.4 million as a liability.

Of the total restructuring accrual of $11.8 million, $10.8 million was accounted for as part of the cost of the acquired business and was not recorded as a period expense, and the remaining $1.0 million was included within the aforementioned fiscal year 2007 pre-tax charge of $3.2 million, which can be found in the line item “Restructuring and other charges” on the Company’s statement of operations for the year ended December 30, 2007. A breakdown of the $11.8 million liability recorded for the IS Plan is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Initial
Liability
   Additions
through
Dec. 28, 2008
   Cash paid
through
Dec. 28, 2008
    Accrued at
Dec. 28, 2008
 

Lease termination costs

   $ 7,213    $ 384    $ (4,389 )   $ 3,208 (1)

Employee termination costs

     3,104      1,136      (4,240 )     —    
                              

Total

   $ 10,317    $ 1,520    $ (8,629 )   $ 3,208  
                              
 
  (1) Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses, and other liabilities in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

On February 1, 2006, the Company initiated a plan (2006 Plan) to reorganize the infrastructure in its per diem nursing division to drive higher profitability in the per diem marketplace. As part of the restructuring, 13 per diem branches were closed and approximately 75 branch staff and corporate employees were terminated. As a result, in the first quarter of 2006, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of approximately $3.1 million primarily related to severance costs and contract and lease termination fees. As of December 28, 2008, there was no remaining liability accrued on the Company’s books associated with this restructuring initiative.

5. ACQUISITIONS

In September 2007, the Company acquired certain assets of AMR ProNurse (AMR) for approximately $11.0 million in cash less a working capital adjustment of $0.2 million, of which approximately $0.3 million was held in escrow, with the potential for additional consideration contingent upon AMR achieving certain financial results for fiscal years 2007 through March 2013. The purchase price was allocated as follows: (i) $7.2 million to goodwill (indefinite useful life), (ii) $3.4 million to partnership customer relationships (five-year useful life), (iii) $0.4 million to proprietary software (three-year useful life), (iv) $0.1 million to non-compete agreements (three-year useful life), (v) $17,000 to vendor (subcontractor) agreements (five-year useful life), (vi) $12,000 to trademarks and trade names (indefinite useful life) and (vii) $4,000 to traditional customer relationships (five-year useful life). The difference between the purchase price and the value of the acquired intangible assets relates to the net liabilities assumed in the transaction. The primary reason for the acquisition was to expand the Company’s VMS agreements. The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and, accordingly, the results of operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations beginning September 8, 2007, the date when the Company assumed control of AMR.

In July 2007, the Company acquired all of the interests of InteliStaf for approximately $92.0 million in cash plus a net working capital adjustment of $1.2 million (of which $2.2 million was funded at the acquisition’s close in July 2007 and $1.0 million was returned to the Company in 2008), of which approximately $4.6 million was held in

 

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5. ACQUISITIONS (continued)

 

escrow, with no potential for additional consideration. The purchase price was allocated as follows: (i) $79.9 million to goodwill (indefinite useful life), (ii) $5.6 million to trademarks and trade names (indefinite useful life), (iii) $4.3 million to partnership customer relationships (five-year useful life), (iv) $0.5 million to non-compete agreements (two-year useful life), (v) $0.4 million to traditional customer relationships (five-year useful life) and (vi) $0.1 million to vendor (subcontractor) agreements (five-year useful life). The difference between the purchase price and the value of the acquired intangible assets relates to the net assets acquired in the transaction. The primary reason for the acquisition was to increase the Company’s presence in travel nurse staffing and to expand the number of markets in which its per diem division operates. The acquisition was accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 141 and, accordingly, the results of operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations beginning at the close of business on July 2, 2007, the date when the Company assumed control of InteliStaf. In the beginning of the third quarter of 2008, the Company finalized the purchase accounting for the InteliStaf acquisition, resulting in an increase to goodwill of approximately $1.3 million.

In 2008, the Company paid approximately $1.0 million of additional consideration related to the AMR acquisition based upon the achievement of certain financial results, all of which has been allocated to goodwill on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

In 2007 and 2006, the Company paid approximately $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, of additional consideration based upon the achievement of certain financial results relating to a 2005 acquisition, which amount is included in goodwill on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet.

The following unaudited pro forma financial information reflects the results of operations for the years ended December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, as if the acquisitions described above had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods presented. The pro forma financial information in the schedule below does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that would have occurred had the transactions taken place at the beginning of the periods presented or of future results of operations:

 

     Years Ended  
   December 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006
 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

     

Service revenues

   $ 621,315    $ 640,790  

Income (loss) from operations

     20,558      (8,982 )

Net income (loss)

     1,902      (20,852 )

Basic income (loss) per share

     0.06      (0.69 )

Diluted income (loss) per share

     0.06      (0.69 )

6. IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

In accordance with SFAS No. 142, the Company performs an annual review for impairment during the fourth quarter of its fiscal year by performing a fair value analysis of each reporting unit. On a quarterly basis, the Company reviews its reporting units for impairment indicators. In fiscal years 2008, 2007, and 2006, the Company recorded non-cash goodwill impairment charges aggregating $126.7 million, $2.6 million, and $31.8 million, respectively. Details of the composition of these charges are discussed in the paragraphs below.

During the second quarter of 2008, the Company reassessed its growth rates due in large part to the weak economy. Accordingly, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment test and determined that goodwill was impaired at a number of its reporting units. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $59.8 million to write off the associated goodwill.

 

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6. IMPAIRMENT OF GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)

 

Coinciding with the October 2008 branch closures associated with its per diem branch network realignment, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $5.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2008 to write off the associated goodwill. These amounts are included in the line item “Impairment of goodwill” on the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the year ended December 28, 2008.

The Company completed its annual impairment test during the fourth quarter of fiscal years 2008, 2007 and 2006 using a combination of market multiple, comparable transaction and discounted cash flow methods. Impairment was noted at a number of the Company’s reporting units in fiscal year 2008. Contributing to the impairment charge was the reduction in projected growth rates at a number of its reporting units (compared to prior projections) based on management’s current assessment of the temporary healthcare staffing industry and the significant decrease in the enterprise value of the Company. Impairment was also noted at a number of reporting units in fiscal years 2007 and 2006. Each of the reporting units that recorded an impairment charge as a result of the fourth quarter of 2008 and 2007 impairment testing had positive operating income for the trailing twelve month period preceding the test date; however, their individual discounted cash calculations were impacted by reduced projected operating results in subsequent periods. Contributing to the impairment loss in fiscal year 2006 were the decrease in profitability due to the decline in revenues in travel nurse staffing and allied health professional staffing, as well as reduced current and projected operating results at a number of per diem branches. As a result, in the fourth quarter of each of the fiscal years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $61.1 million, $0.7 million and $28.6 million, respectively.

Coinciding with the branch closures associated with the IS Plan, the Company concluded that the goodwill associated with the four closed pre-acquisition branches was fully impaired. As a result, for the year ended December 30, 2007, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $1.9 million to write-off the associated goodwill.

Coinciding with the branch closures associated with the 2006 Plan, the Company concluded that the goodwill associated with the closed branches was fully impaired. As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $3.2 million to write-off the associated goodwill.

Pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142 and SFAS No. 144, the Company reviews all long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the assets may be impaired. The discounted cash flow models used in its 2008 interim and annual goodwill impairment testings resulted in reduced discounted cash flow projections for its reporting units. As a result, the Company believed an indicator might have been present for possible impairment of the intangible asset, trade names. As such, an analysis of the trade name value was performed using the respective growth rates used in the interim period or annual goodwill discounted cash flow model resulting in non-cash impairment charges of $4.2 million ($3.1 million and $1.1 million in the second and fourth quarters of 2008, respectively) to reduce the $5.6 million carrying value of the intangible asset to the calculated $1.4 million fair value. This amount is included in the line item “Impairment of intangible assets” on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the year ended December 28, 2008.

7. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

As discussed in Note 1, pursuant to the provisions of SFAS No. 142, the Company does not amortize goodwill or intangible assets deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Identifiable intangibles with definite lives are amortized. SFAS No. 142 requires that goodwill be separately disclosed from other intangible assets on the balance sheet and tested for impairment on a periodic basis, or more frequently if certain indicators arise.

Goodwill decreased by $124.4 million, from $184.3 million at December 30, 2007 to $59.9 million at December 28, 2008. This decrease is attributable to the write-offs associated with the Company’s goodwill impairment testing in fiscal year 2008 and the closure of branches related to the Company’s per diem branch network realignment (see Note 6), partially offset by an increase to goodwill as a result of the Company’s finalization of the purchase accounting for the InteliStaf acquisition and the payment of additional consideration related to the AMR acquisition as a result of the achievement of certain financial results (see Note 5).

 

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7. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS (continued)

 

The following reflects the changes to goodwill for the years ended December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007 (in thousands):

 

     Years Ended  
   Dec. 28,
2008
    Dec. 30,
2007
 

Balance at beginning of year

   $ 184,257     $ 99,097  

Consideration related to current year acquisitions

     —         87,106  

Additional consideration related to prior year acquisitions

     2,334       675  

Impairment charges

     (126,675 )     (2,621 )
                

Balance at end of year

   $ 59,916     $ 184,257  
                

As of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, the Company’s intangible assets, other than goodwill, and related accumulated amortization, were as follows (in thousands):

 

     December 28, 2008    December 30, 2007
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Impairment
Charge
    Net
Carrying
Amount
   Gross
Carrying
Amount
   Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount

Intangible assets subject to amortization:

                 

Partnership (VMS) customer relationships (5 years)

   $ 7,700    $ (2,197 )     —       $ 5,503    $ 7,700    $ (657 )   $ 7,043

Proprietary software (3 years)

     408      (181 )     —         227      408      (45 )     363

Non-compete agreements (2 – 7.5 years)

     4,101      (3,669 )     —         432      4,101      (3,091 )     1,010

Contractor database (5 years)

     742      (709 )     —         33      742      (663 )     79

Vendor (subcontractor) relationships (5 years)

     74      (22 )     —         52      74      (7 )     67

Customer relationships (3 – 5 years)

     660      (384 )     —         276      660      (305 )     355
                                                   

Total intangibles subject to amortization

     13,685      (7,162 )     —         6,523      13,685      (4,768 )     8,917

Intangible assets not subject to amortization:

                 

Trademarks, trade names

     5,720      —         4,200       1,520      5,720      —         5,720
                                                   

Total intangible assets

   $ 19,405    $ (7,162 )   $ (4,200 )   $ 8,043    $ 19,405    $ (4,768 )   $ 14,637
                                                   

During 2008, the Company recorded an impairment charge to its intangible asset, trade names, of $4.2 million (see Note 6). During 2007, the Company acquired intangible assets totaling $14.8 million as part of the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions (see Note 5). The Company did not purchase any intangible assets in 2008 or 2006.

The estimated annual amortization expense for intangible assets for the next five fiscal years as of December 28, 2008 is as follows (in thousands):

 

2009

   $ 2,144

2010

     1,811

2011

     1,637

2012

     931

2013

     —  

 

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8. FURNITURE AND EQUIPMENT

Furniture and equipment consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
 

Furniture and equipment

   $ 19,371     $ 19,642  

Internally developed software

     13,821       11,782  

Equipment held under capital leases

     3,096       3,364  

Leasehold improvements

     2,057       1,978  
                

Total

     38,345       36,766  

Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (26,594 )     (26,822 )
                

Furniture and equipment, net

   $ 11,751     $ 9,944  
                

Accumulated amortization on assets held under capital leases was $2.5 million and $3.0 million at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007, respectively.

9. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

 

     December 28,
2008
   December 30,
2007

Insurance related accrued expenses

   $ 18,791    $ 19,564

Accrued subcontractors payable

     7,937      10,652

Accounts payable

     5,129      2,759

Accrued expenses

     4,569      5,647

Accrued restructuring expenses

     1,917      5,153

Other

     2,035      1,927
             

Total

   $ 40,378    $ 45,702
             

 

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10. INCOME TAXES

As of December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company had temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and such amounts measured by the tax laws.

The provision for (benefit from) income taxes is as follows (in thousands):

 

     Years Ended  
   December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006
 

Current income taxes:

       

Federal

   $ —       $ —      $ —    

State

     —         —        206  
                       

Total current income taxes

     —         —        206  

Deferred income taxes

     (8,334 )     3,320      (4,032 )
                       

Provision for (benefit from) income taxes

   $ (8,334 )   $ 3,320    $ (3,826 )
                       

In fiscal 2008, the Company recorded the tax effect from the goodwill impairment charge which caused the deferred tax liability to change to a deferred tax asset, resulting in an $8.3 million tax benefit. At December 30, 2007, the Company had gross deferred tax assets in excess of deferred tax liabilities. The Company has determined that it is more likely than not that the net deferred tax assets will not be fully realized in the near term (deferred tax liabilities not expected to reverse in the net operating loss carryforward period were not considered in reviewing the realizability of the other temporary differences). Accordingly, the Company has a full valuation allowance against such net current and noncurrent deferred tax assets. The Company will not record a tax expense until the goodwill amortization for income tax purposes causes the deferred tax asset to revert back to a deferred tax liability.

The Company adopted the provisions of FIN No. 48 on January 1, 2007. Previously, the Company had accounted for tax contingencies in accordance with SFAS No. 5, Accounting for Contingencies. As required by FIN No. 48, which clarifies SFAS No. 109, the Company recognizes the financial statement benefit of a tax position only after determining that the relevant tax authority would more likely than not sustain the position following an audit. For tax positions meeting the more likely than not threshold, the amount recognized in the consolidated financial statements is the largest benefit that has a greater than 50 percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the relevant tax authority. At the adoption date, the Company applied FIN No. 48 to all tax positions for which the statute of limitations remained open. Upon implementing FIN No. 48, the Company did not recognize any additional liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits. Accordingly, the adoption of FIN No. 48 had no impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits as of January 1, 2007, was $0.5 million, which, if ultimately recognized, will reduce the Company’s annual effective tax rate. The Company has a full valuation allowance against the $0.5 million unrecognized tax benefit. There have been no material changes in unrecognized tax benefits since January 1, 2007.

The Company is subject to income taxes in the United States federal jurisdiction and various state jurisdictions. Tax regulations within each jurisdiction are subject to the interpretation of the related tax laws and regulations and require significant judgment to apply. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal 2005, and with few exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to state and local income tax examinations by tax authorities pursuant to each state’s respective statute of limitations. The Company is not aware of any current examinations by any state taxing authorities that would have a material impact to its consolidated financial statements.

The Company recognizes interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest expense and penalties in operating expenses. No interest or penalties have been accrued for all periods presented.

 

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10. INCOME TAXES (continued)

 

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows (in thousands):

 

     December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
 

Current deferred tax assets:

    

Insurance reserves

   $ 5,919     $ 6,637  

Restructuring expenses

     728       139  

Provision for doubtful accounts

     543       687  

Accrued expenses

     528       442  
                

Total current deferred tax assets

     7,718       7,905  

Current deferred tax liabilities:

    

Other current liabilities

     (499 )     (499 )

Prepaid expenses

     (245 )     (250 )

Valuation allowance

     (6,974 )     (7,156 )
                

Total current deferred tax assets, net

   $ —       $ —    
                

Noncurrent deferred tax assets:

    

Goodwill

   $ 27,325     $ —    

Federal net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards

     16,252       11,833  

State NOL carryforwards

     2,780       2,604  

Restructuring expenses

     735       —    

Intangible assets

     613       2,098  

Accrued expenses

     413       1,125  

Investment in joint venture

     171       177  
                

Total noncurrent deferred tax assets

     48,289       17,837  

Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities:

    

Goodwill

     —         (8,334 )

Furniture and equipment

     (1,317 )     (677 )

Valuation allowance

     (46,972 )     (17,160 )
                

Total noncurrent deferred tax liabilities, net

   $ —       $ (8,334 )
                

As of December 28, 2008, the Company had a Federal net operating loss carryforward of $47.3 million, which expires beginning in 2025, and state net operating loss carryforwards of 78.9 million, the majority of which expire beginning in 2025.

There was no cash received from option exercises for the year ended December 28, 2008. Cash received from option exercise under all share-based payment arrangements for the years ended December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, was approximately $81,000 and $46,000, respectively. Tax benefits of $31,000 and $21,000 will be recorded to equity when the benefit of these deductions are realized for the options exercised in the years ended December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, respectively.

 

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10. INCOME TAXES (continued)

 

The reconciliation of income tax provision (benefit) computed at the U.S. federal statutory rate to income tax provision (benefit) is as follows:

 

     Years Ended  
   December 28,
2008
    December 30,
2007
    December 31,
2006
 

Tax at U.S. statutory rate

   (34.0 )%   34.0 %   (34.0 )%

State taxes, net of federal benefit

   (4.0 )   4.0     (3.6 )

Non-deductible items

   6.6     30.1     0.6  

Valuation allowance

   24.7     86.5     24.0  

Other, net

   —       (7.9 )   0.6  
                  

Effective income tax rate

   (6.7 )%   146.7 %   (12.4 )%
                  

11. LONG-TERM DEBT

The Company had a senior credit facility that provided for a $60.0 million revolving credit facility that was due to expire on January 2, 2007 and a $6.0 million term note (Term Note) that was due on January 2, 2007.

On September 29, 2006, the Company amended the terms of its senior credit facility to extend the maturity date to September 29, 2009 and to reduce the capacity under the revolving credit facility from $60.0 million to $40.0 million. The amendment also favorably modified certain financial covenants while decreasing the applicable margin on the revolving credit facility by 0.5% and reducing the unused line fee by 0.15%. In conjunction with the amendment, on September 29, 2006, the Company repaid the remaining $6.0 million of outstanding borrowings and thereby extinguished the Term Note through borrowings under the revolving credit facility. The Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2006 to write off a portion of the remaining unamortized debt issuance costs.

On July 2, 2007, the Company repaid all amounts outstanding under its senior credit facility and entered into a new senior credit facility (2007 senior credit facility). The new $155.0 million 2007 senior credit facility was comprised of a six-year $30.0 million revolving senior credit facility (Revolver), a six-year $100.0 million senior secured term loan (1st Term Loan) and a seven-year $25.0 million senior secured second term loan (2nd Term Loan). The proceeds of the 2007 senior credit facility were used to finance the purchase price of the InteliStaf and AMR acquisitions, to repay outstanding borrowings under the extinguished senior credit facility, to pay fees and expenses incurred in connection with the InteliStaf acquisition and for general working capital purposes. The Company recorded a non-cash charge of approximately $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2007 to write off the remaining balance of the unamortized debt issuance costs associated with the early extinguishment of the senior credit facility.

Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, the amount that could be borrowed at any given time under the Revolver was based on a leverage covenant and the amount of outstanding letters of credit, which can result in borrowing availability of less than the full capacity of the Revolver. As the Company had more than $14 million in cash on hand at December 28, 2008, it had no borrowings outstanding under the Revolver. As of December 28, 2008, $7.7 million of the Revolver’s $30.0 million capacity was being used to support standby letters of credit (of which $7.1 million related to InteliStaf’s workers compensation policy and $0.6 million related to operating leases), resulting in $22.3 million available for borrowing (of which $3.6 million was immediately available in addition to the unrestricted cash balance of $14.3 million).

 

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The Revolver bore interest at either prime rate or London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus an applicable margin (5.75% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Unused capacity under the Revolver bears interest at 0.50% and is payable quarterly. The 1st Term Loan bore interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (8.48% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. The 2nd Term Loan bore interest at either prime rate or LIBOR plus an applicable margin (8.75% at December 28, 2008) with interest payable quarterly or as LIBOR interest rate contracts expire. Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, the Company was required to hedge at least 50% of the outstanding borrowings of the 1st and 2nd Term Loans. On September 6, 2007, the Company entered into the 2007 Swap Agreement using three month LIBOR rates, whereby it effectively locked in $62.5 million of the debt at a fixed rate of 4.975% plus the applicable margin (see Note 12).

The 2007 senior credit facility was secured by substantially all of the Company’s assets and contained certain covenants that, among other things, limited the payment of dividends, restricted additional indebtedness and obligations, and required the achievement of certain financial covenants. As of December 28, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all required financial covenants.

A summary of long-term debt as of December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007 is as follows (in thousands):

 

     December 28,
2008
   December 30,
2007

Revolver

   $ —      $ 4,435

1st term loan

     91,750      99,750

2nd term loan

     25,000      25,000
             

Total debt

   $ 116,750    $ 129,185
             

On March 12, 2009, the Company entered into the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility (see Note 19 for additional details regarding the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility).

Pursuant to the terms of the 2007 senior credit facility, the Company was required to make annual payments of $1.0 million, in four equal quarterly installments. As noted in Note 19, pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, the Company is required to make quarterly amortization payments of $0.5 million beginning the third quarter of 2009. The quarterly amortization payment will increase by $0.5 million each subsequent year in the third quarter. Additionally, at the end of each fiscal year beginning in 2009, the Company will compute an excess cash flow calculation (as defined within the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility) which could result in the Company being required to prepay an additional amount of outstanding borrowings. Scheduled maturities of long-term debt as of December 28, 2008 (assuming no prepayments are required of excess cash flow) are as follows (in thousands):

 

2009

   $ 11,762

2010

     3,038

2011

     5,064

2012

     7,088

2013

     64,798

Thereafter

     25,000

 

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12. INTEREST RATE SWAP

The Company’s 2007 senior credit facility required that the Company maintain an interest rate protection agreement to manage the impact of interest rate changes on a portion of the Company’s variable rate obligations. Effective September 6, 2007, the Company entered into a 2007 Swap Agreement with a financial institution. The 2007 Swap Agreement involves the receipt of floating interest rate payments based on the U.S. Dollar LIBOR, which is reset quarterly and of fixed interest rate payments of 4.975% over the life of the 2007 Swap Agreement without an exchange of the underlying notional amount, which was set at $62.5 million. The 2007 Swap Agreement is scheduled to mature on September 6, 2010. The fair value of the swap agreement at December 28, 2008 was $3.4 million and was recorded in the line items “Other liabilities” and “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” in the liabilities and stockholders’ equity sections of the consolidated balance sheet. The Company deems the 2007 Swap Agreement as a 100% effective derivative designated as a cash flow hedge (see Note 1).

The Company entered into the 2007 Swap Agreement to reduce the exposure to adverse fluctuations in floating interest rates on the underlying debt obligation and not for trading purposes. Any differences paid or received under the terms of the 2007 Swap Agreement shall be recognized as adjustments to interest expense over the life of the interest rate swap, thereby adjusting the effective interest rate on the underlying debt obligation.

13. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company has a voluntary defined contribution 401(k) profit-sharing plan covering all eligible employees as defined in the plan documents. The plan allows for its participants to defer up to 25% of annual salary up to the adjusted IRS maximum each year. In addition, the plan provides that the Company may match 50% of the participants’ contributions, up to a maximum of 7% of the participants’ salary contributed and provides for a discretionary matching contribution, which would be allocated to each employee based on the employee’s annual pay divided by the total annual pay of all participants eligible to receive such contribution. The Company’s matching contribution was approximately $1.1 million, $0.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

In 2003, the Company established a Deferred Compensation Plan covering senior management who have executive-level decision making responsibilities. The plan allows for its participants to defer up to 100% of annual salary up to the adjusted 401(k) maximum that individuals can defer in the Company’s existing 401(k) plan (see above). In addition, the Company may match 50% of the participant’s contributions, up to a maximum of 7% of the participant’s salary contributed, a match that is consistent with the Company’s existing 401(k) plan. Participants may also contribute 100% of any excess contributions, excess company match and potential earnings from the prior year’s 401(k) discrimination testing refunds. The plan is a nonqualified unfunded deferred compensation plan and all participants’ contributions are held in the Company’s name. In December 2008, the Company decided to dissolve the non-qualified plan (which subsequently occurred in January 2009). As such, at December 28, 2008, the Company recorded the fair value of the trust of $1.7 million in “Other current assets” in the assets section of the consolidated balance sheet and in “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” in the liabilities and stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheet. At December 30, 2007, the Company recorded the fair value of the trust of $2.5 million, with $0.6 million in “Other current assets” and “Accounts payable and accrued expenses”, and $1.9 million in “Other assets” and “Other liabilities” in the respective sections of the consolidated balance sheet. The Company’s matching contribution was $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

 

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14. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Capital Leases

The Company leases equipment under several lease agreements, which are accounted for as capital leases. The assets and liabilities under capital leases are recorded at the lower of the net present value of the minimum lease payments or the fair value of the asset. The assets are amortized over the related lease term.

Future minimum lease payments under capital leases at December 28, 2008 are as follows (in thousands):

 

2009

   $ 295  

2010

     215  

2011

     72  
        

Total future minimum lease payments

     582  

Less amount representing interest

     (43 )

Less amount classified as current

     (267 )
        

Long-term portion, net of current portion and interest payments

   $ 272  
        

Operating Leases

The Company has entered into noncancelable operating lease agreements for the rental of space and equipment. Certain of these leases include options to renew as well as rent escalation clauses. Future minimum lease payments as of December 28, 2008 associated with these agreements are as follows (in thousands):

 

2009

   $ 6,444  

2010

     5,396  

2011

     4,287  

2012

     3,372  

2013

     2,811  

Thereafter

     1,103  
        

Total payments

     23,413  

Less: sublease income

     (740 )
        

Total

   $ 22,673  
        

Total operating lease expense was approximately $6.9 million, $6.0 million and $5.1 million, respectively, for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.

Litigation

The Department of Labor (DOL) is currently conducting a wage and hour review regarding the Company’s payment of certain “on-call” employees who work from their homes after normal business hours and bonus payments made to certain per diem employees. The Company is cooperating fully with the review and believes that all employees were properly paid.

From time to time, the Company is subject to lawsuits and claims that arise out of its operations in the normal course of business. The Company is a plaintiff or a defendant in various litigation matters in the ordinary course of business, some of which involve claims for damages that are substantial in amount. The Company believes that the disposition of any claims that arise out of operations in the normal course of business will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

 

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15. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Stockholders’ Agreement

The Company and certain of its stockholders entered into a stockholders agreement conferring certain rights and restrictions, including among others, restrictions on transfers of shares, rights to acquire shares, and designation of Board of Director seats. This agreement terminated upon the Company’s initial public offering except that the Company’s current principal stockholder continues to have the right under the stockholders’ agreement to propose for nomination two persons to serve on the Company’s Board of Directors.

Stock Options

In 1999, the Company adopted a stock option plan (the 1999 Plan), under which 1.2 million shares of common stock were made available for grant. At December 30, 2007, 0.3 million shares are available for future issuances under the 1999 Plan, however following the adoption of the 2001 Plan (as described below), the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors decided to freeze the issuance of the available options. The 1999 Plan provides for the granting of both “incentive stock options” (as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code) and nonqualified stock options. Each outstanding option under the 1999 Plan is exercisable after the period or periods specified in the respective option agreement, but no option can be exercised after the expiration of ten years and one day from the date of grant.

On November 14, 2001, the Board adopted a new stock option plan (the 2001 Plan). Under the terms of the 2001 Plan, the Company is authorized to grant incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options, make stock awards and provide the opportunity to purchase stock to employees, directors, officers and consultants of the Company. The 2001 Plan provides for the issuance of a maximum of 2.3 million shares of common stock. On June 17, 2003, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2001 Plan which increased the maximum number of shares for issuance by 0.5 million, to 2.8 million. The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors administers the 2001 Plan and is authorized to grant options thereunder to all eligible employees of the Company, including officers and directors of the Company and consultants. The 2001 Plan provides for the granting of both “incentive stock options” (as defined in Section 422A of the Internal Revenue Code) and nonqualified stock options. On December 1, 2005, the Company’s Compensation Committee accelerated the vesting of all unvested stock options awarded to employees under the 2001 Plan (with the exception of three of the Company’s officers, who only had their options that were scheduled to vest in 2006 accelerated). As a result of the acceleration, options to acquire approximately 374,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (representing approximately 18% of the total outstanding options), which otherwise would have vested periodically over the subsequent 48 months, became immediately exercisable. Approximately 50% of the accelerated options would have vested in 2006. Still, no option granted under the 2001 Plan can be exercised after the expiration of ten years and one day from the date of grant.

The Compensation Committee’s decision to accelerate the vesting of these options was in response to the issuance of SFAS No. 123(R). By accelerating the vesting of these options, the Company has minimized the potential compensation expense that will be required to be recognized in future periods under SFAS No. 123(R).

On June 3, 2008, the stockholders of the Company approved an amendment to the 2001 Plan which increased the maximum number of shares for issuance by 0.5 million, to 3.3 million. There are currently 1.2 million shares available for issuance under the 2001 Plan.

 

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15. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (continued)

A summary of the Company’s stock option activity and related information is as follows:

 

     Shares     Weighted Average
Exercise Price

Outstanding at December 25, 2005

   2,062,332     $ 6.80

Granted

   7,500     $ 6.00

Exercised

   (20,846 )   $ 2.39

Forfeited

   (256,130 )   $ 7.39
        

Outstanding at December 31, 2006

   1,792,856     $ 6.75

Granted

   458,750     $ 5.91

Exercised

   (28,559 )   $ 2.82

Forfeited

   (72,381 )   $ 9.80
        

Outstanding at December 30, 2007

   2,150,666     $ 6.52

Granted

   —         —  

Exercised

   —         —  

Forfeited

   (133,171 )   $ 6.41
        

Outstanding at December 28, 2008

   2,017,495     $ 6.53
        

Exercisable at end of year

   1,732,184     $ 6.63
        

No options were granted during the 2008 fiscal year.

Information about options outstanding as of December 28, 2008 is as follows:

 

Range of Exercise Prices

   Options Outstanding    Options Exercisable
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life (Years)
   Shares    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Shares    Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

$1.95 to $2.20

   1.9    45,086    $ 2.18    45,086    $ 2.18

$5.89 to $6.06

   4.4    1,686,467    $ 6.02    1,401,156    $ 6.04

$7.00 to $10.00

   5.7    204,442    $ 7.66    204,442    $ 7.66

$14.00 to $21.00

   3.7    81,500    $ 16.66    81,500    $ 16.66
                  

$1.95 to $21.00

   4.4    2,017,495    $ 6.53    1,732,184    $ 6.63
                  

 

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16. NET LOSS PER SHARE

For the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, approximately 2.0 million, 1.9 million and 1.8 million incremental options, respectively, were excluded in the calculation of diluted shares as the impact of their conversion was anti-dilutive due to the net loss. The Company’s basic and diluted shares for the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was as follows (in thousands):

 

Fiscal Year Ended:

   Basic/Diluted Shares

December 28, 2008

   30,314

December 30, 2007

   30,263

December 31, 2006

   30,249

17. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company provides staffing services to a healthcare system of which one of the Company’s directors, Philip A. Incarnati, is the President and Chief Executive Officer. During the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company billed approximately $3.0 million, $2.8 million and $3.0 million, respectively, for its services. The Company had a receivable balance from the healthcare system of approximately $0.4 million and $0.3 million, respectively, at December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007.

The Company provides staffing services to a healthcare services company of which one of the Company’s directors, David Wester, is the President. During the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company billed approximately $0.2 million, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively for its services and had a receivable balance from the healthcare system of less than $0.1 million at both December 28, 2008 and December 30, 2007.

The Company paid approximately $0.1 million, during each of the years ended December 28, 2008, December 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, to Florida Atlantic University (FAU) in connection with a continuing education program for the Company’s nurses. One of the Company’s directors, Dr. Anne Boykin, is the Dean of the College of Nursing at FAU, located in Boca Raton, Florida.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (continued)

 

18. UNAUDITED QUARTERLY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following table presents a summary of the Company’s unaudited quarterly operating results for each of the four quarters in 2008 and 2007. This information was derived from unaudited interim financial statements that have been prepared on a basis consistent with the consolidated financial statements and include all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of such information when read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and accompanying notes. The operating results for any quarter are not necessarily indicative of results for any future period.

 

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

   Dec. 28,
2008(1)
    Sept. 28,
2008
   June 29,
2008(2)
    Mar. 30,
2008(3)
   Dec. 30,
2007(4)
    Sept. 30,
2007(5)(6)
    July 1,
2007
   Apr. 1,
2007
 

Service revenues

   $ 113,726     $ 135,836    $ 143,029     $ 145,223    $ 143,178     $ 154,690     $ 93,953    $ 90,518  

Gross profit

     29,090       34,311      35,668       35,056      35,215       37,019       23,030      21,035  

Net income (loss)

     (67,472 )     2,527      (52,726 )     776      (963 )     (1,744 )     1,719      (69 )

Basic net income (loss) per share

     (2.23 )     0.08      (1.74 )     0.03      (0.03 )     (0.06 )     0.06      —    

Diluted net income (loss) per share

     (2.23 )     0.08      (1.74 )     0.03      (0.03 )     (0.06 )     0.06      —    

 

(1) In the quarter ended December 28, 2008, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $1.2 million related to severance costs and lease termination fees for the October 2008 per diem branch network realignment, a non-cash charge of $5.8 million related to the write-off of goodwill for the branches closed in the October 2008 realignment, a non-cash charge of $61.1 million related to the annual review for impairment of goodwill, and a non-cash charge of $1.1 million related to the impairment of the intangible asset, trade names.
(2) In the quarter ended June 29, 2008, the Company recorded a non-cash charge of $59.8 million related to an interim test for impairment of goodwill, a $3.1 million non-cash charge related to the impairment of the intangible asset, trade names, and a $0.2 million pre-tax charge related to severance costs.
(3) In the quarter ended March 30, 2008, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.3 million of duplicative costs associated with the termination of an outsourcing initiative.
(4) In the quarter ended December 30, 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $0.2 million related to integration expenses of the InteliStaf acquisition and a non-cash charge of $0.7 million related to the annual review for impairment of goodwill.
(5) Includes results of operations of InteliStaf and AMR from July 3, 2007 and September 8, 2007, respectively, the dates the Company assumed control of the acquired companies.
(6) In the quarter ended September 30, 2007, the Company recorded a pre-tax charge of $3.0 million related to employee severance costs, integration expenses and lease termination costs of the InteliStaf acquisition and a non-cash charge of $1.9 million related to the write-off of goodwill for four of the branches closed in a restructuring initiative.

 

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19. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

On March 12, 2009, the Company entered into the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility. Under the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, the Company now has: (i) an $18.0 million revolving senior credit facility, (ii) an $81.0 million senior secured term loan, and (iii) a $25.0 million senior secured second term loan. The primary changes made in the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility compared to the Company’s 2007 senior credit facility are as follows: (i) the Company repaid $10.5 million of outstanding borrowings under the 1st Term Loan, (ii) the Company amended certain financial covenants, (iii) the Company added a new financial covenant (minimum EBITDA, as defined in the agreements), (iv) the Company changed the quarterly amortization, such that effective the third quarter of 2009 the Company will be required to pay 2.5% of the remaining $81.0 million outstanding under the 1st Term Loan (after the payment noted above) for four quarters with the amount increasing by 2.5% for the subsequent four quarters, etc., (v) the Company agreed to incorporate a LIBOR floor of 2.5% for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans, (vi) the Company agreed to an increase in the applicable margin for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans, (vii) the Company agreed to the incorporation of an annual 2.0% interest charge for both the 1st and 2nd Term Loans that accrues quarterly and is payable upon the maturity of the respective loans, and (viii) the Company agreed to a reduction in the size of the Revolver to $18.0 million. As a result of entering into the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, the Company expects to record a loss from the early extinguishment of debt in the first quarter of 2009 of approximately $1.8 million. There was no change to the maturity dates for the 1st Term Loan, Revolver or 2nd Term Loan and all of these loans continue to be secured by a lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets. In connection with the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Facility, the Company expects to record debt issuance costs of approximately $3.0 million in the first quarter of 2009 and will amortize these costs over the remaining useful lives of the respective loans.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Board of Directors and Stockholders

Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries

We have audited the consolidated financial statements of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries as of December 28, 2008, and December 30, 2007, and for each of the three years in the period ended December 28, 2008, and have issued our report thereon dated March 12, 2009 (included elsewhere in this Form 10-K). Our audits also included the financial statement schedule listed in Item 15(a) 2 of this Form 10-K. This schedule is the responsibility of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits.

In our opinion, the financial statement schedule referred to above, when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 12, 2009

 

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SCHEDULE II – VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

 

(in thousands)

Description

   Balance at
Beginning
of Period
   Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
   Amounts
Relating to
Acquisitions
   Writeoffs
And
Adjustments
    Balance at
End

of Period

Allowance for doubtful accounts:

             

Year ended December 31, 2006

   $ 772    $ 661    $ —      $ (288 )   $ 1,145
                                   

Year ended December 30, 2007

   $ 1,145    $ 642    $ 1,416    $ (1,393 )   $ 1,810
                                   

Year ended December 28, 2008

   $ 1,810    $ 813    $ —      $ (1,244 )   $ 1,379
                                   

(in thousands)

Description

   Balance at
Beginning
of Period
   Charged to
Costs and
Expenses
   Amounts
Relating to
Acquisitions
   Writeoffs
And
Adjustments
    Balance at
End

of Period

Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets:

             

Year ended December 30, 2007

   $ 7,387    $ 3,320    $ 13,609    $ —       $ 24,316
                                   

Year ended December 28, 2008

   $ 24,316    $ 29,630    $ —      $ —       $ 53,946
                                   

 

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EX-10.34 2 dex1034.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.34

$99,000,000

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 12, 2009

among

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC., AS BORROWER

MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC AND

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.

AS CERTAIN OF THE GUARANTORS

THE LENDERS AND L/C ISSUERS PARTY HERETO

and

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT

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GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,

AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOKRUNNER

and

FIRSTLIGHT FINANCIAL CORPORATION,

AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC.


ARTICLE I       DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

   1

Section 1.1

   Defined Terms    1

Section 1.2

   UCC Terms    28

Section 1.3

   Accounting Terms and Principles    28

Section 1.4

   Payments    28

Section 1.5

   Interpretation    28

ARTICLE II       THE FACILITIES

   29

Section 2.1

   The Commitments    29

Section 2.2

   Borrowing Procedures    30

Section 2.3

   Swing Loans    31

Section 2.4

   Letters of Credit    32

Section 2.5

   Reduction and Termination of the Commitments    35

Section 2.6

   Repayment of Loans    35

Section 2.7

   Optional Prepayments    36

Section 2.8

   Mandatory Prepayments    36

Section 2.9

   Interest    37

Section 2.10

   Conversion and Continuation Options    41

Section 2.11

   Fees    41

Section 2.12

   Application of Payments    42

Section 2.13

   Payments and Computations    43

Section 2.14

   Evidence of Debt    44

Section 2.15

   Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option    46

Section 2.16

   Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements    47

Section 2.17

   Taxes    48

Section 2.18

   Substitution of Lenders    50

ARTICLE III       CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

   51

Section 3.1

   Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness    51

Section 3.2

   Conditions Precedent to Each Loan and Letter of Credit    54

Section 3.3

   Determinations of Initial Borrowing Conditions    54

Section 3.4

   Post-Closing Obligations    54

ARTICLE IV       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   55

Section 4.1

   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law    55

Section 4.2

   Loan and Related Documents    55

Section 4.3

   Ownership of Group Members    56


Section 4.4

   Financial Statements    56

Section 4.5

   Material Adverse Effect    57

Section 4.6

   Solvency    57

Section 4.7

   Litigation    57

Section 4.8

   Taxes    57

Section 4.9

   Margin Regulations    58

Section 4.10

   No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults    58

Section 4.11

   Investment Company Act    58

Section 4.12

   Labor Matters    58

Section 4.13

   ERISA    59

Section 4.14

   Environmental Matters    59

Section 4.15

   Intellectual Property    59

Section 4.16

   Title; Real Property    60

Section 4.17

   Full Disclosure    60

Section 4.18

   Patriot Act    61

ARTICLE V       FINANCIAL COVENANTS

   61

Section 5.1

   Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio    61

Section 5.2

   Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio    62

Section 5.3

   Capital Expenditures    62

Section 5.4

   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA    63

ARTICLE VI      REPORTING COVENANTS

   63

Section 6.1

   Financial Statements    63

Section 6.2

   Other Events    65

Section 6.3

   Copies of Notices and Reports    65

Section 6.4

   Taxes    66

Section 6.5

   Labor Matters    66

Section 6.6

   ERISA Matters    66

Section 6.7

   Environmental Matters    66

Section 6.8

   Other Information    67

Section 6.9

   Confidential Health Information    67

Section 6.10

   Bank Meetings    67

ARTICLE VII       AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

   68

Section 7.1

   Maintenance of Corporate Existence    68

Section 7.2

   Compliance with Laws, Etc.    68


Section 7.3

   Payment of Obligations    68

Section 7.4

   Maintenance of Property    68

Section 7.5

   Maintenance of Insurance    68

Section 7.6

   Keeping of Books    68

Section 7.7

   Access to Books and Property    69

Section 7.8

   Environmental    69

Section 7.9

   Use of Proceeds    69

Section 7.10

   Additional Collateral and Guaranties    70

Section 7.11

   Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral Accounts    71

Section 7.12

   Interest Rate Contracts    71

ARTICLE VIII       NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   72

Section 8.1

   Indebtedness    72

Section 8.2

   Liens    73

Section 8.3

   Investments    73

Section 8.4

   Asset Sales    74

Section 8.5

   Restricted Payments    75

Section 8.6

   Prepayment of Indebtedness    76

Section 8.7

   Fundamental Changes    76

Section 8.8

   Change in Nature of Business    76

Section 8.9

   Transactions with Affiliates    77

Section 8.10

   Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted Payments    77

Section 8.11

   Modification of Certain Documents    77

Section 8.12

   Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year    78

Section 8.13

   Margin Regulations    78

Section 8.14

   Compliance with ERISA    78

Section 8.15

   Hazardous Materials    78

ARTICLE IX       EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   79

Section 9.1

   Definition    79

Section 9.2

   Remedies    80

Section 9.3

   Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit    81

ARTICLE X       THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

   81

Section 10.1

   Appointment and Duties    81


Section 10.2

   Binding Effect    82

Section 10.3

   Use of Discretion    82

Section 10.4

   Delegation of Rights and Duties    83

Section 10.5

   Reliance and Liability    83

Section 10.6

   Administrative Agent Individually    84

Section 10.7

   Lender Credit Decision    84

Section 10.8

   Expenses; Indemnities    85

Section 10.9

   Resignation of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer    85

Section 10.10

   Release of Collateral or Guarantors    86

Section 10.11

   Additional Secured Parties    87

ARTICLE XI       MISCELLANEOUS

   87

Section 11.1

   Amendments, Waivers, Etc.    87

Section 11.2

   Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect    89

Section 11.3

   [Reserved.]    91

Section 11.4

   Costs and Expenses    91

Section 11.5

   Indemnities    92

Section 11.6

   Survival    93

Section 11.7

   Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages    93

Section 11.8

   Lender-Creditor Relationship    93

Section 11.9

   Right of Setoff    94

Section 11.10

   Sharing of Payments, Etc.    94

Section 11.11

   Marshaling; Payments Set Aside    94

Section 11.12

   Notices    95

Section 11.13

   Electronic Transmissions    95

Section 11.14

   Governing Law    96

Section 11.15

   Jurisdiction    97

Section 11.16

   Waiver of Jury Trial    97

Section 11.17

   Severability    97

Section 11.18

   Execution in Counterparts    98

Section 11.19

   Entire Agreement    98

Section 11.20

   Use of Name    98

Section 11.21

   Non-Public Information; Confidentiality    98

Section 11.22

   Patriot Act Notice    99


Section 11.23

   Consent to Amendment and Restatement of Second Lien Credit Agreement    99

Section 11.24

   Amendment and Restatement    99


Exhibits:

  

Exhibit A

   Form of Assignment

Exhibit B

   Form of Note

Exhibit C

   Form of Notice of Borrowing

Exhibit D

   Form of Swing Loan Request

Exhibit E

   Form of Letter of Credit Request

Exhibit F

   Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation

Exhibit G

   Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit H

   Form of Guaranty and Security Agreement

Exhibit 2.9(b)(iv)

   Form of Revolving Loan PIK Note

Exhibit 2.9(b)(v)

   Form of Term Loan PIK Note

Schedules:

  

Schedule 4.2

   Permits

Schedule 4.3

   Ownership of Borrower and Subsidiaries

Schedule 4.5

   Material Adverse Effect

Schedule 4.7

   Litigation

Schedule 4.8

   Taxes

Schedule 4.12

   Labor Matters

Schedule 4.13

   List of Plans

Schedule 4.14

   Environmental Matters

Schedule 4.16

   Real Property

Schedule 5.4

   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA

Schedule 8.1

   Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 8.2

   Existing Liens

Schedule 8.3

   Existing Investments


AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (THIS “AGREEMENT”) IS MADE AS OF THIS 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2009 BY AND AMONG MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE “BORROWER”), MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (“MSH”), AND MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (“MSNH”, EACH A “HOLDINGS ENTITY” AND COLLECTIVELY, “HOLDINGS”), THE LENDERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), THE L/C ISSUERS (AS DEFINED BELOW), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE CAPITAL”), AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE LENDERS AND THE L/C ISSUERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, AND TOGETHER WITH ITS SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS, THE “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”) AND FIRSTLIGHT FINANCIAL CORPORATION, AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, Lenders, L/C Issuers and Administrative Agent are all parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 2, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders consent to certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement, as more fully set forth in this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement; and

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Acquired Company” means InteliStaf Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 11, 2007 by and among Borrower, MSNH, the Merger Sub, the Acquired Company and TC Group, L.L.C.

Additional PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(viii).

Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each officer, director, general partner or joint-venturer of such Person and any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that no Secured Party shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For purpose of this definition, “control” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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Agreement” means the Existing Credit Agreement, as amended and restated by this Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

Applicable Margin” means (i) with respect to Term Loans, PIK Loans, Swing Loans and Revolving Loans a percentage equal to 6.00% for Loans constituting Eurodollar Rate Loans and 5.00% for Loans constituting Base Rate Loans, and (ii) with respect to the Unused Commitment Fee a percentage equal to 0.50%.

Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages such Lender.

Assignment” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender, as assignor, and any Person, as assignee, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 11.2 (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.2), in substantially the form of Exhibit A, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Assignment of Representations” means that certain Assignment of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, executed by the Borrower, MSNH and Merger Sub in favor of the Administrative Agent, and consented to by the Acquired Company, in connection with the Acquisition Agreement.

Base Rate” means, at any time, a rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the latest “US Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (b) the sum of 3.00% per annum and the Federal Funds Rate, (c) the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months as it appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such day, plus (y) 1.00% and (d) 3.50%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months, shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change.

Base Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether governed by the laws of the United States or otherwise) to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

 

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Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Loans (other than Swing Loans and Loans deemed made pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.4) made in one Facility on the same day by the Lenders according to their respective Commitments under such Facility.

Business Day” means any day of the year that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York City and, when determined in connection with notices and determinations in respect of any Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Rate Loan or any funding, conversion, continuation, Interest Period or payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.

Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures, including, without limitation, capitalized software costs, whether or not made through the incurrence of Indebtedness, by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period for the acquisition, leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease), construction, replacement, repair, substitution or improvement of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment, in each case required to be capitalized under GAAP on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person, excluding interest capitalized during construction.

Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease, any lease entered into as part of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person or any synthetic lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be, if such synthetic lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Collateral Account” means a deposit account or securities account in the name of the Borrower and under the sole control (as defined in the applicable UCC) of the Administrative Agent and (a) in the case of a deposit account, from which the Borrower may not make withdrawals except as permitted by the Administrative Agent and (b) in the case of a securities account, with respect to which the Administrative Agent shall be the entitlement holder and the only Person authorized to give entitlement orders with respect thereto.

Cash Equivalents” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under

 

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the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000 and (e) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of investments referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States; provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall not exceed 365 days.

CERCLA” means the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.).

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than the Permitted Investor shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 40% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital Stock of Borrower having the right to vote for the election of directors of Borrower under ordinary circumstances, or (b) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of Borrower and/or Holdings (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of Borrower and/or Holdings or whose nomination for election by the Stockholders of Borrower and/or Holdings was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nominations for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office or (c) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall cease to own and control, legally and beneficially, all of the economic and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Voting Stock of all classes of Voting Stock of each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower or such other Loan Party or (d) a “Change of Control” or any term of similar effect, as defined in the Second Lien Loan Documents or in any other document governing Indebtedness of any Group Member shall occur.

Closing Date” means March 12, 2009, such being the date upon which the conditions precedent in Article III hereof have been satisfied.

Closing Date Projections” means those financial projections, dated February 25, 2009, covering the Fiscal Years ending in 2009 through 2013 and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower prior to the date hereof.

Closing Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11(d).

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Collateral” means all property and interests in property and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any Loan Document.

 

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Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loan Commitment.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, the accounts of such Person and its Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period less the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and without duplication, (a) the amortized amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs, (b) charges relating to write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value of existing Consolidated Total Debt, (c) interest payable in evidences of Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related Indebtedness, (d) any PIK Interest and (e) other non-cash interest.

Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the total Consolidated current assets of such Person at such date other than cash, Cash Equivalents and any Indebtedness owing to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries by Affiliates of such Person.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person at any date, all liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries at such date that should be classified as current liabilities on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that “Consolidated Current Liabilities” shall exclude the principal amount of the Loans then outstanding.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period (excluding the effect of any (i) intercompany items, (ii) all earnings attributable to equity interests in Persons that are not Subsidiaries unless actually received by such Person, (iii) all income arising from the forgiveness, adjustment or negotiated settlement of any Indebtedness, (iv) without duplication, any extraordinary items of income and (v) any increase or decrease in income arising from any change in such Person’s method of accounting, subject to Section 1.3) plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent deducted in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income but without duplication, (i) any provision for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization of debt discount and commissions and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness, (iii) any loss from extraordinary items, (iv) any depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, (v) any aggregate net loss on the Sale of property (other than accounts (as defined under the applicable UCC) and inventory) outside the ordinary course of business, (vi) any other non-cash expenditure, charge or loss for such period (other than any non-cash expenditure, charge or loss relating to write-offs, write-downs or reserves with respect to accounts and inventory), including the amount of any compensation deduction as the result of any grant of Stock or Stock Equivalents to employees, officers, directors or consultants, (vii) any fees, costs and expenses paid pursuant to Section 11.4 provided such addback shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date, (viii) any fees, costs and expenses paid pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and (ix) certain one-time cash restructuring expenses (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000 during the term hereof beginning on the Closing Date through the Scheduled Maturity Date) minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) any credit for United States federal income taxes or

 

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other taxes measured by net income, (ii) any interest income, (iii) any gain from extraordinary items and any other non-recurring gain, (iv) any aggregate net gain from the Sale of property (other than accounts (as defined in the applicable UCC) and inventory) out of the ordinary course of business by such Person, (v) any other non-cash gain, including any reversal of a charge referred to in clause (b)(vi) above by reason of a decrease in the value of any Stock or Stock Equivalent, and (vi) any other cash payment in respect of expenditures, charges and losses that have been added to Consolidated EBITDA of such Person pursuant to clause (b)(vi) above in any prior period.

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period minus Capital Expenditures of such Person for such period minus the total liability for United States federal income taxes and other taxes measured by net income actually payable by such Person in respect of such period to (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such period.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, determined on a Consolidated basis, of (a) the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt of such Person and its Subsidiaries having a scheduled due date during such period and (c) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement; provided that, for all fiscal periods ending on or before March 31, 2010, Consolidated Fixed Charges pursuant to subsection (b) hereof for such twelve Fiscal Month period shall be deemed to be $2,025,000.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated total interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period and including, in any event, (i) interest capitalized during such period and net costs under Interest Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) all fees, charges, commissions, discounts and other similar obligations (other than reimbursement obligations) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds (whether or not matured) payable by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period minus (b) Consolidated net gains of such Person and its Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Contracts for such period.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of such Person outstanding as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Person for the last period of twelve consecutive Fiscal Months ending on or before such date.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that the following shall be excluded: (a) the net income of any other Person in which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be Consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary, (b) the net income of any Subsidiary of such Person that is, on the last day of such period, subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions, to the extent of such restriction or limitation and (c) the net income of any other Person arising prior to such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or merging or consolidating into such Person or its Subsidiaries.

 

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Consolidated Total Assets” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the total Consolidated assets of such Person as of such date.

Consolidated Total Debt” of any Person means all Indebtedness of a type described in clause (a), (b), (c)(i), (d) or (f) of the definition thereof and, without duplication, all Guaranty Obligations with respect to any such Indebtedness.

Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, collectively and, in each case, together with any modification of any term thereof, (a) the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation of such Person, (b) the bylaws, operating agreement or joint venture agreement of such Person, (c) any other constitutive, organizational or governing document of such Person, whether or not equivalent, and (d) any other document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any Stock of such Person.

Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by such Person or of any agreement or undertaking (other than a Loan Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its property is subject.

Control Agreement” means, with respect to any deposit account, any securities account, commodity account, securities entitlement or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Administrative Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or contract is carried and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Administrative Agent.

Controlled Deposit Account” means each deposit account (including all funds on deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a financial institution approved by the Administrative Agent.

Controlled Securities Account” means each securities account or commodity account (including all financial assets held therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such financial assets) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary approved by the Administrative Agent.

Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all mask work, database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

Corporate Chart” means a document in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and setting forth, as of a date set forth therein, for each Person that is a Loan Party, that is subject to Section 7.10 or that is a Subsidiary or joint venture of any of them, (a) the full legal name of such Person, (b) the jurisdiction of organization and any organizational number and tax identification number of such Person, (c) the location of such Person’s chief executive office (or, if applicable, sole place of business) and (d) the

 

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number of shares of each class of Stock of such Person (other than Holdings) authorized, the number outstanding and the number and percentage of such outstanding shares for each such class owned, directly or indirectly, by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any of them.

Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following:

(a) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above for amounts that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens (i) of a collection bank on items in the course of collection arising under Section 4-208 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York or any similar section under any applicable UCC or any similar Requirement of Law of any foreign jurisdiction, or (ii) arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(c) pledges or cash deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA), (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases (other than Capital Leases), sales or other trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or (iii) made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation);

(d) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(e) and pledges or cash deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, judgment or appeal bonds in respect of such judgments and proceedings;

(e) Liens (i) arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, restrictions, covenants, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor defects or irregularities in title (including leasehold title) and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property or (ii) consisting of leases, licenses or subleases granted by a lessor, licensor or sublessor on its property (in each case other than Capital Leases) otherwise permitted under Section 8.4 that, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above, do not, in the aggregate, materially (x) impair the value or marketability of such real property or (y) interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;

(f) Liens of landlords or lessors and mortgagees of landlords or lessors (i) arising by statute or under any lease or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord, (iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and (iv) to the extent such amounts are contested, for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and

 

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(g) the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property leased or subleased (other than through a Capital Lease), in each case extending only to such personal property.

Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

Disclosure Documents” means, collectively, (a) all confidential information memoranda and related materials prepared in connection with the syndication of the Facilities and (b) all other documents filed by any Group Member with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Person” means any “United States person” under and as defined in Section 770l(a)(30) of the Code.

E-Fax” means any system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.

Electronic Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file, information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.

Environmental Laws” means all Requirements of Law and Permits imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources, including CERCLA, the SWDA, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), all regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing, all analogous Requirements of Law and Permits and any environmental transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 13:1K-6 et seq.).

Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including costs of Remedial Actions, natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Group Member as a result of, or related to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental, health or safety condition or with any Release and resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property by any Group Member, whether on, prior or after the date hereof.

 

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ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Group Member, and any Person under common control, or treated as a single employer, with any Group Member, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

ERISA Event” means any of the following: (a) a reportable event described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (or, unless the 30-day notice requirement has been duly waived under the applicable regulations, Section 4043(c) of ERISA) with respect to a Title IV Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan, (d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the filing of a notice of reorganization, insolvency or termination (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041A of ERISA, (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041 of ERISA, (f) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (g) the failure to make any required contribution to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, (h) the imposition of a lien under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA on any property (or rights to property, whether real or personal) of any ERISA Affiliate, (i) the failure of a Benefit Plan or any trust thereunder intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law to qualify thereunder and (j) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of any liability upon any ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent.

E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Electronic Transmission.

E-System” means any electronic system, including Intralinks® and ClearPar® and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the higher of (i) 2.50% and (ii) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate for deposits in Dollars for the applicable Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second full Business Day next preceding the first day of each Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page at such time, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying the offered rate for deposit in Dollars in the London interbank market as may be selected by the Administrative Agent and, in the absence of availability, such other method to determine such offered rate as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

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Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest rate per annum determined as the ratio of (a) the Eurodollar Base Rate with respect to such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan to (b) the difference between the number one and the Eurodollar Reserve Requirements with respect to such Interest Period and for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.

Eurodollar Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Reserve Requirements” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to the aggregate, without duplication, of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal number) of reserve requirements in effect 2 Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board) maintained by a member bank of the United States Federal Reserve System.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

Excess Cash Flow” means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for such period, minus (b) without duplication, (i) any cash principal payment on the Loans during such period (but only, in the case of payment in respect of Revolving Loans, to the extent that the Revolving Credit Commitments are permanently reduced by the amount of such payment) other than any mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.8(a) because of the existence of Excess Cash Flow, (ii) any scheduled or other mandatory cash principal payment made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period on any Capitalized Lease Obligation or other Indebtedness (but only, if such Indebtedness may be reborrowed, to the extent such payment results in a permanent reduction in commitments thereof), (iii) any Capital Expenditure made by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent permitted by this Agreement, excluding any such Capital Expenditure to the extent financed through the incurrence of Capitalized Lease Obligations or any long-term Indebtedness other than the Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (v) any cash losses from extraordinary items, (vi) any cash payment made during such period to satisfy obligations for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (vii) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during any Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not deducted in the computation of EBITDA or Consolidated Interest Expense during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (viii) dividends or distributions or purchases of equity interests made during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent permitted hereunder and (ix) any increase in the Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured as the excess of such Working Capital at the end of such period over such Working Capital at the beginning of such period) and plus (c) without duplication, any decrease in the Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured as the excess of such Working Capital at the beginning of such period over such Working Capital at the end thereof).

Excess Cash Flow Period” means (i) for 2009, the three consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending December 31, 2009, and (ii) for each year thereafter, each Fiscal Year of the Borrower. There is no Excess Cash Flow Period for 2008.

 

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Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Person and in respect of which any of (a) the pledge of all of the Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral for any Obligation of the Borrower, (b) the grant by such Subsidiary of a Lien on any of its property as Collateral for any Obligation of the Borrower or (c) such Subsidiary incurring Guaranty Obligations with respect to any Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Domestic Person would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may agree that, despite the foregoing, any such Subsidiary shall not be an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” and (y) no such Subsidiary shall be an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” if, with substantially similar tax consequences, such Subsidiary has entered into any Guaranty Obligations with respect to, such Subsidiary has granted a security interest in any of its property to secure, or more than 66% of the Voting Stock of such Subsidiary was pledged to secure, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Loan Party.

Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

Facilities” means (a) the Term Loan Facility and (b) the Revolving Credit Facility.

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System and any successor thereto.

Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent and accepted by the Borrower, with respect to certain fees to be paid from time to time to the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons.

Financial Statement” means each financial statement delivered pursuant to Section 4.4 or 6.1.

Fiscal Month” means each fiscal month period ending on or about January 31, February 28/29, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30 or December 31.

Fiscal Quarter” means each 3 Fiscal Month period ending on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.

Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period ending on or about December 31.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. Subject to Section 1.3, all references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the Financial Statements described in Section 4.4(a).

 

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Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, or supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank).

Group Members” means, collectively, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and Holdings.

Group Members’ Accountants” means Ernst & Young or other nationally-recognized independent registered certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Guarantor” means Holdings, each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and each other Person that enters into any Guaranty Obligation with respect to any Obligation of any Loan Party.

Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit H, among the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and other Guarantors from time to time party thereto.

Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such liability, or the economic effect thereof, is to guarantee such primary obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of such primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with respect to such primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support of any primary obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent or otherwise, to receive a Lien, on the property of such Person securing any part of any primary obligation and (d) any liability of such Person for a primary obligation through any Contractual Obligation (contingent or otherwise) or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet item, level of income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary obligor to satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary obligation against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other

 

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manner invest in, such primary obligor (including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered); provided, however, that “Guaranty Obligations” shall not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and (y) product warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the primary obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under such Guaranty Obligation.

Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including petroleum or any fraction thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances.

Hedging Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other derivative instrument and any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable.

HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended from time to time, and any rules or regulation promulgated from time to time thereunder.

Holdings” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

Holdings Entity” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether or not matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement and all obligations with respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations, whether or not contingent, to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its own Stock or Stock Equivalents (or any Stock or Stock Equivalent of a direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the Scheduled Maturity Date, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred Stock, the greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the involuntary liquidation preference of such Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Hedging Agreement, to the extent that a termination (including an early termination) has occurred and (i) all Guaranty Obligations for obligations of any other Person constituting Indebtedness of such other Person; provided, however, that the items in each of clauses (a) through (i) above shall constitute “Indebtedness” of such Person solely to the extent, directly or indirectly, (x) such Person is liable for any part of any such item, (y) any such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s property or (z) any other Person has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to become liable for any part of any such item or to grant such a Lien.

 

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Indemnified Matter” has the meaning specified in Section 11.5.

Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.5.

Initial Closing Date” means July 2, 2007.

Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.

Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the Second Lien Agent and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or, if such loan is continued, on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period therefor and, in each case, ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter or, to the extent available to all applicable Lenders, ending 9 or 12 months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower pursuant hereto; provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to extend such Interest Period into another such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (c) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, ending after the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date and (ii) in the case of Term Loans, ending after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (d) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period (i) in respect of Term Loans, having an aggregate principal amount of less than $5,000,000 and (ii) in respect of Revolving Loans, having an aggregate principal amount of less than $500,000 and (e) there shall be outstanding at any one time no more than 10 Interest Periods.

Interest Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.

Internet Domain Names” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to own, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, any investment in, including any interest in, any Security of any other Person (other than any evidence of any Obligation), (b) to purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, all or a

 

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significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain liable under, any Guaranty Obligation for Indebtedness of any other Person, to assume the Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case directly or indirectly, any deposit, loan, advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other extension of credit (including by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the ordinary course of business, the payment of the purchase price for Sales of property or services to any other Person, to the extent such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other Person), excluding deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, deposits made in connection with the purchase of equipment or other assets and similar items created in the ordinary course of business or (d) to make, directly or indirectly, any contribution to the capital of any other Person.

IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any other Intellectual Property, as applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to sue or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.

IP License” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights), whether written or oral, granting any right title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual Property.

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States and any successor thereto.

Issue” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, to issue, extend the expiration date of, renew (including by failure to object to any automatic renewal on the last day such objection is permitted), increase the face amount of, or reduce or eliminate any scheduled decrease in the face amount of, such Letter of Credit, or to cause any Person to do any of the foregoing. The terms “Issued” and “Issuance” have correlative meanings.

L/C Cash Collateral Account” means any Cash Collateral Account (a) specifically designated as such by the Borrower in a notice to the Administrative Agent and (b) from and after the effectiveness of such notice, not containing any funds other than those required under the Loan Documents to be placed therein.

L/C Issuer” means (a) GE Capital or any of its Affiliates and (b) each Person that hereafter becomes an L/C Issuer with the approval of, and pursuant to an agreement with and in form and substance satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, in each case in their capacity as L/C Issuers hereunder and together with their successors.

L/C Obligations” means, for any Letter of Credit at any time, the sum of (a) the L/C Reimbursement Obligations at such time for such Letter of Credit and (b) the aggregate maximum undrawn face amount of such Letter of Credit outstanding at such time.

 

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L/C Reimbursement Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a).

L/C Reimbursement Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(e).

L/C Reimbursement Obligation” means, for any Letter of Credit, the obligation of the Borrower to the L/C Issuer thereof, as and when matured, to pay all amounts drawn under such Letter of Credit.

L/C Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(b).

L/C Sublimit” means $8,000,000.

Lender” means, collectively, the Swingline Lender and any other financial institution or other Person that (a) is listed on the signature pages hereof as a “Lender” or (b) from time to time becomes a party hereto by execution of an Assignment, in each case together with its successors.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit Issued pursuant to Section 2.4.

Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability, obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions, charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent, consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.

Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

Loan” means any loan made or deemed made by any Lender hereunder, including, without limitation, the PIK Loans.

Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any Notes, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Control Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Assignment of Representations, the L/C Reimbursement Agreements, the Secured Hedging Agreements, the Reaffirmation Agreement and, when executed, each document executed by a Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing or the Obligations, together with any modification of any term, or any waiver with respect to, any of the foregoing.

Loan Party” means each Borrower and each Guarantor.

Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or would reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a material adverse change in any of (a) the financial condition, business, performance, prospects, operations or property of the Group Members, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document, (c) the validity or

 

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enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties under any Loan Document or (d) the Collateral or the Administrative Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.

Material Environmental Liabilities” means Environmental Liabilities exceeding $500,000 in the aggregate.

Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(d).

Merger Sub” means Greenhouse Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other document executed or required herein to be executed by any Loan Party and granting a security interest over real property in favor of the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations.

Mortgage Supporting Documents” means, with respect to any Mortgage for a parcel of real property, each document (including title policies or marked-up unconditional insurance binders (in each case, together with copies of all documents referred to therein), maps, ALTA (or TLTA, if applicable) as-built surveys (in form and as to date that is sufficiently acceptable to the title insurer issuing title insurance to the Administrative Agent for such title insurer to deliver endorsements to such title insurance as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent), environmental assessments and reports and evidence regarding recording and payment of fees, insurance premium and taxes) that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to create, register, perfect, maintain, evidence the existence, substance, form or validity of or enforce a valid lien on such parcel of real property in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject only to such Liens as the Administrative Agent may approve.

Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received in cash from (a) any Sale of, or Property Loss Event with respect to, property, net of (i) the customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection therewith, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Indebtedness owing to any Group Member) secured by the property subject thereto or (b) any sale or issuance of Stock or incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case net of brokers’, advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts, commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such transaction; provided, however, that any such proceeds received by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” only to the extent of the aggregate direct and indirect beneficial ownership interest of the Borrower therein.

 

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Non-Funding Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(c).

Non-U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is not a Domestic Person.

Note” means (i) a promissory note of the Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit B, payable to the order of a Lender in any Facility in a principal amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment under such Facility (or, in the case of the Term Loan Facility, the aggregate initial principal amount of the Term Loans) and (ii) any PIK Note.

Notice of Borrowing” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, all amounts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer, any other Indemnitee, any participant, any SPV or any Secured Hedging Counterparty arising out of, under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (a) if such Loan Party is the Borrower, all Loans and L/C Obligations, (b) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (c) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Loan Party under any Loan Document (including those payable to L/C Issuers as described in Section 2.11).

Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(c).

Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor.

PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.

Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other Contractual Obligations with, any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Permitted Investor” means Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.1 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

 

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Permitted Investment” means any Investment of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.3 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

Permitted Lien” means any Lien on or with respect to the property of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.2 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness constituting a refinancing or extension of Permitted Indebtedness that (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such refinancing or extension, (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of such Permitted Indebtedness, (c) is not entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (d) is not secured by any property or any Lien other than those securing such Permitted Indebtedness and (e) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to the Group Members, taken as a whole, than those of such Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the terms of such Permitted Indebtedness may be modified as part of such Permitted Refinancing if such modification would have been permitted pursuant to Section 8.11 and (y) no Guaranty Obligation for such Indebtedness shall constitute part of such Permitted Refinancing unless similar Guaranty Obligations with respect to such Permitted Indebtedness existed and constituted Permitted Indebtedness prior to such refinancing or extension.

Permitted Reinvestment” means, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, to acquire (or make Capital Expenditures to finance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of), to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, property useful in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, if such Property Loss Event involves loss or damage to property, to repair such loss or damage.

Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust and a public benefit corporation), joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and any other entity or Governmental Authority.

PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(iii).

PIK Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each June and December in each year, provided that each of (x) the date upon which all of the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (y) the Scheduled Maturity Date, shall be deemed to be a “PIK Interest Payment Date” with respect to any PIK Interest which is then accrued under this Agreement.

PIK Loans” means, collectively, the Revolving PIK Loans and the Term PIK Loans.

PIK Notes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(v).

Post-Closing Obligations Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, together with any amendments or modifications thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

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Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any determination for any period and any Pro Forma Transaction, that such determination shall be made by giving pro forma effect to each such Pro Forma Transaction, as if each such Pro Forma Transaction had been consummated on the first day of such period, based on historical results accounted for in accordance with GAAP, with other customary adjustments thereto reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and, to the extent applicable, reasonable assumptions that are specified in reasonable detail in the relevant Compliance Certificate, Financial Statement or other document provided to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection herewith in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.

Pro Forma Transaction” means any transaction consummated as part of an acquisition consented to pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, together with each other transaction relating thereto and consummated in connection therewith, including any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness.

Projections” means, collectively, the Closing Date Projections and any document delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e).

Property Loss Event” means, with respect to any property, any loss of or damage to such property or any taking of such property or condemnation thereof.

Pro Rata Outstandings”, of any Lender at any time, means (a) in the case of the Term Loan Facility, the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans owing to such Lender and (b) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans owing to such Lender and (ii) the amount of the participation of such Lender in the L/C Obligations outstanding with respect to all Letters of Credit.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender and any Facility or Facilities at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the Commitments (or, if such Commitments in any such Facility are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings therein) of such Lender then in effect under such Facilities, by (b) the sum of the Commitments (or, if such Commitments in any such Facility are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings therein) of all Lenders then in effect under such Facilities; provided, however, that, if there are no Commitments and no Pro Rata Outstandings in any of such Facilities, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share in such Facilities shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share in such Facilities most recently in effect, after giving effect to any subsequent assignment and any subsequent non-pro rata payments of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18.

Reaffirmation Agreement” means that certain Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and other parties signatory thereto.

Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).

Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds on the Reinvestment Prepayment Date therefor, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less any amount paid or required to be paid by any Group Member to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to a Contractual Obligation entered into prior to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.

 

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Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any portion of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, the earliest of (a) the 180th day after the completion of the portion of such Sale or Property Loss Event corresponding to such Net Cash Proceeds, (b) the date that is 5 Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s determination not to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in Section 9.1(e)(ii) and (d) 5 Business Days after the delivery of a notice requiring repayment by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default.

Related Documents” means, collectively, the Second Lien Loan Documents and each other document executed with respect to the foregoing.

Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant, together with, if such Person is the Administrative Agent, each other Person to which the Administrative Agent has delegated duties pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.4 or any comparable provision of any Loan Document.

Related Transactions” means, collectively, the closing of the Second Lien Facility, the execution and delivery of all Related Documents and the payment of all related fees, costs and expenses.

Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material into or through the environment.

Remedial Action” means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize any Release so that a Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care with respect to any Hazardous Material.

Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of 50% of the sum of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the sum of the amounts of the participations in Swing Loans, the principal amount of unparticipated portions of the Swing Loans and the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Revolving Credit Facility) and Term Loan Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Term Loan Facility) then in effect, ignoring, in such calculation, the amounts held by any Non-Funding Lender.

Required Revolving Credit Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of 50% of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the sum of the amounts of the participations in Swing Loans, the principal amount of the unparticipated portions of the Swing Loans and the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Revolving Credit Facility) then in effect, ignoring, in such calculation, the amounts held by any Non-Funding Lender.

 

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Required Term Loan Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of 50% of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Term Loan Facility) then in effect.

Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case that are binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any of the president, chief executive officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, managing member or general partner of such Person but, in any event, with respect to financial matters, any such officer that is responsible for preparing the Financial Statements delivered hereunder and, with respect to the Corporate Chart and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e), documents delivered on the Closing Date and documents delivered pursuant to Section 7.10, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person or any other officer responsible for maintaining the corporate and similar records of such Person.

Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend, return of capital, distribution or any other payment, whether direct or indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, or the sale of property for less than fair market value, or the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations) and whether in cash, Securities or other property, in each case on account of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case now or hereafter outstanding and (b) any redemption, retirement, termination, defeasance, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition for value, whether direct or indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations), of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding, and any payment for any such redemption, retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking fund or a similar fund.

Revolving Credit Commitment” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Revolving Loans and acquire interests in other Revolving Credit Outstandings, which commitment is in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I to the Existing Credit Agreement under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment”, as amended to reflect Assignments and as such amount may have been reduced pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and as further reduced pursuant to this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments on the date hereof equals $18,000,000.

Revolving Credit Facility” means the Revolving Credit Commitments and the provisions herein related to the Revolving Loans, Swing Loans and Letters of Credit.

 

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Revolving Credit Lender” means each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment, holds a Revolving Loan or participates in any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit.

Revolving Credit Outstandings” means, at any time, the sum of, in each case to the extent outstanding at such time, (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Loans and Swing Loans and (b) the L/C Obligations for all Letters of Credit.

Revolving Credit Termination Date” shall mean the earliest of (a) the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date, (b) the date of termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.5 or 9.2 and (c) the date on which the Obligations become due and payable pursuant to Section 9.2.

Revolving Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.

Revolving Loan PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(ii).

Revolving Loan PIK Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9 (b)(iv).

Revolving PIK Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(vi).

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person (the “obligor”), any Contractual Obligation or other arrangement with any other Person (the “counterparty”) consisting of a lease by such obligor of any property that, directly or indirectly, has been or is to be Sold by the obligor to such counterparty or to any other Person to whom funds have been advanced by such counterparty based on a Lien on, or an assignment of, such property or any obligations of such obligor under such lease.

Scheduled Maturity Date” means the later of the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date and the Term Loan Maturity Date.

Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date” means July 2, 2013.

Second Lien Agent” means GE Capital in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

Second Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the other credit parties party thereto, the other lenders party thereto and the Second Lien Agent as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Second Lien Facility” means the “Facility” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Second Lien Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

 

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Secured Hedging Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement that (a) has been entered into with a Secured Hedging Counterparty, (b) in the case of a Hedging Agreement not entered into with or provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, is expressly identified as being a “Secured Hedging Agreement” hereunder in a joint notice from such Loan Party and such Person delivered to the Administrative Agent reasonably promptly after the execution of such Hedging Agreement and (c) meets the requirements of Section 8.1(f).

Secured Hedging Counterparty” means (a) a Person who has entered into a Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party if such Hedging Agreement was provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, and any assignee of such Person or (b) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender who has entered into a Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery of the Hedging Agreement).

Secured Parties” means the Lenders, the L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent, any Secured Hedging Counterparty, each other Indemnitee and any other holder of any Obligation of any Loan Party.

Security” means all Stock, Stock Equivalents, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, whether or not secured, convertible or subordinated, all certificates of interest, share or participation in, all certificates for the acquisition of, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire, any Security.

Sell” means, with respect to any property, to sell, convey, transfer, assign, license, lease or otherwise dispose of, any interest therein or to permit any Person to acquire any such interest, including, in each case, through a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or through a sale, factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable. Conjugated forms thereof and the noun “Sale” have correlative meanings.

Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (b) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in a writing by any Lender to the Administrative Agent.

Stated Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(d).

Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

 

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Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the payment in full of the Obligations on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Substitute Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).

SWDA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.).

Swingline Commitment” means $6,000,000.

Swingline Lender” means, each in its capacity as Swingline Lender hereunder, GE Capital or, upon the resignation of GE Capital as Administrative Agent hereunder, any Lender (or Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender) that agrees, with the approval of the Administrative Agent (or, if there is no such successor Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders) and the Borrower, to act as the Swingline Lender hereunder.

Swingline Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b).

Swing Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.

Tax Affiliate” means (a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of the Borrower with which the Borrower files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined or unitary tax returns.

Tax Return” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.

Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).

Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(b); the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1, is $81,000,000.

Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the fulfilled commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement to the Borrower, which is in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I to the Existing Credit Agreement under the caption “Term Loan”, as amended to reflect Assignments and as such amount may have been reduced or repaid pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and as further reduced or repaid pursuant to this Agreement.

Term Loan Facility” means the Term Loan Commitments and the provisions herein related to the Term Loans.

 

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Term Loan Lender” means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

Term Loan Maturity Date” means July 2, 2013.

Term Loan PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(iii).

Term Loan PIK Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(v).

Term PIK Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(vii).

Title IV Plan” means a pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Trademarks” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

Trade Secrets” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trade secrets.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, if the applicable jurisdiction shall not have any Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

United States” means the United States of America.

Unused Commitment Fee” has the meaning specified in Section 2.11.

U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is a Domestic Person.

Voting Stock” means Stock of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the election of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency).

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Stock of which (other than nominal holdings and director’s qualifying shares) is owned by such Person, either directly or through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred (whether or not assessed) by any ERISA Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.

 

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Working Capital” means, for any Person at any date, its Consolidated Current Assets at such date minus its Consolidated Current Liabilities at such date.

Section 1.2 UCC Terms. The following terms have the meanings given to them in the applicable UCC: “commodity account”, “commodity contract”, “commodity intermediary”, “deposit account”, “entitlement holder”, “entitlement order”, “equipment”, “financial asset”, “general intangible”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “securities account”, “securities intermediary” and “security entitlement”.

Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles.

(a) GAAP. All accounting determinations required to be made pursuant hereto shall, unless expressly otherwise provided herein, be made in accordance with GAAP. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by Holdings shall be given effect if such change would affect a calculation that measures compliance with any provision of Article V or VIII unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements, Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

(b) Pro Forma. All components of financial calculations made to determine compliance with Article V shall be adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis to include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication, such components of such calculations attributable to any Pro Forma Transaction consummated after the first day of the applicable period of determination and prior to the end of such period, as determined in good faith by the Borrower based on assumptions expressed therein and that were reasonable based on the information available to the Borrower at the time of preparation of the Compliance Certificate setting forth such calculations.

Section 1.4 Payments. The Administrative Agent may set up standards and procedures to determine or redetermine the equivalent in Dollars of any amount expressed in any currency other than Dollars and otherwise may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Loan Party or any L/C Issuer. Any such determination or redetermination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. No determination or redetermination by any Secured Party or Loan Party and no other currency conversion shall change or release any obligation of any Loan Party or of any Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons) under any Loan Document, each of which agrees to pay separately for any shortfall remaining after any conversion and payment of the amount as converted. The Administrative Agent may round up or down, and may set up appropriate mechanisms to round up or down, any amount hereunder to nearest higher or lower amounts and may determine reasonable de minimis payment thresholds.

Section 1.5 Interpretation. (a) Certain Terms. Except as set forth in any Loan Document, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP (except for the term “property” which shall be interpreted as broadly as possible, including, in any case, cash, Securities, other assets, rights under Contractual Obligations and Permits and any right or

 

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interest in any property). The terms “herein”, “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date in any Loan Document, the terms “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.” In any other case, the term “including” when used in any Loan Document means “including without limitation.” The term “documents” means all writings, however evidenced and whether in physical or electronic form, including all documents, instruments, agreements, notices, demands, certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The term “incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, and the terms “incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings.

(b) Certain References. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, references (i) in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in, this Agreement and (ii) in any Loan Document, to (A) any agreement shall include, without limitation, all exhibits, schedules, appendixes and annexes to such agreement and, unless the prior consent of any Secured Party required therefor is not obtained, any modification to any term of such agreement, (B) any statute shall be to such statute as modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in effect at the time any such reference is operative and (C) any time of day shall be a reference to New York time. Titles of articles, sections, clauses, exhibits, schedules and annexes contained in any Loan Document are without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the meaning of any term defined (including by reference) in any Loan Document shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such term.

ARTICLE II

THE FACILITIES

Section 2.1 The Commitments. (a) Revolving Credit Commitments. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, each Revolving Credit Lender severally, but not jointly, agrees to make loans in Dollars (each a “Revolving Loan”) to the Borrower from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until the Revolving Credit Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding for all such loans by such Lender not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, however, that at no time shall any Revolving Credit Lender be obligated to make a Revolving Loan in excess of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which the then effective Revolving Credit Commitments exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings at such time. Within the limits set forth in the first sentence of this clause (a), amounts of Revolving Loans repaid may be reborrowed under this Section 2.1.

(b) Term Loan Commitments. Each Term Loan Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) severally, but not jointly, made a loan (each a “Term Loan”) in Dollars to the Borrower, in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). Amounts of Term Loans repaid may not be reborrowed. The aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof, upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent in Section 3.1, is $81,000,000.

 

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Section 2.2 Borrowing Procedures. (a) Notice From the Borrower. Each Borrowing shall be made on notice given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on (i) the first Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans and (ii) the third Business Day, in the case of a Borrowing of Eurodollar Rate Loans, prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing. Each such notice may be made in a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit C (a “Notice of Borrowing”) duly completed or by telephone if confirmed promptly, but in any event within one Business Day and prior to such Borrowing, with such a Notice of Borrowing. Loans shall be made as Base Rate Loans unless, outside of a suspension period pursuant to Section 2.15, the Notice of Borrowing specifies that all or a portion thereof shall be Eurodollar Rate Loans. Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000.

(b) Notice to Each Lender. The Administrative Agent shall give to each Lender prompt notice of the Administrative Agent’s receipt of a Notice of Borrowing and, if Eurodollar Rate Loans are properly requested in such Notice of Borrowing, prompt notice of the applicable interest rate. Each Lender shall, before 11:00 a.m. on the date of the proposed Borrowing, make available to the Administrative Agent at its address referred to in Section 11.12, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such proposed Borrowing. Upon fulfillment or due waiver (i) on the Closing Date, of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.1 and (ii) on the Closing Date and any time thereafter, of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 3.2, the Administrative Agent shall make such funds available to the Borrower on the date set forth in the relevant Notice of Borrowing, so long as such date is in compliance herewith.

(c) Non-Funding Lenders. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from any Lender prior to the date such Lender is required to make any payment hereunder with respect to any Loan or any participation in any Swing Loan or Letter of Credit that such Lender will not make such payment (or any portion thereof) available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such payment available to the Administrative Agent on the date such payment is required to be made in accordance with this Article II and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower on such date a corresponding amount. The Borrower agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount (until repaid by such Lender) with interest thereon for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the interest rate applicable to the Obligation that would have been created when the Administrative Agent made available such amount to the Borrower had such Lender made a corresponding payment available; provided, however, that such payment shall not relieve such Lender of any obligation it may have to the Borrower, the Swingline Lender or any L/C Issuer. In addition, any Lender that shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent any portion of any payment described above (any such Lender, a “Non-Funding Lender”) agrees to pay such amount to the Administrative Agent on demand together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is made available to the Borrower until the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter (i) in the case of a payment in respect of a Loan, at the

 

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interest rate applicable at the time to such Loan and (ii) otherwise, at the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility. Such repayment shall then constitute the funding of the corresponding Loan (including any Loan deemed to have been made hereunder with such payment) or participation. The existence of any Non-Funding Lender shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations under any Loan Document, but no other Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any Non-Funding Lender to make any payment required under any Loan Document.

Section 2.3 Swing Loans. (a) Availability. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion, make loans in Dollars (each a “Swing Loan”) available to the Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the date hereof until the Revolving Credit Termination Date in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed its Swingline Commitment; provided, however, that the Swingline Lender may not make any Swing Loan (x) to the extent that after giving effect to such Swing Loan, the aggregate Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments and (y) in the period commencing on the first Business Day after it receives notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders that one or more of the conditions precedent contained in Section 3.2 are not satisfied and ending when such conditions are satisfied or duly waived. In connection with the making of any Swing Loan, the Swingline Lender may but shall not be required to determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied or waived. Each Swing Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan and must be repaid in full on the earlier of (i) the funding date of any Borrowing of Revolving Loans and (ii) the Revolving Credit Termination Date. Within the limits set forth in the first sentence of this clause (a), amounts of Swing Loans repaid may be reborrowed under this clause (a).

(b) Borrowing Procedures. In order to request a Swing Loan, the Borrower shall give to the Administrative Agent a notice to be received not later than 1:00 p.m. on the day of the proposed borrowing, which may be made in a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit D duly completed (a “Swingline Request”) or by telephone if confirmed promptly but, in any event, prior to such borrowing, with such a Swingline Request. In addition, if any Notice of Borrowing requests a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans, the Swing Line Lender may, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in Section 2.2, make a Swing Loan available to the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed such proposed Borrowing, and the aggregate amount of the corresponding proposed Borrowing shall be reduced accordingly by the principal amount of such Swing Loan. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Swingline Lender of the details of the requested Swing Loan. Upon receipt of such notice and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Swingline Lender may make a Swing Loan available to the Borrower by making the proceeds thereof available to the Administrative Agent and, in turn, the Administrative Agent shall make such proceeds available to the Borrower on the date set forth in the relevant Swingline Request.

(c) Refinancing Swing Loans. The Swingline Lender may at any time forward a demand to the Administrative Agent (which the Administrative Agent shall, upon receipt, forward to each Revolving Credit Lender) that each Revolving Credit Lender pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all or a portion of the outstanding Swing Loans. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay such Pro Rata Share to the

 

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Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such payment (other than during the continuation of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(e)), such Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan to the Borrower, which, upon receipt of such payment by the Swingline Lender from the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall be deemed to have used in whole to refinance such Swing Loan. In addition, regardless of whether any such demand is made, upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(e), each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have acquired, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in each Swing Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such Swing Loan. If any payment made by any Revolving Credit Lender as a result of any such demand is not deemed a Revolving Loan, such payment shall be deemed a funding by such Lender of such participation. Such participation shall not be otherwise required to be funded. Upon receipt by the Swingline Lender of any payment from any Revolving Credit Lender pursuant to this clause (c) with respect to any portion of any Swing Loan, the Swingline Lender shall promptly pay over to such Revolving Credit Lender all payments of principal (to the extent received after such payment by such Lender) and interest (to the extent accrued with respect to periods after such payment) received by the Swingline Lender with respect to such portion.

(d) Obligation to Fund Absolute. Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligations pursuant to clause (c) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever, including (A) the existence of any setoff, claim, abatement, recoupment, defense or other right that such Lender, any Affiliate thereof or any other Person may have against the Swing Loan Lender, any other Secured Party or any other Person, (B) the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Section 3.2 to be satisfied or the failure of the Borrower to deliver any notice set forth in Section 2.2(a) (each of which requirements the Revolving Credit Lenders hereby irrevocably waive) and (C) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Loan Party.

Section 2.4 Letters of Credit. (a) Commitment and Conditions. On the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, each L/C Issuer agrees to Issue, at the request of the Borrower, in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices, and for the account of the Borrower (or, as long as the Borrower remains responsible for the payment in full of all amounts drawn thereunder and related fees, costs and expenses, for the account of any Group Member), Letters of Credit (denominated in Dollars) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date through the earlier of the Revolving Credit Termination Date and 7 days prior to the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that such L/C Issuer shall not be under any obligation to Issue any Letter of Credit upon the occurrence of any of the following, after giving effect to such Issuance:

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(ii) the expiration date of such Letter of Credit (A) is not a Business Day, (B) is more than one year after the date of issuance thereof or (C) is later than 7 days prior to the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that any Letter of Credit with a term not exceeding one year may provide for its renewal for additional periods not exceeding one year as long as (x) each of the Borrower and such L/C Issuer have the option to prevent such renewal before the expiration of such term or any such period and (y) neither such L/C Issuer nor the Borrower shall permit any such renewal to extend such expiration date beyond the date set forth in clause (C) above; or

(iii) (A) any fee due in connection with, and on or prior to, such Issuance has not been paid, (B) such Letter of Credit is requested to be Issued in a form that is not acceptable to such L/C Issuer or (C) such L/C Issuer shall not have received, each in form and substance reasonably acceptable to it and duly executed by the Borrower (and, if such Letter of Credit is issued for the account of any other Group Member, such Group Member), the documents that such L/C Issuer generally uses in the ordinary course of its business for the Issuance of letters of credit of the type of such Letter of Credit, which shall comply with the terms hereof in all material respects (collectively, the “L/C Reimbursement Agreement”).

For each such Issuance, the applicable L/C Issuer may, but shall not be required to, determine that, or take notice whether, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.2 have been satisfied or waived in connection with the Issuance of any Letter of Credit; provided, however, that no Letter of Credit shall be Issued during the period starting on the first Business Day after the receipt by such L/C Issuer of notice from the Administrative Agent or the Required Revolving Credit Lenders that any condition precedent contained in Section 3.2 is not satisfied and ending on the date all such conditions are satisfied or duly waived.

(b) Notice of Issuance. The Borrower shall give the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent a notice of any requested Issuance of any Letter of Credit, which shall be effective only if received by such L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 11:00 a.m. on the third Business Day prior to the date of such requested Issuance. Such notice may be made in a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit E duly completed or in a writing in any other form acceptable to such L/C Issuer (an “L/C Request”) or by telephone if confirmed promptly, but in any event within one Business Day and prior to such Issuance, with such an L/C Request.

(c) Reporting Obligations of L/C Issuers. Each L/C Issuer agrees to provide the Administrative Agent (which, after receipt, the Administrative Agent shall provide to each Revolving Credit Lender), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, each of the following on the following dates: (i) on or prior to (A) any Issuance of any Letter of Credit by such L/C Issuer, (B) any drawing under any such Letter of Credit or (C) any payment (or failure to pay when due) by the Borrower of any related L/C Reimbursement Obligation, notice thereof, which shall contain a reasonably detailed description of such Issuance, drawing or payment, (ii) upon the request of the Administrative Agent (or any Revolving Credit Lender through the Administrative Agent), copies of any Letter of Credit Issued by such L/C Issuer and any related L/C Reimbursement Agreement and such other documents and information as may reasonably be requested by the Administrative Agent and (iii) on

 

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the first Business Day of each calendar week, a schedule of the Letters of Credit Issued by such L/C Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the L/C Obligations for such Letters of Credit outstanding on the last Business Day of the previous calendar week.

(d) Acquisition of Participations. Upon any Issuance of a Letter of Credit in accordance with the terms of this Agreement resulting in any increase in the L/C Obligations, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to have acquired, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Obligations in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such L/C Obligations.

(e) Reimbursement Obligations of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to pay to the L/C Issuer of any Letter of Credit each L/C Reimbursement Obligation owing with respect to such Letter of Credit no later than the first Business Day after the Borrower receives notice from such L/C Issuer that payment has been made under such Letter of Credit or that such L/C Reimbursement Obligation is otherwise due (the “L/C Reimbursement Date”) with interest thereon computed as set forth in clause (i) below. In the event that any L/C Issuer incurs any L/C Reimbursement Obligation not repaid by the Borrower as provided in this clause (e) (or any such payment by the Borrower is rescinded or set aside for any reason), such L/C Issuer shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such failure (and, upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent shall forward a copy to each Revolving Credit Lender) and, irrespective of whether such notice is given, such L/C Reimbursement Obligation shall be payable on demand by the Borrower with interest thereon computed (i) from the date on which such L/C Reimbursement Obligation arose to the L/C Reimbursement Date, at the interest rate applicable during such period to Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans and (ii) thereafter until payment in full, at the interest rate applicable during such period to past due Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans.

(f) Reimbursement Obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders. Upon receipt of the notice described in clause (e) above from the Administrative Agent, each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share of such L/C Reimbursement Obligation. By making such payment (other than during the continuation of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(e)), such Lender shall be deemed to have made a Revolving Loan to the Borrower, which, upon receipt thereof by such L/C Issuer, the Borrower shall be deemed to have used in whole to repay such L/C Reimbursement Obligation. Any such payment that is not deemed a Revolving Loan shall be deemed a funding by such Lender of its participation in the applicable Letter of Credit and the related L/C Obligations. Such participation shall not otherwise be required to be funded. Upon receipt by any L/C Issuer of any payment from any Lender pursuant to this clause (f) with respect to any portion of any L/C Reimbursement Obligation, such L/C Issuer shall promptly pay over to such Lender all payments received after such payment by such L/C Issuer with respect to such portion.

 

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(g) Obligations Absolute. The obligations of the Borrower and the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to clauses (d), (e) and (f) above shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement irrespective of (i) (A) the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision in any Letter of Credit, any document transferring or purporting to transfer a Letter of Credit, any Loan Document (including the sufficiency of any such instrument), or any modification to any provision of any of the foregoing, (B) any document presented under a Letter of Credit being forged, fraudulent, invalid, insufficient or inaccurate in any respect or failing to comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit or (C) any loss or delay, including in the transmission of any document, (ii) the existence of any setoff, claim, abatement, recoupment, defense or other right that any Person (including any Group Member) may have against the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other Person, whether in connection with any Loan Document or any other Contractual Obligation or transaction, or the existence of any other withholding, abatement or reduction, (iii) in the case of the obligations of any Revolving Credit Lender, (A) the failure of any condition precedent set forth in Section 3.2 to be satisfied (each of which conditions precedent the Revolving Credit Lenders hereby irrevocably waive) or (B) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of any Loan Party and (iv) any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind of any Secured Party or any other Person or any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.4, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of any obligation of the Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender hereunder.

Section 2.5 Reduction and Termination of the Commitments. (a) Optional. The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part ratably any unused portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, however, that each partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000.

(b) Mandatory. All outstanding Commitments shall terminate (i) in the case of the Term Loan Facility, on the Closing Date (after giving effect to any Borrowing occurring on such date) and (ii) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, on the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date. Upon and after the expiration of any Letters of Credit issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date, such Letters of Credit may be renewed pursuant to the terms of this Agreement for the benefit of the same beneficiary or its successors or assigns in the same or smaller amounts and for the same business purpose. Upon the expiration of Letters of Credit that have not been renewed pursuant to and in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence with a face value in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate for all such Letters of Credit expiring after the Closing Date, the Revolving Credit Commitment shall automatically reduce in increments of $100,000 based upon the face value of such Letter of Credit, rounded to the nearest $100,000.

Section 2.6 Repayment of Loans. (a) The Borrower promises to repay the entire unpaid principal amount of the Revolving Loans and the Swing Loans on the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date.

 

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(b) The Borrower promises to repay the Term Loans on the Term Loan Maturity Date in quarterly principal installments on the dates set forth below and in the amounts set forth opposite such dates:

 

DATE

   INSTALLMENT AMOUNT

June 30, 2009

   $506,250

September 30, 2009

   $506,250

December 31, 2009

   $506,250

March 31, 2010

   $506,250

June 30, 2010

   $1,012,500

September 30, 2010

   $1,012,500

December 31, 2010

   $1,012,500

March 31, 2011

   $1,012,500

June 30, 2011

   $1,518,750

September 30, 2011

   $1,518,750

December 31, 2011

   $1,518,750

March 31, 2012

   $1,518,750

June 30, 2012

   $2,025,000

September 30, 2012

   $2,025,000

December 31, 2012

   $2,025,000

March 31, 2013

   $2,025,000

June 30, 2013

   $2,531,250

Term Loan Maturity Date

   Entire unpaid principal amount of the
Term Loans

Section 2.7 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Loan in whole or in part at any time (together with accrued interest thereon and any breakage costs that may be owing pursuant to Section 2.16(a) after giving effect to such prepayment); provided, however, that each partial prepayment of any Term Loan that is not of the entire outstanding amount of the Term Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000.

Section 2.8 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Excess Cash Flow. The Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent, within 5 Business Days after the last date Financial Statements can be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(b) for any Excess Cash Flow Period ending after the Closing Date, an amount equal to 75% of the Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, however, that should the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of Holdings on the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period be less than 3.00 to one, such percentage shall be reduced to 50%.

(b) Debt Issuances. Upon receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof (other than any such Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 8.1), the Borrower shall immediately pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.

 

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(c) Asset Sales and Property Loss Events. Upon receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from (i) any Sale by any Group Member of any of its property, to the extent resulting, in the aggregate with all other Sales from and after the Closing Date, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $100,000, but excluding any Sales of its own Stock and Sales of property permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (e) of Section 8.4 or (ii) any Property Loss Event with respect to any property of any Group Member to the extent resulting in the aggregate, with all other such Property Loss Events from and after the Closing Date, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $100,000, the Borrower shall immediately pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, however, that, upon any such receipt, as long as no Event of Default shall be continuing, any Group Member may make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds and the Borrower shall not be required to make or cause such payment to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are intended to be used to make Permitted Reinvestments, so long as, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date for such Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date and such Net Cash Proceeds.

(d) Excess Outstandings. On any date on which the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Credit Outstandings exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to such excess.

(e) Application of Payments. Any payments made to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.12(b).

Section 2.9 Interest. (a) Rate. All Loans and the outstanding amount of all other Obligations (other than pursuant to Secured Hedging Agreements) shall bear interest, in the case of Loans, on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loans are made and, in the case of such other Obligations, from the date such other Obligations are due and payable until, in all cases, paid in full, except as otherwise provided in clause (c) below, as follows: (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect from time to time, (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect for the applicable Interest Period, and (iii) in the case of other Obligations, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Base Rate Loans, each as in effect from time to time.

 

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(b) Payments.

(i) Interest accrued shall be payable in arrears (i) if accrued on the principal amount of any Loan, (A) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), (B) if such Loan is a Term Loan, upon the payment or prepayment (other than any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.6(b)) of the principal amount on which such interest has accrued and (C)(1) if such Loan is a Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Loan), on the last day of each calendar quarter commencing on the first such day following the making of such Loan, (2) if such Loan is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, if applicable, on each date during such Interest Period occurring every 3 months from the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) if accrued on any other Obligation, on demand from and after the time such Obligation is due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

(ii) In addition to the interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(i) hereof on the Revolving Loan, Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders, in arrears on each applicable PIK Interest Payment Date, additional interest at the rate of two percent (2.00%) per annum based on the monthly aggregate principal balance of the Revolving Loans from time to time since the prior PIK Interest Payment Date (such additional interest is referred to herein as “Revolving Loan PIK Interest”).

(iii) In addition to the interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(i) hereof on the Term Loan, Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Term Loan Lenders, in arrears on each applicable PIK Interest Payment Date, additional interest at the rate of two percent (2.00%) per annum based on the monthly aggregate principal balance of the Term Loan outstanding from time to time since the prior PIK Interest Payment Date (such additional interest is referred to herein as “Term Loan PIK Interest”; together with Revolving Loan PIK Interest is referred to herein collectively as “PIK Interest”).

(iv) If requested by any Lender, Revolving Loan PIK Interest accruing hereunder that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall, within five (5) days of such request, be evidenced by a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.9(b)(iv) (each a “Revolving Loan PIK Note”), duly executed and delivered by Borrower to such Revolving Credit Lender. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes each Revolving Credit Lender to make (or cause to be made) appropriate notations as to the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Revolving Loan PIK Interest and the amount of each payment or prepayment of Revolving Loan PIK Interest and interest thereon on the reverse of, or on an attachment to, any such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Loan PIK Note, or to otherwise maintain such information. Such notations or information shall be presumed correct and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Revolving Credit Lender to make any such notations or to maintain such information shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the Borrower or any other Group Member.

(v) If requested by any Lender, Term Loan PIK Interest accruing hereunder that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall, within five (5) days of such request, be evidenced by a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.9(b)(v) (each a “Term Loan PIK Note”; together with the Revolving Loan PIK Notes referred to herein collectively as the “PIK Notes”), duly executed and delivered by Borrower to such Term Loan Lender. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes each Term Loan Lender to make (or cause to be made) appropriate notations as to the

 

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amount of such Term Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of Term Loan PIK Interest and the amount of each payment or prepayment of Term Loan PIK Interest and interest thereon on the reverse of, or on an attachment to, any such Term Loan Lender’s Term Loan PIK Note, or to otherwise maintain such information. Such notations or information shall be presumed correct and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Term Loan Lender to make any such notations or to maintain such information shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the Borrower or any other Group Member.

(vi) All accrued Revolving PIK Interest that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the extension of an additional Loan pursuant to the terms of, and subject to, all Loan Documents (such accrued Revolving PIK Interest is referred to herein as a “Revolving PIK Loan”). The failure of the Borrower to issue to any Lender a Revolving Loan PIK Note as provided in Section 2.9(b)(iv) shall not alter or affect the payment obligations of the Borrower as to all accrued Revolving PIK Interest or the obligation of the Borrower to pay the amount due on such PIK Interest Payment Date under the terms applicable to a Revolving PIK Loan, and such accrued and unpaid amount shall in all events be deemed to be a Revolving PIK Loan hereunder notwithstanding any action or non-action of the Borrower. The entire unpaid balance of all Revolving PIK Loans shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Scheduled Revolving Credit Termination Date. The amount of any Revolving PIK Loan shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of the Revolving Loan or the Revolving Credit Commitments.

(vii) All accrued Term Loan PIK Interest that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the extension of an additional loan pursuant to the terms of, and subject to, all Loan Documents (such accrued Term Loan PIK Interest is referred to herein as a “Term PIK Loan”). The failure of the Borrower to issue to any Term Lender a Term Loan PIK Note as provided in Section 2.9(b)(v) shall not alter or affect the payment obligations of the Borrower as to all accrued Term Loan PIK Interest or the obligation of the Borrower to pay the amount due on such PIK Interest Payment Date under the terms applicable to a Term PIK Loan, and such accrued and unpaid amount shall in all events be deemed to be a Term PIK Loan hereunder notwithstanding any action or non-action of the Borrower. The entire unpaid balance of all Term PIK Loans shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The amount of any Term PIK Loan shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of the Term Loan or the Term Loan Commitments.

(viii) Interest on each PIK Loan shall accrue at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for PIK Loans per annum or, at the election of Borrower and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin per annum based on the aggregate PIK Loan outstanding from time to time. Interest on each PIK Loan (as determined in the immediately preceding sentence) shall be due and payable in cash in arrears on each applicable Interest Payment Date. In addition to the cash pay interest provided for in the immediately preceding sentence, each PIK Loan shall accrue additional interest (such additional interest is referred to herein as

 

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“Additional PIK Interest”) at the rate of two percent (2.00%) per annum based on the monthly aggregate principal balance of such PIK Loan outstanding from time to time since the prior PIK Interest Payment Date, which Additional PIK Interest shall be calculated as of each PIK Interest Payment Date and payable in arrears by adding such accrued interest to the outstanding principal of each applicable PIK Note. Unless prepaid earlier, all PIK Notes and all accrued and capitalized Additional PIK Interest thereon are due and payable in cash on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified in clause (a) or (b) above or elsewhere in any Loan Document, effective immediately upon (A) the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(e)(ii) or (B) the delivery of a notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default and, in each case, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing, the principal balance of all Obligations (including any Obligation that bears interest by reference to the rate applicable to any other Obligation) (other than any PIK Interest or any Additional PIK Interest) shall bear interest at a rate that is 4% per annum in excess of the interest rate applicable to such Obligations from time to time, payable on demand or, in the absence of demand, on the date that would otherwise be applicable.

(d) Maximum Interest. In no event shall the interest charged with respect to the Loans, the Notes or any other Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents exceed the maximum amount permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction whose law is specified as the governing law of this document pursuant to Section 11.14 or of any other applicable jurisdiction. For the purposes of making any such determination hereunder, the Loans hereunder shall be deemed a single loan in the amount of the Commitments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable for the account of any Lender hereunder or any other Loan Document (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable law to be charged by such Lender (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable for the account of such Lender shall be equal to the Maximum Lawful Rate; provided that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, the Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to pay interest for the account of such Lender at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by the Lender is equal to the total interest which such Lender would have received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable for the account of such Lender shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate with respect to such Lender. In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, 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 any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate with respect to such Lender, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of its Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to the Borrower.

 

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Section 2.10 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Option. The Borrower may elect (i) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (A) to continue such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof for an additional Interest Period on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (B) to convert such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof into a Base Rate Loan at any time on any Business Day, subject to the payment of any breakage costs required by Section 2.16(a), and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans (other than Swing Loans), to convert such Base Rate Loans or any portion thereof into Eurodollar Rate Loans at any time on any Business Day upon 3 Business Days’ prior notice; provided, however, that, (x) for each Interest Period, the aggregate amount of Eurodollar Rate Loans having such Interest Period must be an integral multiple of $500,000 and (y) no conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans and no continuation in whole or in part of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be permitted at any time (1) at which an Event of Default shall be continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such conversions or continuations, or (2) at which such continuation or conversion would be made during a suspension imposed by Section 2.15.

(b) Procedure. Each such election shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent at least 3 Business Days’ prior notice in substantially the form of Exhibit F (a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) duly completed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and of the options selected therein. If the Administrative Agent does not receive a timely Notice of Conversion or Continuation from the Borrower containing a permitted election to continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan. Each partial conversion or continuation shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders in the applicable Facility in accordance with their Pro Rata Share.

Section 2.11 Fees. (a) Unused Commitment Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay to each Revolving Credit Lender a commitment fee on the actual daily amount by which the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender exceeds its Pro Rata Share of the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans and (ii) the outstanding amount of the L/C Obligations for all Letters of Credit (the “Unused Commitment Fee”) from the date hereof through the Revolving Credit Termination Date at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin, payable in arrears (x) on the last day of each calendar quarter and (y) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

(b) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrower agrees to pay, with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by any L/C Issuer, (i) to such L/C Issuer, certain fees and documentary and processing charges as separately agreed between the Borrower and such L/C Issuer or otherwise in accordance with such L/C Issuer’s standard schedule in effect at the time of determination thereof and (ii) to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders according to their Pro Rata Shares, a fee accruing at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Loans that are Eurodollar Rate Loans on the maximum undrawn face amount of such Letters of Credit, payable in arrears (A) on the last day of each calendar quarter, ending after the issuance of such Letter of Credit and (B) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided, however, that the fee

 

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payable under this clause (ii) shall be increased by 4% per annum and shall be payable, in addition to being payable on any date it is otherwise required to be paid hereunder, on demand effective immediately upon (x) the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(e)(ii) or (y) the delivery of a notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default and, in each case, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing.

(c) Additional Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons its reasonable and customary fees and expenses in connection with any payments made pursuant to Section 2.16(a) (Breakage Costs) and has agreed to pay the additional fees described in the Fee Letter.

(d) Closing Fee. To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, Borrower shall pay on the Closing Date to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Lenders that have signed this Agreement on or before March 12, 2009, a Closing Fee (the “Closing Fee”) equal to 1.00% of each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and Term Loan, as applicable, prior to giving effect to the Term Loan repayment described in Section 3.1.

Section 2.12 Application of Payments. (a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments. Unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.12 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, all payments and any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from or for the benefit of the Borrower shall be applied to repay the Obligations the Borrower designates.

(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause (c) below with respect to the application of payments during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.8 or any other prepayment of the Obligations required to be applied in accordance with this clause (b) shall be applied first, to pay any breakage costs that may be owing pursuant to Section 2.16(a) after giving effect to such prepayment, second, to pay accrued interest in respect of the amounts being prepaid, third, (other than in respect of any payment required pursuant to Section 2.8(d)), to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans, fourth, to pay any cash accrued interest on the PIK Loans, fifth, to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the PIK Loans until the same have been prepaid in full, sixth, to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Revolving Loans and the Swing Loans, seventh, in the case of any payment required pursuant to Section 2.8(d), to provide cash collateral to the extent and in the manner specified in Section 9.3 and, then, any excess shall be retained by the Borrower.

(c) Application of Payments During an Event of Default. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees to cause each Loan Party and each other Group Member to waive, the right to direct the application during the continuance of an Event of Default of any and all payments in respect of any Obligation and any proceeds of Collateral and agrees that, notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent may, and, upon either (A) the direction of the Required Lenders or (B) the termination of any Commitment or the acceleration of any Obligation pursuant to Section 9.2, shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligation, all funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral Account and all

 

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other proceeds of Collateral (i) first, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent, (ii) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, (iii) third, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Loans and L/C Reimbursement Obligations, (iv) fourth, to repay the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and L/C Reimbursement Obligations, to provide cash collateral for Letters of Credit in the manner and to the extent described in Section 9.3 and to pay amounts owing with respect to Secured Hedging Agreements and (v) fifth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations, and as to Revolving Loans, with a permanent reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitment equal to the amount of such repayment.

(d) Application of Payments Generally. All payments that would otherwise be allocated to the Revolving Credit Lenders pursuant to this Section 2.12 shall instead be allocated first, to repay interest on Swing Loans, on any portion of the Revolving Loans that the Administrative Agent may have advanced on behalf of any Lender and on any L/C Reimbursement Obligation, in each case for which the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, the L/C Issuer has not then been reimbursed by such Lender or the Borrower, second to pay the outstanding principal amount of the foregoing obligations and third, to repay the Revolving Loans. All repayments of any Revolving Loans or Term Loans shall be applied first, to repay such Loans outstanding as Base Rate Loans and then, to repay such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate Loans having earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those having later expiring Interest Periods. All repayments of Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the remaining installments of such outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans in the inverse order of their maturities. If sufficient amounts are not available to repay all outstanding Obligations described in any priority level set forth in this Section 2.12, the available amounts shall be applied, unless otherwise expressly specified herein, to such Obligations ratably based on the proportion of the Secured Parties’ interest in such Obligations. Any priority level set forth in this Section 2.12 that includes interest shall include all such interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding.

Section 2.13 Payments and Computations. (a) Procedure. The Borrower shall make each payment under any Loan Document not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day when due to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer to the following account (or at such other account or by such other means to such other address as the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower in writing within a reasonable time prior to such payment) in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim:

ABA No. 021-001-033

Account Number 502-710-79

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York

Account Name: HH Cash Flow Collections

Reference: GE Capital Re Medical Staffing Network, Inc. 1st

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The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be distributed immediately available funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees to the Lenders, in accordance with the application of payments set forth in Section 2.12. The Lenders shall make any payment under any Loan Document in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make each payment for the account of any L/C Issuer or Swingline Lender required pursuant to Section 2.3 or 2.4 (A) if the notice or demand therefor was received by such Lender prior to 11:00 a.m. on any Business Day, on such Business Day and (B) otherwise, on the Business Day following such receipt. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to be received on the next Business Day.

(b) Computations of Interests and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans whose interest rate is calculated based on the rate set forth in clause (a) of the definition of “Base Rate”, 365/366 days), in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. All computations of interest for PIK Loans shall be made by the Administrative Agent and calculated as set forth in Section 2.9(b). Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent (including determinations of a Eurodollar Rate or Base Rate in accordance with the definitions of “Eurodollar Rate” and “Base Rate”, respectively) and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Payment Dates. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day without any increase in such payment as a result of additional interest or fees; provided, however, that such interest and fees shall continue accruing as a result of such extension of time.

(d) Advancing Payments. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower to the Lenders prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon (at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the applicable Facility) for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent.

Section 2.14 Evidence of Debt. (a) Records of Lenders. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. In addition, each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or having identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent, the

 

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Administrative Agent acting as agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose and solely for tax purposes, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.12 (or at such other address as such Lender shall notify the Borrower) a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (A) the name and address of each such participant and SPV (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (B) the rights, interest or obligation of each such participant and SPV in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any payment hereunder.

(b) Records of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in this Section 2.14, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.12 (or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower) (A) a record of ownership (the “Register”) in which the Administrative Agent agrees to register by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder) of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer in the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Outstandings, each of their obligations under this Agreement to participate in each Loan, Letter of Credit and L/C Reimbursement Obligation, and any assignment of any such interest, obligation or right and (B) accounts in the Register in accordance with its usual practice in which it shall record (1) the names and addresses of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (and each change thereto pursuant to Section 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders) and Section 11.2 (Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect)), (2) the Commitments of each Lender, (3) the amount of each Loan and each funding of any participation described in clause (A) above, for Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (4) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or paid, (5) the amount of the L/C Reimbursement Obligations due and payable or paid and (6) any other payment received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and its application to the Obligations.

(c) Registered Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Loans (including any Notes evidencing such Loans and, in the case of Revolving Loans, the corresponding obligations to participate in L/C Obligations and Swing Loans) and the L/C Reimbursement Obligations are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers and their assignees in and to such Loans or L/C Reimbursement Obligations, as the case may be, shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein. This Section 2.14 and Section 11.2 shall be construed so that the Loans and L/C Reimbursement Obligations are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any successor provisions).

(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the Register and in the accounts maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and no failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such account shall affect the obligations of any Loan Party to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms. In addition, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender or L/C Issuer, as applicable, for all purposes of this Agreement. Information contained in the Register with respect to any Lender or any L/C Issuer shall be available for access by the Borrower,

 

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the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such L/C Issuer at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Lender or L/C Issuer shall, in such capacity, have access to or be otherwise permitted to review any information in the Register other than information with respect to such Lender or L/C Issuer unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

(e) Notes. Within five (5) days of any Lender’s request, the Borrower shall execute and deliver Notes to such Lender evidencing the Loans of such Lender in a Facility and substantially in the form of Exhibit B; provided, however, that only one Note for each Facility shall be issued to each Lender, except (i) to an existing Lender exchanging existing Notes to reflect changes in the Register relating to such Lender, in which case the new Notes delivered to such Lender shall be dated the date of the original Notes and (ii) in the case of loss, destruction or mutilation of existing Notes and similar circumstances. Each Note, if issued, shall only be issued as means to evidence the right, title or interest of a Lender or a registered assignee in and to the related Loan, as set forth in the Register, and in no event shall any Note be considered a bearer instrument or obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PIK Notes shall be issued and maintained in the manner described in Sections 2.9(b)(iv) and 2.9(b)(v).

Section 2.15 Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article II, the following shall apply:

(a) Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair. In the event that (A) the Administrative Agent determines that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference to which the Eurodollar Rate is determined or (B) the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period will not adequately reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower that the Required Lenders have determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.

(b) Illegality. If any Lender determines that the introduction of, or any change in or in the interpretation of, any Requirement of Law after the date of this Agreement shall make it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, the obligation of such Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until such Lender shall, through the Administrative Agent, notify the Borrower that it has determined that it may lawfully make Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(c) Effect of Suspension. If the obligation of any Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans is suspended, (A) the obligation of such Lender to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, (B) such Lender shall make a Base Rate Loan at any time such Lender would otherwise be obligated to make a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (C) the Borrower may revoke any pending Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion or Continuation to make or continue any

 

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Eurodollar Rate Loan or to convert any Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan and (D) each Eurodollar Rate Loan of such Lender shall automatically and immediately (or, in the case of any suspension pursuant to clause (a) above, on the last day of the current Interest Period thereof) be converted into a Base Rate Loan.

Section 2.16 Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements. (a) Breakage Costs. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon demand from such Lender to such Borrower (with copy to the Administrative Agent), for all Liabilities (including, in each case, those incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to prepare to fund, to fund or to maintain the Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to the Borrower but excluding any loss of the Applicable Margin on the relevant Loans) that such Lender may incur (A) to the extent, for any reason other than solely by reason of such Lender being a Non-Funding Lender, a proposed Borrowing, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or a Notice of Conversion or Continuation or in a similar request made by telephone by the Borrower, (B) to the extent any Eurodollar Rate Loan is paid (whether through a scheduled, optional or mandatory prepayment) or converted to a Base Rate Loan (including because of Section 2.15) on a date that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period or (C) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to repay Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms hereof. For purposes of this clause (a), each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it using a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank market.

(b) Increased Costs. If at any time any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that, after the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or administration of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority shall have the effect of (i) increasing the cost to such Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to agree to do so or of participating, or agreeing to participate, in extensions of credit, (ii) increasing the cost to such L/C Issuer of Issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit or of agreeing to do so or (iii) imposing any other cost to such Lender or L/C Issuer with respect to compliance with its obligations under any Loan Document, then, upon demand by such Lender or L/C Issuer (with copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender or L/C Issuer amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender or L/C Issuer for such increased cost.

(c) Increased Capital Requirements. If at any time any Lender or L/C Issuer determines that, after the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or administration of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority regarding capital adequacy, reserves, special deposits, compulsory loans, insurance charges against property of, deposits with or for the account of, Obligations owing to, or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or L/C Issuer or any similar requirement (in each case other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender’s or L/C Issuer (or any corporation controlling such Lender or L/C Issuer) as a consequence of its obligations under or with respect to any Loan Document or Letter of Credit to a level below that which, taking into account the capital adequacy policies of such Lender, L/C Issuer or corporation, such Lender, L/C Issuer or

 

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corporation could have achieved but for such adoption or change, then, upon demand from time to time by such Lender or L/C Issuer (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction.

(d) Compensation Certificate. Each demand for compensation under this Section 2.16 shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Lender or L/C Issuer claiming such compensation, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for computation of the amounts to be paid hereunder, which certificate shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender or L/C Issuer may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 2.17 Taxes. (a) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.17, each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto (and without deduction for any of them) (collectively, but excluding the taxes set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) below, the “Taxes”) other than for (i) taxes measured by net income (including branch profits taxes) and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, in each case imposed on any Secured Party as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from any Secured Party having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document) or (ii) taxes that are directly attributable to the failure (other than as a result of a change in any Requirement of Law) by any Secured Party to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to clause (f) below.

(b) Gross-Up. If any Taxes shall be required by law to be deducted from or in respect of any amount payable under any Loan Document (other than any Secured Hedging Agreement) to any Secured Party (i) such amount shall be increased as necessary to ensure that, after all required deductions for Taxes are made (including deductions applicable to any increases to any amount under this Section 2.17), such Secured Party receives the amount it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the relevant Loan Party shall make such deductions, (iii) the relevant Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and (iv) within 30 days after such payment is made, the relevant Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an original or certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment; provided, however, that no such increase shall be made with respect to, and no Loan Party shall be required to indemnify any such Secured Party pursuant to clause (d) below for, withholding taxes to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts existed on the date that such Secured Party became a “Secured Party” under this Agreement in the capacity under which such Secured Party makes a claim under this clause (b), except in each case to the extent such Secured Party is a direct or indirect assignee (other than pursuant to Section 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders)) of any other Secured Party that was entitled, at the time the assignment of such other Secured Party became effective, to receive additional amounts under this clause (b).

 

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(c) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to pay in its name, any stamp, documentary, excise or property tax, charges or similar levies imposed by any applicable Requirement of Law or Governmental Authority and all Liabilities with respect thereto (including by reason of any delay in payment thereof), in each case arising from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein (collectively, “Other Taxes”). The Swingline Lender may, without any need for notice, demand or consent from the Borrower, by making funds available to the Administrative Agent in the amount equal to any such payment, make a Swing Loan to the Borrower in such amount, the proceeds of which shall be used by the Administrative Agent in whole to make such payment. Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by any Loan Party, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 11.12, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(d) Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify, within 30 days after receipt of demand therefor (with copy to the Administrative Agent), each Secured Party for all Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.17) paid by such Secured Party and any Liabilities arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. A certificate of the Secured Party (or of the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Secured Party) claiming any compensation under this clause (d), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for computation of the amounts to be paid thereunder and delivered to the Borrower with copy to the Administrative Agent, shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent and such Secured Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(e) Mitigation. Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and Requirements of Law) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would materially reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

(f) Tax Forms. (i) Each Non-U.S. Lender Party that, at any of the following times, is entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax or, after a change in any Requirement of Law, is subject to such withholding tax at a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty, shall (w) on or prior to the date such Non-U.S. Lender Party becomes a “Non-U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (x) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (z) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of each of the following, as applicable: (A) Forms W-8ECI (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax because the income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W-8BEN (claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms, (B) in the case

 

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of a Non-U.S. Lender Party claiming exemption under Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, Form W-8BEN (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent that such Non-U.S. Lender Party is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or (C) any other applicable document prescribed by the IRS certifying as to the entitlement of such Non-U.S. Lender Party to such exemption from United States withholding tax or reduced rate with respect to all payments to be made to such Non-U.S. Lender Party under the Loan Documents. Unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have received forms or other documents satisfactory to them indicating that payments under any Loan Document to or for a Non-U.S. Lender Party are not subject to United States withholding tax or are subject to such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable Requirements of Law from such payments at the applicable statutory rate.

(ii) Each U.S. Lender Party shall (A) on or prior to the date such U.S. Lender Party becomes a “U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of Form W-9 (certifying that such U.S. Lender Party is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

(iii) Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent shall collect from such participant or SPV the documents described in this clause (f) and provide them to the Administrative Agent.

Section 2.18 Substitution of Lenders. (a) Substitution Right. In the event that any Lender in any Facility that is not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent (an “Affected Lender”), (i) makes a claim under clause (b) (Increased Costs) or (c) (Increased Capital Requirements) of Section 2.16, (ii) notifies the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15(b) (Illegality) that it has become illegal for such Lender to continue to fund or make any Eurodollar Rate Loan in such Facility, (iii) makes a claim for payment pursuant to Section 2.17(b) (Taxes), (iv) becomes a Non-Funding Lender with respect to such Facility or (v) does not consent to any amendment, waiver or consent to any Loan Document for which the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but that requires the consent of other Lenders in such Facility, the Borrower may either pay in full such Affected Lender the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender in such Facility with the consent of the Administrative Agent or substitute for such Affected Lender in such Facility any Lender or any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent (in each case, a “Substitute Lender”).

 

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(b) Procedure. To substitute such Affected Lender or pay in full the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender under such Facility, the Borrower shall deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender. The effectiveness of such payment or substitution shall be subject to the delivery to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower (or, as may be applicable in the case of a substitution, by the Substitute Lender) of (i) payment for the account of such Affected Lender, of, to the extent accrued through, and outstanding on, the effective date for such payment or substitution, all Obligations owing to such Affected Lender with respect to such Facility (including those that will be owed because of such payment and all Obligations that would be owed to such Lender if it was solely a Lender in such Facility), (ii) in the case of a payment in full of the Obligations owing to such Affected Lender in the Revolving Credit Facility, payment of any amount that, after giving effect to the termination of the Commitment of such Affected Lender, is required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.8(d) (Excess Outstandings) and (iii) in the case of a substitution, (A) payment of the assignment fee set forth in Section 11.2(c) and (B) an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent whereby the Substitute Lender shall, among other things, agree to be bound by the terms of the Loan Documents and assume the Commitment of the Affected Lender under such Facility.

(c) Effectiveness. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (b) above, the Administrative Agent shall record such substitution or payment in the Register, whereupon (i) in the case of any payment in full in any Facility, such Affected Lender’s Commitments in such Facility shall be terminated and (ii) in the case of any substitution in any Facility, (A) the Affected Lender shall sell and be relieved of, and the Substitute Lender shall purchase and assume, all rights and claims of such Affected Lender under the Loan Documents with respect to such Facility, except that the Affected Lender shall retain such rights expressly providing that they survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments, (B) the Substitute Lender shall become a “Lender” hereunder having a Commitment in such Facility in the amount of such Affected Lender’s Commitment in such Facility and (C) the Affected Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment to evidence such substitution and deliver any Note in its possession with respect to such Facility; provided, however, that the failure of any Affected Lender to execute any such Assignment or deliver any such Note shall not render such sale and purchase (or the corresponding assignment) invalid.

ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Agreement, including the obligation of each Lender to make any Loan on the Closing Date and the obligation of each L/C Issuer to Issue any Letter of Credit on the Closing Date, is subject to the satisfaction or due waiver of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by Holdings and the Borrower and, for the account of each Lender having requested the same by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, Notes in each applicable Facility conforming to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14(e);

 

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(ii) copies of UCC, Intellectual Property and other appropriate search reports and of all effective prior filings listed therein, together with evidence of the termination of such prior filings and other documents with respect to the priority of the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral, in each case as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (B) all documents representing all Securities being pledged pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and related undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank and (C) all Control Agreements that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, are required for the Loan Parties to comply with the Loan Documents as of the Closing Date, each duly executed by, in addition to the applicable Loan Party, the applicable financial institution;

(iii) duly executed favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties in New York, each addressed to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders and addressing such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(iv) a copy of each Constituent Document of each Loan Party that is on file with any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction, certified as of a recent date by such Governmental Authority, together with, if applicable, certificates attesting to the good standing of such Loan Party in such jurisdiction and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is qualified to do business as a foreign entity or where such qualification is necessary (and, if appropriate in any such jurisdiction, related tax certificates);

(v) a certificate of the secretary or other officer of each Loan Party in charge of maintaining books and records of such Loan Party certifying as to (A) the names and signatures of each officer of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver any Loan Document, (B) the Constituent Documents of such Loan Party attached to such certificate are complete and correct copies of such Constituent Documents as in effect on the date of such certification (or, for any such Constituent Document delivered pursuant to clause (v) above, that there have been no changes from such Constituent Document so delivered) and (C) the resolutions of such Loan Party’s board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party;

(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) each condition set forth in Section 3.2(b) has been satisfied, (B) both the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and the Borrower, individually, are Solvent after giving effect to the Loans and Letters of Credit, the consummation of the Related Transactions, the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 7.9 and the payment of all estimated legal, accounting and other fees and expenses related hereto and thereto, and (C) attached thereto are calculations demonstrating a pro forma Consolidated Leverage Ratio of Holdings (as such Consolidated Leverage Ratio was calculated under the Existing Credit Agreement), after giving effect hereto and based on the unaudited Consolidated financial statements of Holdings for the Fiscal Year ending on or about December 31, 2008, of not greater than 4.61 to 1.0;

 

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(vii) a business associate agreement duly executed by each Group Member and the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent;

(viii) a Reaffirmation Agreement duly executed by the Loan Parties;

(ix) insurance certificates in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating that the insurance policies required by Section 7.5 are in full force and effect and have all endorsements required by such Section 7.5;

(x) unaudited Consolidated financial statements, in form and substance as set forth in Section 6.1(a) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, for Holdings for the Fiscal Month ending January 31, 2009, and including a Compliance Certificate after giving pro forma effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and the Related Transactions;

(xi) the Post-Closing Obligations Letter; and

(xii) such other documents and information as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(b) Fee and Expenses. There shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, its Related Persons, any L/C Issuer or any Lender, as the case may be, all fees and all reimbursements of costs or expenses, in each case due and payable under any Loan Document on or before the Closing Date.

(c) Consents. Each Group Member shall have received all consents and authorizations required pursuant to any material Contractual Obligation with any other Person and shall have obtained all Permits of, and effected all notices to and filings with, any Governmental Authority, in each case, as may be necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in any Loan Document or Related Document (including the Related Transactions).

(d) Related Transactions. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the Second Lien Facility will have been satisfied or duly waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent.

(e) Closing Date Availability. After giving effect to the initial fundings hereunder and the Related Transactions, there shall be no Revolving Credit Outstandings, other than (i) L/C Obligations not to exceed $7,731,821 and (ii) Revolving Credit Outstandings the proceeds of which are being used for the purpose of paying fees, costs and expenses associated with this Agreement to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 7.9.

(f) Term Loan Repayment. On the date of this Agreement, the Borrower shall make a principal repayment of the Term Loan in an amount equal to $10,500,000.

 

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Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to Each Loan and Letter of Credit. The obligation of each Lender on any date (including the Closing Date) to make any Loan (other than any PIK Loan) and of each L/C Issuer on any date (including the Closing Date) to Issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Request. The Administrative Agent (and, in the case of any Issuance, the relevant L/C Issuer) shall have received, to the extent required by Article II, a written, timely and duly executed and completed Notice of Borrowing, Swingline Request or, as the case may be, L/C Request.

(b) Representations and Warranties; No Defaults. The following statements shall be true on such date, both before and after giving effect to such Loan or, as applicable, such Issuance: (i) the representations and warranties set forth in any Loan Document shall be true and correct (A) if such date is the Closing Date, on and as of such date or, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, on and as of such earlier date and (B) otherwise, in all material respects on and as of such date or, to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, on and as of such earlier date, except for such changes as are expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement and (ii) no Default shall be continuing.

(c) Additional Matters. The Administrative Agent shall have received such additional documents and information as any Lender, through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably request.

The representations and warranties set forth in any Notice of Borrowing, Swingline Request or L/C Request (or any certificate delivered in connection therewith) shall be deemed to be made again on and as of the date of the relevant Loan or Issuance and the acceptance of the proceeds thereof or of the delivery of the relevant Letter of Credit.

Section 3.3 Determinations of Initial Borrowing Conditions. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each Lender shall be deemed to be satisfied with each document and each other matter required to be satisfactory to such Lender unless, prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent receives notice from such Lender specifying such Lender’s objections and such Lender has not made available its Pro Rata Share of any Borrowing scheduled to be made on the Closing Date.

Section 3.4 Post-Closing Obligations. Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall cause to be performed and completed to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, all of the obligations set forth on the Post-Closing Obligations Letter within the time periods set forth on the Post-Closing Obligations Letter, and any failure by Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform and complete such obligations within such time period (or such extension of such time period as may be approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) shall constitute an immediate and automatic Event of Default hereunder, without any requirement of notice of further action by Administrative Agent or any Lender, except to the extent waived or otherwise modified by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion. To the extent that any delivery requirement in Section 3.1 conflicts with the Post-Closing Obligations Letter, the Post-Closing Obligations Letter shall control.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents, each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) represents and warrants to each of them each of the following on and as of each date applicable pursuant to Section 3.2:

Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage and operate its property, to lease or sublease any property it operates under lease or sublease and to conduct its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted, (d) is in compliance with its Constituent Documents, (e) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) has all necessary Permits from or by, has made all necessary filings with, and has given all necessary notices to, each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, lease, sublease, operation, occupation or conduct of business, except where the failure to obtain such Permits, make such filings or give such notices would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2 Loan and Related Documents. (a) Power and Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents and Related Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Related Transactions and other transactions contemplated therein (i) are within such Loan Party’s corporate or similar powers and, at the time of execution thereof, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and similar action (including, if applicable, consent of holders of its Securities), (ii) do not (A) contravene such Loan Party’s Constituent Documents, (B) violate any applicable Requirement of Law, (C) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any Contractual Obligation of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or Loan Documents) other than, in the case of this clause (C), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and are not created or caused by, or a conflict, breach, default or termination or acceleration event under, any Loan Document or (D) result in the imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) do not require any Permit of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent of, or notice to, any Person, other than (A) with respect to the Loan Documents, the filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (B) those listed on Schedule 4.2 and that have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, obtained or made, copies of which have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, delivered to the Administrative Agent, and each of which on the Closing Date will be in full force and effect.

(b) Due Execution and Delivery. From and after its delivery to the Administrative Agent, each Loan Document and Related Document has been duly executed and delivered to the other parties thereto by each Loan Party party thereto, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party and is enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.

 

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(c) Related Documents. Each representation and warranty by a Loan Party in each Related Document is true and correct in all material respects and no default, or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, has occurred thereunder.

Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members. Set forth on Schedule 4.3 is a complete and accurate list showing, as of the Closing Date, for each Group Member and each Subsidiary of any Group Member and each joint venture of any of them, its jurisdiction of organization, the number of shares of each class of Stock authorized (if applicable), the number outstanding on the Closing Date and the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower or Holdings. All outstanding Stock of each of them has been validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and, except in the case of Holdings, is owned beneficially and of record by a Group Member (or, in the case of the Borrower, by MSH) free and clear of all Liens other than the security interests created by the Loan Documents and, in the case of joint ventures, Permitted Liens. There are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of any Group Member (other than Holdings) or any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them and, as of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 4.3, there are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of Holdings. There are no Contractual Obligations or other understandings to which any Group Member, any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them is a party with respect to (including any restriction on) the issuance, voting, Sale or pledge of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or any such Subsidiary or joint venture.

Section 4.4 Financial Statements. (a) The financial statements which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent from time to time, including without limitation the audited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as at December 31, 2007 and the related Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, certified by Ernst & Young and the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of January 31, 2009 and the related Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows of Holdings, fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments).

(b) (i) On the Closing Date neither Holdings nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has any material liability or other obligation (including Indebtedness, Guaranty Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, long-term leases and unusual forward or long-term commitments) that is not reflected in the Financial Statements referred to in clause (a) above or in the notes thereto and not otherwise permitted by this Agreement and (ii) since the date of the audited Financial Statements referenced in clause (a) above, there has been no Sale of any material property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and no purchase or other acquisition of any material property.

 

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(c) The Closing Date Projections reflect projections for the five year period beginning on January 1, 2009 on a monthly basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. As of the Closing Date, the Closing Date Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to the Borrower as of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates by the Borrower of the future Consolidated financial performance of Holdings and the other information projected therein for the periods set forth therein.

(d) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, has been prepared as of, on or about January 31, 2009 and reflects as of such date, on a Pro Forma Basis for the Related Transactions and the other transactions contemplated herein to occur on the Closing Date, the Consolidated financial condition of Holdings, and the assumptions expressed therein are reasonable based on the information available to Holdings and the Borrower at such date and on the Closing Date.

Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2007, other than as disclosed in Schedule 4.5, there have been no events, circumstances, developments or other changes in facts that would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, it is understood that a Material Adverse Effect may occur at any time notwithstanding the fact that at such time no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Furthermore, other than as disclosed in Schedule 4.5, no fact or circumstance is known to any Loan Party that, either alone or in conjunction with all other facts and circumstances, has had or reasonably could be expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth in the financial statements.

Section 4.6 Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans and Letters of Credit made or Issued on or prior to the date this representation and warranty is made, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans, (c) the consummation of the Related Transactions and (d) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, both the Loan Parties taken as a whole and the Borrower are Solvent.

Section 4.7 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 hereof, there are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member or its property which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Obligations, the Loan Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Related Documents, the Related Transactions and the other transactions contemplated therein or have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no action, investigation, suit proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) affecting any Group Member before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which questions or challenges the validity of this Agreement or any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated herein or therein.

Section 4.8 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8 hereof, all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise and other material tax returns, reports and statements (collectively, the “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by any Tax Affiliate have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed, all such Tax

 

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Returns are true and correct in all material respects, and all taxes, charges and other impositions reflected therein and any material taxes, charges or other impositions otherwise due and payable have been paid prior to the date on which any Liability may be added thereto for non-payment thereof except for those contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Tax Affiliate in accordance with GAAP. No Tax Return is under audit or examination by any Governmental Authority and no notice of such an audit or examination or any assertion of any claim for Taxes has been given or made by any Governmental Authority. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Tax Affiliate from their respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable Requirements of Law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. No Tax Affiliate has participated in a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or has been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group other than the group of which a Tax Affiliate is the common parent. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, no Tax Affiliate is aware of any individual proposed tax assessment against it or against any other Tax Affiliate in an amount greater than $25,000.

Section 4.9 Margin Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of, and no proceeds of any Loan or other extensions of credit hereunder will be used for the purpose of, buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, in each case in contravention of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults. No Group Member is a party to any Contractual Obligation, no Group Member has Constituent Documents containing obligations, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, there are no applicable Requirements of Law, in each case the compliance with which would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no other party thereto) is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member, other than those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.11 Investment Company Act. No Group Member 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.

Section 4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns or lockouts existing, pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) against or involving any Group Member, except, for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, as of the Closing Date, (a) there is no collective bargaining or similar agreement with any union, labor organization, works council or similar representative covering any employee of any Group Member, (b) no petition for certification or election of any such representative is existing or pending with respect to any employee of any Group Member and (c) no such representative has sought certification or recognition with respect to any employee of any Group Member.

 

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Section 4.13 ERISA. Schedule 4.13 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a complete and correct list of, and that separately identifies, (a) all Title IV Plans, (b) all Multiemployer Plans and (c) all material Benefit Plans. Each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law so qualifies. Except for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Requirements of Law, (y) there are no existing or pending (or to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or investigations involving any Benefit Plan to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has or could have an obligation or any Liability and (z) no ERISA Event is reasonably expected to occur. On the Closing Date, no ERISA Event has occurred in connection with which obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) remain outstanding. No ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is made.

Section 4.14 Environmental Matters. To the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, (a) the operations of each Group Member are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Permits required by any applicable Environmental Law, other than non-compliances that, in the aggregate, would not have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities, (b) no Group Member is party to, and no Group Member and no real property currently (or to the knowledge of any Group Member previously) owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for any Group Member is subject to or the subject of, any Contractual Obligation or any pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) order, action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute or notice of violation or of potential liability or similar notice under or pursuant to any Environmental Law other than those that, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to result in Material Environmental Liabilities, (c) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any property of any Group Member and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that could reasonably be expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such property, (d) no Group Member has caused or suffered to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any real property of any Group Member and each such real property is free of contamination by any Hazardous Materials except for such Release or contamination that could not reasonably be expected to result, in the aggregate, in Material Environmental Liabilities, (e) no Group Member (i) is or has been engaged in, or has permitted any current or former tenant to engage in, operations, or (ii) knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including receipt of any information request or notice of potential responsibility under CERCLA or similar Environmental Laws, that, in the aggregate, would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities and (f) each Group Member has made available to the Administrative Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all documents pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case to the extent such reports, reviews, audits and documents are in their possession, custody or control.

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Group Member does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair any Intellectual Property owned by any other Person and (b) no other Person has contested any right, title or interest of any Group Member in, or relating to, any Intellectual Property, other than, in each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, (x) there are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with respect to, (y) no judgment or order regarding any such claim has been rendered by any competent Governmental Authority, no settlement agreement or similar Contractual Obligation has been entered into by any Group Member, with respect to and (z) no Group Member knows or has any reason to know of any valid basis for any claim based on, any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or impairment or contest, other than, in each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.16 Title; Real Property. (a) Each Group Member has good and marketable fee simple title to all owned real property and valid leasehold interests in all leased real property, and owns all personal property, in each case that is purported to be owned or leased by it, including those reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 4.16 is, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Related Transactions, (i) a complete and accurate list of all real property owned in fee simple by any Group Member or in which any Group Member owns a leasehold interest setting forth, for each such real property, the current street address (including, where applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), the record owner thereof and, where applicable, each lessee and sublessee thereof, (ii) any lease, sublease, license or sublicense of such real property by any Group Member and (iii) for each such real property that the Administrative Agent has requested be subject to a Mortgage or that is otherwise material to the business of any Group Member, each Contractual Obligation by any Group Member, whether contingent or otherwise, to Sell such real property.

Section 4.17 Full Disclosure. The information prepared or furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member in connection with any Loan Document or Related Document (including the information contained in any Financial Statement or Disclosure Document) or the consummation of any Related Transaction or any other transaction contemplated therein, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances when made, not misleading; provided, however, that projections contained therein are not to be viewed as factual and that actual results during the periods covered thereby may differ from the results set forth in such projections by a material amount. All projections that are part of such information (including those set forth in any Projections delivered subsequent to the Closing Date) are based upon good faith estimates and stated assumptions believed to be reasonable and fair as of the date made in light of conditions and facts then known and, as of such date, reflect good faith, reasonable and fair estimates of the information projected for the periods set forth therein. All facts known to any Group Member and material to an understanding of the financial condition, business, property or prospects of the Group Member taken as one enterprise have been disclosed to the Lenders.

 

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Section 4.18 Patriot Act. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no joint venture or subsidiary thereof) is in violation in any material respects of any United States Requirements of Law relating to terrorism, sanctions or money laundering (the “Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing (the “Anti-Terrorism Order”) and the Patriot Act.

ARTICLE V

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 5.1 Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Holdings shall not have, on the last day of each fiscal period set forth below, a Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending on such day of greater than the maximum ratio set forth opposite such fiscal period:

 

FISCAL PERIOD ENDING

ON OR ABOUT

  

MAXIMUM CONSOLIDATED
LEVERAGE RATIO

March 31, 2009

   6.10 to 1

April 30, 2009

   6.10 to 1

May 31, 2009

   6.10 to 1

June 30, 2009

   6.10 to 1

July 31, 2009

   6.10 to 1

August 31, 2009

   6.10 to 1

September 30, 2009

   6.10 to 1

October 31, 2009

   6.00 to 1

November 30, 2009

   6.00 to 1

December 31, 2009

   5.90 to 1

January 31, 2010

   5.90 to 1

February 28, 2010

   5.90 to 1

March 31, 2010

   5.90 to 1

June 30, 2010

   5.50 to 1

September 30, 2010

   5.35 to 1

December 31, 2010

   5.25 to 1

March 31, 2011

   5.05 to 1

June 30, 2011

   4.75 to 1

September 30, 2011

   4.65 to 1

December 31, 2011

   4.55 to 1

March 31, 2012

   4.50 to 1

June 30, 2012

   4.35 to 1

September 30, 2012

   4.25 to 1

December 31, 2012

   4.00 to 1

March 31, 2013

   3.85 to 1

June 30, 2013

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Section 5.2 Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. For the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending (i) on the last day of each Fiscal Month ending after the Closing Date through March 31, 2010, Holdings shall not have a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of less than 1.10 to 1.00, and (ii) on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter for every Fiscal Quarter thereafter, Holdings shall not have a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of less than 1.20 to 1.00.

Section 5.3 Capital Expenditures. The Group Members shall not incur, or permit to be incurred, Capital Expenditures in the aggregate for the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending on such day set forth below in excess of the maximum amount set forth opposite such fiscal period:

 

FISCAL PERIOD ENDING

ON OR ABOUT

  

MAXIMUM CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES

March 31, 2009

   $6,500,000

April 30, 2009

   $6,500,000

May 31, 2009

   $6,500,000

June 30, 2009

   $5,500,000

July 31, 2009

   $5,500,000

August 31, 2009

   $5,500,000

September 30, 2009

   $5,250,000

October 31, 2009

   $5,250,000

November 30, 2009

   $5,000,000

December 31, 2009

   $5,000,000

January 31, 2010

   $4,600,000

February 28, 2010

   $4,600,000

March 31, 2010 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter

   $4,600,000

 

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Section 5.4 Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. Holdings shall not have, on the last day of each fiscal period set forth on Schedule 5.4, a Consolidated EBITDA for such period of less than the minimum amount set forth opposite such fiscal period on Schedule 5.4.

ARTICLE VI

REPORTING COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 6.1 Financial Statements. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, each of the following:

(a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within (A) 40 days after the end of each January, (B) 45 days after the end of each March, June, and September, (C) 60 days after the end of each December and (D) 30 days after the end of all other Fiscal Months, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated (i) in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal year-end audit adjustments), the Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close of such Fiscal Month and related Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal Month and for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Month, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year and the figures contained in the latest Projections and (ii) operating metrics as of the close of such Fiscal Month, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(b) Annual Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year commencing with the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2008, (i) the Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of such year and related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, each prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (ii) a certification by the Group Members’ Accountants that (A) such Consolidated Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP without qualification as to the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other similar qualification and (B) in the course of the regular audit of the businesses of the Group Members, which audit was conducted in accordance with GAAP, such Group Members’ Accountants have obtained no knowledge that a Default in respect of any financial covenant contained in Article V is continuing or, if in the opinion of the Group Members’ Accountants such a Default is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof (provided, that, no such certification under this clause (B) shall be required in connection with the annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2008).

 

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(c) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement pursuant to clause (a), for each Fiscal Month through March 31, 2010, and then only for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, and (b) above, a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings that, among other things, (i) demonstrates compliance with each financial covenant contained in Article V that is tested as of such period and (ii) states that no Default is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default is continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2008, such Compliance Certificate, and the financial covenants calculated therein, shall be based upon the Existing Credit Agreement.

(d) Corporate Chart and Other Collateral Updates. As part of the Compliance Certificate delivered with the financial statements required by clause (b) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that (i) the Corporate Chart attached thereto (or the last Corporate Chart delivered pursuant to this clause (d)) is correct and complete as of the date of such Compliance Certificate, (ii) the Loan Parties have delivered all documents (including updated schedules as to locations of Collateral and acquisition of Intellectual Property or real property) they are required to deliver pursuant to any Loan Document on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate and (iii) complete and correct copies of all documents modifying any term of any Constituent Document of any Group Member or any Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate have been delivered to the Administrative Agent or are attached to such certificate.

(e) Budget. As soon as available and in any event not later than 30 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year (beginning with the 2010 Fiscal Year), a detailed Consolidated budget of Holdings for such Fiscal Year, including, on a month by month basis, a projected year-end Consolidated balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows and a summary of the underlying material assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the “Budget”), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such Budget, which Budget or revisions thereto shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, the Budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered thereby.

(f) Management Discussion and Analysis. Together with each delivery of any Compliance Certificate with the financial statements for each fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year required by clause (c) above, a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed and discussing the reasons for any significant variations from the Projections for such period and the figures for the corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year.

 

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(g) Intercompany Loan Balances. Together with each delivery of any Compliance Certificate with the financial statements required by clause (b) above, a summary of the outstanding balances of all intercompany Indebtedness as of the last day of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(h) Audit Reports, Management Letters, Etc. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (b) above, copies of each management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by any Group Member from any independent registered certified public accountant (including the Group Members’ Accountants) in connection with such Financial Statements or any audit thereof, each certified to be complete and correct copies by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(i) Insurance. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (b) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements, a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Group Member, together with such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

Section 6.2 Other Events. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a)(i) any Default and (ii) any event that would have a Material Adverse Effect, specifying, in each case, the nature and anticipated effect thereof and any action proposed to be taken in connection therewith, (b) any event (other than any event involving loss or damage to property) reasonably expected to result in a mandatory payment of the Obligations pursuant to Section 2.8, stating the material terms and conditions of such transaction and estimating the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, (c) the commencement of, or any material developments in, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute with, by or before any Governmental Authority affecting any Group Member or any property of any Group Member that (i) seeks to enjoin any Group Member, (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, exposes any Group Member to liability in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,000,000 or (iii) would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) the acquisition of any material real property or the entering into any material lease.

Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports. The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, copies of each of the following: (a) all reports that Holdings transmits to its security holders generally, (b) all documents that any Group Member files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., any securities exchange or any Governmental Authority exercising similar functions, (c) all press releases not made available directly to the general public, (d) any material documents transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Related Document and (e) any material document transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Contractual Obligation governing

 

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Indebtedness having a principal amount of $3,000,000 or more of any Group Member. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.3, if delivered electronically and notice is promptly provided to Administrative Agent, shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

Section 6.4 Taxes. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the creation, or filing with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, of any Contractual Obligation or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any taxes with respect to any Tax Affiliate and (b) the creation of any Contractual Obligation of any Tax Affiliate, or the receipt of any request directed to any Tax Affiliate, to make any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code, by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.5 Labor Matters. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing), promptly after, and in any event within 30 days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the commencement of any material labor dispute to which any Group Member is or may become a party, including any strikes, lockouts or other disputes relating to any of such Person’s plants and other facilities and (b) the incurrence by any Group Member of any Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or related or similar liability incurred with respect to the closing of any plant or other facility of any such Person (other than, in the case of this clause (b), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).

Section 6.6 ERISA Matters. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, (a) on or prior to any filing by any ERISA Affiliate of any notice of intent to terminate any Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (b) promptly, and in any event within 10 days, after any Responsible Officer of any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code has been filed with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan, a notice (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) describing such waiver request and any action that any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining thereto.

Section 6.7 Environmental Matters. (a) The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed by the Administrative Agent in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it (and, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, documents and information in connection therewith): (i)(A) unpermitted Releases, (B) the receipt by any Group Member of any notice of violation of or potential liability or similar notice under, or the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to result in violations of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (C) the commencement of, or any material change to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit,

 

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claim, demand, dispute alleging a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for each of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above (and, in the case of clause (C), if adversely determined), in the aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $500,000, (ii) the receipt by any Group Member of notification that any property of any Group Member is subject to any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities and (iii) any proposed acquisition or lease of real property if such acquisition or lease would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in aggregate Environmental Liabilities in excess of $500,000.

(b) Upon request of the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, a report containing an update as to the status of any environmental, health or safety compliance, hazard or liability issue identified in any document delivered to any Secured Party pursuant to any Loan Document or as to any condition reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent to result in material Environmental Liabilities.

Section 6.8 Other Information. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, with such other documents and information with respect to the business, property, condition (financial or otherwise), legal, financial or corporate or similar affairs or operations of any Group Member as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Section 6.9 Confidential Health Information. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Loan Parties agree that they will not distribute or share confidential health information with the Administrative Agent or any Lender if the sharing or distribution of such information to the Administrative Agent or such Lender would be a violation of HIPAA and the Loan Parties further agree to identify any such health information and protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from the receipt thereof; provided that the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right to receive confidential health information if the Administrative Agent or such Lender executes a business associate agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.10 Bank Meetings. Borrower and Holdings will, upon request of Administrative Agent or upon request from the Required Lenders given in writing to Administrative Agent on or before the fifth (5th) calendar day of the Fiscal Month if before March 31, 2010, and on or before the fourteenth (14th) calendar day of the Fiscal Quarter if after March 31, 2010, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders not more than once per Fiscal Month through March 31, 2010, and not more than once per Fiscal Quarter thereafter, to be held via telephone conference call or, if the Administrative Agent chooses in its sole discretion, at Borrower’s principal offices or (such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent.

 

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ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Each Group Member shall (a) preserve and maintain its legal existence, except in connection with the consummation of transactions expressly permitted by Sections 8.4 and 8.7, and (b) preserve and maintain its rights (charter and statutory), privileges, franchises and Permits necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (b), where the failure to do so would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Group Member shall comply with all applicable Requirements of Law, Contractual Obligations and Permits, except for such failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations. Each Group Member shall pay or discharge before they become delinquent (a) all material claims, taxes, assessments, charges and levies imposed by any Governmental Authority and (b) all other material lawful claims that if unpaid would, by the operation of applicable Requirements of Law, become a Lien upon any property of any Group Member, except, in each case, for those whose amount or validity is being contested in good faith by proper proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Group Member in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property. Each Group Member shall maintain and preserve (a) in good working order and condition all of its property necessary in the conduct of its business and (b) all rights, permits, licenses, approvals and privileges (including all Permits) necessary, used or useful, whether because of its ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property or other conduct of its business, and shall make all necessary or appropriate filings with, and give all required notices to, Government Authorities, except for such failures to maintain and preserve the items or to make such filings and give such notices set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Group Member shall (a) maintain or cause to be maintained in full force and effect policies of insurance of such kind with respect to the property and businesses of the Group Members (including policies of life, fire, theft, product liability, public liability, property damage, other casualty, employee fidelity, workers’ compensation, business interruption and employee health and welfare insurance) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or associations (in each case that are not Affiliates of the Borrower) of a nature and providing such coverage as is customarily carried by businesses of the size and character of the business of the Group Members and (b) cause all such insurance relating to any property or business of any Loan Party to name the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as additional insured or loss payee, as appropriate, and to provide that no cancellation, material addition in amount or material change in coverage shall be effective until after 30 days’ notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.6 Keeping of Books. The Group Members shall keep proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP and all other applicable Requirements of Law of all financial transactions and the assets and business of each Group Member.

 

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Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property. Each Group Member shall permit (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Administrative Agent and any Related Person of the Administrative Agent and (b) during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any Related Person of any of them, at any reasonable time during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice (except that, during the continuance of an Event of Default, no such notice shall be required) to (a) visit and inspect the property of each Group Member and examine and make copies of and abstracts from, the corporate (and similar), financial, operating and other books and records of each Group Member, (b) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of each Group Member with any officer or director of any Group Member and (c) communicate directly with any registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) of any Group Member; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default (which shall be unlimited), the Administrative Agent and any Related Persons of the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, which shall be at the Lenders’ expense so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists. Each Group Member shall authorize their respective registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) to communicate directly with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons, as applicable, and to disclose to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons, as applicable, all financial statements and other documents and information as they might have and the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests with respect to any Group Member.

Section 7.8 Environmental. Each Group Member shall comply with, and maintain its real property, whether owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied, in compliance with, all applicable Environmental Laws (including by implementing any Remedial Action necessary to achieve such compliance or that is required by orders and directives of any Governmental Authority) except for failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, if an Event of Default is continuing or if the Administrative Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there exist violations of Environmental Laws by any Group Member or that there exist any Environmental Liabilities, in each case, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, then each Group Member shall, promptly upon receipt of request from the Administrative Agent, cause the performance of, and allow the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons access to such real property for the purpose of conducting, such environmental audits and assessments, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and cause the preparation of such reports, in each case as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Such audits, assessments and reports, to the extent not conducted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, shall be conducted and prepared by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.9 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by the Borrower, each other Group Member) solely (a) to consummate the Related Transactions and for the payment of related transaction costs, fees and expenses, (b) for the payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan

 

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Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and (c) in the case of Revolving Loans, for working capital and general corporate and similar purposes; provided, however, that the proceeds of Loans may not be used (i) for the purpose of paying any fees, costs and expenses described in clauses (a) and (b) above unless Borrower or any Group Member could not otherwise pay such fees, costs and expenses from cash or cash equivalents on hand or from another available source permitted hereunder or (ii) to fund Restricted Payments.

Section 7.10 Additional Collateral and Guaranties. To the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Closing Date), each Group Member shall, promptly, do each of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent:

(a) deliver to the Administrative Agent such modifications to the terms of the Loan Documents (or, to the extent applicable as determined by the Administrative Agent, such other documents), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure the following:

(i) (A) each Subsidiary of any Loan Party that has entered into Guaranty Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower and (B) each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall guaranty, as primary obligor and not as surety, the payment of the Obligations of the Borrower; and

(ii) each Loan Party (including any Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to clause (i) above) shall effectively grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in all of its property, including all of its Stock and Stock Equivalents and other Securities, as security for the Obligations of such Loan Party;

provided, however, that, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree, in no event shall (x) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary be required to guaranty the payment of any Obligation, (y) the Loan Parties, individually or collectively, be required to pledge in excess of 66% of the outstanding Voting Stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or (z) a security interest be required to be granted on any property of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary as security for any Obligation;

(b) deliver to the Administrative Agent all documents representing all Stock, Stock Equivalents and other Securities pledged pursuant to the documents delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, together with undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank;

(c) upon request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to it a Mortgage on any real property owned by any Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $250,000 and on any of its material leases, together with all Mortgage Supporting Documents relating thereto (or, if such real property or the real property subject to such lease is located in a jurisdiction outside the United States, similar documents deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent to obtain the equivalent in such jurisdiction of a first-priority mortgage on such real property or lease);

 

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(d) take all other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing validity of any guaranty for any Obligation or any Lien securing any Obligation, to perfect, maintain, evidence or enforce any Lien securing any Obligation or ensure such Liens have the same priority as that of the Liens on similar Collateral set forth in the Loan Documents executed on the Closing Date (or, for Collateral located outside the United States, a similar priority acceptable to the Administrative Agent), including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Loan Documents or applicable Requirements of Law or as the Administrative Agent may otherwise reasonably request; and

(e) deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in this Section 7.10, which opinions shall be as reasonably required by, and in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.11 Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral Accounts. (a) Each Group Member (other than Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries) shall (i) deposit all of its cash in deposit accounts that are Controlled Deposit Accounts, provided, however, that each Group Member may maintain zero-balance accounts for the purpose of managing local disbursements and may maintain payroll, withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts, and (ii) deposit all of its Cash Equivalents in securities accounts that are Controlled Securities Accounts, in each case except for cash and Cash Equivalents the aggregate value of which does not exceed $50,000 for more than two (2) consecutive Business Days.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for, or bear any risk of loss of, any investment or income of any funds in any Cash Collateral Account. From time to time after funds are deposited in any Cash Collateral Account, the Administrative Agent may apply funds then held in such Cash Collateral Account to the payment of Obligations in accordance with Section 2.12. To the extent an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, no Group Member and no Person claiming on behalf of or through any Group Member shall have any right to demand payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior to the termination of (i) such Event of Default or (ii) of all Commitments and the payment in full of all Obligations and, in the case of L/C Cash Collateral Accounts, the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit.

Section 7.12 Interest Rate Contracts. The Borrower shall maintain Interest Rate Contracts on terms and with counterparties reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to provide protection against fluctuation of interest rates until the 2nd anniversary of the Initial Closing Date for a notional amount that equals at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan Facility and the Second Lien Facility.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 8.1 Indebtedness. No Group Member shall, directly or indirectly, incur or otherwise remain liable with respect to or responsible for, any Indebtedness except for the following:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.1, together with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (b);

(c) Indebtedness consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations (other than with respect to a lease entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) and purchase money Indebtedness, in each case incurred by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to finance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of fixed or capital assets of such Group Member, together with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (c); provided, however, that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of: (x) two percent (2.00%) of Holdings’ Consolidated Total Assets; or (y) $3,000,000 at any time and (ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of the property so acquired or built or of such repairs or improvements financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, with such Indebtedness (each measured at the time such acquisition, repair, improvement or construction is made);

(d) Capitalized Lease Obligations arising under Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.4(b)(ii);

(e) intercompany loans owing to any Group Member and constituting Permitted Investments of such Group Member;

(f)(i) obligations under Interest Rate Contracts entered into to comply with Section 7.12 and (ii) obligations under other Hedging Agreements entered into for the sole purpose of hedging in the normal course of business and consistent with industry practices;

(g) Guaranty Obligations of any Group Member with respect to Permitted Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause (b) above) or with respect to any other obligation or liability of any Group Member otherwise permitted to be incurred herein;

(h) Indebtedness in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds in the ordinary course of business;

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(j) so long as Holdings is in pro forma compliance with Article V after giving affect to such unsecured Indebtedness, any unsecured Indebtedness of any Group Member, subordinated on terms and conditions satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such unsecured Indebtedness shall not exceed the greater of (i) two percent (2.00%) of Holdings’ Consolidated Total Assets, or (ii) $3,000,000 at any time.

Section 8.2 Liens. No Group Member shall incur, maintain or otherwise suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any right to receive income or profits, except for the following:

(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Customary Permitted Liens of Group Members;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.2;

(d) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c); provided, however, that (i) such Liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantially simultaneously with, or within 90 days after, the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of, such property financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness and (ii) such Liens do not extend to any property of any Group Member other than the property (and proceeds thereof) acquired or built, or the improvements or repairs, financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness;

(e) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing the Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien on such property permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause (c) or (d) above or this clause (e) without any change in the property subject to such Liens;

(f) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or a Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness; provided, that, such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not securing such Indebtedness on the date of acquisition of such property or asset and (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition; and

(g) Liens created pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Facility, so long as the Intercreditor Agreement is in full force and effect.

Section 8.3 Investments. No Group Member shall make or maintain, directly or indirectly, any Investment except for the following:

(a) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.3;

(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(c) (i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) extensions of trade credit (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower) arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Investments received in settlements in the ordinary course of business of such extensions of trade credit and (iv) inventory, raw materials and general intangibles (to the extent such general intangibles are not a Capital Expenditure) acquired in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(d) Investments by (i) Holdings in the Borrower or in any Holdings Entity, (ii) any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), and (iii) any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in any joint venture in connection with a vendor managed services contract; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed (A) $1,000,000 at any time or (B) with the Administrative Agent’s written consent (to be given in its sole discretion) and so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, $3,000,000 at any time;

(e) loans or advances to employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary business purposes in the ordinary course of business as presently conducted; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all loans and advances permitted pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $1,000,000 at any time; and

(f) Investments in the form of Securities of another Person received in consideration of any permissible Sale of Assets.

Section 8.4 Asset Sales. No Group Member shall Sell any of its property (other than cash) or issue shares of its own Stock, except for the following:

(a) in each case to the extent entered into in the ordinary course of business and made to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (i) Sales of Cash Equivalents, or inventory or property in the ordinary course of business or that has become obsolete or worn out and (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property;

(b) (i) a true lease or sublease of real property not constituting Indebtedness and not entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) a Sale of property pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided, however, that the aggregate fair market value (measured at the time of the applicable Sale) of all property covered by any outstanding Sale and Leaseback Transaction at any time shall not exceed $500,000;

(c) (i) any Sale of any property (other than their own Stock or Stock Equivalents) by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) to the extent any resulting Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment, (ii) any Restricted Payment by any Group Member (other than Holdings) permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 and (iii) any distribution by Holdings of the proceeds of Restricted Payments from any other Group Member to the extent permitted in Section 8.5;

(d) (i) any Sale or issuance by Holdings of its own Stock, (ii) any Sale or issuance by the Borrower of its own Stock to Holdings, (iii) any Sale or issuance by any Subsidiary of the Borrower of its own Stock to any Group Member (other than Holdings), provided, however, that the proportion of such Stock and of each class of such Stock (both on an outstanding and fully-diluted basis) held by the Loan Parties (other than Holdings), taken as a whole, does not change as a result of such Sale or issuance and (iv) to the extent necessary to satisfy any Requirement of Law in the jurisdiction of incorporation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Sale or issuance by such Subsidiary of its own Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares or nominal holdings; and

 

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(e) as long as no Default is continuing or would result therefrom, any Sale of property (other than as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of, or Sale or issuance of its own Stock by, any Group Member (other than Holdings) for fair market value payable in cash upon such sale; provided, however, that the aggregate consideration received during any Fiscal Year for all such Sales shall not exceed $1,000,000.

Section 8.5 Restricted Payments. No Group Member (other than Holdings) shall directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment except for the following (and Holdings shall not use the proceeds of any Restricted Payment made in reliance under clause (c) below other than as set forth in such clause (c)):

(a) (i) Restricted Payments (A) by any Group Member (other than Holdings) that is a Loan Party to any Loan Party other than Holdings and (B) by any Group Member that is not a Loan Party to any Group Member other than Holdings, (ii) dividends and distributions by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party to any holder of its Stock, to the extent made to all such holders ratably according to their ownership interests in such Stock and (iii) non-cash repurchases of warrants or options deemed to occur upon exercise thereof if such warrants or options represent a portion of the exercise thereof;

(b) dividends and distributions declared and paid on the common Stock of any Group Member (other than Holdings) ratably to the holders of such common Stock and payable only in common Stock of such Group Member; and

(c) cash dividends on the Stock of the Borrower to Holdings paid and declared solely for the purpose of funding the following:

(i) payments by Holdings in respect of taxes owing by Holdings in respect of the other Group Members;

(ii) ordinary operating expenses of Holdings; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon this clause (ii) shall not exceed $2,000,000 in the aggregate; and

(iii) the redemption, purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value by Holdings of its common Stock (or Stock Equivalents with respect to its common Stock) (A) from any present or former employee, director or officer (or the assigns, estate, heirs or current or former spouses thereof) of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employee, director or officer or (B) pursuant to the terms of employment agreements, as in effect as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon clause (A) shall not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

provided, however, that no action that would otherwise be permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (c) (other than clause (i) or (ii) above) shall be permitted if (A) a Default is then continuing or would result therefrom or (B) such action is otherwise prohibited under any Loan Document or under the terms of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Group Member.

 

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Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness. No Group Member shall (x) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any Indebtedness, (y) set apart any property for such purpose, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise, or (z) make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Indebtedness; provided, however, that each Group Member may, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents, and so long as no Default is continuing, do each of the following:

(a) consummate a Permitted Refinancing;

(b) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof (or set apart any property for such purpose) (A) in the case of any Group Member that is not a Loan Party, any Indebtedness owing by such Group Member to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) and (B) otherwise, any Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party (other than Holdings);

(c) make regularly scheduled or otherwise required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to any Affiliate of the Borrower), including but not limited to scheduled or otherwise required payments of Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 8.1, but only, in the case of Subordinated Debt, to the extent permitted by the subordination provisions thereof; and

(d) prepay the Obligations.

Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes. No Group Member shall (a) merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person, (b) acquire all or substantially all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Person or (c) acquire any brand or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting any line of business, division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person, in each case except for the following: (x) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Holdings Entity into any other Holdings Entity, (y) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower into any Loan Party and (z) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Group Member for the sole purpose, and with the sole material effect, of changing its State of organization within the United States; provided, however, that (A) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the surviving Person and (B) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving any other Loan Party, a Loan Party shall be the surviving corporation and all actions required to maintain the perfection of the Lien of the Administrative Agent on the Stock or property of such Loan Party shall have been made.

Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business. (a) No Group Member (other than Holdings) shall carry on any business, operations or activities (whether directly, through a joint venture or otherwise) substantially different from those carried on by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the date hereof and business, operations and activities reasonably related thereto or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension thereof.

 

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(b) Holdings shall not engage in any business, operations or activity, or hold any property, other than (i) holding Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, (ii) issuing, selling and redeeming its own Stock, (ii) paying taxes, (iii) holding managers’, members’, directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, preparing corporate and similar records and other activities required to maintain its separate corporate or other legal structure, (iv) preparing reports to, and preparing and making notices to and filings with, Governmental Authorities and to its holders of Stock and Stock Equivalents and (v) receiving, and holding proceeds of, Restricted Payments from the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and distributing the proceeds thereof to the extent permitted in Section 8.5.

Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Group Member shall, except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party (including Guaranty Obligations with respect to any obligation of any such Affiliate), except for (a) transactions in the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to such Group Member as would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (b) Restricted Payments, the proceeds of which, if received by Holdings, are used as required by Section 8.5 and (c) reasonable salaries and other reasonable director or employee compensation and benefit arrangements (including any indemnity obligations) to officers and directors of any Group Member and any employment agreement (including customary benefits thereunder) that is entered into in the ordinary course of business.

Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall incur or otherwise suffer to exist or become effective or remain liable on or responsible for any Contractual Obligation limiting the ability of (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower to make Restricted Payments to, or Investments in, or repay Indebtedness or otherwise Sell property to, any Group Member (other than Holdings) or (b) any Group Member to incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property of any Group Member, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, securing any of its Obligations (including any “equal and ratable” clause and any similar Contractual Obligation requiring, when a Lien is granted on any property, another Lien to be granted on such property or any other property), except, for each of clauses (a) and (b) above, (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to the Second Lien Loan Documents, (iii) limitations on Liens (other than those securing any Obligation) on any property whose acquisition, repair, improvement or construction is financed by purchase money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Permitted Refinancings permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c) or (d) set forth in the Contractual Obligations governing such Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Permitted Refinancing or Guaranty Obligations with respect thereto, (iv) pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement or (v) Applicable Law.

Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents. No Group Member shall do any of the following:

(a) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Related Document (other than any Second Lien Loan Document), the Acquisition Agreement (or related documents) or any Constituent Document of, or otherwise change the capital structure of, any Group Member (including the terms of any of their outstanding Stock or Stock Equivalents), in each case except for those

 

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modifications and waivers that (x) do not elect, or permit the election, to treat the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any limited liability company (or similar entity) as certificated unless the certificates issued thereunder to any Loan Party are delivered to the Administrative Agent and (y) do not materially adversely affect the rights and privileges of any Group Member and do not materially adversely affect the interests of any Secured Party under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral;

(b) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Second Lien Loan Document, except as may be permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Subordinated Debt held by a Person other than a Loan Party if the effect thereof on such Subordinated Debt is to (i) increase the interest rate, (ii) change the due dates for principal or interest, other than to extend such dates, (iii) modify any default or event of default, other than to delete it or make it less restrictive, (iv) add any covenant with respect thereto, (v) modify any subordination provision, (vi) modify any redemption or prepayment provision, other than to extend the dates therefor or to reduce the premiums payable in connection therewith or (vii) materially increase any obligation of any Group Member or confer additional material rights to the holder of such Subordinated Debt in a manner adverse to any Group Member or any Secured Party.

Section 8.12 Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year. No Group Member shall change its (a) accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or any Requirement of Law, or (b) fiscal year or its method for determining fiscal quarters or fiscal months.

Section 8.13 Margin Regulations. No Group Member shall use all or any portion of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in contravention of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 8.14 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist (a) any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (b) any other ERISA Event, that would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Benefit Plan.

Section 8.15 Hazardous Materials. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any Release of any Hazardous Material at, to or from any real property owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied by any Group Member that would violate any Environmental Law, form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities or otherwise adversely affect the value or marketability of any real property (whether or not owned by any Group Member), other than such violations, Environmental Liabilities and effects that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 9.1 Definition. Each of the following shall be an Event of Default:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan or any L/C Reimbursement Obligation when the same becomes due and payable or (ii) any interest on any Loan, any fee under any Loan Document or any other Obligation (other than those set forth in clause (i) above) and, in the case of this clause (ii), such non-payment continues for a period of 3 Business Days after the due date therefor; or

(b) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any Loan Document or by or on behalf of any Loan Party (or any Responsible Officer thereof) in connection with any Loan Document (including in any document delivered in connection with any Loan Document) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(c) any Loan Party shall fail to comply with (i) any provision of Article V (Financial Covenants), and such Event of Default under this clause (i) shall be deemed to occur on the last day of any specified measurement period, regardless of when the information reflecting such breach is delivered to Administrative Agent, (ii) Section 6.1 (Financial Statements), (iii) 6.2(a)(i) (Other Events), (iv) 7.1(a) (Maintenance of Corporate Existence), (v) 7.9 (Application of Loan Proceeds), (vi) Article VIII (Negative Covenants) or (vii) any other provision of any Loan Document if, in the case of this clause (vii), such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of such failure and (B) the date on which notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

(d) (i) any Group Member shall fail to make any payment when due (whether due because of scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than the Obligations or any Hedging Agreement) and, in each case, such failure relates to Indebtedness having a principal amount of $2,000,000 or more, (ii) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any Contractual Obligation relating to any such Indebtedness, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the maturity of such Indebtedness, (iii) any such Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof or (iv) any “Event of Default”, as defined under any Second Lien Loan Document, shall occur; or

(e) (i) any Group Member shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Group Member seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under any Requirement of Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such

 

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proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) any Group Member, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Group Member shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above; or

(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees (or other similar process) shall be rendered against any Group Member (i)(A) in the case of money judgments, orders and decrees, involving an aggregate amount (excluding amounts adequately covered by insurance payable to any Group Member (“Threshold Amount”), to the extent the relevant insurer has not denied coverage therefor) in excess of $2,000,000 or (B) otherwise, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)(A) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon an aggregate of such judgments, orders or decrees in excess of the Threshold Amount or (B) an aggregate of such judgments, orders and decrees in excess of the Threshold Amount shall not have been vacated or discharged for a period of 30 consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any stay of enforcement thereof; or

(g) except pursuant to a valid, binding and enforceable termination or release permitted under the Loan Documents and executed by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise expressly permitted under any Loan Document, (i) any provision of any Loan Document shall, at any time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Loan Party party thereto or (ii) any Loan Document purporting to grant a Lien to secure any Obligation shall, at any time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to create a valid and enforceable Lien on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such Lien shall fail or cease to be a perfected Lien with the priority required in the relevant Loan Document or (iii) any Group Member shall state in writing that any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above shall have occurred; or

(h) there shall occur any Change of Control.

Section 9.2 Remedies. During the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case by notice to the Borrower and in addition to any other right or remedy provided under any Loan Document or by any applicable Requirement of Law, do each of the following: (a) declare all or any portion of the Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately be reduced by such portion or, in the case of a termination in whole, shall terminate together with any obligation any Lender may have hereunder to make any Loan and any L/C Issuer may have hereunder to Issue any Letter of Credit or (b) declare immediately due and payable all or part of any Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan Document, other Loan Parties); provided, however, that, effective immediately upon the occurrence of the Events of Default specified in Section 9.1(e)(ii), (x) the Commitments of each Lender to make Loans and the commitment of each L/C Issuer to Issue Letters of Credit shall each automatically be terminated and (y) each Obligation (including in each case any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirement of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan Document, any other Loan Party).

 

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Section 9.3 Actions in Respect of Letters of Credit. At any time (i) upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date, (ii) after the Revolving Credit Termination Date when the aggregate funds on deposit in L/C Cash Collateral Accounts shall be less than 105% of the L/C Obligations for all Letters of Credit at such time and (iii) as required by Section 2.12, the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s office referred to in Section 11.12, for deposit in an L/C Cash Collateral Account, the amount required so that, after such payment, the aggregate funds on deposit in the L/C Cash Collateral Accounts equals or exceeds 105% of the L/C Obligations for all Letters of Credit at such time (not to exceed, in the case of clause (iii) above, the payment to be applied pursuant to Section 2.12 to provide cash collateral for Letters of Credit).

ARTICLE X

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties. (a) Appointment of Administrative Agent. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer hereby appoints GE Capital (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.9) as the Administrative Agent hereunder and authorizes the Administrative Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Loan Documents and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from any Group Member, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent under such Loan Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

(b) Duties as Collateral and Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders and L/C Issuers), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders and the L/C Issuers with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each Person making any payment in connection with any Loan Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Administrative Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Loan Documents, applicable Requirements of Law or otherwise and (vii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Loan Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver;

 

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provided, however, that the Administrative Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender and L/C Issuer to act as collateral sub-agent for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Loan Party with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by, such Lender or L/C Issuer, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders and the L/C Issuers to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Administrative Agent, and each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

(c) Limited Duties. Under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.14(b) with respect to the Register and in Section 10.11), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent”, the terms “agent”, “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Loan Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Loan Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender, L/C Issuer or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Loan Document, and each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through (iii) above. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender holding a title listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or a Lender hereunder.

Section 10.2 Binding Effect. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.

Section 10.3 Use of Discretion. (a) No Action without Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except any action it is required to take or omit to take (i) under any Loan Document or (ii) pursuant to instructions from the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders).

(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action (i) unless, upon demand, the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, any other Secured

 

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Party) against all Liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission, may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Related Person thereof or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or its counsel, contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Requirement of Law.

Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Administrative Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any Loan Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other Person (including any Secured Party). Any such Person shall benefit from this Article X to the extent provided by the Administrative Agent.

Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability. (a) The Administrative Agent may, without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) treat the payee of any Note as its holder until such Note has been assigned in accordance with Section 11.2(e), (ii) rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 2.14, (iii) consult with any of its Related Persons and, whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Loan Party) and (iv) rely and act upon any document and information (including those transmitted by Electronic Transmission) and any telephone message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties.

(b) None of the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Loan Document, and each Lender, L/C Issuer, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waive and shall not assert (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in reliance upon the instructions of the Required Lenders or for the actions or omissions of any of its Related Persons selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors of the Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent);

(ii) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the attachment or priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document;

(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Secured Party for any statement, document, information, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on behalf of any Related Person or any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein or any other document or information with respect to any Loan Party, whether or not transmitted or (except for documents expressly required under

 

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any Loan Document to be transmitted to the Lenders) omitted to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent, including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or for the scope, nature or results of any due diligence performed by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents; and

(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any provision of any Loan Document, whether any condition set forth in any Loan Document is satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Loan Party or as to the existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received a notice from the Borrower, any Lender or L/C Issuer describing such Default or Event of Default clearly labeled “notice of default” (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of such receipt to all Lenders);

and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each Lender, L/C Issuer, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action it might have against the Administrative Agent based thereon.

Section 10.6 Administrative Agent Individually. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire Stock and Stock Equivalents of, or engage in any kind of business with, any Loan Party or Affiliate thereof as though it were not acting as Administrative Agent and may receive separate fees and other payments therefor. To the extent the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates makes any Loan or otherwise becomes a Lender hereunder, it shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities as any other Lender and the terms “Lender”, “Revolving Credit Lender”, “Term Loan Lender”, “Required Lender”, “Required Revolving Credit Lender” and “Required Term Loan Lender” and any similar terms shall, except where otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document, include, without limitation, the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its individual capacity as Lender, Revolving Credit Lender, Term Loan Lender or as one of the Required Lenders, Required Revolving Credit Lenders or Required Term Loan Lenders respectively.

Section 10.7 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender and each L/C Issuer acknowledges that it shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lender or L/C Issuer or any of their Related Persons or upon any document (including the Disclosure Documents) solely or in part because such document was transmitted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, conduct its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Loan Party and make and continue to make its own credit decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not taking any action under, any Loan Document or with respect to any transaction contemplated in any Loan Document, in each case based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate. Except for documents expressly required by any Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders or L/C Issuers, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender or L/C Issuer with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party that may come in to the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons.

 

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Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities. (a) Each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party) promptly upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share with respect to the Facilities of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Loan Party) that may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with the preparation, syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, any Loan Document.

(b) Each Lender further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party), for such Lender’s aggregate Pro Rata Share with respect to the Facilities from and against the Liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the account of any Lender) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent related to or in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any Loan Document, any Related Document or any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons under or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent such liability has resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.

Section 10.9 Resignation of Administrative Agent or L/C Issuer. (a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of such resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower, effective on the date set forth in such notice or, if not such date is set forth therein, upon the date such notice shall be effective. If the Administrative Agent delivers any such notice, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent having given notice of resignation, no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed by the Required Lenders that has accepted such appointment, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent from among the Lenders. Each appointment under this clause (a) shall be subject to the prior consent of the Borrower, which may not be unreasonably withheld but shall not be required during the continuance of a Default.

(b) Effective immediately upon its resignation, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent until a successor Administrative Agent shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the retiring Administrative

 

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Agent and its Related Persons shall no longer have the benefit of any provision of any Loan Document other than with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken while such retiring Administrative Agent was, or because such Administrative Agent had been, validly acting as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 10.3, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid appointment as Administrative Agent, a successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

(c) Any L/C Issuer may resign at any time by delivering notice of such resignation to the Administrative Agent, effective on the date set forth in such notice or, if no such date is set forth therein, on the date such notice shall be effective. Upon such resignation, the L/C Issuer shall remain an L/C Issuer and shall retain its rights and obligations in its capacity as such (other than any obligation to Issue Letters of Credit but including the right to receive fees or to have Lenders participate in any L/C Reimbursement Obligation thereof) with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer prior to the date of such resignation and shall otherwise be discharged from all other duties and obligations under the Loan Documents.

Section 10.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors. Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby consents to the release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent to release (or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Loan Party if all of the Securities of such Subsidiary owned by any Group Member are Sold in a Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 7.10; and

(b) any Lien held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (i) any Collateral that is Sold by a Loan Party in a Sale permitted by the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), to the extent all Liens required to be granted in such Collateral pursuant to Section 7.10 after giving effect to such Sale have been granted, (ii) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.2(d) or (e) and (iii) all of the Collateral and all Loan Parties, upon (A) termination of the Commitments, (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans, all L/C Reimbursement Obligations and all other Obligations that the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable by the holder of such Obligation, (C) deposit of cash collateral with respect to all contingent Obligations (or, in the case of any L/C Obligation, a back-up letter of credit has been issued), in amounts and on terms and conditions and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Indemnitee that is owed such Obligations and (D) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Loan Parties each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Each Lender and L/C Issuer hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release or subordinate the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in this Section 10.10.

 

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Section 10.11 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender or L/C Issuer as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) this Article X, Section 11.9 (Right of Setoff), Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) and Section 11.21 (Confidentiality) and the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 10.8 only to the extent of Liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of Pro Rata Share or similar concept, (b) except as set forth specifically herein, each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (c) except as set forth specifically herein, such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter, the Control Agreements, the L/C Reimbursement Agreements and the Secured Hedging Agreements) and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed (1) in the case of an amendment, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency (to the extent such amendment, consent or waiver would not have a material effect on the Loans or any Lender) or granting a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties or extending an existing Lien over additional property, by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (2) in the case of any other waiver or consent, by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) and (3) in the case of any other amendment, by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower; provided, however, that no amendment, consent or waiver described in clause (2) or (3) above shall, unless in writing and signed by each Lender directly affected thereby (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of such Lender), in addition to any other Person the signature of which is otherwise required pursuant to any Loan Document, do any of the following:

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(ii) increase the Commitment of such Lender or subject such Lender to any additional obligation;

(iii) reduce (including through release, forgiveness, assignment or otherwise) (A) the principal amount of, the interest rate on, or any obligation of the Borrower to repay (whether or not on a fixed date), any outstanding Loan owing to such Lender, (B) any fee or accrued interest payable to such Lender or (C) if such Lender is a Revolving Credit Lender, any L/C Reimbursement Obligation or any obligation of the Borrower to repay (whether or not on a fixed date) any L/C Reimbursement Obligation; provided, however, that this clause (iii) does not apply to (x) any change to any provision increasing any interest rate or fee during the continuance of an Event of Default or to any payment of any such increase, (y) any modification to any financial covenant set forth in Article V or in any definition set forth therein or principally used therein or (z) any change to mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.8;

(iv) waive or postpone any scheduled maturity date or other scheduled date fixed for the payment, in whole or in part, of principal of or interest on any Loan or fee owing to such Lender or for the reduction of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that this clause (iv) does not apply to any waiver or postponement to mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.8;

(v) except as provided in Section 10.10, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or any Guarantor from its guaranty of any Obligation of the Borrower;

(vi) reduce or increase the proportion of Lenders required for the Lenders (or any subset thereof) to take any action hereunder or change the definition of the terms “Required Lenders”, “Pro Rata Share” or “Pro Rata Outstandings”; or

(vii) amend Section 10.10 (Release of Collateral or Guarantor), Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) or this Section 11.1;

and provided, further, that (x)(A) any waiver of any payment applied pursuant to Section 2.12(b) (Application of Mandatory Prepayments) to, and any modification of the application of any such payment to, (1) the Term Loans shall require the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders and (2) the Revolving Loans shall require the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, (B) any change to the definition of the term “Required Term Loan Lender” shall require the consent of the Required Term Loan Lenders and (C) any change to the definition of the term “Required Revolving Credit Lender” shall require the consent of the Required Revolving Credit Lenders, (y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties under any Loan Document of, or any payment to, the Administrative Agent (or otherwise modify any provision of Article X or the application thereof), the Swingline Lender, any L/C Issuer or any SPV that has been granted an option pursuant to Section 11.2(f) unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, such L/C Issuer or, as the case may be, such SPV in addition to any signature otherwise required and (z) the consent of the Borrower shall not be required to change any order of priority set forth in Section 2.12. No amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement or any Loan Document altering the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under Secured Hedging Agreement resulting in such Obligations being junior in right of payment to principal of the Loans or

 

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resulting in Obligations owing to any Secured Hedging Counterparty being unsecured (other than releases of Liens in accordance with the terms hereof), in each case in a manner adverse to any Secured Hedging Counterparty, shall be effective without the written consent of such Secured Hedging Counterparty or, in the case of a Secured Hedging Agreement provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, the Administrative Agent.

(b) Each waiver or consent under any Loan Document shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall entitle any Loan Party to any notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. No failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect. (a) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender and L/C Issuer to be a party hereto on the Closing Date that such Lender or L/C Issuer has executed it. Thereafter, it shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, but only to the benefit of, Holdings, the Borrower (in each case except for Article X), the Administrative Agent, each Lender and L/C Issuer and, to the extent provided in Section 10.11, each other Indemnitee and Secured Party and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document (including in Section 10.9), none of Holdings, the Borrower, any L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign any rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein.

(b) Right to Assign. Each Lender may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder (including all or a portion of its Commitments and its rights and obligations with respect to Loans and Letters of Credit) to (i) any existing Lender, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent and, as long as no Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower; provided, however, that (x) such Sales do not have to be ratable between the Facilities but must be ratable among the obligations owing to and owed by such Lender with respect to a Facility, (y) for each Facility, the aggregate outstanding principal amount (determined as of the effective date of the applicable Assignment) of the Loans, Commitments and L/C Obligations subject to any such Sale shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, unless such Sale is made to an existing Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender, is of the assignor’s (together with its Affiliates and Approved Funds) entire interest in such Facility or is made with the prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (z) no such assignment shall be made to any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group Member.

(c) Procedure. The parties to each Sale made in reliance on clause (b) above (other than those described in clause (e) or (f) below) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment via an electronic settlement system designated by the Administrative Agent (or if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, via a manual execution and delivery of the

 

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assignment) evidencing such Sale, together with any existing Note subject to such Sale (or any affidavit of loss therefor acceptable to the Administrative Agent), any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17(f) and payment of an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500, provided that (1) if a Sale by a Lender is made to an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of such assigning Lender, then no assignment fee shall be due in connection with such Sale, and (2) if a Sale by a Lender is made to an assignee that is not an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such assignor Lender, and concurrently to one or more Affiliates or Approved Funds of such assignee, then only one assignment fee of $3,500 shall be due in connection with such Sale. Upon receipt of all the foregoing, and conditioned upon such receipt and, if such assignment is made in accordance with Section 11.2(b)(iii), upon the Administrative Agent (and the Borrower, if applicable) accepting such assignee as provided in clause (b), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment, the Administrative Agent shall record or cause to be recorded in the Register the information contained in such Assignment.

(d) Effectiveness. Subject to the recording of an Assignment by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.14(b), (i) the assignee thereunder shall become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations under the Loan Documents have been assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender, (ii) any applicable Note shall be transferred to such assignee through such entry and (iii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment, relinquish its rights (except for those surviving the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations) and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, other than those relating to events or circumstances occurring prior to such assignment (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto except that each Lender agrees to remain bound by Article X, Section 11.9 (Right of Setoff) and Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) to the extent provided in Section 10.11 (Additional Beneficiaries of Collateral)).

(e) Grant of Security Interests. In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 11.2, each Lender may grant a security interest in, or otherwise assign as collateral, any of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Loans), without notice to the Administrative Agent, to (A) any federal reserve bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board) or (B) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such Lender’s Securities; provided, however, that no such holder or trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or any foreclosure thereon (unless such foreclosure is made through an assignment in accordance with clause (b) above), shall substitute such holder or trustee for such Lender as a party hereto and no such Lender shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder.

(f) Participants and SPVs. In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 11.2, each Lender may, (x) with notice to the Administrative Agent, grant to an SPV the option to make all or any part of any Loan that such Lender would otherwise be required to make hereunder (and the exercise of such option by such SPV and the making of Loans pursuant thereto shall satisfy the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans hereunder) and such SPV may assign to such Lender the right to receive

 

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payment with respect to any Obligation and (y) without notice to or consent from the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Loan Document or of such grant or participation, (i) no such SPV or participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have made an offer to commit, to make Loans hereunder, and, except as provided in the applicable option agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Loan Parties and the Secured Parties towards such Lender, under any Loan Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the Obligations in the Register, except that (A) each such participant and SPV shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements) and 2.17 (Taxes), but only, with respect to Section 2.17, to the extent such participant or SPV delivers the tax forms such Lender is required to collect pursuant to Section 2.17(f) and then only to the extent of any amount to which such Lender would be entitled in the absence of any such grant or participation and (B) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise be made to such Lender with respect to Loans funded by such SPV to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided to the Administrative Agent by such SPV and such Lender, provided, however, that in no case (including pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above) shall an SPV or participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Loan Document, and (iii) the consent of such SPV or participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Loan Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except for those described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 11.1(a) with respect to amounts, or dates fixed for payment of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would otherwise be entitled and, in the case of participants, except for those described in Section 11.1(a)(v) (or amendments, consents and waivers with respect to Section 10.10 to release all or substantially all of the Collateral). No party hereto shall institute (and each of Borrower and Holdings shall cause each other Loan Party not to institute) against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this clause (f) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceeding, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV; provided, however, that each Lender having designated an SPV as such agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against any Liability that may be incurred by, or asserted against, such Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding (including a failure to get reimbursed by such SPV for any such Liability). The agreement in the preceding sentence shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations.

Section 11.3 [Reserved.]

Section 11.4 Costs and Expenses. Any action taken by any Loan Party under or with respect to any Loan Document, even if required under any Loan Document or at the request of any Secured Party, shall be at the expense of such Loan Party, and no Secured Party shall be required under any Loan Document to reimburse any Loan Party or Group Member therefore, except as expressly

 

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provided therein. In addition, except as expressly provided herein, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse upon demand (a) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection with the investigation, development, preparation, negotiation, syndication, execution, interpretation or administration of, any modification of any term of or termination of, any Loan Document, any commitment or proposal letter therefor, any other document prepared in connection therewith or the consummation and administration of any transaction contemplated therein (including periodic audits in connection therewith and environmental audits and assessments), in each case including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent or such Related Persons, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with Intralinks® or any other E-System and allocated to the Facilities by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and fees, charges and disbursements of the auditors, appraisers, printers and other of their Related Persons retained by or on behalf of any of them or any of their Related Persons, (b) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection with internal audit reviews, field examinations and Collateral examinations (which shall be reimbursed, in addition to the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such examiners, at the per diem rate per individual charged by the Administrative Agent for its examiners) and (c) each of the Administrative Agent, its Related Persons, and each Lender and L/C Issuer for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i) any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out”, (ii) the enforcement or preservation of any right or remedy under any Loan Document, any Obligation, with respect to the Collateral or any other related right or remedy or (iii) the commencement, defense, conduct of, intervention in, or the taking of any other action with respect to, any proceeding (including any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding) related to any Group Member, Loan Document, Obligation or Related Transaction (or the response to and preparation for any subpoena or request for document production relating thereto), including fees and disbursements of counsel (including allocated costs of internal counsel).

Section 11.5 Indemnities. (a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer, each Secured Hedging Counterparty, each Person that each L/C Issuer causes to Issue Letters of Credit hereunder and each of their respective Related Persons (each such Person being an “Indemnitee”) from and against all Liabilities (including brokerage commissions, fees and other compensation) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of (i) any Loan Document, any Related Document, any Disclosure Document, any Obligation (or the repayment thereof), any Letter of Credit, the use or intended use of the proceeds of any Loan or the use of any Letter of Credit, any Related Transaction, or any securities filing of, or with respect to, any Group Member, (ii) any commitment letter, proposal letter or term sheet with any Person or any Contractual Obligation, arrangement or understanding with any broker, finder or consultant, in each case entered into by or on behalf of any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them in connection with any of the foregoing and any Contractual Obligation entered into in connection with any E-Systems or other Electronic Transmissions, (iii) any actual or prospective investigation, litigation or other proceeding, whether or not brought by any Group Member, any such Indemnitee or any of its Related Persons, any holders of Securities or creditors (and including attorneys’ fees in any case), whether or not any such Group Member, Indemnitee, Related Person, holder or creditor is a party thereto, and whether or not based on any securities or commercial law or regulation or

 

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any other Requirement of Law or theory thereof, including common law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, or (iv) any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnified Matters”); provided, however, that the Borrower shall not have any liability under this Section 11.5 to any Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnified Matter, and no Indemnitee shall have any liability with respect to any Indemnified Matter other than (to the extent otherwise liable), to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order. Furthermore, each of Holdings and the Borrower, to the extent permitted by applicable law, waives and agrees not to assert against any Indemnitee, and shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and not assert against any Indemnitee, any right of contribution with respect to any Liabilities that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Related Person.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, “Indemnified Matters” includes all Environmental Liabilities, including those arising from, or otherwise involving, any property of any Group Member or any actual, alleged or prospective damage to property or natural resources or harm or injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such property or natural resource or any property on or contiguous to any real property of any Group Member, whether or not, with respect to any such Environmental Liabilities, any Indemnitee is a mortgagee pursuant to any leasehold mortgage, a mortgagee in possession, the successor-in-interest to any Group Member or the owner, lessee or operator of any property of any Group Member through any foreclosure action, in each case except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities (i) are incurred solely following foreclosure by any Secured Party or following any Secured Party having become the successor-in-interest to any Loan Party and (ii) are attributable solely to acts of such Indemnitee.

Section 11.6 Survival. Any indemnification or other protection provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to any Loan Document (including pursuant to Section 2.17 (Taxes), Section 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements), Article X (The Administrative Agent), Section 11.4 (Costs and Expenses), Section 11.5 (Indemnities) or this Section 11.6) and all representations and warranties made in any Loan Document shall (A) survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of other Obligations and (B) inure to the benefit of any Person that at any time held a right thereunder (as an Indemnitee or otherwise) and, thereafter, its successors and permitted assigns.

Section 11.7 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages. In no event shall any Indemnitee be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees (and shall cause each other Loan Party to waive, release and agree) not to sue upon any such claim for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

Section 11.8 Lender-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of lender and creditor. No Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency, tenancy or joint venture relationship between the Secured Parties and the Loan Parties by virtue of, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.

 

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Section 11.9 Right of Setoff. Each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each L/C Issuer and each Affiliate (including each branch office thereof) of any of them is hereby authorized, without notice or demand (each of which is hereby waived by Holdings and the Borrower), at any time and from time to time during the continuance of any Event of Default and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (whether general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness, claims or other obligations at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender, such L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the Borrower against any Obligation of any Loan Party now or hereafter existing, whether or not any demand was made under any Loan Document with respect to such Obligation and even though such Obligation may be unmatured. Each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each L/C Issuer agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights under this Section 11.9 are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers and their Affiliates and other Secured Parties may have.

Section 11.10 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender, directly or through an Affiliate or branch office thereof, obtains any payment of any Obligation of any Loan Party (whether voluntary, involuntary or through the exercise of any right of setoff or the receipt of any Collateral or “proceeds” (as defined under the applicable UCC) of Collateral) other than pursuant to Sections 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements), 2.17 (Taxes) and 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders) and such payment exceeds the amount such Lender would have been entitled to receive if all payments had gone to, and been distributed by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, such Lender shall purchase for cash from other Secured Parties such participations in their Obligations as necessary for such Lender to share such excess payment with such Secured Parties to ensure such payment is applied as though it had been received by the Administrative Agent and applied in accordance with this Agreement (or, if such application would then be at the discretion of the Borrower, applied to repay the Obligations in accordance herewith); provided, however, that (a) if such payment is rescinded or otherwise recovered from such Lender or L/C Issuer in whole or in part, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price therefor shall be returned to such Lender or L/C Issuer without interest and (b) such Lender shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be able to exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 11.11 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. No Secured Party shall be under any obligation to marshal any property in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or in payment of any Obligation. To the extent that any Secured Party receives a payment from the Borrower, from the proceeds of the Collateral, from the exercise of its rights of setoff, any enforcement action or otherwise, and such payment is subsequently, in whole or in part, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not occurred.

 

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Section 11.12 Notices. (a) Addresses. All notices, demands, requests, directions and other communications required or expressly authorized to be made by this Agreement shall, whether or not specified to be in writing but unless otherwise expressly specified to be given by any other means, be given in writing and (i) addressed to (A) if to Holdings or the Borrower, to Medical Staffing Network, Inc., 901 Yamato Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, Attention: Kevin Little, Tel: (561) 322-1301, Fax: (561) 322-1201, with copy to Akerman Senterfitt, 222 Lakeview Avenue, 4th Floor, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6183, Attention: Kim Hines, Esq., Tel: (561) 671-3610, Fax: (561) 659-6313, (B) if to the Administrative Agent or the Swingline Lender, to General Electric Capital Corporation, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attention: Medical Staffing Network Account Manager, Tel: (301) 634-3215, Fax: (866) 673-0624, with copy to General Electric Capital Corporation, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attention: General Counsel, Tel: (301) 634-3260, Fax: (301) 664-9866 and (C) otherwise to the party to be notified at its address specified opposite its name on Schedule II to the Existing Credit Agreement or on the signature page of any applicable Assignment, (ii) posted to Intralinks® (to the extent such system is available and set up by or at the direction of the Administrative Agent prior to posting) in an appropriate location by uploading such notice, demand, request, direction or other communication to www.intralinks.com, faxing it to (866) 545-6600 with an appropriate bar-coded fax coversheet or using such other means of posting to Intralinks® as may be available and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent prior to such posting, (iii) posted to any other E-System set up by or at the direction of the Administrative Agent in an appropriate location or (iv) addressed to such other address as shall be notified in writing (A) in the case of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lender, to the other parties hereto and (B) in the case of all other parties, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Transmission by electronic mail (including E-Fax, even if transmitted to the fax numbers set forth in clause (i) above) shall not be sufficient or effective to transmit any such notice under this clause (a) unless such transmission is an available means to post to any E-System.

(b) Effectiveness. All communications described in clause (a) above and all other notices, demands, requests and other communications made in connection with this Agreement shall be effective and be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered by hand, upon personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by overnight courier service, one Business Day after delivery to such courier service, (iii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iv) if delivered by facsimile (other than to post to an E-System pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) above), upon sender’s receipt of confirmation of proper transmission, and (v) if delivered by posting to any E-System, on the later of the date of such posting in an appropriate location and the date access to such posting is given to the recipient thereof in accordance with the standard procedures applicable to such E-System; provided, however, that no communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II or Article X shall be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.13 Electronic Transmissions. (a) Authorization. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.12(a), each of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and each of their Related Persons is authorized (but not required) to transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion, Electronic Transmissions in connection with any Loan

 

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Document and the transactions contemplated therein. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Secured Party hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Group Member to acknowledge and agree, that the use of Electronic Transmissions is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such use, including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each indicates it assumes and accepts such risks by hereby authorizing the transmission of Electronic Transmissions.

(b) Signatures. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.12(a), (i)(A) no posting to any E-System shall be denied legal effect merely because it is made electronically, (B) each E-Signature on any such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “signature” and (C) each such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “writing”, in each case including pursuant to any Loan Document, any applicable provision of any UCC, the federal Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and any substantive or procedural Requirement of Law governing such subject matter, (ii) each such posting that is not readily capable of bearing either a signature or a reproduction of a signature may be signed, and shall be deemed signed, by attaching to, or logically associating with such posting, an E-Signature, upon which each Secured Party and Loan Party may rely and assume the authenticity thereof, (iii) each such posting containing a signature, a reproduction of a signature or an E-Signature shall, for all intents and purposes, have the same effect and weight as a signed paper original and (iv) each party hereto or beneficiary hereto agrees not to contest the validity or enforceability of any posting on any E-System or E-Signature on any such posting under the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law requiring certain documents to be in writing or signed; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit such party’s or beneficiary’s right to contest whether any posting to any E-System or E-Signature has been altered after transmission.

(c) Separate Agreements. All uses of an E-System shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to Section 11.12 and this Section 11.13, separate terms and conditions posted or referenced in such E-System and related Contractual Obligations executed by Secured Parties and Group Members in connection with the use of such E-System.

(d) Limitation of Liability. All E-Systems and Electronic Transmissions shall be provided “as is” and “as available”. None of Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any E-Systems or Electronic Transmission, and each disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No warranty of any kind is made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with any E-Systems or Electronic Communication, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Secured Party agrees (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to agree) that the Administrative Agent has no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System.

Section 11.14 Governing Law. This Agreement, each other Loan Document that does not expressly set forth its applicable law, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

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Section 11.15 Jurisdiction. (a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to any Loan Document may be brought in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.

(b) Service of Process. Each of Holdings and Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and other documents and other service of process of any kind and consents to such service in any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America with respect to or otherwise arising out of or in connection with any Loan Document by any means permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, including by the mailing thereof (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) to the address of Borrower specified in Section 11.12 (and shall be effective when such mailing shall be effective, as provided therein). Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(c) Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this Section 11.15 shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Loan Party in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives trial by jury in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with, any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (A) certifies that no other party and no Related Person of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (B) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into the Loan Documents, as applicable, by the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 11.16.

Section 11.17 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Loan Document or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 11.18 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

Section 11.19 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter thereof and any prior letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter, and confidentiality and similar agreements involving any Loan Party and any of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose or effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern (unless such terms of such other Loan Documents are necessary to comply with applicable Requirements of Law, in which case such terms shall govern to the extent necessary to comply therewith).

Section 11.20 Use of Name. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees, and shall cause each other Loan Party to agree, that it shall not, and none of its Affiliates shall, issue any press release or other public disclosure (other than any document filed with any Governmental Authority relating to a public offering of the Securities of any Loan Party) using the name, logo or otherwise referring to GE Capital or of any of its Affiliates, the Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated therein to which the Secured Parties are party without at least 2 Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior consent of GE Capital except to the extent required to do so under applicable Requirements of Law and then, only after consulting with GE Capital prior thereto; provided that such consultation shall not be required for filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Section 11.21 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality. (a) Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges and agrees that it may receive material non-public information hereunder concerning the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and Securities and agrees to use such information in compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and Contractual Obligations and applicable Requirements of Laws (including United States federal and state security laws and regulations).

(b) Each Lender, L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent agrees to use all reasonable efforts to maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained by it pursuant to any Loan Document and designated in writing by any Loan Party as confidential, except that such information may be disclosed (i) with the Borrower’s consent, (ii) to Related Persons of such Lender, L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, or to any Person that any L/C Issuer causes to Issue Letters of Credit hereunder, that are advised of the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information confidential, (iii) to the extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes available to such Lender, L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, on a non-confidential basis from a source other than

 

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any Loan Party, (iv) to the extent disclosure is required by applicable Requirements of Law or other legal process or requested or demanded by any Governmental Authority, (v) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements or in any tombstone or other advertising materials (and the Loan Parties consent to the publication of such tombstone or other advertising materials by the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their Related Persons), (vi) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, any examiner or any nationally recognized rating agency or otherwise to the extent consisting of general portfolio information that does not identify borrowers, (vii) to current or prospective assignees, SPV grantees of any option described in Section 11.2(f) or participants, direct or contractual counterparties to any Hedging Agreement permitted hereunder and to their respective Related Persons, in each case to the extent such assignees, participants, counterparties or Related Persons agree to be bound by provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this Section 11.21 and (viii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy under any Loan Document. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section 11.21 and those of any other Contractual Obligation entered into with any Loan Party (whether or not a Loan Document), the terms of this Section 11.21 shall govern.

Section 11.22 Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender subject to the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. §§ 5318 et seq.) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to Section 326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, including the name and address of the Borrower and other information allowing such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with such act.

Section 11.23 Consent to Amendment and Restatement of Second Lien Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in accordance with Section 5.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement, consent to the amendment and restatement on the date hereof of the Second Lien Credit Agreement including without limitation the increase in the interest rate and the changes in the financial maintenance covenants made therein; provided, that, such consent shall not relate to any future amendments, restatements or other modifications of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any related documents that would otherwise require the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 11.24 Amendment and Restatement. (a) Amendment and Restatement; No Novation. On the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated by this Agreement and (i) all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document other than this Agreement (including in any amendment, waiver or consent) shall be deemed to refer to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby, (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document (but not herein) shall be amended to be, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement and (iii) except as the context otherwise provides, all references to this Agreement herein (including for purposes of indemnification and reimbursement of fees) shall be deemed to be references to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby. This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, a novation of the obligations and liabilities under the Existing Credit Agreement (including the Obligations) or to evidence payment of all or any portion of such obligations and liabilities.

 

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(b) Effect on Existing Credit Agreement and on the Obligations. On and after the Closing Date, (i) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be of no further force and effect except as amended and restated hereby and except to evidence (A) the incurrence by any Loan Party of the “Obligations” under and as defined therein (whether or not such “Obligations” are contingent as of the Closing Date), (B) the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party prior to the Closing Date and (C) any action or omission performed or required to be performed pursuant to such Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Closing Date (including any failure, prior to the Closing Date, to comply with the covenants contained in such Existing Credit Agreement) and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, shall apply to all Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement, the Notes issued thereunder and the Existing Letters of Credit; provided, however, that any Eurodollar Rate Loans made under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have Interest Periods hereunder starting on the Closing Date (with the same length as such Interest Period under the Existing Credit Agreement) but the Borrowers shall not owe any amounts pursuant to Section 2.16(a) (Breakage Costs) by reason of such change in Interest Period.

(c) No Implied Waivers. Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document, this Agreement (x) shall not cure any breach of the Existing Credit Agreement or any “Default” or “Event of Default” thereunder existing prior to the date hereof and (y) is limited as written and is not a consent to any other modification of any term or condition of any Loan Document, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC.,
AS BORROWER

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President

 

MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC,
AS HOLDINGS

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President of Sole Member

 

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK
HOLDINGS, INC:, AS HOLDINGS

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, L/C ISSUER, SWINGLINE
LENDER AND LENDER

By:   /s/ Ryan Guenin
  Name:   Ryan Guenin
  Title:   Its Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


FIRSTLIGHT FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
AS DOCUMENTATION AGENT

By:   /s/ Saurin Shah
  Name:   Saurin Shah
  Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

GE BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.
(F/K/A MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.)

By:   /s/ Ryan Guenin
  Name: Ryan Guenin
  Title: Its Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

FIRSTLIGHT FUNDING I, LTD.

By:   /s/ Saurin Shah
  Name:  

Saurin Shah

  Title:   Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

HIGHLAND FLOATING RATE FUND

By:   /s/ M. Jason Blackburn
  Name:   M. Jason Blackburn
  Title:   Secretary & Treasurer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

GARRISON CREDIT INVESTMENTS I LLC

By:   /s/ Brian S. Chase
  Name:   Brian S. Chase
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

HIGHLAND CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND

By:   /s/ M. Jason Blackburn
  Name:   M. Jason Blackburn
  Title:   Secretary & Treasurer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

SEI Institutional Managed Trust (SIMT) - Enhanced Income Fund

By:   /s/ M. Jason Blackburn
  Name:   M. Jason Blackburn
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

SunTrust Bank

By:   /s/ Mark Kelley
  Name:   Mark Kelley
  Title:   Managing Director

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

CIFC Funding 2006 - I, Ltd.

CIFC Funding 2006 - II, Ltd.

By:   /s/ Elizabeth C. Chow
  Name:   Elizabeth C. Chow
  Title:   Treasurer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Hewlett-Packard Financial Services Company

By:   /s/ Gary Silverman
  Name:   Gary Silverman
  Title:   Director of Risk Management

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

a Bank of America Company

By:   /s/ Sophia Taylor
  Name:   Sophia Taylor
  Title:   Senior Vice President

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Rockwell CDO LTD.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc., It’s General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Red River CLO Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc., Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Eastland CLO, Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Rockwell CDO II LTD.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Brentwood CLO Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

First Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page

EX-10.35 3 dex1035.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.35

$25,000,000

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of March 12, 2009

among

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC., AS BORROWER

MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC AND

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC.

AS CERTAIN OF THE GUARANTORS

THE LENDERS PARTY HERETO

and

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT

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GE CAPITAL MARKETS, INC.,

AS SOLE LEAD ARRANGER AND SOLE BOOKRUNNER

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC.


Table of Contents

 

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ARTICLE I       DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

   1

Section 1.1

   Defined Terms    1

Section 1.2

   UCC Terms    25

Section 1.3

   Accounting Terms and Principles    25

Section 1.4

   Payments    26

Section 1.5

   Interpretation    26

ARTICLE II       THE FACILITY

   27

Section 2.1

   Term Loan Commitments    27

Section 2.2

   [Reserved]    27

Section 2.3

   [Reserved]    27

Section 2.4

   [Reserved]    27

Section 2.5

   Termination of the Commitments    27

Section 2.6

   Repayment of Loans    27

Section 2.7

   Optional Prepayments    27

Section 2.8

   Mandatory Prepayments    27

Section 2.9

   Interest    28

Section 2.10

   Conversion and Continuation Options    31

Section 2.11

   Fees    32

Section 2.12

   Application of Payments    32

Section 2.13

   Payments and Computations    33

Section 2.14

   Evidence of Debt    34

Section 2.15

   Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option    35

Section 2.16

   Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements    36

Section 2.17

   Taxes    37

Section 2.18

   Substitution of Lenders    40

Section 2.19

   Prepayment Premium    40

ARTICLE III       CONDITIONS TO LOANS

   41

Section 3.1

   Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness    41

Section 3.2

   Determinations of Borrowing Conditions    43

Section 3.3

   Post-Closing Obligations    43

 

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ARTICLE IV       REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

   43

Section 4.1

   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law    43

Section 4.2

   Loan and Related Documents    43

Section 4.3

   Ownership of Group Members    44

Section 4.4

   Financial Statements    44

Section 4.5

   Material Adverse Effect    45

Section 4.6

   Solvency    45

Section 4.7

   Litigation    46

Section 4.8

   Taxes    46

Section 4.9

   Margin Regulations    46

Section 4.10

   No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults    46

Section 4.11

   Investment Company Act    47

Section 4.12

   Labor Matters    47

Section 4.13

   ERISA    47

Section 4.14

   Environmental Matters    47

Section 4.15

   Intellectual Property    48

Section 4.16

   Title; Real Property    48

Section 4.17

   Full Disclosure    49

Section 4.18

   Patriot Act    49

ARTICLE V       FINANCIAL COVENANTS

   49

Section 5.1

   Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio    49

Section 5.2

   Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio    50

Section 5.3

   Capital Expenditures    51

Section 5.4

   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA    51

ARTICLE VI       REPORTING COVENANTS

   51

Section 6.1

   Financial Statements    51

Section 6.2

   Other Events    53

Section 6.3

   Copies of Notices and Reports    54

Section 6.4

   Taxes    54

Section 6.5

   Labor Matters    54

Section 6.6

   ERISA Matters    55

Section 6.7

   Environmental Matters    55

 

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Section 6.8

   Other Information    55

Section 6.9

   Confidential Health Information    55

Section 6.10

   Bank Meetings    56

ARTICLE VII       AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

   56

Section 7.1

   Maintenance of Corporate Existence    56

Section 7.2

   Compliance with Laws, Etc.    56

Section 7.3

   Payment of Obligations    56

Section 7.4

   Maintenance of Property    56

Section 7.5

   Maintenance of Insurance    57

Section 7.6

   Keeping of Books    57

Section 7.7

   Access to Books and Property    57

Section 7.8

   Environmental    58

Section 7.9

   Use of Proceeds    58

Section 7.10

   Additional Collateral and Guaranties    58

Section 7.11

   Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral Accounts    59

Section 7.12

   Interest Rate Contracts    60

ARTICLE VIII       NEGATIVE COVENANTS

   60

Section 8.1

   Indebtedness    60

Section 8.2

   Liens    61

Section 8.3

   Investments    62

Section 8.4

   Asset Sales    62

Section 8.5

   Restricted Payments    63

Section 8.6

   Prepayment of Indebtedness    64

Section 8.7

   Fundamental Changes    65

Section 8.8

   Change in Nature of Business    65

Section 8.9

   Transactions with Affiliates    65

Section 8.10

   Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted Payments    66

Section 8.11

   Modification of Certain Documents    66

Section 8.12

   Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year    66

Section 8.13

   Margin Regulations    67

 

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Section 8.14

   Compliance with ERISA    67

Section 8.15

   Hazardous Materials    67

ARTICLE IX       EVENTS OF DEFAULT

   67

Section 9.1

   Definition    67

Section 9.2

   Remedies    69

ARTICLE X       THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

   69

Section 10.1

   Appointment and Duties    69

Section 10.2

   Binding Effect    71

Section 10.3

   Use of Discretion    71

Section 10.4

   Delegation of Rights and Duties    71

Section 10.5

   Reliance and Liability    71

Section 10.6

   Administrative Agent Individually    72

Section 10.7

   Lender Credit Decision    73

Section 10.8

   Expenses; Indemnities    73

Section 10.9

   Resignation of Administrative Agent    74

Section 10.10

   Release of Collateral or Guarantors    74

Section 10.11

   Additional Secured Parties    75

ARTICLE XI       MISCELLANEOUS

   75

Section 11.1

   Amendments, Waivers, Etc    75

Section 11.2

   Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect    77

Section 11.3

   [Reserved.]    79

Section 11.4

   Costs and Expenses    79

Section 11.5

   Indemnities    80

Section 11.6

   Survival    81

Section 11.7

   Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages    81

Section 11.8

   Lender-Creditor Relationship    81

Section 11.9

   Right of Setoff    81

Section 11.10

   Sharing of Payments, Etc.    82

Section 11.11

   Marshaling; Payments Set Aside    82

Section 11.12

   Notices    82

Section 11.13

   Electronic Transmissions    83

 

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Section 11.14

   Governing Law    84

Section 11.15

   Jurisdiction    84

Section 11.16

   Waiver of Jury Trial    85

Section 11.17

   Severability    85

Section 11.18

   Execution in Counterparts    85

Section 11.19

   Entire Agreement    86

Section 11.20

   Use of Name    86

Section 11.21

   Non-Public Information; Confidentiality    86

Section 11.22

   Patriot Act Notice    87

Section 11.23

   Consent to Amendment and Restatement of First Lien Credit Agreement    87

Section 11.24

   Amendment and Restatement    87

 

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Exhibits:

     

Exhibit A

   Form of Assignment   

Exhibit B

   Form of Note   

Exhibit C

   [Reserved]   

Exhibit D

   [Reserved]   

Exhibit E

   [Reserved]   

Exhibit F

   Form of Notice of Conversion or Continuation   

Exhibit G

   Form of Compliance Certificate   

Exhibit H

   Form of Guaranty and Security Agreement   

Exhibit 2.9(b)(v)

   Form of PIK Note   

Schedules:

     

Schedule 4.2

   Permits   

Schedule 4.3

   Ownership of Borrower and Subsidiaries   

Schedule 4.5

   Material Adverse Effect   

Schedule 4.7

   Litigation   

Schedule 4.8

   Taxes   

Schedule 4.12

   Labor Matters   

Schedule 4.13

   List of Plans   

Schedule 4.14

   Environmental Matters   

Schedule 4.16

   Real Property   

Schedule 5.4

   Minimum Consolidated EBITDA   

Schedule 8.1

   Existing Indebtedness   

Schedule 8.2

   Existing Liens   

Schedule 8.3

   Existing Investments   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (THIS “AGREEMENT”) IS MADE AS OF THIS 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 2009 BY AND AMONG MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (THE “BORROWER”), MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC, A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY (“MSH”), AND MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK HOLDINGS, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION (“MSNH”, EACH A “HOLDINGS ENTITY” AND COLLECTIVELY, “HOLDINGS”), THE LENDERS (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION (“GE CAPITAL”), AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND COLLATERAL AGENT FOR THE LENDERS (IN SUCH CAPACITY, AND TOGETHER WITH ITS SUCCESSORS AND PERMITTED ASSIGNS, THE “ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower, Holdings, Lenders and Administrative Agent are all parties to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of July 2, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders consent to certain amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement, as more fully set forth in this Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement; and

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by each of the parties hereto, the parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS, INTERPRETATION AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

Section 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Acquired Company” means InteliStaf Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of May 11, 2007 by and among Borrower, MSNH, the Merger Sub, the Acquired Company and TC Group, L.L.C.

Additional PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(viii).

Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18.

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each officer, director, general partner or joint-venturer of such Person and any other Person that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person; provided, however, that no Secured Party shall be an Affiliate of the Borrower. For purpose of this definition, “control” means the possession of either (a) the power to vote, or the beneficial ownership of, 10% or more of the Voting Stock of such Person or (b) the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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Agreement” means the Existing Second Lien Credit Agreement, as amended and restated by this Amended and Restated Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Applicable Margin” means 9.00% for Loans constituting Eurodollar Rate Loans and 8.00% for Loans constituting Base Rate Loans.

Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person (other than a natural Person) that (a) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (b) is advised or managed by (i) such Lender, (ii) any Affiliate of such Lender or (iii) any Person (other than an individual) or any Affiliate of any Person (other than an individual) that administers or manages such Lender.

Assignment” means an assignment agreement entered into by a Lender, as assignor, and any Person, as assignee, pursuant to the terms and provisions of Section 11.2 (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 11.2), in substantially the form of Exhibit A, or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Assignment of Representations” means that certain Assignment of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities, dated as of the Initial Closing Date, executed by the Borrower, MSNH and Merger Sub in favor of the Administrative Agent, and consented to by the Acquired Company, in connection with the Acquisition Agreement.

Base Rate” means, at any time, a rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the rate last quoted by The Wall Street Journal as the latest “US Prime Rate” in the United States or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the highest per annum interest rate published by the Federal Reserve Board in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate is no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein (as determined by the Administrative Agent) or any similar release by the Federal Reserve Board (as determined by the Administrative Agent), (b) the sum of 3.00% per annum and the Federal Funds Rate, (c) the sum of (x) the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months as it appears on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) two (2) Business Days prior to such day, plus (y) 1.00% and (d) 3.50%. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the prime rate, the Federal Funds Rate or the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of three months, shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change.

Base Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Benefit Plan” means any employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (whether governed by the laws of the United States or otherwise) to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Term Loans made on the Initial Closing Date by the Lenders according to their respective Commitments.

 

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Business Day” means any day of the year that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks are required or authorized to close in New York City and, when determined in connection with notices and determinations in respect of any Eurodollar Rate or Eurodollar Rate Loan or any funding, conversion, continuation, Interest Period or payment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, that is also a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried on in the London interbank market.

Capital Expenditures” means, for any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures, including, without limitation, capitalized software costs, whether or not made through the incurrence of Indebtedness, by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period for the acquisition, leasing (pursuant to a Capital Lease), construction, replacement, repair, substitution or improvement of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment, in each case required to be capitalized under GAAP on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person, excluding interest capitalized during construction.

Capital Lease” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of, or other arrangement conveying the right to use, any property (whether real, personal or mixed) by such Person as lessee that has been or should be accounted for as a capital lease on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Capitalized Lease Obligations” means, at any time, with respect to any Capital Lease, any lease entered into as part of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction of any Person or any synthetic lease, the amount of all obligations of such Person that is (or that would be, if such synthetic lease or other lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease) capitalized on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Cash Collateral Account” means a deposit account or securities account in the name of the Borrower and under the sole control (as defined in the applicable UCC) of the Administrative Agent and (a) in the case of a deposit account, from which the Borrower may not make withdrawals except as permitted by the Administrative Agent and (b) in the case of a securities account, with respect to which the Administrative Agent shall be the entitlement holder and the only Person authorized to give entitlement orders with respect thereto.

Cash Equivalents” means (a) any readily-marketable securities (i) issued by, or directly, unconditionally and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States federal government or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States federal government the obligations of which are fully backed by the full faith and credit of the United States federal government, (b) any readily-marketable direct obligations issued by any other agency of the United States federal government, any state of the United States or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in each case having a rating of at least “A-1” from S&P or at least “P-1” from Moody’s, (c) any commercial paper rated at least “A-1” by S&P or “P-1” by Moody’s and issued by any Person organized under the laws of any state of the United States, (d) any Dollar-denominated time deposit, insured certificate of deposit, overnight bank deposit or bankers’ acceptance issued or accepted by (i) any Lender or (ii) any commercial bank that is (A) organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) “adequately capitalized” (as defined in the regulations of its primary federal banking regulators) and (C) has Tier 1 capital (as defined in such regulations) in excess of $250,000,000 and (e) shares of any United States money market fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of

 

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investments referred to in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above with maturities as set forth in the proviso below, (ii) has net assets in excess of $500,000,000 and (iii) has obtained from either S&P or Moody’s the highest rating obtainable for money market funds in the United States; provided, however, that the maturities of all obligations specified in any of clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) above shall not exceed 365 days.

CERCLA” means the United States Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.).

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) any person or group of persons (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) other than the Permitted Investor shall have acquired beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) of 50% or more of the issued and outstanding shares of capital Stock of Borrower having the right to vote for the election of directors of Borrower under ordinary circumstances, or (b) during any period of twelve consecutive calendar months, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the board of directors of Borrower and/or Holdings (together with any new directors whose election by the board of directors of Borrower and/or Holdings or whose nomination for election by the Stockholders of Borrower and/or Holdings was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nominations for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason other than death or disability to constitute a majority of the directors then in office or (c) the Borrower or any other Loan Party shall cease to own and control, legally and beneficially, all of the economic and voting rights associated with ownership of all outstanding Voting Stock of all classes of Voting Stock of each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Borrower or such other Loan Party.

Closing Date” means March 12, 2009, such being the date upon which the conditions precedent in Article III hereof have been satisfied.

Closing Date Projections” means those financial projections, dated February 25, 2009, covering the Fiscal Years ending in 2009 through 2013 and delivered to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower prior to the date hereof.

Closing Fee” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.11(b).

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Collateral” means all property and interests in property and proceeds thereof now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party in or upon which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any Loan Document.

Commitment” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit G.

 

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Consolidated” means, with respect to any Person, the accounts of such Person and its Subsidiaries consolidated in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Cash Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period less the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense and without duplication, (a) the amortized amount of debt discount and debt issuance costs, (b) charges relating to write-ups or write-downs in the book or carrying value of existing Consolidated Total Debt, (c) interest payable in evidences of Indebtedness or by addition to the principal of the related Indebtedness, (d) any PIK Interest and (e) other non-cash interest.

Consolidated Current Assets” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the total Consolidated current assets of such Person at such date other than cash, Cash Equivalents and any Indebtedness owing to such Person or any of its Subsidiaries by Affiliates of such Person.

Consolidated Current Liabilities” means, with respect to any Person at any date, all liabilities of such Person and its Subsidiaries at such date that should be classified as current liabilities on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person; provided, however, that “Consolidated Current Liabilities” shall exclude the principal amount of the Loans and the “Loans” (as that term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) then outstanding.

Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, (a) the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period (excluding the effect of any (i) intercompany items, (ii) all earnings attributable to equity interests in Persons that are not Subsidiaries unless actually received by such Person, (iii) all income arising from the forgiveness, adjustment or negotiated settlement of any Indebtedness, (iv) without duplication, any extraordinary items of income and (v) any increase or decrease in income arising from any change in such Person’s method of accounting, subject to Section 1.3) plus (b) the sum of, in each case to the extent deducted in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income but without duplication, (i) any provision for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization of debt discount and commissions and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness, (iii) any loss from extraordinary items, (iv) any depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, (v) any aggregate net loss on the Sale of property (other than accounts (as defined under the applicable UCC) and inventory) outside the ordinary course of business, (vi) any other non-cash expenditure, charge or loss for such period (other than any non-cash expenditure, charge or loss relating to write-offs, write-downs or reserves with respect to accounts and inventory), including the amount of any compensation deduction as the result of any grant of Stock or Stock Equivalents to employees, officers, directors or consultants, (vii) any fees, costs and expenses paid pursuant to Section 11.4 provided that such addback shall not exceed $500,000 in the aggregate from and after the Closing Date, (viii) any fees, costs and expenses paid pursuant to Section 3.1(b) and (ix) certain one-time cash restructuring expenses (in an aggregate amount not to exceed $4,000,000 during the term hereof beginning on the Closing Date through the Term Loan Maturity Date) minus (c) the sum of, in each case to the extent included in the calculation of such Consolidated Net Income and without duplication, (i) any credit for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (ii) any interest income, (iii) any gain from extraordinary items and any other non-recurring gain, (iv) any aggregate net gain from the Sale of property (other than accounts (as defined in the applicable UCC) and inventory) out of the ordinary course of business by such Person, (v) any other non-cash gain, including any reversal of a charge

 

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referred to in clause (b)(vi) above by reason of a decrease in the value of any Stock or Stock Equivalent, and (vi) any other cash payment in respect of expenditures, charges and losses that have been added to Consolidated EBITDA of such Person pursuant to clause (b)(vi) above in any prior period.

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person for such period minus Capital Expenditures of such Person for such period minus the total liability for United States federal income taxes and other taxes measured by net income actually payable by such Person in respect of such period to (b) the Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for such period.

Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, determined on a Consolidated basis, of (a) the Consolidated Cash Interest Expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period, (b) the principal amount of Consolidated Total Debt of such Person and its Subsidiaries having a scheduled due date during such period and (c) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement; provided that, for all fiscal periods ending on or before March 31, 2010, Consolidated Fixed Charges pursuant to subsection (b) hereof for such twelve Fiscal Month period shall be deemed to be $2,025,000.

Consolidated Interest Expense” means, for any Person for any period, (a) Consolidated total interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period and including, in any event, (i) interest capitalized during such period and net costs under Interest Rate Contracts for such period and (ii) all fees, charges, commissions, discounts and other similar obligations (other than reimbursement obligations) with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, surety bonds and performance bonds (whether or not matured) payable by such Person and its Subsidiaries during such period minus (b) Consolidated net gains of such Person and its Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Contracts for such period.

Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt of such Person outstanding as of such date to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such Person for the last period of twelve consecutive Fiscal Months ending on or before such date.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the Consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that the following shall be excluded: (a) the net income of any other Person in which such Person or one of its Subsidiaries has a joint interest with a third-party (which interest does not cause the net income of such other Person to be Consolidated into the net income of such Person), except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid to such Person or Subsidiary, (b) the net income of any Subsidiary of such Person that is, on the last day of such period, subject to any restriction or limitation on the payment of dividends or the making of other distributions, to the extent of such restriction or limitation and (c) the net income of any other Person arising prior to such other Person becoming a Subsidiary of such Person or merging or consolidating into such Person or its Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Total Assets” means, with respect to any Person at any date, the total Consolidated assets of such Person as of such date.

 

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Consolidated Total Debt” of any Person means all Indebtedness of a type described in clause (a), (b), (c)(i), (d) or (f) of the definition thereof and, without duplication, all Guaranty Obligations with respect to any such Indebtedness.

Constituent Documents” means, with respect to any Person, collectively and, in each case, together with any modification of any term thereof, (a) the articles of incorporation, certificate of incorporation or certificate of formation of such Person, (b) the bylaws, operating agreement or joint venture agreement of such Person, (c) any other constitutive, organizational or governing document of such Person, whether or not equivalent, and (d) any other document setting forth the manner of election or duties of the directors, officers or managing members of such Person or the designation, amount or relative rights, limitations and preferences of any Stock of such Person.

Contractual Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any Security issued by such Person or of any agreement or undertaking (other than a Loan Document) to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound or to which any of its property is subject.

Control Agreement” means, with respect to any deposit account, any securities account, commodity account, securities entitlement or commodity contract, an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among the Administrative Agent, the financial institution or other Person at which such account is maintained or with which such entitlement or contract is carried and the Loan Party maintaining such account, effective to grant “control” (as defined under the applicable UCC) over such account to the Administrative Agent.

Controlled Deposit Account” means each deposit account (including all funds on deposit therein) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a financial institution approved by the Administrative Agent.

Controlled Securities Account” means each securities account or commodity account (including all financial assets held therein and all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such financial assets) that is the subject of an effective Control Agreement and that is maintained by any Loan Party with a securities intermediary or commodity intermediary approved by the Administrative Agent.

Copyrights” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to copyrights and all mask work, database and design rights, whether or not registered or published, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

Corporate Chart” means a document in form reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and setting forth, as of a date set forth therein, for each Person that is a Loan Party, that is subject to Section 7.10 or that is a Subsidiary or joint venture of any of them, (a) the full legal name of such Person, (b) the jurisdiction of organization and any organizational number and tax identification number of such Person, (c) the location of such Person’s chief executive office (or, if applicable, sole place of business) and (d) the number of shares of each class of Stock of such Person (other than Holdings) authorized, the number outstanding and the number and percentage of such outstanding shares for each such class owned, directly or indirectly, by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any of them.

 

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Customary Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person, any of the following:

(a) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen, workmen or mechanics and other similar Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above for amounts that are not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(b) Liens (i) of a collection bank on items in the course of collection arising under Section 4-208 of the UCC as in effect in the State of New York or any similar section under any applicable UCC or any similar Requirement of Law of any foreign jurisdiction, or (ii) arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of setoff or similar rights as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution;

(c) pledges or cash deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other types of social security benefits (other than any Lien imposed by ERISA), (ii) to secure the performance of bids, tenders, leases (other than Capital Leases), sales or other trade contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or (iii) made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation);

(d) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments or other governmental charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(e) and pledges or cash deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, judgment or appeal bonds in respect of such judgments and proceedings;

(e) Liens (i) arising by reason of zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, restrictions, covenants, rights-of-way, encroachments, minor defects or irregularities in title (including leasehold title) and other similar encumbrances on the use of real property or (ii) consisting of leases, licenses or subleases granted by a lessor, licensor or sublessor on its property (in each case other than Capital Leases) otherwise permitted under Section 8.4 that, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and (ii) above, do not, in the aggregate, materially (x) impair the value or marketability of such real property or (y) interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business conducted and proposed to be conducted at such real property;

(f) Liens of landlords or lessors and mortgagees of landlords or lessors (i) arising by statute or under any lease or related Contractual Obligation entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) on fixtures and movable tangible property located on the real property leased or subleased from such landlord, (iii) for amounts not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and (iv) to the extent such amounts are contested, for which adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP; and

 

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(g) the title and interest of a lessor or sublessor in and to personal property leased or subleased (other than through a Capital Lease), in each case extending only to such personal property.

Default” means any Event of Default and any event that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both, would become an Event of Default.

Disclosure Documents” means, collectively, (a) all confidential information memoranda and related materials prepared in connection with the syndication of the Term Loan Facility and (b) all other documents filed by any Group Member with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Dollars” and the sign “$” each mean the lawful money of the United States of America.

Domestic Person” means any “United States person” under and as defined in Section 770l(a)(30) of the Code.

E-Fax” means any system used to receive or transmit faxes electronically.

Electronic Transmission” means each document, instruction, authorization, file, information and any other communication transmitted, posted or otherwise made or communicated by e-mail or E-Fax, or otherwise to or from an E-System or other equivalent service.

Environmental Laws” means all Requirements of Law and Permits imposing liability or standards of conduct for or relating to the regulation and protection of human health, safety, the environment and natural resources, including CERCLA, the SWDA, the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. §§ 5101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. §§ 136 et seq.), the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 7401 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. §§ 651 et seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 300(f) et seq.), all regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing, all analogous Requirements of Law and Permits and any environmental transfer of ownership notification or approval statutes, including the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J. Stat. Ann. §§ 13:1K-6 et seq.).

Environmental Liabilities” means all Liabilities (including costs of Remedial Actions, natural resource damages and costs and expenses of investigation and feasibility studies) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Group Member as a result of, or related to, any claim, suit, action, investigation, proceeding or demand by any Person, whether based in contract, tort, implied or express warranty, strict liability, criminal or civil statute or common law or otherwise, arising under any Environmental Law or in connection with any environmental, health or safety condition or with any Release and resulting from the ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property by any Group Member, whether on, prior or after the date hereof.

ERISA” means the United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

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ERISA Affiliate” means, collectively, any Group Member, and any Person under common control, or treated as a single employer, with any Group Member, within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

ERISA Event” means any of the following: (a) a reportable event described in Section 4043(b) of ERISA (or, unless the 30-day notice requirement has been duly waived under the applicable regulations, Section 4043(c) of ERISA) with respect to a Title IV Plan, (b) the withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from a Title IV Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer, as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the complete or partial withdrawal of any ERISA Affiliate from any Multiemployer Plan, (d) with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the filing of a notice of reorganization, insolvency or termination (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041A of ERISA, (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Title IV Plan (or treatment of a plan amendment as termination) under Section 4041 of ERISA, (f) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan by the PBGC, (g) the failure to make any required contribution to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan when due, (h) the imposition of a lien under Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 or 4068 of ERISA on any property (or rights to property, whether real or personal) of any ERISA Affiliate, (i) the failure of a Benefit Plan or any trust thereunder intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law to qualify thereunder and (j) any other event or condition that might reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or for the imposition of any liability upon any ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent.

E-Signature” means the process of attaching to or logically associating with an Electronic Transmission an electronic symbol, encryption, digital signature or process (including the name or an abbreviation of the name of the party transmitting the Electronic Transmission) with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such Electronic Transmission.

E-System” means any electronic system, including Intralinks® and ClearPar® and any other Internet or extranet-based site, whether such electronic system is owned, operated or hosted by the Administrative Agent, any of its Related Persons or any other Person, providing for access to data protected by passcodes or other security system.

Eurodollar Base Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the higher of (i) 2.50% and (ii) the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate for deposits in Dollars for the applicable Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page as of 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second full Business Day next preceding the first day of each Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 page at such time, the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying the offered rate for deposit in Dollars in the London interbank market as may be selected by the Administrative Agent and, in the absence of availability, such other method to determine such offered rate as may be selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

 

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Eurodollar Rate” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, an interest rate per annum determined as the ratio of (a) the Eurodollar Base Rate with respect to such Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan to (b) the difference between the number one and the Eurodollar Reserve Requirements with respect to such Interest Period and for such Eurodollar Rate Loan.

Eurodollar Rate Loan” means any Loan that bears interest based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Reserve Requirements” means, with respect to any Interest Period and for any Eurodollar Rate Loan, a rate per annum equal to the aggregate, without duplication, of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal number) of reserve requirements in effect 2 Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Federal Reserve Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of the Federal Reserve Board) maintained by a member bank of the United States Federal Reserve System.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.

Excess Cash Flow” means, for any Excess Cash Flow Period, (a) Consolidated EBITDA of Holdings for such period, minus (b) without duplication, (i) any cash principal payment on the Loans during such period other than any mandatory prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.8(a) because of the existence of Excess Cash Flow, (ii) any scheduled or other mandatory cash principal payment made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries during such period on any Capitalized Lease Obligation or other Indebtedness (but only, if such Indebtedness may be reborrowed, to the extent such payment results in a permanent reduction in commitments thereof), (iii) any Capital Expenditure made by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries during such period to the extent permitted by this Agreement, excluding any such Capital Expenditure to the extent financed through the incurrence of Capitalized Lease Obligations or any long-term Indebtedness other than the Obligations and any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (iv) the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period, (v) any cash losses from extraordinary items, (vi) any cash payment made during such period to satisfy obligations for United States federal income taxes or other taxes measured by net income, (vii) cash expenditures made in respect of Hedging Agreements during any Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent not deducted in the computation of EBITDA or Consolidated Interest Expense during such Excess Cash Flow Period, (viii) dividends or distributions or purchases of equity interests made during such Excess Cash Flow Period, to the extent permitted hereunder and (ix) any increase in the Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured as the excess of such Working Capital at the end of such period over such Working Capital at the beginning of such period) and plus (c) without duplication, any decrease in the Working Capital of Holdings during such period (measured as the excess of such Working Capital at the beginning of such period over such Working Capital at the end thereof).

Excess Cash Flow Period” means (i) for 2009, the three consecutive Fiscal Quarters ending December 31, 2009, and (ii) for each year thereafter, each Fiscal Year of the Borrower. There is no Excess Cash Flow Period for 2008.

 

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Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Person and in respect of which any of (a) the pledge of all of the Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral for any Obligation of the Borrower, (b) the grant by such Subsidiary of a Lien on any of its property as Collateral for any Obligation of the Borrower or (c) such Subsidiary incurring Guaranty Obligations with respect to any Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any Domestic Person would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in materially adverse tax consequences to the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; provided, however, that (x) the Administrative Agent and the Borrower may agree that, despite the foregoing, any such Subsidiary shall not be an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” and (y) no such Subsidiary shall be an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary” if, with substantially similar tax consequences, such Subsidiary has entered into any Guaranty Obligations with respect to, such Subsidiary has granted a security interest in any of its property to secure, or more than 66% of the Voting Stock of such Subsidiary was pledged to secure, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Loan Party.

Existing Credit Agreement” has the meaning specified in the recitals hereto.

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Federal Reserve Board” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System and any successor thereto.

Fee Letter” means the letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, addressed to the Borrower from the Administrative Agent and accepted by the Borrower, with respect to certain fees to be paid from time to time to the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons.

Financial Statement” means each financial statement delivered pursuant to Section 4.4 or 6.1.

First Lien Agent” means GE Capital in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns.

First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Borrower, the other credit parties party thereto, the other lenders party thereto and the First Lien Agent as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

First Lien Facility” means, collectively, the “Facilities” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

First Lien Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

Fiscal Month” means each fiscal month period ending on or about January 31, February 28/29, March 31, April 30, May 31, June 30, July 31, August 31, September 30, October 31, November 30 or December 31.

 

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Fiscal Quarter” means each 3 Fiscal Month period ending on or about March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.

Fiscal Year” means the twelve-month period ending on or about December 31.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time, set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, in the statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board and in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination. Subject to Section 1.3, all references to “GAAP” shall be to GAAP applied consistently with the principles used in the preparation of the Financial Statements described in Section 4.4(a).

Governmental Authority” means any nation, sovereign or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority or instrumentality thereof and any entity or authority exercising executive, legislative, taxing, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including any stock exchange, regulatory body, arbitrator, public sector entity, or supra-national entity (including the European Union and the European Central Bank).

Group Members” means, collectively, the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and Holdings.

Group Members’ Accountants” means Ernst & Young or other nationally-recognized independent registered certified public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Guarantor” means Holdings, each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and each other Person that enters into any Guaranty Obligation with respect to any Obligation of any Loan Party.

Guaranty and Security Agreement” means a guaranty and security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit H, among the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and other Guarantors from time to time party thereto.

Guaranty Obligation” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person for any Indebtedness, lease, dividend or other obligation (the “primary obligation”) of another Person (the “primary obligor”), if the purpose or intent of such Person in incurring such liability, or the economic effect thereof, is to guarantee such primary obligation or provide support, assurance or comfort to the holder of such primary obligation or to protect or indemnify such holder against loss with respect to such primary obligation, including (a) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of any primary obligation, (b) the incurrence of reimbursement obligations with respect to any letter of credit or bank guarantee in support of any primary obligation, (c) the existence of any Lien, or any right, contingent or otherwise, to receive a Lien, on the property of such Person securing any part of any primary obligation and (d) any liability of such Person for a primary obligation through any

 

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Contractual Obligation (contingent or otherwise) or other arrangement (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such primary obligation or any security therefor or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such primary obligation (whether in the form of a loan, advance, stock purchase, capital contribution or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency, working capital, equity capital or any balance sheet item, level of income or cash flow, liquidity or financial condition of any primary obligor, (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments, if required, regardless of non-performance by any other party to any Contractual Obligation, (iv) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessor or lessee) any property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the primary obligor to satisfy such primary obligation or to protect the holder of such primary obligation against loss or (v) to supply funds to or in any other manner invest in, such primary obligor (including to pay for property or services irrespective of whether such property is received or such services are rendered); provided, however, that “Guaranty Obligations” shall not include (x) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and (y) product warranties given in the ordinary course of business. The outstanding amount of any Guaranty Obligation shall equal the outstanding amount of the primary obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported or, if lower, the stated maximum amount for which such Person may be liable under such Guaranty Obligation.

Hazardous Material” means any substance, material or waste that is classified, regulated or otherwise characterized under any Environmental Law as hazardous, toxic, a contaminant or a pollutant or by other words of similar meaning or regulatory effect, including petroleum or any fraction thereof, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances.

Hedging Agreement” means any Interest Rate Contract, foreign exchange, swap, option or forward contract, spot, cap, floor or collar transaction, any other derivative instrument and any other similar speculative transaction and any other similar agreement or arrangement designed to alter the risks of any Person arising from fluctuations in any underlying variable.

HIPAA” means the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended from time to time, and any rules or regulation promulgated from time to time thereunder.

Holdings” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

Holdings Entity” has the meaning specified in the preamble.

Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication, any of the following, whether or not matured: (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) all obligations evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement and all obligations with respect to (i) letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances or (ii) surety, customs, reclamation or performance bonds (in each case not related to judgments or litigation) other than those entered into in the ordinary course of business, (d) all obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, (e) all obligations created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, regardless of whether the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property, (f) all Capitalized Lease Obligations, (g) all obligations, whether or not contingent, to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value any of its own Stock or Stock Equivalents (or any Stock or Stock

 

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Equivalent of a direct or indirect parent entity thereof) prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, valued at, in the case of redeemable preferred Stock, the greater of the voluntary liquidation preference and the involuntary liquidation preference of such Stock plus accrued and unpaid dividends, (h) all payments that would be required to be made in respect of any Hedging Agreement, to the extent that a termination (including an early termination) has occurred and (i) all Guaranty Obligations for obligations of any other Person constituting Indebtedness of such other Person; provided, however, that the items in each of clauses (a) through (i) above shall constitute “Indebtedness” of such Person solely to the extent, directly or indirectly, (x) such Person is liable for any part of any such item, (y) any such item is secured by a Lien on such Person’s property or (z) any other Person has a right, contingent or otherwise, to cause such Person to become liable for any part of any such item or to grant such a Lien.

Indemnified Matter” has the meaning specified in Section 11.5.

Indemnitee” has the meaning specified in Section 11.5.

Initial Closing Date” means July 2, 2007.

Intellectual Property” means all rights, title and interests in or relating to intellectual property and industrial property arising under any Requirement of Law and all IP Ancillary Rights relating thereto, including all Copyrights, Patents, Trademarks, Internet Domain Names, Trade Secrets and IP Licenses.

Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the Initial Closing Date, by and among the Borrower, Holdings, the First Lien Agent and the Administrative Agent, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

Interest Period” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is made or converted to a Eurodollar Rate Loan or, if such loan is continued, on the last day of the immediately preceding Interest Period therefor and, in each case, ending 1, 2, 3 or 6 months thereafter or, to the extent available to all applicable Lenders, ending 9 or 12 months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower pursuant hereto; provided, however, that (a) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, unless the result of such extension would be to extend such Interest Period into another such Business Day falls in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day, (b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (c) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period ending after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (d) the Borrower may not select any Interest Period having an aggregate principal amount of less than $2,500,000 and (e) there shall be outstanding at any one time no more than 10 Interest Periods.

Interest Rate Contracts” means all interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar agreements and interest rate insurance.

 

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Internet Domain Names” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to Internet domain names.

Investment” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, (a) to own, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case whether beneficially or otherwise, any investment in, including any interest in, any Security of any other Person (other than any evidence of any Obligation), (b) to purchase or otherwise acquire, whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, all or a significant part of the property of any other Person or a business conducted by any other Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting the business of a division, branch, brand or other unit operation of any other Person, (c) to incur, or to remain liable under, any Guaranty Obligation for Indebtedness of any other Person, to assume the Indebtedness of any other Person or to make, hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, in each case directly or indirectly, any deposit, loan, advance, commitment to lend or advance, or other extension of credit (including by deferring or extending the date of, in each case outside the ordinary course of business, the payment of the purchase price for Sales of property or services to any other Person, to the extent such payment obligation constitutes Indebtedness of such other Person), excluding deposits with financial institutions available for withdrawal on demand, prepaid expenses, accounts receivable, deposits made in connection with the purchase of equipment or other assets and similar items created in the ordinary course of business or (d) to make, directly or indirectly, any contribution to the capital of any other Person.

IP Ancillary Rights” means, with respect to any other Intellectual Property, as applicable, all foreign counterparts to, and all divisionals, reversions, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissues, reexaminations, renewals and extensions of, such Intellectual Property and all income, royalties, proceeds and Liabilities at any time due or payable or asserted under or with respect to any of the foregoing or otherwise with respect to such Intellectual Property, including all rights to sue or recover at law or in equity for any past, present or future infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or other impairment thereof, and, in each case, all rights to obtain any other IP Ancillary Right.

IP License” means all Contractual Obligations (and all related IP Ancillary Rights), whether written or oral, granting any right title and interest in or relating to any Intellectual Property.

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service of the United States and any successor thereto.

Lender” means, collectively, any financial institution or other Person that (a) is listed on the signature pages hereof as a “Lender” or (b) from time to time becomes a party hereto by execution of an Assignment, in each case together with its successors.

Liabilities” means all claims, actions, suits, judgments, damages, losses, liability, obligations, responsibilities, fines, penalties, sanctions, costs, fees, taxes, commissions, charges, disbursements and expenses, in each case of any kind or nature (including interest accrued thereon or as a result thereto and fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and consultants), whether joint or several, whether or not indirect, contingent, consequential, actual, punitive, treble or otherwise.

 

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Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, charge, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, easement, lien (statutory or other), security interest or other security arrangement and any other preference, priority or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale contract or other title retention agreement, the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease and any synthetic or other financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing.

Loan” means any loan made or deemed made by any Lender hereunder, including, without limitation, the PIK Loans.

Loan Documents” means, collectively, this Agreement, any Notes, the Guaranty and Security Agreement, the Mortgages, the Control Agreements, the Fee Letter, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Assignment of Representations, the Secured Hedging Agreements, the Reaffirmation Agreement and, when executed, each document executed by a Loan Party and delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with or pursuant to any of the foregoing or the Obligations, together with any modification of any term, or any waiver with respect to, any of the foregoing.

Loan Party” means each Borrower and each Guarantor.

Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or would reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a material adverse change in any of (a) the financial condition, business, performance, prospects, operations or property of the Group Members, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform its obligations under any Loan Document, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the other Secured Parties under any Loan Document or (d) the Collateral or the Administrative Agent’s Liens, on behalf of itself and Lenders, on the Collateral or the priority of such Liens.

Material Environmental Liabilities” means Environmental Liabilities exceeding $575,000 in the aggregate.

Maximum Lawful Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(d).

Merger Sub” means Greenhouse Acquisition Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

Mortgage” means any mortgage, deed of trust or other document executed or required herein to be executed by any Loan Party and granting a security interest over real property in favor of the Administrative Agent as security for the Obligations.

Mortgage Supporting Documents” means, with respect to any Mortgage for a parcel of real property, each document (including title policies or marked-up unconditional insurance binders (in each case, together with copies of all documents referred to therein), maps, ALTA (or TLTA, if applicable) as-built surveys (in form and as to date that is sufficiently acceptable to the title insurer issuing

 

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title insurance to the Administrative Agent for such title insurer to deliver endorsements to such title insurance as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent), environmental assessments and reports and evidence regarding recording and payment of fees, insurance premium and taxes) that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, to create, register, perfect, maintain, evidence the existence, substance, form or validity of or enforce a valid lien on such parcel of real property in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject only to such Liens as the Administrative Agent may approve.

Multiemployer Plan” means any multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 400l(a)(3) of ERISA, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Net Cash Proceeds” means proceeds received in cash from (a) any Sale of, or Property Loss Event with respect to, property, net of (i) the customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses paid or required to be paid in connection therewith, (ii) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof and (iii) any amount required to be paid or prepaid on Indebtedness (other than the Obligations and Indebtedness owing to any Group Member) secured by the property subject thereto or (b) any sale or issuance of Stock or incurrence of Indebtedness, in each case net of brokers’, advisors’ and investment banking fees and other customary out-of-pocket underwriting discounts, commissions and other customary out-of-pocket cash costs, fees and expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such transaction; provided, however, that any such proceeds received by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower shall constitute “Net Cash Proceeds” only to the extent of the aggregate direct and indirect beneficial ownership interest of the Borrower therein.

Non-U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is not a Domestic Person.

Note” means (i) a promissory note of the Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit B, payable to the order of a Lender in the Term Loan Facility in a principal amount equal to the amount of such Lender’s Commitment under the Term Loan Facility and (ii) any PIK Note.

Notice of Conversion or Continuation” has the meaning specified in Section 2.10.

Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, all amounts, obligations, liabilities, covenants and duties of every type and description owing by such Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any other Indemnitee, any participant, any SPV or any Secured Hedging Counterparty arising out of, under, or in connection with, any Loan Document, whether direct or indirect (regardless of whether acquired by assignment), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, whether liquidated or not, now existing or hereafter arising and however acquired, and whether or not evidenced by any instrument or for the payment of money, including, without duplication, (a) if such Loan Party is the Borrower, all Loans, (b) all interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or after the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding, and (c) all other fees, expenses (including fees, charges and disbursement of counsel), interest, commissions, charges, costs, disbursements, indemnities and reimbursement of amounts paid and other sums chargeable to such Loan Party under any Loan Document.

 

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Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(c).

Patents” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to letters patent and applications therefor.

PBGC” means the United States Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any successor thereto.

Permit” means, with respect to any Person, any permit, approval, authorization, license, registration, certificate, concession, grant, franchise, variance or permission from, and any other Contractual Obligations with, any Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Permitted Investor” means Warburg Pincus Private Equity VIII, L.P.

Permitted Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.1 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

Permitted Investment” means any Investment of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.3 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

Permitted Lien” means any Lien on or with respect to the property of any Group Member that is not prohibited by Section 8.2 or any other provision of any Loan Document.

Permitted Refinancing” means Indebtedness constituting a refinancing or extension of Permitted Indebtedness that (a) has an aggregate outstanding principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Indebtedness outstanding at the time of such refinancing or extension, (b) has a weighted average maturity (measured as of the date of such refinancing or extension) and maturity no shorter than that of such Permitted Indebtedness, (c) is not entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction, (d) is not secured by any property or any Lien other than those securing such Permitted Indebtedness and (e) is otherwise on terms no less favorable to the Group Members, taken as a whole, than those of such Permitted Indebtedness; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the terms of such Permitted Indebtedness may be modified as part of such Permitted Refinancing if such modification would have been permitted pursuant to Section 8.11 and (y) no Guaranty Obligation for such Indebtedness shall constitute part of such Permitted Refinancing unless similar Guaranty Obligations with respect to such Permitted Indebtedness existed and constituted Permitted Indebtedness prior to such refinancing or extension.

Permitted Reinvestment” means, with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, to acquire (or make Capital Expenditures to finance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of), to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder, property useful in the business of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, if such Property Loss Event involves loss or damage to property, to repair such loss or damage.

Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust and a public benefit corporation), joint stock company, estate, association, firm, enterprise, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture and any other entity or Governmental Authority.

 

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PIK Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(iii).

PIK Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each June and December in each year, provided that each of (x) the date upon which all of the Commitments have been terminated and the Loans have been paid in full and (y) the Term Loan Maturity Date, shall be deemed to be a “PIK Interest Payment Date” with respect to any PIK Interest which is then accrued under this Agreement.

PIK Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(vii).

PIK Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(b)(v).

Prepayment Premium” has the meaning specified in Section 2.19.

Post-Closing Obligations Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated as of the Closing Date between the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent, together with any amendments or modifications thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

Pro Forma Basis” means, with respect to any determination for any period and any Pro Forma Transaction, that such determination shall be made by giving pro forma effect to each such Pro Forma Transaction, as if each such Pro Forma Transaction had been consummated on the first day of such period, based on historical results accounted for in accordance with GAAP, with other customary adjustments thereto reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and, to the extent applicable, reasonable assumptions that are specified in reasonable detail in the relevant Compliance Certificate, Financial Statement or other document provided to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection herewith in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933.

Pro Forma Transaction” means any transaction consummated as part of an acquisition consented to pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, together with each other transaction relating thereto and consummated in connection therewith, including any incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness.

Projections” means, collectively, the Closing Date Projections and any document delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e).

Property Loss Event” means, with respect to any property, any loss of or damage to such property or any taking of such property or condemnation thereof.

Pro Rata Outstandings”, of any Lender at any time, means the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans owing to such Lender.

 

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Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to any Lender, at any time, the percentage obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings) of such Lender then in effect, by (b) the sum of the Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings) of all Lenders then in effect; provided, however, that, if there are no Commitments and no Pro Rata Outstandings, such Lender’s Pro Rata Share shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share most recently in effect, after giving effect to any subsequent assignment and any subsequent non-pro rata payments of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.18.

Reaffirmation Agreement” means that certain Reaffirmation Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and other parties signatory thereto.

Register” has the meaning specified in Section 2.14(b).

Reinvestment Prepayment Amount” means, with respect to any Net Cash Proceeds on the Reinvestment Prepayment Date therefor, the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds less any amount paid or required to be paid by any Group Member to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds pursuant to a Contractual Obligation entered into prior to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date with any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower.

Reinvestment Prepayment Date” means, with respect to any portion of any Net Cash Proceeds of any Sale or Property Loss Event, the earliest of (a) the 180th day after the completion of the portion of such Sale or Property Loss Event corresponding to such Net Cash Proceeds, (b) the date that is 5 Business Days after the date on which the Borrower shall have notified the Administrative Agent of the Borrower’s determination not to make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds, (c) the occurrence of any Event of Default set forth in Section 9.1(e)(ii) and (d) 5 Business Days after the delivery of a notice requiring repayment by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default.

Related Documents” means, collectively, the First Lien Loan Documents and each other document executed with respect to the foregoing.

Related Person” means, with respect to any Person, each Affiliate of such Person and each director, officer, employee, agent, trustee, representative, attorney, accountant, together with, if such Person is the Administrative Agent, each other Person to which the Administrative Agent has delegated duties pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.4 or any comparable provision of any Loan Document.

Related Transactions” means, collectively, the closing of the First Lien Facility, the execution and delivery of all Related Documents and the payment of all related fees, costs and expenses.

Release” means any release, threatened release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, escape, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of Hazardous Material into or through the environment.

 

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Remedial Action” means all actions required to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Hazardous Material in the indoor or outdoor environment, (b) prevent or minimize any Release so that a Hazardous Material does not migrate or endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the indoor or outdoor environment or (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations and post-remedial monitoring and care with respect to any Hazardous Material.

Required Lenders” means, at any time, Lenders having at such time in excess of 50% of the sum of the Term Loan Commitments (or, if such Commitments are terminated, the Pro Rata Outstandings in the Term Loan Facility).

Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, collectively, the common law and all federal, state, local, foreign, multinational or international laws, statutes, codes, treaties, standards, rules and regulations, ordinances, orders, judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees (including administrative or judicial precedents or authorities) and the interpretation or administration thereof by, and other determinations, directives, requirements or requests of, any Governmental Authority, in each case that are binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Person, any of the president, chief executive officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, managing member or general partner of such Person but, in any event, with respect to financial matters, any such officer that is responsible for preparing the Financial Statements delivered hereunder and, with respect to the Corporate Chart and other documents delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(e), documents delivered on the Closing Date and documents delivered pursuant to Section 7.10, the secretary or assistant secretary of such Person or any other officer responsible for maintaining the corporate and similar records of such Person.

Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend, return of capital, distribution or any other payment, whether direct or indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, or the sale of property for less than fair market value, or the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations) and whether in cash, Securities or other property, in each case on account of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case now or hereafter outstanding and (b) any redemption, retirement, termination, defeasance, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition for value, whether direct or indirect (including through the use of Hedging Agreements, the making, repayment, cancellation or forgiveness of Indebtedness and similar Contractual Obligations), of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or of any direct or indirect parent entity of the Borrower, now or hereafter outstanding, and any payment for any such redemption, retirement, termination, cancellation, purchase or other acquisition, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking fund or a similar fund.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Person (the “obligor”), any Contractual Obligation or other arrangement with any other Person (the “counterparty”) consisting of a lease by such obligor of any property that, directly or indirectly, has been or is to be Sold by the obligor to such counterparty or to any other Person to whom funds have been advanced by such counterparty based on a Lien on, or an assignment of, such property or any obligations of such obligor under such lease.

 

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Secured Hedging Agreement” means any Hedging Agreement that (a) has been entered into with a Secured Hedging Counterparty, (b) in the case of a Hedging Agreement not entered into with or provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, is expressly identified as being a “Secured Hedging Agreement” hereunder in a joint notice from such Loan Party and such Person delivered to the Administrative Agent reasonably promptly after the execution of such Hedging Agreement and (c) meets the requirements of Section 8.1(f).

Secured Hedging Counterparty” means (a) a Person who has entered into a Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party if such Hedging Agreement was provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, and any assignee of such Person or (b) a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender who has entered into a Hedging Agreement with a Loan Party (or a Person who was a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time of execution and delivery of the Hedging Agreement).

Secured Parties” means the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, any Secured Hedging Counterparty, each other Indemnitee and any other holder of any Obligation of any Loan Party.

Security” means all Stock, Stock Equivalents, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, instruments and other evidence of Indebtedness, whether or not secured, convertible or subordinated, all certificates of interest, share or participation in, all certificates for the acquisition of, and all warrants, options and other rights to acquire, any Security.

Sell” means, with respect to any property, to sell, convey, transfer, assign, license, lease or otherwise dispose of, any interest therein or to permit any Person to acquire any such interest, including, in each case, through a Sale and Leaseback Transaction or through a sale, factoring at maturity, collection of or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable. Conjugated forms thereof and the noun “Sale” have correlative meanings.

Solvent” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, that, as of such date, (a) such Person is able to pay all liabilities of such Person as such liabilities mature and (b) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital. In computing the amount of contingent or unliquidated liabilities at any time, such liabilities shall be computed at the amount that, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SPV” means any special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in a writing by any Lender to the Administrative Agent.

Stated Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9(d).

Stock” means all shares of capital stock (whether denominated as common stock or preferred stock), equity interests, beneficial, partnership or membership interests, joint venture interests, participations or other ownership or profit interests in or equivalents (regardless of how designated) of or in a Person (other than an individual), whether voting or non-voting.

Stock Equivalents” means all securities convertible into or exchangeable for Stock or any other Stock Equivalent and all warrants, options or other rights to purchase, subscribe for or otherwise acquire any Stock or any other Stock Equivalent, whether or not presently convertible, exchangeable or exercisable.

 

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Subordinated Debt” means any Indebtedness that is subordinated to the payment in full of the Obligations on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity of which an aggregate of more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is, at the time, owned or controlled directly or indirectly by, such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Substitute Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.18(a).

SWDA” means the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. §§ 6901 et seq.).

Tax Affiliate” means (a) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and (b) any Affiliate of the Borrower with which the Borrower files or is eligible to file consolidated, combined or unitary tax returns.

Tax Return” has the meaning specified in Section 4.8.

Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a).

Term Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1; the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof is $25,000,000.

Term Loan Commitment” means, with respect to each Term Loan Lender, the fulfilled commitment of such Lender to make Term Loans under the Existing Credit Agreement to the Borrower, which is in the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I to the Existing Credit Agreement under the caption “Term Loan”, as amended to reflect Assignments and as such amount may have been reduced or repaid to the Existing Credit Agreement and as further reduced or repaid pursuant to this Agreement.

Term Loan Facility” means the Term Loan Commitments and provisions herein related to the Term Loans.

Term Loan Lender” means each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

Term Loan Maturity Date” means July 2, 2014.

Title IV Plan” means a pension plan subject to Title IV of ERISA, other than a Multiemployer Plan, to which any ERISA Affiliate incurs or otherwise has any obligation or liability, contingent or otherwise.

Trademarks” means all rights, title and interests (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers and, in each case, all goodwill associated therewith, all registrations and recordations thereof and all applications in connection therewith.

 

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Trade Secrets” means all right, title and interest (and all related IP Ancillary Rights) arising under any Requirement of Law in or relating to trade secrets.

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and, if the applicable jurisdiction shall not have any Uniform Commercial Code, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

United States” means the United States of America.

U.S. Lender Party” means each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each SPV and each participant, in each case that is a Domestic Person.

Voting Stock” means Stock of any Person having ordinary power to vote in the election of members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other controlling Persons, of such Person (irrespective of whether, at the time, Stock of any other class or classes of such entity shall have or might have voting power by reason of the occurrence of any contingency).

Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person, all of the Stock of which (other than nominal holdings and director’s qualifying shares) is owned by such Person, either directly or through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

Withdrawal Liability” means, at any time, any liability incurred (whether or not assessed) by any ERISA Affiliate and not yet satisfied or paid in full at such time with respect to any Multiemployer Plan pursuant to Section 4201 of ERISA.

Working Capital” means, for any Person at any date, its Consolidated Current Assets at such date minus its Consolidated Current Liabilities at such date.

Section 1.2 UCC Terms. The following terms have the meanings given to them in the applicable UCC: “commodity account”, “commodity contract”, “commodity intermediary”, “deposit account”, “entitlement holder”, “entitlement order”, “equipment”, “financial asset”, “general intangible”, “goods”, “instruments”, “inventory”, “securities account”, “securities intermediary” and “security entitlement”.

Section 1.3 Accounting Terms and Principles.

(a) GAAP. All accounting determinations required to be made pursuant hereto shall, unless expressly otherwise provided herein, be made in accordance with GAAP. No change in the accounting principles used in the preparation of any Financial Statement hereafter adopted by Holdings shall be given effect if such change would affect a calculation that measures compliance with any provision of Article V or VIII unless the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders agree to modify such provisions to reflect such changes in GAAP and, unless such provisions are modified, all Financial Statements, Compliance Certificates and similar documents provided hereunder shall be provided together with a reconciliation between the calculations and amounts set forth therein before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP.

 

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(b) Pro Forma. All components of financial calculations made to determine compliance with Article V shall be adjusted on a Pro Forma Basis to include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication, such components of such calculations attributable to any Pro Forma Transaction consummated after the first day of the applicable period of determination and prior to the end of such period, as determined in good faith by the Borrower based on assumptions expressed therein and that were reasonable based on the information available to the Borrower at the time of preparation of the Compliance Certificate setting forth such calculations.

Section 1.4 Payments. The Administrative Agent may set up standards and procedures to determine or redetermine the equivalent in Dollars of any amount expressed in any currency other than Dollars and otherwise may, but shall not be obligated to, rely on any determination made by any Loan Party. Any such determination or redetermination by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error. No determination or redetermination by any Secured Party or Loan Party and no other currency conversion shall change or release any obligation of any Loan Party or of any Secured Party (other than the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons) under any Loan Document, each of which agrees to pay separately for any shortfall remaining after any conversion and payment of the amount as converted. The Administrative Agent may round up or down, and may set up appropriate mechanisms to round up or down, any amount hereunder to nearest higher or lower amounts and may determine reasonable de minimis payment thresholds.

Section 1.5 Interpretation. (a) Certain Terms. Except as set forth in any Loan Document, all accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP (except for the term “property” which shall be interpreted as broadly as possible, including, in any case, cash, Securities, other assets, rights under Contractual Obligations and Permits and any right or interest in any property). The terms “herein”, “hereof” and similar terms refer to this Agreement as a whole. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date in any Loan Document, the terms “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding” and the word “through” means “to and including.” In any other case, the term “including” when used in any Loan Document means “including without limitation.” The term “documents” means all writings, however evidenced and whether in physical or electronic form, including all documents, instruments, agreements, notices, demands, certificates, forms, financial statements, opinions and reports. The term “incur” means incur, create, make, issue, assume or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable in respect of or responsible for, in each case whether directly or indirectly, and the terms “incurrence” and “incurred” and similar derivatives shall have correlative meanings.

(b) Certain References. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, references (i) in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule, Article, Section or clause refer to the appropriate Exhibit or Schedule to, or Article, Section or clause in, this Agreement and (ii) in any Loan Document, to (A) any agreement shall include, without limitation, all exhibits, schedules, appendixes and annexes to such agreement and, unless the prior consent of any Secured Party required therefor is not obtained, any modification to any term of such agreement, (B) any statute shall be to such statute as modified from time to time and to any successor legislation thereto, in each case as in effect at the time any such reference is operative and (C) any time of day shall

 

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be a reference to New York time. Titles of articles, sections, clauses, exhibits, schedules and annexes contained in any Loan Document are without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, the meaning of any term defined (including by reference) in any Loan Document shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such term.

ARTICLE II

THE FACILITY

Section 2.1 Term Loan Commitments. Each Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) severally, but not jointly, made a loan (each a “Term Loan”) in Dollars to the Borrower, in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement). Amounts of Term Loans repaid may not be reborrowed. The aggregate principal amount of Term Loans outstanding on the date hereof is $25,000,000.

Section 2.2 [Reserved].

Section 2.3 [Reserved].

Section 2.4 [Reserved].

Section 2.5 Termination of the Commitments. All outstanding Commitments shall terminate on the Closing Date (after giving effect to any Borrowing occurring on such date).

Section 2.6 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower promises to repay the Term Loans on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

Section 2.7 Optional Prepayments. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Borrower may prepay the outstanding principal amount of any Loan in whole or in part at any time (together with accrued interest thereon and any breakage costs that may be owing pursuant to Section 2.16(a) after giving effect to such prepayment and the Prepayment Premium as may be applicable to such prepayment in accordance with Section 2.19); provided, however, that each partial prepayment of any Term Loan that is not of the entire outstanding amount of the Term Loans shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $500,000.

Section 2.8 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Excess Cash Flow. So long as no “Obligations” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) are outstanding and all “Commitments” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) have been terminated, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent, within 5 Business Days after the last date Financial Statements can be delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(b) for any Excess Cash Flow Period ending after the Closing Date, an amount equal to 75% of the Excess Cash Flow for such Excess Cash Flow Period; provided, however, that should the Consolidated Leverage Ratio of Holdings on the last day of such Excess Cash Flow Period be less than 3.00 to one, such percentage shall be reduced to 50%.

 

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(b) Debt Issuances. So long as no “Obligations” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) are outstanding and all “Commitments” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) have been terminated, then upon receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from the incurrence by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of the type specified in clause (a) or (b) of the definition thereof (other than any such Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 8.1), the Borrower shall immediately pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds.

(c) Asset Sales and Property Loss Events. So long as no “Obligations” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) are outstanding and all “Commitments” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) have been terminated, then upon receipt on or after the Closing Date by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Cash Proceeds arising from (i) any Sale by any Group Member of any of its property, to the extent resulting, in the aggregate with all other Sales from and after the Closing Date, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $100,000, but excluding any Sales of its own Stock and Sales of property permitted hereunder in reliance upon any of clauses (a) through (e) of Section 8.4 or (ii) any Property Loss Event with respect to any property of any Group Member to the extent resulting in the aggregate, with all other such Property Loss Events from and after the Closing Date, in the receipt by any of them of Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $100,000, the Borrower shall immediately pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, however, that, upon any such receipt, as long as no Event of Default shall be continuing, any Group Member may make Permitted Reinvestments with such Net Cash Proceeds and the Borrower shall not be required to make or cause such payment to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are intended to be used to make Permitted Reinvestments, so long as, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date for such Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall pay or cause to be paid to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount applicable to such Reinvestment Prepayment Date and such Net Cash Proceeds.

(d) [Reserved].

(e) Application of Payments. Any payments made to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.8 shall be applied to the Obligations in accordance with Section 2.12(b).

Section 2.9 Interest. (a) Rate. All Loans and the outstanding amount of all other Obligations (other than pursuant to Secured Hedging Agreements) shall bear interest, in the case of Loans, on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date such Loans are made and, in the case of such other Obligations, from the date such other Obligations are due and payable until, in all cases, paid in full, except as otherwise provided in clause (c) below, as follows: (i) in the case of Base Rate Loans at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect from time to time, (ii) in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Eurodollar Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect for the applicable Interest Period and (iii) in the case of other Obligations, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate and the Applicable Margin, each as in effect from time to time.

 

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(b) Payments.

(i) Interest accrued shall be payable in arrears (i) if accrued on the principal amount of any Loan, (A) at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise), and (B)(1) if such Loan is a Base Rate Loan, on the last day of each calendar quarter commencing on the first such day following the making of such Loan, (2) if such Loan is a Eurodollar Rate Loan, on the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and, if applicable, on each date during such Interest Period occurring every 3 months from the first day of such Interest Period and (ii) if accrued on any other Obligation, on demand from and after the time such Obligation is due and payable (whether by acceleration or otherwise).

(ii) [Reserved].

(iii) In addition to the interest payable pursuant to Section 2.9(b)(i) hereof on the Term Loan, Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Term Loan Lenders, in arrears on each applicable PIK Interest Payment Date, additional interest at the rate of two percent (2.00%) per annum based on the monthly aggregate principal balance of the Term Loan outstanding from time to time since the prior PIK Interest Payment Date (such additional interest is referred to herein as “PIK Interest”).

(iv) [Reserved].

(v) If requested by any Lender PIK Interest accruing hereunder that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall, within five (5) days of such request, be evidenced by a promissory note, substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.9(b)(v) (a “PIK Note”), duly executed and delivered by Borrower to such Term Loan Lender. The Borrower hereby irrevocably authorizes each Term Loan Lender to make (or cause to be made) appropriate notations as to the amount of such Term Loan Lender’s Pro Rata Share of PIK Interest and the amount of each payment or prepayment of PIK Interest and interest thereon on the reverse of, or on an attachment to, any such Term Loan Lender’s PIK Note, or to otherwise maintain such information. Such notations or information shall be presumed correct and binding on the Borrower absent manifest error; provided, however, that the failure of any Term Loan Lender to make any such notations or to maintain such information shall not limit or otherwise affect any Obligations of the Borrower or any other Group Member.

(vi) [Reserved].

(vii) All accrued PIK Interest that becomes due and payable on a PIK Interest Payment Date shall be deemed the extension of an additional loan pursuant to the terms of, and subject to, all Loan Documents (such accrued PIK Interest is referred to herein as a “PIK Loan”). The failure of the Borrower to issue to any Term Lender a PIK Note as provided

 

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in Section 2.9(b)(v) shall not alter or affect the payment obligations of the Borrower as to all accrued PIK Interest or the obligation of the Borrower to pay the amount due on such PIK Interest Payment Date under the terms applicable to a PIK Loan, and such accrued and unpaid amount shall in all events be deemed to be a PIK Loan hereunder notwithstanding any action or non-action of the Borrower. The entire unpaid balance of all PIK Loans shall be immediately due and payable in full in immediately available funds on the Term Loan Maturity Date. The amount of any PIK Loan shall not be included in the calculation of the amount of the Term Loan or the Term Loan Commitments.

(viii) Interest on each PIK Loan shall accrue at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin per annum or, at the election of Borrower and so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin per annum based on the aggregate PIK Loan outstanding from time to time. Interest on each PIK Loan (as determined in the immediately preceding sentence) shall be due and payable in cash in arrears on each applicable PIK Interest Payment Date. In addition to the cash pay interest provided for in the immediately preceding sentence, each PIK Loan shall accrue additional interest (such additional interest is referred to herein as “Additional PIK Interest”) at the rate of two percent (2.00%) per annum based on the monthly aggregate principal balance of such PIK Loan outstanding from time to time since the prior PIK Interest Payment Date, which Additional PIK Interest shall be calculated as of each PIK Interest Payment Date and payable in arrears by adding such accrued interest to the outstanding principal of each applicable PIK Note. Unless prepaid earlier, all PIK Notes and all accrued and capitalized Additional PIK Interest thereon are due and payable in cash on the Term Loan Maturity Date.

(c) Default Interest. Notwithstanding the rates of interest specified in clause (a) or (b) above or elsewhere in any Loan Document, effective immediately upon (A) the occurrence of any Event of Default under Section 9.1(a) or Section 9.1(e)(ii) or (B) the delivery of a notice by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders to the Borrower during the continuance of any other Event of Default and, in each case, for as long as such Event of Default shall be continuing, the principal balance of all Obligations (including any Obligation that bears interest by reference to the rate applicable to any other Obligation) (other than any PIK Interest or any Additional PIK Interest) shall bear interest at a rate that is 4% per annum in excess of the interest rate applicable to such Obligations from time to time, payable on demand or, in the absence of demand, on the date that would otherwise be applicable.

(d) Maximum Interest. In no event shall the interest charged with respect to the Loans, the Notes or any other Obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Documents exceed the maximum amount permitted under the laws of the jurisdiction whose law is specified as the governing law of this document pursuant to Section 11.14 or of any other applicable jurisdiction. For the purposes of making any such determination hereunder, the Loans hereunder shall be deemed a single loan in the amount of the Commitments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or elsewhere, if at any time the rate of interest payable for the account of any Lender hereunder or any other Loan Document (the “Stated Rate”) would exceed the highest rate of interest permitted under any applicable law to be charged by such Lender (the “Maximum Lawful Rate”), then for so long as the Maximum Lawful Rate would be so exceeded, the rate of interest payable for the account of such Lender shall be equal to the

 

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Maximum Lawful Rate; provided that if at any time thereafter the Stated Rate is less than the Maximum Lawful Rate, the Borrower shall, to the extent permitted by law, continue to pay interest for the account of such Lender at the Maximum Lawful Rate until such time as the total interest received by the Lender is equal to the total interest which such Lender would have received had the Stated Rate been (but for the operation of this provision) the interest rate payable. Thereafter, the interest rate payable for the account of such Lender shall be the Stated Rate unless and until the Stated Rate again would exceed the Maximum Lawful Rate, in which event this provision shall again apply. In no event shall the total interest received by any Lender exceed the amount which such Lender could lawfully have received had the interest been calculated for the full term hereof at the Maximum Lawful Rate with respect to such Lender. In computing interest payable with reference to the Maximum Lawful Rate applicable to any Lender, 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 any Lender has received interest hereunder in excess of the Maximum Lawful Rate with respect to such Lender, such excess amount shall be applied to the reduction of the outstanding principal balance of its Loans or to other amounts (other than interest) payable hereunder, and if no such principal or other amounts are then outstanding, such excess or part thereof remaining shall be paid to the Borrower.

Section 2.10 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) Option. The Borrower may elect (i) in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Loan, (A) to continue such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof for an additional Interest Period on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto and (B) to convert such Eurodollar Rate Loan or any portion thereof into a Base Rate Loan at any time on any Business Day, subject to the payment of any breakage costs required by Section 2.16(a), and (ii) in the case of Base Rate Loans, to convert such Base Rate Loans or any portion thereof into Eurodollar Rate Loans at any time on any Business Day upon 3 Business Days’ prior notice; provided, however, that, (x) for each Interest Period, the aggregate amount of Eurodollar Rate Loans having such Interest Period must be an integral multiple of $500,000 and (y) no conversion in whole or in part of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans and no continuation in whole or in part of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be permitted at any time (1) at which an Event of Default shall be continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders shall have determined in their sole discretion not to permit such conversions or continuations, or (2) at which such continuation or conversion would be made during a suspension imposed by Section 2.15.

(b) Procedure. Each such election shall be made by giving the Administrative Agent at least 3 Business Days’ prior notice in substantially the form of Exhibit F (a “Notice of Conversion or Continuation”) duly completed. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion or Continuation and of the options selected therein. If the Administrative Agent does not receive a timely Notice of Conversion or Continuation from the Borrower containing a permitted election to continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan, then, upon the expiration of the applicable Interest Period, such Loan shall be automatically converted to a Base Rate Loan. Each partial conversion or continuation shall be allocated ratably among the Lenders in the applicable Facility in accordance with their Pro Rata Share.

 

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Section 2.11 Fees. (a) The Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons its reasonable and customary fees and expenses in connection with any payments made pursuant to Section 2.16(a) (Breakage Costs) and has agreed to pay the additional fees described in the Fee Letter.

(b) Closing Fee. To induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, Borrower shall pay on the Closing Date to Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of such Lenders that have signed this Agreement on or before March 12, 2009, a Closing Fee (the “Closing Fee”) equal to 1.00% of each such Lender’s Term Loan.

Section 2.12 Application of Payments. (a) Application of Voluntary Prepayments. Unless otherwise provided in this Section 2.12 or elsewhere in any Loan Document, all payments and any other amounts received by the Administrative Agent from or for the benefit of the Borrower shall be applied to repay the Obligations the Borrower designates.

(b) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. Subject to the provisions of clause (c) below with respect to the application of payments during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payment made by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.8 or any other prepayment of the Obligations required to be applied in accordance with this clause (b) shall be applied first, to pay any breakage costs that may be owing pursuant to Section 2.16(a) after giving effect to such prepayment, second, to pay accrued interest in respect of the amounts being prepaid, third, to repay the outstanding principal balance of the Term Loans, fourth, to pay any cash accrued interest on the PIK Loans, fifth, to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the PIK Loans until the same have been prepaid in full, and, then, any excess shall be retained by the Borrower.

(c) Application of Payments During an Event of Default. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees to cause each Loan Party and each other Group Member to waive, the right to direct the application during the continuance of an Event of Default of any and all payments in respect of any Obligation and any proceeds of Collateral and agrees that, notwithstanding the provisions of clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent may, and, upon either (A) the direction of the Required Lenders or (B) the acceleration of any Obligation pursuant to Section 9.2, shall, apply all payments in respect of any Obligation, all funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral Account and all other proceeds of Collateral (i) first, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Administrative Agent, (ii) second, to pay Obligations in respect of any cost or expense reimbursements, fees or indemnities then due to the Lenders, (iii) third, to pay interest then due and payable in respect of the Loans, (iv) fourth, to repay the outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and to pay amounts owing with respect to Secured Hedging Agreements and (v) fifth, to the ratable payment of all other Obligations.

(d) Application of Payments Generally. All repayments of Term Loans shall be applied first, to repay such Loans outstanding as Base Rate Loans and then, to repay such Loans outstanding as Eurodollar Rate Loans, with those Eurodollar Rate Loans having earlier expiring Interest Periods being repaid prior to those having later expiring Interest Periods. All repayments of Term Loans shall be applied to reduce the remaining installments of such outstanding principal amounts of the Term Loans in

 

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the inverse order of their maturities. If sufficient amounts are not available to repay all outstanding Obligations described in any priority level set forth in this Section 2.12, the available amounts shall be applied, unless otherwise expressly specified herein, to such Obligations ratably based on the proportion of the Secured Parties’ interest in such Obligations. Any priority level set forth in this Section 2.12 that includes interest shall include all such interest, whether or not accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding, and whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in any such proceeding.

Section 2.13 Payments and Computations. (a) Procedure. The Borrower shall make each payment under any Loan Document not later than 2:00 p.m. on the day when due to the Administrative Agent by wire transfer to the following account (or at such other account or by such other means to such other address as the Administrative Agent shall have notified the Borrower in writing within a reasonable time prior to such payment) in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim:

ABA No. 021-001-033

Account Number 502-710-79

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, New York, New York

Account Name: HH Cash Flow Collections

Reference: GE Capital Re Medical Staffing Network, Inc.

2nd Lien (CFN5387)

The Administrative Agent shall promptly thereafter cause to be distributed immediately available funds relating to the payment of principal, interest or fees to the Lenders, in accordance with the application of payments set forth in Section 2.12. The Lenders shall make any payment under any Loan Document in immediately available Dollars and without setoff or counterclaim. Payments received by the Administrative Agent after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed to be received on the next Business Day.

(b) Computations of Interests and Fees. All computations of interest and of fees shall be made by the Administrative Agent on the basis of a year of 360 days (or, in the case of Base Rate Loans whose interest rate is calculated based on the rate set forth in clause (a) of the definition of “Base Rate”, 365/366 days), in each case for the actual number of days (including the first day but excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest and fees are payable. All computations of interest for PIK Loans shall be made by the Administrative Agent and calculated as set forth in Section 2.9(b). Each determination of an interest rate or the amount of a fee hereunder shall be made by the Administrative Agent (including determinations of a Eurodollar Rate or Base Rate in accordance with the definitions of “Eurodollar Rate” and “Base Rate”, respectively) and shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(c) Payment Dates. Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, the due date for such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day without any increase in such payment as a result of additional interest or fees; provided, however, that such interest and fees shall continue accruing as a result of such extension of time.

 

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(d) Advancing Payments. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Borrower to the Lenders prior to the date on which any payment is due hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower has made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each Lender on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender. If and to the extent that the Borrower shall not have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each Lender shall repay to the Administrative Agent on demand such amount distributed to such Lender together with interest thereon (at the Federal Funds Rate for the first Business Day and thereafter, at the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the applicable Facility) for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender until the date such Lender repays such amount to the Administrative Agent.

Section 2.14 Evidence of Debt. (a) Records of Lenders. Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts evidencing Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement. In addition, each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or having identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent acting as agent of the Borrower solely for this purpose and solely for tax purposes, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.12 (or at such other address as such Lender shall notify the Borrower) a record of ownership, in which such Lender shall register by book entry (A) the name and address of each such participant and SPV (and each change thereto, whether by assignment or otherwise) and (B) the rights, interest or obligation of each such participant and SPV in any Obligation, in any Commitment and in any right to receive any payment hereunder.

(b) Records of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent, acting as agent of the Borrower solely for tax purposes and solely with respect to the actions described in this Section 2.14, shall establish and maintain at its address referred to in Section 11.12 (or at such other address as the Administrative Agent may notify the Borrower) (A) a record of ownership (the “Register”) in which the Administrative Agent agrees to register by book entry the interests (including any rights to receive payment hereunder) of the Administrative Agent, each Lender in the Term Loans, each of their obligations under this Agreement to participate in each Loan, and any assignment of any such interest, obligation or right and (B) accounts in the Register in accordance with its usual practice in which it shall record (1) the names and addresses of the Lenders (and each change thereto pursuant to Section 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders) and Section 11.2 (Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect)), (2) the Commitments of each Lender, (3) the amount of each Loan and each funding of any participation described in clause (A) above, for Eurodollar Rate Loans, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (4) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or paid and (5) any other payment received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrower and its application to the Obligations.

 

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(c) Registered Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Loans (including any Notes evidencing such Loans are registered obligations, the right, title and interest of the Lenders and their assignees in and to such Loans, as the case may be, shall be transferable only upon notation of such transfer in the Register and no assignment thereof shall be effective until recorded therein. This Section 2.14 and Section 11.2 shall be construed so that the Loans are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Sections 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Code and any related regulations (and any successor provisions).

(d) Prima Facie Evidence. The entries made in the Register and in the accounts maintained pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) above shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein; provided, however, that no error in such account and no failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain any such account shall affect the obligations of any Loan Party to repay the Loans in accordance with their terms. In addition, the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement. Information contained in the Register with respect to any Lender shall be available for access by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or such Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No Lender shall, in such capacity, have access to or be otherwise permitted to review any information in the Register other than information with respect to such Lender unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.

(e) Notes. Within five (5) days of any Lender’s request, the Borrower shall execute and deliver Notes to such Lender evidencing the Loans of such Lender in the Term Loan Facility and substantially in the form of Exhibit B; provided, however, that only one Note for the Term Loan Facility shall be issued to each Lender, except (i) to an existing Lender exchanging existing Notes to reflect changes in the Register relating to such Lender, in which case the new Notes delivered to such Lender shall be dated the date of the original Notes and (ii) in the case of loss, destruction or mutilation of existing Notes and similar circumstances. Each Note, if issued, shall only be issued as means to evidence the right, title or interest of a Lender or a registered assignee in and to the related Loan, as set forth in the Register, and in no event shall any Note be considered a bearer instrument or obligation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PIK Notes shall be issued and maintained in the manner described in Section 2.9(b)(v).

Section 2.15 Suspension of Eurodollar Rate Option. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Article II, the following shall apply:

(a) Interest Rate Unascertainable, Inadequate or Unfair. In the event that (A) the Administrative Agent determines that adequate and fair means do not exist for ascertaining the applicable interest rates by reference to which the Eurodollar Rate is determined or (B) the Required Lenders notify the Administrative Agent that the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period will not adequately reflect the cost to the Lenders of making or maintaining such Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly so notify the Borrower and the Lenders, whereupon the obligation of each Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrower that the Required Lenders have determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist.

 

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(b) Illegality. If any Lender determines that the introduction of, or any change in or in the interpretation of, any Requirement of Law after the date of this Agreement shall make it unlawful, or any Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable lending office to make Eurodollar Rate Loans or to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, the obligation of such Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended as provided in clause (c) below until such Lender shall, through the Administrative Agent, notify the Borrower that it has determined that it may lawfully make Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(c) Effect of Suspension. If the obligation of any Lender to make or to continue Eurodollar Rate Loans is suspended, (A) the obligation of such Lender to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, (B) such Lender shall make a Base Rate Loan at any time such Lender would otherwise be obligated to make a Eurodollar Rate Loan, (C) the Borrower may revoke any pending Notice of Conversion or Continuation to make or continue any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to convert any Base Rate Loan into a Eurodollar Rate Loan and (D) each Eurodollar Rate Loan of such Lender shall automatically and immediately (or, in the case of any suspension pursuant to clause (a) above, on the last day of the current Interest Period thereof) be converted into a Base Rate Loan.

Section 2.16 Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements. (a) Breakage Costs. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender, upon demand from such Lender to such Borrower (with copy to the Administrative Agent), for all Liabilities (including, in each case, those incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to prepare to fund, to fund or to maintain the Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to the Borrower but excluding any loss of the Applicable Margin on the relevant Loans) that such Lender may incur (A) to the extent a proposed conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans does not occur on a date specified therefor in a Notice of Conversion or Continuation or in a similar request made by telephone by the Borrower, (B) to the extent any Eurodollar Rate Loan is paid (whether through a scheduled, optional or mandatory prepayment) or converted to a Base Rate Loan (including because of Section 2.15) on a date that is not the last day of the applicable Interest Period or (C) as a consequence of any failure by the Borrower to repay Eurodollar Rate Loans when required by the terms hereof. For purposes of this clause (a), each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurodollar Rate Loan made by it using a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank market.

(b) Increased Costs. If at any time any Lender determines that, after the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or administration of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority shall have the effect of (i) increasing the cost to such Lender of making, funding or maintaining any Eurodollar Rate Loan or to agree to do so or of participating, or agreeing to participate, in extensions of credit or (ii) imposing any other cost to such Lender with respect to compliance with its obligations under any Loan Document, then, upon demand by such Lender (with copy to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such increased cost.

 

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(c) Increased Capital Requirements. If at any time any Lender determines that, after the date hereof, the adoption of, or any change in or in the interpretation, application or administration of, or compliance with, any Requirement of Law (other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) from any Governmental Authority regarding capital adequacy, reserves, special deposits, compulsory loans, insurance charges against property of, deposits with or for the account of, Obligations owing to, or other credit extended or participated in by, any Lender or any similar requirement (in each case other than any imposition or increase of Eurodollar Reserve Requirements) shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender (or any corporation controlling such Lender) as a consequence of its obligations under or with respect to any Loan Document to a level below that which, taking into account the capital adequacy policies of such Lender or corporation, such Lender or corporation could have achieved but for such adoption or change, then, upon demand from time to time by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender amounts sufficient to compensate such Lender for such reduction.

(d) Compensation Certificate. Each demand for compensation under this Section 2.16 shall be accompanied by a certificate of the Lender claiming such compensation, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for computation of the amounts to be paid hereunder, which certificate shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount, such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

Section 2.17 Taxes. (a) Payments Free and Clear of Taxes. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2.17, each payment by any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings and all liabilities with respect thereto (and without deduction for any of them) (collectively, but excluding the taxes set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) below, the “Taxes”) other than for (i) taxes measured by net income (including branch profits taxes) and franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes, in each case imposed on any Secured Party as a result of a present or former connection between such Secured Party and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than such connection arising solely from any Secured Party having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, any Loan Document) or (ii) taxes that are directly attributable to the failure (other than as a result of a change in any Requirement of Law) by any Secured Party to deliver the documentation required to be delivered pursuant to clause (f) below.

(b) Gross-Up. If any Taxes shall be required by law to be deducted from or in respect of any amount payable under any Loan Document (other than any Secured Hedging Agreement) to any Secured Party (i) such amount shall be increased as necessary to ensure that, after all required deductions for Taxes are made (including deductions applicable to any increases to any amount under this Section 2.17), such Secured Party receives the amount it would have received had no such deductions

 

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been made, (ii) the relevant Loan Party shall make such deductions, (iii) the relevant Loan Party shall timely pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxing authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Requirements of Law and (iv) within 30 days after such payment is made, the relevant Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an original or certified copy of a receipt evidencing such payment; provided, however, that no such increase shall be made with respect to, and no Loan Party shall be required to indemnify any such Secured Party pursuant to clause (d) below for, withholding taxes to the extent that the obligation to withhold amounts existed on the date that such Secured Party became a “Secured Party” under this Agreement in the capacity under which such Secured Party makes a claim under this clause (b), except in each case to the extent such Secured Party is a direct or indirect assignee (other than pursuant to Section 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders)) of any other Secured Party that was entitled, at the time the assignment of such other Secured Party became effective, to receive additional amounts under this clause (b).

(c) Other Taxes. In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay, and authorizes the Administrative Agent to pay in its name, any stamp, documentary, excise or property tax, charges or similar levies imposed by any applicable Requirement of Law or Governmental Authority and all Liabilities with respect thereto (including by reason of any delay in payment thereof), in each case arising from the execution, delivery or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein (collectively, “Other Taxes”). Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by any Loan Party, the Borrower shall furnish to the Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 11.12, the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof.

(d) Indemnification. The Borrower shall reimburse and indemnify, within 30 days after receipt of demand therefor (with copy to the Administrative Agent), each Secured Party for all Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes and Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.17) paid by such Secured Party and any Liabilities arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. A certificate of the Secured Party (or of the Administrative Agent on behalf of such Secured Party) claiming any compensation under this clause (d), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for computation of the amounts to be paid thereunder and delivered to the Borrower with copy to the Administrative Agent, shall be conclusive, binding and final for all purposes, absent manifest error. In determining such amount, the Administrative Agent and such Secured Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(e) Mitigation. Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.17 shall use its reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policies and Requirements of Law) to change the jurisdiction of its lending office if such a change would materially reduce any such additional amounts (or any similar amount that may thereafter accrue) and would not, in the sole determination of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

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(f) Tax Forms. (i) Each Non-U.S. Lender Party that, at any of the following times, is entitled to an exemption from United States withholding tax or, after a change in any Requirement of Law, is subject to such withholding tax at a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty, shall (w) on or prior to the date such Non-U.S. Lender Party becomes a “Non-U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (x) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (y) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (z) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of each of the following, as applicable: (A) Forms W-8ECI (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax because the income is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business), W-8BEN (claiming exemption from, or a reduction of, U.S. withholding tax under an income tax treaty) or any successor forms, (B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender Party claiming exemption under Sections 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, Form W-8BEN (claiming exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the portfolio interest exemption) or any successor form and a certificate in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent that such Non-U.S. Lender Party is not (1) a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, (2) a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrower within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code or (3) a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code or (C) any other applicable document prescribed by the IRS certifying as to the entitlement of such Non-U.S. Lender Party to such exemption from United States withholding tax or reduced rate with respect to all payments to be made to such Non-U.S. Lender Party under the Loan Documents. Unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent have received forms or other documents satisfactory to them indicating that payments under any Loan Document to or for a Non-U.S. Lender Party are not subject to United States withholding tax or are subject to such tax at a rate reduced by an applicable tax treaty, the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall withhold amounts required to be withheld by applicable Requirements of Law from such payments at the applicable statutory rate.

(ii) Each U.S. Lender Party shall (A) on or prior to the date such U.S. Lender Party becomes a “U.S. Lender Party” hereunder, (B) on or prior to the date on which any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete, (C) after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certification previously delivered by it pursuant to this clause (f) and (D) from time to time if requested by the Borrower or the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender), provide the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (or, in the case of a participant or SPV, the relevant Lender) with two completed originals of Form W-9 (certifying that such U.S. Lender Party is entitled to an exemption from U.S. backup withholding tax) or any successor form.

(iii) Each Lender having sold a participation in any of its Obligations or identified an SPV as such to the Administrative Agent shall collect from such participant or SPV the documents described in this clause (f) and provide them to the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 2.18 Substitution of Lenders. (a) Substitution Right. In the event that any Lender that is not an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent (an “Affected Lender”), (i) makes a claim under clause (b) (Increased Costs) or (c) (Increased Capital Requirements) of Section 2.16, (ii) notifies the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.15(b) (Illegality) that it has become illegal for such Lender to continue to fund or make any Eurodollar Rate Loan in such Facility, (iii) makes a claim for payment pursuant to Section 2.17(b) (Taxes) or (iv) does not consent to any amendment, waiver or consent to any Loan Document for which the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but that requires the consent of other Lenders, the Borrower may either pay in full such Affected Lender the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender with the consent of the Administrative Agent or substitute for such Affected Lender any Lender or any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any Lender or any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent (in each case, a “Substitute Lender”).

(b) Procedure. To substitute such Affected Lender or pay in full the Obligations owed to such Affected Lender under such Facility, the Borrower shall deliver a notice to the Administrative Agent and such Affected Lender. The effectiveness of such payment or substitution shall be subject to the delivery to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower (or, as may be applicable in the case of a substitution, by the Substitute Lender) of (i) payment for the account of such Affected Lender, of, to the extent accrued through, and outstanding on, the effective date for such payment or substitution, all Obligations owing to such Affected Lender (including those that will be owed because of such payment and all Obligations that would be owed to such Lender if it was solely a Lender) and (ii) in the case of a substitution, (A) payment of the assignment fee set forth in Section 11.2(c) and (B) an assumption agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent whereby the Substitute Lender shall, among other things, agree to be bound by the terms of the Loan Documents and assume the Commitment of the Affected Lender under such Facility.

(c) Effectiveness. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in clause (b) above, the Administrative Agent shall record such substitution or payment in the Register, whereupon in the case of any substitution, (i) the Affected Lender shall sell and be relieved of, and the Substitute Lender shall purchase and assume, all rights and claims of such Affected Lender under the Loan Documents, except that the Affected Lender shall retain such rights expressly providing that they survive the repayment of the Obligations and the termination of the Commitments, (ii) the Substitute Lender shall become a “Lender” hereunder having a Commitment in the amount of such Affected Lender’s Commitment and (iii) the Affected Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment to evidence such substitution and deliver any Note in its possession; provided, however, that the failure of any Affected Lender to execute any such Assignment or deliver any such Note shall not render such sale and purchase (or the corresponding assignment) invalid.

Section 2.19 Prepayment Premium. The Borrower shall compensate each Lender for prepayment of the Loans, together with any applicable prepayment, (a) on or prior to the first anniversary of the Initial Closing Date in an amount equal to two percent (2.0%) of such prepayment and (b) after the first anniversary of the Initial Closing Date but prior to the second anniversary of the Initial Closing Date in an amount equal to one percent (1.0%) of such prepayment.

 

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ARTICLE III

CONDITIONS TO LOANS

Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Agreement is subject to the satisfaction or due waiver of each of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Certain Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to the Closing Date each of the following, each dated the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders:

(i) this Agreement duly executed by Holdings and the Borrower and, for the account of each Lender having requested the same by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, Notes conforming to the requirements set forth in Section 2.14(e);

(ii) copies of UCC, Intellectual Property and other appropriate search reports and of all effective prior filings listed therein, together with evidence of the termination of such prior filings and other documents with respect to the priority of the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral, in each case as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, (B) all documents representing all Securities being pledged pursuant to the Guaranty and Security Agreement and related undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank and (C) all Control Agreements that, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, are required for the Loan Parties to comply with the Loan Documents as of the Closing Date, each duly executed by, in addition to the applicable Loan Party, the applicable financial institution;

(iii) duly executed favorable opinions of counsel to the Loan Parties in New York, each addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and addressing such matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;

(iv) a copy of each Constituent Document of each Loan Party that is on file with any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction, certified as of a recent date by such Governmental Authority, together with, if applicable, certificates attesting to the good standing of such Loan Party in such jurisdiction and each other jurisdiction where such Loan Party is qualified to do business as a foreign entity or where such qualification is necessary (and, if appropriate in any such jurisdiction, related tax certificates);

(v) a certificate of the secretary or other officer of each Loan Party in charge of maintaining books and records of such Loan Party certifying as to (A) the names and signatures of each officer of such Loan Party authorized to execute and deliver any Loan Document, (B) the Constituent Documents of such Loan Party attached to such certificate are complete and correct copies of such Constituent Documents as in effect on the date of such certification (or, for any such Constituent Document delivered pursuant to clause (v) above, that there have been no changes from such Constituent Document so delivered) and (C) the resolutions of such Loan Party’s board of directors or other appropriate governing body approving and authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of each Loan Document to which such Loan Party is a party;

 

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(vi) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that (A) both the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and the Borrower, individually, are Solvent after giving effect to the Loans, the consummation of the Related Transactions, the application of the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 7.9 and the payment of all estimated legal, accounting and other fees and expenses related hereto and thereto and (B) attached thereto are calculations demonstrating a pro forma Consolidated Leverage Ratio of Holdings (as such Consolidated Leverage Ratio was calculated under the Existing Credit Agreement), after giving effect hereto and based on the unaudited Consolidated financial statements of Holdings for the Fiscal Year ending on or about December 31, 2008, of not greater than 4.61 to 1.0;

(vii) a business associate agreement duly executed by each Group Member and the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Borrower and Administrative Agent;

(viii) a Reaffirmation Agreement duly executed by the Loan Parties;

(ix) insurance certificates in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent demonstrating that the insurance policies required by Section 7.5 are in full force and effect and have all endorsements required by such Section 7.5;

(x) unaudited Consolidated financial statements, in form and substance as set forth in Section 6.1(a) and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, for Holdings for the Fiscal Month ending January 31, 2009, and including a Compliance Certificate after giving pro forma effect to the transactions contemplated hereunder and the Related Transactions;

(xi) the Post-Closing Obligations Letter; and

(xii) such other documents and information as any Lender through the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

(b) Fee and Expenses. There shall have been paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Administrative Agent, its Related Persons or any Lender, as the case may be, all fees and all reimbursements of costs or expenses, in each case due and payable under any Loan Document on or before the Closing Date.

(c) Consents. Each Group Member shall have received all consents and authorizations required pursuant to any material Contractual Obligation with any other Person and shall have obtained all Permits of, and effected all notices to and filings with, any Governmental Authority, in each case, as may be necessary in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated in any Loan Document or Related Document (including the Related Transactions).

(d) Related Transactions. The Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the First Lien Facility will have been satisfied or duly waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 3.2 Determinations of Borrowing Conditions. For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 3.1, each Lender shall be deemed to be satisfied with each document and each other matter required to be satisfactory to such Lender unless, prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent receives notice from such Lender specifying such Lender’s objections and such Lender has not made available its Pro Rata Share of the Term Loans.

Section 3.3 Post-Closing Obligations. Borrower and the other Loan Parties shall cause to be performed and completed to Administrative Agent’s satisfaction, all of the obligations set forth on the Post-Closing Obligations Letter within the time periods set forth on the Post-Closing Obligations Letter, and any failure by Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform and complete such obligations within such time period (or such extension of such time period as may be approved in writing by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion) shall constitute an immediate and automatic Event of Default hereunder, without any requirement of notice of further action by Administrative Agent or any Lender, except to the extent waived or otherwise modified by the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion. To the extent that any delivery requirement in Section 3.1 conflicts with the Post-Closing Obligations Letter, the Post-Closing Obligations Letter shall control.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to enter into the Loan Documents, each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) represents and warrants to each of them each of the following:

Section 4.1 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Group Member (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where such qualification is necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) has all requisite power and authority and the legal right to own, pledge, mortgage and operate its property, to lease or sublease any property it operates under lease or sublease and to conduct its business as now or currently proposed to be conducted, (d) is in compliance with its Constituent Documents, (e) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law except where the failure to be in compliance would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (f) has all necessary Permits from or by, has made all necessary filings with, and has given all necessary notices to, each Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, to the extent required for such ownership, lease, sublease, operation, occupation or conduct of business, except where the failure to obtain such Permits, make such filings or give such notices would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.2 Loan and Related Documents. (a) Power and Authority. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of the Loan Documents and Related Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Related Transactions and other transactions contemplated therein (i) are within such Loan Party’s corporate or similar powers and, at the time of execution thereof, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate and similar action (including, if applicable, consent of holders of its Securities), (ii) do not (A) contravene such Loan Party’s Constituent Documents, (B) violate any applicable Requirement of Law, (C) conflict with, contravene, constitute a default or breach under, or result in or permit the termination or acceleration of, any Contractual

 

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Obligation of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries (including other Related Documents or Loan Documents) other than, in the case of this clause (C), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and are not created or caused by, or a conflict, breach, default or termination or acceleration event under, any Loan Document or (D) result in the imposition of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any property of any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii) do not require any Permit of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any consent of, or notice to, any Person, other than (A) with respect to the Loan Documents, the filings required to perfect the Liens created by the Loan Documents and (B) those listed on Schedule 4.2 and that have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, obtained or made, copies of which have been, or will be prior to the Closing Date, delivered to the Administrative Agent, and each of which on the Closing Date will be in full force and effect.

(b) Due Execution and Delivery. From and after its delivery to the Administrative Agent, each Loan Document and Related Document has been duly executed and delivered to the other parties thereto by each Loan Party party thereto, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party and is enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms.

(c) Related Documents. Each representation and warranty by a Loan Party in each Related Document is true and correct in all material respects and no default, or event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default, has occurred thereunder.

Section 4.3 Ownership of Group Members. Set forth on Schedule 4.3 is a complete and accurate list showing, as of the Closing Date, for each Group Member and each Subsidiary of any Group Member and each joint venture of any of them, its jurisdiction of organization, the number of shares of each class of Stock authorized (if applicable), the number outstanding on the Closing Date and the number and percentage of the outstanding shares of each such class owned (directly or indirectly) by the Borrower or Holdings. All outstanding Stock of each of them has been validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable (to the extent applicable) and, except in the case of Holdings, is owned beneficially and of record by a Group Member (or, in the case of the Borrower, by MSH) free and clear of all Liens other than the security interests created by the Loan Documents and, in the case of joint ventures, Permitted Liens. There are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of any Group Member (other than Holdings) or any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them and, as of the Closing Date, except as set forth on Schedule 4.3, there are no Stock Equivalents with respect to the Stock of Holdings. There are no Contractual Obligations or other understandings to which any Group Member, any Subsidiary of any Group Member or any joint venture of any of them is a party with respect to (including any restriction on) the issuance, voting, Sale or pledge of any Stock or Stock Equivalent of any Group Member or any such Subsidiary or joint venture.

Section 4.4 Financial Statements. (a) The financial statements which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent from time to time, including without limitation the audited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as at December 31, 2007 and the related Consolidated statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for the Fiscal Year then ended, certified by Ernst & Young and the unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of January 31, 2009 and the related Consolidated statements of income,

 

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retained earnings and cash flows of Holdings, fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated in accordance with GAAP (subject, in the case of unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal recurring year-end audit adjustments).

(b)(i) On the Closing Date neither Holdings nor any of its Consolidated Subsidiaries has any material liability or other obligation (including Indebtedness, Guaranty Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, long-term leases and unusual forward or long-term commitments) that is not reflected in the Financial Statements referred to in clause (a) above or in the notes thereto and not otherwise permitted by this Agreement and (ii) since the date of the audited Financial Statements referenced in clause (a) above, there has been no Sale of any material property of Holdings and its Subsidiaries and no purchase or other acquisition of any material property.

(c) The Closing Date Projections reflect projections for the five year period beginning on January 1, 2009 on a monthly basis for the first year and on a year-by-year basis thereafter. As of the Closing Date, the Closing Date Projections are based upon estimates and assumptions stated therein, all of which the Borrower believes to be reasonable and fair in light of conditions and facts known to the Borrower as of the Closing Date and reflect the good faith, reasonable and fair estimates by the Borrower of the future Consolidated financial performance of Holdings and the other information projected therein for the periods set forth therein.

(d) The unaudited Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the date hereof, has been prepared as of, on or about January 31, 2009 and reflects as of such date, on a Pro Forma Basis for the Related Transactions and the other transactions contemplated herein to occur on the Closing Date, the Consolidated financial condition of Holdings, and the assumptions expressed therein are reasonable based on the information available to Holdings and the Borrower at such date and on the Closing Date.

Section 4.5 Material Adverse Effect. Since December 31, 2007, other than as disclosed in Schedule 4.5, there have been no events, circumstances, developments or other changes in facts that would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred, it is understood that a Material Adverse Effect may occur at any time notwithstanding the fact that at such time no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Furthermore, other than as disclosed in Schedule 4.5, no fact or circumstance is known to any Loan Party that, either alone or in conjunction with all other facts and circumstances, has had or reasonably could be expected in the future to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been set forth in the financial statements.

Section 4.6 Solvency. Both before and after giving effect to (a) the Loans made on or prior to the date this representation and warranty is made, (b) the disbursement of the proceeds of such Loans, (c) the consummation of the Related Transactions and (d) the payment and accrual of all transaction costs in connection with the foregoing, both the Loan Parties taken as a whole and the Borrower are Solvent.

 

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Section 4.7 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.7 hereof, there are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member or its property which could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the Obligations, the Loan Documents, the Related Documents, the Related Transactions and the other transactions contemplated therein or have a Material Adverse Effect. There is no action, investigation, suit proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) affecting any Group Member before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which questions or challenges the validity of this Agreement or any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated herein or therein.

Section 4.8 Taxes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8 hereof, all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise and other material tax returns, reports and statements (collectively, the “Tax Returns”) required to be filed by any Tax Affiliate have been filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities in all jurisdictions in which such Tax Returns are required to be filed, all such Tax Returns are true and correct in all material respects, and all taxes, charges and other impositions reflected therein and any material taxes, charges or other impositions otherwise due and payable have been paid prior to the date on which any Liability may be added thereto for non-payment thereof except for those contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Tax Affiliate in accordance with GAAP. No Tax Return is under audit or examination by any Governmental Authority and no notice of such an audit or examination or any assertion of any claim for Taxes has been given or made by any Governmental Authority. Proper and accurate amounts have been withheld by each Tax Affiliate from their respective employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable Requirements of Law and such withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities. No Tax Affiliate has participated in a “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) or has been a member of an affiliated, combined or unitary group other than the group of which a Tax Affiliate is the common parent. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.8, no Tax Affiliate is aware of any individual proposed tax assessment against it or against any other Tax Affiliate in an amount greater than $25,000.

Section 4.9 Margin Regulations. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of, and no proceeds of any Loan or other extensions of credit hereunder will be used for the purpose of, buying or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) or extending credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock, in each case in contravention of Regulation T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 4.10 No Burdensome Obligations; No Defaults. No Group Member is a party to any Contractual Obligation, no Group Member has Constituent Documents containing obligations, and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, there are no applicable Requirements of Law, in each case the compliance with which would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no other party thereto) is in default under or with respect to any Contractual Obligation of any Group Member, other than those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 4.11 Investment Company Act. No Group Member 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.

Section 4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns or lockouts existing, pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) against or involving any Group Member, except, for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.12, as of the Closing Date, (a) there is no collective bargaining or similar agreement with any union, labor organization, works council or similar representative covering any employee of any Group Member, (b) no petition for certification or election of any such representative is existing or pending with respect to any employee of any Group Member and (c) no such representative has sought certification or recognition with respect to any employee of any Group Member.

Section 4.13 ERISA. Schedule 4.13 sets forth, as of the Closing Date, a complete and correct list of, and that separately identifies, (a) all Title IV Plans, (b) all Multiemployer Plans and (c) all material Benefit Plans. Each Benefit Plan, and each trust thereunder, intended to qualify for tax exempt status under Section 401 or 501 of the Code or other Requirements of Law so qualifies. Except for those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (x) each Benefit Plan is in compliance with applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Requirements of Law, (y) there are no existing or pending (or to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) claims (other than routine claims for benefits in the normal course), sanctions, actions, lawsuits or other proceedings or investigations involving any Benefit Plan to which any Group Member incurs or otherwise has or could have an obligation or any Liability and (z) no ERISA Event is reasonably expected to occur. On the Closing Date, no ERISA Event has occurred in connection with which obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) remain outstanding. No ERISA Affiliate would have any Withdrawal Liability as a result of a complete withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan on the date this representation is made.

Section 4.14 Environmental Matters. To the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14, (a) the operations of each Group Member are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining and complying with all Permits required by any applicable Environmental Law, other than non-compliances that, in the aggregate, would not have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities, (b) no Group Member is party to, and no Group Member and no real property currently (or to the knowledge of any Group Member previously) owned, leased, subleased, operated or otherwise occupied by or for any Group Member is subject to or the subject of, any Contractual Obligation or any pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) order, action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute or notice of violation or of potential liability or similar notice under or pursuant to any Environmental Law other than those that, in the aggregate, are not reasonably likely to result in Material Environmental Liabilities, (c) no Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities has attached to any property of any Group Member and, to the knowledge of any Group Member, no facts, circumstances or conditions exist that could reasonably be

 

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expected to result in any such Lien attaching to any such property, (d) no Group Member has caused or suffered to occur a Release of Hazardous Materials at, to or from any real property of any Group Member and each such real property is free of contamination by any Hazardous Materials except for such Release or contamination that could not reasonably be expected to result, in the aggregate, in Material Environmental Liabilities, (e) no Group Member (i) is or has been engaged in, or has permitted any current or former tenant to engage in, operations, or (ii) knows of any facts, circumstances or conditions, including receipt of any information request or notice of potential responsibility under CERCLA or similar Environmental Laws, that, in the aggregate, would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in Material Environmental Liabilities and (f) each Group Member has made available to the Administrative Agent copies of all existing environmental reports, reviews and audits and all documents pertaining to actual or potential Environmental Liabilities, in each case to the extent such reports, reviews, audits and documents are in their possession, custody or control.

Section 4.15 Intellectual Property. Each Group Member owns or licenses all Intellectual Property that is necessary for the operations of its businesses. To the knowledge of each Group Member, (a) the conduct and operations of the businesses of each Group Member does not infringe, misappropriate, dilute, violate or otherwise impair any Intellectual Property owned by any other Person and (b) no other Person has contested any right, title or interest of any Group Member in, or relating to, any Intellectual Property, other than, in each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. In addition, (x) there are no pending (or, to the knowledge of any Group Member, threatened) actions, investigations, suits, proceedings, audits, claims, demands, orders or disputes affecting any Group Member with respect to, (y) no judgment or order regarding any such claim has been rendered by any competent Governmental Authority, no settlement agreement or similar Contractual Obligation has been entered into by any Group Member, with respect to and (z) no Group Member knows or has any reason to know of any valid basis for any claim based on, any such infringement, misappropriation, dilution, violation or impairment or contest, other than, in each case, as cannot reasonably be expected to affect the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein and would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.16 Title; Real Property. (a) Each Group Member has good and marketable fee simple title to all owned real property and valid leasehold interests in all leased real property, and owns all personal property, in each case that is purported to be owned or leased by it, including those reflected on the most recent Financial Statements delivered by the Borrower, and none of such property is subject to any Lien except Permitted Liens.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 4.16 is, as of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the Related Transactions, (i) a complete and accurate list of all real property owned in fee simple by any Group Member or in which any Group Member owns a leasehold interest setting forth, for each such real property, the current street address (including, where applicable, county, state and other relevant jurisdictions), the record owner thereof and, where applicable, each lessee and sublessee thereof, (ii) any lease, sublease, license or sublicense of such real property by any Group Member and (iii) for each such real property that the Administrative Agent has requested be subject to a Mortgage or that is otherwise material to the business of any Group Member, each Contractual Obligation by any Group Member, whether contingent or otherwise, to Sell such real property.

 

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Section 4.17 Full Disclosure. The information prepared or furnished by or on behalf of any Group Member in connection with any Loan Document or Related Document (including the information contained in any Financial Statement or Disclosure Document) or the consummation of any Related Transaction or any other transaction contemplated therein, does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances when made, not misleading; provided, however, that projections contained therein are not to be viewed as factual and that actual results during the periods covered thereby may differ from the results set forth in such projections by a material amount. All projections that are part of such information (including those set forth in any Projections delivered subsequent to the Closing Date) are based upon good faith estimates and stated assumptions believed to be reasonable and fair as of the date made in light of conditions and facts then known and, as of such date, reflect good faith, reasonable and fair estimates of the information projected for the periods set forth therein. All facts known to any Group Member and material to an understanding of the financial condition, business, property or prospects of the Group Member taken as one enterprise have been disclosed to the Lenders.

Section 4.18 Patriot Act. No Group Member (and, to the knowledge of each Group Member, no joint venture or subsidiary thereof) is in violation in any material respects of any United States Requirements of Law relating to terrorism, sanctions or money laundering (the “Anti-Terrorism Laws”), including the United States Executive Order No. 13224 on Terrorist Financing (the “Anti-Terrorism Order”) and the Patriot Act.

ARTICLE V

FINANCIAL COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 5.1 Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio. Holdings shall not have, on the last day of each fiscal period set forth below, a Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending on such day of greater than the maximum ratio set forth opposite such fiscal period:

 

FISCAL PERIOD ENDING

ON OR ABOUT

   MAXIMUM CONSOLIDATED
LEVERAGE RATIO

March 31, 2009

   6.70 to 1

April 30, 2009

   6.70 to 1

May 31, 2009

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June 30, 2009

   6.70 to 1

July 31, 2009

   6.70 to 1

August 31, 2009

   6.70 to 1

September 30, 2009

   6.70 to 1

October 31, 2009

   6.60 to 1

November 30, 2009

   6.60 to 1

December 31, 2009

   6.50 to 1

January 31, 2010

   6.50 to 1

February 28, 2010

   6.50 to 1

March 31, 2010

   6.50 to 1

June 30, 2010

   6.05 to 1

September 30, 2010

   5.90 to 1

December 31, 2010

   5.80 to 1

March 31, 2011

   5.60 to 1

June 30, 2011

   5.25 to 1

September 30, 2011

   5.15 to 1

December 31, 2011

   5.00 to 1

March 31, 2012

   4.95 to 1

June 30, 2012

   4.80 to 1

September 30, 2012

   4.70 to 1

December 31, 2012

   4.40 to 1

March 31, 2013

   4.20 to 1

June 30, 2013

   4.10 to 1

Section 5.2 Minimum Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. For the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending (i) on the last day of each Fiscal Month ending after the Closing Date through March 31, 2010, Holdings shall not have a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of less than 1.00 to 1.00, and (ii) on the last day of the Fiscal Quarter for every Fiscal Quarter thereafter, Holdings shall not have a Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of less than 1.08 to 1.00.

 

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Section 5.3 Capital Expenditures. The Group Members shall not incur, or permit to be incurred, Capital Expenditures in the aggregate for the twelve consecutive Fiscal Month period ending on such day set forth below in excess of the maximum amount set forth opposite such fiscal period:

 

FISCAL PERIOD ENDING

ON OR ABOUT

   MAXIMUM CAPITAL
EXPENDITURES

March 31, 2009

   $ 7,150,000

April 30, 2009

   $ 7,150,000

May 31, 2009

   $ 7,150,000

June 30, 2009

   $ 6,050,000

July 31, 2009

   $ 6,050,000

August 31, 2009

   $ 6,050,000

September 30, 2009

   $ 5,775,000

October 31, 2009

   $ 5,775,000

November 30, 2009

   $ 5,500,000

December 31, 2009

   $ 5,500,000

January 31, 2010

   $ 5,100,000

February 28, 2010

   $ 5,100,000

March 31, 2010 and each Fiscal Quarter thereafter

   $ 5,100,000

Section 5.4 Minimum Consolidated EBITDA. Holdings shall not have, on the last day of each fiscal period set forth on Schedule 5.4, a Consolidated EBITDA for such period of less than the minimum amount set forth opposite such fiscal period on Schedule 5.4.

ARTICLE VI

REPORTING COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 6.1 Financial Statements. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, each of the following:

(a) Monthly Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within (A) 40 days after the end of each January, (B) 45 days after the end of each March, June, and September, (C) 60 days after the end of each December and (D) 30 days after the end of all other Fiscal Months, in each case certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated (i) in accordance with GAAP (subject to the absence of footnote disclosure and normal year-end audit adjustments), the Consolidated unaudited balance sheet of Holdings as of the close of such Fiscal Month and related Consolidated statements of income and cash flow for such Fiscal Month and for that portion of the Fiscal Year ending as of the close of such Fiscal Month, setting forth in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period in the prior Fiscal Year and the figures contained in the latest Projections and (ii) operating metrics as of the close of such Fiscal Month, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) Annual Reports. As soon as available, and in any event within 105 days after the end of each Fiscal Year commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2008, (i) the Consolidated balance sheet of Holdings as of the end of such year and related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flow for such Fiscal Year, each prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with (ii) a certification by the Group Members’ Accountants that (A) such Consolidated Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the Consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flow of Holdings as at the dates indicated and for the periods indicated therein in accordance with GAAP without qualification as to the scope of the audit or as to going concern and without any other similar qualification and (B) in the course of the regular audit of the businesses of the Group Members, which audit was conducted in accordance with GAAP, such Group Members’ Accountants have obtained no knowledge that a Default in respect of any financial covenant contained in Article V is continuing or, if in the opinion of the Group Members’ Accountants such a Default is continuing, a statement as to the nature thereof (provided that no such certification under this clause (B) shall be required in connection with the annual Consolidated Financial Statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2008).

(c) Compliance Certificate. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement pursuant to clause (a), for each Fiscal Month through March 31, 2010, and then only for each Fiscal Quarter thereafter, and (b) above, a Compliance Certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer of Holdings that, among other things, (i) demonstrates compliance with each financial covenant contained in Article V that is tested as of such period and (ii) states that no Default is continuing as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or, if a Default is continuing, states the nature thereof and the action that the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely with respect to the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with the audited financial statements for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2008, such Compliance Certificate, and the financial covenants calculated therein, shall be based upon the Existing Credit Agreement.

(d) Corporate Chart and Other Collateral Updates. As part of the Compliance Certificate delivered with the financial statements required by clause (b) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, a certificate by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower that (i) the Corporate Chart attached thereto (or the last Corporate Chart delivered pursuant to this clause (d)) is correct and complete as of the date of such Compliance Certificate, (ii) the Loan Parties have delivered all documents (including updated schedules as to locations of Collateral and acquisition of Intellectual Property or real property) they are required to deliver pursuant to any Loan Document on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate and (iii) complete and correct copies of all documents modifying any term of any Constituent Document of any Group Member or any Subsidiary or joint venture thereof on or prior to the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate have been delivered to the Administrative Agent or are attached to such certificate.

 

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(e) Budget. As soon as available and in any event not later than 30 days after the beginning of each Fiscal Year (beginning with the 2010 Fiscal Year), a detailed Consolidated budget of Holdings for such Fiscal Year, including, on a month by month basis, a projected year-end Consolidated balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows and a summary of the underlying material assumptions with respect thereto (collectively, the “Budget”), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such Budget, which Budget or revisions thereto shall in each case be accompanied by the statement of a Responsible Officer of the Borrower to the effect that, to the best of his knowledge, the Budget is a reasonable estimate for the period covered thereby.

(f) Management Discussion and Analysis. Together with each delivery of any Compliance Certificate with the financial statements for each fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year required by clause (c) above, a discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Group Members for the portion of the Fiscal Year then elapsed and discussing the reasons for any significant variations from the Projections for such period and the figures for the corresponding period in the previous Fiscal Year.

(g) Intercompany Loan Balances. Together with each delivery of any Compliance Certificate with the financial statements required by clause (b) above, a summary of the outstanding balances of all intercompany Indebtedness as of the last day of the Fiscal Year then elapsed, certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(h) Audit Reports, Management Letters, Etc. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (b) above, copies of each management letter, audit report or similar letter or report received by any Group Member from any independent registered certified public accountant (including the Group Members’ Accountants) in connection with such Financial Statements or any audit thereof, each certified to be complete and correct copies by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements.

(i) Insurance. Together with each delivery of any Financial Statement for any Fiscal Year pursuant to clause (b) above, each in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and certified as complete and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as part of the Compliance Certificate delivered in connection with such Financial Statements, a summary of all material insurance coverage maintained as of the date thereof by any Group Member, together with such other related documents and information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

Section 6.2 Other Events. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a)(i) any Default and (ii) any event that would have a Material Adverse Effect, specifying, in each case, the nature and anticipated effect thereof and any action proposed to be taken in connection therewith, (b) any event (other than any event involving loss or damage to property) reasonably expected to result in a mandatory payment of the

 

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Obligations pursuant to Section 2.8, stating the material terms and conditions of such transaction and estimating the Net Cash Proceeds thereof, (c) the commencement of, or any material developments in, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, order or dispute with, by or before any Governmental Authority affecting any Group Member or any property of any Group Member that (i) seeks to enjoin any Group Member, (ii) in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, exposes any Group Member to liability in an aggregate amount in excess of $1,100,000 or (iii) would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) the acquisition of any material real property or the entering into any material lease.

Section 6.3 Copies of Notices and Reports. The Borrower shall promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, copies of each of the following: (a) all reports that Holdings transmits to its security holders generally, (b) all documents that any Group Member files with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., any securities exchange or any Governmental Authority exercising similar functions, (c) all press releases not made available directly to the general public, (d) any material documents transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Related Document and (e) any material document transmitted or received pursuant to, or in connection with, any Contractual Obligation governing Indebtedness having a principal amount of $3,300,000 or more of any Group Member. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 6.3, if delivered electronically and notice is promptly provided to Administrative Agent, shall be deemed to be delivered on the date on which such documents are filed for public availability on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (EDGAR) system.

Section 6.4 Taxes. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the creation, or filing with the IRS or any other Governmental Authority, of any Contractual Obligation or other document extending, or having the effect of extending, the period for assessment or collection of any taxes with respect to any Tax Affiliate and (b) the creation of any Contractual Obligation of any Tax Affiliate, or the receipt of any request directed to any Tax Affiliate, to make any adjustment under Section 481(a) of the Code, by reason of a change in accounting method or otherwise, which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.5 Labor Matters. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing), promptly after, and in any event within 30 days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it: (a) the commencement of any material labor dispute to which any Group Member is or may become a party, including any strikes, lockouts or other disputes relating to any of such Person’s plants and other facilities and (b) the incurrence by any Group Member of any Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or related or similar liability incurred with respect to the closing of any plant or other facility of any such Person (other than, in the case of this clause (b), those that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect).

 

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Section 6.6 ERISA Matters. The Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, (a) on or prior to any filing by any ERISA Affiliate of any notice of intent to terminate any Title IV Plan, a copy of such notice and (b) promptly, and in any event within 10 days, after any Responsible Officer of any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that a request for a minimum funding waiver under Section 412 of the Code has been filed with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan, a notice (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed in writing) describing such waiver request and any action that any ERISA Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining thereto.

Section 6.7 Environmental Matters. (a) The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, notice of each of the following (which may be made by telephone if promptly confirmed by the Administrative Agent in writing) within five (5) days after any Responsible Officer of any Group Member knows or has reason to know of it (and, upon reasonable request of the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, documents and information in connection therewith): (i)(A) unpermitted Releases, (B) the receipt by any Group Member of any notice of violation of or potential liability or similar notice under, or the existence of any condition that could reasonably be expected to result in violations of or liabilities under, any Environmental Law or (C) the commencement of, or any material change to, any action, investigation, suit, proceeding, audit, claim, demand, dispute alleging a violation of or liability under any Environmental Law, that, for each of clauses (A), (B) and (C) above (and, in the case of clause (C), if adversely determined), in the aggregate for each such clause, could reasonably be expected to result in Environmental Liabilities in excess of $550,000, (ii) the receipt by any Group Member of notification that any property of any Group Member is subject to any Lien in favor of any Governmental Authority securing, in whole or in part, Environmental Liabilities and (iii) any proposed acquisition or lease of real property if such acquisition or lease would have a reasonable likelihood of resulting in aggregate Environmental Liabilities in excess of $550,000.

(b) Upon request of the Administrative Agent, or any Lender through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, a report containing an update as to the status of any environmental, health or safety compliance, hazard or liability issue identified in any document delivered to any Secured Party pursuant to any Loan Document or as to any condition reasonably believed by the Administrative Agent to result in material Environmental Liabilities.

Section 6.8 Other Information. The Borrower shall provide the Administrative Agent, for delivery to each Lender, with such other documents and information with respect to the business, property, condition (financial or otherwise), legal, financial or corporate or similar affairs or operations of any Group Member as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Section 6.9 Confidential Health Information. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the Loan Parties agree that they will not distribute or share confidential health information with the Administrative Agent or any Lender if the sharing or distribution of such information to the Administrative Agent or such Lender would be a violation of HIPAA and the Loan Parties further agree to identify any such health information and protect the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from the receipt thereof; provided that the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right to receive confidential health information if the Administrative Agent or such Lender executes a business associate agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 6.10 Bank Meetings. Borrower and Holdings will, upon request of Administrative Agent or upon request from the Required Lenders given in writing to Administrative Agent on or before the fifth (5th) calendar day of the Fiscal Month if before March 31, 2010, and on or before the fourteenth (14th) calendar day of the Fiscal Quarter if after March 31, 2010, participate in a meeting of Administrative Agent and Lenders not more than once per Fiscal Month through March 31, 2010, and not more than once per Fiscal Quarter thereafter, to be held via telephone conference call or, if the Administrative Agent chooses in its sole discretion, at Borrower’s principal offices or (such other location as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent) at such time as may be agreed to by Borrower and Administrative Agent; provided, however, that, for so long as the First Lien Credit Agreement is in effect or any Obligation thereunder remains outstanding, any such bank meetings shall be held in conjunction with and at the same time as those bank meetings that are required under the First Lien Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 7.1 Maintenance of Corporate Existence. Each Group Member shall (a) preserve and maintain its legal existence, except in connection with the consummation of transactions expressly permitted by Sections 8.4 and 8.7, and (b) preserve and maintain its rights (charter and statutory), privileges, franchises and Permits necessary or desirable in the conduct of its business, except, in the case of this clause (b), where the failure to do so would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.2 Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Group Member shall comply with all applicable Requirements of Law, Contractual Obligations and Permits, except for such failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 7.3 Payment of Obligations. Each Group Member shall pay or discharge before they become delinquent (a) all material claims, taxes, assessments, charges and levies imposed by any Governmental Authority and (b) all other material lawful claims that if unpaid would, by the operation of applicable Requirements of Law, become a Lien upon any property of any Group Member, except, in each case, for those whose amount or validity is being contested in good faith by proper proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves are maintained on the books of the appropriate Group Member in accordance with GAAP.

Section 7.4 Maintenance of Property. Each Group Member shall maintain and preserve (a) in good working order and condition all of its property necessary in the conduct of its business and (b) all rights, permits, licenses, approvals and privileges (including all Permits) necessary, used or useful, whether because of its ownership, lease, sublease or other operation or occupation of property or other conduct of its business, and shall make all necessary or appropriate filings with, and give all required notices to, Government Authorities, except for such failures to maintain and preserve the items or to make such filings and give such notices set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 7.5 Maintenance of Insurance. Each Group Member shall (a) maintain or cause to be maintained in full force and effect policies of insurance of such kind with respect to the property and businesses of the Group Members (including policies of life, fire, theft, product liability, public liability, property damage, other casualty, employee fidelity, workers’ compensation, business interruption and employee health and welfare insurance) with financially sound and reputable insurance companies or associations (in each case that are not Affiliates of the Borrower) of a nature and providing such coverage as is customarily carried by businesses of the size and character of the business of the Group Members and (b) cause all such insurance relating to any property or business of any Loan Party to name the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties as additional insured or loss payee, as appropriate, and to provide that no cancellation, material addition in amount or material change in coverage shall be effective until after 30 days’ notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.6 Keeping of Books. The Group Members shall keep proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made in accordance with GAAP and all other applicable Requirements of Law of all financial transactions and the assets and business of each Group Member.

Section 7.7 Access to Books and Property. Each Group Member shall permit (a) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists, the Administrative Agent and any Related Person of the Administrative Agent and (b) during the continuance of a Default or Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders, or any Related Person of any of them, at any reasonable time during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice (except that, during the continuance of an Event of Default, no such notice shall be required) to (a) visit and inspect the property of each Group Member and examine and make copies of and abstracts from, the corporate (and similar), financial, operating and other books and records of each Group Member, (b) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of each Group Member with any officer or director of any Group Member and (c) communicate directly with any registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) of any Group Member; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of a Default or Event of Default (which shall be unlimited), the Administrative Agent and any Related Persons of the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than one time in the aggregate in any Fiscal Year, which shall be at the Lenders’ expense so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists. Each Group Member shall authorize their respective registered certified public accountants (including the Group Members’ Accountants) to communicate directly with the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons, as applicable, and to disclose to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and their Related Persons, as applicable, all financial statements and other documents and information as they might have and the Administrative Agent or any Lender reasonably requests with respect to any Group Member.

 

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Section 7.8 Environmental. Each Group Member shall comply with, and maintain its real property, whether owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied, in compliance with, all applicable Environmental Laws (including by implementing any Remedial Action necessary to achieve such compliance or that is required by orders and directives of any Governmental Authority) except for failures to comply that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the foregoing, if an Event of Default is continuing or if the Administrative Agent at any time has a reasonable basis to believe that there exist violations of Environmental Laws by any Group Member or that there exist any Environmental Liabilities, in each case, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, then each Group Member shall, promptly upon receipt of request from the Administrative Agent, cause the performance of, and allow the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons access to such real property for the purpose of conducting, such environmental audits and assessments, including subsurface sampling of soil and groundwater, and cause the preparation of such reports, in each case as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request. Such audits, assessments and reports, to the extent not conducted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, shall be conducted and prepared by reputable environmental consulting firms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.9 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Loans shall be used by the Borrower (and, to the extent distributed to them by the Borrower, each other Group Member) solely (a) to consummate the Related Transactions and for the payment of related transaction costs, fees and expenses and (b) for the payment of transaction costs, fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated therein; provided, however, that the proceeds of Loans may not be used (i) for the purpose of paying any fees, costs and expenses described in clauses (a) and (b) above unless Borrower or any Group Member could not otherwise pay such fees, costs and expenses from cash or cash equivalents on hand or from another available source permitted hereunder or (ii) to fund Restricted Payments.

Section 7.10 Additional Collateral and Guaranties. To the extent not delivered to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and Persons that become Subsidiaries of any Loan Party after the Closing Date), each Group Member shall, promptly, do each of the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent:

(a) deliver to the Administrative Agent such modifications to the terms of the Loan Documents (or, to the extent applicable as determined by the Administrative Agent, such other documents), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure the following:

(i)(A) each Subsidiary of any Loan Party that has entered into Guaranty Obligations with respect to any Indebtedness of the Borrower and (B) each Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Loan Party shall guaranty, as primary obligor and not as surety, the payment of the Obligations of the Borrower; and

(ii) each Loan Party (including any Person required to become a Guarantor pursuant to clause (i) above) shall effectively grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in all of its property, including all of its Stock and Stock Equivalents and other Securities, as security for the

 

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Obligations of such Loan Party; provided, however, that, unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise agree, in no event shall (x) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary be required to guaranty the payment of any Obligation, (y) the Loan Parties, individually or collectively, be required to pledge in excess of 66% of the outstanding Voting Stock of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or (z) a security interest be required to be granted on any property of any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary as security for any Obligation;

(b) deliver to the Administrative Agent all documents representing all Stock, Stock Equivalents and other Securities pledged pursuant to the documents delivered pursuant to clause (a) above, together with undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank;

(c) upon request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to it a Mortgage on any real property owned by any Loan Party with a fair market value in excess of $250,000 and on any of its material leases, together with all Mortgage Supporting Documents relating thereto (or, if such real property or the real property subject to such lease is located in a jurisdiction outside the United States, similar documents deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent to obtain the equivalent in such jurisdiction of a first-priority mortgage on such real property or lease);

(d) take all other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing validity of any guaranty for any Obligation or any Lien securing any Obligation, to perfect, maintain, evidence or enforce any Lien securing any Obligation or ensure such Liens have the same priority as that of the Liens on similar Collateral set forth in the Loan Documents executed on the Closing Date (or, for Collateral located outside the United States, a similar priority acceptable to the Administrative Agent), including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Loan Documents or applicable Requirements of Law or as the Administrative Agent may otherwise reasonably request; and

(e) deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described in this Section 7.10, which opinions shall be as reasonably required by, and in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent.

Section 7.11 Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts and Cash Collateral Accounts. (a) Each Group Member (other than Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries) shall (i) deposit all of its cash in deposit accounts that are Controlled Deposit Accounts, provided, however, that each Group Member may maintain zero-balance accounts for the purpose of managing local disbursements and may maintain payroll, withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts, and (ii) deposit all of its Cash Equivalents in securities accounts that are Controlled Securities Accounts, in each case except for cash and Cash Equivalents the aggregate value of which does not exceed $50,000 for more than two (2) consecutive Business Days.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall not have any responsibility for, or bear any risk of loss of, any investment or income of any funds in any Cash Collateral Account. From time to time after funds are deposited in any Cash Collateral Account, the Administrative Agent may apply funds then held in such Cash Collateral Account to the payment of Obligations in

 

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accordance with Section 2.12. To the extent an Event of Default shall have occurred and is continuing, no Group Member and no Person claiming on behalf of or through any Group Member shall have any right to demand payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior to the termination of (i) such Event of Default or (ii) of all Commitments and the payment in full of all Obligations.

Section 7.12 Interest Rate Contracts. The Borrower shall maintain Interest Rate Contracts on terms and with counterparties reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to provide protection against fluctuation of interest rates until the 2nd anniversary of the Initial Closing Date for a notional amount that equals at least 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan Facility as defined herein and the Term Loan Facility as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

ARTICLE VIII

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees with the Lenders and the Administrative Agent to each of the following, as long as any Obligation or any Commitment remains outstanding:

Section 8.1 Indebtedness. No Group Member shall, directly or indirectly, incur or otherwise remain liable with respect to or responsible for, any Indebtedness except for the following:

(a) the Obligations;

(b) Indebtedness existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.1, together with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (b);

(c) Indebtedness consisting of Capitalized Lease Obligations (other than with respect to a lease entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) and purchase money Indebtedness, in each case incurred by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to finance the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of fixed or capital assets of such Group Member, together with any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (c); provided, however, that (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness does not exceed the greater of: (x) two and two-tenths of one percent (2.20%) of Holdings’ Consolidated Total Assets; or (y) $3,300,000 at any time and (ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the cost of the property so acquired or built or of such repairs or improvements financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, with such Indebtedness (each measured at the time such acquisition, repair, improvement or construction is made);

(d) Capitalized Lease Obligations arising under Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.4(b)(ii);

 

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(e) intercompany loans owing to any Group Member and constituting Permitted Investments of such Group Member;

(f)(i) obligations under Interest Rate Contracts entered into to comply with Section 7.12 and (ii) obligations under other Hedging Agreements entered into for the sole purpose of hedging in the normal course of business and consistent with industry practices;

(g) Guaranty Obligations of any Group Member with respect to Permitted Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause (b) above) or with respect to any other obligation or liability of any Group Member otherwise permitted to be incurred herein;

(h) Indebtedness in respect of performance, surety or appeal bonds in the ordinary course of business;

(i) Indebtedness pursuant to the First Lien Credit Facility; and

(j) so long as Holdings is in pro forma compliance with Article V after giving affect to such unsecured Indebtedness, any unsecured Indebtedness of any Group Member, subordinated on terms and conditions satisfactory to Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such unsecured Indebtedness shall not exceed the greater of (i) two and two-tenths of one percent (2.20%) of Holdings’ Consolidated Total Assets, or (ii) $3,300,000 at any time.

Section 8.2 Liens. No Group Member shall incur, maintain or otherwise suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign any right to receive income or profits, except for the following:

(a) Liens created pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Customary Permitted Liens of Group Members;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.2;

(d) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c); provided, however, that (i) such Liens exist prior to the acquisition of, or attach substantially simultaneously with, or within 90 days after, the acquisition, repair, improvement or construction of, such property financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness and (ii) such Liens do not extend to any property of any Group Member other than the property (and proceeds thereof) acquired or built, or the improvements or repairs, financed, whether directly or through a Permitted Refinancing, by such Indebtedness;

(e) Liens on the property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries securing the Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien on such property permitted hereunder in reliance upon clause (c) or (d) above or this clause (e) without any change in the property subject to such Liens;

 

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(f) any Lien on any property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing Indebtedness or a Permitted Refinancing of such Indebtedness; provided, that, such Lien (i) does not apply to any other property or asset of the Borrower or any Subsidiary not securing such Indebtedness on the date of acquisition of such property or asset and (ii) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition; and

(g) Liens created pursuant to the First Lien Credit Facility, so long as the Intercreditor Agreement is in full force and effect.

Section 8.3 Investments. No Group Member shall make or maintain, directly or indirectly, any Investment except for the following:

(a) Investments existing on the date hereof and set forth on Schedule 8.3;

(b) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents;

(c)(i) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) extensions of trade credit (other than to Affiliates of the Borrower) arising or acquired in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Investments received in settlements in the ordinary course of business of such extensions of trade credit and (iv) inventory, raw materials and general intangibles (to the extent such general intangibles are not a Capital Expenditure) acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Investments by (i) Holdings in the Borrower or in any Holdings Entity, (ii) any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in any other Loan Party (other than Holdings), and (iii) any Loan Party (other than Holdings) in any joint venture in connection with a vendor managed services contract; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding amount of all Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (iii) shall not exceed (A) $1,100,000 at any time or (B) with the Administrative Agent’s written consent (to be given in its sole discretion) and so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, $3,300,000 at any time;

(e) loans or advances to employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to finance travel, entertainment and relocation expenses and other ordinary business purposes in the ordinary course of business as presently conducted; provided, however, that the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all loans and advances permitted pursuant to this clause (e) shall not exceed $1,100,000 at any time; and

(f) Investments in the form of Securities of another Person received in consideration of any permissible Sale of Assets.

Section 8.4 Asset Sales. No Group Member shall Sell any of its property (other than cash) or issue shares of its own Stock, except for the following:

(a) in each case to the extent entered into in the ordinary course of business and made to a Person that is not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (i) Sales of Cash Equivalents, or inventory or property in the ordinary course of business or that has become obsolete or worn out and (ii) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property;

 

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(b)(i) a true lease or sublease of real property not constituting Indebtedness and not entered into as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction and (ii) a Sale of property pursuant to a Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided, however, that the aggregate fair market value (measured at the time of the applicable Sale) of all property covered by any outstanding Sale and Leaseback Transaction at any time shall not exceed $550,000;

(c)(i) any Sale of any property (other than their own Stock or Stock Equivalents) by any Group Member (other than Holdings) to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) to the extent any resulting Investment constitutes a Permitted Investment, (ii) any Restricted Payment by any Group Member (other than Holdings) permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 and (iii) any distribution by Holdings of the proceeds of Restricted Payments from any other Group Member to the extent permitted in Section 8.5;

(d)(i) any Sale or issuance by Holdings of its own Stock, (ii) any Sale or issuance by the Borrower of its own Stock to Holdings, (iii) any Sale or issuance by any Subsidiary of the Borrower of its own Stock to any Group Member (other than Holdings), provided, however, that the proportion of such Stock and of each class of such Stock (both on an outstanding and fully-diluted basis) held by the Loan Parties (other than Holdings), taken as a whole, does not change as a result of such Sale or issuance and (iv) to the extent necessary to satisfy any Requirement of Law in the jurisdiction of incorporation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, any Sale or issuance by such Subsidiary of its own Stock constituting directors’ qualifying shares or nominal holdings; and

(e) as long as no Default is continuing or would result therefrom, any Sale of property (other than as part of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction) of, or Sale or issuance of its own Stock by, any Group Member (other than Holdings) for fair market value payable in cash upon such sale; provided, however, that the aggregate consideration received during any Fiscal Year for all such Sales shall not exceed $1,100,000.

Section 8.5 Restricted Payments. No Group Member (other than Holdings) shall directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment except for the following (and Holdings shall not use the proceeds of any Restricted Payment made in reliance under clause (c) below other than as set forth in such clause (c)):

(a)(i) Restricted Payments (A) by any Group Member (other than Holdings) that is a Loan Party to any Loan Party other than Holdings and (B) by any Group Member that is not a Loan Party to any Group Member other than Holdings, (ii) dividends and distributions by any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party to any holder of its Stock, to the extent made to all such holders ratably according to their ownership interests in such Stock and (iii) non-cash repurchases of warrants or options deemed to occur upon exercise thereof if such warrants or options represent a portion of the exercise thereof;

 

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(b) dividends and distributions declared and paid on the common Stock of any Group Member (other than Holdings) ratably to the holders of such common Stock and payable only in common Stock of such Group Member; and

(c) cash dividends on the Stock of the Borrower to Holdings paid and declared solely for the purpose of funding the following:

(i) payments by Holdings in respect of taxes owing by Holdings in respect of the other Group Members;

(ii) ordinary operating expenses of Holdings; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon this clause (ii) shall not exceed $2,200,000 in the aggregate; and

(iii) the redemption, purchase or other acquisition or retirement for value by Holdings of its common Stock (or Stock Equivalents with respect to its common Stock) (A) from any present or former employee, director or officer (or the assigns, estate, heirs or current or former spouses thereof) of any Group Member upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such employee, director or officer or (B) pursuant to the terms of employment agreements, as in effect as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that the amount of such cash dividends paid in any Fiscal Year in reliance upon clause (A) shall not exceed $1,100,000 in the aggregate;

provided, however, that no action that would otherwise be permitted hereunder in reliance upon this clause (c) (other than clause (i) or (ii) above) shall be permitted if (A) a Default is then continuing or would result therefrom or (B) such action is otherwise prohibited under any Loan Document or under the terms of any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of any Group Member.

Section 8.6 Prepayment of Indebtedness. No Group Member shall (x) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any Indebtedness, (y) set apart any property for such purpose, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise, or (z) make any payment in violation of any subordination terms of any Indebtedness; provided, however, that each Group Member may, to the extent otherwise permitted by the Loan Documents (including, without limitation, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Intercreditor Agreement), and so long as no Default is continuing, do each of the following:

(a) consummate a Permitted Refinancing;

(b) prepay, redeem, purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof (or set apart any property for such purpose) (A) in the case of any Group Member that is not a Loan Party, any Indebtedness owing by such Group Member to any other Group Member (other than Holdings) and (B) otherwise, any Indebtedness owing to any Loan Party (other than Holdings);

(c) make regularly scheduled or otherwise required repayments or redemptions of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness owing to any Affiliate of the Borrower), including but not limited to scheduled or otherwise required payments of Indebtedness set forth on Schedule 8.1, but only, in the case of Subordinated Debt, to the extent permitted by the subordination provisions thereof; and

 

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(d) prepay the Obligations.

Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes. No Group Member shall (a) merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person, (b) acquire all or substantially all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Person or (c) acquire any brand or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or all or substantially all of the assets constituting any line of business, division, branch, operating division or other unit operation of any Person, in each case except for the following: (x) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Holdings Entity into any other Holdings Entity, (y) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower into any Loan Party and (z) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Group Member for the sole purpose, and with the sole material effect, of changing its State of organization within the United States; provided, however, that (A) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Borrower, the Borrower shall be the surviving Person and (B) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving any other Loan Party, a Loan Party shall be the surviving corporation and all actions required to maintain the perfection of the Lien of the Administrative Agent on the Stock or property of such Loan Party shall have been made.

Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business. (a) No Group Member (other than Holdings) shall carry on any business, operations or activities (whether directly, through a joint venture or otherwise) substantially different from those carried on by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at the date hereof and business, operations and activities reasonably related thereto or incidental thereto or a reasonable extension thereof.

(b) Holdings shall not engage in any business, operations or activity, or hold any property, other than (i) holding Stock and Stock Equivalents of the Borrower, (ii) issuing, selling and redeeming its own Stock, (ii) paying taxes, (iii) holding managers’, members’, directors’ and shareholders’ meetings, preparing corporate and similar records and other activities required to maintain its separate corporate or other legal structure, (iv) preparing reports to, and preparing and making notices to and filings with, Governmental Authorities and to its holders of Stock and Stock Equivalents and (v) receiving, and holding proceeds of, Restricted Payments from the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and distributing the proceeds thereof to the extent permitted in Section 8.5.

Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates. No Group Member shall, except as otherwise expressly permitted herein, enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party (including Guaranty Obligations with respect to any obligation of any such Affiliate), except for (a) transactions in the ordinary course of business on a basis no less favorable to such Group Member as would be obtained in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Borrower, (b) Restricted Payments, the proceeds of which, if received by Holdings, are used as required by Section 8.5 and (c) reasonable salaries and other reasonable director or employee compensation and benefit arrangements (including any indemnity obligations) to officers and directors of any Group Member and any employment agreement (including customary benefits thereunder) that is entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

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Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted Payments. No Group Member shall incur or otherwise suffer to exist or become effective or remain liable on or responsible for any Contractual Obligation limiting the ability of (a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower to make Restricted Payments to, or Investments in, or repay Indebtedness or otherwise Sell property to, any Group Member (other than Holdings) or (b) any Group Member to incur or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property of any Group Member, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, securing any of its Obligations (including any “equal and ratable” clause and any similar Contractual Obligation requiring, when a Lien is granted on any property, another Lien to be granted on such property or any other property), except, for each of clauses (a) and (b) above, (i) pursuant to the Loan Documents, (ii) pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents, (iii) limitations on Liens (other than those securing any Obligation) on any property whose acquisition, repair, improvement or construction is financed by purchase money Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Permitted Refinancings permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.1(c) or (d) set forth in the Contractual Obligations governing such Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or Permitted Refinancing or Guaranty Obligations with respect thereto, (iv) pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement or (v) Applicable Law.

Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents. No Group Member shall do any of the following:

(a) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Related Document (other than any First Lien Loan Document), the Acquisition Agreement (or related documents) or any Constituent Document of, or otherwise change the capital structure of, any Group Member (including the terms of any of their outstanding Stock or Stock Equivalents), in each case except for those modifications and waivers that (x) do not elect, or permit the election, to treat the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any limited liability company (or similar entity) as certificated unless the certificates issued thereunder to any Loan Party are delivered to the Administrative Agent and (y) do not materially adversely affect the rights and privileges of any Group Member and do not materially adversely affect the interests of any Secured Party under the Loan Documents or in the Collateral;

(b) waive or otherwise modify any term of any First Lien Loan Document, except as may be permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) waive or otherwise modify any term of any Subordinated Debt held by a Person other than a Loan Party if the effect thereof on such Subordinated Debt is to (i) increase the interest rate, (ii) change the due dates for principal or interest, other than to extend such dates, (iii) modify any default or event of default, other than to delete it or make it less restrictive, (iv) add any covenant with respect thereto, (v) modify any subordination provision, (vi) modify any redemption or prepayment provision, other than to extend the dates therefor or to reduce the premiums payable in connection therewith or (vii) materially increase any obligation of any Group Member or confer additional material rights to the holder of such Subordinated Debt in a manner adverse to any Group Member or any Secured Party.

Section 8.12 Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year. No Group Member shall change its (a) accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or any Requirement of Law, or (b) fiscal year or its method for determining fiscal quarters or fiscal months.

 

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Section 8.13 Margin Regulations. No Group Member shall use all or any portion of the proceeds of any credit extended hereunder to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in contravention of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board.

Section 8.14 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist (a) any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Title IV Plan or Multiemployer Plan or (b) any other ERISA Event, that would, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Benefit Plan.

Section 8.15 Hazardous Materials. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any Release of any Hazardous Material at, to or from any real property owned, leased, subleased or otherwise operated or occupied by any Group Member that would violate any Environmental Law, form the basis for any Environmental Liabilities or otherwise adversely affect the value or marketability of any real property (whether or not owned by any Group Member), other than such violations, Environmental Liabilities and effects that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

Section 9.1 Definition. Each of the following shall be an Event of Default:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when the same becomes due and payable or (ii) any interest on any Loan, any fee under any Loan Document or any other Obligation (other than those set forth in clause (i) above) and, in the case of this clause (ii), such non-payment continues for a period of 4 Business Days after the due date therefor; or

(b) any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in any Loan Document or by or on behalf of any Loan Party (or any Responsible Officer thereof) in connection with any Loan Document (including in any document delivered in connection with any Loan Document) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(c) any Loan Party shall fail to comply with (i) any provision of Article V (Financial Covenants), and such Event of Default under this clause (i) shall be deemed to occur on the last day of any specified measurement period, regardless of when the information reflecting such breach is delivered to Administrative Agent, (ii) Section 6.1 (Financial Statements), (iii) 6.2(a)(i) (Other Events), (iv) 7.1(a) (Maintenance of Corporate Existence), (v) 7.9 (Application of Loan Proceeds), (vi) Article VIII (Negative Covenants) or (vii) any other provision of any Loan Document if, in the case of this clause (vii), such failure shall remain unremedied for 45 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Borrower becomes aware of such failure and (B) the date on which notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

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(d)(i) any Group Member shall fail to make any payment when due (whether due because of scheduled maturity, required prepayment provisions, acceleration, demand or otherwise) on any Indebtedness of any Group Member (other than the Obligations as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or any Hedging Agreement) and, in each case, such failure relates to Indebtedness having a principal amount of $2,200,000 or more, (ii) any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any Contractual Obligation relating to any such Indebtedness, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate the maturity of such Indebtedness or (iii) any such Indebtedness shall become or be declared to be due and payable, or be required to be prepaid, redeemed, defeased or repurchased (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

(e)(i) any Group Member shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Group Member seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, composition of it or its debts or any similar order, in each case under any Requirement of Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a custodian, receiver, trustee, conservator, liquidating agent, liquidator, other similar official or other official with similar powers, in each case for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceedings instituted against (but not by or with the consent of) any Group Member, either such proceedings shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days or more or any action sought in such proceedings shall occur or (iii) any Group Member shall take any corporate or similar action or any other action to authorize any action described in clause (i) or (ii) above; or

(f) one or more judgments, orders or decrees (or other similar process) shall be rendered against any Group Member (i)(A) in the case of money judgments, orders and decrees, involving an aggregate amount (excluding amounts adequately covered by insurance payable to any Group Member (“Threshold Amount”), to the extent the relevant insurer has not denied coverage therefor) in excess of $2,500,000 or (B) otherwise, that would have, in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and (ii)(A) enforcement proceedings shall have been commenced by any creditor upon an aggregate of such judgments, orders or decrees in excess of the Threshold Amount or (B) an aggregate of such judgments, orders and decrees in excess of the Threshold Amount shall not have been vacated or discharged for a period of 30 consecutive days and there shall not be in effect (by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise) any stay of enforcement thereof; or

(g) except pursuant to a valid, binding and enforceable termination or release permitted under the Loan Documents and executed by the Administrative Agent or as otherwise expressly permitted under any Loan Document, (i) any provision of any Loan Document shall, at any time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to be valid and binding on, or enforceable against, any Loan Party party thereto or (ii) any Loan Document purporting to grant a Lien to secure any Obligation shall, at any

 

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time after the delivery of such Loan Document, fail to create a valid and enforceable Lien on any Collateral purported to be covered thereby or such Lien shall fail or cease to be a perfected Lien with the priority required in the relevant Loan Document or (iii) any Group Member shall state in writing that any of the events described in clause (i) or (ii) above shall have occurred; or

(h) there shall occur any Change of Control; or

(i) the acceleration of the maturity of the First Lien Facility.

Section 9.2 Remedies. During the continuance of any Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may, and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall, in each case by notice to the Borrower and in addition to any other right or remedy provided under any Loan Document or by any applicable Requirement of Law, do each of the following: (a) declare all or any portion of the Commitments terminated, whereupon the Commitments shall immediately be reduced by such portion or, in the case of a termination in whole, shall terminate together with any obligation any Lender may have hereunder to make any Loan or (b) declare immediately due and payable all or part of any Obligation (including any accrued but unpaid interest thereon), whereupon the same shall become immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirements of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan Document, other Loan Parties); provided, however, that, effective immediately upon the occurrence of the Events of Default specified in Section 9.1(e)(ii), (x) the Commitments of each Lender to make Loans shall each automatically be terminated and (y) each Obligation (including in each case any accrued but unpaid interest thereon) shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice or other requirement of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent provided in any other Loan Document, any other Loan Party). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent hereunder is subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. The Lenders hereto hereby acknowledge and agree to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement and the execution thereof by the Administrative Agent, and in the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

ARTICLE X

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Section 10.1 Appointment and Duties. (a) Appointment of Administrative Agent. Each Lender hereby appoints GE Capital (together with any successor Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.9) as the Administrative Agent hereunder and authorizes the Administrative Agent to (i) execute and deliver the Loan Documents and accept delivery thereof on its behalf from any Group Member, (ii) take such action on its behalf and to exercise all rights, powers and remedies and perform the duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent under such Loan Documents and (iii) exercise such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

 

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(b) Duties as Collateral and Disbursing Agent. Without limiting the generality of clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority (to the exclusion of the Lenders), and is hereby authorized, to (i) act as the disbursing and collecting agent for the Lenders with respect to all payments and collections arising in connection with the Loan Documents (including in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding), and each Person making any payment in connection with any Loan Document to any Secured Party is hereby authorized to make such payment to the Administrative Agent, (ii) file and prove claims and file other documents necessary or desirable to allow the claims of the Secured Parties with respect to any Obligation in any proceeding described in Section 9.1(e)(ii) or any other bankruptcy, insolvency or similar proceeding (but not to vote, consent or otherwise act on behalf of such Secured Party), (iii) act as collateral agent for each Secured Party for purposes of the perfection of all Liens created by such agreements and all other purposes stated therein, (iv) manage, supervise and otherwise deal with the Collateral, (v) take such other action as is necessary or desirable to maintain the perfection and priority of the Liens created or purported to be created by the Loan Documents, (vi) except as may be otherwise specified in any Loan Document, exercise all remedies given to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, whether under the Loan Documents, applicable Requirements of Law or otherwise and (vii) execute any amendment, consent or waiver under the Loan Documents on behalf of any Lender that has consented in writing to such amendment, consent or waiver; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent hereby appoints, authorizes and directs each Lender to act as collateral sub-agent for the Administrative Agent, the Lenders for purposes of the perfection of all Liens with respect to the Collateral, including any deposit account maintained by a Loan Party with, and cash and Cash Equivalents held by, such Lender, and may further authorize and direct the Lenders to take further actions as collateral sub-agents for purposes of enforcing such Liens or otherwise to transfer the Collateral subject thereto to the Administrative Agent, and each Lender hereby agrees to take such further actions to the extent, and only to the extent, so authorized and directed.

(c) Limited Duties. Under the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent (i) is acting solely on behalf of the Lenders (except to the limited extent provided in Section 2.14(b) with respect to the Register and in Section 10.11), with duties that are entirely administrative in nature, notwithstanding the use of the defined term “Administrative Agent”, the terms “agent”, “administrative agent” and “collateral agent” and similar terms in any Loan Document to refer to the Administrative Agent, which terms are used for title purposes only, (ii) is not assuming any obligation under any Loan Document other than as expressly set forth therein or any role as agent, fiduciary or trustee of or for any Lender or any other Secured Party and (iii) shall have no implied functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or other liabilities under any Loan Document, and each Lender hereby waives and agrees not to assert any claim against the Administrative Agent based on the roles, duties and legal relationships expressly disclaimed in clauses (i) through (iii) above. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Lender holding a title listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or a Lender hereunder.

 

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Section 10.2 Binding Effect. Each Lender agrees that (i) any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, if expressly required hereby, a greater proportion of the Lenders) in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, (ii) any action taken by the Administrative Agent in reliance upon the instructions of Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) and (iii) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders (or, where so required, such greater proportion) of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Secured Parties.

Section 10.3 Use of Discretion. (a) No Action without Instructions. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to exercise any discretion or take, or to omit to take, any action, including with respect to enforcement or collection, except any action it is required to take or omit to take (i) under any Loan Document or (ii) pursuant to instructions from the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders).

(b) Right Not to Follow Certain Instructions. Notwithstanding clause (a) above, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take, or to omit to take, any action (i) unless, upon demand, the Administrative Agent receives an indemnification satisfactory to it from the Lenders (or, to the extent applicable and acceptable to the Administrative Agent, any other Secured Party) against all Liabilities that, by reason of such action or omission, may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any Related Person thereof or (ii) that is, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent or its counsel, contrary to any Loan Document or applicable Requirement of Law.

Section 10.4 Delegation of Rights and Duties. The Administrative Agent may, upon any term or condition it specifies, delegate or exercise any of its rights, powers and remedies under, and delegate or perform any of its duties or any other action with respect to, any Loan Document by or through any trustee, co-agent, employee, attorney-in-fact and any other Person (including any Secured Party). Any such Person shall benefit from this Article X to the extent provided by the Administrative Agent.

Section 10.5 Reliance and Liability. (a) The Administrative Agent may, without incurring any liability hereunder, (i) treat the payee of any Note as its holder until such Note has been assigned in accordance with Section 11.2(e), (ii) rely on the Register to the extent set forth in Section 2.14, (iii) consult with any of its Related Persons and, whether or not selected by it, any other advisors, accountants and other experts (including advisors to, and accountants and experts engaged by, any Loan Party) and (iv) rely and act upon any document and information (including those transmitted by Electronic Transmission) and any telephone message or conversation, in each case believed by it to be genuine and transmitted, signed or otherwise authenticated by the appropriate parties.

(b) None of the Administrative Agent and its Related Persons shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with any Loan Document, and each Lender, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waive and shall not assert (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to

 

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assert) any right, claim or cause of action based thereon, except to the extent of liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person (each as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction) in connection with the duties expressly set forth herein. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(i) shall not be responsible or otherwise incur liability for any action or omission taken in reliance upon the instructions of the Required Lenders or for the actions or omissions of any of its Related Persons selected with reasonable care (other than employees, officers and directors of the Administrative Agent, when acting on behalf of the Administrative Agent);

(ii) shall not be responsible to any Secured Party for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, effectiveness, genuineness, sufficiency or value of, or the attachment or priority of any Lien created or purported to be created under or in connection with, any Loan Document;

(iii) makes no warranty or representation, and shall not be responsible, to any Secured Party for any statement, document, information, representation or warranty made or furnished by or on behalf of any Related Person or any Loan Party in connection with any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein or any other document or information with respect to any Loan Party, whether or not transmitted or (except for documents expressly required under any Loan Document to be transmitted to the Lenders) omitted to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent, including as to completeness, accuracy, scope or adequacy thereof, or for the scope, nature or results of any due diligence performed by the Administrative Agent in connection with the Loan Documents; and

(iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any provision of any Loan Document, whether any condition set forth in any Loan Document is satisfied or waived, as to the financial condition of any Loan Party or as to the existence or continuation or possible occurrence or continuation of any Default or Event of Default and shall not be deemed to have notice or knowledge of such occurrence or continuation unless it has received a notice from the Borrower or any Lender describing such Default or Event of Default clearly labeled “notice of default” (in which case the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice of such receipt to all Lenders);

and, for each of the items set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, each Lender, Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives and agrees not to assert (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and agree not to assert) any right, claim or cause of action it might have against the Administrative Agent based thereon.

Section 10.6 Administrative Agent Individually. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates may make loans and other extensions of credit to, acquire Stock and Stock Equivalents of, or engage in any kind of business with, any Loan Party or Affiliate thereof as though it were not acting as Administrative Agent and may receive separate fees and other payments therefor. To the extent the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates makes any Loan or otherwise becomes a Lender hereunder, it shall have and may exercise the same rights and powers hereunder and shall be subject to the same obligations and liabilities as any other Lender and the

 

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terms “Lender”, “Required Lender” and any similar terms shall, except where otherwise expressly provided in any Loan Document, include, without limitation, the Administrative Agent or such Affiliate, as the case may be, in its individual capacity as Lender, or as one of the Required Lenders, respectively.

Section 10.7 Lender Credit Decision. Each Lender acknowledges that it shall, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Related Persons or upon any document (including the Disclosure Documents) solely or in part because such document was transmitted by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons, conduct its own independent investigation of the financial condition and affairs of each Loan Party and make and continue to make its own credit decisions in connection with entering into, and taking or not taking any action under, any Loan Document or with respect to any transaction contemplated in any Loan Document, in each case based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate. Except for documents expressly required by any Loan Document to be transmitted by the Administrative Agent to the Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party that may come in to the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons.

Section 10.8 Expenses; Indemnities. (a) Each Lender agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party) promptly upon demand for such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of financial, legal and other advisors and Other Taxes paid in the name of, or on behalf of, any Loan Party) that may be incurred by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with the preparation, syndication, execution, delivery, administration, modification, consent, waiver or enforcement (whether through negotiations, through any work-out, bankruptcy, restructuring or other legal or other proceeding or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, any Loan Document.

(b) Each Lender further agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and each of its Related Persons (to the extent not reimbursed by any Loan Party), for such Lender’s aggregate Pro Rata Share from and against the Liabilities (including taxes, interests and penalties imposed for not properly withholding or backup withholding on payments made to on or for the account of any Lender) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent related to or in its capacity as Administrative Agent, and relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of any Loan Document, any Related Document or any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any such document, or, in each case, any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons under or with respect to any of the foregoing; provided, however, that no Lender shall be liable to the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons to the extent such liability has resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such Related Person, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order.

 

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Section 10.9 Resignation of Administrative Agent. (a) The Administrative Agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of such resignation to the Lenders and the Borrower, effective on the date set forth in such notice or, if not such date is set forth therein, upon the date such notice shall be effective. If the Administrative Agent delivers any such notice, the Required Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If, within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent having given notice of resignation, no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed by the Required Lenders that has accepted such appointment, then the retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent from among the Lenders. Each appointment under this clause (a) shall be subject to the prior consent of the Borrower, which may not be unreasonably withheld but shall not be required during the continuance of a Default.

(b) Effective immediately upon its resignation, (i) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents, (ii) the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent until a successor Administrative Agent shall have accepted a valid appointment hereunder, (iii) the retiring Administrative Agent and its Related Persons shall no longer have the benefit of any provision of any Loan Document other than with respect to any actions taken or omitted to be taken while such retiring Administrative Agent was, or because such Administrative Agent had been, validly acting as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents and (iv) subject to its rights under Section 10.3, the retiring Administrative Agent shall take such action as may be reasonably necessary to assign to the successor Administrative Agent its rights as Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents. Effective immediately upon its acceptance of a valid appointment as Administrative Agent, a successor Administrative Agent shall succeed to, and become vested with, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent under the Loan Documents.

Section 10.10 Release of Collateral or Guarantors. Each Lender hereby consents to the release and hereby directs the Administrative Agent to release (or, in the case of clause (b)(ii) below, release or subordinate) the following:

(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower from its guaranty of any Obligation of any Loan Party if all of the Securities of such Subsidiary owned by any Group Member are Sold in a Sale permitted under the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a waiver or consent), to the extent that, after giving effect to such Sale, such Subsidiary would not be required to guaranty any Obligations pursuant to Section 7.10; and

(b) any Lien held by the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties against (i) any Collateral that is Sold by a Loan Party in a Sale permitted by the Loan Documents (including pursuant to a valid waiver or consent), to the extent all Liens required to be granted in such Collateral pursuant to Section 7.10 after giving effect to such Sale have been granted, (ii) any property subject to a Lien permitted hereunder in reliance upon Section 8.2(d) or (e) and (iii) all of the Collateral and all Loan Parties, upon (A) termination of the Commitments, (B) payment and satisfaction in full of all Loans and all other Obligations that the Administrative Agent has been notified in writing are then due and payable by the holder of such Obligation, (C) deposit of cash collateral with respect to all contingent Obligations, in amounts and on terms and

 

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conditions and with parties satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each Indemnitee that is owed such Obligations and (D) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Secured Parties of liability releases from the Loan Parties each in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Each Lender hereby directs the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent hereby agrees, upon receipt of reasonable advance notice from the Borrower, to execute and deliver or file such documents and to perform other actions reasonably necessary to release or subordinate the guaranties and Liens when and as directed in this Section 10.10.

Section 10.11 Additional Secured Parties. The benefit of the provisions of the Loan Documents directly relating to the Collateral or any Lien granted thereunder shall extend to and be available to any Secured Party that is not a Lender as long as, by accepting such benefits, such Secured Party agrees, as among the Administrative Agent and all other Secured Parties, that such Secured Party is bound by (and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, shall confirm such agreement in a writing in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent) this Article X, Section 11.9 (Right of Setoff), Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) and Section 11.21 (Confidentiality) and the decisions and actions of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders (or, where expressly required by the terms of this Agreement, a greater proportion of the Lenders) to the same extent a Lender is bound; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) such Secured Party shall be bound by Section 10.8 only to the extent of Liabilities, costs and expenses with respect to or otherwise relating to the Collateral held for the benefit of such Secured Party, in which case the obligations of such Secured Party thereunder shall not be limited by any concept of Pro Rata Share or similar concept, (b) except as set forth specifically herein, each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders shall be entitled to act at its sole discretion, without regard to the interest of such Secured Party, regardless of whether any Obligation to such Secured Party thereafter remains outstanding, is deprived of the benefit of the Collateral, becomes unsecured or is otherwise affected or put in jeopardy thereby, and without any duty or liability to such Secured Party or any such Obligation and (c) except as set forth specifically herein, such Secured Party shall not have any right to be notified of, consent to, direct, require or be heard with respect to, any action taken or omitted in respect of the Collateral or under any Loan Document.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 11.1 Amendments, Waivers, Etc. (a) No amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document (other than the Fee Letter, the Control Agreements and the Secured Hedging Agreements) and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed (1) in the case of an amendment, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency or granting a new Lien for the benefit of the Secured Parties or extending an existing Lien over additional property, by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (2) in the case of any other waiver or consent, by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) and (3) in the case of any other amendment, by the Required Lenders (or by the Administrative Agent with the written consent of the Required Lenders) and the Borrower; provided, however, that no amendment, consent or waiver described in clause (2) or (3) above shall, unless in writing and

 

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signed by each Lender directly affected thereby (or by the Administrative Agent with the consent of such Lender), in addition to any other Person the signature of which is otherwise required pursuant to any Loan Document, do any of the following:

(i) waive any condition specified in Section 3.1, except any condition referring to any other provision of any Loan Document;

(ii) increase the Commitment of such Lender or subject such Lender to any additional obligation;

(iii) reduce (including through release, forgiveness, assignment or otherwise) (A) the principal amount of, the interest rate on, or any obligation of the Borrower to repay (whether or not on a fixed date), any outstanding Loan owing to such Lender or (B) any fee or accrued interest payable to such Lender; provided, however, that this clause (iii) does not apply to (x) any change to any provision increasing any interest rate or fee during the continuance of an Event of Default or to any payment of any such increase, (y) any modification to any financial covenant set forth in Article V or in any definition set forth therein or principally used therein or (z) any change to mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.8;

(iv) waive or postpone any Term Loan Maturity Date or other scheduled date fixed for the payment, in whole or in part, of principal of or interest on any Loan or fee owing to such Lender or for the reduction of such Lender’s Commitment; provided, however, that this clause (iv) does not apply to any waiver or postponement to mandatory prepayments, including those required under Section 2.8;

(v) except as provided in Section 10.10, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or any Guarantor from its guaranty of any Obligation of the Borrower;

(vi) reduce or increase the proportion of Lenders required for the Lenders (or any subset thereof) to take any action hereunder or change the definition of the terms “Required Lenders”, “Pro Rata Share” or “Pro Rata Outstandings”; or

(vii) amend Section 10.10 (Release of Collateral or Guarantor), Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) or this Section 11.1;

and provided, further, that (y) no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights or duties under any Loan Document of, or any payment to, the Administrative Agent (or otherwise modify any provision of Article X or the application thereof) or any SPV that has been granted an option pursuant to Section 11.2(f) unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or, as the case may be, such SPV in addition to any signature otherwise required and (z) the consent of the Borrower shall not be required to change any order of priority set forth in Section 2.12. No amendment, modification or waiver of this Agreement or any Loan Document altering the ratable treatment of Obligations arising under a Secured Hedging Agreement resulting in such Obligations being junior in right of payment to principal of the Loans or resulting in Obligations owing to any Secured Hedging Counterparty being unsecured (other than releases of Liens in accordance with the terms hereof), in each case in a manner adverse to any Secured Hedging Counterparty, shall be effective without the written consent of such Secured Hedging Counterparty or, in the case of Secured Hedging Agreement provided or arranged by the Administrative Agent or an Affiliate thereof, the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) Each waiver or consent under any Loan Document shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party shall entitle any Loan Party to any notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances. No failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 11.2 Assignments and Participations; Binding Effect. (a) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by Holdings, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender that such Lender has executed it. Thereafter, it shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of, but only to the benefit of, Holdings, the Borrower (in each case except for Article X), the Administrative Agent, each Lender and, to the extent provided in Section 10.11, each other Indemnitee and Secured Party and, in each case, their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document (including in Section 10.9), none of Holdings, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent shall have the right to assign any rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein.

(b) Right to Assign. Each Lender may sell, transfer, negotiate or assign all or a portion of its rights and obligations hereunder (including all or a portion of its Commitments and its rights and obligations with respect to Loans) to (i) any existing Lender, (ii) any Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender or (iii) any other Person acceptable (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to the Administrative Agent and, as long as no Event of Default is continuing, the Borrower; provided, however, that (x) the aggregate outstanding principal amount (determined as of the effective date of the applicable Assignment) of the Loans and Commitments subject to any such Sale shall be in a minimum amount of $1,000,000, unless such Sale is made to an existing Lender or an Affiliate or Approved Fund of any existing Lender, is of the assignor’s (together with its Affiliates and Approved Funds) entire interest in the Term Loan Facility or is made with the prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and (y) no such assignment shall be made to any Group Member or any Affiliate of any Group Member.

(c) Procedure. The parties to each Sale made in reliance on clause (b) above (other than those described in clause (e) or (f) below) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment via an electronic settlement system designated by the Administrative Agent (or if previously agreed with the Administrative Agent, via a manual execution and delivery of the assignment) evidencing such Sale, together with any existing Note subject to such Sale (or any affidavit of loss therefor acceptable to the Administrative Agent), any tax forms required to be delivered pursuant to Section 2.17(f) and payment of an assignment fee in the amount of $3,500, provided that (1) if a Sale by a Lender is made to an Affiliate or an Approved Fund of such assigning Lender, then no assignment fee shall be due in connection with such Sale, and (2) if a Sale by a Lender is made

 

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to an assignee that is not an Affiliate or Approved Fund of such assignor Lender, and concurrently to one or more Affiliates or Approved Funds of such assignee, then only one assignment fee of $3,500 shall be due in connection with such Sale. Upon receipt of all the foregoing, and conditioned upon such receipt and, if such assignment is made in accordance with Section 11.2(b)(iii), upon the Administrative Agent (and the Borrower, if applicable) accepting such assignee as provided in clause (b), from and after the effective date specified in such Assignment, the Administrative Agent shall record or cause to be recorded in the Register the information contained in such Assignment.

(d) Effectiveness. Subject to the recording of an Assignment by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.14(b), (i) the assignee thereunder shall become a party hereto and, to the extent that rights and obligations under the Loan Documents have been assigned to such assignee pursuant to such Assignment, shall have the rights and obligations of a Lender, (ii) any applicable Note shall be transferred to such assignee through such entry and (iii) the assignor thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations under this Agreement have been assigned by it pursuant to such Assignment, relinquish its rights (except for those surviving the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations) and be released from its obligations under the Loan Documents, other than those relating to events or circumstances occurring prior to such assignment (and, in the case of an Assignment covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under the Loan Documents, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto except that each Lender agrees to remain bound by Article X, Section 11.9 (Right of Setoff) and Section 11.10 (Sharing of Payments) to the extent provided in Section 10.11 (Additional Beneficiaries of Collateral)).

(e) Grant of Security Interests. In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 11.2, each Lender may grant a security interest in, or otherwise assign as collateral, any of its rights under this Agreement, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (including rights to payments of principal or interest on the Loans), without notice to the Administrative Agent, to (A) any federal reserve bank (pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board) or (B) any holder of, or trustee for the benefit of the holders of, such Lender’s Securities; provided, however, that no such holder or trustee, whether because of such grant or assignment or any foreclosure thereon (unless such foreclosure is made through an assignment in accordance with clause (b) above), shall substitute such holder or trustee for such Lender as a party hereto and no such Lender shall be relieved of any of its obligations hereunder.

(f) Participants and SPVs. In addition to the other rights provided in this Section 11.2, each Lender may, (x) with notice to the Administrative Agent, grant to an SPV the option to make all or any part of any Loan that such Lender would otherwise be required to make hereunder (and the exercise of such option by such SPV and the making of Loans pursuant thereto shall satisfy the obligation of such Lender to make such Loans hereunder) and such SPV may assign to such Lender the right to receive payment with respect to any Obligation and (y) without notice to or consent from the Administrative Agent or the Borrower, sell participations to one or more Persons in or to all or a portion of its rights and obligations under the Loan Documents (including all its rights and obligations with respect to the Term Loans); provided, however, that, whether as a result of any term of any Loan Document or of such grant or participation, (i) no such SPV or participant shall have a commitment, or be deemed to have

 

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made an offer to commit, to make Loans hereunder, and, except as provided in the applicable option agreement, none shall be liable for any obligation of such Lender hereunder, (ii) such Lender’s rights and obligations, and the rights and obligations of the Loan Parties and the Secured Parties towards such Lender, under any Loan Document shall remain unchanged and each other party hereto shall continue to deal solely with such Lender, which shall remain the holder of the Obligations in the Register, except that (A) each such participant and SPV shall be entitled to the benefit of Sections 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements), 2.17 (Taxes) and 2.19 (Prepayment Premium), but only, with respect to Section 2.17, to the extent such participant or SPV delivers the tax forms such Lender is required to collect pursuant to Section 2.17(f) and then only to the extent of any amount to which such Lender would be entitled in the absence of any such grant or participation and (B) each such SPV may receive other payments that would otherwise be made to such Lender with respect to Loans funded by such SPV to the extent provided in the applicable option agreement and set forth in a notice provided to the Administrative Agent by such SPV and such Lender, provided, however, that in no case (including pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above) shall an SPV or participant have the right to enforce any of the terms of any Loan Document, and (iii) the consent of such SPV or participant shall not be required (either directly, as a restraint on such Lender’s ability to consent hereunder or otherwise) for any amendments, waivers or consents with respect to any Loan Document or to exercise or refrain from exercising any powers or rights such Lender may have under or in respect of the Loan Documents (including the right to enforce or direct enforcement of the Obligations), except for those described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 11.1(a) with respect to amounts, or dates fixed for payment of amounts, to which such participant or SPV would otherwise be entitled and, in the case of participants, except for those described in Section 11.1(a)(v) (or amendments, consents and waivers with respect to Section 10.10 to release all or substantially all of the Collateral). No party hereto shall institute (and each of Borrower and Holdings shall cause each other Loan Party not to institute) against any SPV grantee of an option pursuant to this clause (f) any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation or similar proceeding, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper of such SPV; provided, however, that each Lender having designated an SPV as such agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee against any Liability that may be incurred by, or asserted against, such Indemnitee as a result of failing to institute such proceeding (including a failure to get reimbursed by such SPV for any such Liability). The agreement in the preceding sentence shall survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of the Obligations.

Section 11.3 [Reserved.]

Section 11.4 Costs and Expenses. Any action taken by any Loan Party under or with respect to any Loan Document, even if required under any Loan Document or at the request of any Secured Party, shall be at the expense of such Loan Party, and no Secured Party shall be required under any Loan Document to reimburse any Loan Party or Group Member therefore, except as expressly provided therein. In addition, except as expressly provided herein, the Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse upon demand (a) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection with the investigation, development, preparation, negotiation, syndication, execution, interpretation or administration of, any modification of any term of or termination of, any Loan Document, any commitment or proposal letter therefor, any other

 

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document prepared in connection therewith or the consummation and administration of any transaction contemplated therein (including periodic audits in connection therewith and environmental audits and assessments), in each case including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel to the Administrative Agent or such Related Persons, fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with Intralinks® or any other E-System and allocated to the Term Loan Facility by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and fees, charges and disbursements of the auditors, appraisers, printers and other of their Related Persons retained by or on behalf of any of them or any of their Related Persons, (b) the Administrative Agent for all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by it or any of its Related Persons in connection with internal audit reviews, field examinations and Collateral examinations (which shall be reimbursed, in addition to the out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such examiners, at the per diem rate per individual charged by the Administrative Agent for its examiners) and (c) each of the Administrative Agent, its Related Persons, and each Lender for all costs and expenses incurred in connection with (i) any refinancing or restructuring of the credit arrangements provided hereunder in the nature of a “work-out”, (ii) the enforcement or preservation of any right or remedy under any Loan Document, any Obligation, with respect to the Collateral or any other related right or remedy or (iii) the commencement, defense, conduct of, intervention in, or the taking of any other action with respect to, any proceeding (including any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding) related to any Group Member, Loan Document, Obligation or Related Transaction (or the response to and preparation for any subpoena or request for document production relating thereto), including fees and disbursements of counsel (including allocated costs of internal counsel).

Section 11.5 Indemnities. (a) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the Administrative Agent, each Lender, each Secured Hedging Counterparty and each of their respective Related Persons (each such Person being an “Indemnitee”) from and against all Liabilities (including brokerage commissions, fees and other compensation) that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any matter relating to or arising out of, in connection with or as a result of (i) any Loan Document, any Related Document, any Disclosure Document, any Obligation (or the repayment thereof), the use or intended use of the proceeds of any Loan, any Related Transaction, or any securities filing of, or with respect to, any Group Member, (ii) any commitment letter, proposal letter or term sheet with any Person or any Contractual Obligation, arrangement or understanding with any broker, finder or consultant, in each case entered into by or on behalf of any Group Member or any Affiliate of any of them in connection with any of the foregoing and any Contractual Obligation entered into in connection with any E-Systems or other Electronic Transmissions, (iii) any actual or prospective investigation, litigation or other proceeding, whether or not brought by any Group Member, any such Indemnitee or any of its Related Persons, any holders of Securities or creditors (and including attorneys’ fees in any case), whether or not any such Group Member, Indemnitee, Related Person, holder or creditor is a party thereto, and whether or not based on any securities or commercial law or regulation or any other Requirement of Law or theory thereof, including common law, equity, contract, tort or otherwise, or (iv) any other act, event or transaction related, contemplated in or attendant to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Indemnified Matters”); provided, however, that the Borrower shall not have any liability under this Section 11.5 to any Indemnitee with respect to any Indemnified Matter, and no Indemnitee shall have any liability with respect to any Indemnified Matter other than (to the extent otherwise liable), to the extent such liability has resulted primarily from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or order. Furthermore, each of Holdings and the Borrower, to the extent

 

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permitted by applicable law, waives and agrees not to assert against any Indemnitee, and shall cause each other Loan Party to waive and not assert against any Indemnitee, any right of contribution with respect to any Liabilities that may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Related Person.

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, “Indemnified Matters” includes all Environmental Liabilities, including those arising from, or otherwise involving, any property of any Group Member or any actual, alleged or prospective damage to property or natural resources or harm or injury alleged to have resulted from any Release of Hazardous Materials on, upon or into such property or natural resource or any property on or contiguous to any real property of any Group Member, whether or not, with respect to any such Environmental Liabilities, any Indemnitee is a mortgagee pursuant to any leasehold mortgage, a mortgagee in possession, the successor-in-interest to any Group Member or the owner, lessee or operator of any property of any Group Member through any foreclosure action, in each case except to the extent such Environmental Liabilities (i) are incurred solely following foreclosure by any Secured Party or following any Secured Party having become the successor-in-interest to any Loan Party and (ii) are attributable solely to acts of such Indemnitee.

Section 11.6 Survival. Any indemnification or other protection provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to any Loan Document (including pursuant to Section 2.17 (Taxes), Section 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements), Article X (The Administrative Agent), Section 11.4 (Costs and Expenses), Section 11.5 (Indemnities) or this Section 11.6) and all representations and warranties made in any Loan Document shall (A) survive the termination of the Commitments and the payment in full of other Obligations and (B) inure to the benefit of any Person that at any time held a right thereunder (as an Indemnitee or otherwise) and, thereafter, its successors and permitted assigns.

Section 11.7 Limitation of Liability for Certain Damages. In no event shall any Indemnitee be liable on any theory of liability for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings). Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby waives, releases and agrees (and shall cause each other Loan Party to waive, release and agree) not to sue upon any such claim for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages, whether or not accrued and whether or not known or suspected to exist in its favor.

Section 11.8 Lender-Creditor Relationship. The relationship between the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, on the one hand, and the Loan Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of lender and creditor. No Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship or duty to any Loan Party arising out of or in connection with, and there is no agency, tenancy or joint venture relationship between the Secured Parties and the Loan Parties by virtue of, any Loan Document or any transaction contemplated therein.

Section 11.9 Right of Setoff. Each of the Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Affiliate (including each branch office thereof) of any of them is hereby authorized, without notice or demand (each of which is hereby waived by Holdings and the Borrower), at any time and from time to time during the continuance of any Event of Default and to the fullest extent permitted

 

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by applicable Requirements of Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (whether general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other Indebtedness, claims or other obligations at any time owing by the Administrative Agent, such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the Borrower against any Obligation of any Loan Party now or hereafter existing, whether or not any demand was made under any Loan Document with respect to such Obligation and even though such Obligation may be unmatured. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender or its Affiliates; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights under this Section 11.9 are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their Affiliates and other Secured Parties may have.

Section 11.10 Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender, directly or through an Affiliate or branch office thereof, obtains any payment of any Obligation of any Loan Party (whether voluntary, involuntary or through the exercise of any right of setoff or the receipt of any Collateral or “proceeds” (as defined under the applicable UCC) of Collateral) other than pursuant to Sections 2.16 (Breakage Costs; Increased Costs; Capital Requirements), 2.17 (Taxes) and 2.18 (Substitution of Lenders) and such payment exceeds the amount such Lender would have been entitled to receive if all payments had gone to, and been distributed by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Documents, such Lender shall purchase for cash from other Secured Parties such participations in their Obligations as necessary for such Lender to share such excess payment with such Secured Parties to ensure such payment is applied as though it had been received by the Administrative Agent and applied in accordance with this Agreement (or, if such application would then be at the discretion of the Borrower, applied to repay the Obligations in accordance herewith); provided, however, that (a) if such payment is rescinded or otherwise recovered from such Lender in whole or in part, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price therefor shall be returned to such Lender without interest and (b) such Lender shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, be able to exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation.

Section 11.11 Marshaling; Payments Set Aside. No Secured Party shall be under any obligation to marshal any property in favor of any Loan Party or any other party or against or in payment of any Obligation. To the extent that any Secured Party receives a payment from the Borrower, from the proceeds of the Collateral, from the exercise of its rights of setoff, any enforcement action or otherwise, and such payment is subsequently, in whole or in part, invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not occurred.

Section 11.12 Notices. (a) Addresses. All notices, demands, requests, directions and other communications required or expressly authorized to be made by this Agreement shall, whether or not specified to be in writing but unless otherwise expressly specified to be given by any other means, be given in writing and (i) addressed to (A) if to Holdings or the Borrower, to Medical Staffing Network, Inc., 901 Yamato Road, Suite 110, Boca Raton, Florida 33431, Attention: Kevin Little, Tel: (561) 322-1301, Fax: (561) 322-1201,

 

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with copy to Akerman Senterfitt, 222 Lakeview Avenue, 4th Floor, West Palm Beach, Florida 33401-6183, Attention: Kim Hines, Esq., Tel: (561) 671-3610, Fax: (561) 659-6313, (B) if to the Administrative Agent, to General Electric Capital Corporation, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attention: Medical Staffing Network Account Manager, Tel: (301) 634-3215, Fax: (866) 673-0624, with copy to General Electric Capital Corporation, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 600, Bethesda, Maryland 20814, Attention: General Counsel, Tel: (301) 634-3260, Fax: (301) 664-9866 and (C) otherwise to the party to be notified at its address specified opposite its name on Schedule II to the Existing Credit Agreement or on the signature page of any applicable Assignment, (ii) posted to Intralinks® (to the extent such system is available and set up by or at the direction of the Administrative Agent prior to posting) in an appropriate location by uploading such notice, demand, request, direction or other communication to www.intralinks.com, faxing it to (866) 545-6600 with an appropriate bar-coded fax coversheet or using such other means of posting to Intralinks® as may be available and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent prior to such posting, (iii) posted to any other E-System set up by or at the direction of the Administrative Agent in an appropriate location or (iv) addressed to such other address as shall be notified in writing (A) in the case of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to the other parties hereto and (B) in the case of all other parties, to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Transmission by electronic mail (including E-Fax, even if transmitted to the fax numbers set forth in clause (i) above) shall not be sufficient or effective to transmit any such notice under this clause (a) unless such transmission is an available means to post to any E-System.

(b) Effectiveness. All communications described in clause (a) above and all other notices, demands, requests and other communications made in connection with this Agreement shall be effective and be deemed to have been received (i) if delivered by hand, upon personal delivery, (ii) if delivered by overnight courier service, one Business Day after delivery to such courier service, (iii) if delivered by mail, when deposited in the mails, (iv) if delivered by facsimile (other than to post to an E-System pursuant to clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) above), upon sender’s receipt of confirmation of proper transmission, and (v) if delivered by posting to any E-System, on the later of the date of such posting in an appropriate location and the date access to such posting is given to the recipient thereof in accordance with the standard procedures applicable to such E-System; provided, however, that no communications to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article II or Article X shall be effective until received by the Administrative Agent.

Section 11.13 Electronic Transmissions. (a) Authorization. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.12(a), each of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower, the Lenders and each of their Related Persons is authorized (but not required) to transmit, post or otherwise make or communicate, in its sole discretion, Electronic Transmissions in connection with any Loan Document and the transactions contemplated therein. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Secured Party hereby acknowledges and agrees, and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Group Member to acknowledge and agree, that the use of Electronic Transmissions is not necessarily secure and that there are risks associated with such use, including risks of interception, disclosure and abuse and each indicates it assumes and accepts such risks by hereby authorizing the transmission of Electronic Transmissions.

 

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(b) Signatures. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.12(a), (i)(A) no posting to any E-System shall be denied legal effect merely because it is made electronically, (B) each E-Signature on any such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “signature” and (C) each such posting shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy any requirement for a “writing”, in each case including pursuant to any Loan Document, any applicable provision of any UCC, the federal Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and any substantive or procedural Requirement of Law governing such subject matter, (ii) each such posting that is not readily capable of bearing either a signature or a reproduction of a signature may be signed, and shall be deemed signed, by attaching to, or logically associating with such posting, an E-Signature, upon which each Secured Party and Loan Party may rely and assume the authenticity thereof, (iii) each such posting containing a signature, a reproduction of a signature or an E-Signature shall, for all intents and purposes, have the same effect and weight as a signed paper original and (iv) each party hereto or beneficiary hereto agrees not to contest the validity or enforceability of any posting on any E-System or E-Signature on any such posting under the provisions of any applicable Requirement of Law requiring certain documents to be in writing or signed; provided, however, that nothing herein shall limit such party’s or beneficiary’s right to contest whether any posting to any E-System or E-Signature has been altered after transmission.

(c) Separate Agreements. All uses of an E-System shall be governed by and subject to, in addition to Section 11.12 and this Section 11.13, separate terms and conditions posted or referenced in such E-System and related Contractual Obligations executed by Secured Parties and Group Members in connection with the use of such E-System.

(d) Limitation of Liability. All E-Systems and Electronic Transmissions shall be provided “as is” and “as available”. None of Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons warrants the accuracy, adequacy or completeness of any E-Systems or Electronic Transmission, and each disclaims all liability for errors or omissions therein. No warranty of any kind is made by the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Persons in connection with any E-Systems or Electronic Communication, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each Secured Party agrees (and each of Holdings and the Borrower shall cause each other Loan Party to agree) that the Administrative Agent has no responsibility for maintaining or providing any equipment, software, services or any testing required in connection with any Electronic Transmission or otherwise required for any E-System.

Section 11.14 Governing Law. This Agreement, each other Loan Document that does not expressly set forth its applicable law, and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto and thereto shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

Section 11.15 Jurisdiction. (a) Submission to Jurisdiction. Any legal action or proceeding with respect to any Loan Document may be brought in the courts of the State of New York located in the City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of Holdings

 

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and the Borrower hereby accepts for itself and in respect of its property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The parties hereto (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waive any objection, including any objection to the laying of venue or based on the grounds of forum non conveniens, that any of them may now or hereafter have to the bringing of any such action or proceeding in such jurisdictions.

(b) Service of Process. Each of Holdings and Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) hereby irrevocably waives personal service of any and all legal process, summons, notices and other documents and other service of process of any kind and consents to such service in any suit, action or proceeding brought in the United States of America with respect to or otherwise arising out of or in connection with any Loan Document by any means permitted by applicable Requirements of Law, including by the mailing thereof (by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid) to the address of Borrower specified in Section 11.12 (and shall be effective when such mailing shall be effective, as provided therein). Each of Holdings and the Borrower (and, to the extent set forth in any other Loan Document, each other Loan Party) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(c) Non-Exclusive Jurisdiction. Nothing contained in this Section 11.15 shall affect the right of the Administrative Agent or any Lender to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable Requirements of Law or commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any Loan Party in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.16 Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably waives trial by jury in any suit, action or proceeding with respect to, or directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with, any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein or related thereto (whether founded in contract, tort or any other theory). Each party hereto (A) certifies that no other party and no Related Person of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (B) acknowledges that it and the other parties hereto have been induced to enter into the Loan Documents, as applicable, by the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 11.16.

Section 11.17 Severability. Any provision of any Loan Document being held illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not affect any part of such provision not held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, any other provision of any Loan Document or any part of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 11.18 Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or Electronic Transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 11.19 Entire Agreement. The Loan Documents embody the entire agreement of the parties and supersede all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter thereof and any prior letter of interest, commitment letter, fee letter, and confidentiality and similar agreements involving any Loan Party and any of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates relating to a financing of substantially similar form, purpose or effect. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any other Loan Document, the terms of this Agreement shall govern (unless such terms of such other Loan Documents are necessary to comply with applicable Requirements of Law, in which case such terms shall govern to the extent necessary to comply therewith).

Section 11.20 Use of Name. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees, and shall cause each other Loan Party to agree, that it shall not, and none of its Affiliates shall, issue any press release or other public disclosure (other than any document filed with any Governmental Authority relating to a public offering of the Securities of any Loan Party) using the name, logo or otherwise referring to GE Capital or of any of its Affiliates, the Loan Documents or any transaction contemplated therein to which the Secured Parties are party without at least 2 Business Days’ prior notice to GE Capital and without the prior consent of GE Capital except to the extent required to do so under applicable Requirements of Law and then, only after consulting with GE Capital prior thereto; provided that such consultation shall not be required for filing documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Section 11.21 Non-Public Information; Confidentiality. (a) Each Lender acknowledges and agrees that it may receive material non-public information hereunder concerning the Loan Parties and their Affiliates and Securities and agrees to use such information in compliance with all relevant policies, procedures and Contractual Obligations and applicable Requirements of Laws (including United States federal and state security laws and regulations).

(b) Each Lender and the Administrative Agent agrees to use all reasonable efforts to maintain, in accordance with its customary practices, the confidentiality of information obtained by it pursuant to any Loan Document and designated in writing by any Loan Party as confidential, except that such information may be disclosed (i) with the Borrower’s consent, (ii) to Related Persons of such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, that are advised of the confidential nature of such information and are instructed to keep such information confidential, (iii) to the extent such information presently is or hereafter becomes available to such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, on a non-confidential basis from a source other than any Loan Party, (iv) to the extent disclosure is required by applicable Requirements of Law or other legal process or requested or demanded by any Governmental Authority, (v) to the extent necessary or customary for inclusion in league table measurements or in any tombstone or other advertising materials (and the Loan Parties consent to the publication of such tombstone or other advertising materials by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their Related Persons), (vi) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization, any examiner or any nationally recognized rating agency or otherwise to the extent consisting of general portfolio information that does not identify borrowers, (vii) to current or prospective assignees, SPV grantees of any option described in Section 11.2(f) or participants, direct or contractual counterparties to any Hedging Agreement permitted hereunder and to their respective Related Persons, in each case to the extent

 

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such assignees, participants, counterparties or Related Persons agree to be bound by provisions substantially similar to the provisions of this Section 11.21 and (viii) in connection with the exercise of any remedy under any Loan Document. In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Section 11.21 and those of any other Contractual Obligation entered into with any Loan Party (whether or not a Loan Document), the terms of this Section 11.21 shall govern.

Section 11.22 Patriot Act Notice. Each Lender subject to the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (31 U.S.C. §§ 5318 et seq.) hereby notifies the Borrower that, pursuant to Section 326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, including the name and address of the Borrower and other information allowing such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with such act.

Section 11.23 Consent to Amendment and Restatement of First Lien Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, in accordance with Section 5.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement, consent to the amendment and restatement on the date hereof of the First Lien Credit Agreement including without limitation the increase in the default rate above 2% and the increase in the Applicable Margin, Base Rate and Eurodollar Base Rate (as those terms are defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) made therein; provided, that, such consent shall not relate to any future amendments, restatements or other modifications of the First Lien Credit Agreement or any related documents that would otherwise require the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

Section 11.24 Amendment and Restatement. (a) Amendment and Restatement; No Novation. On the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated by this Agreement and (i) all references to the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document other than this Agreement (including in any amendment, waiver or consent) shall be deemed to refer to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby, (ii) all references to any section (or subsection) of the Existing Credit Agreement in any Loan Document (but not herein) shall be amended to be, mutatis mutandis, references to the corresponding provisions of this Agreement and (iii) except as the context otherwise provides, all references to this Agreement herein (including for purposes of indemnification and reimbursement of fees) shall be deemed to be references to the Existing Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby. This Agreement is not intended to constitute, and does not constitute, a novation of the obligations and liabilities under the Existing Credit Agreement (including the Obligations) or to evidence payment of all or any portion of such obligations and liabilities.

(b) Effect on Existing Credit Agreement and on the Obligations. On and after the Closing Date, (i) the Existing Credit Agreement shall be of no further force and effect except as amended and restated hereby and except to evidence (A) the incurrence by any Loan Party of the “Obligations” under and as defined therein (whether or not such “Obligations” are contingent as of the Closing Date), (B) the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party prior to the Closing Date and (C) any action or omission performed or required to be performed pursuant to such Existing Credit Agreement prior to the Closing Date (including any failure, prior to the Closing Date, to comply with the covenants contained in such Existing

 

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Credit Agreement) and (ii) the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Secured Parties’ rights and remedies under the Loan Documents, shall apply to all Obligations incurred under the Existing Credit Agreement and the Notes issued thereunder; provided, however, that any Eurodollar Rate Loans made under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have Interest Periods hereunder starting on the Closing Date (with the same length as such Interest Period under the Existing Credit Agreement) but the Borrowers shall not owe any amounts pursuant to Section 2.16(a) (Breakage Costs) by reason of such change in Interest Period.

(c) No Implied Waivers. Except as expressly provided in any Loan Document, this Agreement (x) shall not cure any breach of the Existing Credit Agreement or any “Default” or “Event of Default” thereunder existing prior to the date hereof and (y) is limited as written and is not a consent to any other modification of any term or condition of any Loan Document, each of which shall remain in full force and effect.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK, INC.,

        AS BORROWER

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President

MEDICAL STAFFING HOLDINGS, LLC,

        AS HOLDINGS

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President of Sole Member

MEDICAL STAFFING NETWORK

        HOLDINGS, INC., AS HOLDINGS

By:   /s/ Kevin Little
  Name:   Kevin Little
  Title:   President

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL
CORPORATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT AND LENDER

By:   /s/ Ryan Guenin
  Name:   Ryan Guenin
  Title:   Its Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

GE BUSINESS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.

    (F/K/A MERRILL LYNCH BUSINESS     FINANCIAL SERVICES INC.)

By:   /s/ Ryan Guenin
  Name:   Ryan Guenin
  Title:   Its Duly Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

Rockwell CDO II Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:   Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Loan Funding VII LLC

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P., As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Highland Credit Opportunities CDO Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Longhorn Credit Funding, LLC

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Brentwood CLO Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Eastland CLO, Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Jasper CLO, Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc., Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Gleneagles CLO, Ltd.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.,

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Rockwell CDO LTD.

By: Highland Capital Management, L.P.

As Collateral Manager

By: Strand Advisors, Inc.,

Its General Partner

By:   /s/ Michael Pusateri
  Name:   Michael Pusateri
  Title:  

Chief Operating Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

GARRISON CREDIT INVESTMENTS I LLC

By:   /s/ Brian S. Chase
  Name:   Brian S. Chase
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page


LENDER:

 

Pacific Select Fund - Floating Rate Loan Portfolio

By:   /s/ M. Jason Blackburn
  Name:   M. Jason Blackburn
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

Medical Staffing Network

Amended and Restated

Second Lien Credit Agreement

Signature Page

EX-21.1 4 dex211.htm LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES List of Subsidiaries

Exhibit 21.1

LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES

The following is a list of subsidiaries of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. as of December 28, 2008:

 

Subsidiary:

  

State or Other Jurisdiction of Subsidiary

Medical Staffing Holdings, LLC    Delaware
Medical Staffing Network, Inc.    Delaware
MSN-Illinois Holdings, Inc.    Illinois
Medical Staffing Network of Illinois, LLC    Illinois
Medical Staffing Network Assets, LLC    Illinois
InteliStaf Holdings, Inc.    Delaware
InteliStaf Group, Inc.    Delaware
InteliStaf Healthcare, Inc.    Delaware
InteliStaf of Oklahoma, LLC    Oklahoma
InteliStaf Partners No. 1, LLC    Delaware
InteliStaf Partners No. 2, LLC    Delaware
InteliStaf Healthcare Management, LP    Delaware
EX-23.1 5 dex231.htm CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements (Form S-8 No. 333-87358 and Form S-8 No. 333-153352) pertaining to the Amended and Restated Stock Option Plan of MSN Holdings, Inc. and the Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. 2001 Stock Incentive Plan of our reports dated March 12, 2009, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. and Subsidiaries, included in the Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 28, 2008.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
Certified Public Accountants

West Palm Beach, Florida

March 12, 2009

EX-31.1 6 dex311.htm SECTION 302 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CEO Certification

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

I, Robert J. Adamson, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 13, 2009

 

/s/ Robert J. Adamson

Robert J. Adamson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
EX-31.2 7 dex312.htm SECTION 302 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 302 CFO Certification

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Kevin S. Little, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc.;

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this annual report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this annual report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report;

 

  4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this annual report is being prepared;

 

  (b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this annual report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this annual report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d) Disclosed in this annual report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  (b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: March 13, 2009

 

/s/ Kevin S. Little

Kevin S. Little
President and Chief Financial Officer
EX-32.1 8 dex321.htm SECTION 906 CEO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CEO Certification

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Robert J. Adamson, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Robert J. Adamson

Robert J. Adamson
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
March 13, 2009
EX-32.2 9 dex322.htm SECTION 906 CFO CERTIFICATION Section 906 CFO Certification

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Medical Staffing Network Holdings, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 28, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the Report), I, Kevin S. Little, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

/s/ Kevin S. Little

Kevin S. Little
President and Chief Financial Officer
March 13, 2009
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