-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, JKvIHgyeOiMnuuiCDVwRmNsAj9C+Yt1zqyjdTsHbV6lQlRmiP54Aa+I9KqcAoz8U 2EWXrTKhjjC7DWKj/059ag== 0001047469-98-034956.txt : 19980921 0001047469-98-034956.hdr.sgml : 19980921 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001047469-98-034956 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-4/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 32 FILED AS OF DATE: 19980918 SROS: AMEX FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000887420 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING [7350] IRS NUMBER: 953692387 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935 FILM NUMBER: 98711928 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLZ CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000350920 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: SERVICES-MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT RENTAL & LEASING [7350] IRS NUMBER: 510219413 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-01 FILM NUMBER: 98711929 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLZ CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096656300 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLZ CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ INVESTMENT SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001024681 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 510261761 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-02 FILM NUMBER: 98711930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 102 CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 102 CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065485 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 222744388 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-03 FILM NUMBER: 98711931 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065486 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 222703398 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-04 FILM NUMBER: 98711932 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS I INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065487 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 222721914 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-05 FILM NUMBER: 98711933 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MDTC HADDON INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065488 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 222987001 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-06 FILM NUMBER: 98711934 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ MOBILE X RAY SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065489 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 236764081 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-07 FILM NUMBER: 98711935 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: MEDIQ IMAGING SERVICES INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065490 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 222888200 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-08 FILM NUMBER: 98711936 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING LABS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065491 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 232485277 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-09 FILM NUMBER: 98711937 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: VALUE MED PRODUCTS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001065492 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [] IRS NUMBER: 223387171 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-4/A SEC ACT: SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-58935-10 FILM NUMBER: 98711938 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 BUSINESS PHONE: 6096623200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE MEDIQ PLAZA CITY: PENNSAUKEN STATE: NJ ZIP: 08110 S-4/A 1 S-4/A AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1998 REGISTRATION NO. 333-58935 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549 ------------------------ AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FORM S-4 REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ------------------------ MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. MEDIQ INCORPORATED (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Charter)
DELAWARE 95-3692387 DELAWARE 51-0219413 (State or Other (I.R.S. Employer (State or Other (I.R.S. Employer Jurisdiction Identification No.) Jurisdiction Identification No.) of Incorporation or of Incorporation or Organization) Organization)
7352 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) ------------------------------ SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS BELOW ------------------------ ONE MEDIQ PLAZA JAY M. KAPLAN Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 One Mediq Plaza (609) 665-9300 Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 (609) 665-9300 (Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrants' Including Area Code, Principal Executive Offices) of Agent for Service)
------------------------ WITH COPIES TO: BRUCE B. WOOD, ESQ. DECHERT PRICE & RHOADS 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10112 (212) 698-3500 APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement. If the securities being registered on this form are to be offered in connection with the formation of a holding company and there is compliance with General Instruction G, check the following box. / / If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / / ------------------------------ CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
PROPOSED PROPOSED MAXIMUM MAXIMUM TITLE OF EACH CLASS OFFERING AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF OF SECURITIES AMOUNT TO BE PRICE PER OFFERING REGISTRATION TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED UNIT (1) PRICE (1) FEE (2) 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. $190,000,000 $1,000.00 $190,000,000 $56,050 Guarantees of Senior Subordinated Notes $190,000,000 -- -- None 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 of MEDIQ Incorporated $140,885,000 $539.65 $76,028,787 $22,428
(1) Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(f) solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee. (2) Previously paid. THE REGISTRANTS HEREBY AMEND THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANTS SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(A) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(A), MAY DETERMINE. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. MEDIQ INCORPORATED TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
STATE OR OTHER PRIMARY STANDARD JURISDICTION INDUSTRIAL I.R.S. EMPLOYER OF CLASSIFICATION CODE IDENTIFICATION NAME INCORPORATION NUMBER NO. - ----------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- ------------------- ---------------- MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers, Inc.................................... Delaware 8741 22-2703398 MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers-I, Inc.................................. Delaware 8741 22-2721914 MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc...................................... Delaware 6719 22-2888200 MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc................................... Delaware 6719 51-0261761 MEDIQ Management Services, Inc................................... Delaware 8742 22-2744388 MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc................................. Delaware 6719 23-6764081 MDTC Haddon, Inc................................................. Delaware 8741 22-2987001 Value-Med Products, Inc.......................................... Delaware 6719 22-3387171 American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs, Inc........................ Pennsylvania 6719 23-2485277
INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE. SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED SEPTEMBER 18, 1998 PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING OFFER FOR ALL OUTSTANDING 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2008 DUE 2009 IN EXCHANGE FOR IN EXCHANGE FOR 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2008 DUE 2009 OF OF MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. MEDIQ INCORPORATED
THE EXCHANGE OFFERS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME ON , 1998, UNLESS EXTENDED -------------- Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and the accompanying letters of transmittal, (i) MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("MEDIQ/PRN"), and the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined) hereby offer (the "Notes Exchange Offer") to exchange $1,000 principal amount of registered 11% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 (the "New Notes") issued by MEDIQ/PRN for each $1,000 principal amount of unregistered 11% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 (the "Old Notes" and, together with the New Notes, the "Notes") issued by MEDIQ/PRN, of which an aggregate principal amount of $190,000,000 is outstanding and (ii) MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and the sole stockholder of MEDIQ/PRN ("Holdings") hereby offers (the "Debenture Exchange Offer" and, together with the Notes Exchange Offer, the "Exchange Offers") to exchange $1,000 principal amount at maturity of registered 13% Senior Discount Debentures Due 2009 (the "New Debentures") issued by Holdings for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of unregistered 13% Senior Discount Debentures Due 2009 (the "Old Debentures" and, together with the New Debentures, the "Debentures") issued by Holdings, of which an aggregate principal amount at maturity of $140,885,000 is outstanding. The Old Notes and the Old Debentures are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Old Securities," the New Notes and the New Debentures are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "New Securities" and the Notes and Debentures are sometimes collectively referred to as the "Securities." MEDIQ/PRN and Holdings are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the "Issuers." The form and terms of the New Securities are identical to the form and terms of the Old Securities except that (i) interest on the New Notes shall accrue from the date of issuance of the Old Notes, (ii) the Accreted Value (as defined) of the New Debentures will be calculated from the date of issuance of the Old Debentures, and (iii) the New Securities are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and will not bear any legends restricting their transfer. The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes and will be issued pursuant to, and entitled to the benefits of, the indenture governing the Old Notes. The New Debentures will evidence the same debt as the Old Debentures and will be issued pursuant to, and entitled to the benefits of, the indenture governing the Old Debentures. The Exchange Offers are being made in order to satisfy certain contractual obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and Holdings. See "The Exchange Offers," "Description of the Notes" and "Description of the Debentures." Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offers must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of those New Securities. The letters of transmittal accompanying this Prospectus state that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities where such Old Securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. MEDIQ/ PRN and Holdings have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See "Plan of Distribution." No public market has existed for the Old Securities before the Exchange Offers. MEDIQ/PRN and Holdings currently do not intend to list the New Securities on any securities exchange or to seek approval for quotation through any automated quotation system, and no active public market for the New Securities is currently anticipated. MEDIQ/PRN and Holdings will pay all the expenses incident to the Exchange Offers. The Exchange Offers are not conditioned upon any minimum principal amount of Old Notes or Old Debentures being tendered for exchange pursuant to the Exchange Offers. (CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE) THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 22 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH AN INVESTMENT IN THE NEW SECURITIES. THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS , 1998. (CONTINUED FROM FRONT COVER) The New Notes will bear interest at a rate of 11% per annum, payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1998. The New Notes will mature on June 1, 2008. The New Notes will not be redeemable at the option of MEDIQ/PRN prior to June 1, 2003, except that until June 1, 2001, MEDIQ/PRN may redeem, at its option, up to 25% of the original principal amount of the Notes at the redemption price set forth herein with the net proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings (as defined) following which there is a Public Market (as defined) if at least $142.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding after any such redemption. On or after June 1, 2003, the New Notes may be redeemed at the option of MEDIQ/PRN, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth herein plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The Old Debentures were issued at a substantial discount from the principal amount at maturity of such debentures. Principal on each New Debenture will accrete from the date of issuance of the Old Debentures to a principal amount of $1,000 on June 1, 2003, representing a yield to maturity of 13% (computed on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis). Except as described herein, no cash interest will accrue on the New Debentures prior to June 1, 2003. Thereafter, the New Debentures will accrue cash interest at a rate of 13% per annum, and cash interest will be payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2003. The New Debentures will mature on June 1, 2009. The New Debentures will not be redeemable at the option of Holdings prior to June 1, 2003, except that until June 1, 2001, Holdings may redeem, at its option, up to 25% of the Accreted Value (as defined) of the Debentures at the redemption price set forth herein with the net proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings following which there is a Public Market if at least $105.6 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Debentures remains outstanding after any such redemption. On or after June 1, 2003, the New Debentures may be redeemed at the option of Holdings, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth herein plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The New Debentures will bear original issue discount ("OID"), and the holders of the New Debentures will be required to include such OID in gross income for U.S. Federal income tax purposes on a constant yield to maturity basis, in advance of the receipt of the cash payments of which such income is attributable. See "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations." The New Notes will be unsecured senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN, will rank junior in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined) of MEDIQ/PRN, including MEDIQ/ PRN's obligations under the New Credit Facility (as defined), and will rank PARI PASSU to all future senior subordinated indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN. The New Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior subordinated basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined). As of June 30, 1998, the amount of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN was approximately $201.9 million and, subject to certain conditions, MEDIQ/ PRN had the ability to borrow up to an additional $50.0 million under the Revolving Credit Facility (as defined) and up to an additional $75.0 million under the Acquisition Facility (as defined). However, at June 30, 1998, pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility and/or the Indentures, the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Facility was limited to $25.9 million and $50.0 million, respectively. The New Debentures will be unsecured senior obligations of Holdings, will rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of Holdings and will rank senior in right of payment to all future subordinated indebtedness of Holdings. The New Debentures will be effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries (including the Notes, obligations under the New Credit Facility, trade payables and other accrued liabilities). As of June 30, 1998, the amount of Senior Indebtedness of Holdings and the amount of indebtedness and obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries were approximately $75.1 million and $441.0 million, respectively. Upon a Change of Control (as defined), each holder of New Securities may require the Issuer thereof to repurchase such New Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of (i) in the case of the New Notes, the principal amount thereof, and (ii) in the case of the New Debentures, the Accreted Value thereof, in each case plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. AVAILABLE INFORMATION The Issuers have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission" or the "SEC") a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement," which term shall encompass all amendments, exhibits, annexes and schedules thereto) pursuant to the Securities Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, covering the New Securities being offered hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all the information set forth in the Registration Statement. For further information with respect to the Issuers and the Exchange Offers, reference is made to the Registration Statement. Statements made in this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete. Although this Prospectus describes the material terms of certain contracts, agreements and other documents filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, with respect to each such contract, agreement or other document reference is made to the exhibit for a more complete description of the document or matter involved, and each description thereof contained in this Prospectus shall be deemed qualified in its entirety by such reference. The Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, can be inspected and copied at the public reference facilities maintained by the Commission at Room 1024, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, and at the Regional Offices of the Commission at Seven World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York 10048 and at Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. Copies of such materials can also be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549, at prescribed rates. In addition, the Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding registrants, like the Issuers, that file electronically with the Commission. The address of such Web site is: http://www.sec.gov. Holdings is subject to the informational requirements of the Exchange Act and in accordance therewith files reports and other information with the Commission. Each of the Issuers has agreed that, whether or not it is required to do so by the rules and regulations of the Commission, for so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, it will furnish to the holders thereof, and file with the Commission (unless the Commission will not accept such a filing) (i) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if it were required to file such forms, including a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and, with respect to the annual information only, a report thereon by its certified independent accountants and (ii) all reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if it were required to file such reports. In addition, for so long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, each of the Issuers has agreed to make available to any prospective purchaser of the Securities or beneficial owner thereof in connection with any sale thereof, the information required by Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act. i DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This Prospectus includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. All statements other than statements of historical facts included in this Prospectus, including, without limitation, such statements under "Summary," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and "Business," regarding the Issuers, the Transactions, the CHI Acquisition or the SpectraCair Acquisition (each as defined) (including the timing, financing, strategies and effects thereof) are forward-looking statements. Although the Issuers believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, they can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to have been correct. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations ("Cautionary Statements") are disclosed in this Prospectus, including, without limitation, in conjunction with the forward-looking statements included in this Prospectus and/or under "Risk Factors." The following additional factors could cause actual results to differ materially from any such results which might be projected, forecast, estimated or budgeted by the Issuers in forward-looking statements: (i) heightened competition, including specifically price competition, the entry of new competitors or the introduction of new products by new and existing competitors; (ii) adverse state and Federal legislation and regulation, including changes in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement policies; (iii) the termination of contracts with major customers or renegotiation of these contracts at less cost-effective rates or with longer payment terms; (iv) unanticipated price increases in medical equipment or other rented equipment and supplies; (v) higher service, administrative or general expenses occasioned by the need for additional advertising, marketing, administrative or management information systems expenditures; and (vi) the inability to consummate proposed and future acquisitions or to successfully integrate any consummated acquisition with existing operations. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to the Issuers or persons acting on behalf of the Issuers are expressly qualified in their entirety by the Cautionary Statements. ii SUMMARY THE FOLLOWING SUMMARY IS QUALIFIED IN ITS ENTIRETY BY, AND SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH, THE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, INCLUDING THE NOTES THERETO, APPEARING ELSEWHERE IN THIS PROSPECTUS. UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES, (I) THE TERM "HOLDINGS" REFERS TO MEDIQ INCORPORATED, (II) THE TERM "MEDIQ/PRN" REFERS TO MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC., (III) THE TERM "THE COMPANY" REFERS TO HOLDINGS AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES, INCLUDING MEDIQ/PRN, ON A COMBINED BASIS AND (IV) THE TERM "MANAGEMENT" REFERS TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM OF THE COMPANY. REFERENCES HEREIN TO "FISCAL YEARS" ARE TO THE FISCAL YEARS OF THE COMPANY, WHICH END ON SEPTEMBER 30 IN THE CALENDAR YEAR, AND REFERENCES TO THE "LTM PERIOD" ARE TO THE COMBINED PERIODS DESCRIBED IN FOOTNOTE (B) UNDER "--SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION." INFORMATION PROVIDED HEREIN ON A "PRO FORMA BASIS" FOR ANY PERIOD OR AS OF ANY DATE GIVES EFFECT TO THE SPECTRACAIR ACQUISITION, THE TRANSACTIONS AND/OR THE CHI ACQUISITION IN THE MANNER DESCRIBED UNDER "PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS." CERTAIN MARKET DATA USED IN THIS PROSPECTUS REFLECT MANAGEMENT ESTIMATES; WHILE SUCH ESTIMATES ARE BELIEVED BY THE COMPANY TO BE RELIABLE, NO ASSURANCE CAN BE GIVEN THAT SUCH DATA IS ACCURATE IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS. THE COMPANY The Company operates the largest critical care, life support and other movable medical equipment rental business in the United States. Through its national distribution network, the Company serves more than 5,000 hospitals, alternate care and home care providers, nursing homes and other health care providers nationwide. The Company rents over 650 different types of critical care, life support and other movable medical equipment ("Medical Equipment"), including adult and infant ventilators, adult, infant, neonatal and fetal monitors, infusion and suction pumps, incubators, infant warmers, pulse oximeters, sequential compression devices and oxygen concentrators. Approximately 70% of the Company's rental revenues are generated from over 70 contracts with national health care providers and group purchasing organizations, including some of the largest hospital chains in the United States. In addition, the Company rents therapeutic support surfaces, overlays and mattresses ("Support Surfaces"). On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company generated $196.6 million of revenue and $68.5 million of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined) during the LTM Period. In addition to its core rental business, the Company sells a variety of disposable products, accessories and repair parts ("Parts and Disposables") to its customers primarily for use with the types of Medical Equipment it rents. In addition, the Company provides several outsourcing services to health care providers. The Company's outsourcing services and sales of Parts and Disposables are natural complements to the Company's core rental business, as they enable the Company to generate incremental revenues within an existing customer relationship and leverage the Company's extensive distribution network and broad customer base. The Company believes that rentals of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces and outsourcing of non-core functions of hospitals and other health care providers have benefited from certain industry trends. In recent years, hospitals have faced increasing pressure to reduce operating costs and capital expenditures, while continuing to offer state-of-the-art health care. Equipment rental programs can be more cost effective for health care providers than the purchase or lease of movable medical equipment because they enable health care providers to incur the cost for equipment only when demand for such equipment exists, thus increasing the providers' equipment utilization rates and decreasing their overall cost structure. Additionally, by shifting the management of activities such as asset management and repair and maintenance to third parties, hospitals and other health care providers can reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and/or minimize technological obsolescence of equipment. In fiscal 1997, rentals of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces accounted for approximately 80% of the Company's revenues, sales of Parts and Disposables and equipment accounted for approximately 1 13% of the Company's revenues and the provision of outsourcing services and other revenues accounted for approximately 7% of the Company's revenues. RENTALS. In its rental business, the Company rents its approximately 150,000 unit Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces inventory to customers through 101 branch locations in major metropolitan areas nationwide. Such locations operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with deliveries of patient-ready equipment typically made to customers within two hours of a request. The Company's customers receive a full range of rental and related services, including equipment delivery, inspection, maintenance, repair and documentation. In September 1997, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in MEDIQ PRN/ HNE, LLC ("SpectraCair") that it did not already own (the "SpectraCair Acquisition") in order to broaden its equipment rental product lines to include rentals of Support Surfaces. In addition, the Company on May 29, 1998 purchased certain assets and rights of CH Industries, Inc. ("CHI"), certain subsidiaries of CHI and certain other parties related to the manufacture, sale and rental of specialty patient beds and Support Surfaces (the "CHI Acquisition"), which acquisition the Company anticipates will increase its Support Surface rental business. On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's rental activities generated $156.1 million or 79.4% of total revenue during the LTM Period. In addition to standard rentals, the Company has entered into several revenue-share arrangements with original equipment manufacturers ("OEMs") pursuant to which the Company rents Medical Equipment and sells disposable products produced by the OEMs to the Company's customers. Because the OEMs own the equipment, such arrangements permit the Company to generate additional revenues without any additional capital investment. In fiscal 1997, the Company began to focus its efforts on increasing revenue sharing revenues as it believes there are significant growth opportunities in this area. On a Pro Forma Basis, revenue sharing rental revenues generated $11.0 million or 7.1% of the Company's total rental revenue during the LTM Period. PARTS AND DISPOSABLES. The Company sells a variety of Parts and Disposables to its customers, primarily for use with the types of Medical Equipment it rents. The sales of such Parts and Disposables are a natural complement to the Company's Medical Equipment business. The Company distributes products to its customers in order to enable them to fill smaller turnaround needs more quickly and to smaller health care providers which do not meet the minimum order requirements of the major medical supply distributors. The Company currently supplies 4,000 disposable products, primarily through a contracted, centralized distribution center located in Salt Lake City, Utah and through a Company operated facility in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The Company also sells repair parts to its clients for the repair of their owned equipment. On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's sales of Parts and Disposables and equipment generated $30.0 million or 15.3% of total revenue during the LTM Period. OUTSOURCING. To address the needs of hospitals and other health care providers to better manage their assets and increase profits, the Company also offers its customers the following services, none of which require substantial capital investment by the Company: (i) a Comprehensive Asset Management Program ("CAMP") which analyzes the critical care equipment activity of a customer and provides a variety of logistics and outsourcing services designed to manage, track and service the customer's movable medical equipment; (ii) a biomedical repair service which provides safety inspections, preventive maintenance and repairs for most critical care equipment through a team of more than 190 experienced biomedical technicians; (iii) a logistics and distribution service to assist equipment manufacturers in reducing their transportation costs through utilization of the Company's nationwide branch office network; (iv) a medical gas supply program designed to complement the Company's respiratory equipment rentals and provide "one-stop" service to health care providers in a fragmented market; and (v) a health care consulting and management service designed to assist the Company's customers in the management of their businesses (collectively, the "Outsourcing Services"). On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's Outsourcing Services and other revenues generated $10.5 million or 5.3% of total revenue during the LTM Period. 2 COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS The Company believes that the following competitive strengths contribute to its position as a leader in renting Medical Equipment in the United States and serve as a foundation for the Company's growth strategy: - LEADING MARKET POSITION. The Company is the largest critical care, life support and other movable medical equipment rental company in the United States. The Company's Medical Equipment rental revenues during the LTM Period were approximately twice as large as those reported by its nearest rental competitor. The Company has achieved and maintained a market leadership position by making strategic acquisitions, investing in a national distribution network and providing high-quality customer service and competitive pricing. The Company believes that its leading market position provides it with significant advantages in competing with other rental companies. - LARGEST DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND BROADEST PRODUCT LINE. The Company has invested significant amounts to establish a national distribution network and the broadest product line in its industry. The Company's national distribution network has the most expansive geographic coverage in its industry with 101 office locations in 40 states and the Company's product line consists of approximately 150,000 units of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces rental inventory. Accordingly, the Company can provide Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces directly to its customers on a rapid and efficient basis, with 84% of the Company's customers located within approximately two hours of a Company office location. Moreover, because the Company has substantially completed its domestic branch network, including its gross investment in rental inventory of $246.7 million as of June 30, 1998, the Company can focus its capital expenditures on pursuing its growth strategy and purchasing Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces for which customer demand is already identified. The Company believes that it is uniquely positioned to leverage its installed base of rental equipment and distribution network to increase revenue sharing rentals, sales of Parts and Disposables and the provision of Outsourcing Services to its existing customers. - SOLID CUSTOMER BASE. During fiscal 1997, approximately 70% of the Company's Medical Equipment rental revenues were from national accounts and group purchasing organizations. Substantially all of the Company's national accounts have been doing business with the Company for several years. The Company believes that such national health care providers will increasingly require services on a national level, which the Company expects will increase its sales to national accounts and group purchasing organizations. - ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS. The Company's sophisticated information system gives it the ability to track the location of each unit of equipment, as well as the maintenance history and scheduled maintenance requirements related to such unit. Accordingly, when a customer requests a certain piece of equipment, the Company can immediately determine whether or not such equipment is available at the local office which typically services such customer. In addition, if the requested equipment is unavailable at the local office, the Company's information system automatically determines what potential substitutes are locally available as well as the approximate time of delivery for the next closest piece of requested equipment. The Company believes that its advanced information system makes it well positioned to service the needs of the increasingly larger and more complex health care providers and provides it with a competitive advantage in servicing the needs of national accounts and rapidly growing group purchasing organizations. - DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO CAPITAL SPENDING. The Company generally makes new Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces purchases only after customer demand is identified. As such, new equipment purchases generally have specifically identifiable cash flows associated with them. Prior to approving any new equipment purchase, the Company requires that the new equipment meets certain minimum financial criteria, such as return on investment, and certain operating criteria, such as expected utilization rates and maintenance costs. The Company estimates that its cost recovery 3 period for most new equipment purchases is between 12 and 18 months. Additionally, the Company's Outsourcing Services and revenue sharing businesses do not require substantial capital investment. - STABLE BASE OF CASH FLOW. The Company's rental business has historically provided it with a stable base of cash flows. Moreover, the Company believes that its core rental business does not have significant exposure to economic downturns, because cost pressures during such downturns may lead to increased rentals and fewer purchases of medical equipment by customers. - STRONG AND COMMITTED MANAGEMENT TEAM. The Company is led by a seven person senior management team with over 180 years combined experience in the health care industry. In connection with the Transactions, Management reinvested approximately $4.2 million in common and preferred equity of Holdings. GROWTH STRATEGY In order to take full advantage of its market leadership and national distribution network, the Company has introduced new services for its customers and is pursuing strategic acquisition candidates. The following are the primary elements of the Company's growth strategy: - GROW CORE RENTAL BUSINESS. The Company expects that certain regulatory and industry trends will cause an increase in overall demand for equipment rentals. The Company believes that it will be able to take advantage of these industry trends and grow its core rental revenues by (i) capitalizing on its national customer base, which the Company believes is the largest in the Medical Equipment rental industry, (ii) focusing on sub-acute and long term health care providers which are facing substantial pressure to reduce operating costs, (iii) identifying incremental rental opportunities through its CAMP programs as it increases the number of hospitals under CAMP contracts, (iv) increasing revenue sharing opportunities with rental equipment manufacturers and (v) continuing to market and grow Support Surfaces as a clinically efficient lower cost alternative to specialty beds. - LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCREASE REVENUES IN NON-CAPITAL INTENSIVE BUSINESSES. Because the Company's national distribution network has the most expansive geographic coverage and broadest product line in its industry, the Company believes that it can increase revenues in certain non-capital intensive businesses by leveraging its infrastructure. In particular, the Company expects to expand its marketing of Outsourcing Services, revenue sharing activities and sales of Parts and Disposables to its existing rental customer base. Moreover, the Company plans to utilize its established distribution channels to develop these businesses without incurring significant incremental costs. The Company believes that leveraging its infrastructure to develop these businesses will produce an increased return on assets, as these businesses require relatively low levels of capital investment. - FOCUS ON DEVELOPING ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. The Company believes that its CAMP programs will continue to grow as a result of an increase in outsourcing trends related to equipment management and equipment related services as well as an increase in competitive pressure facing health care providers. Certain health care providers that have adopted CAMP have been able to achieve cost savings through a reduction of biomedical and other hospital staff, a decrease in equipment maintenance expenses and an increase in asset utilization rates. Additionally, they have been able to increase equipment utilization and capture increased patient charges as a result of the superior information gathering capability of CAMP. Hospitals under CAMP contracts increased from three as of December 31, 1996 to 14 as of June 30, 1998. - ENTER INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. The Company has and will continue to seek new strategic partnerships to increase revenues. In biomedical repair, the Company plans to increase revenues by 4 partnering with equipment manufacturers to provide biomedical repair services for their equipment. In December 1997, the Company entered into an agreement with Siemens Medical Systems, Inc. USA ("Siemens"), a leading provider of medical equipment, to jointly provide biomedical repair services to hospitals and other health care providers. The Company believes that strategic partnerships such as the Siemens relationship will provide continued growth opportunities. In 1997, the Company entered into a contract with KCI New Technologies, Inc. ("NuTech"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinetic Concepts, Inc., to be the exclusive rental source of circulatory foot pumps manufactured by NuTech and the exclusive distributor of related disposables. The Company also entered into a contract with Siemens to be the exclusive distributor of certain Siemens accessories and parts in 1996. Principally as a result of these efforts, sales related to strategic partnerships increased in fiscal 1997 to $17.4 million from $2.6 million in fiscal 1996. - PURSUE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS. The Company has historically acquired complementary Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces rental companies and integrated them effectively into its existing operations. Upon acquiring such businesses, the Company has typically been able to realize cost savings by eliminating corporate overhead, rationalizing branch locations and reducing personnel. Since September 30, 1994, acquisitions in its core rental business coupled with internal growth have resulted in an increase in the Company's revenues from $81.5 million in fiscal 1994 to $196.6 million on a Pro Forma Basis during the LTM Period. The Company has been able to successfully complete and integrate these acquisitions by adhering to an acquisition strategy which primarily focuses on acquisitions that (i) present a relatively low level of integration risk, (ii) allow the Company to effectively leverage its national distribution network, (iii) are complementary to the Company's lines of business and (iv) have identifiable synergies. The Company intends to continue to pursue acquisitions that it believes are consistent with this acquisition strategy as well as its overall growth strategy. RECENT AND POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS In January 1995, the Company and a subsidiary of Huntleigh Technology, Inc. ("Huntleigh") entered into a 50/50 joint venture and formed SpectraCair, a provider of Support Surfaces on a rental basis to acute care, long-term care and home care providers nationwide. In January 1996, SpectraCair acquired the low air loss specialty mattress overlay business of Bio Clinic Corporation (a subsidiary of Sunrise Medical, Inc.) for $6.7 million, and, in September 1997, SpectraCair was merged with and into MEDIQ/PRN following the SpectraCair Acquisition. The SpectraCair Acquisition has created several opportunities to bolster SpectraCair's competitive presence. The Company's national agreements provide a wider group of customers with access to SpectraCair's product lines. Additionally, the enhanced operational support provided by the Company and the availability of the Company's complementary product lineup are generating synergistic opportunities for SpectraCair. The Company expects to achieve annualized cost savings of approximately $0.4 million as a result of the elimination of duplicative costs for functional areas and the reduction of certain expenses as a result of expected synergies resulting from the SpectraCair Acquisition. In addition, SpectraCair recognized a charge on its statement of operations for the eleven months ended August 31, 1997 of $0.6 million related to the revenue generated in fiscal 1996 from its acquisition of the rental assets of Bio Clinic Corporation. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus give effect to the SpectraCair Acquisition but do not reflect the elimination of the above noted items. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the expected cost savings. On May 29, 1998, MEDIQ/PRN purchased certain assets and rights of CHI, certain subsidiaries of CHI (including CH Medical, Inc.) and certain other parties ("Sellers") related to the manufacture, sale and rental of specialty patient beds and Support Surfaces (the "CH Medical Business") for a purchase price of approximately $50.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses, and the assumption of 5 certain obligations related to the CH Medical Business. Management expects the CHI Acquisition to improve the Company's competitive position in the acute health care sector. For the year ended August 31, 1997 and the six months ended February 28, 1997 and 1998, the CH Medical Business generated $26.7 million, $12.3 million and $12.9 million, respectively, of revenue. Management expects the CHI Acquisition to generate certain synergies and result in a lower cost structure for the combined entity. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus give effect to the CHI Acquisition, and annualized cost savings on a LTM basis of approximately $4.5 million related to the closing of duplicate facilities and the elimination of personnel are reflected therein. Management also anticipates additional cost savings of approximately $1.8 million per year to result from the CHI Acquisition in such areas as insurance, advertising and telephone costs, travel, meals and entertainment expenses and taxes other than income taxes, although such additional cost savings are not reflected in such unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the expected cost savings. The Company believes that consummation of the SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition will (i) generate financial leverage, (ii) strengthen the Company's market leadership position, (iii) enable existing customers to reduce their costs by consolidating vendors, (iv) enhance the quality and selection of products offered by the Company, (v) expand the presence of the Company's national accounts and (vi) enhance the operations of the Company by providing additional dedicated and experienced employees. The Company is continually reviewing other acquisition opportunities. THE TRANSACTIONS Pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 1998 (as amended as of April 27, 1998, the "Merger Agreement") between Holdings and MQ Acquisition Corporation ("MQ"), on May 29, 1998 MQ was merged with and into Holdings (the "Merger") with Holdings continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving Corporation"). MQ was a Delaware corporation organized by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. ("BRS") solely to effect the Merger. Prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger, (i) Holdings contributed certain of its assets and liabilities (including the capital stock of all the subsidiaries of Holdings other than MEDIQ/PRN) to MEDIQ/PRN (the "Reorganization"), (ii) MEDIQ/PRN entered into a new senior secured credit facility (the "New Credit Facility") providing for up to $200.0 million of Term Loans (as defined), up to $50.0 million of Revolving Loans (as defined) and up to $75.0 million of Acquisition Loans (as defined) and (iii) all indebtedness of the Company except approximately $10.1 million of Holdings' 7.5% exchangeable subordinated debentures due 2003 (the "Exchangeable Debentures") and $2.0 million of MEDIQ/PRN's capital leases was repaid (the "Refinancing"). The aggregate consideration paid in connection with the Merger (the "Merger Consideration") was approximately $390.8 million, which amount included $20.0 million of Series A 13% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation ("Series A Preferred Stock"). In addition, in connection with the Merger (i) certain controlling stockholders of Holdings (the "Rotko Entities") converted a portion of their preferred equity in Holdings into $14.5 million of common and preferred equity of the Surviving Corporation (the "Rotko Rollover"), (ii) Thomas E. Carroll, Jay M. Kaplan, certain other members of Management and certain other persons selected by Holdings and BRS (the "Management Stockholders") purchased $4.2 million of common and preferred equity of MQ (the "Management Investment" and, together with the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock as part of the Merger Consideration and the Rotko Rollover, the "Equity Rollover") and (iii) BRS, certain entities and individuals affiliated with BRS (together with BRS, the "BRS Entities") and certain funds affiliated with Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC and Galen Partners III, L.P. (the "Co-Investors") purchased $109.5 million of common and preferred equity of MQ (the "Equity Contribution"). 6 The Merger, the Reorganization, the Refinancing, the Equity Rollover and the Equity Contribution, together with the Offerings, the other financing arrangements described above, the application of the proceeds therefrom and the payment of related fees and expenses, are collectively referred to herein as the "Transactions." See "The Transactions." The authorized capital stock of the Surviving Corporation consists of (i) Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), (ii) Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) Series B 13.25% Cumulative Compounding Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Series B Preferred Stock"), and (iv) Series C 13.5% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Series C Preferred Stock"). Immediately following consummation of the Merger, the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors held approximately 77.2% of the Common Stock, 71.9% of the Series A Preferred Stock, 53.4% of the Series B Preferred Stock and 96.5% of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Management Stockholders held approximately 12.6% of the Common Stock, 2.6% of the Series A Preferred Stock, 1.9% of the Series B Preferred Stock and 3.5% of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Rotko Entities held approximately 10.2% of the Common Stock, 8.1% of the Series A Preferred Stock and 44.7% of the Series B Preferred Stock; and the stockholders of Holdings prior to the Merger (other than the Rotko Entities) held approximately 17.4% of the Series A Preferred Stock. See "Ownership of Capital Stock." 7 The following table sets forth the sources and uses of funds in connection with the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition. To reflect the issuance of Series A Preferred Stock as part of the Merger Consideration, the Rotko Rollover and the Management Investment, the following table includes the Equity Rollover as both a source and use of funds.
AMOUNT (IN SOURCES OF FUNDS: MILLIONS) ----------- Term Loans....................................................... $ 200.0 Notes............................................................ 190.0 Units............................................................ 75.0 Equity Contribution.............................................. 109.5 Equity Rollover.................................................. 38.7 Existing cash balances........................................... 4.5 ----------- Total sources................................................ $ 617.7 ----------- -----------
USES OF FUNDS: Cash portion of Merger Consideration(a).......................... $ 352.1 Equity Rollover.................................................. 38.7 Refinancing(b)................................................... 138.0 CHI Acquisition.................................................. 50.0 Fees and expenses................................................ 38.9 ----------- Total uses................................................... $ 617.7 ----------- -----------
- ------------------------ (a) Amount equals (i)(x) the cash portion of the Merger Consideration of $13.75 multiplied by (y) the number of fully diluted shares outstanding less the 1,000,000 Rolled Shares (as defined) less (ii) the sum of the Management Investment and the net proceeds received by the Company upon the exercise of all outstanding Options (as defined). (b) The outstanding indebtedness repaid pursuant to the Refinancing consisted of $21.6 million of term loans that were to mature quarterly in varying amounts through September 30, 2002, $95.4 million of term loans that were to mature quarterly in varying amounts through September 30, 2004 and $21.0 million of revolving loans that were to mature on September 30, 2002. At May 29, 1998, the weighted average interest rate with respect to all such indebtedness was approximately 8.4%. 8 THE EXCHANGE OFFERS THE NOTE EXCHANGE OFFER The Note Exchange Offer applies to up to $190.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes. The form and terms of the New Notes will be the same as the form and terms of the Old Notes except that (i) interest on the New Notes will accrue from the date of issuance of the Old Notes, and (ii) the New Notes are being registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not bear legends restricting their transfer. The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes and will be entitled to the benefits of the Note Indenture (as defined) pursuant to which the Old Notes were issued. The Old and the New Notes are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the "Notes." See "Description of the Notes." The Note Exchange Offer............. $1,000 principal amount of New Notes in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of Old Notes. As of the date hereof, Old Notes representing $190.0 million aggregate principal amount are outstanding. The terms of the New Notes and the Old Notes are substantially identical. Based on an interpretation by the Commission's staff set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors, MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors believe that New Notes issued pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Notes may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any person receiving the New Notes, whether or not that person is the holder (other than any such holder or such other person that is an "affiliate" of MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that (i) the New Notes are acquired in the ordinary course of business of that holder or such other person, (ii) neither the holder nor such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Notes, and (iii) neither the holder nor such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Notes. See "The Exchange Offers -- Purpose and Effect." Each broker-dealer that receives New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes, where those Old Notes were acquired by the broker-dealer as a result of its market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. See "Plan of Distribution." Registration Rights Agreement....... The Old Notes were sold by MEDIQ/PRN on May 29, 1998 in a private placement. In connection with the sale, MEDIQ/ PRN and Holdings entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the initial purchasers (the "Initial Purchasers") of the Old Notes (the "Registration Rights Agreement") providing for, among other things, the Note
9 Exchange Offer. See "The Exchange Offers--Purpose and Effect." Expiration Date..................... The Note Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 1998, or such later date and time to which it is extended. Withdrawal.......................... The tender of Old Notes pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Any Old Notes not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Note Exchange Offer. Interest on the New Notes........... Interest on each New Note will accrue from the date of issuance of the Old Note for which such New Note is exchanged. Conditions to the Note Exchange The Note Exchange Offer is subject to certain Offer............................. customary conditions, certain of which may be waived by MEDIQ/PRN. See "The Exchange Offers -- Conditions to the Exchange Offers." Procedures for Tendering Old Each holder of Old Notes wishing to accept the Note Notes............................. Exchange Offer must complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal relating to the Note Exchange Offer (the "Notes Letter of Transmittal"), or a copy thereof, in accordance with the instructions contained herein and therein, and mail or otherwise deliver the Notes Letter of Transmittal, or the copy, together with the Old Notes and any other required documentation, to the Exchange Agent (as defined) at the address set forth in the Notes Letter of Transmittal. Persons holding Old Notes through the Depository Trust Company ("DTC" or the "Depositary") and wishing to accept the Note Exchange Offer must do so pursuant to the DTC's Automated Tender Offer Program, by which each tendering Participant will agree to be bound by the Notes Letter of Transmittal. By executing or agreeing to be bound by the Note Letter of Transmittal, each holder will represent to MEDIQ/PRN that, among other things, (i) the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Notes, whether or not such person is the holder of the Old Notes, (ii) neither the holder nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Notes or Old Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) neither the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate," as defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or if it is an affiliate, such holder or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the
10 extent applicable, (iv) if such holder or other person is not a broker-dealer, neither the holder nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in the distribution of such New Notes, and (v) if such holder or other person is a broker-dealer, that it will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it acknowledges that it will be required to deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes. See "The Exchange Offers -- Procedures for Tendering." Shelf Registration Requirement...... Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, MEDIQ/ PRN is required to file a "shelf" registration statement for a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in respect of the Old Notes (and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission and keep it continuously effective, supplemented and amended for prescribed periods) if (i) MEDIQ/PRN is not permitted to effect the Note Exchange Offer because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, (ii) the Note Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180 days of the date of issuance of the Old Notes, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Old Notes not eligible to be exchanged for New Notes in the Note Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Note Exchange Offer, or (iv) any holder of Old Notes (other than a broker-dealer electing to exchange Old Notes, acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, for New Notes (an "Exchanging Dealer")) is not eligible to participate in the Note Exchange Offer or, in the case of any holder of Old Notes (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Note Exchange Offer, such holder does not receive freely tradable New Notes upon consummation of the Note Exchange Offer. Acceptance of Old Notes and Delivery of New Notes...................... MEDIQ/PRN will accept for exchange any and all Old Notes which are properly tendered in the Note Exchange Offer prior to the Expiration Date. The New Notes issued pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer will be delivered promptly following the Expiration Date. See "The Exchange Offers -- Terms of the Note Exchange Offer." Exchange Agent...................... United States Trust Company of New York is serving as Exchange Agent (the "Exchange Agent"). Federal Income Tax Considerations... The exchange pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer should not be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations Relating to the Exchange Offers."
11 Effect of Not Tendering............. Following the completion of the Note Exchange Offer, Notes that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted will not have any further registration rights (except in certain circumstances with respect to shelf registration as noted above) and will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon transfer thereof. See "The Exchange Offers--Consequences of Failure to Exchange."
THE DEBENTURE EXCHANGE OFFER The Debenture Exchange Offer applies to $140,885,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Old Debentures, which were issued by Holdings in connection with the sale of 140,885 Units (the "Units"), each Unit consisting of one Debenture with a principal amount at maturity of $1,000 and one Warrant (a "Warrant") to purchase .6474 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price of $.01 per share. The form and terms of the New Debentures will be the same as the form and terms of the Old Debentures except that (i) the Accreted Value (as defined) of the New Debentures will be calculated from the date of issuance of the Old Debentures, and (ii) the New Debentures are being registered under the Securities Act and, therefore, will not bear legends restricting their transfer. The New Debentures will evidence the same debt as the Old Debentures and will be entitled to the benefits of the Debenture Indenture (as defined) pursuant to which the Old Debentures were issued. The Old Debentures and the New Debentures are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the "Debentures." See "Description of the Debentures." The Debenture Exchange Offer........ $1,000 principal amount at maturity of New Debentures in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of Old Debentures. As of the date hereof, Old Debentures representing $140,885,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity are outstanding. The terms of the New Debentures and the Old Debentures are substantially identical. Based on an interpretation by the Commission's staff set forth in no-action letters issued to third parties unrelated to Holdings, Holdings believes that New Debentures issued pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer in exchange for Old Debentures may be offered for resale, resold and otherwise transferred by any person receiving the New Debentures, whether or not that person is the holder (other than any such holder or such other person that is an "affiliate" of Holdings within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act), without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that (i) the New Debentures are acquired in the ordinary course of business of that holder or such other person, (ii) neither the holder nor such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Debentures, and (iii) neither the holder nor such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Debentures. See "The Exchange Offers -- Purpose and Effect." Each broker-dealer that receives New Debentures for its own account in exchange for Old Debentures, where those Old Debentures
12 were acquired by the broker-dealer as a result of its market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Debentures. See "Plan of Distribution." Registration Rights Agreement....... The Old Debentures were sold by Holdings on May 29, 1998 in a private placement. In connection with the sale, MEDIQ/ PRN and Holdings entered into the Registration Rights Agreement providing for, among other things, the Debenture Exchange Offer. See "The Exchange Offers -- Purpose and Effect." Expiration Date..................... The Debenture Exchange Offer will expire at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 1998, or such later date and time to which it is extended. Withdrawal.......................... The tender of Old Debentures pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Date. Any Old Debentures not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Debenture Exchange Offer. Accreted Value of the New Debentures........................ The Accreted Value of each New Debenture will be calculated from the date of issuance of the Old Debenture for which such New Debenture is exchanged. Conditions to the Debenture Exchange Offer............................. The Debenture Exchange Offer is subject to certain customary conditions, certain of which may be waived by Holdings. See "The Exchange Offers -- Conditions to the Exchange Offers." Procedures for Tendering Old Debentures........................ Each holder of Old Debentures wishing to accept the Debenture Exchange Offer must complete, sign and date the accompanying letter of transmittal relating to the Debenture Exchange Offer (the "Debentures Letter of Transmittal"; the Debentures Letter of Transmittal and the Notes Letter of Transmittal are sometimes referred to herein individually as a "Letter of Transmittal" and collectively as the "Letters of Transmittal"), or a copy thereof, in accordance with the instructions contained herein and therein, and mail or otherwise deliver the Debentures Letter of Transmittal, or the copy, together with the Old Debentures and any other required documentation, to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth in the Debentures Letter of Transmittal. Persons holding Old Debentures through DTC and wishing to accept the Debenture Exchange Offer must do so pursuant to DTC's Automated Tender Offer Program, by which each tendering Participant will agree to be bound by the Debentures Letter of Transmittal. By executing or agreeing to
13 be bound by the Debentures Letter of Transmittal, each holder will represent to Holdings that, among other things, (i) the New Debentures acquired pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Debentures, whether or not such person is the holder of the Old Debentures, (ii) neither the holder nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Debentures or Old Debentures within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) neither the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate," as defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of Holdings, or if it is an affiliate, such holder or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such holder or other person is not a broker-dealer, neither the holder nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in the distribution of such New Debentures, and (v) if such holder or other person is a broker-dealer, that it will receive New Debentures for its own account in exchange for Old Debentures that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it acknowledges that it will be required to deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Debentures. See "The Exchange Offers--Procedures for Tendering." Shelf Registration Requirement...... Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, Holdings is required to file a "shelf" registration statement for a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in respect of the Old Debentures (and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission and keep it continuously effective, supplemented and amended for prescribed periods) if (i) Holdings is not permitted to effect the Debenture Exchange Offer because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, (ii) the Debenture Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180 days of the date of issuance of the Old Debentures, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Old Debentures not eligible to be exchanged for New Debentures in the Debenture Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of the Debenture Exchange Offer, or (iv) any holder of Old Debentures (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in the Debenture Exchange Offer or, in the case of any holder of Old Debentures (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in the Debenture Exchange Offer, such holder does not receive freely tradeable New Debentures upon consummation of the Debenture Exchange Offer.
14 Acceptance of Old Debentures and Delivery of New Debentures........ Holdings will accept for exchange any and all Old Debentures which are properly tendered in the Debenture Exchange Offer prior to the Expiration Date. The New Debentures issued pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer will be delivered promptly following the Expiration Date. See "The Exchange Offers -- Terms of the Debenture Exchange Offer." Exchange Agent...................... United States Trust Company of New York is serving as Exchange Agent. Federal Income Tax Considerations... The exchange pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer should not be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes. See "Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations Relating to the Exchange Offers." Effect of Not Tendering............. Following the completion of the Debenture Exchange Offer, Old Debentures that are not tendered or that are tendered but not accepted will not have any further registration rights (except in certain circumstances with respect to shelf registration as noted above) and will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions upon transfer thereof. See "The Exchange Offers--Consequences of Failure to Exchange."
TERMS OF THE NEW SECURITIES NEW NOTES Issuer.............................. MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. Notes Offered....................... $190,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008. Maturity Date....................... June 1, 2008. Interest Payment Dates.............. June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1998. Optional Redemption................. The New Notes will not be redeemable at the option of MEDIQ/PRN prior to June 1, 2003, except that until June 1, 2001, MEDIQ/PRN may redeem, at its option, up to 25% of the original principal amount of the New Notes at the redemption price set forth herein plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption with the net proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings following which there is a Public Market if at least $142.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding after any such redemption. On or after June 1, 2003, the New Notes may be redeemed at the option of MEDIQ/PRN, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth herein plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. See "Description of the Notes--Optional Redemption." Change of Control................... Upon a Change of Control, each holder of New Notes may require MEDIQ/PRN to repurchase all or any portion of
15 such holder's New Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. See "Description of the Notes--Change of Control." Ranking............................. The New Notes will be unsecured senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN. The New Notes will be subordinated in right of payment to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN, including MEDIQ/ PRN's obligations under the New Credit Facility, and will rank PARI PASSU to all future senior subordinated indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN. As of June 30, 1998, the amount of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN was approximately $201.9 million and, subject to certain conditions, MEDIQ/PRN had the ability to borrow up to an additional $125.0 million under the New Credit Facility. Subsidiary Guaranties............... The New Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on a senior subordinated basis by the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Subsidiary Guaranty (as defined) will be subordinated to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of the respective Subsidiary Guarantor, including the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of MEDIQ/PRN's obligations under the New Credit Facility. See "Description of the Notes--Subsidiary Guaranties." Restrictive Covenants............... The Note Indenture contains certain covenants that, among other things, limit (i) the incurrence of additional debt by MEDIQ/PRN and certain of its subsidiaries, (ii) the payment of dividends on capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN and the purchase, redemption or retirement of capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (iii) investments, (iv) certain transactions with affiliates, (v) sales of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries, and (vi) certain consolidations, mergers and transfers of assets. The Note Indenture also prohibits certain restrictions on distributions from certain subsidiaries. All of these limitations and prohibitions, however, are subject to a number of important qualifications. See "Description of the Notes--Certain Covenants." Use of Proceeds..................... MEDIQ/PRN will not receive any proceeds from the Note Exchange Offer. NEW DEBENTURES Debentures Offered.................. $140,885,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity of 13% Senior Discount Debentures Due 2009 ($75.0 million aggregate initial Accreted Value). Maturity Date....................... June 1, 2009. Yield and Interest.................. 13% per annum (computed on a semi-annual bond equivalent basis). Except as described herein, no cash interest will accrue on the New Debentures prior to June 1, 2003. Thereafter, the New Debentures will accrue cash
16 interest, and cash interest will be payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2003. Original Issue Discount............. The New Debentures will bear OID, and the holders of the New Debentures will be required to include such OID in gross income for U.S. Federal income tax purposes on a constant yield to maturity basis, in advance of the receipt of the cash payments to which such income is attributable. See "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations." Optional Redemption................. The New Debentures will not be redeemable at the option of Holdings prior to June 1, 2003, except that until June 1, 2001, Holdings may redeem, at its option, up to 25% of the Accreted Value of the New Debentures at the redemption price set forth herein with the net proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings following which there is a Public Market if at least $105.6 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Debentures remains outstanding after any such redemption. On or after June 1, 2003, the New Debentures may be redeemed at the option of Holdings, in whole or in part, at the redemption prices set forth herein plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. See "Description of the Debentures--Optional Redemption." Change of Control................... Upon a Change of Control, each holder of New Debentures may require Holdings to repurchase all or any portion of such holder's New Debentures at a purchase price equal to 101% of the Accreted Value thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase. See "Description of the Debentures--Change of Control." Ranking............................. The New Debentures will be unsecured senior obligations of Holdings. The New Debentures will rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of Holdings and will be senior in right of payment to all future subordinated indebtedness of Holdings. The New Debentures will be effectively subordinated to all indebtedness and obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries (including the Notes, obligations under the New Credit Facility, trade payables and other accrued liabilities). As of June 30, 1998, the amount of Senior Indebtedness of Holdings and the amount of indebtedness and obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries were approximately $75.1 million and $441.0 million, respectively. Restrictive Covenants............... The Debenture Indenture (together with the Note Indenture, the "Indentures") will limit (i) the incurrence of additional debt by Holdings and certain of its subsidiaries, (ii) the payment of dividends on capital stock of Holdings and the purchase, redemption or retirement of capital stock or subordinated indebtedness, (iii) investments, (iv) certain transactions with affiliates, (v) sales of assets, including capital stock of subsidiaries, and (vi) certain consolidations,
17 mergers and transfers of assets. The Debenture Indenture will also prohibit certain restrictions on distributions from certain subsidiaries, including MEDIQ/PRN. All of these limitations and prohibitions, however, are subject to a number of important qualifications. See "Description of the Debentures--Certain Covenants."
RISK FACTORS Prospective investors in the Securities should carefully consider the matters set forth herein under "Risk Factors." 18 SUMMARY CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL AND PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION The following table sets forth (i) summary consolidated historical financial information of the Company for the three fiscal years ended September 30, 1997 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 and (ii) summary pro forma consolidated financial information of the Company for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997 and for the LTM Period. The historical statement of operations data for the three years ended September 30, 1997 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The historical statement of operations data for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 was derived from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company included elsewhere in this Prospectus which, in the opinion of Management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for such periods. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of a full year's operations. The other historical data for the three years ended September 30, 1997 and the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 was derived from Company prepared schedules. The balance sheet data as of June 30, 1998 and the net debt included within the supplemental pro forma data for the LTM Period reflects the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition. The pro forma statement of operations data, other pro forma data and supplemental pro forma data (other than net debt) for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997 and for the LTM Period gives effect to the Transactions, the SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition as if they were consummated on October 1, 1996. The pro forma financial information is presented for informational purposes only and does not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved had the Transactions, the SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition been consummated on the date or for the periods indicated and do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations for any future period. This table should be read in conjunction with "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements," "Selected Consolidated Historical Financial Information," "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus. 19
PRO FORMA NINE MONTHS YEAR ENDED ENDED YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, PRO FORMA ------------------------------- --------------- -------------------- LTM 1995 1996 1997(A) 1997 1997 1998 PERIOD(B) --------- --------- --------- --------------- --------- --------- ----------- (IN THOUSANDS) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA: Revenues.................................. $ 132,241 $ 136,066 $ 155,960 $ 190,984 $ 117,674 $ 131,920 $ 196,593 Non-recurring items(c).................... -- (2,200) -- -- -- (34,567) (34,567) Operating income (loss)................... 24,202 25,446 29,504 31,825 24,508 (19,889) (12,232) Interest expense.......................... (29,241) (27,307) (19,107) (52,334) (15,205) (14,333) (52,879) Other (charges) and credits(d)............ 1,381 (4,695) (7,504) (7,250) 768 714 (7,513) Income (Loss) from continuing operations before income taxes..................... (3,658) (6,556) 2,893 (27,759) 10,071 (33,508) (72,624) Income (Loss) from continuing operations.............................. (3,346) (6,178) (2,241) (20,646) 1,427 (21,764) (44,608) OTHER DATA: Rental revenues........................... $ 117,043 $ 114,275 $ 124,316 $ 156,117 $ 94,341 $ 103,700 $ 156,056 Sales revenues............................ 7,036 11,696 19,922 24,620 14,785 20,671 30,032 Other revenues............................ 8,162 10,095 11,722 10,247 8,548 7,549 10,505 EBITDA(e)................................. 54,363 55,603 59,863 69,199 46,604 46,328 66,217 Adjusted EBITDA(f)........................ 54,363 55,603 59,863 72,017 46,604 46,328 68,543 Depreciation and amortization............. 30,161 30,157 30,359 37,374 22,096 31,650 43,882 Capital expenditures(g)................... 13,356 18,913 15,458 17,717 11,589 17,909 22,246 Branches and distributors (at end of period)................................. 84 84 84 92 84 101 101 Equipment units (at end of period)........ 123,309 120,388 131,897 143,035 129,516 150,050 150,050
AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 ----------------------- MEDIQ/PRN HOLDINGS ------------ --------- (IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE SHEET DATA: Working capital.......................................................................... $ 48,486 $ 46,847 Property, plant and equipment, net....................................................... 112,706 112,706 Total assets............................................................................. 313,925 318,734 Total debt (including current portion of long-term debt)................................. 391,907 477,085 Net debt(g).............................................................................. 382,839 461,967 Stockholders' deficit.................................................................... (127,030) (315,401)
PRO FORMA LTM PERIOD(B) -------------------------------- MEDIQ/PRN HOLDINGS ----------------- ------------- SUPPLEMENTAL PRO FORMA DATA: Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to interest expense (excluding deferred financing fees)......... 1.77x 1.35x Ratio of net debt to Adjusted EBITDA..................................................... 5.59 6.74
- ------------------------------ (a) On September 1, 1997, the Company consummated the SpectraCair Acquisition for $1.9 million and the assumption of its former joint venture partner's portion of SpectraCair's outstanding debt of $4.4 million. Accordingly, the results of operations of SpectraCair for the one month ended September 30, 1997 are included in the Company's operating results. (b) The Pro Forma LTM data was derived from the Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included elsewhere herein and represent the pro forma results of operations from July 1, 1997 to June 30, 1998 (the "LTM Period"). Data for the LTM Period was derived by subtracting the pro forma results of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 from the pro forma results of operations for the year ended September 30, 1997 and then adding the pro forma results of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 to such pro forma September 30, 1997 results of operations. 20 (c) Fiscal 1996 includes restructuring charges of $2.2 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1998 and the Pro Forma LTM Period includes non-recurring merger costs aggregating $34.6 million, including compensation expense of $19.0 million recorded upon the exercise of options by employees, payment of special transaction bonuses to certain current and former members of management of approximately $6.0 million and the payment of a transaction fee of $6.0 million to BRS and the Co-Investers. (d) Fiscal 1995 includes $1.5 million of interest income partially offset by a $0.4 million net loss on the sale of assets. Fiscal 1996 includes a $6.0 million reserve on the note receivable from MHM Services, Inc. ("MHM"), interest income of $1.5 million and a net gain on the sale of assets of $0.6 million. Fiscal 1997 includes an equity participation charge related to the repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants of $11.0 million, a gain on the sale of stock of $9.2 million, a reserve on amounts due from MHM of $5.5 million, the write-off of deferred acquisition costs of $4.0 million, a gain on a note receivable of $1.8 million and interest income of $2.1 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1997 include an equity participation charge related to the repurchase of a MEDIQ/PRN warrant of $11.0 million, a gain on the sale of stock of $9.2 million, a gain on a note receivable of $1.8 million and interest income of $1.6 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1998 include approximately $0.7 million of interest income. (e) EBITDA is defined as income from continuing operations before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-recurring merger costs. EBITDA is presented because it is a widely accepted financial indicator of a company's ability to service indebtedness. However, EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to income from operations or to cash flows from operating activities (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) and should not be construed as an indication of a company's operating performance or as a measure of liquidity. (f) Adjusted EBITDA is defined (i) for historical periods, as EBITDA, (ii) for the pro forma year ended September 30, 1997, as EBITDA plus (A) annualized cost savings of approximately $0.4 million relating to the elimination of duplicative costs for functional areas and the reduction of certain costs which the Company expects to realize in connection with the SpectraCair Acquisition, (B) SpectraCair's non-cash charge of $0.6 million related to revenue generated in fiscal 1996 from an acquisition of rental assets which SpectraCair recognized in its statement of operations for the eleven months ended August 31, 1997 and (C) annualized cost savings relating to the CHI Acquisition of approximately $1.8 million in such areas as insurance, advertising and telephone costs, travel, meals and entertainment expenses and taxes other than income taxes and (iii) for the pro forma LTM Period, as EBITDA for the Company plus (A) cost savings of approximately $0.1 million related to the elimination of duplicative costs for functional areas and the reduction of certain costs which the Company expects to realize in connection with the SpectraCair Acquisition, (B) SpectraCair's non-cash charge of $0.6 million related to revenue generated in fiscal 1996 from an acquisition of rental assets which SpectraCair recognized in its statement of operations for the eleven months ended August 31, 1997 and (C) annualized cost savings relating to the CHI Acquisition of approximately $1.7 million in such areas as insurance, advertising and telephone costs, travel, meals and entertainment expenses and taxes other than income taxes. (g) During the first nine months of fiscal 1998, the Company spent approximately $3.1 million to exercise end of term buyout options under two capital lease obligations, repair and refurbish a portion of the Company's corporate headquarters, purchase Medical Equipment and the related revenue stream from a vendor and enter into purchase/rent-back transactions. Excluding the items noted above, the Company expects to spend approximately $18.9 million on capital expenditures in fiscal 1998. (h) Net debt is total debt (including current portion of long-term debt) net of, (i) with respect to MEDIQ/PRN, $9.1 million of cash as of June 30, 1998, and (ii) with respect to consolidated Holdings, (A) $9.2 million of cash as of June 30, 1998, and (B) a $5.9 million note payable by NutraMax Products, Inc. ("NutraMax") which is secured by a letter of credit. Such note was issued to Holdings in connection with the sale to NutraMax of all the shares of NutraMax common stock owned by the Company. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness--Exchangeable Debentures." 21 RISK FACTORS HOLDERS OF THE OLD SECURITIES SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RISK FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW, AS WELL AS THE OTHER INFORMATION APPEARING IN THIS PROSPECTUS, IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OFFERS. THE RISK FACTORS SET FORTH BELOW ARE GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO THE OLD SECURITIES AS WELL AS THE NEW SECURITIES. SUBSTANTIAL LEVERAGE; ABILITY TO SERVICE DEBT Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN have incurred substantial indebtedness in connection with the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition. At June 30, 1998, Holdings had $477.1 million of consolidated indebtedness and a shareholders' deficit of $315.4 million, and MEDIQ/PRN had $391.9 million of consolidated indebtedness and a shareholders' deficit of $127.0 million. See "MEDIQ/PRN Capitalization," "Holdings Capitalization" and "Selected Consolidated Historical Financial Information." Accordingly, Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN have significant debt service obligations. On a Pro Forma Basis, the ratio of earnings to fixed charges of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN would have been (.32) to 1 and (.37) to 1, respectively, for the LTM Period. In addition, Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN are likely to incur additional indebtedness in the future, subject to certain limitations contained in the instruments and documents governing their respective indebtedness. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness--New Credit Facility," "Description of the Notes" and "Description of the Debentures." The degree to which the Company is leveraged has important consequences for the Company, including the following: (i) the Company's ability to obtain additional financing for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, debt service requirements or other purposes may be impaired; (ii) a substantial portion of MEDIQ/PRN's cash flow from operations will be required to pay its interest expense and principal repayment obligations and will not be available for its general corporate needs (including distributions to Holdings for payments with respect to the Debentures); (iii) the Company's flexibility to adjust to changing market conditions may be limited, and its ability to compete against its less highly leveraged competitors may be reduced; (iv) the Company may be more vulnerable in the event of a downturn in its business or in the economy generally; and (v) to the extent that MEDIQ/PRN incurs borrowings under the New Credit Facility, which borrowings will be at variable rates, it will be vulnerable to increases in interest rates. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations." The successful implementation of the Company's business strategy is necessary for the Company to be able to meet its anticipated debt service requirements. In addition, the Company's ability to meet its debt service requirements (including its obligations with respect to the Securities and the New Credit Facility) will depend on the Company's future performance, which is subject to a number of factors, most of which are outside the Company's control. There can be no assurance that the Company will generate sufficient cash flow from operating activities to meet its debt service and working capital requirements. Although the Debentures do not require cash interest payments until 2003, at such time the Debentures will have accreted to $140.9 million and will require annual cash interest payments thereafter of $18.3 million. Moreover, the New Credit Facility currently requires cash interest payments, and the Notes will require cash interest payments beginning December 1, 1998. In addition, principal on Term Loans made pursuant to the New Credit Facility will require quarterly amortization payments beginning September 1999, and will begin to mature by the end of the sixth calendar year following the making of such loans. Accordingly, the entire principal amount of such loans must be repaid prior to the maturity of the Securities. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness--New Credit Facility." All or a portion of such indebtedness may need to be refinanced at or prior to maturity. There can be no assurance that any refinancing will be possible at that time or that any possible refinancing will be on terms that are acceptable to the Company. In the absence of such refinancing, the Company could be forced to dispose of assets in order to make up for any shortfall in the payments due on its indebtedness under circumstances that might not be favorable to realizing the highest price for such assets, and there can be no assurance that the Company's assets could be sold quickly enough, or for sufficient amounts, to enable the Company to meet its obligations, including its obligations with respect to the Securities. 22 RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS The Indentures and the New Credit Facility contain, and any additional financing agreements are likely to contain, certain restrictive covenants. The restrictions contained in the Indentures and the New Credit Facility affect, and in some cases will significantly limit or prohibit, among other things, the ability of the Company to incur indebtedness, make prepayments of certain indebtedness, pay dividends, make acquisitions and other investments, engage in transactions with stockholders and affiliates, issue capital stock, create liens, sell assets and engage in mergers and consolidations. In addition to the restrictive covenants described above, the New Credit Facility requires MEDIQ/PRN to maintain a number of financial ratios. The failure of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries to maintain such ratios would constitute events of default under the New Credit Facility, notwithstanding the ability of the Company to meet its debt service obligations (including its obligations with respect to the Securities). In the event Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN fails to comply with the various covenants contained in the New Credit Facility or the Indentures, as applicable, it would be in default thereunder, and in any such case, the maturity of substantially all of its long-term indebtedness could be accelerated. A default under either of the Indentures would also constitute an event of default under the New Credit Facility. The New Credit Facility prohibits the repayment, purchase, redemption, defeasance or other payment of any of the principal of the Securities at any time prior to their stated maturity. See "Description of the Notes," "Description of the Debentures" and "Description of Certain Indebtedness--New Credit Facility." SUBORDINATION AND RANKING OF THE SECURITIES The indebtedness evidenced by the New Notes, like the Old Notes, and the Subsidiary Guaranties will be senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors, respectively. The payment of the principal of, premium (if any), and interest on the New Notes and the payment of the Subsidiary Guaranties are each subordinate in right of payment, as set forth in the Note Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be, including the obligations of MEDIQ/PRN under, and the Subsidiary Guarantors' guarantees of MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to, the New Credit Facility. As of June 30, 1998, (i) the Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN was approximately $201.9 million, all of which was secured and (ii) the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors was approximately $200.0 million, all of which represented guarantees of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN under the New Credit Facility. Although the Note Indenture contains limitations on the amount of additional indebtedness that MEDIQ/PRN may incur, under certain circumstances the amount of such indebtedness could be substantial and, in any case, such indebtedness may be Senior Indebtedness. See "Description of the Notes--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness." At June 30, 1998, subject to certain conditions, approximately $125.0 million of additional borrowings was available to MEDIQ/PRN under the New Credit Facility, which amounts will constitute Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors if and when incurred. In the event of the bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor, the assets of MEDIQ/PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, will be available to pay the Notes or such Subsidiary Guaranty only after all Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, has been paid in full. Sufficient funds may not exist to pay amounts due on the Notes in such event. In addition, the subordination provisions of the Note Indenture provide that no payment (other than certain non-cash payments) may be made with respect to the Notes during the continuance of a payment default under certain Senior Indebtedness. Furthermore, if certain non-payment defaults exist with respect to certain Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN, the holders of such Senior Indebtedness will be able to prevent payments on the Notes for certain periods of time. See "Description of the Notes--Ranking." The New Debentures, like the Old Debentures, will be senior obligations of Holdings and will rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with all Senior Indebtedness of Holdings. Holdings presently has no Senior 23 Indebtedness outstanding. As a result of the holding company structure, however, the holders of the New Debentures will effectively rank junior in right of payment to all creditors of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the holders of the Notes, lenders under the New Credit Facility (the "Senior Lenders") and trade creditors. See "--Structural Subordination of Debentures." Accordingly, in the event of the dissolution or reorganization of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN, the holders of the Debentures may not receive any amounts in respect of the Debentures until after the payment in full of all claims of the creditors of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries. At June 30, 1998, the Debentures were effectively subordinated to approximately $441.0 million of aggregate liabilities and obligations (consisting primarily of indebtedness, trade payables and other accrued liabilities) of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries. See "MEDIQ/PRN Capitalization," "Holdings Capitalization" and "Description of the Debentures-- Ranking." STRUCTURAL SUBORDINATION OF DEBENTURES Holdings is a holding company whose only material asset is the capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN. The Debentures will be an obligation of Holdings, and the holders of the Debentures will have no direct recourse to MEDIQ/PRN or its assets. Holdings conducts no business (other than in connection with its ownership of the capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN and the performance of its obligations with respect to the Debentures, the Exchangeable Debentures and certain other administrative obligations), and depends on distributions from MEDIQ/PRN to meet its obligations, including, without limitation, any obligations with respect to the New Debentures. Because of the substantial leverage of both Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN and the dependence of Holdings upon the operating performance of MEDIQ/PRN to generate distributions to Holdings, there can be no assurance that any such distributions will be adequate to fund Holdings' obligations when due. In addition, the New Credit Facility, the Note Indenture and applicable Federal and state law impose restrictions on the payment of dividends and the making of loans by MEDIQ/PRN to Holdings. As a result of the foregoing restrictions, Holdings may be unable to gain access to the cash flow or assets of MEDIQ/PRN in amounts sufficient to pay cash interest on the Debentures on and after December 1, 2003, the date on which cash interest thereon first becomes payable, and principal of the Debentures when due or upon a change of control or the occurrence of any other event requiring the repayment of principal. In such event, Holdings may be required to (i) refinance the Debentures, (ii) seek additional debt or equity financing, (iii) cause MEDIQ/PRN to refinance all or a portion of MEDIQ/ PRN's indebtedness with indebtedness containing covenants allowing Holdings to gain access to MEDIQ/ PRN's cash flow or assets, (iv) cause MEDIQ/PRN to obtain modifications of the covenants restricting Holdings' access to cash flow or assets of MEDIQ/PRN contained in MEDIQ/PRN's financing documents (including, without limitation, the New Credit Facility and the Note Indenture), (v) merge MEDIQ/PRN with Holdings, which merger would be subject to compliance with applicable debt covenants and the consents of certain lenders or (vi) pursue a combination of the foregoing actions. The measures Holdings may undertake to gain access to sufficient cash flow to meet its future debt service requirements in respect of the Debentures will depend on general economic and financial market conditions, as well as the financial condition of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN and other relevant factors existing at the time. No assurance can be given that any of the foregoing measures can be accomplished. ENCUMBRANCES ON ASSETS SECURING NEW CREDIT FACILITY MEDIQ/PRN's obligations under the New Credit Facility are secured by a first priority pledge of, or a first priority security interest in, as the case may be, substantially all the assets of MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors, and by 100% of the common stock of each Subsidiary Guarantor. The Old Notes are not, and the New Notes will not be, secured by the assets of MEDIQ/PRN or the Subsidiary Guarantors. If MEDIQ/PRN becomes insolvent or is liquidated, or if payment under the New Credit Facility or in respect of any other secured Senior Indebtedness is accelerated, the Senior Lenders or holders of such other secured Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to exercise the remedies available to a secured lender under applicable law (in addition to any remedies that may be available under documents pertaining to the New Credit Facility or such other Senior Indebtedness). Accordingly, holders of such 24 secured Senior Indebtedness will have a prior claim with respect to the assets securing such indebtedness. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness--New Credit Facility," "Description of the Notes" and "Description of the Debentures." OBLIGATIONS IN THE EVENT OF A CHANGE OF CONTROL OFFER Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Issuer will be required to make an offer to repurchase all of such Issuer's outstanding Securities at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of (i) in the case of the Notes, the principal amount thereof, and (ii) in the case of the Debentures, the Accreted Value thereof, plus in each case accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase. See "Description of the Notes--Change of Control" and "Description of the Debentures--Change of Control." There can be no assurance that Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN, as the case may be, will have the funds necessary to effect such a repurchase if such an event were to occur. In addition, the New Credit Facility prohibits MEDIQ/PRN from repurchasing any Securities and also provides that certain changes of control of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN will constitute a default thereunder. Any future credit agreements or other agreements relating to Senior Indebtedness to which Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN become a party may contain similar restrictions and provisions. In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN are prohibited from repurchasing Securities, Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN could seek the consent of their respective lenders to repurchase the Securities or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN do not obtain such a consent or repay such borrowings, they will remain prohibited from repurchasing Securities. In such case, the failure of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN to repurchase tendered Securities would constitute an event of default under the Indentures, which would cause a default under the New Credit Facility. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Notes would likely restrict payments to the holders of the Notes. See "Description of the Notes." ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT; APPLICABLE HIGH YIELD DISCOUNT OBLIGATIONS The Old Debentures were, and the New Debentures will be, issued at a substantial discount from their stated principal amount at maturity. Consequently, although cash interest on the Debentures generally will not accrue or be payable prior to June 1, 2003, OID will be includable in the gross income of a holder of the Debentures for U.S. Federal income tax purposes in advance of the receipt of such cash payments on the New Debentures. See "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" for a more detailed discussion of the U.S. Federal income tax consequences of the purchase, ownership and disposition of the Debentures. Moreover, the Debentures constitute "applicable high yield discount obligations" ("AHYDOs") because the yield to maturity of the Debentures exceeds the relevant applicable Federal rate (the "AFR") at the time of issue by five or more percentage points. Since the Debentures constitute AHYDOs, Holdings will not be entitled to deduct OID accruing with respect thereto until such amounts are actually paid. In the event that the yield to maturity equals or exceeds such AFR by six or more percentage points, then a portion of such OID will not be deductible at all by Holdings. See "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" for a more detailed discussion of the Federal income tax consequences to holders of the New Debentures. If a bankruptcy case is commenced by or against Holdings under the Federal bankruptcy law after the issuance of the Debentures, the claim of a holder of Debentures with respect to the principal amount thereof may be limited to an amount equal to the sum of (i) the initial offering price and (ii) that portion of the OID that is not deemed to constitute "unmatured interest" for purposes of the Federal bankruptcy law. Any OID that was not accrued as of any such bankruptcy filing would constitute "unmatured interest." HISTORICAL OPERATING LOSSES The Company experienced losses from continuing operations of approximately $3.3 million, $6.2 million and $2.2 million for the fiscal years ended September 30, 1995, 1996 and 1997, respectively. On a Pro 25 Forma Basis, the Company's loss from continuing operations for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997 and for the LTM Period would have been $20.6 million and $44.6 million, respectively. See "Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements." There can be no assurance that the Company will not continue to incur operating losses. COMPETITION The movable medical equipment rental industry is highly competitive and the Company, which operates throughout the United States, encounters competition in all locations in which it operates. Competition is generated from (i) medical equipment manufacturers which sell medical equipment directly to health care providers and which the Company believes generate the strongest competition; (ii) general leasing and financing companies and financial institutions, such as banks, which finance the acquisition of medical equipment by health care providers; and (iii) national, regional and local medical equipment renting and leasing companies and medical equipment distributors which rent medical equipment to health care providers. The Company believes that the key factors influencing the decision regarding the selection of a medical equipment rental vendor include availability and quality of medical equipment, service and price. The Company faces competitive pressure in all of its markets from existing competitors and from the potential entry of new competitors. Although the Company believes that it is able to demonstrate the cost-effectiveness of renting medical equipment on a long term basis, the Company believes that many health care providers will continue to purchase a substantial portion of their medical equipment. See "Business-- Competition." ABILITY TO IMPLEMENT ACQUISITION STRATEGY AND ABILITY TO MANAGE GROWTH A key component of the Company's business strategy is the growth of the Company's product and customer base through the acquisition of companies in similar lines of business. The Company has recently consummated the CHI Acquisition. See "Business--Recent and Potential Acquisitions." In addition, the Company believes that there currently exist ample opportunities for other potential acquisitions. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will consummate such other acquisitions, or that it will be able to successfully capitalize on any other opportunities. Moreover, such other opportunities may not be available in the future. As of June 30, 1998, subject to certain conditions, MEDIQ/PRN had the ability to borrow up to an additional $125.0 million under the New Credit Facility. In order to capitalize on future acquisition opportunities, the Company may need to obtain additional capital and obtain Federal and/or state regulatory approvals. To raise additional capital, the Company may elect to undertake additional debt financings. Additional borrowings under the New Credit Facility, and the issuance of additional debt securities or other borrowings, would result in additional leverage and may reduce working capital. Furthermore, the issuance of additional debt securities or other borrowings will be restricted by the terms of the Indentures and the New Credit Facility. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain the necessary approvals or such financing on terms acceptable to the Company, if at all, and the inability to obtain such regulatory approvals or financing could have a material adverse effect on the Company's ability to implement its acquisition strategy and capitalize on profitable opportunities. Any growth of the Company's business through internal expansion or acquisitions will place demands on the Company's management, employees, operations and physical and financial resources. To manage its growth, the Company must continue to implement and improve its operational and financial systems and to expand, train and manage its employee base, and any inability of the Company to attract and retain the executive and managerial personnel required by its expanding business could have a material adverse effect on the results of operations and financial condition of the Company. If the Company's systems, procedures or controls are not adequate to support the Company's operations, Management may not be able to achieve the rapid expansion necessary to exploit potential market opportunities for the Company's products and services. 26 The CHI Acquisition and any additional acquisitions will involve a number of additional risks, including diversion of Management's attention from other business concerns, the possible loss of key employees of the CH Medical Business and other acquired businesses and the potential difficulties in integrating the operations of the CH Medical Business and other acquired businesses with those of the Company. The Company has not previously operated a manufacturer of Support Surfaces or other medical equipment and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to successfully operate the CH Medical Business. In light of the foregoing, no assurance can be given as to the effect of the CHI Acquisition and other acquired businesses on the Company's business or results of operations. See "Business--Recent and Potential Acquisitions." RELIANCE ON KEY PERSONNEL The Company's success depends to a significant degree upon the continued contributions of Management, some of whom would be difficult to replace. The loss of the services of certain members of senior Management could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Although Messrs. Carroll and Kaplan and certain other members of senior Management are stockholders of Holdings and have employment contracts with the Company, there can be no assurance that the services of such personnel will continue to be available to the Company. See "Management" and "Ownership of Capital Stock." DEPENDENCE ON SALES REPRESENTATIVES AND SERVICE SPECIALISTS The Company believes that to be successful it must continue to hire, train and retain highly qualified sales representatives and service specialists. The Company's sales growth has been supported by hiring and developing new sales representatives and adding, through acquisitions, established sales representatives whose existing customers generally have become customers of the Company. Due to the relationships developed between the Company's sales representatives and its customers, upon the departure of a sales representative, the Company faces the risk of losing the representative's customers, especially if the representative were to represent one of the Company's competitors. In addition, there has been, and the Company expects that there will continue to be, intense competition in its industry for divisional managers and experienced sales representatives. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to retain or attract qualified personnel in the future. Failure by the Company to attract or retain such personnel could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations. REGULATION OF THE HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY The Company focuses its business on providing services to health care institutions, particularly hospitals. The health care industry is subject to extensive government regulation, licensure and prescribed operating procedures. The continued acceptance of the Company's services and products by its customers will depend, to a very significant degree, upon whether such services and products will be in compliance with applicable regulations or will assist health care institutions in complying with such regulations. While the Company closely monitors such regulations and designs its services and products accordingly, a substantial change in the level of regulation or the substance of particular regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations. See "Business--Government Regulation." UNCERTAINTY OF HEALTH CARE REFORM; REIMBURSEMENT OF HEALTH CARE COSTS There are widespread efforts to control health care costs in the United States and abroad. As an example, The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (the "BBA") significantly reduces Federal spending on Medicare and Medicaid over the next five years by reducing annual payment updates to acute care hospitals, changing payment systems for both skilled nursing facilities and home health care services from cost-based to prospective payment systems, eliminating annual payment updates for durable medical equipment ("DME"), and allowing states greater flexibility in controlling Medicaid costs at the state level. 27 The Company cannot reliably predict the timing of or the exact effect which these or similar initiatives could have on the pricing and profitability of, or demand for, the Company's products. However, certain provisions of the BBA, such as the changes in the manner Medicare Part A reimburses skilled nursing facilities, may change the manner in which the Company's customers make renting and purchasing decisions and could have a material adverse effect on the Company. The Company also believes it is likely that efforts by governmental and private payors to contain costs through managed care and other efforts and to reform health systems will continue in the future. There can be no assurance that current or future initiatives will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations. The Company's products are rented and sold principally to health care providers who receive reimbursement for the products and services they provide from various public and private third-party payors, including Medicare, Medicaid and private insurance programs. Since consummation of the CHI Acquisition, the Company also acts as a DME supplier under Federal law and, as such, furnishes products directly to customers and bills third-party payors. As a result, the demand for the Company's products in any specific care setting is dependent in part on the reimbursement policies of the various payors in that setting. In order to be reimbursed, the products generally must be found to be reasonable and necessary for the treatment of medical conditions and must otherwise fall within the payor's list of covered services. In light of increased controls on Medicare spending, there can be no assurance of the outcome of future coverage or payment decisions for any of the Company's products by governmental or private payors. If providers, suppliers and other users of the Company's products and services are unable to obtain sufficient reimbursement for the provision of the Company's products, a material adverse impact on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations will likely result. CONSOLIDATION OF PURCHASING ENTITIES Many health care providers have merged or consolidated with other members of their industry in an effort to reduce costs or achieve operating synergies. Accordingly, because larger purchasers tend to have more leverage in negotiating prices and because this consolidation often results in the renegotiation of contracts and in the granting of price concessions, this trend could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition or results of operations. FRAUD AND ABUSE LAWS The Company and its customers are subject to various Federal and state laws pertaining to health care fraud and abuse, including prohibitions on the submission of false claims and the payment or acceptance of kickbacks or other remuneration in return for the purchase or rental of Company products. The United States Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Department of Health and Human Services have launched an enforcement initiative which specifically targets the long-term care, home health and DME industries. Sanctions for violating these laws include criminal penalties and civil sanctions, including fines and penalties, and possible exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid and other Federal health care programs. There can be no assurance that the Company's practices (including its practices with respect to the CH Medical Business since consummation of the CHI Acquistion), the past practices of the CH Medical Business or the practices of the Company's customers will not be challenged under Federal and state fraud and abuse laws in the future or that such a challenge would not have a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Company. PRODUCT LIABILITY The manufacture and marketing of medical products entails an inherent risk of product liability claims. Although the Company has not experienced any significant losses due to product liability claims and currently maintains umbrella liability insurance coverage, there can be no assurance that the amount or scope of the coverage maintained by the Company will be adequate to protect it in the event a significant product liability claim is successfully asserted against the Company. 28 CONTROLLING STOCKHOLDERS The BRS Entities and the Co-Investors collectively own approximately 77.2% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of Holdings, which owns 100% of the outstanding capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN. By virtue of such ownership, the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors control Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN, and have the power to elect a majority of directors, appoint new management and approve any action requiring the approval of the holders of any class of capital stock of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN, including the adoption of most amendments to the Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings and/or MEDIQ/PRN, the approval of mergers or sales of substantially all of Holdings' and/or MEDIQ/PRN's assets and the creation of new classes or series of capital stock of Holdings and/or MEDIQ/PRN. The directors elected by the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors have the authority to make decisions affecting the capital structure of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN, including the issuance of additional capital stock, the implementation of stock repurchase programs and the declaration of dividends. See "Ownership of Capital Stock." FRAUDULENT TRANSFER CONSIDERATIONS Under applicable provisions of the United States Bankruptcy Code or comparable provisions of state fraudulent transfer or conveyance law, if, at the time it issued the Old Securities issued by it, either MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings (a) incurred such indebtedness with intent to hinder, delay or defraud creditors, or (b)(i) received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration therefor and (ii)(A) was insolvent at the time of the incurrence, (B) was rendered insolvent by reason of such incurrence (and the application of the proceeds thereof), (C) was engaged or was about to engage in a business or transaction for which the assets remaining with it constituted unreasonably small capital to carry on its business or (D) intended to incur, or believed that it would incur, debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature, then, in each such case, a court of competent jurisdiction could avoid, in whole or in part, the Notes or the Debentures, as the case may be, and order that all or part of any payments on such Notes or Debentures be returned to the Issuer thereof or to a fund for the benefit of creditors or, in the alternative, such court could subordinate the Notes or the Debentures to existing and future indebtedness of MEDIQ/ PRN or Holdings, respectively. A portion of the proceeds of the borrowings under the New Credit Facility and the Note Offering was used by MEDIQ/PRN to advance to Holdings amounts necessary to finance, in part, the cash portion of the Merger Consideration. See "The Transactions" and "Use of Proceeds." In addition, Holdings will rely on dividends, loans and other advances from MEDIQ/PRN as a source of payment on the Debentures. Dividend payments, however, are generally considered to have been made for less than a reasonably equivalent value as the payor receives no value in return. As a result, such dividend payments may be attacked by an unpaid creditor of MEDIQ/PRN or a representative of such creditors pursuant to the same fraudulent transfer theory set forth above. If such an attack were successful, MEDIQ/PRN could be prevented from paying dividends to Holdings, or Holdings could be obliged to repay dividends received if such dividends were successfully avoided as fraudulent transfers. In such case, the ability of Holdings to make payments on the Debentures would be materially impaired. Upstream guarantees themselves, such as the Subsidiary Guaranties, may be avoided as fraudulent transfers pursuant to the same fraudulent transfer theory set forth above. However, each Subsidiary Guaranty is limited in amount to the maximum amount that can be guaranteed under applicable fraudulent transfer laws. Accordingly, a Subsidiary Guarantor's obligation under its Subsidiary Guaranty may be limited or reduced to zero. In determining whether a Subsidiary Guarantor received reasonably equivalent value, courts generally will consider the benefits the Subsidiary Guarantor derives from the Company's financing, management and position and reputation in the marketplace. The measure of insolvency for purposes of all of the foregoing varies based upon the law of the jurisdiction applied. Generally, however, an entity would be considered insolvent if the sum of its debts (including contingent liabilities) is greater than all of its property at a fair valuation, or if the present fair saleable value of its assets is less than the amount that will be required to pay its probable liabilities on its 29 existing debts (including contingent liabilities), as they become absolute and matured. In addition, an entity may be presumed insolvent under some fraudulent transfer laws if it is not generally paying its debts as they become due. Although the Company had a negative net worth immediately following the consummation of the Transactions, the Company believes, based upon valuations and forecasts, that the Company was at such time, and will continue to be at all times that payments on the Securities are made, solvent, will have sufficient capital to carry on its business and will continue to be able to pay its debts as they mature. Similarly, the Company believes that, based on such information, MEDIQ/PRN and each of its subsidiaries was at the time of the consummation of the Transactions, and will continue to be at the times it is projected to pay dividends to its corporate parent, solvent, will have sufficient capital to carry on its business and will continue to be able to pay its debts as they mature. Accordingly, the Company believes that in a bankruptcy case or a lawsuit by creditors of the Company, none of the Securities should be held to have been issued, nor payments on the Securities held to have been made, in violation of applicable Federal bankruptcy law or state fraudulent transfer laws, and that in a suit by the creditors of MEDIQ/ PRN and its subsidiaries, none of the dividends made by such entities should be held to have been made in violation of applicable Federal bankruptcy law or state fraudulent transfer laws. There can be no assurance, however, as to what standard a court would apply to determine whether Holdings, MEDIQ/ PRN and the subsidiaries of MEDIQ/PRN were "insolvent" as of the date the Old Securities were issued; or that, regardless of the method of valuation, a court would not determine that Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN or the subsidiaries of MEDIQ/PRN were insolvent on such other relevant dates. Nor can there be any assurance that a court would not determine, regardless of whether the Company was solvent on the date the Old Securities were issued, that the payments constituted fraudulent transfers on another of the grounds set forth above. The Issuers obtained a "solvency opinion" regarding Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN from an independent third party in connection with the Transactions, which opinion was subject to certain assumptions, qualifications, limitations and defined terms as set forth therein. Notwithstanding the "solvency opinion," there can be no assurance that a court passing on such questions would agree with such opinion. ABSENCE OF PUBLIC MARKET FOR THE SECURITIES The Old Securities currently are eligible for trading in The PORTAL Market. The Company does not intend to apply for listing or quotation of the New Securities on any securities exchange or stock market. The Initial Purchasers have advised the Issuers that they intend to make a market in the New Securities, subject to the limits imposed by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and subject to any limits imposed during the pendency of any registration statement or shelf registration statement filed under the Securities Act; however, the Initial Purchasers are not obligated to do so, and may discontinue such market-making at any time without notice. Therefore, no assurance can be given as to the liquidity of any trading market for the New Securities or that an active market for the New Securities will develop. Future trading prices of the New Securities will depend on many factors, including, among other things, prevailing interest rates, the operating results of the Company and the market for similar securities. Historically, the market for non-investment grade debt has been subject to disruptions that have caused substantial volatility in the prices of such securities. There can be no assurance that the market for the New Securities will not be subject to similar disruptions. Any such disruptions could have an adverse effect on the New Securities. 30 THE TRANSACTIONS Concurrently with the consummation of the Offerings, the Company consummated each of the other Transactions. THE MERGER, THE REORGANIZATION AND THE REFINANCING Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time") MQ was merged with and into Holdings with Holdings continuing as the Surviving Corporation. Prior to or simultaneously with the consummation of the Merger, (i) Holdings effected the Reorganization by contributing certain of its assets and liabilities (including the capital stock of all the subsidiaries of Holdings other than MEDIQ/PRN) to MEDIQ/PRN, (ii) MEDIQ/PRN entered into the New Credit Facility, which provides for up to $200.0 million of Term Loans, up to $50.0 million of Revolving Loans and up to $75.0 million of Acquisition Loans and (iii) all indebtedness of the Company except approximately $10.1 million of the Exchangeable Debentures and $2.0 million of its capital leases was repaid. The Merger Consideration was approximately $390.8 million, which amount included the issuance of approximately $20.0 million of Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, in connection with the Merger (i) the Rotko Entities converted a portion of their preferred equity in Holdings into $14.5 million of common and preferred equity of the Surviving Corporation pursuant to the Rotko Rollover, (ii) the Management Stockholders purchased $4.2 million of common and preferred equity of MQ pursuant to the Management Investment and (iii) the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors purchased $109.5 million of common and preferred equity pursuant to the Equity Contribution. See "--The Rotko Rollover," "--The Management Investment" and "--The Equity Contribution." THE ROTKO ROLLOVER In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, MQ and the Rotko Entities entered into an agreement dated January 14, 1998 (the "Rollover Agreement") pursuant to which the Rotko Entities agreed to convert 1,000,000 shares (the "Rolled Shares") of Series A preferred stock, par value $.50 per share, of Holdings ("Holdings Preferred Stock") into certain securities specified therein instead of receiving Merger Consideration of $13.75 cash and 0.075 of a share of Series A Preferred Stock per Rolled Share. MQ required that the Rotko Entities enter into the Rollover Agreement in order to reduce the amount required to finance the Transactions and to facilitate the treatment of the Merger for accounting purposes as a recapitalization of the Company. Under the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Rolled Shares were converted in the Merger into 1,340,219 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 109,781 shares of Common Stock equal to approximately 11% of the shares of Common Stock of the Surviving Corporation outstanding immediately after the Effective Time (such Series B Preferred Stock and Common Stock, together the "Converted Shares"). See "--Conversion of MQ Stock and Holdings Shares in the Merger." The Rotko Entities consist of (i) a trust established on November 18, 1983 by the late Bernard B. Rotko, the Company's founder, for the benefit of certain members of his family, which, subsequent to the consummation of the Transactions, was divided into two trusts, the Trust U/D of Bernard B. Rotko, dated November 18, 1983, Michael J. Rotko Share (the "Rotko 1983 Trust-Michael J. Rotko Share") and the Trust U/D of Bernard B. Rotko, dated November 18, 1983, Judith M. Shipon Share (the "Rotko 1983 Trust-Judith M. Shipon Share" and, together with the Rotko 1983 Trust-Michael J. Rotko Share, the "Rotko 1983 Trusts"), (ii) Michael J. Rotko, a Director of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN and a trustee of the Rotko 1983 Trust-Michael J. Rotko Share, (iii) Bessie G. Rotko, the spouse of Bernard B. Rotko and a trustee of the Rotko 1983 Trusts and (iv) Judith M. Shipon, the daughter of Bernard B. Rotko and a trustee of the Rotko 1983 Trust-Judith M Shipon Share. THE MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT The Management Stockholders purchased $4.2 million of common and preferred equity of MQ pursuant to the Management Investment. At the Effective Time, the securities of MQ purchased by the Management Stockholders were converted into approximately $0.6 million of Common Stock, $2.0 million 31 of Series A Preferred Stock, $0.6 million of Series B Preferred Stock and $1.0 million of Series C Preferred Stock. See "--Conversion of MQ Stock and Holdings Shares in the Merger." THE EQUITY CONTRIBUTION The BRS Entities and the Co-Investors purchased $109.5 million of common and preferred equity of MQ pursuant to the Equity Contribution. At the Effective Time, the securities of MQ purchased by the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors were converted into approximately $8.3 million of Common Stock, $56.2 million of Series A Preferred Stock, $16.0 million of Series B Preferred Stock and $29.0 million of Series C Preferred Stock. See "--Conversion of MQ Stock and Holdings Shares in the Merger." CONVERSION OF MQ STOCK AND HOLDINGS SHARES IN THE MERGER As a result of the Merger, each share of capital stock of MQ issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (including the shares of capital stock issued by MQ to the Management Stockholders pursuant to the Management Investment and the shares of capital stock issued by MQ to the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors pursuant to the Equity Contribution) was converted into and represented the same number of shares of the same class and series of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation. As a result of the Merger, each share of Holdings Preferred Stock and each share of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of Holdings ("Holdings Common Stock" and, together with the Holdings Preferred Stock, the "Holdings Shares") issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was converted into the right to receive $13.75 in cash, without interest, and 0.075 of a share of Series A Preferred Stock of the Surviving Corporation; provided that (i) the Rolled Shares were converted into and represented the Converted Shares, (ii) each Holdings Share that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and owned by MQ or Holdings or any direct or indirect subsidiary of MQ or Holdings was cancelled and no payment of any consideration was made with respect thereto and (iii) any Holdings Shares held by a holder who had timely demanded and perfected his demand for appraisal of his Holdings Shares (such shares being "Dissenting Shares") in accordance with Section 262 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") and as of the Effective Time had neither effectively withdrawn nor lost his right to such appraisal was entitled to only such rights as are granted by the DGCL. Following consummation of the Merger and the subsequent purchase by the Management Stockholders of certain additional shares of Common Stock, the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors held approximately 77.2% of the Common Stock, 71.9% of the Series A Preferred Stock, 53.4% of the Series B Preferred Stock and 96.5% of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Management Stockholders held approximately 12.6% of the Common Stock, 2.6% of the Series A Preferred Stock, 1.9% of the Series B Preferred Stock and 3.5% of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Rotko Entities held approximately 10.2% of the Common Stock, 8.1% of the Series A Preferred Stock and 44.7% of the Series B Preferred Stock; and the stockholders of Holdings prior to the Merger (other than the Rotko Entities) held approximately 17.4% of the Series A Preferred Stock. See "Ownership of Capital Stock." 32 USE OF PROCEEDS The Company will not receive any proceeds from the Exchange Offers. Approximately $617.7 million of funds were used to consummate the Merger and the CHI Acquisition, effect the Refinancing and pay related fees and expenses. Such funds were provided by (i) $200.0 million of Term Loans under the New Credit Facility, (ii) $190.0 million of gross proceeds from the Note Offering, (iii) $75.0 million of gross proceeds from the Unit Offering, (iv) $109.5 million of gross proceeds from the Equity Contribution, (v) $38.7 million of gross proceeds from the Equity Rollover and (vi) $4.5 million of existing cash balances of the Company. See "The Transactions" and "Description of Certain Indebtedness." 33 MEDIQ/PRN CAPITALIZATION The following table sets forth the historical consolidated capitalization of MEDIQ/PRN as of June 30, 1998. The information set forth below should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 -------------- (IN THOUSANDS) Cash and cash equivalents......................................................................... $ 9,068 -------------- -------------- Long-term debt, including current portion: New Credit Facility............................................................................. $ 200,000 Capital lease obligations....................................................................... 1,907 Notes........................................................................................... 190,000 -------------- Total long-term debt........................................................................ 391,907 Stockholders' deficit(a).......................................................................... (127,030) -------------- Total capitalization...................................................................... $ 264,877 -------------- --------------
- ------------------------ (a) The stockholders' deficit of MEDIQ/PRN includes $10 of common stock, $24,096 of capital in excess of par, $(20,276) of retained earnings and $(130,860) of advances to affiliates. 34 HOLDINGS CAPITALIZATION The following table sets forth the historical consolidated capitalization of Holdings as of June 30, 1998. The information set forth below should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
AS OF JUNE 30, 1998 -------------- (IN THOUSANDS) Cash and cash equivalents......................................................................... $ 9,203 -------------- -------------- Long-term debt, including current portion: New Credit Facility............................................................................. $ 200,000 Capital lease obligations....................................................................... 1,907 Notes........................................................................................... 190,000 Debentures...................................................................................... 75,123 Exchangeable Debentures(a)...................................................................... 10,055 -------------- Total long-term debt........................................................................ 477,085 Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock: Series A Preferred Stock........................................................................ 79,127 Series C Preferred Stock........................................................................ 30,355 -------------- Total mandatorily redeemable preferred stock................................................ 109,482 Stockholders' deficit(b).......................................................................... (315,401) -------------- Total capitalization...................................................................... $ 271,166 -------------- --------------
- ------------------------ (a) Approximately $500,000 in principal amount of the Exchangeable Debentures is currently outstanding. See "Description of Certain Indebtedness--Exchangeable Debentures." (b) The stockholders' deficit of Holdings includes $30 of Series B Preferred Stock, $10 of Common Stock, $40,703 of capital in excess of par and $(356,144) of retained earnings. Capital in excess of par includes $0.7 million ascribed to the Warrants issued together with the Old Debentures as Units. No assurance can be given that the value allocated to the Warrants is indicative of the price at which the Warrants may actually trade. 35 PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The following unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial statements (the "Pro Forma Financial Statements") are based on the historical consolidated financial statements of the Company, SpectraCair and CH Medical. The SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition were consummated on September 1, 1997 and May 29, 1998, respectively. Accordingly, the Company's historical consolidated statements of operations include the results of operations of SpectraCair and the CH Medical Business from such respective acquisition dates. The Company's historical balance sheet as of June 30, 1998 includes the assets and liabilities of SpectraCair and the CH Medical Business. The pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the year ended September 30, 1997 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 give effect to the SpectraCair Acquisition, the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition as if they were consummated on October 1, 1996. The pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 give effect to the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition as if they were consummated on October 1, 1996. All the pro forma adjustments are described more fully in the accompanying notes. The CH Medical historical financial information reflected in the Pro Forma Financial Statements represents the accounts and operations of CH Medical with respect to the CH Medical Business. During the period covered by the CH Medical Financial Statements, the CH Medical Business was conducted as an integral part of CHI's overall operations, and separate financial statements were not prepared. The Company has been advised by CHI that the CH Medical Financial Statements were prepared from the historical accounting records of CHI and include various allocations for costs and expenses. Therefore, the statements of operations of CH Medical may not be indicative of the results of operations that would have resulted if CH Medical had operated on a stand-alone basis. The Company has been advised by CHI that all of the allocations and estimates reflected in the CH Medical Financial Statements are based on assumptions that CHI management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The Pro Forma Financial Statements include certain cost savings related to the CHI Acquisition which the Company expects to realize in connection with such acquisition. The Pro Forma Financial Statements do not reflect certain other cost savings related to the SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition or the cost of achieving such other cost savings. See "Business--Recent and Potential Acquisitions." The Pro Forma Financial Statements are presented for informational purposes only and do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved had such transactions been consummated on the date or for the periods indicated and do not purport to be indicative of the results of operations for any future period. The Pro Forma Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the financial statements and notes thereto of Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN and CH Medical included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The pro forma adjustments were applied to the respective historical statements to reflect and account for the Merger as a recapitalization. Accordingly, the historical basis of the Company's assets and liabilities has not been affected by the Merger. The SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition were accounted for using the purchase method of accounting. The purchase method of accounting allocates the aggregate purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their respective fair values. The allocation of the aggregate purchase price for the CH Medical Business reflected in the Pro Forma Financial Statements is preliminary. The final allocation of the aggregate purchase price is contingent upon studies and valuations which have not yet been completed. Management is unable to predict whether any adjustments as a result of the foregoing will have a material effect on the Pro Forma Financial Statements. 36 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIQ/PRN CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA HOLDINGS PRO FORMA PRO FORMA FOR HOLDINGS PRO FORMA HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS FOR ADJUSTMENTS FOR SPECTRACAIR PRO FORMA/ FOR SPECTRACAIR ------------------------- THE SPECTRACAIR THE AND THE CONSOLIDATING AND THE MEDIQ/PRN SPECTRACAIR ACQUISITION TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS ADJUSTMENTS(E) TRANSACTIONS ------------ ----------- --------------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- Revenues: Rental............... $ 124,316 $ 9,647 $ -- $ -- $ 133,963 $ -- $ 133,963 Sale of parts, disposables and equipment.......... 19,922 142 -- -- 20,064 -- 20,064 Other................ 11,915 -- (1,475)(A) -- 10,440 (193) 10,247 ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- 156,153 9,789 (1,475) -- 164,467 (193) 164,274 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales........ 16,334 112 -- -- 16,446 -- 16,446 Operating............ 46,138 2,638 (1,475)(A) -- 47,301 -- 47,301 Selling.............. 13,353 2,804 -- -- 16,157 -- 16,157 General and administrative..... 18,049 1,545 -- 1,000(C) 20,594 2,223 22,817 Management fees-- MEDIQ.............. 3,341 -- -- -- 3,341 (3,341) -- Depreciation and amortization....... 30,333 2,313 -- -- 32,646 26 32,672 ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- Operating Income....... 28,605 377 -- (1,000) 27,982 899 28,881 Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense..... (16,912) (499) -- (19,390)(D) (36,801) (11,236) (48,037) Interest income...... 985 -- -- -- 985 1,084 2,069 Other--net........... 6,989 -- 61(A) -- 7,050 (16,562) (9,512) ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes....... 19,667 (122) 61 (20,390) (784) (25,815) (26,599) Income Taxes......... 7,438 -- (24)(B) (8,156)(B) (742) (5,907) (6,649) ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations......... $ 12,229 $ (122) $ 85 $ (12,234) $ (42) $ (19,908) $ (19,950) ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- ------------ ----------- ------- --------------- ------------ -------------- --------------- CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS PRO FORMA PRO FORMA FOR ADJUSTMENTS SPECTRACAIR, FOR THE THE CHI TRANSACTIONS ACQUISITION(F) AND CHI ----------- --------------- Revenues: Rental............... $ 22,154 $ 156,117 Sale of parts, disposables and equipment.......... 4,556 24,620 Other................ -- 10,247 ----------- --------------- 26,710 190,984 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales........ 1,355 17,801 Operating............ 8,268 55,569 Selling.............. 3,233 19,390 General and administrative..... 6,208 29,025 Management fees-- MEDIQ.............. -- -- Depreciation and amortization....... 4,202 36,874 ----------- --------------- Operating Income....... 3,444 32,325 Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense..... (4,297) (52,334) Interest income...... -- 2,069 Other--net........... 193 (9,319) ----------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes....... (660) (27,259) Income Taxes......... (264) (6,913) ----------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations......... $ (396) $ (20,346) ----------- --------------- ----------- ---------------
See Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 37 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS)
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MEDIQ/PRN CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA PRO FORMA HOLDINGS ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA FOR HOLDINGS PRO FORMA FOR HISTORICAL FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS SPECTRACAIR PRO FORMA/ SPECTRACAIR ---------------------------- SPECTRACAIR FOR THE AND THE CONSOLIDATING AND THE MEDIQ/PRN SPECTRACAIR ACQUISITION TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS ADJUSTMENTS(E) TRANSACTIONS ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- Revenues: Rental.............. $ 94,341 $ 8,529 $ -- $ -- $ 102,870 $ -- $ 102,870 Sale of parts, disposables and equipment......... 14,785 117 -- -- 14,902 -- 14,902 Other............... 8,696 -- (1,257)(A) -- 7,439 (148) 7,291 ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- 117,822 8,646 (1,257) -- 125,211 (148) 125,063 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales....... 12,020 93 -- -- 12,113 -- 12,113 Operating........... 33,491 2,079 (1,257)(A) -- 34,313 -- 34,313 Selling............. 9,722 2,327 -- -- 12,049 -- 12,049 General and administrative.... 13,867 1,321 -- 750(C) 15,938 1,970 17,908 Management fees-- MEDIQ............. 155 -- -- -- 155 (155) -- Depreciation and amortization...... 22,075 2,195 -- -- 24,270 21 24,291 ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- Operating Income...... 26,492 631 -- (750) 26,373 (1,984) 24,389 Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense.... (13,212) (421) -- (13,966)(D) (27,599) (8,347) (35,946) Interest income..... 756 -- -- -- 756 811 1,567 Other--net.......... 10,668 -- (105)(A) -- 10,563 (11,467) (904) ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes........ 24,704 210 (105) (14,716) 10,093 (20,987) (10,894) Income Taxes.......... 9,861 -- 42(B) (5,886)(B) 4,017 (3,759) 258 ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations.......... $ 14,843 $ 210 $ (147) $ (8,830) $ 6,076 $ (17,228) $ (11,152) ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- ------------- ------ ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- --------------- CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA SPECTRACAIR, ADJUSTMENTS THE FOR THE CHI TRANSACTIONS ACQUISITION(F) AND CHI --------------- --------------- Revenues: Rental.............. $ 15,947 $ 118,817 Sale of parts, disposables and equipment......... 2,538 17,440 Other............... -- 7,291 ------- --------------- 18,485 143,548 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales....... 806 12,919 Operating........... 6,707 41,020 Selling............. 2,180 14,229 General and administrative.... 4,118 22,026 Management fees-- MEDIQ............. -- -- Depreciation and amortization...... 3,152 27,443 ------- --------------- Operating Income...... 1,522 25,911 Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense.... (3,223) (39,169) Interest income..... 6 1,573 Other--net.......... 573 (331) ------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes........ (1,122) (12,016) Income Taxes.......... (449) (191) ------- --------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations.......... $ (673) $ (11,825) ------- --------------- ------- ---------------
See Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 38 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS)
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSOLIDATED MEDIQ/PRN HOLDINGS PRO FORMA PRO FORMA PRO FORMA FOR HOLDINGS FOR ADJUSTMENTS SPECTRACAIR PRO FORMA/ SPECTRACAIR HISTORICAL FOR THE AND THE CONSOLIDATING AND THE MEDIQ/PRN TRANSACTIONS TRANSACTIONS ADJUSTMENTS(E) TRANSACTIONS ------------- ------------ ------------- --------------- ------------ Revenues: Rental...................................... $ 103,700 $ -- $ 103,700 $ -- $ 103,700 Sales of parts, disposables and equipment... 20,671 -- 20,671 -- 20,671 Other....................................... 7,549 -- 7,549 -- 7,549 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ 131,920 -- 131,920 -- 131,920 Cost and Expenses: Cost of sales............................... 16,725 -- 16,725 -- 16,725 Operating................................... 42,864 -- 42,864 -- 42,864 Selling..................................... 11,469 -- 11,469 -- 11,469 General and administrative.................. 14,534 750(C) 15,284 -- 15,284 Management fees--MEDIQ...................... 19 -- 19 (19) -- Nonrecurring--merger costs.................. 34,567 -- 34,567 -- 34,567 Depreciation and amortization............... 31,650 -- 31,650 -- 31,650 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ Operating Income (Loss)....................... (19,908) (750) (20,658) 19 (20,639) Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense............................ (12,693) (14,790)(D) (27,483) (9,374) (36,857) Interest income............................. 702 -- 702 -- 702 Other--net.................................. 12 -- 12 -- 12 ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ Loss from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes................................ (31,887) (15,540) (47,427) (9,355) (56,782) Income Taxes.................................. (11,193) (6,216)(B) (17,409) (3,645) (21,054) ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ Loss from Continuing Operations............... $ (20,694) $ (9,324) $ (30,018) $ (5,710) $ (35,728) ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ ------------- ------------ ------------- ------- ------------ CONSOLIDATED HOLDINGS PRO FORMA FOR PRO FORMA SPECTRACAIR, ADJUSTMENTS THE FOR THE CHI TRANSACTIONS ACQUISITION(F) AND CHI --------------- --------------- Revenues: Rental...................................... $ 15,056 $ 118,756 Sales of parts, disposables and equipment... 2,181 22,852 Other....................................... -- 7,549 --------------- --------------- 17,237 149,157 Cost and Expenses: Cost of sales............................... 392 17,117 Operating................................... 6,189 49,053 Selling..................................... 1,967 13,436 General and administrative.................. 3,895 19,179 Management fees--MEDIQ...................... -- -- Nonrecurring--merger costs.................. -- 34,567 Depreciation and amortization............... 2,801 34,451 --------------- --------------- Operating Income (Loss)....................... 1,993 (18,646) Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense............................ (2,857) (39,714) Interest income............................. 13 715 Other--net.................................. 252 264 --------------- --------------- Loss from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes................................ (599) (57,381) Income Taxes.................................. (240) (21,294) --------------- --------------- Loss from Continuing Operations............... $ (359) $ (36,087) --------------- --------------- --------------- ---------------
See Notes to Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations 39 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS) (A) Reflects the elimination of transactions between MEDIQ/PRN and SpectraCair for logistical services, and the elimination of MEDIQ/PRN's portion of SpectraCair's historical income (loss), which was recognized on the equity method of accounting. (B) Reflects the effect on income tax expense of the historical income (loss) of SpectraCair and/or the pro forma adjustments described in the footnotes herein at an incremental effective tax rate of 40%. Prior to the SpectraCair Aquisition, SpectraCair was a limited liability company and, therefore, was not subject to income taxes. (C) For the year ended September 30, 1997, reflects a $1.0 million annual management fee pursuant to the Management Agreement. For the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998, reflects three quarters of such annual management fee. (D) Reflects the increased interest cost related to the New Credit Facility and the Notes, as follows:
YEAR ENDED NINE MONTHS NINE MONTHS SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED JUNE 30, ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 1997 1998 ------------- ---------------- ---------------- New Credit Facility: Revolving Credit Facility.................... $ 280 $ 210 $ 210 Acquisition Loans............................ 375 281 281 Term Loans................................... 12,891 9,668 9,644 Notes.......................................... 20,900 15,675 15,675 Amortization of financing fees/debt issue costs over the period of the related financing..... 1,917 1,437 1,437 Existing borrowings to carry forward (capital leases)...................................... 438 328 236 ------------- -------- -------- $ 36,801 $ 27,599 $ 27,483 Historical interest costs: MEDIQ/PRN.................................... (16,912) (13,212) (12,693) SpectraCair.................................. (499) (421) -- ------------- -------- -------- $ 19,390 $ 13,966 $ 14,790 ------------- -------- -------- ------------- -------- --------
The Revolving Credit Facility is assumed to bear interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus margins of 2.25% on amounts borrowed; bear interest at 2.25% for amounts reserved for letters of credit; and bear a fee of 0.5% for the undrawn portion of the unused commitments. Interest on the Revolving Credit Facility represents commitment fees on the undrawn portion of the commitments and the amount reserved for letters of credit. The Term Loans are assumed to bear interest at an annual rate of LIBOR plus 2.75%. The Company will pay a commitment fee of 0.5% per annum on the amount of unused commitments for Acquisition Loans. Interest on the Acquisition Loans represents commitment fees on $75.0 million of unused commitments. Under the Term Loan Facility (as defined), $150.0 million was assumed to be utilized to consummate the Transactions and an additional $50.0 million of Term Loans was assumed to be utilized to acquire the CH Medical Business (see footnote F). LIBOR is based on the Company's average LIBOR rate for fiscal 1997 of 5.84%. The Notes bear interest at 11.0%. A 0.125% change in the interest rate on the above loans would increase or decrease annual interest expense and income (loss) from continuing operations by:
ANNUAL INTEREST LOSS FROM CONTINUING EXPENSE OPERATIONS ----------------- ----------------------- New Credit Facility........................................ $ 188 $ 113
A 0.125% change in the interest rate on the above loans would increase or decrease interest expense and income (loss) from continuing operations for a nine month period by:
INTEREST LOSS FROM CONTINUING EXPENSE OPERATIONS ----------------- ----------------------- New Credit Facility.......................................... $ 141 $ 85
Deferred financing fees on the New Credit Facility are allocated between the tranches based on each tranche's relative value to the total facility. Amortization periods for deferred financing fees related to the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Loans are six years and eight years for the Term Loans. Debt issue costs on the Notes are amortized over ten years. (E) The following unaudited pro forma statements of operations have been based on the unaudited accounting records of Holdings for the year ended September 30, 1997 and the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998. No separate financial statements 40 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS) have been prepared for Holdings for any period. The pro forma statements of operations reflect the adjustments required to consolidate Holdings with MEDIQ/PRN and to reflect the SpectraCair Acquisition and/or the Transactions related solely to Holdings as if they had occurred on October 1, 1996. The pro forma statements of operations may not be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved had the SpectraCair Acquisition and/or the Transactions been consummated on October 1, 1996.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------- HOLDINGS PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING PRO FORMA/ HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS CONSOLIDATING ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- Revenues: Other............................ $ 33 $ -- $ (226)(iii) $ (193) Costs and Expenses: General and administrative....... 2,553 -- (330)(iii) 2,223 Management fees-MEDIQ............ (3,341) -- -- (3,341) Depreciation and amortization.... 26 -- -- 26 ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Operating Income................... 795 -- 104 899 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense................. (2,195) (9,041)(i) -- (11,236) Interest income.................. 1,084 -- -- 1,084 Other-net........................ (16,562) -- -- (16,562) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Loss from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes.............. (16,878) (9,041) 104 (25,815) Income Taxes....................... (1,981) (3,616)(ii) (310)(iii) (5,907) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations....................... $ (14,897) $ (5,425) $ 414 $ (19,908) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- ----------- ------------- ------ -------------
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 ---------------------------------------------------------- HOLDINGS PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING PRO FORMA/ HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS CONSOLIDATING ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- Revenues: Other............................ $ 40 $ -- $ (188)(iii) $ (148) Costs and Expenses: General and administrative....... 2,147 -- (177)(iii) 1,970 Management fees--MEDIQ........... (155) -- -- (155) Depreciation and amortization.... 21 -- -- 21 ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Operating Income (Loss)............ (1,973) -- (11) (1,984) Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense................. (1,994) (6,353)(i) -- (8,347) Interest income.................. 811 -- -- 811 Other-net........................ (11,467) -- -- (11,467) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Loss from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes.............. (14,623) (6,353) (11) (20,987) Income Taxes....................... (1,214) (2,541)(ii) (4)(iii) (3,759) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations....................... $ (13,409) $ (3,812) $ (7) $ (17,228) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- ----------- ------------- ------ -------------
41 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS)
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------- HOLDINGS PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATING PRO FORMA/ HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS ADJUSTMENTS CONSOLIDATING ----------- ------------- --------------- ------------- Revenues: Other............................ $ -- $ -- $ -- $ -- Costs and Expenses: General and administrative....... -- -- -- -- Management fees--MEDIQ........... (19) -- -- (19) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Operating Income................... 19 -- -- 19 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense................. (1,632) (7,742)(i) -- (9,374) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Loss from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes.............. (1,613) (7,742) -- (9,355) Income Taxes....................... (548) (3,097)(ii) -- (3,645) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations....................... $ (1,065) $ (4,645) $ -- $ (5,710) ----------- ------------- ------ ------------- ----------- ------------- ------ -------------
------------------------------------- (i) Reflects the increased interest cost related to the Debentures, as follows:
YEAR ENDED NINE MONTHS NINE MONTHS SEPTEMBER 30, ENDED JUNE 30, ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 1997 1998 ------------- ----------------- ----------------- Debentures.................................. $ 10,135 $ 7,520 $ 8,547 Amortization of debt issue costs over the period of the related financing........... 347 261 261 Existing borrowings to carry forward (Exchangeable Debentures)................. 754 566 566 ------------- ------ ------ 11,236 8,347 9,374 Holding's historical interest costs......... (2,195) (1,994) (1,632) ------------- ------ ------ $ 9,041 $ 6,353 $ 7,742 ------------- ------ ------ ------------- ------ ------
The Debentures were issued with detachable stock purchase warrants. In accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, the cash proceeds from the Debentures was allocated to the Debentures and the Warrants based on their relative fair value. Accordingly, the Debentures are assumed to bear interest at an effective rate of 13.2%. Debt issue costs on the Debentures are amortized over 11 years. (ii) Reflects the effects on income tax expense at an incremental effective rate of 40%. (iii) Reflects the historical adjustments required to consolidate Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN. 42 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS) (F) The following unaudited pro forma statement of operations has been based on the CH Medical Financial Statements for the year ended August 31, 1997, the nine months ended May 31, 1997 and the eight months ended April 30, 1998. The pro forma statement of operations is based on management's best estimate of the effects of the CHI Acquisition as if such acquisition and the initial financing thereof had occurred on October 1, 1996. The pro forma statement of operations may not be indicative of the results of operations that actually would have been achieved had the CHI Acquisition been consummated on October 1, 1996.
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, 1997 --------------------------------------- PRO FORMA HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA ----------- ------------- ----------- Revenues: Rental............................................... $ 22,154 $ -- $ 22,154 Sales of parts, disposables and equipment............ 4,556 -- 4,556 ----------- ------------- ----------- 26,710 -- 26,710 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales........................................ 1,355 1,355 Operating............................................ 10,244 (1,976)(i) 8,268 Selling.............................................. 4,005 (772)(i) 3,233 General and administrative........................... 7,692 (1,484)(i) 6,208 Depreciation and amortization........................ 1,740 2,462 (ii 4,202 ----------- ------------- ----------- Operating Income....................................... 1,674 1,770 3,444 Other (charges) Credits: Interest expense..................................... (245) (4,052)( ii) (4,297) Other - net.......................................... 193 193 ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes......................................... 1,622 (2,282) (660) Income Taxes........................................... 616 (880)(iv) (264) ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations............... $ 1,006 $ (1,402) $ (396) ----------- ------------- ----------- ----------- ------------- -----------
NINE MONTHS ENDED MAY 31, 1997 --------------------------------------- PRO FORMA HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA ----------- ------------- ----------- Revenues: Rental............................................... $ 15,947 $ -- $ 15,947 Sales of parts, disposables and equipment............ 2,538 -- 2,538 ----------- ------------- ----------- 18,485 -- 18,485 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales........................................ 806 -- 806 Operating............................................ 7,882 (1,175)(i) 6,707 Selling.............................................. 2,561 (381)(i) 2,180 General and administrative........................... 4,840 (722)(i) 4,118 Depreciation and amortization........................ 1,313 1,839 (ii 3,152 ----------- ------------- ----------- Operating Income....................................... 1,083 439 1,522 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense..................................... (113) (3,110)( ii) (3,223) Interest income...................................... 6 -- 6 Other................................................ 573 -- 573 ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes................................................ 1,549 (2,671) (1,122) Income Taxes........................................... 647 (1,096)(iv) (449) ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations............... $ 902 $ (1,575) $ (673) ----------- ------------- ----------- ----------- ------------- -----------
43 NOTES TO PRO FORMA CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) (IN THOUSANDS)
EIGHT MONTHS ENDED APRIL 30, 1998 --------------------------------------- PRO FORMA HISTORICAL ADJUSTMENTS PRO FORMA ----------- ------------- ----------- Revenues: Rental............................................... $ 15,056 $ -- $ 15,056 Sales of parts, disposables and equipment............ 2,181 -- 2,181 ----------- ------------- ----------- 17,237 -- 17,237 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales........................................ 392 -- 392 Operating............................................ 7,449 (1,260)(i) 6,189 Selling.............................................. 2,367 (400)(i) 1,967 General and administrative........................... 4,688 (793)(i) 3,895 Depreciation and amortization........................ 1,184 1,617 (ii 2,801 ----------- ------------- ----------- Operating Income....................................... 1,157 836 1,993 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense..................................... (205) (2,652)( ii) (2,857) Interest income...................................... 13 -- 13 Other................................................ 252 -- 252 ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes......................................... 1,217 (1,816) (599) Income Taxes........................................... 463 (703)(iv) (240) ----------- ------------- ----------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations............... $ 754 $ (1,113) $ (359) ----------- ------------- ----------- ----------- ------------- -----------
------------------------------------- (i) Reflects management's estimate of cost savings related to the closing of duplicate facilities and the elimination of personnel partially offset by increases in Company personnel. There can be no assurance, however, that the Company will realize such cost savings. (ii) Reflects the increase in depreciation and amortization from the allocation of the purchase price to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, including goodwill. Property, plant and equipment, which is assumed to approximate historic net book value, will be depreciated over three years. The intangible assets represent a covenant not to compete which will be amortized over five years, five patents which will be amortized over the remaining life of each respective patent (which averages approximately 11 years), and goodwill which will be amortized over 20 years. Depreciation and amortization is calculated as follows:
NINE MONTHS EIGHT MONTHS YEAR ENDED ENDED ENDED AUGUST 31, 1997 MAY 31, 1997 APRIL 30, 1998 --------------- ----------------- ----------------- Property, plant and equipment......... $ 2,178 $ 1,634 $ 1,452 Covenant not to compete........... 100 75 67 Patents............. 500 375 333 Goodwill............ 1,424 1,068 949 ------- ------- ------- 4,202 3,152 2,801 Historical.......... (1,740) (1,313) (1,184) ------- ------- ------- $ 2,462 $ 1,839 $ 1,617 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------
(iii) Reflects the increase in interest expense as a result of $50.0 million of borrowings to consummate the CHI Acquisition, including related costs and expenses. Funds to consummate the acquisition were assumed to have been borrowed under the Term Loan Facility at an interest rate of 8.59% (LIBOR plus 2.75%). (iv) Reflects the effects on income tax expense of the historical operations of the CH Medical Business and the adjustments described in the footnotes herein at an incremental effective tax rate of 40%. 44 SELECTED CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION The following table sets forth selected consolidated historical financial information of the Company for the five fiscal years ended September 30, 1997 and for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998. The statement of operations data for the three years ended September 30, 1997 and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 1996 and 1997 was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements of the Company included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The statement of operations data for the two years ended September 30, 1993 and 1994 and the balance sheet data as of September 30, 1993, 1994 and 1995 was derived from audited consolidated financial statements of the Company. The statement of operations data for the nine months ended June 30, 1997 and 1998 and the balance sheet data as of June 30, 1998 was derived from the unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Company included elsewhere in this Prospectus which, in the opinion of Management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company for such periods. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of a full year's operations. The other data presented below was prepared from Company prepared schedules. This table should be read in conjunction with "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and the financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
NINE MONTHS ENDED YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, ----------------------------------------------------- -------------------- 1993 1994(A) 1995 1996 1997(B) 1997 1998 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA: Revenues................................ $89,994 $81,498 $132,241 $136,066 $155,960 $117,674 $131,920 Non-recurring items (c)................. -- -- -- (2,200) -- -- (34,567) Operating income (loss)................. 8,614 1,354 24,202 25,446 29,504 24,508 (19,889) Interest expense........................ (21,043) (21,335) (29,241) (27,307) (19,107) (15,205) (14,333) Other (charges) and credits(d).......... 1,918 7,381 1,381 (4,695) (7,504) 768 714 Income (Loss) from continuing operations before income taxes................... (10,511) (12,600) (3,658) (6,556) 2,893 10,071 (33,508) Income (Loss) from continuing operations............................ (5,145) (8,254) (3,346) (6,178) (2,241) 1,427 (21,764) OTHER DATA: Rental revenues......................... $ 72,829 $ 69,079 $ 117,043 $ 114,275 $ 124,316 $ 94,341 $ 103,700 Sales revenues.......................... 882 1,729 7,036 11,696 19,922 14,785 20,671 Other revenues(e)....................... 16,283 10,690 8,162 10,095 11,722 8,548 7,549 EBITDA(f)............................... 27,565 22,480 54,363 55,603 59,863 46,604 46,328 Depreciation and amortization........... 18,951 21,126 30,161 30,157 30,359 22,096 31,650 Capital expenditures.................... 24,493 13,257 13,356 18,913 15,458 11,589 17,909 Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(g)... .54 .45 .88 .77 1.14 1.61 (1.28) Branches and distributors (at end of period)............................... 74 73 84 84 84 84 101 Equipment units (at end of period)...... 71,231 83,101 123,309 120,388 131,897 129,516 150,050
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AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, AS OF ----------------------------------------------------- JUNE 30, 1993 1994(A) 1995 1996 1997(B) 1998 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------------ (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) BALANCE SHEET DATA: Working capital (deficiency)................ $ (4,501) $(24,569) $(20,249) $ (511) $ 29,732 $ 46,847 Property, plant and equipment, net.......... 117,748 149,051 132,823 122,706 113,589 112,706 Total assets................................ 308,827 377,795 334,169 308,423 257,522 318,734 Total debt.................................. 220,464 289,261 256,156 242,210 145,834 477,085 Stockholders' equity (deficiency)........... 44,574 36,280 31,517 17,445 48,603 (315,401 )
- ------------------------ (a) On September 30, 1994, MEDIQ/PRN acquired the critical care, life support and other movable medical rental equipment inventory of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. The purchase price, which was primarily financed with long-term debt, approximated $88.0 million, including transaction costs and the assumption of certain capital lease obligations. (b) On September 1, 1997, the Company consummated the SpectraCair Acquisition for $1.9 million and the assumption of its former joint venture partner's portion of the outstanding debt of $4.4 million. Accordingly, the results of operations of SpectraCair for the one month ended September 30, 1997 are included in the Company's operating results. (c) Fiscal 1996 includes restructuring charges of $2.2 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1998 includes non-recurring merger costs aggregating $34.6 million, including compensation expense of $19.0 million recorded upon the exercise of options by employees, payment of special transaction bonuses to certain current and former members of management of approximately $6.0 million and the payment of a transaction fee of $6.0 million to BRS and the Co-Investors. (d) Fiscal 1993 includes interest income of $1.1 million partially offset by a $0.3 million net loss on the sale of assets. Fiscal 1994 includes a net gain on the sale of assets of $5.8 million and interest income of $1.4 million. Fiscal 1995 includes $1.5 million of interest income partially offset by a $0.4 million net loss on the sale of assets. Fiscal 1996 includes a $6.0 million reserve on the note receivable from MHM, interest income of $1.5 million and a net gain on the sale of assets of $0.6 million. Fiscal 1997 includes an equity participation charge related to the repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants of $11.0 million, a gain on the sale of stock of $9.2 million, a reserve on amounts due from MHM of $5.5 million, the write-off of deferred acquisition costs of $4.0 million, a gain on a note receivable of $1.8 million and interest income of $2.1 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1997 includes an equity participation charge related to the repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants of $11.0 million, a gain on the sale of stock of $9.2 million, a gain on a note receivable of $1.8 million and interest income of $1.6 million. The nine months ended June 30, 1998 includes interest income of approximately $0.7 million. (e) For fiscal year 1993, other revenues include revenues from subsidiaries sold in fiscal 1994 of $5.1 million. (f) EBITDA is defined as income from continuing operations before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-recurring merger costs. EBITDA is presented because it is a widely accepted financial indicator of a company's ability to service indebtedness. However, EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to income from operations or to cash flows from operating activities (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) and should not be construed as an indication of a company's operating performance or as a measure of liquidity. (g) In fiscal 1993 through 1996, earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $10.5 million, $12.6 million, $3.7 million and $6.6 million, respectively. In the nine months ended June 30, 1998, earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $35.5 million as a result of non-recurring merger costs. 46 MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes, and the other financial information, included elsewhere in this Prospectus. GENERAL During fiscal 1997, the Company completed its previously announced strategy of focusing on MEDIQ/ PRN and divesting substantially all other operating assets. This strategy resulted in the following divestitures: (i) In October 1996, PCI Services, Inc. ("PCI") was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc. ("Cardinal"). In that transaction, the Company received 1,449,000 shares (adjusted for a stock split) of Cardinal stock in exchange for its 46% ownership interest in PCI. In January 1997, the Company sold these shares for $88.4 million. (ii) In November 1996, the Company sold substantially all the assets of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. ("Mobile X-Ray") for (a) $5.3 million in cash, (b) shares of Integrated Health Services, Inc. ("IHS") common stock with an initial value of $5.2 million, which were subsequently sold at an amount which approximated carrying value and (c) the possibility of the Company receiving additional cash consideration based upon the occurrence of certain future events. In fiscal 1997, the Company received approximately $1.1 million in additional cash consideration relating to the Mobile X-Ray transaction. (iii) In December 1996, the Company sold all of its shares of NutraMax for $36.3 million, or $9.00 per share. (iv) In May 1997, the Company sold the stock of Health Examinetics, Inc. ("Health Examinetics") for $1.7 million. As part of the Company's strategy to focus on its core business, the Company sought to acquire two companies in the medical rental equipment business. In February 1997, the Company entered into an agreement to acquire Universal Hospital Services, Inc. ("UHS"), a provider of medical rental equipment. UHS and the Company mutually terminated the agreement in September 1997 due to Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") antitrust concerns. See "--Results of Operations--Other Charges/Credits." In September 1997, the Company consummated the SpectraCair Acquisition for approximately $1.9 million and the assumption of Huntleigh's portion of SpectraCair's then outstanding debt of $4.4 million. Since September 30, 1994, the Company's revenues and operating income have been driven principally by acquisitions in its core rental business and internal growth in sales of Parts and Disposables and Outsourcing Services, and to a lesser extent, its core rental business. During this period, the Company increased revenues from $81.5 million in fiscal 1994 to $156.0 million in fiscal 1997. In addition, as a result of acquisitions and management initiatives, the Company increased operating income and operating margins from $1.4 million and $29.5 million and from 2% and 19%, respectively, during the same period. See "Business--General." During the last two fiscal years, operating margins have decreased slightly as a result of the growth experienced by the Company in sales of Parts and Disposables revenue share activities and Outsourcing Services. These activities have lower operating margins and have experienced higher growth rates than the Company's core rental business. The Company's rental business is seasonal, with demand historically peaking during periods of increased hospital census, which generally occur in the winter months during the Company's second fiscal quarter. Demand is generally at its lowest point during the Company's first quarter. During the past three fiscal years, first quarter sales have represented an average of approximately 23% of annual revenues and second quarter sales have represented an average of approximately 28% of annual revenues. 47 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 COMPARED WITH NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1997 REVENUES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS. Revenues were $131.9 million for the nine months ended June 30, 1998, as compared to $117.7 million in the prior year period, an increase of $14.2 million, or 12%. This revenue growth was attributable to a 10% increase in rental revenue and a 40% increase in sales partially offset by a 12% decrease in other revenue. The growth in rental revenue was achieved primarily through revenues from the rental of therapeutic support systems as a result of the SpectraCair Acquisition in September 1997 and the CHI Acquisition in May 1998. Rental revenue also increased as a result of revenue share arrangements, the most significant of which commenced in January 1997. These increases were partially offset by a 4% decrease in the core rental business primarily as a result of a shift from rental to purchase by one of the Company's significant home healthcare customers beginning in May 1997. Exclusive of revenues from such customer, revenues from the core rental business were comparable to the prior year. The increase in sales was attributable to sales of disposable products as a result of increased volume to existing customers, revenue share arrangements, and sales of medical gases which the Company initiated in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1997. The decrease in other revenue was primarily attributable to the discontinuance of logistics services provided to SpectraCair as a result of its acquisition in September 1997, partially offset by increased revenues from asset management projects. EBITDA. EBITDA was $46.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 and was comparable with the prior year period. EBITDA margins decreased to 35.1% in the current period from 39.6% in the comparable prior year period. The margin decrease was attributable to the aforementioned decrease in core rental revenue and increased selling and operating expenses as the Company continued to invest in sales and operational personnel to facilitate the growth of the MEDIQ/FST (formerly SpectraCair) division, disposable sales and outsourcing activities. EBITDA margins decreased to 35.1% from 39.6% in the prior year period which was primarily attributable to the growth of sales of parts and disposables and the Company's revenue share activities which have lower margins than the Company's core rental business and the increase in selling and operating expenses. EBITDA is defined as income from continuing operations before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-recurring merger costs. The Company's definition of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. EBITDA is presented because it is a widely accepted financial indicator of a company's ability to service indebtedness in the medical equipment rental industry. However, EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to income from operations or to cash flows from operating activities (as determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles) and should not be construed as an indication of a company's operating performance or as a measure of liquidity. OPERATING INCOME (LOSS). The operating loss was $19.9 million for the nine months ended June 30, 1998, as compared to operating income of $24.5 million in the prior year period. The decrease in operating income was primarily attributable to the non-recurring merger costs aggregating $34.6 million (which included compensation expense of $19.0 million recorded upon the exercise of options by employees, payment of special transaction bonuses to certain current and former members of management of approximately $6.0 million and the payment of a transaction fee of $6.0 million to BRS and the Co-Investors) and a $6.0 million depreciation reserve to write-down certain rental equipment product lines to net realizable value. Exclusive of the non-recurring merger costs and the depreciation reserve, operating income decreased $4.8 million to $20.7 million as a result of increased depreciation associated with capital expenditures in the current and prior year in addition to the decrease in EBITDA for the third quarter. INTEREST EXPENSE. Interest expense decreased 6% to $14.3 million for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 primarily as a result of the substantial reduction of debt with the proceeds from the sales of discontinued operations in the second quarter of fiscal 1997 and reduced interest rates as a result of improved leverage in accordance with the terms of the Company's former credit agreement, partially offset by the substantial increase in debt incurred in connection with the Merger and the CHI Acquisition. 48 TAX RATE. The Company's effective tax rates were disproportionate compared to the statutory rate as a result of the nondeductibility of certain goodwill amortization. FISCAL 1997 COMPARED WITH FISCAL 1996 REVENUES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS. Revenues from continuing operations were $156.0 million as compared to $136.1 million in the prior year, an increase of $19.9 million, or 15%. The revenue growth was attributable to a 9% increase in rental revenue, a 70% increase in sales, and a 16% increase in other revenue. The growth in rental revenue was primarily attributable to new revenue share arrangements, a sustained flu season, increased volume and the acquisition of SpectraCair. The increase in sales was derived primarily from a significant distribution contract which was in place during all of 1997 as compared to five months in the comparable prior year as well as increases in sales of Parts and Disposables as a result of additional volume attributable to an expanded customer base, a wider variety of product offerings, a new revenue share arrangement and the expansion of a distribution agreement to include additional product lines. The increase in other revenue was achieved principally through Outsourcing Services as a result of an expanded customer base. The Company expects to continue to emphasize the sale of Parts and Disposables related to the types of Medical Equipment it rents, as well as the nonrental services it has introduced, and would anticipate that, if this strategy is successful, these activities would significantly contribute to the Company's revenue growth. The Company markets its products and services to a variety of health care and related businesses, primarily hospitals, alternate care and home care providers and nursing homes. In recent years, these industries have undergone dramatic consolidation and change. Although the Company is seeking to emphasize its ability to provide services to these health care institutions in response to a perception that such institutions are "outsourcing" increasing amounts of their operations, there can be no assurance that this strategy will be successful. OPERATING INCOME. Operating income increased $1.9 million or 7% to $29.5 million, as compared to $27.6 million, exclusive of a $2.2 million restructuring charge, in the prior year. The restructuring charge was incurred in connection with the downsizing of corporate functions and consolidation of certain activities with the operations of MEDIQ/PRN. The improvement in operating income was attributable to the growth in revenue share and sales activities and reductions in corporate overhead of $0.9 million related to the downsizing of corporate functions. This improvement was partially offset by an additional investment in people and information systems to facilitate the accelerated growth of sales of Parts and Disposables and revenues from Outsourcing Services, higher variable costs associated with the sustained flu season and increased volume. Operating margins remained consistent with the prior year as a result of the Company's growth in revenue share activities and sales of Parts and Disposables which provide a lower gross margin than the traditional rental of equipment but do not require any capital investment. INTEREST EXPENSE. Interest expense decreased 30% to $19.1 million from $27.3 million in 1996 primarily as a result of substantial reductions of debt with the proceeds from the sales of discontinued operations and lower interest rates associated with the refinancing of the 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999 that occurred on October 1, 1996. OTHER CHARGES AND CREDITS. In October 1996, the Company incurred a non-recurring charge of $11.0 million for the repurchase of warrants to purchase 10% of the capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN issued in connection with financing the acquisition of Kinetic Concepts, Inc. in 1994. In February 1997, the Company entered into an agreement with UHS to acquire the outstanding shares of UHS for $17.50 per share. Including the assumption of debt, the total purchase price would have been $138.0 million. The transaction was structured as a cash merger and was anticipated to be funded with proceeds from the Existing Credit Facility. In January 1997, the Existing Credit Facility was amended to increase certain of its components by $50 million, subject to approval of the proposed acquisition of UHS pursuant to the Hart-Scott Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act") and by UHS' shareholders. In April 1997, the shareholders of UHS approved the acquisition subject 49 to Federal regulatory approval pursuant to the HSR Act. In July 1997, the Company and UHS were informed by the FTC that it had authorized its staff to take legal action to block the proposed transaction, and subsequently the FTC filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the transaction. In September 1997, facing the likelihood of a protracted administrative proceeding before the FTC, the uncertainty of the outcome and the costs associated with continuing to defend against the efforts of the FTC to prevent the merger, the Company and UHS mutually terminated the proposed acquisition. Consequently, the amendment to the Existing Credit Facility was also terminated. The Company wrote-off $4.0 million ($2.4 million net of taxes, or $.09 per share) of deferred acquisition and financing costs related to the acquisition. In September 1997, the Company recorded additional reserves of $5.5 million on amounts due from MHM, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company that was spun-off to shareholders in August 1993, as a result of its assessment of the net realizable value of these amounts in light of continued deterioration in MHM's financial condition. See "Business--Legal Proceedings." TAX RATE. The Company's effective tax rate was disproportionate compared to the statutory rate as a result of the non-deductibility of the expense associated with the repurchase of the MEDIQ/PRN warrants, goodwill amortization and non-recognition of certain operating losses and non-operating gains for state income tax purposes. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. In November 1997, the Company sold to InnoServ Technologies ("InnoServ") all of the 2,026,438 shares of InnoServ common stock owned by it, together with a warrant to acquire additional shares of InnoServ common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, no cash payment was made by InnoServ. However, the parties agreed to terminate a non-compete covenant relating to maintenance and repair services. In addition, in the event of a change of control of InnoServ before September 30, 1998, the Company will be entitled to certain payments from the acquiring party as if it had continued to own the shares. At this time, the Company cannot determine whether a change of control of InnoServ will occur and if a transaction does occur, the amount of consideration it would receive. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a reserve of $5.0 million before taxes ($1.3 million after taxes) as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. On May 7, 1997, the Company sold the stock of Health Examinetics to the management of Health Examinetics for approximately $1.7 million, consisting of $0.1 million in cash and an interest-bearing promissory note in the amount of $1.6 million. The promissory note bears interest at 7% per annum and matures in April 2003. Interest only is due on the promissory note for the first eighteen months. Quarterly principal and interest payments commence on January 1, 1999. The sale resulted in an after-tax charge of $1.0 million, or $0.04 per share in addition to the estimated net loss on the disposal recorded in fiscal 1996. The charge is reflected as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. On December 31, 1996, the Company sold to NutraMax all of the 4,037,258 shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, of NutraMax ("NutraMax Common Stock") owned by the Company at a price of $9.00 per share. The Company received from NutraMax $19.9 million in cash and an interest-bearing promissory note (the "NutraMax Note") in the amount of $16.4 million. The NutraMax Note matures in July 2003 and bears interest at 7.5% per annum for the first eighteen months with decreasing interest rates over the remaining term. The NutraMax Note is payable when shares of NutraMax Common Stock owned by the Company, which are currently held in escrow in support of the Exchangeable Debentures, are delivered to NutraMax upon release from escrow. The shares of NutraMax Common Stock are to be released from escrow upon the purchase or redemption of Exchangeable Debentures by the Company. In the event the Exchangeable Debentures are exchanged into shares of NutraMax Common Stock, the NutraMax Note will be reduced on a pro rata basis. The NutraMax Note does not bear a market rate of interest for its full term. Accordingly, the Company discounted the NutraMax Note to $13.6 million. The Company recognized an after-tax gain of $4.8 million, or $0.18 per share, on the sale of the NutraMax Common Stock which is included in Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statements 50 of Operations. From January through September 1997, the Company repurchased $17.8 million of the Exchangeable Debentures in the open market which resulted in the release of 1,161,961 shares of NutraMax Common Stock from escrow. The shares were delivered to NutraMax resulting in cash payments on the NutraMax Note of $10.5 million and the realization of a $1.8 million pre-tax gain as a result of the recognition of a portion of the discount on the NutraMax Note. This gain is reflected in Other-net in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. At September 30, 1997, the balance of the NutraMax Note was $4.8 million, net of a discount of $1.1 million. The Company used the cash proceeds received from these transactions to reduce debt. On November 6, 1996, the Company sold substantially all the assets of Mobile X-Ray to Symphony Diagnostics, Inc., a subsidiary of IHS, for $5.3 million in cash and shares of IHS common stock with a value of $5.2 million. In 1997, the Company received additional proceeds of $1.1 million, with the possibility of the Company receiving additional cash consideration based upon the occurrence of certain future events. The loss on the disposal of these assets was recorded in fiscal 1996. In July 1997, the Company sold the IHS shares at an amount which approximated carrying value. The proceeds from these transactions were used to reduce debt. On October 11, 1996, PCI was acquired by Cardinal. In that transaction, the Company received 1,449,000 shares (adjusted for a stock split) of Cardinal stock in exchange for its 46% ownership interest in PCI. The Company recognized an after-tax gain of $32.6 million on this transaction as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company sold its Cardinal shares in January 1997 for $88.4 million and used the proceeds to reduce debt. Revenues and operating income from discontinued operations (excluding equity investees) in 1997 were $6.6 million and $0.2 million, respectively, as compared to revenues and operating income of $36.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively, in the prior year. EXTRAORDINARY ITEMS. As a result of the refinancing that occurred on October 1, 1996 and the repurchases of the Company's 7.25% Convertible Subordinated Debentures ("7.25% debentures") and Exchangeable Debentures, the Company recognized an extraordinary charge of $13.4 million ($8.0 million, net of taxes) resulting primarily from premiums incurred related to the tender offer to purchase the $100 million 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999 and the write-off of related deferred charges. FISCAL 1996 COMPARED WITH FISCAL 1995 REVENUES FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS. Revenues from continuing operations were $136.1 million, as compared to $132.2 million in the prior year, an increase of $3.9 million, or 3%. The revenue growth was attributable to a 66% increase in sales and a 24% increase in other revenue, partially offset by a 2% decrease in rental revenue. The growth in sales and other revenue was partially offset by lower Medical Equipment rentals as a result of the absence in fiscal 1996 of a sustained flu season, the non-renewal of a number of long-term rental contracts as a result of customer purchases and a trend in the marketplace of better utilization of equipment by customers partially offset by an increase in the number of rental customers. OPERATING INCOME. Operating income from continuing operations was $25.4 million, as compared to $24.2 million in 1995, an increase of $1.2 million, or 5%. The improvement in operating income was attributable to reductions in corporate overhead of $4.1 million, as compared to fiscal 1995, as a result of non-recurring expenses in fiscal 1995 associated with the activities of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Holdings and the reduction in corporate personnel in connection with the corporate restructuring plan adopted in the first quarter of fiscal 1996. This reduction was partially offset by a restructuring charge of $2.2 million for employee severance costs incurred in connection with a plan approved by the Board of Directors to downsize corporate functions and consolidate certain activities with the operations of MEDIQ/PRN. INTEREST EXPENSE. Interest expense decreased 7%, to $27.3 million, from $29.2 million in 1995. The decrease was primarily attributable to a net reduction in indebtedness and was partially offset by an 51 increase in the interest rate of MEDIQ/PRN's $100 million Senior Secured Notes from 11 1/8% to 12 1/8% effective October 1, 1995. INTEREST INCOME. Interest income of $1.5 million was consistent with the prior year and was primarily derived from the Company's note receivable from MHM. OTHER CHARGES AND CREDITS. Other charges and credits for 1996 included the establishment of a reserve on the note receivable from MHM of $6.0 million as a result of the Company's analysis of the financial condition of MHM and a charge of $0.6 million related to the excess of the purchase price over the carrying value of a warrant issued by MEDIQ/PRN in 1992 to a lender in connection with the financing of an acquisition in 1992. The purchase price of the warrant was $1.6 million. These charges were partially offset by gains on the sales of operating assets of $0.6 million. Fiscal 1995 included a loss of $1.1 million from the sale of the Company's equity interest in New West Eyeworks, Inc. in April 1995 for $3.0 million, and income of $0.6 million representing a portion of the contingent proceeds earned in 1995 from the prior year sale of the Company's interest in a kidney stone treatment center. PRE-TAX LOSS. The pre-tax loss from continuing operations before extraordinary items was $6.6 million for 1996, as compared to a pre-tax loss of $3.7 million in the prior year. The increase in pre-tax loss was attributable to the reserve on the note receivable from MHM, the restructuring charge and the charge related to the repurchase of the MEDIQ/PRN warrant partially offset by net reductions in interest expense and corporate overhead. The pre-tax loss in 1995 included non-recurring expenses of $1.7 million related to the strategic activities of the Board of Directors and a loss of $1.1 million on the sale of the Company's equity interest in New West Eyeworks. INCOME TAX BENEFIT. The income tax benefit related to continuing operations was $0.4 million, as compared to a benefit of $0.3 million in the prior year. The Company's effective tax rates were disproportionate compared to the statutory rates as a result of goodwill amortization and the non-recognition for state income tax purposes of certain operating losses. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS. Revenues from discontinued operations (excluding equity investees) were $36.8 million in 1996, as compared to $78.4 million in 1995. The net loss from discontinued operations was $10.7 million in 1996, as compared to $1.6 million in 1995, and consisted principally of revisions to the estimates of sales proceeds for the disposal of the Company's investments in discontinued operations, including reserves relating to certain investigations as discussed in Note J to the Consolidated Financial Statements of the Company for fiscal 1997. In September 1996, the Company sold its ownership interest in HealthQuest for $75,000, which approximated its carrying value. In August 1995, the Company sold the assets of MEDIQ Imaging to NMC Diagnostic Services, Inc., a division of W. R. Grace and Co., for approximately $17.0 million in cash and the assumption of $9.7 million of debt. In June 1995, the Company sold Medifac, Inc. ("Medifac") and certain related assets to the management of Medifac for approximately $11.0 million in cash and notes, and the assumption of $26.9 million of non-recourse debt. EXTRAORDINARY GAIN. In connection with repayments of debt, the Company realized an extraordinary gain of $1.7 million, or $1.1 million net of taxes, in 1996. LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES Cash used in operating activities was $1.9 million in the nine months ended June 30, 1998, as compared to $2.7 million in the prior year period. The increase was primarily attributable to improved cash flows from operations and decreased working capital requirements. Net cash used in investing activities was $26.0 million, and principally consisted of capital expenditures for equipment and acquisitions. Net cash provided by financing activities was $33.5 million and primarily consisted of proceeds from the issuance of $190.0 million of Notes, borrowings under the New Credit Facility of $151.5 million, the 52 issuance of the Preferred Stock of $138.2 million and the issuance of Units for gross proceeds of $75.0 million, partially offset by the repurchase of the Company's common and preferred stock of $377.4 million, the repayment of the Company's former credit facility of $133.9 million and deferred financing fees of $20.1 million. MEDIQ/PRN issued the Old Notes and entered into the New Credit Facility and Holdings issued the Units to consummate the Merger and the CHI Acquisition, effect the Refinancing, pay related fees and expenses and provide for working capital requirements. As a result of the consummation of the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition, the Company has substantial consolidated indebtedness. At June 30, 1998, the Company had $477.1 million of consolidated indebtedness and a shareholders' deficit of $315.4 million. In addition, the Company expects to incur additional indebtedness in connection with its post-Merger strategy of pursuing strategic acquisitions and expanding through internal growth. Following the consummation of the Transactions and the CHI Acquisition, the Company has up to $50.0 million of availability for working capital under the Revolving Credit Facility and $75.0 million of availability for future acquisitions under the Acquisition Facility. However, at June 30, 1998 pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility and/or the Indentures, the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Facility was limited to $25.9 million and $50.0 million, respectively. The Company's principal capital requirements are to fund working capital needs, meet required debt payments, fund capital expenditures and complete planned maintenance and expansion. Management anticipates that MEDIQ/PRN's operating cash flow, together with available borrowings under the New Credit Facility, will be sufficient to meet its working capital, capital expenditure and debt service requirements on its debt obligations for the foreseeable future. The New Credit Facility and the Indentures include significant operating and financial restrictions, such as limits on the Company's ability to incur indebtedness, create liens, sell assets, engage in mergers or consolidations, make investments and capital expenditures and pay dividends. Upon consummation of the Transactions, the Company had substantial consolidated indebtedness. In addition, the Company expects to incur additional indebtedness in connection with its post-Merger strategy of pursuing strategic acquisitions and expanding through internal growth. Any such high leverage may have important consequences for the Company, including the following: (a) the Company's ability to obtain additional financing for such acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures or other purposes may be impaired or any such financing may not be on terms favorable to the Company; (b) interest expense may reduce the funds that would otherwise be available to the Company for its operations and future business opportunities; (c) a substantial decrease in net operating cash flows or an increase in expenses of the Company could make it difficult for the Company to meet its debt service requirements or pay dividends or force it to modify its operations; (d) substantial leverage may place the Company at a competitive disadvantage and may make it more vulnerable to a downturn in its business or the economy generally; (e) certain of such indebtedness of the Company will be at variable rates of interest, which would cause the Company to be vulnerable to increases in interest rates; (f) certain of such indebtedness will be secured by substantially all the assets of MEDIQ/PRN and its subsidiaries, reducing its ability to obtain additional financing; and (g) the Company may be hindered in its ability to adjust rapidly to changing market conditions. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation" ("SFAS 123"), which was adopted by the Company in fiscal 1997 as required by the statement. The Company has elected to continue to measure such compensation expense using the method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," as permitted by SFAS 123. (See Note O to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements). The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share," which will result in changes to the computation and presentation of earnings per share. The Company adopted this standard during its quarter ended December 31, 1997. 53 The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which will result in disclosure of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," which establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 132, "Employers' Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits." This statement, which provides for additional disclosure regarding pensions and other post-retirement benefits, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, although earlier application is permitted. The Company does not believe the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. In July 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." This statement, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities, is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, although earlier application is permitted. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. NPC ACQUISITION. On June 26, 1988, MEDIQ/PRN acquired certain assets of National Patient Care Systems, Inc. ("NPC") for $11.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses and contingent consideration of up to $2.8 million payable over the next two years if certain revenue targets are achieved by NPC. YEAR 2000. The Company's internal business information systems have been analyzed for Year 2000 compliance and are Year 2000 compliant. The Company utilizes third-party network equipment and software products, which may or may not be Year 2000 complaint. While delays in the implementation of the Year 2000 solutions or failure of any critical technology components to operate properly in the Year 2000 could adversely affect the Company's operations, at this time, the Company believes that resolution of the Year 2000 issue will not require material additional costs and will not have a material adverse effect on the Company's results of operations. 54 THE EXCHANGE OFFERS PURPOSE AND EFFECT The Old Securities were sold by the Issuers on May 29, 1998 in a private placement. In connection with that placement, the Issuers entered into the Registration Rights Agreement, which requires that the Issuers file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the New Securities and, upon the effectiveness of that registration statement, offer to the holders of the Old Securities the opportunity to exchange their Old Securities for a like principal amount (or principal amount at maturity) of New Securities, which will be issued without a restrictive legend and may be reoffered and resold by the holder without registration under the Securities Act. The Registration Rights Agreement further provides that the Issuers must use their best efforts to cause the registration statement with respect to the Exchange Offers to be declared effective on or before October 26, 1998. Except as provided below, upon the completion of the Exchange Offers, the Issuers' obligations with respect to the registration of the Old Securities and the New Securities will terminate. A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part. Following the completion of the Exchange Offers (except as set forth in the paragraph immediately below), holders of Old Securities not tendered will not have any further registration rights and those Old Securities will continue to be subject to certain restrictions on transfer. Accordingly, the liquidity of the market for the Old Securities could be adversely affected upon completion of the Exchange Offers. In order to participate in an Exchange Offer, a holder must represent to the relevant Issuer, among other things, that (i) the New Securities acquired pursuant to such Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Securities, whether or not such person is the holder of the Old Securities, (ii) neither the holder nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Securities or Old Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) neither the holder nor any such other person is an "affiliate," as defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of MEDIQ/PRN, Holdings or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or if it is an affiliate, such holder or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv) if such holder or other person is not a broker-dealer, neither the holder nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in the distribution of such New Securities, and (v) if such holder or other person is a broker-dealer, that it will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. See "Plan of Distribution." Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, each Issuer is required to file a "shelf" registration statement for a continuous offering pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in respect of its Old Securities (and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such shelf registration statement to be declared effective by the Commission and keep it continuously effective, supplemented and amended for prescribed periods) if (i) such Issuer is not permitted to effect its Exchange Offer because of any change in law or in applicable interpretations thereof by the staff of the Commission, (ii) such Exchange Offer is not consummated within 180 days of the date of issuance of the Old Securities, (iii) any Initial Purchaser so requests with respect to Old Securities not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in such Exchange Offer and held by it following consummation of such Exchange Offer, or (iv) any holder of Old Securities (other than an Exchanging Dealer) is not eligible to participate in such Exchange Offer or, in the case of any holder of Old Securities (other than an Exchanging Dealer) that participates in such Exchange Offer, such holder does not receive freely tradable New Securities upon consummation of such Exchange Offer. In the event that either Issuer is obligated to file a "shelf" registration statement, it may be required to keep such "shelf" registration statement effective for at least two years. Other than as set forth in this paragraph, no holder will have the right to participate in the "shelf" registration statement nor otherwise 55 to require that an Issuer register such holder's Old Securities under the Securities Act. See "-- Procedures for Tendering." Based on an interpretation by the Commission's staff set forth in no-action letters issued to third-parties unrelated to MEDIQ/PRN, Holdings or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Issuers believe that, with the exceptions set forth below, New Securities issued pursuant to the Exchange Offers in exchange for Old Securities may be offered for resale, sold and otherwise transferred by any person receiving such New Securities, whether or not such person is the holder (other than any such holder or such other person which is an "affiliate" of MEDIQ/PRN, Holdings or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) without compliance with the registration and prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act, provided that (i) the New Securities are acquired in the ordinary course of business of that holder or such other person, (ii) neither the holder nor such other person is engaging in or intends to engage in a distribution of the New Securities, and (iii) neither the holder nor such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities. Any holder who tenders in an Exchange Offer for the purpose of participating in a distribution of New Securities cannot rely on this interpretation by the Commission's staff and must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction. Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account in exchange for Old Securities, where the Old Securities were acquired by that broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. See "Plan of Distribution." CONSEQUENCES OF FAILURE TO EXCHANGE Following the completion of the Exchange Offers, holders of Old Securities not tendered will not have any further registration rights (except in certain circumstances as set forth above with respect to shelf registration (see "-- Purpose and Effect")) and those Old Securities will continue to be subject to the existing restrictions on transfer. Accordingly, the liquidity of the market for a holder's Old Securities could be adversely affected upon completion of the Exchange Offers if the holder does not participate in the Exchange Offers. TERMS OF THE NOTE EXCHANGE OFFER Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and in the Notes Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the Note Exchange Offer), MEDIQ/PRN will accept for exchange Old Notes properly tendered prior to the Expiration Date and not withdrawn as permitted below. As used herein, the term "Expiration Date" means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 1998; provided, however, that if MEDIQ/PRN has extended the period of time for which the Note Exchange Offer is open, the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest time and date to which the Note Exchange Offer is extended. The form and terms of the New Notes will be substantially the same as the form and terms of the Old Notes except that (i) interest on the New Notes will accrue from the date of issuance of the Old Notes and (ii) the New Notes are being registered under the Securities Act and will not bear legends restricting their transfer. The New Notes will evidence the same debt as the Old Notes and will be issued pursuant to, and entitled to the benefits of, the Note Indenture. As of the date of this Prospectus, Old Notes representing $190,000,000 aggregate principal amount are outstanding. This Prospectus, together with the Note Letter of Transmittal, is being sent to all holders of the Old Notes known to MEDIQ/PRN. MEDIQ/PRN's obligation to accept Old Notes for exchange pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions as set forth under " - ---Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offer" below. 56 MEDIQ/PRN shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Old Notes when, as and if MEDIQ/ PRN has given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering holders of Old Notes for the purposes of receiving the New Notes from MEDIQ/PRN. MEDIQ/PRN expressly reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Note Exchange Offer is open, and thereby delay acceptance for any exchange of any Old Notes, by giving notice of such extension to the Exchange Agent and the holders thereof. During any such extension, all Old Notes previously tendered will remain subject to the Note Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by MEDIQ/PRN. Any Old Notes not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Note Exchange Offer. MEDIQ/PRN reserves the right, in its sole discretion, (i) to delay accepting any Old Notes, (ii) to extend the Note Exchange Offer, (iii) if any conditions set forth below under " --Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offers" shall not have been satisfied, to terminate the Note Exchange Offer or (iv) to amend the terms of the Note Exchange Offer in any manner, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension, termination or amendment to the Exchange Agent. Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice thereof to the registered holders. If the Note Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by MEDIQ/PRN to constitute a material change, MEDIQ/PRN will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders, and MEDIQ/PRN will extend the Note Exchange Offer for a period of five to 10 business days, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders, if the Note Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during such five to 10 business day period. Holders of Old Notes do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights under the DGCL in connection with the Note Exchange Offer. MEDIQ/PRN intends to conduct the Note Exchange Offer in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. TERMS OF THE DEBENTURE EXCHANGE OFFER Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Prospectus and in the Debenture Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the Debenture Exchange Offer), Holdings will accept for exchange Old Debentures properly tendered prior to the Expiration Date and not withdrawn as permitted below. As used herein, the term "Expiration Date" means 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on , 1998; provided, however, that if Holdings has extended the period of time for which the Debenture Exchange Offer is open, the term "Expiration Date" shall mean the latest time and date to which the Debenture Exchange Offer is extended. As of the date of this Prospectus, Old Debentures representing $140,885,000 aggregate principal amount at maturity were outstanding. This Prospectus, together with the Debenture Letter of Transmittal, is being sent to all holders of Debentures known to Holdings. Holdings' obligation to accept Old Debentures for exchange pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer is subject to certain conditions as set forth under "-- Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offers" below. Holdings shall be deemed to have accepted validly tendered Old Debentures when, as and if Holdings has given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering holders of Old Debentures for the purposes of receiving the New Debentures from Holdings. Holdings expressly reserves the right, at any time or from time to time, to extend the period of time during which the Debenture Exchange Offer is open, and thereby delay acceptance for any exchange of any Old Debentures, by giving notice of such extension to the Exchange Agent and the holders thereof. During any such extension, all Old Debentures previously tendered will remain subject to the Debenture 57 Exchange Offer and may be accepted for exchange by Holdings. Any Old Debentures not accepted for exchange for any reason will be returned without expense to the tendering holder thereof as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Debenture Exchange Offer. Holdings reserves the right, in its sole discretion, (i) to delay accepting any Old Debentures, (ii) to extend the Debenture Exchange Offer, (iii) if any conditions set forth below under " -- Certain Conditions to the Exchange Offers" shall not have been satisfied, to terminate the Debenture Exchange Offer or (iv) to amend the terms of the Debenture Exchange Offer in any manner, by giving oral or written notice of such delay, extension, termination or amendment to the Exchange Agent. Any such delay in acceptance, extension, termination or amendment will be followed as promptly as practicable by oral or written notice thereof to the registered holders. If the Debenture Exchange Offer is amended in a manner determined by Holdings to constitute a material change, Holdings will promptly disclose such amendment by means of a prospectus supplement that will be distributed to the registered holders, and Holdings will extend the Debenture Exchange Offer for a period of five to 10 business days, depending upon the significance of the amendment and the manner of disclosure to the registered holders, if the Debenture Exchange Offer would otherwise expire during such five to 10 business day period. Holders of Old Debentures do not have any appraisal or dissenters' rights under the DGCL in connection with the Debenture Exchange Offer. Holdings intends to conduct the Debenture Exchange Offer in accordance with the provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement and the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. PROCEDURES FOR TENDERING Only a registered holder of Old Securities may tender the Old Securities in an Exchange Offer. Except as set forth under " -- Book Entry Transfer," to tender in an Exchange Offer a holder must complete, sign and date the Letter of Transmittal applicable to such Exchange Offer, or a copy thereof, have the signatures thereon guaranteed if required by such Letter of Transmittal, and mail or otherwise deliver such Letter of Transmittal or copy to the Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date for such Exchange Offer. In addition, either (i) certificates for such Old Securities must be received by the Exchange Agent along with the Letter of Transmittal applicable to such Exchange Offer, or (ii) a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer (a "Book-Entry Confirmation") of such Old Securities, if that procedure is available, into the account of the Exchange Agent for such Exchange Offer at the Depositary (the "Book-Entry Transfer Facility") pursuant to the procedure for book-entry transfer described below, must be received by such Exchange Agent prior to the Expiration Date, or (iii) the Holder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described below. To be tendered effectively, a Letter of Transmittal and other required documents must be received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth under " -- Exchange Agent" prior to the Expiration Date. The tender by a holder that is not withdrawn before the Expiration Date will constitute an agreement between that holder and the applicable Issuer in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Letter of Transmittal applicable to such Issuer's Exchange Offer. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD SECURITIES, A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE, PROPERLY INSURED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ASSURE DELIVERY TO AN EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD SECURITIES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ISSUERS. HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES, OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THESE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS. 58 Any beneficial owner whose Old Securities are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee and who wishes to tender should contact the registered holder promptly and instruct the registered holder to tender on the beneficial owner's behalf. If the beneficial owner wishes to tender on the owner's own behalf, the owner must, prior to completing and executing a Letter of Transmittal and delivering the owner's Old Securities, either make appropriate arrangements to register ownership of the Old Securities in the beneficial owner's name or obtain a properly completed bond power from the registered holder. The transfer of registered ownership may take considerable time. Signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case maybe, must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined below) unless Old Securities tendered pursuant thereto are tendered (i) by a registered holder who has not completed the box entitled "Special Registration Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" on such Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. If signatures on a Letter of Transmittal or a notice of withdrawal, as the case may be, are required to be guaranteed, the guarantee must be by any eligible guarantor institution that is a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, or an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution"). If a Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered holder of any Old Securities listed therein, the Old Securities must be endorsed or accompanied by a properly completed bond power, signed by the registered holder as that registered holder's name appears on the Old Securities. If a Letter of Transmittal or any Old Securities or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations, or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and evidence satisfactory to the relevant Issuer of their authority to so act must be submitted with such Letter of Transmittal unless waived by the relevant Issuer. The Exchange Agent and the Depositary have confirmed that any financial institution that is a participant in the Depositary's system may utilize the Depositary's Automated Tender Offer Program to tender Old Securities. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Old Securities will be determined by the Issuers in their sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding. Each Issuer reserves the absolute right to reject any and all Old Securities not properly tendered or any Old Securities the acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for such Issuer, be unlawful. Each Issuer also reserves the right to waive any defects, irregularities, or conditions of tender as to particular Old Securities. An Issuer's interpretation of the terms and conditions of its Exchange Offer (including the instructions in a Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding on all parties. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Securities must be cured within such time as the Issuer of such Old Securities shall determine. Although each Issuer intends to notify holders of defects or irregularities with respect to tenders of Old Securities, neither the Issuers, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Securities will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Securities received by an Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by such Exchange Agent to the tendering holders, unless otherwise provided in the Letter of Transmittal accompanying such Old Securities, as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date. In addition, each Issuer reserves the right in its sole discretion to purchase or make offers for any Old Securities that remain outstanding after the Expiration Date or, as set forth under " -- Conditions to the Exchange Offers," to terminate its Exchange Offer and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, purchase Old Securities in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise. The terms of any such purchases or offers could differ from the terms of such Issuer's Exchange Offer. 59 By tendering, each holder will represent to the relevant Issuer that, among other things, (i) the New Securities acquired pursuant to such Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the person receiving such New Securities, (ii) such holder has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Securities or Old Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act, (iii) such holder is not an "affiliate," as defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the relevant Issuer or in the case of the New Notes any Subsidiary Guarantor or, if such holder is an "affiliate," that it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, (iv) if such holder is not a broker-dealer registered under the Exchange Act, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the New Securities and (v) if such holder is a broker-dealer, that it will receive New Securities for its own account in exchange for Old Securities that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and that it will be required to acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. An Issuer shall be deemed to have accepted properly tendered Old Securities when, as and if such Issuer has given oral or written notice thereof to the Exchange Agent. The Exchange Agent will act as agent for the tendering holders for the purpose of receiving the New Securities from the Issuers. In all cases, issuance of New Securities for Old Securities that are accepted for exchange pursuant to an Exchange Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Exchange Agent of certificates for such Old Securities or a timely Book-Entry Confirmation of such Old Securities into the Exchange Agent's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or, with respect to the Depositary and its participants, electronic instructions in which the tendering holder acknowledges its receipt of and agreement to be bound by the Letter of Transmittal for such Exchange Offer) and all other required documents. If any tendered Old Securities are not accepted for any reason set forth in the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer for such Old Securities or if Old Securities are submitted for a greater principal amount than the holder desires to exchange, such unaccepted or non-exchanged Old Securities will be returned without expense to the tendering Holder thereof (or, in the case of Old Securities tendered by book-entry transfer into the Exchange Agent's account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility pursuant to the book-entry transfer procedures described below, such non-exchanged Old Securities will be credited to an account maintained with such Book-Entry Transfer Facility) as promptly as practicable after the expiration or termination of the Exchange Offer for such Old Securities. BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER The Exchange Agent will make requests to establish accounts with respect to the Old Securities at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility for purposes of the Exchange Offers within two business days after the date of this Prospectus, and any financial institution that is a participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility's systems may make book-entry delivery of Old Securities being tendered by causing the Book-Entry Transfer Facility to transfer such Old Securities into the Exchange Agent's account for such Old Securities at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility in accordance with such Book-Entry Transfer Facility's procedures for transfer. However, although delivery of Old Securities may be effected through book-entry transfer at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility, a Letter of Transmittal or copy thereof, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, must, in any case other than as set forth in the following paragraph, be transmitted to and received by the Exchange Agent at its address set forth under " -- Exchange Agent" on or prior to the Expiration Date or the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be complied with. DTC's Automated Tender Offer Program ("ATOP") is the only method of processing exchange offers through DTC. To accept an Exchange Offer through ATOP, participants in DTC must send electronic instructions to DTC through DTC's communication system in place of sending a signed, hard copy Letter of Transmittal. DTC is obligated to communicate those electronic instructions to the Exchange Agent. 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Any such notice of withdrawal must (i) specify the name of the person having deposited the Old Securities to be withdrawn (the "Depositor"), (ii) identify the Old Securities to be withdrawn (including the certificate number or numbers and principal amount of such Old Securities), (iii) be signed by the holder in the same manner as the original signature on the Letter of Transmittal by which such Old Securities were tendered (including any required signature guarantees) or be accompanied by documents of transfer sufficient to have the Trustee of such Old Securities register the transfer of such Old Securities into the name of the person withdrawing the tender, and (iv) specify the name in which any such Old Securities are to be registered, if different from that of the holder who tendered such Old Securities. All questions as to the validity, form, and eligibility (including time of receipt) of such notices will be determined by the Issuer of the Old Securities subject to such notice, whose determination shall be final and binding on all parties. Any Old Securities so withdrawn will be deemed not to have been validly tendered for exchange for purposes of the Exchange Offer relating to such Old Securities. Any Old Securities which have been tendered for exchange but which are not exchanged for any reason will be returned to the holder thereof without cost to such holder as soon as practicable after withdrawal, rejection of tender, or termination of the Exchange Offer relating to such Old Security. Properly withdrawn Old Securities may be retendered by following one of the procedures under " -- Procedures for Tendering" at any time on or prior to the Expiration Date. CONDITIONS TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS Notwithstanding any other provision of the Exchange Offers, an Issuer shall not be required to accept for exchange, or to issue New Securities in exchange for, any Old Securities and may terminate or amend such Issuer's Exchange Offer if at any time before the acceptance of such Old Securities for exchange or the exchange of the New Securities for such Old Securities, such Issuer determines that its Exchange Offer 61 violates applicable law, any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission or any order of any governmental agency or court of competent jurisdiction. The foregoing conditions are for the sole benefit of the Issuers and may be asserted by the Issuers regardless of the circumstances giving rise to any such condition or may be waived by the Issuers in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in their sole discretion. 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TRANSFER TAXES Holders who tender their Old Securities for exchange will not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in connection therewith except that holders who instruct an Issuer to register New Securities in the name of, or request that Old Securities not tendered or not accepted in an Exchange Offer be returned to, a person other than the registered tendering holder will be responsible for the payment of any applicable transfer tax thereon. 62 CERTAIN FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE EXCHANGE OFFERS The following discussion summarizes certain United States Federal income tax consequences of the Exchange Offers to a U.S. Holder (as defined). It is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended to the date hereof (the "Code"), existing and proposed Treasury regulations, and judicial and administrative determinations, all of which are subject to change at any time, possibly on a retroactive basis. The following relates only to the Old Securities, and the New Securities received therefor, that are held as "capital assets" within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code by U.S. Holders. It does not discuss state, local, or foreign tax consequences, nor does it discuss tax consequences to subsequent purchasers (persons who did not purchase the Old Securities pursuant to their original issue), or to categories of holders that are subject to special rules, such as foreign persons, tax-exempt organizations, insurance companies, banks, and dealers in stocks and securities. Tax consequences may vary depending on the particular status of an investor. No rulings will be sought from the Internal Revenue Service with respect to the Federal income tax consequences of the Exchange Offers. THIS SECTION DOES NOT PURPORT TO DEAL WITH ALL ASPECTS OF FEDERAL INCOME TAXATION THAT MAY BE RELEVANT TO AN INVESTOR'S DECISION TO EXCHANGE OLD SECURITIES FOR NEW SECURITIES. EACH INVESTOR SHOULD CONSULT WITH ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR CONCERNING THE APPLICATION OF THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS AND OTHER TAX LAWS TO ITS PARTICULAR SITUATION BEFORE DETERMINING WHETHER TO EXCHANGE OLD SECURITIES FOR NEW SECURITIES. THE EXCHANGE OFFERS The exchange of Old Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offers should be treated as a continuation of the corresponding Old Securities because the terms of the New Securities are not materially different from the terms of the Old Securities. Accordingly (i) such exchange should not constitute a taxable event to a U.S. Holder, (ii) no gain or loss should be realized by a U.S. Holder upon receipt of a New Security, (iii) the holding period of the New Security should include the holding period of the Old Security exchanged therefor and (iv) the adjusted tax basis of the New Security be the same as the adjusted tax basis of the Security exchanged therefor immediately before the exchange. For further discussion of the Federal income tax consequences of holding the New Securities, see "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations." 63 BUSINESS GENERAL The Company operates the largest critical care, life support and other movable medical equipment rental business in the United States. Through its national distribution network, the Company serves more than 5,000 hospitals, alternate care and home care providers, nursing homes and other health care providers nationwide. The Company rents over 650 different types of Medical Equipment, including adult and infant ventilators, adult, infant, neonatal and fetal monitors, infusion and suction pumps, incubators, infant warmers, pulse oximeters, sequential compression devices and oxygen concentrators. Approximately 70% of the Company's rental revenues are generated from over 70 contracts with national health care providers and group purchasing organizations, including some of the largest hospital chains in the United States. In addition, the Company rents Support Surfaces. On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company generated $196.6 million of revenue and $68.5 million of Adjusted EBITDA during the LTM Period. In addition to its core rental business, the Company sells a variety of Parts and Disposables to its customers primarily for use with the types of Medical Equipment it rents. In addition, the Company provides several outsourcing services to health care providers. The Company's Outsourcing Services and sales of Parts and Disposables are natural complements to the Company's core rental business, as they enable the Company to generate incremental revenues within an existing customer relationship and leverage the Company's extensive distribution network and broad customer base. The Company believes that rentals of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces and outsourcing of non-core functions of hospitals and other health care providers have benefited from certain industry trends. In recent years, hospitals have faced increasing pressure to reduce operating costs and capital expenditures, while continuing to offer state-of-the-art health care. Equipment rental programs can be more cost effective for health care providers than the purchase or lease of movable medical equipment because they enable health care providers to incur the cost for equipment only when demand for such equipment exists, thus increasing the providers' equipment utilization rates and decreasing their overall cost structure. Additionally, by shifting the management of activities such as asset management and repair and maintenance to third parties, hospitals and other health care providers can reduce operating costs, increase efficiency and/or minimize technological obsolescence of equipment. In fiscal 1997, rentals of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces accounted for approximately 80% of the Company's revenues, sales of Parts and Disposables and equipment accounted for approximately 13% of the Company's revenues and the provision of Outsourcing Services and other revenues accounted for approximately 7% of the Company's revenues. RENTALS. In its rental business, the Company rents its approximately 150,000 unit Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces inventory to customers through 101 branch locations in major metropolitan areas nationwide. Such locations operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with deliveries of patient-ready equipment typically made to customers within two hours of a request. The Company's customers receive a full range of rental and related services, including equipment delivery, inspection, maintenance, repair and documentation. In September 1997, the Company consummated the SpectraCair Acquisition in order to broaden its equipment rental product lines to include rentals of Support Surfaces. In addition, on May 29, 1998 the Company purchased certain assets and rights related to the CH Medical Business which the Company anticipates will increase its Support Surface rental business. See "--Recent and Potential Acquisitions." On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's rental activities generated $156.1 million or 79.4% of total revenue during the LTM Period. In addition to standard rentals, the Company has entered into several revenue-share arrangements with OEMs pursuant to which the Company rents Medical Equipment and sells disposable products produced by the OEMs to the Company's customers. Because the OEMs own the equipment, such 64 arrangements permit the Company to generate additional revenues without any additional capital investment. In fiscal 1997, the Company began to focus its efforts on increasing revenue sharing revenues as it believes there are significant growth opportunities in this area. On a Pro Forma Basis, revenue sharing rental revenues generated $11.0 million or 7.1% of the Company's total rental revenue during the LTM Period. PARTS AND DISPOSABLES. The Company sells a variety of Parts and Disposables to its customers, primarily for use with the types of Medical Equipment it rents. The sales of such Parts and Disposables are a natural complement to the Company's Medical Equipment rental business. The Company distributes products to its customers in order to enable them to fill smaller turnaround needs more quickly and to smaller health care providers which do not meet the minimum order requirements of the major medical supply distributors. The Company currently supplies 4,000 disposable products, primarily through a contracted, centralized distribution center located in Salt Lake City, Utah and through a Company operated facility in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The Company also sells repair parts to its clients for the repair of their owned equipment. On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's sales of Parts and Disposables and Equipment generated $30.0 million or 15.3% of total revenue during the LTM Period. OUTSOURCING. To address the needs of hospitals and other health care providers to better manage their assets and increase profits, the Company also offers its customers the following Outsourcing Services, none of which require substantial capital investment by the Company: (i) CAMP programs, which analyze the critical care equipment activity of a customer and provides a variety of logistics and outsourcing services designed to manage, track and service the customer's movable medical equipment; (ii) a biomedical repair service which provides safety inspections, preventive maintenance and repairs for most critical care equipment through a team of more than 190 experienced biomedical technicians; (iii) a logistics and distribution service to assist equipment manufacturers in reducing their transportation costs through utilization of the Company's nationwide branch office network; (iv) a medical gas supply program designed to complement the Company's respiratory equipment rentals and provide "one-stop" service to health care providers in a fragmented market; and (v) a health care consulting and management service designed to assist the Company's customers in the management of their businesses. On a Pro Forma Basis, the Company's Outsourcing Services and other revenues generated $10.5 million or 5.3% of total revenue during the LTM Period. Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN were incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware in 1977 and 1992, respectively. The principal executive offices of the Company are located at One Mediq Plaza, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 and its telephone number is (609) 662-3200. COMPETITIVE STRENGTHS The Company believes that the following competitive strengths contribute to its position as a leader in renting Medical Equipment in the United States and serve as a foundation for the Company's growth strategy: - LEADING MARKET POSITION. The Company is the largest critical care, life support and other movable medical equipment rental company in the United States. The Company's Medical Equipment rental revenues during the LTM Period were approximately twice as large as those reported by its nearest rental competitor. The Company has achieved and maintained a market leadership position by making strategic acquisitions, investing in a national distribution network and providing high-quality customer service and competitive pricing. The Company believes that its leading market position provides it with significant advantages in competing with other rental companies. - LARGEST DISTRIBUTION NETWORK AND BROADEST PRODUCT LINE. The Company has invested significant amounts to establish a national distribution network and the broadest product line in its industry. The Company's national distribution network has the most expansive geographic coverage in its 65 industry with 101 office locations in 40 states and the Company's product line consist of approximately 150,000 units of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces rental inventory. Accordingly, the Company can provide Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces directly to its customers on a rapid and efficient basis, with 84% of the Company's customers located within approximately two hours of a Company office location. Moreover, because the Company has substantially completed its domestic branch network, including its gross investment in rental inventory of $246.7 million as of June 30, 1998, the Company can focus its capital expenditures on pursuing its growth strategy and purchasing Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces for which customer demand is already identified. The Company believes that it is uniquely positioned to leverage its installed base of rental equipment and distribution network to increase revenue sharing rentals, sales of Parts and Disposables and the provision of Outsourcing Services to its existing customers. - SOLID CUSTOMER BASE. During fiscal 1997, approximately 70% of the Company's Medical Equipment rental revenues were from national accounts and group purchasing organizations. Substantially all of the Company's national accounts have been doing business with the Company for several years. The Company believes that such national health care providers will increasingly require services on a national level, which the Company expects will increase its sales to national accounts and group purchasing organizations. - ADVANCED INFORMATION SYSTEMS. The Company's sophisticated information system gives it the ability to track the location of each unit of equipment, as well as the maintenance history and scheduled maintenance requirements related to such unit. Accordingly, when a customer requests a certain piece of equipment, the Company can immediately determine whether or not such equipment is available at the local office which typically services such customer. In addition, if the requested equipment is unavailable at the local office, the Company's information system automatically determines what potential substitutes are locally available as well as the approximate time of delivery for the next closest piece of requested equipment. The Company believes that its advanced information system makes it well positioned to service the needs of the increasingly larger and more complex health care providers and provides it with a competitive advantage in servicing the needs of national accounts and rapidly growing group purchasing organizations. - DISCIPLINED APPROACH TO CAPITAL SPENDING. The Company generally makes new Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces purchases only after customer demand is identified. As such, new equipment purchases generally have specifically identifiable cash flows associated with them. Prior to approving any new equipment purchase, the Company requires that the new equipment meets certain minimum financial criteria, such as return on investment, and certain operating criteria, such as expected utilization rates and maintenance costs. The Company estimates that its cost recovery period for most new equipment purchases is between 12 and 18 months. Additionally, the Company's Outsourcing Services and revenue sharing businesses do not require substantial capital investment. - STABLE BASE OF CASH FLOW. The Company's rental business has historically provided it with a stable base of cash flows. Moreover, the Company believes that its core rental business does not have significant exposure to economic downturns, because cost pressures during such downturns may lead to increased rentals and fewer purchases of medical equipment by customers. - STRONG AND COMMITTED MANAGEMENT TEAM. The Company is led by a seven person senior management team with over 180 years combined experience in the health care industry. In connection with the Transactions, Management reinvested approximately $4.2 million in common and preferred equity of Holdings. 66 GROWTH STRATEGY In order to take full advantage of its market leadership and national distribution network, the Company has introduced new services for its customers and is pursuing strategic acquisition candidates. The following are the primary elements of the Company's growth strategy: - GROW CORE RENTAL BUSINESS. The Company expects that certain regulatory and industry trends will cause an increase in overall demand for equipment rentals. The Company believes that it will be able to take advantage of these industry trends and grow its core rental revenues by (i) capitalizing on its national customer base, which the Company believes is the largest in the Medical Equipment rental industry, (ii) focusing on sub-acute and long term health care providers which are facing substantial pressure to reduce operating costs, (iii) identifying incremental rental opportunities through its CAMP programs as it increases the number of hospitals under CAMP contracts, (iv) increasing revenue sharing opportunities with rental equipment manufacturers and (v) continuing to market and grow Support Surfaces as a clinically efficient lower cost alternative to specialty beds. - LEVERAGE INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCREASE REVENUES IN NON-CAPITAL INTENSIVE BUSINESSES. Because the Company's national distribution network has the most expansive geographic coverage and broadest product line in its industry, the Company believes that it can increase revenues in certain non-capital intensive businesses by leveraging its infrastructure. In particular, the Company expects to expand its marketing of Outsourcing Services, revenue sharing activities and sales of Parts and Disposables to its existing rental customer base. Moreover, the Company plans to utilize its established distribution channels to develop these businesses without incurring significant incremental costs. The Company believes that leveraging its infrastructure to develop these businesses will produce an increased return on assets, as these businesses require relatively low levels of capital investment. - FOCUS ON DEVELOPING ASSET MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS. The Company believes that its CAMP programs will continue to grow as a result of an increase in outsourcing trends related to equipment management and equipment related services as well as an increase in competitive pressure facing health care providers. Certain health care providers that have adopted CAMP have been able to achieve cost savings through a reduction of biomedical and other hospital staff, a decrease in equipment maintenance expenses and an increase in asset utilization rates. Additionally, they have been able to increase equipment utilization and capture increased patient charges as a result of the superior information gathering capability of CAMP. Hospitals under CAMP contracts increased from three as of December 31, 1996 to 14 as of June 30, 1998. - ENTER INTO STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS. The Company has and will continue to seek new strategic partnerships to increase revenues. In biomedical repair, the Company plans to increase revenues by partnering with equipment manufacturers to provide biomedical repair services for their equipment. In December 1997, the Company entered into an agreement with Siemens, a leading provider of medical equipment, to jointly provide biomedical repair services to hospitals and other health care providers. The Company believes that strategic partnerships such as the Siemens relationship will provide continued growth opportunities. In 1997, the Company entered into a contract with NuTech to be the exclusive rental source of circulatory foot pumps manufactured by NuTech and the exclusive distributor of related disposables. The Company also entered into a contract with Siemens to be the exclusive distributor of certain Siemens accessories and parts in 1996. Principally as result of these efforts, sales related to strategic partnerships increased in fiscal 1997 to $17.4 million from $2.6 million in fiscal 1996. - PURSUE STRATEGIC ACQUISITIONS. The Company has historically acquired complementary Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces rental companies and integrated them effectively into its existing operations. Upon acquiring such businesses, the Company has typically been able to realize cost savings by eliminating corporate overhead, rationalizing branch locations and reducing personnel. 67 Since September 30, 1994, acquisitions in its core rental business coupled with internal growth have resulted in an increase in the Company's revenues from $81.5 million in fiscal 1994 to $196.6 million on a Pro Forma Basis during the LTM Period. The Company has been able to successfully complete and integrate these acquisitions by adhering to an acquisition strategy which primarily focuses on acquisitions that (i) present a relatively low level of integration risk, (ii) allow the Company to effectively leverage its national distribution network, (iii) are complementary to the Company's lines of business and (iv) have identifiable synergies. The Company intends to continue to pursue acquisitions that it believes are consistent with this acquisition strategy as well as its overall growth strategy. RECENT AND POTENTIAL ACQUISITIONS In January 1995, the Company and a subsidiary of Huntleigh entered into a 50/50 joint venture and formed SpectraCair, a provider of Support Surfaces on a rental basis to acute care, long-term care and home care providers nationwide. In January 1996, SpectraCair acquired the low air loss specialty mattress overlay business of Bio Clinic Corporation (a subsidiary of Sunrise Medical, Inc.) for $6.7 million, and, in September 1997, SpectraCair was merged with and into MEDIQ/PRN following the SpectraCair Acquisition. The SpectraCair Acquisition has created several opportunities to bolster SpectraCair's competitive presence. The Company's national agreements provide a wider group of customers with access to SpectraCair's product lines. Additionally, the enhanced operational support provided by the Company and the availability of the Company's complementary product lineup are generating synergistic opportunities for SpectraCair. The Company expects to achieve annualized cost savings of approximately $0.4 million as a result of the elimination of duplicative costs for functional areas and the reduction of certain expenses as a result of expected synergies resulting from the SpectraCair Acquisition. In addition, SpectraCair recognized a charge on its statement of operations for the eleven months ended August 31, 1997 of $0.6 million related to the revenue generated in fiscal 1996 from its acquisition of the rental assets of Bio Clinic Corporation. The Pro Forma Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus give effect to the SpectraCair Acquisition but do not reflect the elimination of the above noted items. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the expected cost savings. On May 29, 1998, MEDIQ/PRN purchased certain assets and rights related to the CH Medical Business (including, but not limited to, inventory, rental equipment and other tangible property, intellectual property rights, certain contract rights, customer lists, customer files, supplier information and other key records) for a purchase price of approximately $50.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses, and the assumption of certain obligations related to the CH Medical Business. Management expects the CHI Acquisition to improve the Company's competitive position in the acute health care sector. For the year ended August 31, 1997 and the six months ended February 28, 1997 and 1998, the CH Medical Business generated $26.7 million, $12.3 million and $12.9 million, respectively, of revenue. Management expects the CHI Acquisition to generate certain synergies and result in a lower cost structure for the combined entity. The Pro Forma Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus give effect to the CHI Acquisition, and annualized cost savings on a LTM basis of approximately $4.5 million related to the closing of duplicate facilities and the elimination of personnel are reflected therein. Management also anticipates additional cost savings of approximately $1.8 million per year to result from the CHI Acquisition, in such areas as insurance, advertising and telephone costs, travel, meals and entertainment expenses and taxes other than income taxes although such additional cost savings are not reflected in the Pro Forma Financial Statements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to generate the expected cost savings. See "Risk Factors--Ability to Implement Acquisition Strategy and Ability to Manage Growth." 68 CHI is a Texas-based corporation which has specialized in the development of various medical products utilized in patient care treatment and therapy for over 30 years. In addition to its development of medical products, CHI is a national sales, rental and service corporation specializing in patient beds, overlays, mattress replacement systems, pressure relieving pads and surfaces and other therapeutic support surfaces with approximately 75 business locations nationwide. CHI has, among other things, developed technology used in the manufacture of beds and frameless systems for hospitals, extended care facilities and homes to effectively treat the severe conditions and complications inherent to patients who are bed confined. CHI offers a complete line of portable pressure relieving products to provide hospitals and extended care facilities with an array of bed therapies in a cost effective manner. The assets acquired under the CHI Purchase Agreement include only those related to the manufacture, sale and rental of beds and other support surfaces and do not include the Sellers' other fabrication businesses. The Company believes that consummation of the SpectraCair Acquisition and the CHI Acquisition will (i) generate financial leverage, (ii) strengthen the Company's market leadership position, (iii) enable existing customers to reduce their costs by consolidating vendors, (iv) enhance the quality and selection of products offered by the Company, (v) expand the presence of the Company's national accounts and (vi) enhance the operations of the Company by providing additional dedicated and experienced employees. The Company is continually reviewing other acquisition opportunities. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW The United States health care system includes approximately 5,200 acute care community hospitals and a variety of other health care providers such as nursing homes, surgicenters, sub-acute care facilities, specialty clinics and home health care providers. These hospitals and other health care providers normally spend substantial sums on obtaining capital equipment, including movable medical equipment. Hospitals have a number of options in obtaining this equipment, including purchase, lease and rental. Historically, hospitals have favored the purchase option in meeting a substantial portion of their movable medical equipment needs. However, the Company believes that a variety of trends favor rental as an alternative to purchase or lease, including the substantial cost containment pressures under which hospitals and other health care providers currently operate. See "Risk Factors--Regulation of the Health Care Industry." The cost containment pressures on hospitals and other health care providers have increased greatly during the past decade as a result of Federal regulations that have significantly affected the extent of reimbursement under Medicare's prospective payment system. Changes to the Medicare program adopted in 1991, which are being phased in over a 10-year period, call for medical equipment cost reimbursement at rates established by the Health Care Financing Administration that may or may not reflect the hospitals' actual equipment costs. The Company believes that the current reform effort will focus on cost containment in health care and may reduce levels of reimbursement by Medicare as well as other third-party payors and that other third-party payors of medical expenses have followed or will follow the Federal government in limiting reimbursement for medical equipment costs through measures including preferred provider arrangements, discounted fee arrangements and "capitated" (fixed patient care reimbursement) managed care arrangements. Moreover, the Company believes that various current legislative proposals will continue the momentum toward health care related consolidations, acceleration of managed care and the formation of integrated delivery systems and that the cost containment pressures on health care providers will continue to intensify. See "Risk Factors--Uncertainty of Health Care Reform; Reimbursement of Health Care Costs." The Company believes that as a result of these cost containment pressures, hospitals and other health care providers will increasingly seek to reduce their capital expenditures, including expenditures on movable medical equipment. Because the Medicare system is, to an increasing extent, reimbursing health care providers at fixed rates unrelated to actual capital costs, hospitals and other health care providers have an incentive to manage their capital costs more efficiently. Providers may better manage their capital costs by replacing fixed capital costs with variable operating costs. In the case of movable medical 69 equipment, these fixed costs include equipment acquisition costs and the substantial costs associated with servicings necessary to maintain the equipment. Consequently, many entities may elect to rent equipment, rather than incur the substantial capital related costs associated with owning or leasing equipment for which they may not be reimbursed during non-use periods. MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORT SURFACES RENTALS The Company operates the largest Medical Equipment rental business in the United States, serving more than 5,000 hospitals, alternate care and home care providers, nursing homes and other health care providers nationwide. The Company offers the broadest selection of Medical Equipment for rent in the country, and Management believes it is better positioned than any of its rental competitors to be a "single-source" supplier of Medical Equipment to its customers. The Company offers its customers a wide selection of rental programs including (i) daily, weekly or monthly rentals with fixed rate terms, (ii) longer-term rentals with pricing related to the length of the rental term and (iii) "usage" rentals on a per use, per hour or per day basis. NATIONAL SCOPE. The Company rents its inventory to customers through 101 office locations in major metropolitan areas nationwide. This extensive geographic presence enables the Company to service national chains as well as local and regional facilities. The Company locations operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with deliveries of patient-ready equipment typically made to customers within two hours of a request. The Company's customers receive a full range of rental and related support services, including equipment delivery, inspection, maintenance, repair and documentation, from the Company's staff of more than 190 experienced biomedical technicians and more than 330 customer service representatives. CONVENIENT SERVICE. Medical Equipment inventories are maintained at each of the Company's locations. The Company utilizes a centralized order entry and dispatching system which processes approximately 40,000 deliveries and pickups per month. Most orders nationwide are received by telephone at the Company's Pennsauken, New Jersey headquarters, and scheduling and routing of equipment delivery is made from such office. Upon return, equipment is inspected, cleaned and tested at the branch location before being designated as available for rental. If major service or repair is necessary, the equipment is shipped to one of the Company's two repair facilities in Pennsauken, New Jersey and Santa Fe Springs, California. The Company's state-of-the-art information and inventory systems have the capacity to handle 250,000 pieces of inventory and track other essential activities, including training, repair and maintenance, delivery and pickup, pre-delivery inspections, major inspections and call backs. 70 DIVERSE PRODUCT OFFERING. The Company's approximately 150,000 unit inventory includes equipment used in respiratory care, emergency, neonatal intensive care, medical and surgical intensive care, central supply and sterile processing and distribution, biomedical engineering, surgery, labor and delivery, and anesthesia/recovery. The Company rents over 650 types of equipment and offers the most complete selection of Medical Equipment for rent in the country. The following is a list of principal types of Medical Equipment available to the Company's customers: Adult, Infant and Portable Oxygen Concentrators Ventilators Compressors/Nebulizers/Pulmonary Aids Defibrillators Continuous Passive Motion Machines Cold Therapy Units Cribs and Bassinets Scales Heat Therapy Units Hypo/Hyperthermia Units Incubators/Isolettes Infant Warmers Monitors Pediatric Aerosol Tents Nasal CPAP and BiPap Units Pressure Reduction Units Phototherapy and Bilirubin Lamps Pulse Oximeters Sequential and Uniform Compression Infusion Pumps Devices Telemetry Units Suction Units
In addition to the above, the Company also provides Support Surfaces on a rental basis to acute care, long-term care and home care providers nationwide through the SpectraCair division of MEDIQ/PRN. SpectraCair purchases and supplies, on a rental basis, Support Surfaces that are installed on top of standard hospital beds. SpectraCair's products are utilized in the treatment of bedridden patients where specially designed Support Surfaces are employed to treat problems such as skin ulcers. Presently, most health care providers rent specialized beds to treat these problems, and rental of such beds can cost up to $150 per day. SpectraCair's products match the clinical efficacy of the specialized beds for prices generally ranging from $10 to $35 per day. SpectraCair has recently expanded its product line to include additional specialized products such as Support Surfaces designed for obese patients (bariatrics), specialized seating products and passive restraint Support Surfaces. As hospitals continue to face margin pressure and more revenues become capitated and fee-for-service based, Management believes SpectraCair can provide a lower cost, clinically equivalent alternative. In addition, the Company anticipates that the recent purchase of specified assets and rights of CH Medical related to the manufacture, sale and rental of specialty patient beds and Support Surfaces will increase its rental business. OEM PARTNERSHIPS. In addition to standard Medical Equipment rentals, the Company has entered into several revenue share arrangements with OEMs pursuant to which the Company rents Medical Equipment and sells disposable products produced by the OEMs to the Company's customers and pays the OEMs a fee based upon a percentage of the amount billed to the customer. Under such arrangements, because the OEMs own the equipment, the Company is able to generate additional revenues without any additional capital investment in new equipment. SALES OF PARTS AND DISPOSABLES The Company sells a variety of Parts and Disposables to its customers primarily for use with the types of Medical Equipment it rents. The sales of such Parts and Disposables are a natural complement to the Company's Medical Equipment rental business. The Company distributes products to its existing rental customers in order to enable them to fill smaller turnaround needs more quickly and to smaller health care providers which do not meet the minimum order requirements of the major medical supply distributors. The Company currently supplies 4,000 disposable products primarily through a contracted, centralized distribution center located in Salt Lake City, Utah and through a Company operated facility in Pennsauken, New Jersey. The Company maintains a base level of disposable products inventory at each of its 71 branch offices in order to provide immediate delivery of certain products on an emergency basis. The Company also sells repair parts to its clients for the repair of their owned equipment. This enables the Company to generate incremental revenues within an existing customer relationship. To support the growth of its Parts and Disposables business, the Company has an extensive sales and marketing operation incorporating telephone sales, direct mail and trade publication advertising. The Company is the exclusive distributor of accessories and supplies manufactured by the Electromedical Division of Siemens for its respiratory care, catherization lab and monitoring systems. In fiscal 1997, the Company generated $8.2 million of revenues through this arrangement with Siemens. The Company believes that this relationship with Siemens offers significant growth opportunities for the Company. The Company is also the exclusive rental source of circulating foot pumps manufactured by NuTech and the exclusive distributor of related disposables. In fiscal 1997, the Company generated $7.9 million of revenues through its arrangements with NuTech. OUTSOURCING SERVICES To enable hospitals and other health care providers to better manage their assets and increase profits, the Company began to offer its customers Outsourcing Services in fiscal 1996. Each of the Company's Outsourcing Services leverages off of the Company's extensive distribution network and broad customer base. These services include: (i) CAMP, which analyzes the critical care equipment activity of a customer and provides a variety of consulting services designed to manage, track and service the customer's movable medical equipment, (ii) a biomedical repair service which provides safety inspections, preventive maintenance and repairs for most critical care equipment through a team of more than 190 experienced biomedical technicians, (iii) a logistics and distribution service to assist equipment manufacturers in reducing their transportation costs through utilization of the Company's nationwide branch office network, (iv) a medical gas supply program designed to complement the Company's respiratory equipment rentals and (v) a health care consulting and management service designed to assist the Company's customers in the management of their businesses. As a result, the Company generated revenues from Outsourcing Services of $7.8 million in fiscal 1996 and $9.7 million in fiscal 1997. The Company believes that its Outsourcing Services businesses offer significant growth opportunities. ASSET MANAGEMENT. The Company's CAMP programs enable clients to contract with the Company to supply all elements of their critical care equipment management needs. CAMP includes a variety of consulting services for patient care equipment, including providing on-site personnel, equipment processing, maintenance, patient billing, documentation and tracking services. CAMP contracts are typically three to five years in duration. While most acute care facilities can benefit from more efficient equipment management, the typical CAMP profile hospital is 200 beds or more and often part of an integrated health network. Several hospitals, with inventories linked through a network, can gain even more dramatic cost savings and efficiencies when the Company provides logistic services to move owned equipment between facilities. The growth in the number of these integrated health networks further increases the market for CAMP. While some competitors' asset management programs focus on the purchase and rent back to clients of hospital-owned equipment, CAMP focuses on increasing the utilization of hospital-owned assets. Under CAMP, the Company's asset management team and the client determine benchmarks and goals to be met. The Company thereafter conducts quarterly business reviews to assess progress and provide the client with detailed documentation regarding equipment utilization trends, thereby greatly aiding in capital budget planning. CAMP clients benefit through the reduction of central supply and biomedical staff (some of whom may be employed by the Company in its outsourcing programs), lower equipment maintenance expenses, the reduction of capital expenditures related to equipment, increased equipment utilization and markedly increased captured patient charges. Even with a highly capitated payer mix, a portion of this 72 revenue is recovered by the client for other uses. Additionally, CAMP provides hospital clients with clear cost data which can assist in negotiations with managed care contracts. The Company also offers its CAMP Plus logistics program that provides similar management services for multi-site health care networks to manage, service and transport movable patient care equipment. A proprietary bar-code based asset management system provides customers optimum utilization of owned equipment. This system provides information used to track equipment, capture lost patient charges, control inventory and equipment migration, reduce the need for supplemental rentals and manage overall capital planning. The Company also has programs pursuant to which it acquires all or some of the customer's equipment and rents the equipment back to the customer, eliminating the customer's burdens of ownership, underutilization and seasonal usage. The Company currently operates 12 asset management programs covering 14 hospitals, compared to only three at the end of fiscal 1996. The programs represent substantial incremental profit for the Company with little or no capital costs. BIOMEDICAL REPAIR SERVICES. The Company performs safety inspections, preventative maintenance and repairs for most brands and models of Medical Equipment owned by the Company, client health care organizations and other third parties through a team of more than 190 experienced biomedical technicians. Service and repairs can be performed on-site. Pick-up and delivery is also available for servicing at any of the Company's branch locations or two major service centers. In December 1997, the Company entered into a new agreement with the Siemens Medical Systems division of Siemens to jointly provide biomedical repair services to hospitals and other health care providers. Siemens has operated in the biomedical repair market since 1952. Through this contractual arrangement with Siemens, Siemens and the Company will offer customers "one stop shopping" with Siemens providing high technology radiology services and the Company providing all other biomedical repair services. This arrangement with Siemens is expected to assist health care providers to reduce the large numbers of service agreements they enter into each year and the costs associated with managing these contracts. OTHER SERVICES. The Company offers a logistics and distribution service to hospitals and equipment manufacturers to reduce their transportation costs through utilization of the Company's national branch office network. The Company also offers a medical gas administrative management service to health care providers to enable such providers to centralize the purchasing function for bulk liquid oxygen, portable and semi-portable oxygen containers, and high pressure gas cylinders for a variety of medical gas products. Health care facilities traditionally purchase medical gases from a large number of local suppliers. The market is fragmented, and historically there has been a lack of price stability. Health care providers have been unable to purchase these gases on a cost effective basis, and often end up paying different prices for the same product in different locations. This program offers competitive pricing and price standardization for many locations, elimination of multiple local vendor contracts, reduction in the time it takes to process supplier invoices and improved purchasing efficiencies with a single-source contract. MEDIQ Management Services, a subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN, provides consulting services to the acute care hospital industry and provides management services to several diagnostic imaging centers. The division primarily works with clients in the mid-Atlantic states providing consulting services ranging from logistics to corporate planning. MEDIQ Management Services also serves as an internal consultant for the Company, as Management seeks to integrate the Company's product offerings, extract synergies from complementary businesses and leverage the utilization of the Company's already established infrastructure. 73 QUALITY ASSURANCE Quality control/quality assurance and risk management procedures are conducted for all of the Company's Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces by trained biomedical technicians to ensure compliance with safety, testing and performance standards at all branch offices. All Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces are serviced and tested prior to delivery to customers in accordance with the Company's Safety and Performance Inspection Program, which is primarily derived from the Emergency Care Research Institute's programs. Most types of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces rented by the Company require routine servicing at scheduled intervals based upon hours of usage or passage of time, including complete testing and inspection of all components that may need to be replaced or refurbished. Routine servicing is conducted by the Company's trained personnel at all of its branch locations. Major repairs are performed by its biomedical equipment technicians at the Company's Pennsauken, New Jersey or Santa Fe Springs, California maintenance facilities. SALES AND MARKETING The Company markets its Medical Equipment rental programs and Outsourcing Services primarily through its field sales force, which consisted of 66 promotional sales representatives as of June 30, 1998. SpectraCair's sales and marketing efforts are conducted through a separate 58 person sales force and are augmented by the efforts of the Company's field sales force. In its marketing efforts, the Company primarily targets key operational and administrative decision makers, such as materials managers, department heads and directors of purchasing, nursing and central supply, as well as administrators, chief executive officers and chief financial officers. The Company also promotes its programs and services to hospital and health care provider groups and associations. The Company develops and provides its field sales force with a variety of materials designed to support its promotional efforts. The Company also uses direct mail advertising to supplement this activity, as well as specifically targeted trade journal advertising. A corporate accounts team negotiates and sells national contract agreements to group purchasing organizations ("GPOs") for acute care hospitals, alternate care and home care providers, nursing homes and other health care providers. This same team also sells to the corporate headquarters of proprietary national and regional hospital chains ("National Providers"). In addition, the Company's sales force is also active in selling individual members of these organizations on the benefits of each individual contract. For those health care providers who are not members of a National Provider or a GPO, individual rental agreements are negotiated by the Company's field sales organization. From time to time, the Company has developed specific marketing programs intended to address current market demands. The most significant of such programs includes the Company's CAMP programs, which present hospitals with a total management approach to equipment needs. See "--Outsourcing Services--Asset Management." CUSTOMERS The Company's customer base is composed of National Providers, GPOs and acute and non-acute care facilities and organizations. In total, the Company services more than 5,000 hospitals, alternate care and home care providers, nursing homes and other health care providers. The Company's top ten national accounts and GPO's generated approximately 60% of its total rental revenues in fiscal 1997, with no single 74 account representing more than 10% of total revenues. The following chart illustrates the Company's rental revenue breakdown by business classification.
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------------------- 1995 1996 1997 ---------- ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Acute facilities............................................................. $ 78,999 $ 76,118 $ 83,846 Home health care providers................................................... 20,160 18,655 17,631 Sub-acute facilities......................................................... 9,006 9,779 10,783 Other........................................................................ 8,878 9,723 12,056 ---------- ---------- ---------- Total.................................................................... $ 117,043 $ 114,275 $ 124,316 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
National Provider contracts generally require that the individual hospitals associated with or owned by the National Providers fill their rental needs with the Company, although the level of compliance by local providers varies among the contracts. The Company also contracts with GPOs, which provide their members the opportunity to purchase or rent products at reduced prices. The GPOs do not require members to purchase or rent with any particular supplier that the GPO has contracted with and many health care providers are members of more than one GPO. However, under most GPO contracts, prices that the Company offers to the GPO participants decline as the aggregate rentals by such GPO increase. The Company's contracts with National Providers and GPOs are generally three to five years in duration. As the health care market continues to consolidate, the Company expects that its focus on marketing to National Providers and GPOs and its nationwide distribution network will give it a competitive advantage in obtaining and retaining new business from consolidated health care organizations. In addition, the Company is selling new national account agreements to increase participation and capture business in markets other than the acute care hospital market. These market segments include long term care, sub-acute care home health care and home infusion therapy. SUPPLIERS The Company acquires substantially all of its Medical Equipment and Parts and Disposables from approximately 100 suppliers. The Company has entered into long-term agreements with three vendors to purchase approximately $31.0 million of products over the next two fiscal years. The Company is not dependent upon any single supplier and believes that alternative purchasing sources of Medical Equipment are available to the Company should they be needed. EMPLOYEES As of June 30, 1998 the Company had approximately 1,258 employees, 496 of which are salaried, 762 of which are hourly and 124 of which are members of the Company's sales force, including the SpectraCair sales force. The Company believes that its relations with employees are satisfactory. None of the Company's employees are subject to a collective bargaining agreement. PROPERTIES The Company's principal facility, containing 116,400 square feet, is owned by MEDIQ/PRN and located in Pennsauken, New Jersey, where the Company's corporate offices and a portion of its operating activities are located. Major repairs of Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces are also performed at this facility as well as at a 18,700 square foot leased maintenance facility located in Santa Fe Springs, California. The Company rents its Medical Equipment and Support Services to its customers through 101 office locations in major metropolitan areas nationwide. Eighty-eight of such sites contain office and warehouse space and are leased by the Company. The remaining 13 office locations are operated by 75 independent distributors. None of the leases are with parties affiliated with the Company. The Company believes that the properties owned and leased by it are adequate for its operations. COMPETITION The movable medical equipment rental industry is highly competitive and the Company, which operates throughout the United States, encounters competition in all locations in which it operates. Competition is generated from (i) medical equipment manufacturers which sell medical equipment directly to health care providers and which the Company believes generate the strongest competition; and (ii) general leasing and financing companies and financial institutions, such as banks, which finance the acquisition of medical equipment by health care providers, as well as other entities discussed below. The Company's principal competitor in the rental business is UHS. The Company believes that its national scope and national account relationships provide it with competitive advantages over UHS. Other competition comes from regional and local medical equipment renting and leasing companies and medical equipment distributors which rent medical equipment to health care providers. Management believes that key factors influencing the decision regarding the selection of a medical equipment rental vendor include availability and quality of medical equipment, service and price. The Company faces competitive pressure in all of its markets from existing competitors and from the potential entry by new competitors. See "Risk Factors--Competition." GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION The Company's businesses are subject to Federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations relating to the operation of such businesses. The Company's customers are subject to documentation and safety reporting standards with respect to the medical equipment they use, including standards established by the following organizations and laws: the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Association for Advancement of Medical Instrumentation, and the Safe Medical Devices Act of 1990. Some states and municipalities also have similar standards and laws. The Company's CAMP programs help customers meet their documentation and reporting needs under such standards and laws. As a provider of such services, the Company may be subject to liability for violating, directly or indirectly, such standards and laws. Manufacturers and certain providers of the Company's Medical Equipment and Support Surfaces are subject to regulation by agencies and organizations such as the Food and Drug Administration ("FDA"), Underwriters Laboratories, the National Fire Protection Association and the Canadian Standards Association. The FDA regulates companies which manufacture, prepare, propagate, compound or process medical devices. Device manufacturers must comply with registration and labeling regulations, submit premarket notifications or obtain premarketing approvals, comply with medical device reporting, tracking and post-market surveillance regulations and with device good manufacturing practices ("GMPs"), and are subject to FDA inspection. The GMP regulations specify the minimum standards for the manufacture, packing, storage and installation of medical devices, and impose certain record keeping requirements. The FDA currently does not regulate as device manufacturers the Company or organizations which provide similar services as the Company. However, any company which services, repairs or reconditions medical devices could be subject to regulatory action by the FDA if its activities cause the devices to become adulterated or mislabeled. In addition, no assurance can be given that in the future the FDA will not regulate as device manufacturers companies such as the Company, which acquire ownership of devices, recondition or rebuild such devices and rent them to customers or which service, repair or recondition devices owned by others. The Company is unable to predict the cost of compliance if any such regulations were to be adopted. The foregoing laws and regulations that are directly applicable to manufacturers of medical equipment became applicable to the Company upon consummation of the CHI Acquisition. 76 Federal law and regulations generally prohibit the offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of remuneration in return for referring or arranging for the referral of a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of items or services reimbursable under the Medicare or Medicaid programs, or in return for the purchase, lease or order or arranging or recommending purchasing, leasing or ordering of any item or service reimbursable under Medicare or Medicaid. In addition, Federal law and regulations also generally prohibit physicians from referring patients to entities with which the physicians have financial relationships, including ownership interests and compensation arrangements. Various exceptions are contained in Federal laws and regulations. Many states have similar anti-kickback and anti-referral laws and regulations, and similar laws barring or restricting referrals. Non-compliance with Federal and state anti-kickback and anti-referral laws and regulation can result in criminal and civil penalties and exclusion from participation in Medicare and Medicaid programs. The Company enters into various contractual and other arrangements with health care providers and other persons who are subject to the laws and regulations referred to above, and who are possibly in a position to refer or arrange for the referral of business to the Company. In addition, as a health care provider reimbursed under the Medicare and Medicaid programs, CH Medical is subject to the foregoing anti-kickback and anti-referral laws and regulations. The Company believes that its operations comply in all material respects with all applicable anti-kickback, anti-referral and similar laws and regulations. A determination that the Company's business practices or the business practices of CH Medical violate or have violated one or more of these laws or regulations could have a material adverse effect on the Company's revenues. The Company's business may be significantly affected by, and the success of its growth strategies depends on, the availability and nature of reimbursements to hospitals and other health care providers for their medical equipment costs under Federal programs such as Medicare, and by other third-party payors. Under this system of reimbursement, Medicare-related equipment costs are reimbursed in a single, fixed-rate, per-discharge reimbursement. As a result of the prospective payment system, the manner in which hospitals incur equipment costs (whether through purchase, lease or rental) does not impact the extent of hospitals' reimbursement. Because the Medicare system, to an increasing extent, reimburses health care providers at fixed rates unrelated to actual equipment costs, hospitals have an incentive to manage their capital related costs more efficiently and effectively. The Company believes that hospitals will continue to benefit from cost-containment and cost-efficiency measures, such as converting existing fixed equipment costs to variable costs through rental and equipment management programs. In addition, the CH Medical Business may be significantly affected by, and the success of the Company's growth strategies with respect to the CH Medical Business depends on, the availability and nature of reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid programs and by third-party payors. Changes to reimbursement methodologies or amounts may have a material adverse effect on the CH Medical Business and the business of the Company. In addition, the Company is subject to Federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations relating to the protection of the environment, including laws, rules and regulations governing the use, management and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous substances. As the owner and operator of real property, the Company could become subject to liability under certain environmental laws for the cleanup of contaminated properties relating to current or historical operations. The Company is not aware of any such threatened or pending cleanup liabilities, however, and believes that it is in material compliance with all applicable environmental laws. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS In February 1997, Holdings was sued in the Superior Court of New Jersey by its former wholly owned subsidiary, MHM. The suit challenged the validity of a note receivable in the original principal amount of $11.5 million (the "MHM Note") that Holdings and MHM entered into in connection with the spin-off of MHM to Holdings' shareholders in August 1993. In addition, beginning in February 1997, MHM stopped making the required monthly installments on the MHM Note and, therefore, Holdings gave notice to 77 MHM of its default on the MHM Note and declared all sums outstanding under the MHM Note to be immediately due and payable. In September 1997, as a result of continued deterioration in MHM's financial condition, the Company recorded a reserve for the remaining balance of the MHM Note, which had been partially reserved in 1996, and accrued interest on the MHM Note. In October 1997, Holdings filed a motion for summary judgment against MHM. In November 1997, the Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Company and against MHM on all counts. Specifically, the Court ruled that the MHM Note was valid and enforceable. The Court also rejected MHM's request for a stay pending appeal. On April 17, 1998, the Court entered a Final Damages Order in favor of the Company in the approximate amount of $11.8 million. In July 1998, the Company reached a settlement with MHM which called for MHM to pay the Company $3.0 million in cash in full satisfaction of all amounts due the Company. The Company received the cash in July 1998 and will recognize the settlement in other income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998. On January 15, 1998, Crandon Capital Partners, a stockholder of Holdings, sued the Company and each of Holdings' directors in Delaware Chancery Court, alleging breaches of fiduciary duties in connection with the approval of the Merger by the directors of Holdings and the related transactions. The complaint purports to be a class action complaint and plaintiff seeks to recover compensatory damages. Based on information currently available to it, Holdings believes that this claim is without merit and that the resolution thereof will not have material adverse effect on the operations or financial condition of the Company. In May 1998, InnoServ Technologies, Inc. ("InnoServ") entered into a merger agreement with GE Medical Systems, Inc. ("GEMS") by which GEMS agreed to acquire InnoServ for approximately $16.0 million. No date has been scheduled for closing. Pursuant to the terms of the Company's November 1997 stock purchase agreement with InnoServ, under a change of control the Company is entitled to receive a portion of the sales proceeds. However, the calculation of the amount due to the Company is currently in dispute. Accordingly, the matter is in arbitration pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement. The Company fully reserved its investment in InnoServ in fiscal 1997. The Company will recognize a gain equal to the cash proceeds when they are received. In July 1998, MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN whose assets were sold in November 1996, was notified that it is the subject of an investigation by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Company has not yet been informed of the nature or scope of the investigation. Other than with respect to the foregoing matters, the Company is not a party to any material pending legal proceedings except ordinary litigation incidental to the conduct of its businesses and the ownership of its properties. 78 MANAGEMENT DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF HOLDINGS AND MEDIQ/PRN The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the directors and executive officers of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN. Directors of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN hold their offices for a term of one year or until their successors are elected and qualified; executive officers of Holdings and MEDIQ/ PRN serve at the discretion of the Boards of Directors of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN, as the case may be. For information concerning certain arrangements with respect to the election of directors, see "Ownership of Capital Stock--Rotko Holders Agreement" and "--Co-Investors Agreement."
NAME AGE POSITION - ------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas E. Carroll................... 54 President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN Jay M. Kaplan....................... 49 Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MEDIQ/PRN Alan S. Einhorn..................... 46 Vice President - Legal Affairs, Secretary and Director of MEDIQ/PRN Michael J. Rotko.................... 59 Director of Holdings Bruce C. Bruckmann.................. 44 Director of Holdings Stephen C. Sherrill................. 44 Director of Holdings Robert T. Thompson.................. 43 Director of Holdings L. John Wilkerson................... 54 Director of Holdings
THOMAS E. CARROLL has served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Holdings and MEDIQ/ PRN since 1995. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of MEDIQ/PRN from 1994 to 1995 and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of MEDIQ/PRN from 1990 to 1994. JAY M. KAPLAN has served as the Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings since 1997 and has served as the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MEDIQ/ PRN since 1992. ALAN S. EINHORN has served as Vice President - Legal Affairs and Secretary of MEDIQ/PRN since 1995 and has served as a director of MEDIQ/PRN since 1994. MICHAEL J. ROTKO has been a director of Holdings since 1965 and was Chairman of the Board of Holdings prior to the Merger. Since 1997, Mr. Rotko has served as Special Counsel to the U.S. Senate Investigation of the Persian Gulf War Syndrome. Mr. Rotko was a partner at Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, a law firm, from 1993 to 1997. Prior to joining Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, Mr. Rotko was the U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania. BRUCE C. BRUCKMANN is a Managing Director of Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc. (the "Sponsor"). He was an officer of Citicorp Venture Capital Ltd. ("CVC") from 1983 through 1994. Prior to joining CVC, Mr. Bruckmann was an associate at the New York law firm of Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler. Mr. Bruckmann is a director of Mohawk Industries, Inc., AmeriSource Health Corporation, Chromcraft Revington Corporation, Cort Furniture Rental Corp., Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., Town Sports International, Inc., Anvil Knitwear, Inc. and California Pizza Kitchen, Inc. STEPHEN C. SHERRILL is a Managing Director of the Sponsor. He was an officer of CVC from 1983 through 1994. Previously, he was an associate at the New York law firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison. Mr. Sherrill is a director of Galey & Lord, Inc., Jitney-Jungle Stores of America, Inc., Windy Hill Pet Food Holdings, Inc., Acapulco Restaurants, Inc., B&G Foods, Inc. and HealthPlus Corporation. 79 ROBERT T. THOMPSON is a Managing Director of Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC, the general partner of Health Care Capital Partners, L.P., and Health Care Executive Partners, L.P. From 1988 to 1995, Mr. Thompson was Managing Director and Equity Group Leader of GE Capital Corporation. Prior to joining GE Capital, Mr. Thompson was a consultant with Bain & Company from 1983 to 1988. Mr. Thompson is currently a director of Vista Hospice Care. L. JOHN WILKERSON has been a General Partner in Galen Associates, a risk capital partnership since 1990 ("Galen Associates"). Since 1980, Mr. Wilkerson has also held various positions with The Wilkerson Group, a dedicated health care products consulting practice, including his current position as a consultant to the Wilkerson Group. Mr. Wilkerson serves as a director of British Biotechnology PLC and Stericycle, Inc. Mr. Wilkerson holds a Ph.D from Cornell University. MEMBERS OF SENIOR MANAGEMENT The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the persons who are, along with the executive officers listed above, members of senior management of MEDIQ/PRN and, where indicated, its subsidiaries.
NAME AGE POSITION - ------------------------------------ --------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Morgan......................... 39 Senior Vice President, Rental Sales Ted Buchter......................... 43 Senior Vice President, SpectraCair Jorge Gonzalez...................... 49 Senior Vice President, Corporate Operations, Alternate Sales, Business Development and Corporate Accounts Jo Surpin........................... 44 President, MEDIQ Management Services, and Vice President-Marketing Katherine Hill...................... 46 Senior Vice President, Asset Management
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND ARRANGEMENTS Each non-employee director of Holdings is paid an annual retainer of $12,000 plus fees of $1,000 for each board meeting attended and $500 for each committee meeting attended. Directors who are employees of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN do not receive additional compensation as directors. Holdings has a Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors which is responsible for reviewing annual salaries and bonuses paid to senior management and administering Holdings' stock option programs. Holdings also has an Audit Committee which reviews external and internal auditing matters and recommends the selection of the Company's independent auditors for approval by the Board of Directors. The membership of such committees following the consummation of the Transactions has not yet been determined. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION The following table summarizes the compensation paid or accrued for fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995 to the Chief Executive Officer of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN and to the other executive officers of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN whose total annual salary and bonus exceeded $100,000 for services rendered to 80 Holdings and its subsidiaries, including MEDIQ/PRN, during fiscal 1997 (each such person being referred to as a "Named Executive Officer").
LONG-TERM COMPENSATION ANNUAL ----------------- COMPENSATION (1) COMMON STOCK -------------------- UNDERLYING NAME AND PRINCIPAL POSITION YEAR SALARY $ BONUS $ STOCK OPTIONS (#) - ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ----------------- Thomas E. Carroll................................................ 1997 350,000 192,000 50,000 President and Chief Executive Officer of Holdings 1996 297,000 135,000 250,000 and MEDIQ/PRN 1995 265,000 206,000 -- Michael F. Sandler............................................... 1997 250,000 88,000 -- Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer and 1996 250,000 100,000 -- Chief Financial Officer of Holdings(2) 1995 250,000 100,000 -- Jay M. Kaplan.................................................... Senior Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer of 1997 187,500 94,000 25,000 Holdings and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer 1996 177,000 70,000 85,000 of MEDIQ/PRN 1995 165,000 74,000 --
- ------------------------ (1) Excludes information concerning the value of perquisites and other personal benefits which, in the aggregate, do not exceed the lesser of $50,000 or 10% of the total salary and bonus reported for the Named Executive Officer. (2) Mr. Sandler served as Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Holdings from 1988 until September 1997, when he resigned as an officer of Holdings. The following table summarizes grants of options to purchase Holdings Shares under the Company's stock option plans or similar arrangements ("Options") and stock appreciation rights ("SARs") made during fiscal 1997 to the Named Executive Officers.
INDIVIDUAL GRANTS POTENTIAL REALIZABLE ---------------------------------------------------------- VALUE AT ASSUMED PERCENT OF ANNUAL RATES NUMBER OF TOTAL OF STOCK SECURITIES OPTIONS/SARS PRICE APPRECIATION UNDERLYING GRANTED TO EXERCISE OR FOR OPTION TERM OPTIONS/SARS EMPLOYEES IN BASE PRICE EXPIRATION -------------------- NAME GRANTED (#) FISCAL YEAR ($/SHARE) DATE 5% ($) 10% ($) - -------------------------------------------- ------------- --------------- ------------- ----------- --------- --------- Thomas E. Carroll........................... 50,000 9.04% 8.06 6/23/07 254,000 642,000 Michael F. Sandler.......................... -- -- -- -- -- -- Jay M. Kaplan............................... 25,000 4.52% 8.06 6/23/07 127,000 321,000
The following table summarizes the value of Options and SARs held by the Named Executive Officers prior to the consummation of the Transactions based on the cash portion of the Merger Consideration.
CASH CONSIDERATION OPTIONS OPTIONS RECEIVED IN THE NAME (VESTED) (UNVESTED) MERGER - ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ----------- ------------------ Thomas E. Carroll...................................................... 178,000 130,000 $ 2,719,000 Michael F. Sandler..................................................... 165,000 -- 1,755,000 Jay M. Kaplan.......................................................... 52,000 71,000 1,063,000
Upon the consummation of the Transactions, each Option to acquire Holdings Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time automatically became immediately exercisable and each holder of an Option had the right to receive from the Company in respect of each Holdings Share underlying the Option (less applicable withholding taxes) (i) a cash payment in an aggregate amount equal to the 81 difference between the cash portion of the Merger Consideration of $13.75, less the exercise price per Holdings Share applicable to such Option as stated in the applicable stock option agreement or other agreement, plus (ii) 0.075 of a share of Series A Preferred Stock. On May 5, 1998, Messrs. Carroll, Sandler and Kaplan held 308,000, 165,000 and 123,000 Options, respectively. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS In April 1995, Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN entered into a two-year employment agreement with Mr. Carroll under which he agreed to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of Holdings and MEDIQ/ PRN. Mr. Carroll was subsequently appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Holdings and MEDIQ/PRN. In November 1997, the term of Mr. Carroll's employment agreement was extended to November 13, 1999. Pursuant to this agreement, Mr. Carroll received a one-time special payment of $100,000 on April 28, 1995. He is also entitled to receive an annual salary of $374,500 and an incentive bonus of up to 60% of his base salary based on the achievement of performance criteria approved by the Compensation Committee. This agreement also provides that Mr. Carroll will receive a one-time "success bonus" if a "Strategic Transaction" (as defined therein) occurs before June 30, 1998. The Merger constituted a "Strategic Transaction;" accordingly, the Company paid a bonus to Mr. Carroll of approximately $4.6 million upon consummation of the Transactions. Upon receipt of such "success bonus," Mr. Carroll forfeited any stock appreciation right compensation previously granted to him pursuant to his employment agreement. Under his employment agreement, Mr. Carroll is entitled to receive an additional payment from the Company to compensate him for liabilities, if any, imposed under Section 4999 of the Code or any successor provision thereto. In June 1995, the Company entered into a two-year employment agreement with Mr. Sandler (which replaced a prior agreement entered into in 1988). The agreement was amended in 1997 (the "Amended Agreement") to effectuate Mr. Sandler's resignation, as of September 30, 1997, as an officer of the Company and as an officer and/or director of any of the Company's subsidiaries. Mr. Sandler is entitled to continue as an employee of the Company until September 30, 1998, and has agreed to provide certain services during such period upon request. The Amended Agreement provides for a minimum annual salary of $250,000 and an incentive bonus based on the achievement of performance criteria approved by the Compensation Committee of Holdings' Board of Directors. The Amended Agreement extends the period during which Mr. Sandler is entitled to a one-time "special bonus" payable upon the occurrence of an "Event of Sale" (as therein defined) until September 30, 1998. The Merger constituted an "Event of Sale;" accordingly, the Company paid Mr. Sandler a "special bonus" equal to approximately $1.3 million upon consummation of the Transactions. In June 1995, the Company entered into an eighteen-month employment agreement with Mr. Kaplan providing for a minimum salary of $165,000 and an incentive bonus based on the achievement of performance criteria approved by the Compensation Committee. This agreement automatically renews from year to year unless and until either party gives prior notice of an election to terminate at the end of the then-current term. Mr. Kaplan currently receives an annual salary of $200,000. Under the terms of his employment agreement, Mr. Kaplan is entitled to receive a one-time cash bonus upon the occurrence of a "Sale Event" (as defined therein). The Merger constituted a "Sale Event;" accordingly, the Company paid Mr. Kaplan a bonus in the amount of approximately $460,000 upon consummation of the Transactions. These employment agreements also include other provisions relating to benefits, confidentiality and other provisions customary in agreements of this nature. In addition, Mr. Carroll has agreed not to compete with the business of the Company for two years following the termination of his employment under certain circumstances. 82 PENSION PLAN The Company maintains a noncontributory defined benefit plan (the "Pension Plan") covering all eligible employees of the Company. The Pension Plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. Employees aged 21 or older who have completed twelve months of service during which they worked a minimum of 1,000 hours and are not covered by a collective bargaining agreement are eligible to participate. Employees earn a year of service for vesting purposes in each calendar year in which they complete at least 1,000 hours of employment. Employees become fully vested in the Pension Plan after five years of service with the Company. Benefits are based upon the participant's annual compensation (including bonuses and similar special pay), as more fully defined in the Pension Plan, over the number of years of participation up to a maximum of 35 years. As of September 30, 1997, Messrs. Carroll, Sandler and Kaplan had nine, nine and 24 years of services credited, respectively, under the Pension Plan. The following table shows the estimated annual pension benefits payable upon retirement to participants of the Pension Plan for various salary levels and years of service.
ESTIMATED ANNUAL BENEFITS PAYABLE AT AGE 65 FOR VARIOUS AVERAGE ANNUAL YEARS OF PLAN MEMBERSHIP COMPENSATION DURING ------------------------------------------ PLAN MEMBERSHIP 10 20 30 40 - -------------------- --------- --------- --------- --------- $ 500,000 $ 19,132 $ 37,342 $ 55,482 $ 64,722 400,000 19,132 37,342 55,482 64,722 300,000 19,132 37,342 55,482 64,722 200,000 19,132 37,342 55,482 64,722 100,000 12,132 23,342 34,482 40,222
During fiscal 1997, the maximum amount of annual compensation which may be included for Pension Plan purposes was $150,000. The figures shown above apply under the Pension Plan as of September 30, 1997. Estimated annual benefits are determined in part by the average Social Security wage base during the 35 years ending in the year of Social Security normal retirement age. The benefit amounts listed are not subject to any deduction for Social Security or other offset amounts. As a result of limitations imposed under Federal income tax law, the maximum annual benefit payable under the Pension Plan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997 is $120,000, although the amount will be actuarially adjusted in accordance with Federal income tax regulations if payments commence prior to or following the date that unreduced Social Security benefits become payable. 401(K) PLAN The Company maintains a Profit Sharing Plan and Trust (the "401(k) Plan") for the benefit of its employees who have satisfied the plan's eligibility requirements. Employees aged 21 or older who have completed twelve months of service during which they worked a minimum of 1,000 hours are eligible to participate. Participants are permitted to make pre-tax salary reduction contributions up to the amount permitted under applicable tax law. The Company makes a matching contribution equal to 50% of each participant's salary reduction contribution, up to a maximum of 3% of the participant's compensation. The Company's matching contribution is made in cash to be used to purchase shares of the Holdings Common Stock for the account of the participants. The Company's contributions vest immediately. Shares of Holdings Common Stock held under the 401(k) Plan were surrendered in connection with the Merger and exchanged for cash and shares of Series A Preferred Stock. COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION Mr. Carroll, Holdings' President and Chief Executive Officer, served on the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors during fiscal 1997. Mr. Carroll, however, did not participate on the Compensation Committee as to any matter relating to his compensation. 83 OWNERSHIP OF CAPITAL STOCK MEDIQ/PRN is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdings. The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock and the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock (collectively, "Preferred Stock") of Holdings immediately following consummation of the Transactions.
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF SHARES -------------------------------------------------------------- SERIES A SERIES B SERIES C COMMON PREFERRED PREFERRED PREFERRED NAME OF BENEFICIAL OWNER STOCK(1) STOCK STOCK STOCK - ----------------------------------------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P.(2)..... 497,531/46.3% 3,374,739/43.1% 961,418/32.0% 1,737,731/57.9% Two Greenwich Plaza Suite 100 Greenwich, CT 06830 Health Care Capital Partners, L.P.(3).......... 199,013/18.5% 1,349,896/17.3% 384,567/12.9% 695,092/23.2% c/o Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC The Mill 70 Glenville Street Greenwich, CT 06831 Galen Partners III, L.P.(4).................... 132,675/12.4% 899,930/11.5% 256,378/ 8.5% 463,395/15.4% 610 Fifth Avenue Rockefeller Center New York, New York 10020 Michael J. Rotko(5)............................ 54,890.5/5.1% 389,107.5/5.0% 475,016.5/15.9% -- Bessie G. Rotko(6)............................. -- 243,252.5/3.1% 1,340,219/44.7% -- Rotko 1983 Trust............................... -- 243,252.5/3.1% 475,016.5/15.9% -- --Michael J. Rotko Share(7) Rotko 1983 Trust............................... -- 243,252.5/3.1% 475,016.5/15.9% -- --Judith M. Shipon Share(8) Judith M. Shipon(9)............................ 54,890.5/5.1% -- 475,016.5/15.9% -- Thomas E. Carroll.............................. 56,888/5.3% 69,234* 19,724* 35,650/1.2% Jay M. Kaplan.................................. 10,077* 18,073* 5,149* 9,306* Bruce C. Bruckmann(10)......................... 497,531/46.3% 3,374,739/43.1% 961,418/32.0% 1,737,731/57.9% Stephen C. Sherrill(10)........................ 497,531/46.3% 3,374,739/43.1% 961,418/32.0% 1,737,731/57.9% Robert T. Thompson(11)......................... 199,013/18.5% 1,349,896/17.3% 384,567/12.9% 695,092/23.2% L. John Wilkerson(12).......................... 132,675/12.4% 899,930/11.5% 256,378/8.5% 463,395/15.4% All directors and officers as a group (7 persons)(13).............................. 141,721.1/13.2% 367,909.8/4.7% 63,260.9/2.1% 114,340.8/3.8%
- ------------------------ * Less than one percent of total outstanding Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock. (1) Includes 74,821 shares of Common Stock offered to certain persons designated by Holdings and BRS following consummation of the Transactions. In addition, Holdings expects to grant options to acquire Common Stock to certain employees. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of such options would equal, in the aggregate, up to an additional 5.0% of the Common Stock on a fully-diluted basis. The table does not include any such shares. See "Certain Relationships and Related Transactions--Additional Purchases of Common Stock." (2) Includes shares held by certain other entities affiliated with BRS. BRS disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. BRS is a limited partnership, the sole general partner of which is BRS Partners, Limited Partnership ("BRS Partners") and the manager of which is the Sponsor. The sole general partner of BRS Partners is BRSE Associates, Inc. ("BRSE Associates"). Bruce C. Bruckmann, Harold O. Rosser II, Stephen C. Sherrill and Stephen F. Edwards are the only stockholders of the Sponsor and BRSE Associates and may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the shares shown as beneficially owned by BRS. Such individuals disclaim beneficial ownership of any such shares. (3) Includes 7,947 shares of Common Stock, 53,907 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 15,357 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 27,758 shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by Health Care Executive Partners, L.P. ("HCEP"). Health Care Capital Partners, L.P. ("HCCP" and, together with HCEP, the "FFT Entities") disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. The FFT Entities are limited partnerships for which Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC ("FFT") is the general partner. Carlos A. Ferrer, David A. Freeman and Robert T. Thompson are the only voting members of FFT and may be deemed to share beneficial 84 ownership of the shares shown as beneficially owned by the FFT Entities. Such individuals disclaim beneficial ownership of any such shares. (4) Includes 11,660.08 shares of Common Stock, 79,089.9 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 22,531.65 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 40,725.24 shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by Galen Partners International III, L.P. ("Galen International") and 527.47 shares of Common Stock, 3,577.85 shares of Series A Preferred Stock, 1,019.28 shares of Series B Preferred Stock and 1,842.32 shares of Series C Preferred Stock held by Galen Employee Fund III, L.P. ("Galen Employee Fund"). Galen Partners III, L.P. ("Galen Partners" and, together with Galen International and Galen Employee Fund, the "Galen Entities") disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares. L. John Wilkerson is a general partner of the general partner of each of Galen Partners and Galen International. Mr. Wilkerson disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares held by Galen Partners and Galen International, except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein. (5) Includes 243,252.5 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 475,016.5 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Rotko 1983 Trust--Michael Rotko Share, of which Mr. Rotko is a co-trustee. (6) Includes 243,252.5 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 475,016.5 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Rotko 1983 Trust--Michael J. Rotko Share, of which Ms. Rotko is a co-trustee, and 243,252.5 shares of Series A Preferred Stock and 475,016.5 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Rotko 1983 Trust--Judith M. Shipon Share, of which Ms. Rotko is a co-trustee. (7) Michael J. Rotko, Bessie G. Rotko and PNC Bank Corp. share voting and dispositive power as co-trustees of the Rotko 1983 Trust--Michael J. Rotko Share. (8) Judith M. Shipon, Bessie G. Rotko and PNC Bank Corp. share voting and dispositive power as co-trustees of the Rotko 1983 Trust--Judith M. Shipon Share. (9) Includes 475,016.5 shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by the Rotko 1983 Trust--Judith M. Shipon Share, of which Ms. Shipon is a co-trustee. (10) Includes shares which are owned by BRS and certain other entities and individuals affiliated with BRS. Although Messrs. Bruckmann and Sherrill may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of such shares, such individuals disclaim beneficial ownership thereof. See Note 2 above. (11) Consists of shares which are owned by the FFT Entities. Although Mr. Thompson may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of such shares, such individual disclaims beneficial ownership thereof. See Note 3 above. (12) Consists of shares which are owned by the Galen Entities. Although Mr. Wilkerson may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of such shares, such individual disclaims beneficial ownership thereof, except to the extent of his proportionate partnership interest therein. (13) With respect to Mr. Rotko, a director of the Company, excludes shares held by the other Rotko Entities, of which shares Mr. Rotko disclaims beneficial ownership. With respect to Messrs. Bruckmann and Sherrill, directors of the Company, excludes shares held by BRS and other entities and individuals affiliated with BRS, of which shares Messrs. Bruckmann and Rosser disclaim beneficial ownership. With respect to Mr. Thompson, a director of the Company, excludes shares held by the FFT Entities, of which shares Mr. Thompson disclaims beneficial ownership. With respect to Mr. Wilkerson, a director of the Company, excludes shares held by the Galen Entities, of which shares Mr. Wilkerson disclaims beneficial ownership, except to the extent of his proportionate interest therein. HOLDERS AGREEMENT Upon consummation of the Transactions, MQ, Holdings, the BRS Entities, the Co-Investors, the Rotko Entities and the Management Stockholders entered into a Securities Purchase and Holders Agreement (the "Holders Agreement") which contains certain agreements among such stockholders with respect to the capital stock and corporate governance of Holdings. The following is a summary of the material terms of the Holders Agreement. Pursuant to the Holders Agreement, each of the parties thereto will ensure that the Board of Directors of Holdings is composed at all times of at least six persons with the exact number to be designated as follows: (a) one person designated by the Rotko 1983 Trust, for so long as the Rotko Entities collectively own 5% of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis; (b) one person designated by the FFT Entities for so long as they (and their respective affiliates) own at least 5% of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis; (c) one person designated by the Galen Entities for so long as they (and their respective affiliates) own at least 5% of the Common Stock on a fully diluted basis; (d) the Chief Executive Officer of Holdings; and (e) such number of persons as the BRS Entities may determine; provided that if the number 85 of directors designated by BRS is greater than three, such additional directors shall be independent of the Company and shall have been approved by the FFT Entities and the Galen Entities. The Holders Agreement contains provisions which, with certain exceptions, restrict the parties thereto from transferring any equity securities of Holdings except pursuant to the terms of the Holders Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, in the event that certain holders of Common Stock and preferred stock of Holdings propose to sell at least 2% of such securities then outstanding, the parties to the Holders Agreement have the right to require the proposed transferee to purchase, on the same terms and conditions as given to the proposed transferor, a pro rata portion of like securities held by such parties to the Holders Agreement. Subject to certain exceptions, if Holdings proposes to issue and sell any of its shares of Common Stock or any shares convertible into Common Stock, Holdings must first offer to each of the other stockholders who hold in excess of 5% of Common Stock of Holdings and each Management Stockholder who was a Management Stockholder as of the date of consummation of the Transactions and who is an "accredited investor" (as defined in the Securities Act) to purchase pro rata portions of the securities to be sold in such a transaction on the same terms and conditions of the proposed issuance. If prior to the consummation of a public offering with respect to such class or series of securities, holders of a majority of shares of Common Stock held by the parties to the Holders Agreement approve the sale of Holdings (whether by merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or the sale of all of its outstanding capital stock) or holders of a majority of the then outstanding shares of any class or series of the Preferred Stock held by the parties to the Holders Agreement approve the sale of all of such class or series of stock, the parties to the Holders Agreement will agree to sell and will be permitted to sell all of their shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, on the same terms and conditions as such holders holding a majority of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock. The Holders Agreement provides that, subject to certain exceptions, if Holdings shall redeem shares of Series A Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock, BRS or a third party designated by BRS will offer to purchase from the Rotko Entities a percentage of the Series B Preferred Stock held by them equal to the aggregate liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock or Series C Preferred Stock so redeemed (not including any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock issued as Merger Consideration) divided by the sum of the aggregate liquidation preference of the Series A Preferred Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock and the Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding plus the original cost of the shares of Common Stock then outstanding. The BRS Entities, the Co-Investors, the Rotko Entities and the Management Stockholders have been granted certain registration rights with respect to securities of Holdings held by them. The Holders Agreement contains certain rights of Holdings to repurchase securities held by each Management Stockholder upon termination of his or her employment (other than by reason of retirement) with the Company within a specified period of time after the consummation of the Transactions at formula prices which will depend in part upon the circumstances of the termination. 86 DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK COMMON STOCK Holdings is authorized to issue up to 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted for action by the stockholders. There is no provision for cumulative voting with respect to the election of directors. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of the Rotko Holders Agreement and the Co-Investors Agreement, the holders of more than 50% of the shares of Common Stock are able to elect all of the directors. In such event, the holders of the remaining shares of Common Stock will not be able to elect any directors. Subject to the rights of any holders of outstanding preferred stock of Holdings, all shares of Common Stock are entitled to share in such dividends as the Board of Directors of Holdings may from time to time declare from sources legally available therefor. Subject to the rights of any holders of outstanding preferred stock of Holdings, upon liquidation or dissolution of Holdings, whether voluntary or involuntary, all shares of Common Stock are entitled to share equally in the assets available for distribution to stockholders after payment of all prior obligations of Holdings. WARRANTS Each Warrant, when exercised, entitles the holder thereof to purchase .6474 shares of Common Stock from Holdings, as the Surviving Corporation of the Merger, at a price (the "Exercise Price") of $0.01 per share. The Exercise Price and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of a Warrant are both subject to adjustment in certain cases. The Warrants initially entitle the holders thereof to acquire, in the aggregate, 91,209 shares of Common Stock. The Warrants may be exercised at any time after the first anniversary of the Issue Date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that holders of Warrants will be able to exercise their Warrants only if a shelf registration statement relating to the Common Stock underlying the Warrants is effective or the exercise of such Warrants is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and such securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the applicable securities laws of the states or other jurisdictions in which such holders reside. Unless earlier exercised, the Warrants will expire on June 1, 2009 (the "Expiration Date"). Holdings will give notice of expiration not less than 90 nor more than 120 days prior to the Expiration Date to the registered holders of the then outstanding Warrants. If Holdings fails to give such notice, the Warrants will nevertheless expire and become void on the Expiration Date. At Holdings' option, fractional shares of Common Stock may not be issued upon exercise of the Warrants. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the foregoing provision, be issuable upon the exercise of any such Warrants (or specified portion thereof), Holdings will pay an amount in cash equal to the current market value per share of Common Stock, as determined on the day immediately preceding the date the Warrant is presented for exercise, multiplied by such fraction, computed to the nearest whole cent. Certificates for Warrants have been and will be issued in fully registered form only. No service charge will be made for registration of transfer or exchange upon surrender of any Warrant certificate at the office maintained for that purpose by United States Trust Company of New York, as Warrant Agent. Holdings may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Warrant certificates. The holders of unexercised Warrants are not entitled, by virtue of being such holders, to receive dividends, to vote, to consent, to exercise any preemptive rights or to receive notice as stockholders of Holdings in respect of any stockholders meeting for the election of directors of Holdings or any other purpose, or to exercise any other rights whatsoever as stockholders of Holdings. 87 In the event a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding is commenced by or against Holdings, a bankruptcy court may hold that unexercised Warrants are executory contracts which may be subject to rejection by Holdings with approval of the bankruptcy court. As a result, holders of the Warrants may, even if sufficient funds are available, not be entitled to receive any consideration or may receive an amount less than they would be entitled to if they had exercised their Warrants prior to the commencement of any such bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK Holdings is authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock. RANK. The Series A Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of Holdings, ranks senior to the Common Stock, the Series B Preferred Stock, the Series C Preferred Stock, and each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by Holdings the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series will rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of Holdings (collectively referred to as "Series A Junior Securities"). Although the Series A Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, ranks senior to Series A Junior Securities issued by Holdings, it is junior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness and obligations of Holdings. DIVIDENDS. Each holder of Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.30 per share per annum. All dividends are cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series A Preferred Stock and are payable semi-annually in arrears. Dividends with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock can only be paid by Holdings to the extent funds are legally available therefor under the DGCL. The New Credit Facility and the Indentures do, and any future credit agreements or indentures to which MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings becomes a party may, restrict the ability of Holdings to pay cash dividends. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Holdings, the holders of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of Holdings available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including additional dividends accrued on such unpaid dividends ("Additional Dividends"), to the date of final distribution (the "Series A Liquidation Preference") and no more, before any distribution is made on any Series A Junior Securities. After payment in full in accordance with the preceding sentence, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Holdings with respect to the shares of Series A Preferred Stock. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. Holdings may, at its option, redeem at any time or from time to time, from any source of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, any or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, at the redemption prices set forth below, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the redemption date. The redemption prices for optional redemptions are as follows:
REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION DATE PER SHARE - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------- On or before December 31, 1999.............................................. $ 11.00 On or after January 1, 2000 but before January 1, 2002................................................ $ 10.50 On or after January 1, 2002................................................. $ 10.00
88 MANDATORY REDEMPTION. All outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemed from funds legally available therefor on December 31, 2011, at a price per share equal to the Series A Liquidation Preference on December 31, 2011. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock are not entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of Holdings, except as otherwise required by Delaware law; provided, that, without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a meeting of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock called for such purpose, Holdings will not (a) create, authorize or issue any other class or series of stock entitled to a preference prior to Series A Preferred Stock upon any dividend or distribution or any liquidation, distribution of assets, dissolution or winding up of Holdings or (b) amend, alter or repeal any provision of Holdings' Certificate of Incorporation so as to materially adversely affect the relative rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock. In any case in which the holders will be entitled to vote, each holder of Series A Preferred Stock will be entitled to one vote for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held unless otherwise required by applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event are holders of Series A Preferred Stock entitled to vote (individually or as a class) on any merger or consolidation involving Holdings, any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings or any similar transaction. The BRS Entities own a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock. NO RIGHT OF CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The holders of Series A Preferred Stock do not have any rights to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of capital stock of Holdings. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. No holder of Series A Preferred Stock possesses any preemptive rights to subscribe or acquire any unissued shares of capital stock of Holdings (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of Holdings convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of capital stock of Holdings. SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK Holdings is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock. RANK. The Series B Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of Holdings, ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock and senior to the Series C Preferred Stock. Although the Series B Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, ranks senior to Series C Preferred Stock issued by Holdings, it is junior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness and obligations of Holdings. DIVIDENDS. Each holder of Series B Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series B Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.325 per share per annum. All dividends are cumulative and compounding, whether or not earned or declared, accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series B Preferred Stock and are payable semi-annually in arrears. Dividends with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock can only be paid by Holdings to the extent funds are legally available therefor under the DGCL. The New Credit Facility and the Indentures do, and any future credit agreements or indentures to which MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings becomes a party may, restrict the ability of Holdings to pay cash dividends. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Holdings, the holders of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of Holdings available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued 89 and unpaid thereon, including additional dividends, to the date of final distribution, after distributions are made on the Series A Preferred Stock and before any distribution is made on any Series C Preferred Stock. After payment in full in accordance with the preceding sentence, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Holdings with respect to the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. NO MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Holdings is not required to mandatorily redeem the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock are not entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of Holdings, except as otherwise required by Delaware law. NO RIGHT OF CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The holders of Series B Preferred Stock do not have any rights to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of capital stock of Holdings. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. No holder of Series B Preferred Stock possesses any preemptive rights to subscribe or acquire any unissued shares of capital stock of Holdings (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of Holdings convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of capital stock of Holdings, provided that the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock have the rights provided for in the Rotko Holders Agreement (as defined). SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK Holdings is authorized to issue up to 5,000,000 shares of Series C Preferred Stock. RANK. The Series C Preferred Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of Holdings, ranks junior to the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock. The Series C Preferred Stock is also junior in right of payment to all existing and future indebtedness and obligations of Holdings. DIVIDENDS. Each holder of Series C Preferred Stock is entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series C Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.35 per share per annum. All dividends are cumulative and compounding, whether or not earned or declared, accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series C Preferred Stock and are payable semi-annually in arrears. Dividends with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock can only be paid by Holdings to the extent funds are legally available therefor under the DGCL. The New Credit Facility and the Indentures do, and any future credit agreements or indentures to which MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings becomes a party may, restrict the ability of Holdings to pay cash dividends. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Holdings, the holders of all shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of Holdings available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including additional dividends, to the date of final distribution, after distributions are made on the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock (the "Series C Liquidation Preference"). After payment in full in accordance with the preceding sentence, the holders of the Series C Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of Holdings with respect to the shares of Series C Preferred Stock. 90 NO RIGHT OF CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The holders of Series C Preferred Stock do not have any rights to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of capital stock of Holdings. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS. No holder of Series C Preferred Stock possesses any preemptive rights to subscribe or acquire any unissued shares of capital stock of Holdings (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of Holdings convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of capital stock of Holdings. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. Holdings may, at its option, redeem at any time or from time to time, from any source of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, any or all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock, at $10.00 in cash per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon to the redemption date. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. All outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock will be redeemed from funds legally available therefor on December 31, 2012 at a price per share equal to the Series C Liquidation Preference on December 31, 2012. VOTING RIGHTS. The holders of Series C Preferred Stock are not entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of Holdings, except as otherwise required by Delaware law. 91 CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS RELATIONSHIPS AND TRANSACTIONS WITH OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS H. Scott Miller and Michael F. Sandler, both directors of Holdings who resigned their positions upon consummation of the Transactions, served as directors of MHM until they resigned from such positions in January 1997. MHM is indebted to Holdings under the MHM Note. As of January 27, 1998, the outstanding principal amount of the MHM Note (plus accrued interest) was $10,477,776. The MHM Note bears interest at a rate of prime plus 1.5%. In addition, MHM is indebted to Holdings for approximately an additional $390,000 that is not represented by the MHM Note. MHM made payments to Holdings with respect to principal and interest payments as well as professional fees totaling $601,000 in 1997. The Rotko 1983 Trust and certain other trusts established by Bernard B. Rotko of which Bessie G. Rotko is the income beneficiary together own 907,000 shares of the common stock of MHM. Certain other trusts established by Bernard B. Rotko for the benefit of certain grandchildren hold approximately 15,000 shares of the common stock of MHM. In February 1997, Holdings was sued in the Superior Court of New Jersey by MHM. The suit challenged the validity of the MHM Note. In addition, beginning in February 1997, MHM stopped making the required monthly installments on the MHM Note and, therefore, Holdings gave notice to MHM of its default on the MHM Note and declared all sums outstanding under the MHM Note to be immediately due and payable. In September 1997, as a result of continued deterioration of MHM's financial condition, the Company recorded a reserve for the remaining balance of the MHM Note, which had been partially reserved in 1996, and accrued interest on the MHM Note. In October 1997, Holdings filed a motion for summary judgment against MHM. In November 1997, the Court granted summary judgment in favor of the Company against MHM on all counts. Specifically, the Court ruled that the MHM Note was valid and enforceable. The Court also rejected MHM's request for a stay pending appeal. On April 17, 1998, the Court entered a Final Damage Order in favor of the Company in the approximate amount of $11.8 million. In July 1998, the Company reached a settlement with MHM which called for MHM to pay the Company $3.0 million in cash in full satisfaction of all amounts due the Company. The Company received the cash in July 1998. See "Business--Legal Proceedings." Mr. Sandler served as a director of NutraMax until he resigned from such position in December 1996. In December 1996, the Company sold to NutraMax all of the 4,037,258 shares of NutraMax Common Stock owned by the Company at a price of $9.00 per share. The Company received from NutraMax $19.9 million in cash and the NutraMax Note in the amount of $16.4 million. As of September 30, 1997, the outstanding balance of the NutraMax Note was $5.9 million. In addition, the Company received payments from NutraMax of $7,000 in 1997 for professional service fees. See "Management's Discussions and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Results of Operations." Sheldon M. Bonovitz and H. Scott Miller, both directors of Holdings who resigned their positions upon consummation of the Transactions, served as directors of PCI until they resigned from such positions in October 1996. In fiscal 1997, in connection with the acquisition of PCI by Cardinal, the Company's interest in PCI was converted into shares of common stock of Cardinal with a market value of approximately $79.2 million based on the closing price on October 11, 1996. The Company sold its Cardinal shares in January 1997 for approximately $88.4 million and used the proceeds to refinance debt. Until February 1997, Michael J. Rotko was a partner in the law firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, which provided legal services to the Company during fiscal 1997 and in prior years. The Company was not charged by Drinker Biddle & Reath for any of Mr. Rotko's time on Company matters. Mr. Bonovitz is Chairman of, and a partner in, the law firm of Duane, Morris & Heckscher LLP, which provided legal services to the Company and Mr. Rotko during fiscal 1997. 92 BRS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT; CERTAIN FEES PAYABLE TO BRS AND CO-INVESTORS Upon consummation of the Transactions, Holdings paid the Sponsor, FFT and Galen Associates a closing fee of $6.0 million in the aggregate. In addition, MEDIQ/PRN entered into a management services agreement (the "BRS Management Agreement") with the Sponsor, FFT and Galen Associates pursuant to which the Sponsor, FFT and Galen Associates will be paid the greater of $1.0 million per year or 1.5% of EBITDA for such year, in the aggregate, for certain management, business and organizational strategy and merchant and investment banking services rendered to the Company. The amount of the annual management fee may be increased under certain circumstances based upon performance or other criteria to be established by the Board of Directors of MEDIQ/PRN. PAYMENT OF PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED COMPENSATION Under the terms of the Company's deferred compensation plan, approximately $1.6 million of previously deferred employee compensation became payable upon consummation of the Merger to certain former members of senior management of the Company who have previously deferred such compensation. Deferred compensation will be paid to employees only at their election. ADDITIONAL PURCHASES OF COMMON STOCK Subsequent to the consummation of the Transactions, certain persons designated by Holdings and BRS were provided an opportunity to purchase shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 6.1% of the outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis, at the same per share price as the shares of common stock of MQ sold to the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors pursuant to the Equity Contribution. Such Common Stock so acquired by an employee of the Company will be subject to repurchase by Holdings if such employee resigns or is terminated at any time during the five years after the date of such acquisition. The number of shares subject to Holdings' repurchase option and the price at which such shares may be repurchased are subject to a variety of factors, including whether the employee is terminated for cause or without cause and at what point over the five-year period a resignation or termination occurs. It is also expected that certain employees of the Company will be provided with an opportunity to receive non-qualified options (the "New Options") to purchase shares of Common Stock, representing approximately 5.0% of the outstanding Common Stock on a fully diluted basis, at a price per share equal to the price per share at which the shares of common stock of MQ were sold to the BRS Entities and the Co-Investors pursuant to the Equity Contribution. Such employees will have the opportunity to acquire one-fifth of the New Options during each year of the five-year period beginning with the consummation of the Merger. For each such year, the opportunity to receive any New Option will be subject to the Company's achievement of certain financial performance goals. In certain circumstances, such persons will have the right to immediately receive any unissued or unvested New Options regardless of whether such performance goals have been met. INDEMNIFICATION RIGHTS UNDER THE MERGER AGREEMENT Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Holdings is obligated, for a period of six years after the Effective Time, to indemnify directors and officers of Holdings and its subsidiaries and, subject to certain limitations, to maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance substantially similar to that currently in effect. 93 DESCRIPTION OF CERTAIN INDEBTEDNESS The following is a summary of certain indebtedness of the Company. To the extent such summary contains descriptions of the indenture governing the Exchangeable Debentures, or the New Credit Facility and other loan documents, such descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to such documents. NEW CREDIT FACILITY In order to finance a portion of the cash consideration paid pursuant to the Merger, the Company's existing credit facility (the "Existing Credit Facility") with a syndicate of banks led by Banque Nationale de Paris ("BNP") was replaced by the $325.0 million New Credit Facility. The New Credit Facility consists of three facilities: (i) an eight-year senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $200.0 million (the "Term Loan Facility"); (ii) a six-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility"); and (iii) a six-year senior secured acquisition facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75.0 million (the "Acquisition Facility"). Loans made under the Term Loan Facility are referred to herein as "Term Loans," advances made under the Revolving Credit Facility are referred to herein as "Revolving Loans" and loans made under the Acquisition Facility are referred to herein as "Acquisition Loans." Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount of $200.0 million were drawn on the closing date of the New Credit Facility in connection with the Transactions and the consummation of the CHI Acquisition. Subject to compliance with customary conditions precedent, Revolving Loans will be available at any time prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility. Amounts repaid under the Revolving Credit Facility may be reborrowed prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility, provided that availability requirements are met. Letters of credit will be available and mature at any time before the sixtieth business day prior to the final maturity of the Revolving Credit Facility. Subject to compliance with customary conditions precedent and maximum ratios, both before and after making any acquisition, of pro forma funded debt to consolidated EBITDA (as such term is defined under the New Credit Facility) and pro forma senior debt to consolidated EBITDA (as such term is defined under the New Credit Facility), Acquisition Loans will be available for up to eighteen months following the execution and delivery of the New Credit Facility, after which time (the "Conversion Date") the Acquisition Facility shall convert to an amortizing Term Loan. Amounts repaid under the Acquisition Facility may not be reborrowed. All obligations of MEDIQ/PRN under the New Credit Facility are unconditionally guaranteed (the "Facility Guaranties") by each existing and each subsequently acquired or organized domestic and, to the extent no adverse tax consequences would result, foreign subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN (the "Facility Guarantors"). The New Credit Facility and the related guarantees are secured by substantially all the assets of MEDIQ/PRN and each Facility Guarantor, including but not limited to (i) a first priority pledge of all the capital stock of each Facility Guarantor and (ii) perfected first priority security interests in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of MEDIQ/PRN and each Facility Guarantor. Borrowings under the New Credit Facility bear interest at a floating rate based upon, at MEDIQ/ PRN's option, (i) the higher of the prime rate of BNP, or the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 1.5%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and the Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 1.0%, or (ii) the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 2.75%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and the Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 2.25%. MEDIQ/PRN may elect interest periods of one, two, three or six months for LIBOR borrowings. Interest shall be payable at the end of each interest period and, in any event, at least every three months. In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the New Credit Facility, MEDIQ/PRN is required to pay a commitment fee to the Senior Lenders equal to 0.5% per annum of the undrawn portion of the commitments in respect of the facilities (subject to adjustment as set forth below), commencing to 94 accrue upon the execution and delivery of the New Credit Facility and payable quarterly in arrears and upon the termination of any commitment, in each case for the actual number of days elapsed in a 360-day year. The New Credit Facility contains provisions under which commitment fees and margins on interest rates under the facilities will be adjusted in increments based on performance goals to be agreed upon. The Term Loans will amortize on a quarterly basis commencing September 30, 1999 and be payable in installments under a schedule contained in the New Credit Facility. Principal amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility will be due and payable in full at maturity. Principal amounts outstanding under the Acquisition Facility at the Conversion Date will amortize on a quarterly basis and be payable in installments under a schedule contained in the New Credit Facility. The Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Acquisition Loans are subject to mandatory prepayments and reductions in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or issuances of debt and equity by MEDIQ/PRN or any Facility Guarantor. Such loans are also required to be prepaid with 75% of the Excess Cash Flow (as such term is defined in the New Credit Facility) of MEDIQ/PRN or, if the Company's ratio of funded debt to pro forma EBITDA for the preceding 12-month period is less than 5.0 to 1.0, 50% of such Excess Cash Flow. The New Credit Facility contains representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and other provisions customary for credit facilities of this type. MEDIQ/PRN has paid the Senior Lenders certain syndication and administration fees, reimburse certain expenses and provide certain indemnities, in each case which are customary for credit facilities of this type. At June 30, 1998, pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility and/or the Indentures, the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Facility was limited to $25.9 million and $50.0 million, respectively. EXCHANGEABLE DEBENTURES In July 1993, Holdings issued an aggregate of $34.5 million principal amount of Exchangeable Debentures pursuant to an indenture dated as of July 30, 1993 (the "Exchangeable Debenture Indenture") between Holdings and First Fidelity Bank, N.A. Pennsylvania ("First Fidelity"), as trustee. The Exchangeable Debentures mature on July 15, 2003 and are exchangeable into shares of NutraMax Common Stock at any time before the close of business on such date. Interest on the Exchangeable Debentures accrues and is payable at the rate of 7 1/2% per annum and is payable semiannually. The Exchangeable Debentures are general unsecured obligations of Holdings and are subordinated to all existing and future Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Exchangeable Debenture Indenture) of Holdings. Approximately $10.1 million in principal amount of the Exchangeable Debentures was outstanding at the time of the Merger. The Merger resulted in a "Change of Control" under the Exchangeable Debentures, and Holdings was required by the terms of the Exchangeable Debentures to notify holders thereof of their right to require Holdings to purchase the Exchangeable Debentures at 100% of their principal amount plus accrued interest. Holders of approximately $9.6 million in principal amount of the Exchangeable Debentures tendered their Exchangeable Debentures for purchase by Holdings. Accordingly, approximately $500,000 in principal amount of the Exchangeable Debentures is currently outstanding. Pursuant to an Escrow Agreement dated as of July 30, 1993 between Holdings and First Fidelity, 2,254,902 shares of NutraMax Common Stock were deposited by Holdings in escrow with First Fidelity in support of Holdings' exchange obligations under the Exchangeable Debentures. On December 31, 1996, the Company sold to NutraMax all of the shares of NutraMax Common Stock owned by the Company pursuant to an agreement under which the Company received cash and an interest bearing note secured by a $5.9 million letter of credit. In the event the Exchangeable Debentures are exchanged into shares of NutraMax Common Stock, the amount of the note, which as of December 31, 1997 was $5.9 million, will be reduced on a pro rata basis. The note is payable when the shares of NutraMax Common Stock held in escrow in support of the Exchangeable Debentures are delivered to NutraMax upon release from escrow. All but 33,595 of the shares of NutraMax Common Stock were released from escrow upon the purchase of Exchangeable Debentures by the Company following the Merger. Accordingly, Holdings received approximately $5.6 million in cash in respect of the NutraMax note in July 1998. 95 DESCRIPTION OF THE NOTES GENERAL The Old Notes were issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1998 (the "Note Indenture"), among MEDIQ/PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (the "Note Trustee"). The terms of the Note Indenture apply to the Old Notes and to the New Notes to be issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the Note Exchange Offer (all such Notes being referred to herein collectively as the "Notes"). The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Note Indenture and the Notes, a copy of which Note Indenture and the form of Notes is available upon request to MEDIQ/PRN at the address set forth under "Available Information." The following summary of certain provisions of the Note Indenture and the Notes does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Note Indenture and the Notes, including the definitions of certain terms therein and those terms made a part thereof by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. For purposes of this summary, the term "MEDIQ/PRN" refers only to MEDIQ/PRN and not to any of its subsidiaries. The definitions of certain terms used in the following summary are set forth below under "--Certain Definitions." The Notes are issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but MEDIQ/PRN may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. TERMS OF THE NOTES The Notes are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN, limited to $190 million aggregate principal amount, and will mature on June 1, 2008. The Notes will bear interest at the rate per annum shown on the cover page hereof from May 29, 1998, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semiannually to Holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1998. MEDIQ/PRN will pay interest on overdue principal at 1% per annum in excess of such rate, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at such higher rate to the extent lawful. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION Except as set forth in the following paragraph, the Notes are not redeemable at the option of MEDIQ/PRN prior to June 1, 2003. Thereafter, the Notes will be redeemable, at MEDIQ/PRN's option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on June 1 of the years set forth below:
REDEMPTION PERIOD PRICE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 2003................................................................................. 105.500% 2004................................................................................. 103.667 2005................................................................................. 101.834 2006 and thereafter.................................................................. 100.000
96 In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 1, 2001, MEDIQ/PRN may redeem in the aggregate up to 25% of the original principal amount of the Notes with the proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings following which there is a Public Market (provided that if the Public Equity Offering is an offering by Holdings, a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof equal to the amount required to redeem any such Notes is contributed to the equity capital of MEDIQ/PRN), at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount) of 111% plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least $142.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding after each such redemption. In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Note Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Note Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, although no Note of $1,000 in original principal amount or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancelation of the original Note. SUBSIDIARY GUARANTIES The obligations of MEDIQ/PRN pursuant to the Notes, including the repurchase obligation resulting from a Change of Control, are unconditionally guaranteed, jointly and severally, on an unsecured senior subordinated basis, by each of the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Subsidiary Guarantors have agreed to pay, in addition to the amount stated above, any and all expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Note Trustee and the Holders in enforcing any rights under the Subsidiary Guaranties with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantors. Each Subsidiary Guaranty is limited in amount to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees under the Credit Agreement) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of all obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty or pursuant to its contribution obligations under the Note Indenture, without rendering the Subsidiary Guaranty, as it relates to such Subsidiary Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally. If a Subsidiary Guaranty were to be rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, a Subsidiary Guarantor's liability on its Subsidiary Guaranty could be reduced to zero. Pursuant to the Note Indenture, a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with, merge with or into, or transfer all or substantially all its assets to any other Person to the extent described below under "--Certain Covenants--Merger and Consolidation;" PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if such other Person is not MEDIQ/PRN or another Subsidiary Guarantor, such Subsidiary Guarantor's obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty must be expressly assumed by such other Person. However, upon the sale or other disposition (including by way of consolidation or merger) of all the Capital Stock, or the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the assets, of a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case other than to MEDIQ/PRN or an Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN) permitted by the Note Indenture, such Subsidiary Guarantor will be released and relieved from all its obligations under the Note Indenture and its Subsidiary Guaranty and such Subsidiary Guaranty shall terminate. RANKING The indebtedness evidenced by the Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranties are senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors, as the case may be. The payment of the 97 principal of, premium (if any) and interest on the Notes and the payment of any Subsidiary Guaranty is subordinate in right of payment, as set forth in the Note Indenture, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred, including the obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Credit Agreement. The Notes and the Subsidiary Guaranties are also effectively subordinated to any Secured Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness. As of June 30, 1998, (i) the Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN was approximately $201.9 million (excluding unused commitments under the Credit Agreement), all of which was secured indebtedness, and (ii) the Senior Indebtedness of the Subsidiary Guarantors was $200.0 million, virtually all of it represented by guarantees of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN under the Credit Agreement. Although the Note Indenture contains limitations on the amount of additional Indebtedness that MEDIQ/PRN and the Subsidiary Guarantors may incur, under certain circumstances the amount of such Indebtedness could be substantial and, in any case, such Indebtedness may be Senior Indebtedness. See "--Certain Covenants-- Limitation on Indebtedness." A portion of the operations of MEDIQ/PRN are conducted through its subsidiaries. Claims of creditors of such subsidiaries, including trade creditors, secured creditors and creditors holding indebtedness and guarantees issued by such subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders (if any) of such subsidiaries generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such subsidiaries over the claims of creditors of MEDIQ/PRN, including holders of the Notes, even if such obligations do not constitute Senior Indebtedness. The Notes and each Subsidiary Guaranty, therefore, are effectively subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders (if any) of subsidiaries of MEDIQ/PRN that are not Subsidiary Guarantors. Only Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or a Subsidiary Guarantor that is Senior Indebtedness will rank senior to the Notes and the relevant Subsidiary Guaranty in accordance with the provisions of the Note Indenture. The Notes and each Subsidiary Guaranty will in all respects rank PARI PASSU with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor, respectively. MEDIQ/PRN and each Subsidiary Guarantor has agreed in the Note Indenture that it will not Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in ranking in right of payment to its Senior Indebtedness unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is expressly subordinated in right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness. Unsecured Indebtedness is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured. MEDIQ/PRN may not pay principal of, premium (if any) or interest on, the Notes or make any deposit pursuant to the provisions described under "Defeasance" below and may not repurchase, redeem or otherwise retire any Notes (collectively, "pay the Notes") if (i) any Designated Senior Indebtedness is not paid in full in cash when due or (ii) any other default on Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness is accelerated in accordance with its terms unless, in either case, the default has been cured or waived and any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash. However, MEDIQ/PRN may pay the Notes without regard to the foregoing if MEDIQ/PRN and the Note Trustee receive written notice approving such payment from the Representative of the Designated Senior Indebtedness with respect to which either of the events set forth in clause (i) or (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence has occurred and is continuing. During the continuance of any default (other than a default described in clause (i) or (ii) of the second preceding sentence) with respect to any Designated Senior Indebtedness pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods, MEDIQ/PRN may not pay the Notes (other than in Permitted Junior Securities) for a period (a "Payment Blockage Period") commencing upon the receipt by the Note Trustee (with a copy to MEDIQ/PRN) of written notice (a "Blockage Notice") of such default from the Representative of the holders of such Designated Senior 98 Indebtedness specifying an election to effect a Payment Blockage Period and ending 179 days thereafter (or earlier if such Payment Blockage Period is terminated (i) by written notice to the Note Trustee and MEDIQ/PRN from the Person or Persons who gave such Blockage Notice, (ii) because the default giving rise to such Blockage Notice is no longer continuing or (iii) because such Designated Senior Indebtedness has been repaid in full in cash). Notwithstanding the provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence (but subject to the provisions described in the first sentence of this paragraph), unless the holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders have accelerated the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness, MEDIQ/PRN may resume payments on the Notes after the end of such Payment Blockage Period. The Notes shall not be subject to more than one Payment Blockage Period in any consecutive 360-day period, irrespective of the number of defaults with respect to Designated Senior Indebtedness during such period. Upon any payment or distribution of the assets of MEDIQ/PRN upon a total or partial liquidation or dissolution of MEDIQ/PRN or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding relating to MEDIQ/PRN or its property, the holders of Senior Indebtedness will be entitled to receive payment in full of such Senior Indebtedness before the Noteholders are entitled to receive any payment or distribution, and until the Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, any payment or distribution to which Noteholders would be entitled but for the subordination provisions of the Note Indenture will be made to holders of such Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear except that Noteholders may receive Permitted Junior Securities. If a payment or distribution is made to Noteholders that, due to the subordination provisions, should not have been made to them, such Noteholders are required to hold it in trust for the holders of Senior Indebtedness and pay it over to such holders of Senior Indebtedness as their interests may appear. If payment of the Notes is accelerated because of an Event of Default, MEDIQ/PRN or the Note Trustee shall promptly notify the holders of Designated Senior Indebtedness or the Representative of such holders of the acceleration. If any Designated Senior Indebtedness is outstanding, neither MEDIQ/PRN nor any Subsidiary Guarantor may pay the Notes until five Business Days after the Representatives of all the issues of Designated Senior Indebtedness receive notice of such acceleration and, thereafter, may pay the Notes only if the Note Indenture otherwise permits payment at that time. The obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty are senior subordinated obligations. As such, the rights of Noteholders to receive payment by a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to its Subsidiary Guaranty will be subordinated in right of payment to the rights of holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor. The terms of the subordination provisions described above with respect to MEDIQ/PRN's obligations under the Notes apply equally to a Subsidiary Guarantor and the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guaranty. By reason of the subordination provisions contained in the Note Indenture, in the event of insolvency, creditors of MEDIQ/PRN or a Subsidiary Guarantor who are holders of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/ PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, may recover more, ratably, than the Noteholders, and creditors of MEDIQ/PRN who are not holders of Senior Indebtedness may recover less, ratably, than holders of Senior Indebtedness and may recover more, ratably, than the Noteholders. The terms of the subordination provisions described above will not apply to payments from money or the proceeds of U.S. Government Obligations held in trust by the Note Trustee for the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes pursuant to the provisions described under "--Defeasance." CHANGE OF CONTROL Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each a "Change of Control"), each Holder shall have the right to require that MEDIQ/PRN repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if 99 any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date): (i) prior to the earlier to occur of (A) the first public offering of common stock of Holdings or (B) the first public offering of common stock of MEDIQ/PRN, the Permitted Holders cease to be the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a majority in the aggregate of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of MEDIQ/ PRN, whether as a result of issuance of securities of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN, any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN, any direct or indirect transfer of securities by Holdings or otherwise (for purposes of this clause (i) and clauses (ii) and (iv) below, the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of any Person (the "specified entity") held by any other Person (the "parent entity") so long as the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as so defined), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent entity); (ii) following the earlier to occur of (A) the first public offering of common stock of Holdings or (B) the first public offering of common stock of MEDIQ/PRN, any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in clause (i) above, except that for purposes of this clause (ii) such person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of MEDIQ/ PRN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of MEDIQ/PRN than such other person and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors (for the purposes of this clause (ii), such other person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of a specified entity held by a parent entity, if such other person is the beneficial owner (as defined in this clause (ii)), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity and the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors of such parent entity); (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors (A) whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of MEDIQ/PRN was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of MEDIQ/PRN then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or (B) who are designees of one or more Permitted Holders) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or (iv) the merger or consolidation of MEDIQ/PRN with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into MEDIQ/PRN, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of MEDIQ/ PRN to another Person (other than a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders), and, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the securities of MEDIQ/PRN that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction and which represent 100% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of MEDIQ/PRN are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or property, unless pursuant to such transaction such securities are changed into or exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration, securities of the surviving corporation that represent, immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving corporation. 100 Within 30 days following any Change of Control, MEDIQ/PRN shall mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Note Trustee (the "Change of Control Offer") stating: (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require MEDIQ/PRN to purchase such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date); (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control; (3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and (4) the procedures determined by MEDIQ/PRN, consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased. MEDIQ/PRN will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Note Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by MEDIQ/PRN and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. MEDIQ/PRN shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this covenant described hereunder. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described hereunder, MEDIQ/PRN shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described hereunder by virtue thereof. The definition of "Change of Control" includes, among other transactions, a disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of MEDIQ/PRN and its Subsidiaries. With respect to the disposition of property or assets, the phrase "all or substantially all" as used in the Note Indenture varies according to the facts and circumstances of the subject transaction, has no clearly established meaning under New York law (which is the choice of law under the Note Indenture) and is subject to judicial interpretation. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty in ascertaining whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of "all or substantially all" of the property or assets of a Person, and, therefore, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether MEDIQ/PRN is required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as described above. The Change of Control purchase feature is a result of negotiations between MEDIQ/PRN and the Initial Purchasers. Management has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that MEDIQ/PRN would decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, MEDIQ/PRN could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Note Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect MEDIQ/PRN's capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on the ability of MEDIQ/ PRN to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenants described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness." Such restrictions can only be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the Note Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford holders of the Notes protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction. The Credit Agreement prohibits MEDIQ/PRN from purchasing Notes, and also provides that the occurrence of certain change of control events with respect to MEDIQ/PRN would constitute a default thereunder. In the event a Change of Control occurs at a time when MEDIQ/PRN is prohibited from purchasing Notes, MEDIQ/PRN could seek the consent of its lenders to the purchase of Notes or could attempt to refinance the borrowings that contain such prohibition. If MEDIQ/PRN does not obtain such a consent or repay such borrowings, MEDIQ/PRN will remain prohibited from purchasing Notes. In such case, MEDIQ/PRN's failure to purchase tendered Notes would constitute an Event of Default under the 101 Note Indenture which would, in turn, constitute a default under the Credit Agreement. In such circumstances, the subordination provisions in the Note Indenture would likely restrict payment to the Holders of Notes. Future indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and its Subsidiaries may also contain prohibitions on the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control or require such indebtedness to be repurchased upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the holders of their right to require MEDIQ/PRN to repurchase the Notes could cause a default under such indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on MEDIQ/PRN. Finally, MEDIQ/PRN's ability to pay cash to the holders of Notes following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by MEDIQ/PRN's then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. The provisions under the Note Indenture relative to MEDIQ/PRN's obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result of a Change of Control may be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes. CERTAIN COVENANTS The Note Indenture contains covenants including, among others, the following: LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS. (a) MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio exceeds 2.00 to 1 if such Indebtedness is Incurred prior to June 1, 2000 or 2.25 to 1 if such Indebtedness is Incurred thereafter. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), MEDIQ/PRN and the Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness: (1) Indebtedness Incurred by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Revolving Credit Facility; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, immediately after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (1) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (A) $50 million less the sum of all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness pursuant to clause (a)(ii)(A) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" and (B) the sum of 60% of the book value of the inventory of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries and 85% of the book value of the accounts receivables of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (2) Indebtedness Incurred by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any Term Loan Facility; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (2) and then outstanding does not exceed an amount equal to $200 million, less the aggregate sum of all principal payments actually made from time to time after the Issue Date with respect to such Indebtedness (other than principal payments made in connection with any permitted Refinancings thereof); (3) Indebtedness owed to and held by MEDIQ/PRN or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such Wholly Owned Subsidiary ceasing to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to MEDIQ/PRN or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon; (4) Indebtedness owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) any such Indebtedness shall be unsecured Subordinated Obligations of MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (ii) any subsequent 102 issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to MEDIQ/PRN, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof; (5) the Notes and the Exchange Notes; (6) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this covenant); (7) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) or pursuant to clause (5) or (6) or this clause (7); (8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary or was acquired by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary) and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness (including Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) is Non-Recourse to MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or to any of their respective assets (other than the acquired Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as applicable); (9) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds and surety or appeal bonds entered into by MEDIQ/PRN and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business; (10) Hedging Obligations under or with respect to Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of speculation; (11) Purchase Money Indebtedness Incurred to finance the acquisition by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary of any assets in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11) and then outstanding does not exceed $10 million; (12) Subsidiary Guaranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors; (13) the Guarantee of any Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the Note Indenture (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (8) above); (14) Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is satisfied within five Business Days of Incurrence; (15) Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred in connection with the disposition of any assets of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition; and (16) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount which, together with all other Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the date of such Incurrence (other than Indebtedness permitted by clauses (1) through (15) above or paragraph (a)) does not exceed $50 million. 103 (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated Obligations unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may be, to at least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations. (d) For purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing covenant, (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above, MEDIQ/PRN, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness at the time of its Incurrence and only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and (ii) an item of Indebtedness may be divided and classified in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above. (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, Incur (i) any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is by its terms subordinate or junior in ranking in any respect to any Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or is expressly subordinated in right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness or (ii) any Secured Indebtedness (other than trade payables Incurred in the ordinary course of business) that is not Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/ PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, unless contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty, as the case may be, equally and ratably with such Secured Indebtedness for so long as such Secured Indebtedness is secured by a Lien. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. (a) MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to make a Restricted Payment if at the time MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment: (1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom); (2) MEDIQ/PRN is not able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" or (3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments since the Issue Date would exceed the sum of: (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter immediately following the fiscal quarter during which the Notes are originally issued to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); (B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds (or non-cash proceeds when converted to cash) received by MEDIQ/PRN from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and the aggregate cash received by MEDIQ/PRN as a capital contribution, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN and other than an issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent that the purchase by such plan or trust is financed by Indebtedness of such plan or trust to MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary or Indebtedness Guaranteed by MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary); (C) the amount by which Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on MEDIQ/PRN's consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN) subsequent to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of MEDIQ/PRN (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and 104 (D) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in Investments in any Person resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets, in each case to MEDIQ/ PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Person, or resulting from the receipt by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary of proceeds realized upon the sale of such Investment (other than a sale to an Affiliate), and (ii) the portion (proportionate to MEDIQ/PRN's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Person, the amount of Investments previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person plus, to the extent not added pursuant to clause (a)(3)(A) above, 50% of the excess, if any, of the cash received upon the sale or other disposition of an Investment over the amount of such Investment previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment). (b) The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit: (i) any Restricted Payment made out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or capital contribution in respect of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock of MEDIQ/PRN (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent that the purchase by such plan or trust is financed by Indebtedness of such plan or trust to MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary or Indebtedness Guaranteed by MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale or capital contribution shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) above; (ii) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Indebtedness which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (iii) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied with this covenant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (iv) the repurchase or other acquisition of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, or dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to allow Holdings to repurchase or acquire shares of, or options to purchase shares of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings, MEDIQ/ PRN or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans or written arrangements (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such common stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases and other acquisitions (and dividends to Holdings for such repurchases and other acquisitions) shall not exceed the sum of (A) $5 million plus (B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by MEDIQ/PRN from the issuance of such Capital Stock to, or the exercise of options to purchase such Capital Stock by, employees or directors of Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date (to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) above or applied pursuant to clause (b)(i) above); PROVIDED FURTHER, 105 HOWEVER, that such repurchases and other acquisitions shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (v) payments of dividends on MEDIQ/PRN's common stock after an initial public offering (other than an offering on Form S-8) of MEDIQ/PRN common stock (or of Holdings' common stock) in an annual amount not to exceed, in the case of an offering of MEDIQ/PRN's common stock, 6% of the aggregate gross proceeds to MEDIQ/PRN from shares of common stock sold for the account of MEDIQ/PRN in such initial public offering, or, in the case of an offering of Holdings' common stock, 6% of the amount contributed to MEDIQ/PRN by Holdings from the proceeds received by Holdings from a sale of common stock of Holdings in an initial public offering (provided that the proceeds of any such dividends to Holdings are immediately used to pay a dividend on the class of common stock sold in Holdings' initial public offering); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (vi) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to the extent required to pay non-deferrable scheduled cash interest when due on the Debentures and the Exchangeable Debentures and any additional cash interest (at a rate not to exceed 1/2 of 1% per annum) payable with respect to the Debentures as a result of Holdings' failure to comply with its obligations to register the Debentures; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom), (B) Holdings shall immediately apply any such dividend to make such cash interest payment and (C) except in the case of such additional interest on the Debentures, immediately after giving effect to any such dividend, the Company would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness"; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such dividends, distributions and advances shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (vii) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to the extent required to pay the Exchangeable Debentures when due at Stated Maturity; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividends, distributions or advances shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (viii) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to the extent necessary to pay for general corporate and overhead expenses incurred by Holdings in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividends shall not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year of MEDIQ/PRN; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such dividends, distributions or advances shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (ix) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to be used by Holdings to pay Federal, state and local taxes payable by Holdings and directly attributable to (or arising as a result of) the operations of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) the amount of such dividends shall not exceed the amount that MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of such Federal, state and local taxes were MEDIQ/PRN to pay such taxes as a stand-alone taxpayer and (B) such dividends pursuant to this clause (ix) are used by Holdings for such purposes within 20 days of the receipt of such dividends by Holdings; providing further, however, that such dividends shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (x) any purchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock of MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation of Indebtedness;" PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xi) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the offer to repurchase the Notes pursuant to the covenant described under "--Change of Control" above 106 (including the purchase of the Notes tendered), any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom), (B) MEDIQ/PRN would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness" after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment and (C) such purchase or redemption shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xii) any repurchase or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon the merger of such Restricted Subsidiary with or into MEDIQ/PRN or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN within one year following the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such repurchases or other acquisitions shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xiii) payments required pursuant to the terms of the CHI Acquisition Agreement to consummate the CHI Acquisition by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the CHI Acquisition Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xiv) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to allow Holdings to repurchase shares of Capital Stock in, and to pay fees and expenses, including deferred compensation which becomes payable, in connection with, the Merger; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividends, distributions or advances shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xv) dividends, distributions or advances to Holdings to the extent required to pay amounts in respect of pension plan or similar employee benefit plan contributions, severance obligations of Holdings existing as of the Issue Date and insurance premiums and deductibles; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividends, distribution or advances shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; or (xvi) Restricted Payments not exceeding $7.5 million in the aggregate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) at the time of such Restricted Payments, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such Restricted Payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Indebtedness owed to MEDIQ/PRN, (b) make any loans or advances to MEDIQ/PRN or (c) transfer any of its property or assets to MEDIQ/PRN, except: (i) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement, including the Credit Agreement, in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date; (ii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and outstanding on such date; 107 (iii) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement (A) evidencing Indebtedness Incurred without violation of the Note Indenture or (B) effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this covenant or this clause (iii) or contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this covenant or this clause (iii); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the case of clauses (A) and (B), the encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any such agreement or amendment are no more restrictive in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, than encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in agreements of such Restricted Subsidiary in effect at, or entered into on, the Issue Date; (iv) any such encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary non assignment or subletting provisions contained in leases and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; (v) in the case of clause (c) above, restrictions contained in security agreements, mortgages or similar documents securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such restrictions restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements, mortgages or similar documents; (vi) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition; (vii) any encumbrance or restriction arising under applicable law; and (viii) any encumbrance or restriction consisting of any restriction on the sale or other disposition of assets or property securing Indebtedness as a result of a Lien permitted to be Incurred under the Note Indenture on such asset or property. LIMITATION ON SALES OF ASSETS AND SUBSIDIARY STOCK. (a) MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless (i) MEDIQ/ PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition and at least 75% of the consideration thereof received by MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or cash equivalents (provided that such 75% requirement shall not apply to any Asset Disposition in which the cash or cash equivalents portion of the consideration received therefor, determined in accordance with this covenant, is equal to or greater than what the net after-tax proceeds would have been had the Asset Disposition complied with such 75% requirement) and (ii) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by MEDIQ/PRN (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) (A) FIRST, to the extent MEDIQ/PRN elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or a Subsidiary Guarantor or Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified Stock) of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to MEDIQ/PRN or an Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN) within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; (B) SECOND, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application, if any, in accordance with clause (A), to the extent MEDIQ/PRN elects, to acquire Additional Assets within one year from (or enter into a binding commitment to acquire Additional Assets, provided that such commitment shall be subject only to customary conditions (other than financing) and such acquisition shall be consummated within two years from) the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; and (C) THIRD, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A) and (B), to make an offer to the holders of the Notes (and to holders of other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness designated by MEDIQ/PRN) to purchase Notes (and such other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in the 108 Note Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A) or (C) above, MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, MEDIQ/PRN and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in accordance with this paragraph except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions which are not applied in accordance with this paragraph exceeds $10 million. Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this covenant, such Net Available Cash shall be invested in Permitted Investments or used to temporarily reduce loans outstanding under any Revolving Credit Facility. For the purposes of this covenant, the following are deemed to be cash or cash equivalents: (x) the assumption of Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of MEDIQ/ PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition (in which case MEDIQ/PRN shall, without further action, be deemed to have applied such assumed Indebtedness in accordance with clause (A) of the preceding paragraph) and (y) securities received by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash. (b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of the Notes (and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) pursuant to clause (a)(ii)(C) above, MEDIQ/PRN will be required to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by MEDIQ/PRN for the Notes (and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount (without premium) plus accrued but unpaid interest (or, in respect of such other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in the Note Indenture. MEDIQ/PRN shall not be required to make such an offer to purchase Notes (and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness) pursuant to this covenant if the Net Available Cash available therefor is less than $10 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). (c) MEDIQ/PRN shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this covenant. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of the covenant described hereunder, MEDIQ/PRN shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described hereunder by virtue thereof. LIMITATION ON AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. (a) MEDIQ/PRN shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN (an "Affiliate Transaction") unless the terms thereof (1) are no less favorable to MEDIQ/ PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate, (2) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $1 million, have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction and (3) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $5 million (other than Affiliate Transactions in the ordinary course of business of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries between or among MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN and any Person providing goods and/or services to MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business that is an Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary solely by virtue of the fact that BRS, or any Person controlling BRS, directly or indirectly controls both MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary and such Affiliate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Affiliate Transaction shall comply with clause (1) above), have been determined by (A) a 109 nationally recognized investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) an accounting or appraisal firm nationally recognized in making such determinations to be on terms that are not less favorable to MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms that could be obtained in an arm's-length transaction from a Person that is not an Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN. (b) The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit (i) any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Restricted Payments," (ii) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors, (iii) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors of MEDIQ/ PRN pursuant to plans approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of MEDIQ/PRN or its Restricted Subsidiaries, but in any event not to exceed $2 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time, (v) the payment of reasonable compensation or employee benefit arrangements to and indemnity provided for the benefit of directors, officers or employees of MEDIQ/PRN or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vi) payments made in connection with the Transactions, including the payment to BRS, the Co-Investors or any of their respective Affiliates of (A) a transaction fee in connection with the Merger in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6 million and (B) other fees pursuant to the Management Agreement in an annual amount not to exceed in any fiscal year an amount equal to the greater of (x) $1 million and (y) one and one-half percent of MEDIQ/PRN's EBITDA for such fiscal year; (vii) any Affiliate Transaction between MEDIQ/PRN and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and (viii) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of MEDIQ/PRN. LIMITATION ON THE SALE OR ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL STOCK OF RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. MEDIQ/PRN shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the pledge of Capital Stock pursuant to the Credit Agreement), and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to issue or sell or otherwise dispose of any of its Capital Stock except (i) to MEDIQ/PRN or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (ii) directors' qualifying shares or other shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, neither MEDIQ/PRN nor any of its Subsidiaries own any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or (iv) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto would have been permitted to be made under the covenant described under "--Limitation on Restricted Payments" if made on the date of such issuance, sale or other disposition. MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION. MEDIQ/PRN shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor Company") shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not MEDIQ/PRN) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental thereto, executed and delivered to the Note Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Note Trustee, all the obligations of MEDIQ/PRN under the Notes and the Note Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" and (iv) MEDIQ/PRN shall have delivered to the Note Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Note Indenture. 110 The Successor Company shall be the successor to MEDIQ/PRN and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, MEDIQ/PRN under the Note Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes. MEDIQ/PRN will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless: (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Subsidiary) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the jurisdiction under which such Subsidiary was organized or under the laws of the United States of America, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person shall expressly assume, by executing a Guaranty Agreement in a form satisfactory to the Note Trustee, all the obligations of such Subsidiary, if any, under its Subsidiary Guaranty; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction or transactions on a pro forma basis (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the resulting, surviving or transferee Person as a result of such transaction as having been issued by such Person at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) MEDIQ/PRN delivers to the Note Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such Guaranty Agreement, if any, complies with the Note Indenture. The provision of clauses (i) and (ii) shall not apply to any transactions that constitute an Asset Disposition if MEDIQ/PRN has complied with the applicable provisions of the covenant described under "Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" above. The foregoing will not prohibit any consolidation or merger of, or transfer of all or part of the property and assets of, any Restricted Subsidiary with or to MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor. FUTURE GUARANTORS. MEDIQ/PRN shall cause each domestic Restricted Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Note Trustee a Guaranty Agreement pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary will Guarantee payment of the Notes on the same terms and conditions as those set forth in the Note Indenture. SEC REPORTS. Notwithstanding that MEDIQ/PRN may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, MEDIQ/PRN shall file with the SEC (to the extent the SEC will accept such filings) and provide the Note Trustee and Noteholders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and other reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections. DEFAULTS An Event of Default is defined in the Note Indenture as (i) a default in the payment of interest on the Notes when due, continued for 30 days, (ii) a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise, (iii) the failure by MEDIQ/PRN to comply with its obligations under "--Certain Covenants--Merger and Consolidation" above, (iv) the failure by MEDIQ/PRN to comply for 30 days after written notice with any of its obligations under the covenants described above under "--Change of Control" (other than a failure to purchase Notes) or under "--Certain Covenants" under "--Limitation on Indebtedness," "--Limitation on Restricted Payments," "--Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries," "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" (other than a failure to purchase Notes), "--Limitation on Affiliate Transactions," "--Limitation on the Sale or Issuance of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries," "--Future Guarantors" or "--SEC Reports," (v) the failure by MEDIQ/PRN to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Note Indenture, (vi) Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Significant Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to MEDIQ/PRN or its Restricted Subsidiaries) is not paid within any applicable grace period after final 111 maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $10 million and such default shall not have been cured or such acceleration rescinded after a 10-day period (the "cross acceleration provision"), (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of MEDIQ/PRN or a Significant Subsidiary (the "bankruptcy provisions"), (viii) any judgment or decree (not subject to appeal) for the payment of money in an uninsured amount in excess of $10 million is entered against MEDIQ/PRN or a Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period of 60 days following such judgment and is not discharged, waived or stayed within 10 days after written notice (the "judgment default provision") or (ix) any Subsidiary Guaranty ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of such Subsidiary Guaranty or as contemplated in the Note Indenture) or a Subsidiary Guarantor denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Subsidiary Guaranty. However, a default under clauses (iv), (v) and (viii) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Note Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify MEDIQ/PRN in writing of the default and MEDIQ/PRN does not cure such default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Note Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that so long as any Designated Senior Indebtedness shall be outstanding, no such acceleration shall be effective until the earlier of (i) acceleration of any such Designated Senior Indebtedness or (ii) five business days after the giving of written notice to MEDIQ/PRN and the representatives under the Designated Senior Indebtedness of such acceleration. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of MEDIQ/PRN occurs and is continuing, the principal of and interest on all the Notes will IPSO FACTO become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Note Trustee or any holders of the Notes. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences. In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (vi) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (including, without limitation, any acceleration or resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived or rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Note Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged in a manner that does not violate the terms of the Note Indenture or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default. Subject to the provisions of the Note Indenture relating to the duties of the Note Trustee, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Note Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Note Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the Notes unless such holders have offered to the Note Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to the Note Indenture or the Notes unless (i) such holder has previously given the Note Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have requested the Note Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Note Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Note Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes have not given the Note Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Note Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Note Trustee. The Note Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction 112 that conflicts with law or the Note Indenture or that the Note Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder of a Note or that would involve the Note Trustee in personal liability. The Note Indenture provides that if a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Note Trustee, the Note Trustee must mail to each holder of the Notes notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Note, the Note Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its trust officers determines that withholding notice is not opposed to the interest of the holders of the Notes. In addition, MEDIQ/PRN is required to deliver to the Note Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. MEDIQ/PRN also is required to deliver to the Note Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any events which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action MEDIQ/PRN is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS Subject to certain exceptions, the Note Indenture, the Subsidiary Guaranties or the Notes may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Notes) and any past default or compliance with any provisions may also be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Note affected thereby, no amendment may, among other things, (i) reduce the amount of Notes whose holders must consent to an amendment, (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note, (iv) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed as described under "--Optional Redemption" above, (v) make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note, (vi) impair the right of any holder of the Notes to receive payment of principal of and interest on such holder's Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder's Notes, (vii) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder's consent or in the waiver provisions or (viii) make any change in any Subsidiary Guaranty that would adversely affect the Noteholders. In addition, any amendment to the subordination provisions of the Note Indenture that would adversely affect the Noteholders requires the consent of the holders of at least 75% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without the consent of any holder of the Notes, MEDIQ/PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Note Trustee may amend or supplement the Note Indenture, the Subsidiary Guaranties or the Notes to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of MEDIQ/PRN or the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Note Indenture, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to add further guarantees with respect to the Notes, to release Subsidiary Guaranties when permitted by the Note Indenture, to secure the Notes, to add to the covenants of MEDIQ/PRN for the benefit of the holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power conferred upon MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of the Notes or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Note Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. However, no amendment may be made to the subordination provisions of the Note Indenture that adversely affects the rights of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or the Subsidiary Guarantors then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or their Representative) consent to such change. 113 The consent of the holders of the Notes is not necessary under the Note Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment under the Note Indenture becomes effective, MEDIQ/PRN is required to mail to holders of the Notes a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all holders of the Notes, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment. TRANSFER The Notes are issued in registered form and will be transferable only upon the surrender of the Notes being transferred for registration of transfer. MEDIQ/PRN may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable in connection with certain transfers and exchanges. DEFEASANCE MEDIQ/PRN at any time may terminate all its obligations under the Notes and the Note Indenture ("legal defeasance"), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Notes, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of the Notes. MEDIQ/PRN at any time may terminate its obligations under "--Change of Control" and under the covenants described under "-- Certain Covenants" (other than the covenant described under "--Merger and Consolidation"), the operation of the cross acceleration provision, the bankruptcy provisions with respect to Significant Subsidiaries and the judgment default provision described under "--Defaults" above and the limitations contained in clause (iii) under "--Certain Covenants--Merger and Consolidation" above ("covenant defeasance"). MEDIQ/PRN may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If MEDIQ/PRN exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If MEDIQ/PRN exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (iv), (vi), (vii) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) or (viii) under "--Defaults" above or because of the failure of MEDIQ/PRN to comply with clause (iii) under "--Certain Covenants-- Merger and Consolidation" above. If MEDIQ/PRN exercises its legal defeasance option or its covenant defeasance option, each Subsidiary Guarantor will be released from all of its obligations with respect to its Subsidiary Guaranty. In order to exercise either defeasance option, MEDIQ/PRN must irrevocably deposit in trust (the "defeasance trust") with the Note Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Note Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that holders of the Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred (and, in the case of legal defeasance only, such Opinion of Counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable Federal income tax law). CONCERNING THE NOTE TRUSTEE United States Trust Company of New York is the Trustee under the Note Indenture and has been appointed by MEDIQ/PRN as Registrar and Paying Agent with regard to the Notes. 114 The Note Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Note Trustee, should it become a creditor of MEDIQ/PRN, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Note Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must either eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Note Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Note Indenture provides that if an Event of Default occurs (and is not cured), the Note Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Note Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Note Indenture at the request of any Holder of Notes, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Note Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense and then only to the extent required by the terms of the Note Indenture. GOVERNING LAW The Note Indenture provides that it (including the Subsidiary Guaranties) and the Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. CERTAIN DEFINITIONS "Additional Assets" means (i) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) in a Related Business; (ii) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by MEDIQ/PRN or another Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above is primarily engaged in a Related Business. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of the provisions described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments," "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Affiliate Transactions" and "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" only, "Affiliate" shall also mean any beneficial owner of Capital Stock representing 10% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of MEDIQ/PRN or of rights or warrants to purchase such Capital Stock (whether or not currently exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof. "Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions that are part of a common plan) by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a "disposition"), of (i) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) any other assets of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of MEDIQ/PRN or 115 such Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, (x) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to MEDIQ/PRN or by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (y) for purposes of the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" only, a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted by the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments" and (z) disposition of assets with a fair market value of less than $100,000); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the Note Indenture described above under the caption "--Change of Control" and/or the provisions described above under the caption "--Merger and Consolidation" and not by the provisions of the "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" covenant. "Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in such transaction, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). "Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (ii) the sum of all such payments. "Banks" has the meaning specified in the Credit Agreement. "Bank Indebtedness" means all Obligations pursuant to or in respect of the Credit Agreement. "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of MEDIQ/PRN or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board. "BRS" means Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. "Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday. "Capital Lease Obligations" means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity. "CHI Acquisition" means the acquisition transactions contemplated by the CHI Acquisition Agreement. "CHI Acquisition Agreement" means the Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 24, 1998, among MEDIQ/PRN and the sellers named therein, as such agreement is in effect on the Issue Date. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Co-Investors" means Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC and Galen Partners III, L.P. "Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available prior to the date of such determination to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for 116 such four fiscal quarters; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) if MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, or both, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period when such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of the computation), (2) if MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period and as if MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary has not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness, (3) if since the beginning of such period MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period, or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative), directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to MEDIQ/PRN and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent MEDIQ/PRN and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale), (4) if since the beginning of such period MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any such Investment or acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction requiring a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of a product line or an operating unit of a business, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period and (5) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Asset Disposition, any Investment or any acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of MEDIQ/PRN. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest of such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the 117 rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest expense of MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, PLUS, to the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent incurred by MEDIQ/PRN or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, (i) interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction, (ii) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance cost, (iii) capitalized interest, (iv) non-cash interest expenses, (v) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing, (vi) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of fees), (vii) cash and Disqualified Stock dividends in respect of all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and Disqualified Stock of MEDIQ/PRN held by Persons other than MEDIQ/PRN or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (viii) interest incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued operations, (ix) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary and (x) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than MEDIQ/PRN or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust and LESS, to the extent included in such total interest expense, the amortization during such period of debt issuance costs; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount of amortization relating to any such debt issuance costs deducted in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to such debt issuance costs. "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: (i) any net income of any Person (other than MEDIQ/PRN) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, MEDIQ/PRN's equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below) and (B) MEDIQ/PRN's equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (ii) for purposes of clause (a)(3)(A) of the covenant described under "Certain Covenants-- Limitation on Restricted Payments" only, any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by MEDIQ/ PRN or a Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition; (iii) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to MEDIQ/PRN, except that (A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, MEDIQ/PRN's equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to MEDIQ/PRN or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and (B) MEDIQ/PRN's equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (iv) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of MEDIQ/PRN or its consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which is not 118 sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person; (v) extraordinary gains or losses; and (vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of the covenant described under "Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments" only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (a)(3)(D) thereof. "Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement entered into by and among MEDIQ/PRN, certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders referred to therein, Banque Nationale de Paris, as Administrative Agent, NationsBank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Documentation Agent, together with the related documents thereto (including the term loans and revolving loans thereunder, any guarantees, all security documents and any hedge agreements), in each case, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or refinanced (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and related document) governing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor Credit Agreement, whether by the same or any other lender or group of lenders. "Currency Agreement" means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement to which such Person is a party or beneficiary. "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "Designated Senior Indebtedness" means (i) the Bank Indebtedness and (ii) any other Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN which, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount outstanding of, or under which, at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $25 million and is specifically designated by MEDIQ/PRN in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" for purposes of the Note Indenture. "Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable or must be purchased, upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, by such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Notes and described under "--Change of Control" and "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock." "EBITDA" for any period means the sum of Consolidated Net Income plus Consolidated Interest Expense plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) all income tax expense of MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) depreciation expense of MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) amortization expense of MEDIQ/PRN 119 and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), (d) non-recurring severance and transaction costs incurred in connection with any acquisition (including the Merger and the CHI Acquisition) by MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries and (e) all other non-cash charges of MEDIQ/PRN and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period), in each case for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to MEDIQ/PRN by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Exchange Notes" means the notes issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Notes among Holdings, MEDIQ/ PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession and (iv) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC. "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such other Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term "Guarantor" shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation. "Guaranty Agreement" means a supplemental indenture, in a form satisfactory to the Note Trustee, pursuant to which a Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Person guarantees MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to the Notes on the terms provided for in the Note Indenture. "Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement. "Holder" or "Noteholder" means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar's books. "Holdings" means MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation. 120 "Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term "Incurrence" when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness. "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication): (i) the principal in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, including, in each case, any premium on such indebtedness to the extent such premium has become due and payable; (ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale/ Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person; (iii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business) which purchase price or obligation is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto; (iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (i) through (iii) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter of credit); (v) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference with respect to, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends); (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee; (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; and (viii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations described above at such date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount shall be deemed to be the face amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP. "Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means (i) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, 121 relating to MEDIQ/PRN or any of its assets, (ii) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of MEDIQ/PRN, whether voluntary or involuntary or whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (iii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of MEDIQ/ PRN. "Interest Rate Agreement" means in respect of a Person any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates. "Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that an acquisition of assets, Capital Stock or other securities of any Person for consideration consisting of common equity securities of MEDIQ/PRN shall not be deemed to be an "Investment". For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary," the definition of "Restricted Payment" and the covenant described under "-- Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments," (i) "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to MEDIQ/PRN's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, MEDIQ/PRN shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent "Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to (x) MEDIQ/PRN's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to MEDIQ/PRN's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. "Issue Date" means the date on which the Old Notes were originally issued. "Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York. "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof). "Management Agreement" means the management services agreement that became effective at the effective time of the Merger among Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc., MEDIQ/PRN, Galen Associates and Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC, as amended from time to time. "Merger" means the merger of MQ Acquisition Corporation with and into Holdings pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 1998, as amended as of April 27, 1998, between MQ Acquisition Corporation and Holdings. "Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other noncash form), in each case net of (i) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition, (ii) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other 122 security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition, (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to a Person owning a beneficial interest in assets subject to sale or minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition, (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition and (v) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Disposition required by the terms of such Asset Disposition to be placed in escrow (whether as a reserve for a purchase price adjustment, for satisfaction of indemnities or otherwise); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the termination of such escrow, Net Available Cash shall be increased by any portion of the funds therein released to MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary. "Net Cash Proceeds," with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. "Non-Recourse," with respect to any Indebtedness of a subsidiary, means Indebtedness (i) as to which neither MEDIQ/PRN nor any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) and (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a Guarantor or otherwise); and (ii) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and (iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of MEDIQ/PRN or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries. "Obligations" means with respect to any Indebtedness all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, and other amounts payable pursuant to or in respect of the documentation governing such Indebtedness. "Permitted Holders" means (i) BRS, Bruce C. Bruckmann, Harold O. Rosser II, Stephen C. Sherrill and Stephen Edwards, the Co-Investors and the Rotko Entities and any Person who on the Issue Date was an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (ii) Thomas S. Carroll, Jay M. Kaplan and any other Person who was a member of the management of MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings, and a shareholder of Holdings, on the Issue Date and (iii) any Related Party of any of the foregoing. "Permitted Investment" means an Investment by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary in (i) MEDIQ/PRN, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary is a Related Business; (ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Person's primary business is a Related Business; (iii) Temporary Cash Investments; (iv) receivables owing to MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as MEDIQ/PRN or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances; (v) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business; (vi) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of MEDIQ/PRN or such Restricted Subsidiary; (vii) stock, obligations or securities received in 123 settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments; (viii) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition as permitted pursuant to the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock;" and (ix) additional Investments in an aggregate amount which, together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (ix) that are outstanding, does not exceed $2.5 million. "Permitted Junior Securities" means (i) Capital Stock of MEDIQ/PRN and (ii) any debt securities of MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, to at least the same extent as the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness of the Company or such Subsidiary Guarantor. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. "Post-Petition Interest" means all interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and interest that would accrue but for the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) in accordance with and at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any rate applicable upon default) specified in the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing any Indebtedness, whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. "Preferred Stock," as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person. "principal" of a Note means the principal of the Note plus the premium, if any, payable on the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time. "Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering of common stock of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. "Public Market" means any time after (x) a Public Equity Offering has been consummated and (y) at least 10% of the total issued and outstanding common stock of Holdings or MEDIQ/PRN, as applicable, has been distributed by means of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. "Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) (i) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money obligations and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds or similar Indebtedness, in each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and (ii) Incurred to finance the acquisition by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset, including additions and improvements; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Lien arising in connection with any such Indebtedness shall be limited to the specified asset being financed or, in the case of real property or fixtures, including additions and improvements, the real property on which such asset is attached; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after such acquisition of such assets by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary. "Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings. 124 "Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Issue Date or Incurred in compliance with the Note Indenture, including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (ii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and (iii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding or committed (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or (y) Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. "Related Business" means any business related, ancillary or complementary (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) to the businesses of MEDIQ/PRN and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date. "Related Party" means (i) any controlling stockholder, general partner, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary, or spouse or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any Permitted Holder or (ii) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist solely of one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i). "Representative" means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if and for so long as any Senior Indebtedness lacks such a representative, then the Representative for such Senior Indebtedness shall at all times be the holders of a majority in outstanding principal amount of such Senior Indebtedness. "Restricted Payment" with respect to any Person means (i) the declaration or payment of any dividends or any other distributions of any sort in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Person) or similar payment to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and other than dividends or distributions payable solely to MEDIQ/ PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary, and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation)), (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of MEDIQ/PRN held by any Person or of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), including the exercise of any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than, in any such case, in exchange for or into Capital Stock of MEDIQ/PRN that is not Disqualified Stock), (iii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment of any Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition) or (iv) the making of any Investment in any Person (other than a Permitted Investment). In determining the amount of any Restricted Payment made in property other than in cash, such amount shall be the fair market value of such property at the time of such Restricted Payment, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 125 "Revolving Credit Facility" means the revolving credit facility contained in the Credit Agreement and any other facility or financing arrangement that Refinances or replaces, in whole or in part, any such revolving credit facility. "Rotko Entities" means (i) a trust established on November 18, 1983, by the late Bernard B. Rotko, (ii) Michael J. Rotko, (iii) Bessie G. Rotko and (iv) Judith M. Shipon. "Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person. "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. "Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, secured by a Lien. "Senior Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person, (i) Indebtedness of such Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred (including the Indebtedness of such Person under the Credit Agreement or any Guarantee thereof), and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Post-Petition Interest) in respect of (A) Indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) Indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable unless, in the case of (i) and (ii), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Notes or the applicable Subsidiary Guaranty; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (1) any obligation of such Person to any Subsidiary of such Person, (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person, (3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities), (4) any Indebtedness of such Person (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) which is subordinate or junior by its terms to any other Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person or (5) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in violation of the Note Indenture (but as to any such Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, no such violation shall be deemed to exist if the Representative of the Banks shall have received an officers' certificate of the Company to the effect that the issuance of such Indebtedness does not violate such covenant and setting forth in reasonable detail the reasons therefor). "Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" means (i) with respect to MEDIQ/PRN, the Notes and any other Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN that specifically provides that such Indebtedness is to rank PARI PASSU with the Notes in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of MEDIQ/PRN which is not Senior Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN and (ii) with respect to each Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guaranty of the Notes and any other indebtedness of such Person that specifically provides that such Indebtedness rank PARI PASSU with its applicable Subsidiary Guaranty in respect of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in respect of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of such Person which is not Senior Indebtedness of such Person. "Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of MEDIQ/PRN within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC. "Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred). "Subordinated Obligation" means any Indebtedness of MEDIQ/PRN or any Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of 126 payment to the Notes or, in the case of a Subsidiary Guarantor, its Subsidiary Guaranty pursuant to a written agreement to that effect. "Subsidiary" means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. "Subsidiary Guarantor" means any domestic Restricted Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN that Guarantees MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Note Indenture. "Subsidiary Guaranty" means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Note Indenture. "Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following: (i) any investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, (ii) investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States, and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 90 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of MEDIQ/PRN) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard and Poor's Ratings Group, and (v) investments in securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or "A" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Term Loan Facility" means the term loan facilities (including any delayed draw acquisition facilities) contained in the Credit Agreement and any other facility or financing arrangement that Refinances or replaces in whole or in part any such term loan facilities. "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or holds any Lien on any property of, MEDIQ/PRN or any other Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN that is not a 127 Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments." The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) MEDIQ/PRN could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness" and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Note Trustee by promptly filing with the Note Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions. "U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option. "Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof. "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) is owned by MEDIQ/PRN or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 128 DESCRIPTION OF THE DEBENTURES GENERAL The Old Debentures were issued under an Indenture, dated as of May 15, 1998 (the "Debenture Indenture" and, together with the Note Indenture, the "Indentures"), between Holdings and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (the "Debenture Trustee" and, together with the Note Trustee, the "Trustees"). The terms of the Debenture Indenture apply to the Old Debentures and to the New Debentures to be issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the Debenture Exchange Offer (all such Debentures being referred to herein collectively as the "Debentures"). The following is a summary of certain provisions of the Debenture Indenture and the Debentures, a copy of which Debenture Indenture and the form of Debentures is available upon request to Holdings at the address set forth under "Available Information." The following summary of certain provisions of the Debenture Indenture and the Debentures does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and is qualified in its entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the Debenture Indenture and the Debentures, including the definitions of certain terms therein and those terms made a part thereof by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. For purposes of this summary, the term "Holdings" refers only to MEDIQ Incorporated, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries. The definitions of certain terms used in the following summary are set forth below under "--Certain Definitions." The Debentures are issued only in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 principal amount at maturity and any integral multiple of $1,000. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Debentures, but Holdings may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. TERMS OF THE DEBENTURES The Debentures are unsecured senior obligations of Holdings, limited to $140.9 million aggregate principal amount at maturity, and will mature on June 1, 2009. Except as described under "Registered Exchange Offer; Registration Rights," no cash interest will accrue on the Debentures prior to June 1, 2003, although for U.S. Federal income tax purposes a significant amount of OID will be recognized by a Holder as such discount accrues. See "Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations" for a discussion regarding the taxation of such OID. Cash interest will accrue on the Debentures at the rate per annum shown on the front cover of this Prospectus from June 1, 2003, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable semiannually on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2003 to holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date. Holdings will pay interest on overdue principal at 1% per annum in excess of such rate, and it will pay interest on overdue installments of interest at such higher rate to the extent lawful. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION Except as set forth in the following paragraph, the Debentures are not be redeemable at the option of Holdings prior to June 1, 2003. Thereafter, the Debentures will be redeemable, at Holdings' option, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder's registered address, at the following redemption prices (expressed in percentages of principal amount at maturity), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest 129 due on the relevant interest payment date), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on June 1 of the years set forth below:
REDEMPTION PERIOD PRICE - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 2003................................................................................. 106.500% 2004................................................................................. 104.333 2005................................................................................. 102.167 2006 and thereafter.................................................................. 100.000
In addition, at any time and from time to time prior to June 1, 2001, Holdings may redeem in the aggregate up to 25% of the Accreted Value of the Debentures with the proceeds of one or more Public Equity Offerings following which there is a Public Market, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of Accreted Value) of 113% plus accrued interest, if any, to the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that at least $105.6 million aggregate principal amount at maturity of the Debentures remains outstanding after each such redemption. In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Debentures for redemption will be made by the Debenture Trustee on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the Debenture Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, although no Debenture of $1,000 in original principal amount at maturity or less shall be redeemed in part. If any Debenture is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption relating to such Debenture shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. A new Debenture in principal amount at maturity equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancelation of the original Debenture. RANKING The indebtedness evidenced by the Debentures is unsecured senior obligations of Holdings, which rank PARI PASSU in right of payment with all existing and future senior indebtedness of Holdings and will rank senior in right of payment to all future subordinated indebtedness of Holdings. As of June 30, 1998, Holdings had no other senior indebtedness outstanding. All the operations of Holdings are conducted through its subsidiaries. Claims of creditors of such subsidiaries, including trade creditors, secured creditors and creditors holding indebtedness (including the Notes) and guarantees issued by such subsidiaries, and claims of preferred stockholders (if any) of such subsidiaries generally will have priority with respect to the assets and earnings of such subsidiaries over the claims of creditors of Holdings, including holders of the Debentures, even if such obligations do not constitute Senior Indebtedness. The Debentures, therefore, are effectively subordinated to creditors (including trade creditors) and preferred stockholders (if any) of subsidiaries of Holdings. As of June 30, 1998, the total liabilities of Holdings' subsidiaries was approximately $441.0 million, including indebtedness under the Credit Agreement, trade payables and the Notes. Although the Debenture Indenture limits the incurrence of Indebtedness and preferred stock of certain of Holdings' subsidiaries, such limitation is subject to a number of significant qualifications. Moreover, the Debenture Indenture does not impose any limitation on the incurrence by such subsidiaries of liabilities that are not considered Indebtedness or Preferred Stock under the Debenture Indenture. See "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness." CHANGE OF CONTROL Upon the occurrence of any of the following events (each a "Change of Control"), each Holder shall have the right to require that Holdings repurchase all or any part of such Holder's Debentures at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the Accreted Value thereof on the date of purchase plus accrued 130 and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date): (i) prior to the first public offering of common stock of Holdings, the Permitted Holders cease to be the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of a majority in the aggregate of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings, whether as a result of issuance of securities of Holdings, any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of Holdings, any direct or indirect transfer of securities by Holdings or otherwise (for purposes of this clause (i) and clauses (ii) and (iv) below, the Permitted Holders shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of any Person (the "specified entity") held by any other Person (the "parent entity") so long as the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as so defined), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the parent entity); (ii) following the first public offering of common stock of Holdings, any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in clause (i) above, except that for purposes of this clause (ii) such person shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares that any such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings than such other person and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the Board of Directors (for the purposes of this clause (ii), such other person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of a specified entity held by a parent entity, if such other person is the beneficial owner (as defined in this clause (ii)), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity and the Permitted Holders beneficially own (as defined in clause (i) above), directly or indirectly, in the aggregate a lesser percentage of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity and do not have the right or ability by voting power, contract or otherwise to elect or designate for election a majority of the board of directors of such parent entity); (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors (together with any new directors (A) whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of Holdings was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of Holdings then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or (B) who are designees of one or more Permitted Holders) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors then in office; or (iv) the merger or consolidation of Holdings with or into another Person or the merger of another Person with or into Holdings, or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of Holdings to another Person (other than a Person that is controlled by the Permitted Holders), and, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the securities of Holdings that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction and which represent 100% of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of Holdings are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or property, unless pursuant to such transaction such securities are changed into or exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration, securities of the surviving corporation that represent immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving corporation. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, Holdings shall mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Debenture Trustee (the "Change of Control Offer") stating: (1) that a Change of Control has occurred and that such Holder has the right to require Holdings to purchase such Holder's Debentures at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the Accreted Value thereof on the date of purchase plus accrued 131 and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date); (2) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control; (3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed); and (4) the procedures determined by Holdings, consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Debentures purchased. Holdings will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Debenture Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by Holdings and purchases all Debentures validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Holdings shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Debentures pursuant to this covenant described hereunder. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the covenant described hereunder, Holdings shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described hereunder by virtue thereof. The definition of "Change of Control" includes, among other transactions, a disposition of all or substantially all of the property and assets of Holdings and its Subsidiaries. With respect to the disposition of property or assets, the phrase "all or substantially all" as used in the Debenture Indenture varies according to the facts and circumstances of the subject transaction, has no clearly established meaning under New York law (which is the choice of law under the Debenture Indenture) and is subject to judicial interpretation. Accordingly, in certain circumstances there may be a degree of uncertainty in ascertaining whether a particular transaction would involve a disposition of "all or substantially all" of the property or assets of a Person, and, therefore, it may be unclear as to whether a Change of Control has occurred and whether Holdings is required to make an offer to repurchase the Debentures as described above. The Change of Control purchase feature is a result of negotiations between Holdings and the Initial Purchasers. Management has no present intention to engage in a transaction involving a Change of Control, although it is possible that Holdings would decide to do so in the future. Subject to the limitations discussed below, Holdings could, in the future, enter into certain transactions, including acquisitions, refinancings or other recapitalizations, that would not constitute a Change of Control under the Debenture Indenture, but that could increase the amount of indebtedness outstanding at such time or otherwise affect Holdings' capital structure or credit ratings. Restrictions on the ability of Holdings to incur additional Indebtedness are contained in the covenants described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness," "--Limitation on Liens" and "--Limitation on Sale/Leaseback Transactions." Such restrictions can only be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the Debentures then outstanding. Except for the limitations contained in such covenants, however, the Debenture Indenture does not contain any covenants or provisions that may afford holders of the Debentures protection in the event of a highly leveraged transaction. Future indebtedness of Holdings may contain prohibitions on the occurrence of certain events that would constitute a Change of Control or require such indebtedness to be repurchased upon a Change of Control. Moreover, the exercise by the holders of their right to require Holdings to repurchase the Debentures could cause a default under such indebtedness, even if the Change of Control itself does not, due to the financial effect of such repurchase on Holdings. Finally, Holdings' ability to pay cash to the holders of Debentures following the occurrence of a Change of Control may be limited by Holdings' then existing financial resources. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available when necessary to make any required repurchases. The provisions under the Debenture Indenture relative to Holdings' obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Debentures as a result of a Change of Control may 132 be waived or modified with the written consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the Debentures. CERTAIN COVENANTS The Debenture Indenture contains covenants including, among others, the following: LIMITATION ON INDEBTEDNESS. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur Indebtedness if, on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio exceeds 1.80 to 1 if such Indebtedness is Incurred prior to June 1, 2000 or 2.00 to 1 if such Indebtedness is Incurred thereafter. (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries may Incur any or all of the following Indebtedness: (1) Indebtedness Incurred by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN pursuant to any Revolving Credit Facility; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, immediately after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (1) and then outstanding does not exceed the greater of (A) $50 million less the sum of all principal payments with respect to such Indebtedness pursuant to clause (a)(ii)(A) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" and (B) the sum of 60% of the book value of the inventory of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries and 85% of the book value of the accounts receivables of MEDIQ/PRN and its Restricted Subsidiaries; (2) Indebtedness Incurred by MEDIQ/PRN or any Restricted Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN pursuant to any Term Loan Facility; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, after giving effect to any such Incurrence, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred under this clause (2) and then outstanding does not exceed an amount equal to $200 million, less the aggregate sum of all principal payments actually made from time to time after the Issue Date with respect to such Indebtedness (other than principal payments made in connection with any permitted Refinancings thereof); (3) Indebtedness owed to and held by Holdings or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock which results in any such Wholly Owned Subsidiary ceasing to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to Holdings or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon; (4) Indebtedness owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Wholly Owned Subsidiary); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) any such Indebtedness shall be unsecured Subordinated Obligations of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and (ii) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (other than to Holdings, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer thereof; (5) the Notes, the Debentures, the Exchange Notes and the Exchange Debentures; (6) Indebtedness outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5) of this covenant); (7) Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) or pursuant to clause (5) or (6) or this clause (7); (8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, contemplation of or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit 133 support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Subsidiary became a Subsidiary or was acquired by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary) and Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness (including Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) is Non-Recourse to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, or to any of their respective assets (other than the acquired Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries, as applicable); (9) Indebtedness in respect of performance bonds and surety or appeal bonds entered into by Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of their business; (10) Hedging Obligations under or with respect to Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for the purpose of speculation; (11) Purchase Money Indebtedness Incurred to finance the acquisition by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of any assets in the ordinary course of business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, at the time of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (11) and then outstanding does not exceed $10 million; (12) Subsidiary Guaranties of the Subsidiary Guarantors; (13) the Guarantee of any Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the Debenture Indenture or the Note Indenture (other than Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (8) above); (14) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is satisfied within five Business Days of Incurrence; (15) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary consisting of indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case incurred in connection with the disposition of any assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount not to exceed the gross proceeds actually received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such disposition; and (16) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount which, together with all other Indebtedness of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the date of such Incurrence (other than Indebtedness permitted by clauses (1) through (15) above or paragraph (a)) does not exceed $50 million. (c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (b) if the proceeds thereof are used, directly or indirectly, to Refinance any Subordinated Obligations unless such Indebtedness shall be subordinated to the Debentures to at least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations. (d) For purposes of determining compliance with the foregoing covenant, (i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above, Holdings, in its sole discretion, will classify such item of Indebtedness at the time of its Incurrence and only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one of the above clauses and (ii) an item of Indebtedness may be divided and classified in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described above. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTED PAYMENTS. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to make a Restricted Payment if at the time Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment: (1) a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom); (2) Holdings is not able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to 134 paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" or (3) the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments since the Issue Date would exceed the sum of: (A) 50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) from the beginning of the fiscal quarter immediately following the fiscal quarter during which the Debentures are originally issued to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available prior to the date of such Restricted Payment (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); (B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds (or non-cash proceeds when converted to cash) received by Holdings from the issuance or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and the aggregate cash received by Holdings as a capital contribution, in each case subsequent to the Issue Date (other than an issuance or sale to a Subsidiary of Holdings and other than an issuance or sale to an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent that the purchase by such plan or trust is financed by Indebtedness of such plan or trust to Holdings or any Subsidiary or Indebtedness Guaranteed by Holdings or any Subsidiary); (C) the amount by which Indebtedness of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on Holdings' consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange (other than by a Subsidiary of Holdings) subsequent to the Issue Date of any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings (less the amount of any cash, or the fair value of any other property, distributed by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and (D) an amount equal to the sum of (i) the net reduction in Investments in any Person resulting from dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets, in each case to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary from such Person, or resulting from the receipt by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of proceeds realized upon the sale of such Investment (other than a sale to an Affiliate), and (ii) the portion (proportionate to Holdings' equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing sum shall not exceed, in the case of any Person, the amount of Investments previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person plus, to the extent not added pursuant to clause (a)(3)(A) above, 50% of the excess, if any, of the cash received upon the sale or other disposition of an Investment over the amount of such Investment previously made (and treated as a Restricted Payment). (b) The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit: (i) any Restricted Payment made out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, or capital contribution in respect of, or made by exchange for, Capital Stock of Holdings (other than Disqualified Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of Holdings or an employee stock ownership plan or to a trust established by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries for the benefit of their employees to the extent that the purchase by such plan or trust is financed by Indebtedness of such plan or trust to Holdings or any Subsidiary or Indebtedness Guaranteed by Holdings or any Subsidiary); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale or capital contribution shall be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) above; 135 (ii) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Obligations made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Indebtedness which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (iii) dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied with this covenant; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such dividend shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (iv) the repurchase or other acquisition of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors of Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors), pursuant to the terms of the agreements (including employment agreements) or plans or written arrangements (or amendments thereto) approved by the Board of Directors under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such common stock; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount of such repurchases and other acquisitions shall not exceed the sum of (A) $5 million plus (B) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by Holdings from the issuance of such Capital Stock to, or the exercise of options to purchase such Capital Stock by, employees or directors of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date (to the extent the Net Cash Proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (3)(B) of paragraph (a) above or applied pursuant to clause (b)(i) above); PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such repurchases and other acquisitions shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (v) payments of dividends on Holdings' common stock after an initial public offering (other than an offering on Form S-8) of such common stock in an annual amount not to exceed 6% of the aggregate gross proceeds to Holdings from shares of common stock sold for the account of Holdings in such initial public offering; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (vi) any purchase or redemption of Disqualified Stock of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Disqualified Stock of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary which is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such purchase or redemption shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (vii) upon the occurrence of a Change of Control and within 60 days after the completion of the offer to repurchase the Debentures pursuant to the covenant described under "--Change of Control" above (including the purchase of the Debentures tendered), any purchase or redemption of Subordinated Obligations required pursuant to the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control at a purchase or redemption price not to exceed the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest (if any); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) at the time of such purchase or redemption no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom), (B) Holdings would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness" after giving pro forma effect to such Restricted Payment and (C) such purchase or redemption shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (viii) any repurchase or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon the merger of such Restricted Subsidiary with or into Holdings or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Holdings within one year following the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary 136 became a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such repurchase or acquisition shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (ix) payments required pursuant to the terms of the CHI Acquisition Agreement to consummate the CHI Acquisition by MEDIQ/PRN or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the CHI Acquisition Agreement; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (x) repurchases of shares of Capital Stock in, and the payment of fees and expenses, including deferred compensation which becomes payable, in connection with, the Merger; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; (xi) Restricted Payments not exceeding $7.5 million in the aggregate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (A) at the time of such Restricted Payments, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom) and (B) such Restricted Payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments; or (xii) payments required in respect of the Exchangeable Debentures when due at Stated Maturity; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such payments shall be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments. LIMITATION ON RESTRICTIONS ON DISTRIBUTIONS FROM RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary or pay any Indebtedness owed to Holdings, (b) make any loans or advances to Holdings or (c) transfer any of its property or assets to Holdings, except: (i) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement, including the Credit Agreement and the Note Indenture, in effect at or entered into on the Issue Date; (ii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any Capital Stock or Indebtedness Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was acquired by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and outstanding on such date; (iii) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement (A) evidencing Indebtedness Incurred without violation of the Debenture Indenture or (B) effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this covenant or this clause (iii) or contained in any amendment to an agreement referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this covenant or this clause (iii); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in the case of clauses (A) and (B), the encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in any such agreement or amendment are no more restrictive in any material respect, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, than encumbrances and restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary contained in agreements of such Restricted Subsidiary in effect at, or entered into on, the Issue Date; (iv) any such encumbrance or restriction consisting of customary non assignment or subletting provisions contained in leases and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices; (v) in the case of clause (c) above, restrictions contained in security agreements, mortgages or similar documents securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such restrictions 137 restrict the transfer of the property subject to such security agreements, mortgages or similar documents; (vi) any restriction with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition; (vii) any encumbrance or restriction arising under applicable law; and (viii) any encumbrance or restriction consisting of any restriction on the sale or other disposition of assets or property securing Indebtedness as a result of a Lien permitted to be Incurred under the Debenture Indenture on such asset or property. LIMITATION ON SALES OF ASSETS AND SUBSIDIARY STOCK. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate any Asset Disposition unless (i) Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration), as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition and at least 75% of the consideration thereof received by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or cash equivalents (provided that such 75% requirement shall not apply to any Asset Disposition in which the cash or cash equivalents portion of the consideration received therefor, determined in accordance with this covenant, is equal to or greater than what the net after-tax proceeds would have been had the Asset Disposition complied with such 75% requirement) and (ii) an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by Holdings (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) (A) FIRST, to the extent Holdings (or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), to prepay, repay, redeem or purchase Senior Indebtedness of Holdings or Indebtedness (other than any Disqualified Stock) of a Wholly Owned Subsidiary (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to Holdings or an Affiliate of Holdings) within one year from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; (B) SECOND, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application, if any, in accordance with clause (A), to the extent Holdings elects, to acquire Additional Assets within one year from (or enter into a binding commitment to acquire Additional Assets, provided that such commitment shall be subject only to customary conditions (other than financing) and such acquisition shall be consummated within two years from) the later of the date of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash; and (C) THIRD, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A) and (B), to make an offer to the holders of the Debentures (and to holders of other Senior Indebtedness designated by Holdings) to purchase Debentures (and such other Senior Indebtedness) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in the Debenture Indenture; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A) or (C) above, Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Indebtedness and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash in accordance with this paragraph except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions which are not applied in accordance with this paragraph exceeds $10 million. Pending application of Net Available Cash pursuant to this covenant, such Net Available Cash shall be invested in Permitted Investments or used to temporarily reduce loans outstanding under any Revolving Credit Facility. For the purposes of this covenant, the following are deemed to be cash or cash equivalents: (x) the assumption of Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition (in which case Holdings shall, without further action, be deemed to have applied such assumed Indebtedness 138 in accordance with clause (A) of the preceding paragraph) and (y) securities received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash. (b) In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of the Debentures (and other Senior Indebtedness) pursuant to clause (a)(ii)(C) above, Holdings will be required to purchase Debentures tendered pursuant to an offer by Holdings for the Debentures (and other Senior Indebtedness) at a purchase price of 100% of their Accreted Value (in the case of Debentures) or 100% of their principal amount, without premium (in the case of other Senior Indebtedness), plus accrued but unpaid interest (or, in respect of such other Senior Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for by the terms of such Senior Indebtedness) in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in the Debenture Indenture. Holdings shall not be required to make such an offer to purchase Debentures (and other Senior Indebtedness) pursuant to this covenant if the Net Available Cash available therefor is less than $10 million (which lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). (c) Holdings shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Debentures pursuant to this covenant. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of the covenant described hereunder, Holdings shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described hereunder by virtue thereof. LIMITATION ON AFFILIATE TRANSACTIONS. (a) Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into or permit to exist any transaction (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any property, employee compensation arrangements or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of Holdings (an "Affiliate Transaction") unless the terms thereof (1) are no less favorable to Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate, (2) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $1 million, have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction and (3) if such Affiliate Transaction involves an amount in excess of $5 million (other than Affiliate Transactions in the ordinary course of business of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries between or among Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings and any Person providing goods and/or services to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business that is an Affiliate of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary solely by virtue of the fact that BRS, or any Person controlling BRS, directly or indirectly controls both Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary and such Affiliate; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Affiliate Transaction shall comply with clause (1) above), have been determined by (A) a nationally recognized investment banking firm to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (B) an accounting or appraisal firm nationally recognized in making such determinations to be on terms that are not less favorable to Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries than the terms that could be obtained in an arm's-length transaction from a Person that is not an Affiliate of Holdings. (b) The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) shall not prohibit (i) any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Restricted Payments," (ii) any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors, (iii) the grant of stock options or similar rights to employees and directors of Holdings pursuant to plans approved by the Board of Directors, (iv) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, but in any event not to exceed $2 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time, (v) the payment of reasonable compensation or employee benefit arrangements to and indemnity provided for the benefit of directors, officers or employees of 139 Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (vi) payments made in connection with the Transactions, including the payment to BRS, the Co-Investors or any of their respective Affiliates of (A) a transaction fee in connection with the Merger in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6 million and (B) other fees pursuant to the Management Agreement in an annual amount not to exceed in any fiscal year an amount equal to the greater of (x) $1 million and (y) one and one-half percent of Holdings' EBITDA for such fiscal year, (vii) any Affiliate Transaction between Holdings and a Wholly Owned Subsidiary or between Wholly Owned Subsidiaries and (viii) the issuance or sale of any Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of Holdings. LIMITATION ON THE SALE OR ISSUANCE OF CAPITAL STOCK OF RESTRICTED SUBSIDIARIES. Holdings shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the pledge of Capital Stock pursuant to the Credit Agreement), and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to issue or sell or otherwise dispose of any of its Capital Stock except (i) to Holdings or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (ii) directors' qualifying shares or other shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, neither Holdings nor any of its Subsidiaries own any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary or (iv) if, immediately after giving effect to such issuance, sale or other disposition, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect thereto would have been permitted to be made under the covenant described under "--Limitation on Restricted Payments" if made on the date of such issuance, sale or other disposition. LIMITATION ON LIENS. Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any Lien of any nature whatsoever on any of its properties (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Issue Date or thereafter acquired, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Debentures shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured. LIMITATION ON SALE/LEASEBACK TRANSACTIONS. Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any property unless (i) Holdings or such Subsidiary would be entitled to (A) Incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness" and (B) create a Lien on such property securing such Attributable Debt without equally and ratably securing the Debentures pursuant to the covenant described under "--Limitation on Liens", (ii) the net proceeds received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) of such property and (iii) Holdings applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with the covenant described under "--Limitation on Sale of Assets and Subsidiary Stock." MERGER AND CONSOLIDATION. Holdings shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: (i) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the "Successor Company") shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, or any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and the Successor Company (if not Holdings) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental thereto, executed and delivered to the Debenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Debenture Trustee, all the obligations of Holdings under the Debentures and the Debenture Indenture; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by such Successor Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Successor Company would be able to Incur an additional $1.00 of Indebtedness pursuant to paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Limitation on Indebtedness;" and (iv) Holdings shall have delivered to the 140 Debenture Trustee an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the Debenture Indenture. The Successor Company shall be the successor to Holdings and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, Holdings under the Debenture Indenture, and the predecessor Company, except in the case of a lease, shall be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Debentures. SEC REPORTS. Notwithstanding that Holdings may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Holdings shall file with the SEC (to the extent the SEC will accept such filings) and provide the Debenture Trustee and Debentureholders with such annual reports and such information, documents and other reports as are specified in Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and applicable to a U.S. corporation subject to such Sections, such information, documents and other reports to be so filed and provided at the times specified for the filing of such information, documents and reports under such Sections. DEFAULTS An Event of Default is defined in the Debenture Indenture as (i) a default in the payment of interest on the Debentures when due, continued for 30 days, (ii) a default in the payment of principal of any Debenture when due at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise, (iii) the failure by Holdings to comply with its obligations under "--Certain Covenants--Merger and Consolidation" above, (iv) the failure by Holdings to comply for 30 days after written notice with any of its obligations under the covenants described above under "--Change of Control" (other than a failure to purchase Debentures) or under "--Certain Covenants" under "--Limitation on Indebtedness," "--Limitation on Restricted Payments," "--Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries," "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" (other than a failure to purchase Debentures), "--Limitation on Affiliate Transactions," "--Limitation on the Sale or Issuance of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries," "--Limitation on Liens," "--Limitation on Sale/ Leaseback Transactions" or "--SEC Reports," (v) the failure by Holdings to comply for 60 days after written notice with its other agreements contained in the Debenture Indenture, (vi) Indebtedness of Holdings or any Significant Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness owed to Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries) is not paid within any applicable grace period after final maturity or is accelerated by the holders thereof because of a default and the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds $10 million and such default shall not have been cured or such acceleration rescinded after a 10-day period (the "cross acceleration provision"), (vii) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings or a Significant Subsidiary (the "bankruptcy provisions") or (viii) any judgment or decree (not subject to appeal) for the payment of money in an uninsured amount in excess of $10 million is entered against Holdings or a Significant Subsidiary, remains outstanding for a period of 60 days following such judgment and is not discharged, waived or stayed within 10 days after written notice (the "judgment default provision"). However, a default under clauses (iv), (v) and (viii) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Debenture Trustee or the holders of 25% in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures notify Holdings in writing of the default and Holdings does not cure such default within the time specified after receipt of such notice. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Debenture Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures may declare the Accreted Value of and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on all the Debentures to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of Holdings occurs and is continuing, the principal of and interest on all the Debentures will IPSO FACTO become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Debenture Trustee or any holders of the Debentures. Under certain circumstances, the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding 141 Debentures may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Debentures and its consequences. In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (vi) above, such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (including, without limitation, any acceleration or resulting payment default) shall be annulled, waived or rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Debenture Trustee or the Holders of the Debentures, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose (x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged in a manner that does not violate the terms of the Debenture Indenture or (y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default. Subject to the provisions of the Debenture Indenture relating to the duties of the Debenture Trustee, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Debenture Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under the Debenture Indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the Debentures unless such holders have offered to the Debenture Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against any loss, liability or expense. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no holder of a Debenture may pursue any remedy with respect to the Debenture Indenture or the Debentures unless (i) such holder has previously given the Debenture Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing, (ii) holders of at least 25% in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures have requested the Debenture Trustee to pursue the remedy, (iii) such holders have offered the Debenture Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense, (iv) the Debenture Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity and (v) the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures have not given the Debenture Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period. Subject to certain restrictions, the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures are given the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Debenture Trustee. The Debenture Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Debenture Indenture or that the Debenture Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other holder of a Debenture or that would involve the Debenture Trustee in personal liability. The Debenture Indenture provides that if a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Debenture Trustee, the Debenture Trustee must mail to each holder of the Debentures notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Debenture, the Debenture Trustee may withhold notice if and so long as a committee of its trust officers determines that withholding notice is not opposed to the interest of the holders of the Debentures. In addition, Holdings is required to deliver to the Debenture Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a certificate indicating whether the signers thereof know of any Default that occurred during the previous year. Holdings also is required to deliver to the Debenture Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice of any events which would constitute certain Defaults, their status and what action Holdings is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS Subject to certain exceptions, the Debenture Indenture or the Debentures may be amended with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the Debentures then outstanding (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange for the Debentures) and any past default or compliance with any provisions may also be waived with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the Debentures then outstanding. However, without the consent of each holder of an outstanding Debenture affected thereby, no amendment may, among other things, (i) reduce the amount of Debentures whose holders must consent to an amendment, (ii) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Debenture, (iii) reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Debenture, (iv) reduce the amount payable upon the redemption of any 142 Debenture or change the time at which any Debenture may be redeemed as described under "--Optional Redemption" above, (v) make any Debenture payable in money other than that stated in the Debenture, (vi) impair the right of any holder of the Debentures to receive payment of principal of and interest on such holder's Debentures on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such holder's Debentures or (vii) make any change in the amendment provisions which require each holder's consent or in the waiver provisions. Without the consent of any holder of the Debentures, Holdings and the Debenture Trustee may amend or supplement the Debenture Indenture or the Debentures to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency, to provide for the assumption by a successor corporation of the obligations of Holdings under the Debenture Indenture, to provide for uncertificated Debentures in addition to or in place of certificated Debentures (provided that the uncertificated Debentures are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Debentures are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code), to add guarantees with respect to the Debentures, to secure the Debentures, to add to the covenants of Holdings for the benefit of the holders of the Debentures or to surrender any right or power conferred upon Holdings, to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of the Debentures or to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of the Debenture Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act. The consent of the holders of the Debentures is not necessary under the Debenture Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment. After an amendment under the Debenture Indenture becomes effective, Holdings is required to mail to holders of the Debentures a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all holders of the Debentures, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment. TRANSFER The Debentures are issued in registered form and will be transferable only upon the surrender of the Debentures being transferred for registration of transfer. Holdings may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge payable in connection with certain transfers and exchanges. DEFEASANCE Holdings at any time may terminate all its obligations under the Debentures and the Debenture Indenture ("legal defeasance"), except for certain obligations, including those respecting the defeasance trust and obligations to register the transfer or exchange of the Debentures, to replace mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Debentures and to maintain a registrar and paying agent in respect of the Debentures. Holdings at any time may terminate its obligations under "--Change of Control" and under the covenants described under "--Certain Covenants" (other than the covenant described under "--Merger and Consolidation"), the operation of the cross acceleration provision, the bankruptcy provisions with respect to Significant Subsidiaries and the judgment default provision described under "-- Defaults" above and the limitations contained in clause (iii) under "--Certain Covenants--Merger and Consolidation" above ("covenant defeasance"). Holdings may exercise its legal defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its covenant defeasance option. If Holdings exercises its legal defeasance option, payment of the Debentures may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. If Holdings exercises its covenant defeasance option, payment of the Debentures may not be accelerated because of an Event of Default specified in clause (iv), (vi), (vii) (with respect only to Significant Subsidiaries) or (viii) under "--Defaults" 143 above or because of the failure of Holdings to comply with clause (iii) under "--Certain Covenants-- Merger and Consolidation" above. In order to exercise either defeasance option, Holdings must irrevocably deposit in trust (the "defeasance trust") with the Debenture Trustee money or U.S. Government Obligations for the payment of principal and interest on the Debentures to redemption or maturity, as the case may be, and must comply with certain other conditions, including delivery to the Debenture Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that holders of the Debentures will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred (and, in the case of legal defeasance only, such Opinion of Counsel must be based on a ruling of the Internal Revenue Service or other change in applicable Federal income tax law). CONCERNING THE DEBENTURE TRUSTEE United States Trust Company of New York is the Trustee under the Debenture Indenture and has been appointed by Holdings as Registrar and Paying Agent with regard to the Debentures. The Debenture Indenture contains certain limitations on the rights of the Debenture Trustee, should it become a creditor of Holdings, to obtain payment of claims in certain cases, or to realize on certain property received in respect of any such claim as security or otherwise. The Debenture Trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, if it acquires any conflicting interest it must either eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue or resign. The Holders of a majority in principal amount at maturity of the outstanding Debentures will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, subject to certain exceptions. The Debenture Indenture provides that if an Event of Default occurs (and is not cured), the Debenture Trustee will be required, in the exercise of its power, to use the degree of care of a prudent man in the conduct of his own affairs. Subject to such provisions, the Debenture Trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the Debenture Indenture at the request of any Holder of Debentures, unless such Holder shall have offered to the Debenture Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense and then only to the extent required by the terms of the Debenture Indenture. GOVERNING LAW The Debenture Indenture provides that it and the Debentures will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to applicable principles of conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of another jurisdiction would be required thereby. 144 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS "Accreted Value" means, as of any date (the "Specified Date"), the amount provided below for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of Debentures: (i) if the Specified Date occurs on one of the following dates (each, a "Semi-Annual Accrual Date"), the Accreted Value will equal the amount set forth below for such Semi-Annual Accrual Date:
ACCRETED SEMI-ANNUAL ACCRUAL DATE VALUE - ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------- Issue Date................................................. $ 532.350 June 1, 1998............................................... 532.726 December 1, 1998........................................... 567.353 June 1, 1999............................................... 604.231 December 1, 1999........................................... 643.506 June 1, 2000............................................... 685.334 December 1, 2000........................................... 729.881 June 1, 2001............................................... 777.323 December 1, 2001........................................... 827.849 June 1, 2002............................................... 881.659 December 1, 2002........................................... 938.967 June 1, 2003............................................... 1,000.000
(ii) if the Specified Date occurs between two Semi-Annual Accrual Dates, the Accreted Value will equal the sum of (a) the Accreted Value for the Semi-Annual Accrual Date immediately preceding such Specified Date and (b) an amount equal to the product of (1) the Accreted Value for the immediately following Semi-Annual Accrual Date less the Accreted Value for the immediately preceding Semi-Annual Accrual Date multiplied by (2) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the immediately preceding Semi-Annual Accrual Date to the Specified Date, using a 360-day year of 12 30-day months, and the denominator of which is 180 (or, if the Semi-Annual Accrual Date immediately preceding the Specified Date is the Issue Date, the denominator of which is 2); or (iii) if the Specified Date occurs after the last Semi-Annual Accrual Date, the Accreted Value will equal $1,000. "Additional Assets" means (i) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) in a Related Business; (ii) the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above is primarily engaged in a Related Business. "Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For purposes of the provisions described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments," "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Affiliate Transactions" and "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" only, "Affiliate" shall also mean any beneficial owner of Capital Stock representing 10% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (on a fully diluted basis) of Holdings or of rights or warrants to purchase such Capital Stock (whether or not currently 145 exercisable) and any Person who would be an Affiliate of any such beneficial owner pursuant to the first sentence hereof. "Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions that are part of a common plan) by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a "disposition"), of (i) any shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) all or substantially all the assets of any division or line of business of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) any other assets of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than, in the case of (i), (ii) and (iii) above, (x) a disposition by a Restricted Subsidiary to Holdings or by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (y) for purposes of the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" only, a disposition that constitutes a Restricted Payment permitted by the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments" and (z) disposition of assets with a fair market value of less than $100,000); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that a disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of the Debenture Indenture described above under the caption "--Change of Control" and/or the provisions described above under the caption "--Merger and Consolidation" and not by the provisions of the "--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock" covenant. "Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate implicit in such transaction, compounded annually) of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended). "Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of numbers of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment by (ii) the sum of all such payments. "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of Holdings or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board. "BRS" means Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. "Business Day" means each day which is not a Legal Holiday. "Capital Lease Obligations" means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty. "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity. "CHI Acquisition" means the acquisition transactions contemplated by the CHI Acquisition Agreement. 146 "CHI Acquisition Agreement" means the Asset Purchase Agreement dated April 24, 1998, among MEDIQ/PRN and the sellers named therein, as such agreement is in effect on the Issue Date. "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. "Co-Investors" means Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC and Galen Partners III, L.P.. "Consolidated Coverage Ratio" as of any date of determination means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available prior to the date of such determination to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (1) if Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, or both, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period and the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period when such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of the computation), (2) if Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period or if any Indebtedness is to be repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid and has not been replaced) on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period and as if Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary has not earned the interest income actually earned during such period in respect of cash or Temporary Cash Investments used to repay, repurchase, defease or otherwise discharge such Indebtedness, (3) if since the beginning of such period Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition, the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) directly attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Disposition for such period, or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative), directly attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense directly attributable to any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to Holdings and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Disposition for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent Holdings and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale), (4) if since the beginning of such period Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any person which becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any such Investment or acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction requiring a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of a product line or an operating unit of a business, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period and (5) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) shall have made any Asset Disposition, any Investment or any acquisition of assets that 147 would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period. For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition of assets, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of Holdings. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest of such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest expense of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, plus, to the extent not included in such total interest expense, and to the extent incurred by Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries, without duplication, (i) interest expense attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction, (ii) amortization of debt discount and debt issuance cost, (iii) capitalized interest, (iv) non-cash interest expenses, (v) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing, (vi) net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of fees), (vii) cash and Disqualified Stock dividends in respect of all Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries and Disqualified Stock of Holdings held by Persons other than Holdings or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, (viii) interest incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued operations, (ix) interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by (or secured by the assets of) Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary and (x) the cash contributions to any employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than Holdings or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust and LESS, to the extent included in such total interest expense, the amortization during such period of debt issuance costs; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the aggregate amount of amortization relating to any such debt issuance costs deducted in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense shall not exceed 5% of the aggregate amount of the financing giving rise to such debt issuance costs. "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: (i) any net income of any Person (other than Holdings) if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, Holdings' equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash actually distributed by such Person during such period to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below) and (B) Holdings' equity in a net loss of any such Person for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (ii) for purposes of clause (a)(3)(A) of the covenant described under "Certain Covenants-- Limitation on Restricted Payments" only, any net income (or loss) of any Person acquired by Holdings or a Subsidiary in a pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date of such acquisition; (iii) any net income of any Restricted Subsidiary if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to Holdings, except that (A) subject to the exclusion contained in clause (iv) below, Holdings' equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of 148 cash that could have been distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to Holdings or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution paid to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and (B) Holdings' equity in a net loss of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in determining such Consolidated Net Income; (iv) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of Holdings or its consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any sale-and-leaseback arrangement) which is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business and any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person; (v) extraordinary gains or losses; and (vi) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purposes of the covenant described under "Certain Covenants-- Limitation on Restricted Payments" only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under such covenant pursuant to clause (a)(3)(D) thereof. "Credit Agreement" means the Credit Agreement entered into by and among MEDIQ/PRN, certain of its Subsidiaries, the lenders referred to therein, Banque Nationale de Paris, as Administrative Agent, NationsBank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Documentation Agent, together with the related documents thereto (including the term loans and revolving loans thereunder, any guarantees, all security documents and any hedge agreements), in each case, as amended, extended, renewed, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or refinanced (in whole or in part, and without limitation as to amount, terms, conditions, covenants and other provisions) from time to time, and any agreement (and related document) governing Indebtedness incurred to Refinance, in whole or in part, the borrowings and commitments then outstanding or permitted to be outstanding under such Credit Agreement or a successor Credit Agreement, whether by the same or any other lender or group of lenders. "Currency Agreement" means in respect of a Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement to which such Person is a party or beneficiary. "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. "Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable or must be purchased, upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise, by such Person at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Debentures; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to purchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to the first anniversary of the Stated Maturity of the Debentures shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or "change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the terms applicable to the Debentures and described under "--Change of Control" and "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock." "EBITDA" for any period means the sum of Consolidated Net Income, plus Consolidated Interest Expense plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) all income tax expense of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) depreciation expense of 149 Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, (c) amortization expense of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period), (d) non-recurring severance and transaction costs incurred in connection with any acquisition (including the Merger and the CHI Acquisition) by Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries and (e) all other non-cash charges of Holdings and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period), in each case for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to Holdings by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders. "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. "Exchange Debentures" means the debentures issued in exchange for the Debentures pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Debentures among Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. "Exchange Notes" means the notes issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of the Notes among Holdings, MEDIQ/ PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers. "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Issue Date, including those set forth in (i) the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession and (iv) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing the inclusion of financial statements (including pro forma financial statements) in periodic reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC. "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such other Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise) or (ii) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term "Guarantor" shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation. "Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or Currency Agreement. "Holder" or "Debentureholders" means the Person in whose name a Debenture is registered on the Registrar's books. "Holdings" means MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and any successor corporation. 150 "Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term "Incurrence" when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning. The accretion of principal of a non-interest bearing or other discount security shall not be deemed the Incurrence of Indebtedness. "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication): (i) the principal in respect of (A) indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed and (B) indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is responsible or liable, including, in each case, any premium on such indebtedness to the extent such premium has become due and payable; (ii) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of Sale/ Leaseback Transactions entered into by such Person; (iii) all obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property, all conditional sale obligations of such Person and all obligations of such Person under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business) which purchase price or obligation is due more than six months after the date of placing such property in service or taking delivery and title thereto; (iv) all obligations of such Person for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker's acceptance or similar credit transaction (other than obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in clauses (i) through (iii) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day following payment on the letter of credit); (v) the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference with respect to, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends); (vi) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (v) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee; (vii) all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of other Persons secured by any Lien on any property or asset of such Person (whether or not such obligation is assumed by such Person), the amount of such obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the value of such property or assets or the amount of the obligation so secured; and (viii) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, Hedging Obligations of such Person. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations described above at such date; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount outstanding at any time of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount shall be deemed to be the face amount of such Indebtedness less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Indebtedness at such time as determined in conformity with GAAP. "Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means (i) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection therewith, 151 relating to Holdings or any of its assets, (ii) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of Holdings, whether voluntary or involuntary or whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (iii) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of assets or liabilities of Holdings. "Interest Rate Agreement" means in respect of a Person any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement or other financial agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest rates. "Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extensions of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that an acquisition of assets, Capital Stock or other securities of any Person for consideration consisting of common equity securities of Holdings shall not be deemed to be an "Investment." For purposes of the definition of "Unrestricted Subsidiary", the definition of "Restricted Payment" and the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments," (i) "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to Holdings' equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of Holdings at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, Holdings shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent "Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary equal to an amount (if positive) equal to (x) Holdings' "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to Holdings' equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. "Issue Date" means the date on which the Old Debentures were originally issued. "Legal Holiday" means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York. "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof). "Management Agreement" means the management services agreement that became effective at the effective time of the Merger among Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc., MEDIQ/PRN, Galen Associates and Ferrer Freeman Thompson & Co. LLC, as amended from time to time. "Merger" means the merger of MQ Acquisition Corporation with and into Holdings pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 1998, as amended as of April 27, 1998, between MQ Acquisition Corporation and Holdings. "Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received therefrom (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to such properties or assets or received in any other noncash form), in each case net of (i) all legal, accounting, investment banking, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition, (ii) all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain 152 a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition, (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to a Person owning a beneficial interest in assets subject to sale or minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition, (iv) the deduction of appropriate amounts provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the property or other assets disposed in such Asset Disposition and retained by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition and (v) any portion of the purchase price from an Asset Disposition required by the terms of such Asset Disposition to be placed in escrow (whether as a reserve for a purchase price adjustment, for satisfaction of indemnities or otherwise); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that upon the termination of such escrow, Net Available Cash shall be increased by any portion of the funds therein released to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary. "Net Cash Proceeds," with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. "Non-Recourse," with respect to any Indebtedness of a subsidiary, means Indebtedness (i) as to which neither Holdings nor any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) and (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a Guarantor or otherwise); and (ii) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and (iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of Holdings or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries. "Permitted Holders" means (i) BRS, Bruce C. Bruckmann, Harold O. Rosser II, Stephen C. Sherrill and Stephen Edwards, the Co-Investors and the Rotko Entities and any Person who on the Issue Date was an Affiliate of any of the foregoing, (ii) Thomas S. Carroll, Jay M. Kaplan and any other Person who was a member of the management of MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings, and a shareholder of Holdings, on the Issue Date and (iii) any Related Party of any of the foregoing. "Permitted Investment" means an Investment by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary in (i) Holdings, a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the primary business of such Restricted Subsidiary is a Related Business; (ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Person's primary business is a Related Business; (iii) Temporary Cash Investments; (iv) receivables owing to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances; (v) payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business; (vi) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary; (vii) stock, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments; (viii) any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition as permitted pursuant to the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock"; and (ix) additional 153 Investments in an aggregate amount which, together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (ix) that are outstanding, does not exceed $2.5 million. "Permitted Liens" means, with respect to any Person, (a) pledges or deposits by such Person under worker's compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or United States government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business; (b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers', warehousemen's and mechanics' Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; (c) Liens for property taxes not yet subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; (d) Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such letters of credit do not constitute Indebtedness; (e) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person; (f) Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness or other Indebtedness Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, property of such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred, and the Indebtedness (other than any interest thereon) secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the property subject to the Lien; (g) Liens to secure (A) Indebtedness permitted under the provisions described in clauses (b)(1) and (b)(2) under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness" and (B) Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to the Credit Agreement and permitted under the provisions of paragraph (a) of, or the provisions described in clause (b)(16) under, "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness"; (h) Liens existing on the Issue Date; (i) Liens on property or shares of Capital Stock of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries; (j) Liens on property at the time such Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquires the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries; (k) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to such Person or a wholly owned Subsidiary of such Person; (l) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as such Hedging Obligations relate to Indebtedness that is, and is permitted to be under the Debenture Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations; and (m) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (f), (h), (i) and (j); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements to or on such property) and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (f), (h), (i) or (j) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted 154 Lien and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Permitted Liens" will not include any Lien described in clauses (f), (i) or (j) above to the extent such Lien applies to any Additional Assets acquired directly or indirectly from Net Available Cash pursuant to the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Sale of Assets and Subsidiary Stock." For purposes of this definition, the term "Indebtedness" shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness. "Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. "Post-Petition Interest" means all interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and interest that would accrue but for the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) in accordance with and at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any rate applicable upon default) specified in the agreement or instrument creating, evidencing or governing any Indebtedness, whether or not, pursuant to applicable law or otherwise, the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. "Preferred Stock," as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person. "principal" of a Debenture means the principal of the Debenture plus the premium, if any, payable on the Debenture which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time. "Public Equity Offering" means an underwritten primary public offering of common stock of Holdings pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. "Public Market" means any time after (x) a Public Equity Offering has been consummated and (y) at least 10% of the total issued and outstanding common stock of Holdings has been distributed by means of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or sales pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act. "Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) (i) consisting of the deferred purchase price of property, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement, other purchase money obligations and obligations in respect of industrial revenue bonds or similar Indebtedness, in each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and (ii) Incurred to finance the acquisition by Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset, including additions and improvements; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any Lien arising in connection with any such Indebtedness shall be limited to the specified asset being financed or, in the case of real property or fixtures, including additions and improvements, the real property on which such asset is attached; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after such acquisition of such assets by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary. "Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings. "Refinancing Indebtedness" means Indebtedness that Refinances any Indebtedness of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary existing on the Issue Date or Incurred in compliance with the Debenture Indenture, including Indebtedness that Refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) such Refinancing Indebtedness has a Stated Maturity no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, (ii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness 155 being Refinanced and (iii) such Refinancing Indebtedness has an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding or committed (plus fees and expenses, including any premium and defeasance costs) under the Indebtedness being Refinanced; PROVIDED FURTHER, HOWEVER, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of Holdings or (y) Indebtedness of Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. "Related Business" means any business related, ancillary or complementary (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) to the businesses of Holdings and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date. "Related Party" means (i) any controlling stockholder, general partner, 80% (or more) owned Subsidiary, or spouse or immediate family member (in the case of an individual) of any Permitted Holder or (ii) any trust, corporation, partnership or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, owners or Persons holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which consist solely of one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (i). "Restricted Payment" with respect to any Person means (i) the declaration or payment of any dividends or any other distributions of any sort in respect of its Capital Stock (including any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving such Person) or similar payment to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock (other than dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and other than dividends or distributions payable solely to Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary, and other than pro rata dividends or other distributions made by a Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary to minority stockholders (or owners of an equivalent interest in the case of a Subsidiary that is an entity other than a corporation)), (ii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Capital Stock of Holdings held by any Person or of any Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary held by any Affiliate of Holdings (other than a Restricted Subsidiary), including the exercise of any option to exchange any Capital Stock (other than, in any such case, in exchange for or into Capital Stock of Holdings that is not Disqualified Stock), (iii) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment of any Subordinated Obligations (other than the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Obligations purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of acquisition) or (iv) the making of any Investment in any Person (other than a Permitted Investment). In determining the amount of any Restricted Payment made in property other than in cash, such amount shall be the fair market value of such property at the time of such Restricted Payment, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. "Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary of Holdings that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary. "Revolving Credit Facility" means the revolving credit facility contained in the Credit Agreement and any other facility or financing arrangement that Refinances or replaces, in whole or in part, any such revolving credit facility. "Rotko Entities" means (i) a trust established on November 18, 1983, by the late Bernard B. Rotko, (ii) Michael J. Rotko, (iii) Bessie G. Rotko and (iv) Judith M. Shipon. "Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and Holdings or a Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person. "SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 156 "Senior Indebtedness" means (i) Indebtedness of Holdings, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred, and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Post-Petition Interest) in respect of (A) Indebtedness of Holdings for money borrowed and (B) Indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which Holdings is responsible or liable unless, in the case of (i) and (ii), in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligations are subordinate in right of payment to the Debentures; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include (1) any obligation of Holdings to any Subsidiary, (2) any liability for Federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by Holdings, (3) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities), (4) any Indebtedness of Holdings (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) which is subordinate or junior by its terms to any other Indebtedness or other obligation of Holdings or (5) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of Incurrence is Incurred in violation of the Debenture Indenture. "Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a "Significant Subsidiary" of Holdings within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC. "Stated Maturity" means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency unless such contingency has occurred). "Subordinated Obligation" means any Indebtedness of Holdings (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) which is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Debentures pursuant to a written agreement to that effect. "Subsidiary" means, in respect of any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person, (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person. "Subsidiary Guarantor" means any domestic Restricted Subsidiary of MEDIQ/PRN that Guarantees MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to the Notes pursuant to the Note Indenture. "Subsidiary Guaranty" means a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of MEDIQ/PRN's obligations with respect to the Notes pursuant to the Note Indenture. "Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following: (i) any investment in direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency thereof, (ii) investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit and money market deposits maturing within 180 days of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company which is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States, and which bank or trust company has capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of $50,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and has outstanding debt which is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 under the Securities Act) or any money-market fund sponsored by a registered broker dealer or mutual fund distributor, 157 (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 90 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of Holdings) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or "A-1" (or higher) according to Standard and Poor's Ratings Group, and (v) investments in securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A" by Standard & Poor's Ratings Group or "A" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. "Term Loan Facility" means the term loan facilities (including any delayed draw acquisition facilities) contained in the Credit Agreement and any other facility or financing arrangement that Refinances or replaces in whole or in part any such term loan facilities. "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means (i) any Subsidiary of Holdings that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of Holdings (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or holds any Lien on any property of, Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that either (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total assets of $1,000 or less or (B) if such Subsidiary has assets greater than $1,000, such designation would be permitted under the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Restricted Payments." The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) Holdings could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of the covenant described under "--Certain Covenants--Limitation on Indebtedness" and (y) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Debenture Trustee by promptly filing with the Debenture Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officers' Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions. "U.S. Government Obligations" means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged and which are not callable at the issuer's option. "Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof. "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares) is owned by Holdings or one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries. 158 PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION Each broker-dealer that receives New Securities for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Securities. This Prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of New Securities received in exchange for Old Securities where such Old Securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have agreed that, for a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, they will make this Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. In addition, until , 1998 (90 days after the date of this Prospectus), all dealers effecting transactions in the New Securities may be required to deliver a prospectus. The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of New Securities by broker-dealers. New Securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offers may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the New Securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market price or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer or the purchasers of any such New Securities. Any broker-dealer that resells New Securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to an Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such New Securities may be deemed to be an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit on any such resale of New Securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letters of Transmittal state that, by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. For a period of 180 days after the Expiration Date, the Issuers will promptly send additional copies of this Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this Prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in a Letter of Transmittal. The Issuers have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offers (including the expenses of one counsel for the holders of the Old Securities) other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the Old Securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. CERTAIN U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS The following discussion is based upon the provisions of the Code, the applicable Treasury Regulations promulgated and proposed thereunder, judicial authority and current administrative rulings and practice, all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect. This discussion does not purport to deal with all aspects of U.S. Federal income taxation that might be relevant to particular holders in light of their personal investment circumstances or status, nor does it discuss the U.S. Federal income tax consequences to certain types of holders subject to special treatment under the U.S. Federal income tax laws (for example, financial institutions, insurance companies, dealers in securities, tax-exempt organizations, or taxpayers holding the Securities as part of a "straddle," "hedge" or "conversion transaction"). Moreover, the effect of any applicable state, local, foreign, gift, estate or other tax laws generally is not discussed. Except as otherwise indicated below, this discussion assumes that the Securities are held as capital assets (as defined in Section 1221 of the Code) by the holders thereof. This discussion is limited to the material U.S. Federal income tax consequences to initial holders of the Securities. The New Debentures are viewed as a continuation of the Old Debentures for U.S. Federal income tax purposes rather than as the issuance of a new debt obligation. For ease of reference, the Old Debentures 159 and the New Debentures are referred to below simply as the "Debentures," and the term "Securities," includes, as applicable, New Debentures and Old Debentures. U.S. HOLDERS Except as specifically provided below, the immediately following discussion is limited to the U.S. Federal income tax consequences relevant to a holder of the Securities who or which is (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized under the laws of the United States, or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. Federal income taxation regardless of its source, (iv) a trust with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision of the administration of such trust and one or more United States fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of such trust or (v) a person whose worldwide income or gain is otherwise subject to U.S. Federal income taxation on a net income basis (each a "U.S. Holder"). Potential Federal income tax consequences to persons who are not U.S. Holders are discussed in detail below under "--Non-U.S. Holders." Prospective holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the Federal, state, local, foreign and other tax considerations of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of the Securities. TAX TREATMENT OF THE NOTES AND THE DEBENTURES STATED INTEREST ON THE NOTES. The stated interest on the Notes will be included in income by a U.S. Holder as ordinary income in accordance with such U.S. Holder's usual method of accounting. It is anticipated that the Notes will be issued without any OID, as described below. STATED INTEREST ON THE DEBENTURES. The stated interest on the Debentures will be included in the amount of OID on such Debentures, as described in more detail below. A U.S. Holder will not be required to report separately as taxable income actual payments of stated interest with respect to the Debentures. ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE DEBENTURES. Because the Debentures were issued at an issue price which is substantially less than the stated amount at maturity and because cash interest on the Debentures will not be payable until December 1, 2003, the Debentures are deemed to have been issued with OID. Accordingly, each U.S. Holder will be required to include in income (regardless of whether such U.S. Holder is a cash or accrual basis taxpayer) in each taxable year, in advance of the receipt of cash payments on such Debentures, that portion of the OID, computed on a constant yield basis, attributable to each day during such year on which the holder held the Debentures. See "--Taxation of Original Issue Discount" below. The amount of OID with respect to each Debenture will be equal to the excess of (i) its "stated redemption price at maturity" over (ii) its "issue price." Under the Treasury Regulations, the issue price of an investment unit, such as the Units comprised of the Old Debentures and Warrants, is the first price at which a substantial amount of the Units are sold for money. The issue price for the investment unit as so determined is allocated between the Debentures and the Warrants, based on their relative fair market values at the time of issuance. Moreover, the Issuers' allocation is binding on each U.S. Holder unless the U.S. Holder discloses that his, her or its allocation differs from the Issuers' allocation on a statement attached to the U.S. Holder's timely filed U.S. Federal income tax return for the year in which he, she or it acquires the investment unit. The Issuers allocated the issue price of the Units between the Debentures and the Warrants in accordance with their relative fair market values at the time of issuance based on advice furnished to them by the Initial Purchasers. The issue price of the Debentures was $534.25 per $1,000 face amount of Debentures, which was the portion of the issue price of the Units so allocated to the Debentures. This allocation, however, is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service (the "Service"), and therefore, there can be no assurance that the Service will respect such allocation. Under the Treasury Regulations, the "stated redemption price at maturity" of each Debenture will equal the sum of all cash payments required to be made on such Debenture (including principal and stated interest). 160 TAXATION OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT. A U.S. Holder of a debt instrument issued with OID is required to include in gross income for U.S. Federal income tax purposes an amount equal to the sum of the "daily portions" of such OID for all days during the taxable year on which such holder holds the debt instrument without regard to when the cash or other payments attributable to such income are received. The daily portions of OID required to be included in a U.S. Holder's gross income in a taxable year will be determined under a constant yield method by allocating to each day during the taxable year on which the U.S. Holder held the debt instrument a pro rata portion of the OID on such debt instrument which is attributable to the "accrual period" in which such day is included. The amount of the OID attributable to each accrual period will be the product of the "adjusted issue price" of the Debenture at the beginning of such accrual period multiplied by the "yield to maturity" of the Debenture (properly adjusted for the length of the accrual period). The Debenture's "yield to maturity" is that discount rate which, when used in computing the present value of all principal and stated interest payments to be made under a Debenture, produces an amount equal to the issue price of a Debenture. Based on the issue price of $534.25 per $1,000 principal amount of Debentures, the yield to maturity of the Debentures was determined to be 13%. The "adjusted issue price" of the Debenture at the beginning of an accrual period will generally be its issue price plus the aggregate amount of OID that accrued in all prior accrual periods (determined without regard to the rules described below concerning acquisition premium) less any cash payments on the Debenture. An "accrual period" may be of any length and may vary in length over the term of the debt instrument, provided that each accrual period is not longer than one year and each scheduled payment of principal or interest occurs either on the final day or the first day of an accrual period. ACQUISITION PREMIUM ON DEBENTURES. A U.S. Holder of a Debenture who purchases such Debenture for an amount that is greater than its issue price but equal to or less than its stated redemption price at maturity will be considered to have purchased such Debenture at an "acquisition premium." Under the acquisition premium rules, unless a U.S. Holder makes the election described below under "--Election to Apply OID Principles," the amount of OID which such U.S. Holder must include in income with respect to such Debenture for any taxable year will be reduced by the portion of such acquisition premium properly allocable to such year. AMORTIZABLE BOND PREMIUM ON NOTES. If the holder's basis in the Notes exceeds the amount payable at the maturity date (or earlier call date, under certain circumstances), such excess will be deductible by the holder of the Notes (taking into account earlier call dates, under certain circumstances), under a yield-to-maturity formula, if an election by the holder under Section 171 of the Code is made or is already in effect. This election is revocable only with the consent of the Service and applies to all obligations owned or acquired by the holder on or after the first day of the taxable year to which the election applies. To the extent the excess is deducted as amortizable bond premium, the holder's adjusted tax basis in the Notes will be reduced. Except as may otherwise be provided in future Treasury Regulations, the amortizable bond premium will be treated as an offset to interest income on the Notes rather than as a separate deduction item. Recently promulgated Treasury Regulations have modified the described rules under Section 171 in order to coordinate such rules with the rules relating to OID, generally effective for debt instruments acquired on or after March 2, 1998. MARKET DISCOUNT ON THE NOTES AND DEBENTURES. Generally, the market discount rules discussed below will not apply to a U.S. Holder who acquired the Note or Debenture when they were originally issued. These rules would apply, however, to an original holder whose tax basis in the Note or Debenture is less than the "issue price" of such Note or Debenture. The "issue price" of a Debenture is as defined above; the "issue price" of a Note will be the first price at which a substantial amount of the Notes are sold. For purposes of determining the issue price of the Notes, sales to bond houses, brokers, or similar persons or organizations acting in the capacity of underwriters, placement agents or wholesalers are ignored. Gain recognized on the disposition (including a redemption) by a U.S. Holder of a Note or Debenture that has accrued market discount will be treated as ordinary income, and not capital gain, to the extent of 161 the accrued market discount, provided that the amount of market discount exceeds a statutorily defined DE MINIMIS amount. "Market discount" is defined as the excess, if any, of the "revised issue price" (as defined below) in the case of the Debentures or the "stated redemption price at maturity" in the case of the Notes over the tax basis of the debt obligation in the hands of the holder immediately after its acquisition. The "revised issue price" of a debt obligation generally equals the sum of its issue price and the total amount of OID includable in the gross income of all holders for periods before the acquisition of the debt obligation by the current holder (without regard to any reduction in such income resulting from any prior purchase at an acquisition premium) and less any cash payments in respect of such debt obligation. The "stated redemption price at maturity" of the Notes will equal the stated principal amount thereof. The amount of market discount treated as accrued would be calculated either (i) ratably, by multiplying the market discount by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days the obligation has been held by the U.S. Holder and the denominator of which is the number of days after the U.S. Holder's acquisition of the obligation up to and including its maturity date or (ii), if the U.S. Holder so elects, on a constant yield to maturity basis. A U.S. Holder of a Note or Debenture acquired at a market discount also may be required to defer the deduction of all or a portion of the interest on any indebtedness incurred or maintained to carry the Note or Debenture until it is disposed of in a taxable transaction. Moreover, to the extent of any accrued market discount on such Notes or Debentures, any partial principal payment with respect to Notes or Debentures (possibly including stated interest payments on the Debentures) would be includable as ordinary income upon receipt, as would the fair market value of the Notes or Debentures on certain otherwise non-taxable transfers (such as gifts). A U.S. Holder of a Note or Debenture acquired at market discount may elect to include the market discount in income as it accrues (on either a ratable or elective constant yield to maturity basis). This election would apply to all market discount obligations acquired by the electing U.S. Holder on or after the first day of the first taxable year to which the election applies. The election may be revoked only with the consent of the Service. If a holder of a Note or Debenture so elects currently to include market discount in income, the above-discussed rules with respect to ordinary income recognition resulting from sales and certain other disposition transactions and to deferral of interest deductions would not apply. ELECTION TO APPLY OID PRINCIPLES. A U.S. Holder may generally, upon election, include in income all interest (including stated interest, acquisition discount, OID, DE MINIMIS OID, market discount, DE MINIMIS market discount, and unstated interest, as adjusted by any amortizable bond premium or acquisition premium) that accrued on a Note or Debenture by using the constant yield method applicable to OID obligations, subject to certain limitations and exceptions. The election is to be made for the taxable year in which the U.S. Holder acquired the Note or Debenture, is generally applicable only to the Note or Debenture with respect to which the election is made and may not be revoked without the consent of the Service. TAX BASIS. A U.S. Holder's initial tax basis in a Note or Debenture will be equal to the purchase price paid by such holder for such Note or Debenture. A U.S. Holder's tax basis in a Debenture will be increased by the amount of OID that is included in such U.S. Holder's income pursuant to the foregoing rules (taking into account acquisition premium) through the day preceding the day of disposition (and the accruals of market discount, if any, which the U.S. Holder elected to include in gross income on an annual basis) and will be decreased by the amount of any cash payments received. A U.S. Holder's tax basis in a Note or Debenture will be increased by the amount of accrued market discount, if any, which the U.S. Holder elected to include in gross income on an annual basis and decreased by the amortizable bond premium, if any, which the U.S. Holder has elected to offset against interest income. SALE OR REDEMPTION. Unless a nonrecognition provision applies, the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of Notes or Debentures will be a taxable event for U.S. Federal income tax purposes. In 162 such event, a U.S. Holder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the amount of cash plus the fair market value of any property received upon such sale, exchange, redemption or other taxable disposition (except to the extent that amounts received are attributable, in the case of the Notes, to accrued interest, which portion of the consideration would be taxed as ordinary income if the interest was previously untaxed) and (ii) the holder's adjusted tax basis therein. Subject to the discussion above under the caption "Market Discount on the Notes and Debentures," such gain or loss should be capital gain or loss and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder has held the Notes or Debentures for more than one year at the time of the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition. In the case of a U.S. Holder who is an individual, estate or trust such capital gain will generally be subject to tax at a 20% maximum marginal rate if the Notes or Debentures have been held for more than 12 months. For corporate holders, long-term capital gains and ordinary income are both taxable at a maximum marginal rate of 35%. APPLICABLE HIGH-YIELD DISCOUNT OBLIGATIONS. The Debentures are "applicable high yield discount obligations" ("AHYDOs") under Section 163 of the Code, so that a portion of the OID accruing on the Debentures may be treated as a dividend generally eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the case of corporate holders (and subject to the limitations described above), and the Company (A) will not be entitled to deduct the "disqualified portion" of the OID accruing on the Debentures and (B) will be allowed to deduct the remainder of the OID only when paid in cash. A corporate holder will be treated as receiving dividend income to the extent of the lesser of (i) Holdings' current and accumulated earnings and profits and (ii) the "disqualified portion" of the OID of such Debenture. The "disqualified portion" of the OID is equal to the lesser of (i) the amount of OID or (ii) the portion of the "total return" (i.e., the excess of all payments to be made with respect to the Debentures over its issue price) in excess of 11.94% (the AFR for the month in which the Debentures were issued plus six percentage points). BACKUP WITHHOLDING AND INFORMATION REPORTING Under the Code, U.S. Holders may be subject, under certain circumstances, to information reporting and "backup withholding" at a 31% rate with respect to cash payments in respect of principal (and premium, if any), OID, interest on and the gross proceeds from dispositions of the Notes or Debentures. Backup withholding applies only if the U.S. Holder (i) fails to furnish its social security or other taxpayer identification number ("TIN") within a reasonable time after a request therefor, (ii) furnishes an incorrect TIN, (iii) fails properly to report interest or dividends or (iv) fails under certain circumstances to provide a certified statement, signed under penalty of perjury, that the TIN provided is its correct number and that it is not subject to backup withholding. Any amount withheld from a payment to a U.S. Holder under the backup withholding rules is allowable as a credit (and may entitle such holder to a refund) against such U.S. Holder's U.S. Federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is furnished to the Service. Certain persons are exempt from backup withholding, including corporations and financial institutions. U.S. Holders of Securities should consult their tax advisors as to their qualification for exemption from backup withholding and the procedure for obtaining such exemption. The Issuers will furnish annually to the Service and to record holders of the Securities (to whom it is required to furnish such information) information relating to the amount of OID, interest and dividends, as applicable. Because this information will be based upon the adjusted issue price of the Debentures as if the holder were an original holder, purchasers who purchase Debentures for an amount other than the adjusted issue price at the time of purchase will be required to determine for themselves the amount of OID, if any, that they are required to report. See also "--Acquisition Premium on Debentures" and "-- Market Discount on Notes and Debentures." 163 NON-U.S. HOLDERS The following discussion is limited to the U.S. Federal income tax consequences relevant to a holder of Securities that is not a U.S. Holder (a "Non-U.S. Holder"). For purposes of the following discussion, interest and gain on the sale, exchange or other disposition of Securities will be considered to be "U.S. trade or business income" if such income or gain is (i) effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business or (ii) in the case of a treaty resident, attributable to a permanent establishment (or, in the case of an individual, a fixed base) in the United States. STATED INTEREST AND OID ON NOTES OR DEBENTURES. Generally, any interest or OID paid to a Non-U.S. Holder of a Note or Debenture that is not U.S. trade or business income will not be subject to U.S. Federal income tax if the interest or OID qualifies as "portfolio interest." Generally, interest and OID on the Notes or Debentures received on or prior to December 31, 1999 by a Non-U.S. Holder will qualify as portfolio interest if (i) the Non-U.S. Holder does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total voting power of all voting stock of MEDIQ/PRN (in the case of the Notes) or Holdings (in the case of the Debentures), (ii) such holder is not a "controlled foreign corporation" with respect to which MEDIQ/ PRN or Holdings, as the case may be, is a "related person" within the meaning of the Code, (iii) either (A) the beneficial owner, under penalty of perjury, certifies that the beneficial owner is not a United States person and such certificate provides the beneficial owner's name and address or (B) a securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers' securities in the ordinary course of its trade or business (a "financial institution") and holds the Notes or Debentures certifies to MEDIQ/ PRN or Holdings, as the case may be, or their respective agents under penalties of perjury that such statement has been received from the Non-U.S. Holder by it or by another financial institutional and furnishes the payor with a copy thereof and (iv) the Non-U.S. Holder is not a bank receiving interest on the extension of credit made pursuant to a loan agreement made in the ordinary course of its trade or business. Payments of interest and OID received by a Non-U.S. Holder after December 31, 1999 will not be subject to United States Federal withholding tax (or to backup withholding and information reporting) provided that requirements (i), (ii) and (iv) of the preceding paragraph are satisfied and, in general, MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings, as the case may be, or its paying agent, in accordance with Treasury regulations issued under Section 1441 of the Code, reliably establishes, based on documentation supplied by the beneficial owner or intermediate holders, that payments are made to a foreign beneficial owner. In general, it will not be necessary for a Non-U.S. Holder to obtain or furnish a United States taxpayer identification number to MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings, as the case may be, or its paying agent in order to claim any of the foregoing exemptions from United States withholding tax on payments of interest and OID. The gross amount of payments to a Non-U.S. Holder of interest or OID that do not qualify for the portfolio interest exception and that are not effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business will be subject to a U.S. Federal income tax at the rate of 30%, unless a U.S. income tax treaty applies to reduce or eliminate withholding. U.S. trade or business income will be taxed on a net basis at regular U.S. rates rather than the 30% gross rate. In the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation, such United States trade or business income may also be subject to the branch profits tax (which is generally imposed on a foreign corporation on the actual or deemed repatriation from the United States of earnings and profits attributable to United States trade or business income) at a 30% rate. The branch profits tax may not apply (or may apply at a reduced rate) if a recipient is a qualified resident of certain countries with which the United States has an income tax treaty. To claim the benefit of a tax treaty or to claim exemption from withholding because the income is U.S. trade or business income, the Non-U.S. Holder must provide a properly executed Form 1001 or 4224 (or such successor forms as the Service may designate), as applicable, prior to the payment of interest. These forms must be periodically updated. Under recently revised U.S. Treasury regulations that will become effective for payments made after 164 December 31, 1999, however, a Non-U.S. Holder who wishes to claim the benefit of an applicable treaty rate would be required to satisfy applicable certification and other requirements, which would include the requirement that the Non-U.S. Holder file a form containing the holder's name and address or provide certain documentary evidence issued by foreign governmental authorities as proof of residence in the foreign county. Certain special procedures are provided in the revised regulations for payment through qualified intermediaries. The recharacterization of a portion of OID as dividends under the rules applicable to AHYDOs, as described above, will not apply for purposes of U.S. withholding tax. SALE, EXCHANGE OR REDEMPTION OF NOTES OR DEBENTURES. Except as described below and subject to the discussions concerning backup withholding, any gain realized by a Non-U.S. Holder on the sale, exchange, redemption or other disposition of a Note or Debenture, generally will not be subject to U.S. Federal income tax, unless (i) such gain is U.S. trade or business income, (ii) subject to certain exceptions, the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who holds the Note or Debenture as a capital asset, is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the disposition and certain other conditions are satisfied or (iii) the Non-U.S. Holder is subject to tax pursuant to the provisions of U.S. tax law applicable to certain U.S. expatriates (including certain former citizens or residents of the United States). FEDERAL ESTATE TAX. Notes or Debentures held (or treated as held) by an individual who is not a citizen or resident of the United States (for U.S. Federal estate tax purposes) at the time of his or her death will not be included in such individual's gross estate for U.S. Federal estate tax purposes provided that (i) the individual does not actually or constructively own 10% or more of the total voting power of all voting stock of MEDIQ/PRN or Holdings (as the case may be) and (ii) income on the Notes or Debentures was not effectively connected with the conduct of a U.S. trade or business. INFORMATION REPORTING AND BACKUP WITHHOLDING. MEDIQ/PRN and Holdings must report annually to the Service and to each Non-U.S. Holder any interest or OID that is subject to withholding, or that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax pursuant to a tax treaty, or interest or OID that is exempt from U.S. tax under the portfolio interest exception. Copies of these information returns may also be made available under the provisions of a specific treaty or agreement to the tax authorities of the country in which the Non-U.S. Holder resides. In the case of payments of principal or interest (including OID) to Non-U.S. Holders, Treasury Regulations provide that information reporting and backup withholding at a rate of 31% will not apply to such payments with respect to which either the requisite certification has been received or an exemption has otherwise been established (provided that neither the payor nor its paying agent has actual knowledge that the holder is a U.S. person or the conditions of any other exemption are not, in fact, satisfied). The payment of the proceeds from the disposition of the Notes or Debentures to or through the United States office of any broker, U.S. or foreign, will be subject to information reporting and possibly backup withholding unless the owner certifies as its non-U.S. status under penalty of perjury or otherwise establishes an exemption, provided that the broker does not have actual knowledge that the holder is a U.S. person or that the conditions of any other exemption are not, in fact, satisfied. The payment of the proceeds from the disposition of Notes or Debentures to or through a non-U.S. office of a non-U.S. broker that is not a U.S. related person will not be subject to information reporting or backup withholding. For this purpose, a "U.S. related person" is (i) a "controlled foreign corporation" for U.S. Federal income tax purposes or (ii) a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income from all sources for the three-year period ending with the close of its taxable year preceding the payment (or for such part of the period that the broker has been in existence) is derived from activities that are effectively connected with the conduct of a United States trade or business. In the case of the payment of proceeds from the disposition of Notes or Debentures, to or through a non-U.S. office of a broker that is either a U.S. person or a U.S. related person, the Treasury Regulations require information reporting on the payment unless the broker has documentary evidence in its files that the owner is a Non-U.S. Holder and the broker has no knowledge to the contrary. Backup withholding will 165 not apply to payments made through foreign offices of a broker that is not a U.S. person or a U.S. related person (absent actual knowledge that the payee is a U.S. person). Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a Non-U.S. Holder will be allowed as a refund or a credit against such Non-U.S. Holder's U.S. Federal income tax liability, provided that the requisite procedures are followed. THE FOREGOING DISCUSSION IS BASED ON THE PROVISIONS OF THE CODE, REGULATIONS, RULINGS AND JUDICIAL DECISIONS NOW IN EFFECT, ALL OF WHICH ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. ANY SUCH CHANGES MAY BE APPLIED RETROACTIVELY IN A MANNER THAT COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT HOLDERS OF NOTES OR DEBENTURES. EACH PURCHASER OF ANY OF THE NOTES OR DEBENTURES SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO IT, INCLUDING THE TAX CONSEQUENCES UNDER STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS, OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF THE NOTES OR DEBENTURES. LEGAL MATTERS The validity of the New Securities offered hereby will be passed upon for the Issuers by Dechert Price & Rhoads, New York, New York. EXPERTS The consolidated financial statements of MEDIQ Incorporated and subsidiaries and MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of MEDIQ Incorporated) and subsidiaries and the related financial statement schedule of MEDIQ Incorporated as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997, included in this Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. The consolidated financial statements of CH Medical, Inc. and subsidiaries as of August 31, 1997 and 1996, and for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 1997, included in this Prospectus have been audited by BDO Seidman, LLP, independent certified public accountants, as stated in their report appearing herein, and are included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. 166 INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PAGE --------- MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES Independent Auditors' Report............................................................................... F-2 Consolidated Statements of Operations--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997................................ F-3 Consolidated Balance Sheets--September 30, 1997 and 1996................................................... F-4 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997...................... F-5 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997................................ F-6 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................................................. F-7 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations--Nine and Three Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997..................................................................................................... F-25 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets--June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997....................................................................................... F-26 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Nine Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997........ F-27 Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements............................................. F-28 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Independent Auditors' Report............................................................................... F-36 Consolidated Statements of Operations--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997................................ F-37 Consolidated Balance Sheets--September 30, 1997 and 1996................................................... F-38 Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997...................... F-39 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Three Years Ended September 30, 1997................................ F-40 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................................................. F-41 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations--Nine and Three Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997..................................................................................................... F-53 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets--June 30, 1998 and September 30, 1997....................................................................................... F-54 Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Nine Months Ended June 30, 1998 and 1997........ F-55 Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements............................................. F-56 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES Independent Auditors' Report............................................................................... F-61 Consolidated Statements of Net Assets--August 31, 1997 and 1996............................................ F-62 Consolidated Statements of Income--Three Years Ended August 31, 1997....................................... F-63 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Three Years Ended August 31, 1997................................... F-64 Summary of Accounting Policies............................................................................. F-65 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements................................................................. F-67 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Net Assets--February 28, 1998......................................... F-70 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Income--Six Months Ended February 28, 1998 and 1997................... F-71 Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows--Six Months Ended February 28, 1998 and 1997............... F-72 Unaudited Summary of Accounting Policies................................................................... F-73 Unaudited Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements....................................................... F-75
F-1 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT Board of Directors and Stockholders MEDIQ Incorporated Pennsauken, New Jersey We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of MEDIQ Incorporated and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of MEDIQ Incorporated and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 25, 1997 F-2 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) Revenues: Rental...................................................... $ 124,316 $ 114,275 $ 117,043 Sales....................................................... 19,922 11,696 7,036 Other....................................................... 11,722 10,095 8,162 --------- --------- --------- 155,960 136,066 132,241 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales............................................... 16,334 9,534 5,686 Operating................................................... 56,609 47,934 47,478 Selling and administrative.................................. 23,154 20,795 24,714 Restructuring............................................... -- 2,200 -- Depreciation and amortization............................... 30,359 30,157 30,161 --------- --------- --------- 126,456 110,620 108,039 --------- --------- --------- Operating Income.............................................. 29,504 25,446 24,202 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense............................................ (19,107) (27,307) (29,241) Interest income............................................. 2,069 1,452 1,502 Other--net.................................................. (9,573) (6,147) (121) --------- --------- --------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Tax Expense (Benefit) and Extraordinary Item.................... 2,893 (6,556) (3,658) Income Tax Expense (Benefit).................................. 5,134 (378) (312) --------- --------- --------- Loss from Continuing Operations before Discontinued Operations and Extraordinary Item...................................... (2,241) (6,178) (3,346) Discontinued Operations: Income from operations (net of income taxes of $2,025,000 in 1996 and $3,393,000 in 1995).............................. -- 3,929 3,132 Gain (Loss) on disposal (net of income taxes of $20,507,000 in 1997, ($5,406,000) in 1996 and $953,000 in 1995)....... 34,941 (14,598) (4,733) --------- --------- --------- 34,941 (10,669) (1,601) --------- --------- --------- Income (Loss) before Extraordinary Item....................... 32,700 (16,847) (4,947) Extraordinary Gain (Loss), Early Retirement of Debt (net of income taxes of ($5,316,000) in 1997 and $587,000 in 1996)....................................................... (8,037) 1,143 -- --------- --------- --------- Net Income (Loss)............................................. $ 24,663 $ (15,704) $ (4,947) --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Earnings Per Share: Income (Loss) from: Continuing Operations..................................... $ (.09) $ (.25) $ (.14) Discontinued Operations................................... 1.35 (.43) (.06) --------- --------- --------- Income (Loss) before Extraordinary Item..................... 1.26 (.68) (.20) Extraordinary Item.......................................... (.31) .05 -- --------- --------- --------- Net Income (Loss)........................................... $ .95 $ (.63) $ (.20) --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Weighted Average Shares Outstanding........................... 25,960 24,967 24,604 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-3 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) ASSETS Current Assets: Cash.................................................................................... $ 3,639 $ 3,219 Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $4,077,000 in 1997 and $2,383,000 in 1996)................................................................... 39,686 30,233 Inventories............................................................................. 13,047 6,614 Deferred income taxes................................................................... 6,967 2,447 Income taxes receivable................................................................. 4,917 310 Other current assets.................................................................... 1,495 2,280 ---------- ---------- Total Current Assets.............................................................. 69,751 45,103 Investment in discontinued operations--restricted......................................... -- 64,967 Note receivable from MHM.................................................................. -- 3,967 Property, plant and equipment............................................................. 113,589 122,706 Goodwill.................................................................................. 57,056 58,321 Other assets.............................................................................. 17,156 13,359 ---------- ---------- Total Assets.............................................................................. $ 257,552 $ 308,423 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY Current Liabilities: Accounts payable........................................................................ $ 8,793 $ 8,907 Accrued expenses........................................................................ 22,732 27,729 State taxes payable..................................................................... 177 -- Other current liabilities............................................................... 669 458 Current portion of long-term debt....................................................... 7,648 8,520 ---------- ---------- Total Current Liabilities........................................................... 40,019 45,614 Senior debt............................................................................... 128,131 192,461 Subordinated debt......................................................................... 10,055 41,229 Deferred income taxes..................................................................... 28,178 7,254 Other liabilities......................................................................... 2,566 4,420 Commitments and contingencies............................................................. -- -- Stockholders' Equity: Preferred stock ($.50 par value: Authorized 20,000,000 shares; issued Series A: 6,644,000 in 1997 and 6,688,000 in 1996).............................................. 3,322 3,344 Common stock ($1 par value: Authorized 40,000,000 shares; issued 20,068,000 in 1997 and 19,191,000 in 1996)................................................................... 20,068 19,191 Capital in excess of par value.......................................................... 27,127 21,517 Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)................................................. 2,892 (21,771) Treasury stock, at cost (preferred shares: 377,000 in 1997 and 1996; common shares: 739,000 in 1997 and 772,000 in 1996).................................................. (4,806) (4,836) ---------- ---------- Total Stockholders' Equity.......................................................... 48,603 17,445 ---------- ---------- Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity................................................ $ 257,552 $ 308,423 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-4 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
PREFERRED STOCK COMMON STOCK RETAINED ---------------------- -------------------- CAPITAL IN EARNINGS SHARES SHARES EXCESS OF (ACCUMULATED ISSUED AMOUNT ISSUED AMOUNT PAR VALUE DEFICIT) ----------- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) Balance October 1, 1994......................... 6,816 $ 3,408 19,064 $ 19,064 $ 22,357 $ (1,120) Net loss........................................ (4,947) Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... (64) (32) 63 63 (31) Stock options exercised......................... (202) ----- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- Balance September 30, 1995...................... 6,752 3,376 19,127 19,127 22,124 (6,067) Net loss........................................ (15,704) Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... (64) (32) 64 64 (32) Stock options exercised......................... (575) ----- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- Balance September 30, 1996...................... 6,688 3,344 19,191 19,191 21,517 (21,771) Net income...................................... 24,663 Conversion of subordinated debentures to common stock......................................... 833 833 5,417 Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... (44) (22) 44 44 (22) Acquisition of SpectraCair...................... Stock options exercised......................... 215 ----- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- Balance September 30, 1997...................... 6,644 $ 3,322 20,068 $ 20,068 $ 27,127 $ 2,892 ----- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- ----- --------- --------- --------- ----------- ------------- TREASURY STOCK --------- Balance October 1, 1994......................... $ (7,429) Net loss........................................ Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... Stock options exercised......................... 386 --------- Balance September 30, 1995...................... (7,043) Net loss........................................ Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... Stock options exercised......................... 2,207 --------- Balance September 30, 1996...................... (4,836) Net income...................................... Conversion of subordinated debentures to common stock......................................... Conversion of preferred stock to common stock... Acquisition of SpectraCair...................... (404) Stock options exercised......................... 434 --------- Balance September 30, 1997...................... $ (4,806) --------- ---------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-5 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS) CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income (loss)................................................................... $ 24,663 $ (15,704) $ (4,947) Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization................................................... 30,359 30,157 30,161 Provision for doubtful accounts................................................. 3,234 1,237 993 Provision for deferred income taxes (benefit)................................... 29,480 (650) (434) Reserve on note receivable from MHM............................................. 5,523 6,000 -- Cash provided by discontinued operations........................................ 660 3,240 7,532 (Income) loss from discontinued operations...................................... (34,941) 10,669 1,601 Extraordinary item, early extinguishment of debt................................ 2,879 (1,730) -- Gain on sale of Cardinal Stock.................................................. (9,213) -- -- Equity participation--PRN warrants.............................................. 11,047 625 -- Other........................................................................... 1,751 484 1,775 Increase (decrease), net of effects from acquisitions: Accounts receivable............................................................. (8,067) (2,428) (11,305) Inventories..................................................................... (6,397) (2,433) 1,758 Accounts payable................................................................ (1,577) 2,213 (108) Accrued expenses................................................................ (4,402) (2,973) (3,036) Federal and state taxes payable................................................. (36,273) -- (83) Deferred income taxes........................................................... (2,559) 1,933 3,236 Other current assets and liabilities............................................ (4,930) (1,572) (824) --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by operating activities........................................... 1,237 29,068 26,319 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Proceeds from sale of assets........................................................ -- 3,976 10,957 Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations....................................... 130,259 1,500 23,858 Purchase of equipment............................................................... (15,458) (18,073) (11,548) Acquisition of SpectraCair.......................................................... (1,915) -- -- Note receivable from SpectraCair.................................................... -- (3,250) -- Payment of note receivable from SpectraCair......................................... -- 3,250 -- Repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants.................................................... (12,500) (1,625) -- Other............................................................................... 947 (2,727) (6,636) --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities................................. 101,333 (16,949) 16,631 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Borrowings.......................................................................... 214,000 25,747 1,190 Debt repayments..................................................................... (307,639) (39,045) (42,853) Deferred financing fees............................................................. (8,874) -- -- Proceeds from exercise of options................................................... 363 1,432 184 --------- --------- --------- Net cash used in financing activities............................................... (102,150) (11,866) (41,479) --------- --------- --------- Increase in cash.................................................................... 420 253 1,471 Cash: Beginning balance................................................................. 3,219 2,966 1,495 --------- --------- --------- Ending balance.................................................................... $ 3,639 $ 3,219 $ 2,966 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Interest paid..................................................................... $ 21,381 $ 25,563 $ 26,200 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Income taxes paid................................................................. $ 7,553 $ 557 $ 205 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: Conversion of 7.25% subordinated debentures into common stock....................... $ 6,251 $ -- $ -- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Equipment financed with long-term debt and capital leases........................... $ -- $ 840 $ 1,808 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-6 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE A--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS--The Company rents movable critical care and life support medical equipment, distributes disposable products, accessories and repair parts used with the types of equipment it rents and provides other services to its customers in the health care industry. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION--The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of MEDIQ Incorporated and its subsidiaries (the "Company"). Investments in companies owned 20% to 50% are accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Investments in discontinued operations are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. In consolidation, all significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. INVENTORIES--Inventories, which consist primarily of disposable products and repair parts for rental equipment, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT--Rental equipment, machinery and equipment, buildings and improvements, and land are recorded at cost. Capital leases are recorded at the lower of fair market value or the present value of future lease payments. The Company provides straight-line depreciation and amortization over the estimated useful lives (rental equipment and machinery and equipment--2 to 10 years and buildings and improvements--10 to 25 years). GOODWILL--The cost of acquired businesses in excess of net assets is amortized on a straight-line basis primarily over periods of 20 years. Accumulated amortization was $18.6 million and $15.3 million as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively. CARRYING VALUE OF LONG-TERM ASSETS--The Company evaluates the carrying value of long-term assets, including rental equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets, based upon current and anticipated undiscounted cash flows, and recognizes an impairment when it is probable that such estimated cash flows will be less than the carrying value of the asset. Measurement of the amount of impairment, if any, is based upon the difference between carrying value and fair value. REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICY--The Company derives revenues from the following sources: RENTAL-- rental of moveable medical equipment; SALES--sales of disposable products, repair parts and equipment; and OTHER--logistical services, maintenance and reconditioning services and management consulting services. In fiscal 1997, the Company entered into several revenue-share arrangements with original equipment manufacturers ("OEM") whereby the Company rents moveable medical equipment and sells disposable products owned by the OEM to the Company's customers. Under such arrangements, the Company bills the customer and pays the OEM a fee based upon a percentage of the amount billed. Revenue share arrangements have allowed the Company to generate revenue without any additional capital investment. The Company bears the risk of loss relating to the equipment and collection of revenue. The revenue related to the rental of such OEM-owned equipment is included in rental revenue while the related fees are reflected in operating expenses. The revenue related to the sale of the OEM's disposable products is included in sales while the related fees are reflected in cost of goods sold. Rental revenue is recognized in accordance with the terms of the related rental agreement and the usage of the related rental equipment. Revenues from other operating activities are recognized as services are rendered, as income is earned or as products are shipped. F-7 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE A--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) SUBSIDIARY AND UNCONSOLIDATED AFFILIATE STOCK TRANSACTIONS--Gains (losses) resulting from the issuance or repurchase of stock by subsidiaries and unconsolidated affiliates are recognized by the Company as equity participation, a component of Other Expense-net, in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE--Primary net earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net earnings (loss) by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Common stock equivalents include shares issuable upon conversion of the Company's convertible preferred stock and exercise of outstanding stock options. Fully diluted earnings per share are not disclosed because the calculation results in dilution of less than 3%. ESTIMATES--The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. RECLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS--Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior years' balances to the current year presentation. NOTE B--DISPOSITIONS During fiscal 1997 the Company completed its previously announced strategy of divesting substantially all operating assets other than MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. ("MEDIQ/PRN") and MEDIQ Management Services, Inc. and using the proceeds thereof to reduce indebtedness. In November 1997, the Company sold to InnoServ Technologies ("InnoServ") all of the 2,026,483 shares of InnoServ common stock owned by it, together with a warrant to acquire additional shares of InnoServ common stock. Under the terms of the agreement, no cash payment was made by InnoServ. However, the parties agreed to terminate a non-compete covenant relating to maintenance and repair services. In addition, in the event of a change of control of InnoServ before September 30, 1998, the Company will be entitled to certain payments from the acquiring party as if it had continued to own the shares. Accordingly, the Company has recorded a reserve of $5 million before taxes ($1.3 million after taxes) as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company had acquired the InnoServ shares and warrant in connection with its 1994 sale of MEDIQ Equipment and Maintenance Services, Inc. On May 7, 1997, the Company sold the stock of Health Examinetics, Inc. to the management of Health Examinetics for approximately $1.7 million, consisting of $.1 million in cash and an interest-bearing promissory note in the amount of $1.6 million. The promissory note bears interest at 7% per annum and matures in April 2003. Interest only is due on the note for the first eighteen months. Quarterly principal and interest payments commence on January 1, 1999. The sale resulted in an after-tax charge of $1 million, or $.04 per share in addition to the estimated net loss on the disposal recorded in fiscal 1996. The charge is reflected as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. On December 31, 1996 the Company sold to NutraMax Products, Inc. ("NutraMax") all of the 4,037,258 shares of NutraMax common stock owned by the Company at a price of $9.00 per share. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company received from NutraMax $19.9 million in cash and an interest-bearing promissory note (the "note") in the amount of $16.4 million. The note is payable when NutraMax F-8 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE B--DISPOSITIONS (CONTINUED) shares owned by the Company, which currently are held in escrow in support of the Company's 7.50% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures ("7.50% debentures"), are released from that escrow. The NutraMax shares are to be released from escrow upon the purchase or redemption of the 7.50% debentures. In the event the 7.50% debentures are exchanged into shares of NutraMax, the note receivable will be reduced on a pro rata basis. The note does not bear a market rate of interest for its full term. Accordingly, the Company discounted the note to $13.6 million and recognized an after-tax gain of $4.8 million. From January through September 1997, the Company repurchased $17.8 million of the 7.50% debentures in the open market and a private transaction (See Note H) which resulted in the release of 1,161,961 shares of NutraMax common stock from escrow. The shares were delivered to NutraMax resulting in cash payments on the Note aggregating $10.5 million and the realization of a $1.8 million pre-tax gain as a result of the recognition of a portion of the discount on the note. The gain is reflected in Other Expense-net on the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. At September 30, 1997, the balance of the note receivable was $4.8 million, net of a discount of $1.1 million. The cash proceeds from these transactions were used to reduce debt. In November 1996, the Company sold substantially all of the assets of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. ("Mobile X-Ray") to Symphony Diagnostics, Inc., a subsidiary of Integrated Health Services, Inc. ("IHS") for $5.3 million in cash and shares of IHS common stock with a value of $5.2 million at the closing with the possibility of the Company receiving additional cash consideration based upon the occurrence of certain future events. In July 1997, the Company sold the IHS shares at an amount which approximated its carrying value. Also, in fiscal 1997 the Company received approximately $1.1 million in additional cash consideration. On October 11, 1996, PCI Services, Inc. ("PCI"), was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc. ("Cardinal"). In that transaction, the Company received 1,449,000 shares (adjusted for stock split) of Cardinal stock in exchange for its 46% ownership interest in PCI. The Company recognized an after-tax gain of $32.6 million on this transaction as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company sold its Cardinal shares in January 1997 for $88.4 million and used the proceeds to reduce debt. In September 1996, the Company sold its common stock investment in HealthQuest to management for approximately $75,000 which approximated its carrying value. In August 1995, the Company sold the assets of MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc., to NMC Diagnostic Services Inc., a division of W.R. Grace & Co., for approximately $17.0 million in cash, and the assumption of $9.7 million of debt. In June 1995, the Company sold Medifac, Inc. and related assets to the management of Medifac for approximately $11.0 million, consisting of $6.0 million in cash and $5.0 million in notes, and the assumption of $26.9 million of non-recourse debt. Revenues from discontinued operations (excluding equity investees) were $6.6 million, $36.8 million and $78.4 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995 respectively. F-9 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE C--RESTRUCTURING CHARGE In the first quarter of fiscal 1996, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $2.2 million for employee severance costs incurred in connection with a plan approved by the Board of Directors to downsize corporate functions and consolidate certain activities with the operations of MEDIQ/PRN. The plan resulted in the termination of 29 employees in fiscal 1996. The Company paid approximately $1.5 million of severance benefits through September 30, 1997 with the balance of the restructuring obligation due over the next two fiscal years. NOTE D--UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. In February 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Universal Hospital Services, Inc. ("UHS") to acquire the outstanding shares of UHS for $17.50 per share. Including the assumption of debt, the total purchase price would have been $138.0 million. In April 1997, the shareholders of UHS approved the acquisition subject to Federal regulatory approval pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. In July 1997, the Company and UHS were informed by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") that it had authorized its staff to take legal action to block the proposed transaction, and subsequently the FTC filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the transaction. In September 1997, facing the likelihood of a protracted administrative proceeding before the FTC, the uncertainty of the outcome and the costs associated with continuing to defend against the efforts of the FTC to prevent the merger, the Company and UHS mutually terminated the proposed acquisition. The Company wrote-off $4.0 million ($2.4 million net of taxes, or $.09 per share) of deferred acquisition and financing costs related to the proposed acquisition which is included in Other Expense-net in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. NOTE E--ACQUISITION On September 18, 1997, the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, MEDIQ/PRN, acquired the remaining 50% interest in its SpectraCair Joint Venture ("SpectraCair") from a subsidiary of Huntleigh Healthcare ("Huntleigh") for $1.9 million in cash and the assumption of Huntleigh's portion of the outstanding debt of SpectraCair. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair market values at the date of the acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill and is being amortized over twenty years. F-10 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE F--PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Rental equipment...................................................... $ 229,095 $ 211,948 Equipment and fixtures................................................ 12,787 11,460 Building and improvements............................................. 7,589 7,486 Land.................................................................. 149 149 ---------- ---------- 249,620 231,043 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization........................ (136,031) (108,337) ---------- ---------- $ 113,589 $ 122,706 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment was $26.5 million, $26.3 million and $26.1 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. NOTE G--ACCRUED EXPENSES
SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------- 1997 1996 --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Interest................................................................ $ 2,135 $ 5,360 Payroll and related taxes............................................... 3,588 3,756 Severance............................................................... 2,431 2,971 Government investigations............................................... 4,200 6,000 Insurance............................................................... 1,960 1,632 Pension................................................................. 1,961 2,188 Other................................................................... 6,457 5,822 --------- --------- $ 22,732 $ 27,729 --------- --------- --------- ---------
F-11 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE H--LONG TERM DEBT Senior debt consisted of the following:
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Term loans............................................................ $ 128,933 $ 27,448 Revolving credit facilities........................................... 3,500 -- Capital lease obligations payable in varying installments through 1999 at fixed rates from 9.1% to 13.6%................................... 3,346 6,204 Senior secured notes due 1999......................................... -- 100,000 Lines of credit....................................................... -- 26,030 7.25% convertible subordinated debentures due 2006.................... -- 22,500 10% subordinated notes due 2004....................................... -- 8,799 10% subordinated notes due 1999....................................... -- 10,000 ---------- ---------- 135,779 200,981 Less current portion.................................................. 7,648 8,520 ---------- ---------- $ 128,131 $ 192,461 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Subordinated debt consisted of the following:
SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------- 1997 1996 --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Corporate debt: 7.50% exchangeable subordinated debentures due 2003................... $ 10,055 $ 34,500 7.25% convertible subordinated debentures due 2006.................... -- 6,729 --------- --------- $ 10,055 $ 41,229 --------- --------- --------- ---------
On October 1, 1996, the Company, together with MEDIQ/PRN entered into a $260 million Credit Agreement with a group of lenders led by Banque Nationale de Paris as Administrative Agent and NationsBank, N.A. as the Documentation Agent. (the "Existing Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides for four separate loans, a Term A loan ($35 million), a Term B loan ($100 million), an Acquisition Revolver ($100 million) and a Working Capital Revolver ($25 million). The amounts available under the Credit Agreement allowed the Company to refinance substantially all of its existing senior debt, its outstanding lines of credit, all of MEDIQ/PRN's subordinated debt, and MEDIQ/PRN's $100 million 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999. Accordingly, the Company reflected the outstanding balances of its lines of credit, certain subordinated debt and Senior Secured Notes as long-term senior debt on its Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 1996. In January 1997, the Credit Agreement was amended to increase certain components of the facility by $50 million, subject to approval of the proposed acquisition of UHS pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and by UHS' stockholders. This amendment was terminated in conjunction with the termination of the proposed acquisition of UHS in September 1997. In November 1997, the Acquisition Revolver was reduced to $25 million. F-12 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE H--LONG TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at either the prime rate plus a factor or at a Eurodollar rate plus a factor. The factor may change quarterly based upon the Company's leverage ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The Company's interest rate on the Term A loan, the Acquisition Revolver and the Working Capital Revolver is prime (8.50% at September 30, 1997) plus .5% or Eurodollar (6.0625% at September 30, 1997) plus 2.0% and the interest rate on the Term B loan is prime plus 1.25% or Eurodollar plus 2.75%. During fiscal 1997, the weighted average interest rates were as follows: (i) Term A loan--8.45%, (ii) Acquisition Revolver--8.56%, (iii) Working Capital Revolver-- 9.15%, and (iv) Term B loan--9.00%. The loans are collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company. The proceeds from the sales of PCI, NutraMax, Mobile X-Ray and Health Examinetics were utilized to repay outstanding advances under the Acquisition Revolver upon receipt. The Term A loan is payable in quarterly installments of $1.2 million from December 31, 1996 through September 30, 2001 and in quarterly installments of $2.7 million from December 31, 2001 through September 30, 2002. The Term B loan is payable in quarterly installments of $250,000 from December 31, 1996 through September 30, 2002, quarterly installments of $8.5 million in fiscal 2003 and quarterly installments of $15 million in fiscal 2004. The Company can borrow and repay under the Acquisition Revolver until March 31, 1998 in accordance with the Credit Agreement. On March 31, 1998, the Acquisition Revolver converts to a term loan which will be repaid in quarterly installments beginning on June 30, 1998. The first two installments will be at 5.0% of the converted balance and all remaining quarterly payments will be at 5.625% of the converted balance. The Working Capital Revolver terminates on September 30, 2002 at which time all outstanding balances are due. The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios and imposes certain other financial limitations. The terms of the Company's Credit Agreement precluded the payment of cash dividends until October 1, 1997. The Company does not intend to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result of the refinancing, the Company recognized an extraordinary charge of $13.0 million ($7.7 million net of taxes) resulting from the write-off of deferred charges and premiums incurred related principally to the tender offer to purchase the $100 million 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999, and a non-recurring charge of $11.0 million for the repurchase of a warrant to purchase 10% of the capital stock of MEDIQ/PRN issued in connection with financing the Kinetic Concepts, Inc. acquisition. The non-recurring charge is reflected as equity participation, a component of Other Expense-net, in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. The 7.50% debentures are exchangeable into shares of NutraMax common stock owned by the Company, at an equivalent of $15.30 per share, and are redeemable in whole or in part at the option of the Company. The NutraMax shares are also held in escrow under the terms of an agreement of sale, as discussed in Note B. Interest is payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. In fiscal 1997, the Company repurchased $24.4 million of the 7.50% debentures in the open market at a discount. The Company recognized an extraordinary loss in connection with the repurchase of the 7.50% debentures and write-offs of related deferred charges in the aggregate amount of $26,000 net of taxes. During fiscal 1997, the Company repurchased or redeemed $23 million of the 7.25% Subordinated Convertible Debentures due 2006 ("7.25% debentures"). The Company recognized an extraordinary loss in connection with the repurchase of the 7.25% debentures and write-offs of related deferred charges in F-13 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE H--LONG TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) the aggregate amount of $.3 million. The remaining balance of $6.2 million of the 7.25% debentures was converted into 833,446 shares of the Company's common stock. Maturities of long-term debt giving effect to the refinancing described above are as follows:
SUBORDINATED (IN YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, SENIOR THOUSANDS) TOTAL - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- ------------- ---------- 1998...................................................................... $ 7,648 $ -- $ 7,648 1999...................................................................... 7,148 -- 7,148 2000...................................................................... 5,914 -- 5,914 2001...................................................................... 5,788 -- 5,788 2002...................................................................... 15,475 -- 15,475 Thereafter................................................................ 93,806 10,055 103,861 ---------- ------------- ---------- $ 135,779 $ 10,055 $ 145,834 ---------- ------------- ---------- ---------- ------------- ----------
F-14 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE I--FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company utilizes interest rate swap contracts ("swap contracts") to manage interest rate exposure. The principal objective of such contracts is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with financial activities. The Company does not utilize swap contracts for trading or other speculative purposes. The counterparties to these contractual agreements are a diverse group of major financial institutions with which the Company also has other financial relationships. The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties. However, the Company does not anticipate nonperformance by the other parties. INTEREST RATE INSTRUMENTS: The Company enters into interest rate swap and interest rate collar contracts to reduce the impact of changes in interest rates on its floating rate debt. The swap contracts exchange floating rate for fixed interest payments periodically over the life of the contracts without the exchange of the underlying notional amounts. The notional amounts of swap contracts are used to measure interest to be paid or received and do not represent the amount of exposure to credit loss. For swap contracts that effectively hedge interest rate exposures, the net cash amounts paid or received on the contract are accrued and recognized as an adjustment to interest expense. As of September 30, 1997, the Company had the following interest rate instruments in effect (notional amounts in thousands; the swap and collar rates are based on 3-month LIBOR):
1997 ------------------------------------- NATIONAL STRIKE AMOUNT RATE PERIOD --------- ----------- ------------- Interest rate swap.......................................... $ 50,000 6.26% 10/97--1/98 Interest rate collar........................................ 50,000 7.43% 10/97--1/98 50,000 5.25% 10/97--1/98
NOTE J--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES LEASES--The Company leases certain equipment, automobiles and office space. The future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases and capital leases are as follows:
CAPITAL OPERATING YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, LEASES LEASES - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ----------- (IN THOUSANDS) 1998..................................................................... $ 2,104 $ 4,249 1999..................................................................... 1,499 2,627 2000..................................................................... 128 1,870 2001..................................................................... -- 831 2002 and thereafter...................................................... -- 342 --------- ----------- Total minimum lease payments............................................. 3,731 $ 9,919 ----------- ----------- Amount representing interest............................................. 385 --------- Present value of minimum lease payments.................................. $ 3,346 --------- ---------
F-15 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE J--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED) Total rent expense under operating leases was $5.6 million, $5.2 million and $5.4 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Certain leases, which are for terms of up to 5 years, contain options to renew for additional periods. At September 30, 1997, rental equipment and machinery and equipment included assets under capitalized lease obligations of $11.5 million, less accumulated amortization of $4.3 million. PURCHASE COMMITMENTS--Pursuant to a Distribution Agreement and several purchase agreements with vendors, MEDIQ/PRN has agreed to purchase approximately $31.0 million of certain products in the next two fiscal years. The Company purchased $1.2 million, $5.9 million and $2.4 million under purchase commitment agreements in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS--The Company maintains employment agreements with two of its Executive Officers and certain officers and employees of its subsidiaries. Such agreements, which automatically renew each year unless terminated as described in the agreement, provide for minimum salary levels, adjusted annually in accordance with Company policy, as well as for incentive bonuses that are payable if specified management goals are attained. A majority of the employment agreements contain provisions for severance payments unless the individual is terminated for cause or resigns. As of September 30, 1997, the aggregate minimum commitment under these employment agreements, excluding bonuses, was approximately $6,000,000. In addition, the agreements provide for special bonuses to be paid to the Executive Officers, as well as the former Chief Financial Officer, if a Sale Transaction were to occur (as defined in the agreement). The special bonuses are based on the aggregate value of any future transaction, and accordingly cannot be determined at this time. INVESTIGATIONS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS--MEDIQ Imaging, the assets of which were sold by the Company in August 1995, was the subject of a civil investigation by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Department of Health and Human Services. The investigation focused on advice given by certain MEDIQ Imaging employees to physician customers of MEDIQ Imaging relating to the reassignment of certain Medicare claims. The Company and MEDIQ Imaging voluntarily reported the issue to the U.S. Government in January 1995 after learning that the advice given by the employees may have been inconsistent with the regulations relating to reassignment. The Company and MEDIQ Imaging cooperated in the investigation and denied any wrongdoing. In December 1997, desiring to avoid the delay, expense, and uncertainty of protracted litigation, the Company reached a settlement with the U.S. Government for $4.2 million, which was fully reserved as of September 30, 1997. The settlement represents the repayment of alleged excess Medicare reimbursements. In February 1997, the Company was sued in the Superior Court of New Jersey by its former wholly owned subsidiary, MHM Services, Inc. ("MHM"; formerly Mental Health Management, Inc.). The suit challenged the validity of a note receivable the Company and MHM entered into upon the spin-off of MHM to MEDIQ's shareholders in August 1993. In addition, beginning in February 1997, MHM stopped making the required monthly installments on the note, and therefore, the Company gave notice to MHM of its default on the note and declared all sums outstanding under the note to be immediately due and payable. In September 1997, as a result of continued deterioration in MHM's financial condition, the Company recorded a reserve for the remaining balance of the note receivable, which had been partially reserved in 1996, and accrued interest on the note receivable. In October 1997, the Company filed a motion for summary judgment against MHM. In November 1997, the Court granted summary judgment in F-16 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE J--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED) favor of the Company and against MHM on all counts. Specifically, the Court ruled that the note receivable was valid and enforceable. The Court also rejected MHM's request for a stay pending appeal. MHM has filed a Motion for Reconsideration which is currently pending. Mobile X-Ray, the assets of which the Company sold in November 1996, was the subject of an investigation by the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (the "DOL"). The DOL had indicated that it believed that the practice of treating technologists as exempt professionals was incorrect. The Company maintained that the practice of treating x-ray technologists as exempt was correct and proper. In May 1997, the Company reached a settlement with the DOL which required the Company to pay certain Mobile X-Ray employees back wages aggregating $213,000 including legal fees. The back wages were paid in September 1997. On June 12, 1996, the Company, ATS Medical Services, Inc. ("ATS") and Mobile X-Ray were sued in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania by Gerard and Sharon Callie, who are both former employees of ATS. The lawsuit alleges that the Callies were wrongfully terminated and asserts claims pursuant to the whistleblower provisions of the False Claims Act and the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law. The plaintiffs made a demand for damages totaling nearly $800,000. The Company believes it has no liability and intends to vigorously defend this case. Trial has been scheduled for February 1998. In addition, the Company has pending several legal claims incurred in the normal course of business, which in the opinion of management, will not have material effect on the consolidated financial statements. NOTE K--FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Estimated fair value of financial instruments is provided in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments". The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate methodologies. However, considerable judgment is necessarily required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE--The carrying amounts of these items are an estimate of their fair values at September 30, 1997. LONG-TERM DEBT (EXCLUDING CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS)--The fair value of the Company's publicly-traded debt is based on quoted market prices. Interest rates that are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities are used to estimate fair value for debt issues for which quoted market prices are not available. The carrying amount and estimated fair value of long-term debt are $145.8 million and $146.2 million, respectively. F-17 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE K--FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED) INTEREST RATE INSTRUMENTS--The fair values are the estimated amounts that the Company would receive or pay to terminate the agreements at September 30, 1997, taking into account current interest rates and the current creditworthiness of the counterparties. At September 30, 1997, the notional amounts were $100 million, the carrying value was $61,000 and the fair value was $304,000, which represents the cost to settle these instruments. The fair value estimates presented herein are based on information available to management as of September 30, 1997, and have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these financial statements since that date. Current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein. NOTE L--COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK Series A preferred stock is convertible on a one-for-one basis into shares of common stock, votes generally with the common stock as a single class, and in all such votes, has ten votes per share. The preferred stock participates in cash dividends at a rate equal to 60% of the amount paid on the common stock and has a $.50 per share preference in the event of dissolution or liquidation. NOTE M--INCOME TAXES Income tax expense (benefit) relating to continuing operations consisted of the following:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ---------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) Current: Federal............................................. $ (24,397) $ -- $ -- State............................................... 51 272 122 ---------- --------- --------- (24,346) 272 122 ---------- --------- --------- Deferred: Federal............................................. 29,641 (810) (1,432) State............................................... (161) 160 998 ---------- --------- --------- 29,480 (650) (434) ---------- --------- --------- Total income tax expense (benefit)................ $ 5,134 $ (378) $ (312) ---------- --------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------
F-18 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE M--INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED) The differences between the Company's income tax expense (benefit) and the income tax expense (benefit) computed using the U.S. federal income tax rate were as follows:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) Statutory federal tax expense (benefit)............... $ 984 $ (2,229) $ (1,244) State income taxes, net of federal income taxes....... (72) 1,201 739 Goodwill amortization................................. 350 368 344 Equity Participation--PRN warrants.................... 3,756 213 -- Other items--net...................................... 116 69 (151) --------- --------- --------- Income tax expense (benefit).......................... $ 5,134 $ (378) $ (312) --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------- 1997 1996 --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Liabilities: Depreciation.......................................................... $ 28,004 $ 30,105 Intangible assets..................................................... 2,050 13,887 Accrued Expenses...................................................... 4,510 4,720 Prepaid Expenses...................................................... 117 76 Other................................................................. 768 674 --------- --------- Gross deferred tax liabilities...................................... 35,449 49,462 Assets: Net operating and capital loss carry forwards......................... 4,894 29,478 Tax credit carry forwards............................................. 1,997 5,878 Accrued expenses and reserves......................................... 6,972 8,721 Intangible assets..................................................... 364 231 Other................................................................. 4,905 3,504 --------- --------- Gross deferred tax assets........................................... 19,132 47,812 Valuation allowance................................................... (4,894) (3,157) --------- --------- 14,238 44,655 --------- --------- Net deferred tax liability............................................ $ 21,211 $ 4,807 --------- --------- --------- ---------
During fiscal 1997, the Company utilized $49.7 million of net operating loss carry forwards and $25.5 million of capital loss carry forwards. At September 30, 1997, for income tax purposes, the Company had alternative minimum tax credit carry forwards of approximately $1.6 million. State net operating loss carry forwards were $81.6 million, expire through 2010, and are fully reserved in the valuation allowance. The F-19 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE M--INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED) Company also had a carry forward of Investment Tax Credit and Rehabilitation Tax Credit of $219,000 expiring through 2003. NOTE N--RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS In connection with the spin-off of MHM in fiscal 1993, MHM was obligated to the Company pursuant to a promissory note with MHM in the original amount of $11.5 million due in August 1998. The note bears interest at the prime rate plus 1.5% with interest payments only through fiscal 1995. Principal and interest payments commenced October 1, 1996. The Company recorded interest income related to the MHM note of $1.0 million, $1.1 million and $1.2 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. As a result of the continued deterioration in MHM's financial condition, the Company established reserves of $5.5 million and $6.0 million on amounts due from MHM, including accrued interest, in fiscal 1997 and 1996 respectively. In 1997, 1996 and 1995, the Company incurred legal fees of approximately $2.2 million, $657,000, and $700,000 respectively, to a law firm in which the Company's Chairman of the Board of Directors was a partner. In 1997 and 1996, the Company incurred consulting fees of approximately $85,000 and $126,000 respectively to a law firm of which another member of the Board of Directors is a partner. The Company derived revenues of $33,000, $175,000 and $340,000 in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively, pursuant to agreements to provide financial management, legal and risk management services to PCI, NutraMax, MHM and InnoServ. NOTE O--STOCK OPTION PLANS The Company maintains stock option plans (the "Plans") for the benefit of officers and key employees of the Company and its subsidiaries. Options granted vest over periods up to five years and are exercisable for periods up to ten years from the date of grant at a price which equals fair market value at the date of grant. The Company accounts for the Plans in accordance with APB Opinion No. 25, under which no compensation cost has been recognized. Had compensation cost for the Plans been determined consistent with SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," the Company's net income and earnings per share would have been reduced by $556,000 and $.02 per share, respectively, for fiscal 1997 and $129,000 and $.01 per share respectively, for fiscal 1996. Because the SFAS 123 method of accounting has not been applied to options granted prior to October 1, 1995, the resulting pro forma compensation cost may not be representative of that to be expected in future years. F-20 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE O--STOCK OPTION PLANS (CONTINUED) The following summarizes all stock option transactions for the Company under the Plans from October 1, 1994 through September 30, 1997:
FISCAL 1997 FISCAL 1996 FISCAL 1995 ------------------------ ------------------------ ------------------------ WEIGHTED WEIGHTED WEIGHTED AVERAGE AVERAGE AVERAGE EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE OPTIONS PRICE OPTIONS PRICE OPTIONS PRICE ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- (000'S) (000'S) (000'S) Outstanding, beginning of year........... 1,686 $ 3.89 1,111 $ 3.10 1,442 $ 3.13 Granted.................................. 553 8.06 1,153 4.49 21 4.11 Exercised................................ (37) 3.98 (575) 2.87 (60) 3.06 Canceled................................. (160) 7.04 (3) 4.22 (292) 3.39 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Outstanding, end of year................. 2,042 $ 4.97 1,686 $ 3.89 1,111 $ 3.10 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Exercisable, end of year................. 893 $ 4.13 617 $ 3.43 1,111 $ 3.10 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
The weighted average fair value of options granted during fiscal 1997 and 1996 was $2.1 million and $2.3 million respectively. The fair value of the options granted were estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model with the following assumptions for grants in both fiscal 1997 and 1996: risk-free interest rates ranging from 5.48% to 6.43%, expected life of 7 years, expected volatility of 36% and dividend yield of 0%. Information relative to stock options outstanding as of September 30, 1997:
OPTIONS OUTSTANDING -------------------------------------- OPTIONS EXERCISABLE WEIGHTED ------------------------------ AVERAGE WEIGHTED WEIGHTED REMAINING AVERAGE AVERAGE RANGE OF CONTRACTUAL EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE PRICES OPTIONS LIFE IN YEARS PRICE OPTIONS PRICE - --------------------------- ----------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------- ----------------- (000'S) (000'S) $2.73--$3.49............... 395 1.36 $ 3.06 395 $ 3.06 $4.00--$5.3125............. 1,208 7.64 4.47 410 4.33 $8.06--$8.13............... 439 9.75 8.06 88 8.06 ----- --- ----- --- ----- 2,042 6.60 $ 4.97 893 $ 4.13 ----- --- ----- --- ----- ----- --- ----- --- -----
As of September 30, 1997, approximately 461,000 additional shares were available to be issued pursuant to the Plans. NOTE P--PENSION PLAN The Company maintains a noncontributory pension plan which provides retirement benefits to substantially all employees. Employees generally are eligible to participate in the plan after one year of service and become fully vested after five years of service. The plan provides defined benefits based on years of credited service and compensation. The Company makes contributions that are sufficient to fully F-21 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE P--PENSION PLAN (CONTINUED) fund its actuarially determined cost, generally equal to the minimum amounts required by ERISA. Assets of the plan consist primarily of stocks, bonds and annuities. Net periodic pension expense is comprised of the following:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Service cost--benefits earned during the period............... $ 451 $ 609 $ 785 Interest cost on projected benefit obligation................. 1,158 1,066 929 Actual return on plan assets.................................. (3,029) (1,463) (1,642) Net amortization and deferrals................................ 1,952 544 851 --------- --------- --------- Net periodic pension expense.................................. $ 532 $ 756 $ 923 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
The following table presents the funded status of the Company's pension plan and the amounts reflected in the Consolidated Balance Sheets:
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Actuarial present value of benefit obligations: Vested benefits..................................................... $ (15,116) $ (13,141) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Accumulated benefit obligation...................................... $ (15,857) $ (13,713) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Projected benefit obligation.......................................... $ (16,680) $ (14,539) Plan assets at fair value............................................. 16,528 13,663 ---------- ---------- Projected benefit obligation in excess of plan assets................. (152) (876) Unrecognized net gain................................................. (2,047) (1,673) Balance of unrecorded transition obligation........................... 238 361 ---------- ---------- Accrued pension liability............................................. $ (1,961) $ (2,188) ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
The actuarial assumptions used in determining net periodic pension costs were:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- Discount rate.................................................... 7.5% 8% 8% Expected long-term return on plan assets......................... 8% 8% 8% Weighted average rate of increase in compensation levels......... 5% 5% 4.5%
F-22 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE Q--SELECTED QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) Selected quarterly financial data (in thousands except per share data) for 1997 and 1996 is as follows:
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH 1997 QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER - ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- Revenues (A)..................................................... $ 35,483 $ 42,566 $ 39,625 $ 38,286 Operating income (A)............................................. 6,538 10,189 7,781 4,996 Income (loss) from continuing operations......................... (7,491) 6,357 2,561 (3,668)(C) Income (loss) from discontinued operations....................... 37,241(B) (66) (1,092) (1,142) Extraordinary item............................................... (6,464) (462) (76) (1,035) Net income (loss)................................................ 23,286 5,829 1,393 (5,845) Earnings per share: Income (loss) from continuing operations......................... (.30) .25 .10 (.14) Income (loss) from discontinued operations....................... 1.47 -- (.04) (.04) Extraordinary item............................................... (.25) (.02) -- (.04) Net income (loss)................................................ .92 .23 .06 (.22)
FIRST SECOND THIRD FOURTH 1996 QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER QUARTER - ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------- --------- --------- ---------- Revenues (A)..................................................... $ 32,093 $ 36,999 $ 34,386 $ 32,588 Operating income (A)............................................. 2,912(D) 10,161 6,899 5,474 Income (loss) from continuing operations......................... (2,370) 1,273 293 (5,374) (C) Income (loss) from discontinued operations....................... 1,002 1,542 (1,514) (11,699) (E) Extraordinary item............................................... 1,001 -- 153 (11) Net income (loss)................................................ (367) 2,815 (1,068) (17,084) Earnings per share: Income (loss) from continuing operations......................... (.09) .05 .01 (.22) Income (loss) from discontinued operations....................... .04 .06 (.06) (.47) Extraordinary item............................................... .04 -- .01 -- Net income (loss)................................................ (.01) .11 (.04) (.69)
- ------------------------ (A) Reflects seasonal nature of MEDIQ/PRN's business. (B) Reflects gain on sales of PCI and NutraMax, net of taxes. (C) Includes MHM reserves of $3.6 million in 1997 and $3.9 million in 1996, respectively, and the write-off of UHS deferred acquisition costs of $2.4 million, net of tax benefits. (D) Includes non-recurring expenses of $2.2 million related to the restructuring charge. (E) Reflects adjustment of the Company's reserve for the disposal of discontinued operations. F-23 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1995, 1996, 1997 NOTE R--BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA The Company operates primarily in one business segment. The Company, through MEDIQ/PRN, rents movable medical equipment on a short-term basis nationwide and distributes a variety of disposable products, accessories and repair parts used with the types of equipment it rents. This segment represents more than 90% of the consolidated revenues, operating profit and assets exclusive of corporate assets. NOTE S--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS The Financial Accounting Board has issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," ("SFAS 123"), which was adopted by the Company in fiscal year 1997 as required by the statement. The Company has elected to continue to measure such compensation expense using the method prescribed by Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," as permitted by SFAS 123. (See Note O) The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 128, "Earnings Per Share," which will result in changes to the computation and presentation of earnings per share. The Company will be required to adopt this standard during its quarter ended December 31, 1997 with earlier adoption not permitted. At this time, the Company has determined that the adoption of this standard will not have a material impact on the Company's earnings per share. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which will result in disclosure of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," which establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas, and major customers. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. F-24 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA) (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS ENDED NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, JUNE 30, ---------------------- ---------------------- 1998 1997 1998 1997 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Revenue: Rental....................................................................... $ 33,706 $ 31,148 $ 103,700 $ 94,341 Sales........................................................................ 6,692 5,327 20,671 14,785 Other........................................................................ 2,543 3,150 7,549 8,548 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 42,941 39,625 131,920 117,674 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales................................................................ 5,455 4,261 16,725 12,020 Operating.................................................................... 14,415 11,263 42,864 33,491 Selling...................................................................... 3,912 3,152 11,469 9,722 General and administrative................................................... 5,186 5,803 14,534 15,837 Non-recurring merger costs................................................... 34,204 -- 34,567 -- Depreciation and amortization................................................ 15,064 7,365 31,650 22,096 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- 78,236 31,844 151,809 93,166 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating Income (Loss)........................................................ (35,295) 7,781 (19,889) 24,508 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense............................................................. (7,098) (3,283) (14,333) (15,205) Equity participation--repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants....................... -- -- -- (11,047) Gain on sale and market appreciation of Cardinal Health stock................ -- -- -- 9,213 Gain on NutraMax note receivable............................................. -- 565 -- 1,760 Other--net................................................................... 235 (302) 714 842 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes and Extraordinary Item........................................................................... (42,158) 4,761 (33,508) 10,071 Income Tax Expense (Benefit)................................................... (15,632) (2,200) (11,744) 8,644 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Income (Loss) before Discontinued Operations and Extraordinary Item............ (26,526) 2,561 (21,764) 1,427 Discontinued Operations (net of taxes)......................................... -- (1,092) -- 36,083 Extraordinary Item--Early Retirement of Debt (net of taxes).................... (4,098) (76) (4,098) (7,002) ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net Income (Loss).............................................................. (30,624) 1,393 25,862 30,508 Dividends on Preferred Stock................................................... (1,600) -- (1,600) -- Net Income (Loss) Available for Common Shareholders............................ $ (32,224) $ 1,393 $ (27,462) $ 30,508 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-25 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (IN THOUSANDS)
JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 1997 ------------ ---------------- (Unaudited) (See Note) ASSETS Current Assets: Cash............................................................................ $ 9,203 $ 3,639 Accounts receivable--net........................................................ 52,315 39,686 Inventories..................................................................... 18,316 13,047 Deferred income taxes........................................................... 3,202 6,967 Income taxes receivable......................................................... -- 4,917 Other current assets............................................................ 1,077 1,495 ------------ -------- Total Current Assets.......................................................... 84,113 69,751 Property, plant and equipment--net................................................ 112,706 113,589 Goodwill--net..................................................................... 89,570 57,056 Deferred financing fees........................................................... 20,095 7,344 Other Assets...................................................................... 12,250 9,812 ------------ -------- Total assets...................................................................... $ 318,734 $ 257,552 ------------ -------- ------------ -------- LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) Current Liabilities: Accounts payable................................................................ $ 16,260 $ 8,793 Accrued expenses................................................................ 19,395 23,578 Current portion of long-term debt............................................... 1,611 7,648 ------------ -------- Total Current Liabilities..................................................... 37,266 40,019 Senior debt....................................................................... 275,419 128,131 Subordinated debt................................................................. 200,055 10,055 Deferred income taxes and other liabilities....................................... 11,913 30,744 Mandatorily redeemable preferred stock: Series A preferred stock........................................................ 79,127 -- Series C preferred stock........................................................ 30,355 -- Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)................................................. (315,401) 48,603 ------------ -------- Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity (Deficiency)........................... $ 318,734 $ 257,552 ------------ -------- ------------ --------
Note: The balance sheet at September 30, 1997 has been condensed from the audited financial statements at that date. See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-26 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, ------------------------ 1998 1997 ----------- ----------- Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net income (loss)....................................................................... $ (25,862) $ 30,508 Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities: Income from discontinued operations................................................... -- (36,083) Gain on sale of Cardinal shares....................................................... -- (9,213) Equity participation--repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants................................ -- 11,047 Other--net............................................................................ 23,943 1,046 ----------- ----------- Net cash used in operating activities................................................... (1,919) (2,695) Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Acquisitions.......................................................................... (11,032) -- Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations......................................... -- 124,995 Purchase of equipment................................................................. (17,909) (11,589) Collections on note receivable........................................................ 2,250 -- Repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrant....................................................... -- (12,500) Other................................................................................. 654 (2,448) ----------- ----------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities................................... (26,037) 98,458 Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Repurchase of common and preferred stock.............................................. (377,416) -- Issuance of subordinated notes........................................................ 190,000 -- Borrowings............................................................................ 151,499 214,000 Debt repayments....................................................................... (133,872) (302,228) Issuance of Series A preferred stock.................................................. 78,235 -- Issuance of units..................................................................... 75,000 -- Issuance of Series B preferred stock.................................................. 30,000 -- Issuance of Series C preferred stock.................................................. 30,000 -- Issuance of common stock.............................................................. 10,000 -- Deferred financing fees............................................................... (20,056) (8,874) Exercise of stock options............................................................. 130 272 ----------- ----------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities................................... 33,520 (96,830) ----------- ----------- Increase (decrease) in cash............................................................. 5,564 (1,067) Cash: Beginning balance..................................................................... 3,639 3,219 ----------- ----------- Ending balance........................................................................ $ 9,203 $ 2,152 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Interest paid......................................................................... $ 11,005 $ 16,760 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Income taxes paid (refunded).......................................................... $ (2,788) $ 5,056 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: Acquisition of CH Medical, Inc. with term loans....................................... $ (48,501) -- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Conversion of 7.25% subordinated debentures into common stock......................... $ -- $ 6,251 ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-27 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) NOTE A--CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 1998 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 have been prepared by the Company, without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at June 30, 1998 and for all periods presented have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's September 30, 1997 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The results of operations for the period ended June 30, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. RECLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS--Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior year balances to the current year presentation. NOTE B--INVENTORIES Inventories, which consist primarily of disposable products and repair parts for rental equipment, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. NOTE C--THE MERGER On May 29, 1998, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 14, 1998 and amended April 27, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement") between MEDIQ Incorporated (the "Company") and MQ Acquisition Corporation ("MQ"), MQ was merged into the Company (the "Merger") with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving Corporation"). MQ was a Delaware corporation organized by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. ("BRS") and certain other investors solely to effect the Merger. In the Merger, holders of the Company's outstanding common stock, par value $1.00 per share, and preferred stock, par value $.50 per share, immediately prior to the Merger received, in exchange for each outstanding share of common stock or preferred stock (except for shares held directly or indirectly by the Company or MQ, the Rolled Shares (as defined below) and dissenting shares), $13.75 in cash and 0.075 of a share of a newly created Series A 13% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), of the Surviving Corporation. The Series A Preferred Stock has a liquidation preference of $10.00 per share. The aggregate consideration paid in connection with the Merger was approximately $390.7 million, which amount includes $20.0 million of Series A Preferred Stock. In addition, in connection with the Merger (i) certain controlling stockholders of the Company (the "Rotko Entities") converted a portion of their preferred equity (the "Rolled Shares") in the Company into 1,340,219 shares of Series B 13.25% Cumulative Compounding Perpetual Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Series B Preferred Stock") and 109,781 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Common Stock"), of the Surviving Corporation, (ii) Thomas E. Carroll, Jay M. Kaplan and certain other persons selected by the Company and BRS (the "Management Stockholders") invested approximately $4.2 million in common and preferred equity of the Company, and (iii) BRS, certain entities and individuals affiliated with BRS (together with BRS, the "BRS Entities") and certain funds affiliated with Ferrer Freeman Thompson & F-28 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE C--THE MERGER (CONTINUED) Co. LLC and Galen Partners III, L.P. (the "Co-Investors") purchased $109.5 million of common and preferred equity of MQ (the "Equity Contribution"). The transaction has been accounted for as a recapitalization. In connection with the Merger, (i) the Company contributed certain of its assets and liabilities (including the capital stock of all of the subsidiaries of the Company other than MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. ("MEDIQ/PRN") to MEDIQ/PRN (the "Reorganization"), (ii) MEDIQ/PRN entered into a new Senior Secured Credit Facility (the "New Credit Facility") with a syndicate of banks ("Senior Lenders"), (iii) all indebtedness of the Company except approximately $10.1 million of the Company's 7.5% exchangeable subordinated debentures due 2003 (the "Exchangeable Debentures") and $2.0 million of MEDIQ/PRN's capital leases were repaid (the "Refinancing"), (iv) the Company sold 140,885 units ("Units"), consisting of one 13% Senior Discount Debenture due 2009 with a principal amount at maturity of $1,000 ("Debentures") and one warrant to purchase .6474 of a share of Common Stock ("Warrants"), for gross proceeds aggregating $75.0 million in a Rule 144A private offering, and (v) MEDIQ/PRN sold $190.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") in the same Rule 144A private offering. The authorized capital stock of the Surviving Corporation consists of (i) Common Stock, (ii) Series A Preferred Stock, (iii) Series B Preferred Stock, and (iv) Series C 13.5% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share ("Series C Preferred Stock"). The BRS Entities and Co-Investors hold 829,219 shares of the Common Stock, 5,624,565 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, 1,602,363 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and 2,896,218 shares of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Management Stockholders hold 61,000 shares of the Common Stock, 201,551 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock, 57,417 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock and 103,781 shares of the Series C Preferred Stock; the Rotko Entities hold 109,781 shares of the Common Stock, 632,360 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock and 1,340,219 shares of the Series B Preferred Stock; and the stockholders of the Company prior to the Merger (other than the Rotko Entities) hold 1,365,030 shares of the Series A Preferred Stock. On January 15, 1998, a complaint, purporting to be a class action, was filed in Delaware Chancery Court, naming the Company and each of its directors as defendants and seeking to enjoin consummation of the Merger, or, in the alternative, to recover compensatory damages. Plaintiff alleges generally that the directors have breached fiduciary duties to stockholders. The Company believes that the allegations in the complaint are completely without merit and intends to vigorously defend this case. Based on the information currently available, the Company believes that resolution of the claim will not have a material adverse effect on the operations or financial condition of the Company. NOTE D--LONG-TERM DEBT In order to finance a portion of the cash consideration paid pursuant to the Merger, the Company entered into a $325.0 million New Credit Facility that replaced its former credit facility. The New Credit Facility consists of three facilities: (i) an eight-year senior secured $200.0 million term loan facility (the "Term Loan Facility"); (ii) a six-year revolving credit facility not to exceed $50.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility") and (iii) a six-year senior secured acquisition facility not to exceed $75.0 million (the "Acquisition Facility"). Loans made under the Term Loan Facility are referred to as "Term F-29 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE D--LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) Loans," advances made under the Revolving Credit Facility are referred to as "Revolving Loans" and loans made under the Acquisition Facility are referred to as "Acquisition Loans." Borrowings under the New Credit Facility bear interest at a floating rate based upon, at MEDIQ/ PRN's option, (i) the higher of the prime rate of Banque Nationale de Paris, or the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 1.5%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and the Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 1.0%, or (ii) the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 2.75%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 2.25%. In addition, MEDIQ/PRN is required to pay commitment fees to the Senior Lenders of 0.5% per year of the undrawn portion of the commitments in respect of the facilities (subject to adjustment as set forth below). The New Credit Facility contains provisions under which commitment fees and margins on interest rates under the facilities will be adjusted in increments based on certain performance goals. The Term Loans amortize on a quarterly basis commencing September 30, 1999. Principal amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility are due and payable in full at maturity. Principal amounts outstanding under the Acquisition Facility on November 30, 1999 will amortize on a quarterly basis. The Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Acquisition Loans are subject to mandatory prepayments and reductions in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or issuances of debt and equity by MEDIQ/PRN or any Facility Guarantor (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Such loans are required to be prepaid with 75% of the Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of MEDIQ/PRN or, if the Company's ratio of funded debt to pro forma EBITDA for the preceding 12-month period is less than 5.0 to 1.0, 50% of such Excess Cash Flow. At June 30, 1998, pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility and/or the Indentures for the Subordinated Notes and the Discount Debentures ("Indentures"), the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Facility was limited to $25.9 million and $50.0 million, respectively. In July 1998, the Company terminated its existing interest rate hedging contracts at a cost of approximately $600,000 which will be reflected as interest expense in the Company's fourth quarter. In addition, the Company entered into new interest rate hedging contracts. On a notional amount of $100.0 million, the Company fixed its LIBOR rate at 5.35% until July 2003 as long as the three month LIBOR rate does not exceed 6.25%. The Company must pay the actual LIBOR rate when LIBOR exceeds 6.25%. In order to mitigate its interest rate exposure for LIBOR rates above 6.25%, the Company obtained zero-cost collars with notional amounts aggregating $100.0 million with ceiling rates of 7.00% and a weighted-average floor rate of 5.03%. The New Credit Facility contains representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and other provisions customary for credit facilities of this type. MEDIQ/PRN paid the Senior Lenders certain syndication and administration fees, reimbursed certain expenses and provided certain indemnities, in each case which are customary for credit facilities of this type. The Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $190.0 million, are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of MEDIQ/PRN and mature on June 1, 2008. The Notes bear interest at the rate of 11% per year, payable semiannually to holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 F-30 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE D--LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) immediately preceding the interest payment date on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1998. Each Unit consists of a Debenture with a principal amount at maturity of $1,000 and one Warrant. Each Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase .6474 shares of Common Stock from the Company, as the Surviving Corporation of the Merger, at an exercise price of $0.01 per share, subject to adjustment. The Warrants will initially entitle the holders thereof to acquire, in the aggregate, 91,209 shares of Common Stock. The Warrants have been valued at $743,000 and are reflected as a component of Stockholders' Equity at June 30, 1998. The Debentures and the Warrants will not trade separately until the commencement of an exchange offer or the effectiveness of a shelf registration statement for the Debentures or such earlier date after July 28, 1998, as the Initial Purchasers (as defined in the Indentures) may determine (the "Separation Date"). The Debentures are unsecured senior obligations of the Company, limited to $140.9 million aggregate principal amount at maturity, and will mature on June 1, 2009. No cash interest will accrue on the Debentures prior to June 1, 2003. Cash interest will accrue on the Debentures at the rate of 13% per year from June 1, 2003, or from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for, payable on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 2003 to holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date. The interest rates on the Notes and Debentures are subject to increase in certain circumstances if the Company does not file a registration statement providing for a registered exchange offer for the Notes and the Debentures or if the registration statement is not declared effective on a timely basis or if certain other conditions are not satisfied. The Company filed such registration statement providing for a registered exchange offer on July 13, 1998. Such registration statement has not yet been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Warrants may be exercised at any time after the first anniversary of the Issue Date (as defined in the Indentures); provided, however, that holders of Warrants will be able to exercise their Warrants only if a shelf registration statement relating to the Common Stock underlying the Warrants is effective or the exercise of such Warrants is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, and such securities are qualified for sale or exempt from qualification under the applicable securities laws of the states or other jurisdictions in which such holders reside. Unless earlier exercised, the Warrants will expire on June 1, 2009. The Warrants will not trade separately from the Debentures until the Separation Date. On June 5, 1998, pursuant to the change of control provisions of the indenture for the Company's Exchangeable Debentures, the Company made a tender offer to repurchase the remaining outstanding balance of approximately $10.1 million. On July 3, 1998, the Company redeemed $9.5 million of the Exchangeable Debentures pursuant to its tender offer and received 623,595 shares of NutraMax common stock from escrow. Pursuant to the terms of the Company's stock purchase agreement with NutraMax, the Company returned the shares to NutraMax and received a $5.6 million cash payment on its note receivable from NutraMax. F-31 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE E--ACQUISITIONS On May 29, 1998, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary MEDIQ/PRN, purchased specified assets and rights of CH Industries, Inc., certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of CH Industries, Inc., including CH Medical, Inc. and subsidiaries ("CH Medical"), and certain other parties (the "CH Medical Business") for a purchase price of approximately $48.5 million in cash, including related costs and expenses, and the assumption of certain specified obligations related to the CH Medical Business (the "CH Medical Acquisition"). The Company financed the purchase price and related costs and expenses for the CH Medical Acquisition with the proceeds from Term Loans under the New Credit Facility (see Note D). CH Medical is a national sales, rental and service corporation specializing in patient beds, overlays, mattress replacement systems, pressure relieving pads and surfaces and other therapeutic support services. The acquisition has been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair values on May 29, 1998. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired, $28.5 million, has been recorded as goodwill and is being amortized on a straight line basis over twenty years. The final allocation of the purchase price is contingent upon studies and valuations which have not yet been completed. The Company is unable to predict whether any adjustments as a result of the foregoing will have a material effect on the initial allocation of purchase price. On June 26, 1998, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary MEDIQ/PRN, acquired certain assets of National Patient Care Systems, Inc. ("NPC") for $11.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses and contingent consideration of up to $2.8 million payable over the next two years if certain revenue targets are achieved by NPC. NPC is a provider of air support therapy rental equipment including frameless and framed integrated bed systems. The acquisition has been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired based on the estimated fair values on June 26, 1998. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired, $6.8 million, has been recorded as goodwill and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over twenty years. The final allocation of the purchase price is contingent upon studies and valuations which have not yet been completed. The Company is unable to predict whether any adjustments as a result of the foregoing will have a material effect on the initial allocation of purchase price. The operations of CH Medical and NPC are included in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations from their respective effective dates of acquisition. The following pro forma financial information presents the consolidated results of operations of the Company as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods. The unaudited pro forma information is presented for comparative purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the results of operations of the Company had the acquisitions been made at the beginning of each fiscal year.
NINE MONTHS ENDED FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 SEPTEMBER 30, 1997 ------------------ ------------------ Revenues.................................................................. $ 158,012,000 $ 195,552,000 Loss before discontinued operations and extraordinary items............... (26,106,000) (7,817,000) Net income (loss)......................................................... (30,204,000) 19,087,000
F-32 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE F--REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK At June 30, 1998, redeemable preferred stock consists of 15,000,000 authorized shares, of which 10,000,000 shares have been designated as Series A Preferred Stock and 5,000,000 shares have been designated as Series C Preferred Stock as follows: Series A, par value $.01 per share, stated value $10.00 per share, 7,823,504 shares issued and outstanding, with a liquidation value of $78.2 million and accumulated dividends of $.9 million.............................................. $79,127,000 Series C, par value $.01 per share, stated value $10.00 per share, 3,000,000 shares issued and outstanding with a liquidation value of $30.0 million and accumulated dividends of $.4 million.............................................. 30,355,000 ----------- $109,482,000 ----------- -----------
Subject to the legal availability of funds, the Company is required to redeem its Series A Preferred Stock on December 31, 2011 at a redemption price equal to $10.00 per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Series A Preferred Stock at any time at the redemption prices set forth below, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends:
REDEMPTION DATE REDEMPTION PRICE PER SHARE - ------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------- On or before December 31, 1999.................................... $ 11.00 On or after January 1, 2000, but before January 1, 2002........... $ 10.50 On or after January 1, 2002....................................... $ 10.00
Subject to the legal availability of funds, the Company is required to redeem its Series C Preferred Stock on December 31, 2012 at a redemption price equal to $10.00 per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends. The Company, at its option, may redeem the Series C Preferred Stock at any time at an amount equal to $10.00 per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends after distributions are made on the Series A Preferred Stock and the Series B Preferred Stock. Accordingly, these preferred stocks subject to mandatory redemption have been presented separately outside of permanent stockholders' equity in the accompanying financial statements. Except as required by Delaware law, the holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights. The holders of the Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends from the Company on each share of Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock at annual rates equal to $1.30 and $1.35 per share, respectively. All dividends will be cumulative and compounding, whether or not earned or declared, will accrue on a daily basis and will be payable semi-annually in arrears. Dividends with respect to the Series A Preferred Stock can only be paid to the extent funds are legally available therefor under Delaware law. Dividends with respect to the Series C Preferred Stock can only be paid to the extent funds are legally available therefor under Delaware law and all distributions have been made on the Company's Series A and Series B preferred stocks. The New Credit Facility and Indentures restrict the ability of the Company to pay cash dividends. Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock and Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to F-33 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE F--REDEEMABLE PREFERRED STOCK (CONTINUED) be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to $10.00 per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends. NOTE G--COMMON STOCK AND SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK Common Stock--The Company has 30,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, par value $.01 per share, with 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 1998. The holders of the Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted for action by the shareholders. Subject to the rights of any holders of outstanding preferred stock of the Company, all shares of Common Stock are entitled to share in dividends as the Board of Directors may declare from time to time from legally available funds. Series B Preferred Stock--Except as required by Delaware law, the holders of the Series B Preferred Stock do not have any voting rights. The holders of the Series B Preferred Stock are entitled to receive dividends from the Company on each share of Series B Preferred Stock at an annual rate equal to $1.325 per share. All dividends will be cumulative and compounding whether or not earned or declared, will accrue on a daily basis and will be payable semi-annually in arrears. Dividends with respect to the Series B Preferred Stock can only be paid to the extent funds are legally available therefor under Delaware law and all distributions have been made on the Company's Series A Preferred Stock. The New Credit Facility and Indentures restrict the ability of the Company to pay cash dividends. Upon the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, the holders of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding will be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders an amount equal to $10.00 per share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends after distributions are made on the Series A Preferred Stock and before any distribution is made on any Series C Preferred Stock. The Company is not required to redeem the shares of Series B Preferred Stock. The Series B Preferred Stock has $.4 million of dividends accrued as of June 30, 1998. NOTE H--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which will result in disclosure of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," which establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. F-34 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE H--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED) In February 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132 "Employers' Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits." This statement, which improves disclosure about pensions and other postretirement benefits, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, although earlier application is permitted. The Company does not believe the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. In July 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." This statement, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities, is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, although earlier application is permitted. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. NOTE I--SUBSEQUENT EVENTS In July 1998, the Company reached a settlement with its former wholly-owned subsidiary, MHM Services, Inc. ("MHM") which called for MHM to pay the Company $3.0 million in cash in full satisfaction of all amounts due the Company. The Company received the cash in July 1998 and will recognize the settlement in other income in the fourth quarter of fiscal 1998. The total amount due from MHM was fully reserved during fiscal years 1997 and 1996. In July 1998, MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company whose assets were sold in November 1996, was notified that it is the subject of an investigation by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Company has not yet been informed as to the nature or scope of the investigation. In May 1998, InnoServ Technologies, Inc. ("InnoServ") entered into a merger agreement with GE Medical Systems, Inc. ("GEMS") by which GEMS agreed to acquire InnoServ for approximately $16.0 million. No date has been scheduled for closing. Pursuant to the terms of the Company's November 1997 stock purchase agreement with InnoServ, under a change of control the Company is entitled to receive a portion of the sales proceeds. However, the calculation of the amount due to the Company is currently in dispute. Accordingly, the matter is in arbitration pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement. The Company fully reserved its investment in InnoServ in fiscal 1997. The Company will recognize a gain equal to the cash proceeds when they are received. F-35 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT Board of Directors and Stockholders MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. Pennsauken, New Jersey We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. (a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEDIQ Incorporated) and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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, such consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended September 30, 1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. As discussed in Note A to the consolidated financial statements, in May 1998, MEDIQ Incorporated completed a restructuring of the legal organization of certain of its subsidiaries. The Company's consolidated financial statements have been presented giving effect to the reorganization for all periods presented in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania May 21, 1998 F-36 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ---------- ---------- ---------- Revenues: Rental..................................................................... $ 124,316 $ 114,275 $ 117,043 Sales...................................................................... 19,922 11,696 7,036 Other...................................................................... 11,915 10,858 8,087 ---------- ---------- ---------- 156,153 136,829 132,166 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales.............................................................. 16,334 9,534 5,686 Operating.................................................................. 56,609 47,934 47,478 Selling and administrative................................................. 20,931 18,424 17,800 Management fees--MEDIQ..................................................... 3,341 920 920 Depreciation and amortization.............................................. 30,333 30,105 30,051 ---------- ---------- ---------- 127,548 106,917 101,935 ---------- ---------- ---------- Operating Income............................................................. 28,605 29,912 30,231 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense........................................................... (16,912) (20,478) (21,176) Interest income............................................................ 985 49 182 Other--net................................................................. 6,989 589 (336) ---------- ---------- ---------- Income from Continuing Operations before Income Tax Expense and Extraordinary Item....................................................................... 19,667 10,072 8,901 Income Tax Expense........................................................... 7,438 4,201 4,650 ---------- ---------- ---------- Income from Continuing Operations before Discontinued Operations and Extraordinary Item......................................................... 12,229 5,871 4,251 Discontinued Operations: Income from operations (net of income taxes of $3,027,000 in 1996 and $2,437,000 in 1995)...................................................... -- 5,596 3,962 Gain (Loss) on disposal (net of income taxes of $24,548,000 in 1997, ($3,427,000) in 1996 and $366,000 in 1995)............................... 36,432 (6,681) (7,322) ---------- ---------- ---------- 36,432 (1,085) (3,360) ---------- ---------- ---------- Income before Extraordinary Item............................................. 48,661 4,786 891 Extraordinary Loss, Early Retirement of Debt (net of income taxes of ($5,172,000) in 1997 and ($9,000) in 1996)................................. (7,757) (17) -- ---------- ---------- ---------- Net Income................................................................... $ 40,904 $ 4,769 $ 891 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-37 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (IN THOUSANDS)
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- ASSETS Current Assets: Cash............................................................................... $ 3,472 $ 2,811 Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $4,077,000 in 1997 and $2,377,000 in 1996)............................................................................ 39,686 30,168 Inventories........................................................................ 13,047 6,614 Deferred income taxes.............................................................. 2,010 1,975 Other current assets............................................................... 1,183 195 ---------- ---------- Total Current Assets......................................................... 59,398 41,763 Investment in discontinued operations--restricted.................................... -- 52,410 Property, plant and equipment........................................................ 113,589 122,673 Goodwill............................................................................. 57,056 57,700 Other assets......................................................................... 17,249 10,198 ---------- ---------- Total Assets................................................................... $ 247,292 $ 284,744 ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY Current Liabilities: Accounts payable................................................................... $ 8,791 $ 8,676 Accrued expenses................................................................... 20,605 24,227 Other current liabilities.......................................................... 669 458 Current portion of long-term debt.................................................. 16,115 8,520 ---------- ---------- Total Current Liabilities.................................................... 46,180 41,881 Senior debt.......................................................................... 119,664 155,941 Deferred income taxes................................................................ 28,385 37,859 Other liabilities.................................................................... 990 1,443 Commitments and contingencies........................................................ -- -- Stockholder's Equity: Common stock ($10 par value: Authorized 2,000 shares; issued 1,000 shares)......... 10 10 Capital in excess of par value..................................................... 86,457 98,962 Retained earnings.................................................................. 53,924 13,058 Advances to Parent................................................................. (88,318) (64,410) ---------- ---------- Total Stockholder's Equity..................................................... 52,073 47,620 ---------- ---------- Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity..................................... $ 247,292 $ 284,744 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-38 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (IN THOUSANDS)
COMMON STOCK ---------------------- CAPITAL IN SHARES EXCESS OF RETAINED ADVANCES ISSUED AMOUNT PAR VALUE EARNINGS TO PARENT ----------- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- Balance October 1, 1994................................... 1,000 $ 10 $ 164,661 $ 2,837 $ (101,736) Net income................................................ 891 Increase in advances to Parent--net....................... (10,779) ----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- Balance September 30, 1995................................ 1,000 10 164,661 3,728 (112,515) Net income................................................ 4,769 Dividends................................................. (65,699) 4,561 57,575 Increase in advances to Parent--net....................... (9,470) ----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- Balance September 30, 1996................................ 1,000 10 98,962 13,058 (64,410) Net income................................................ 40,904 Dividends................................................. (5) (38) 438 Repurchase of warrants.................................... (12,500) Increase in advances to Parent--net....................... (24,346) ----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- Balance September 30, 1997................................ 1,000 $ 10 $ 86,457 $ 53,924 $ (88,318) ----- --------- ---------- --------- ----------- ----- --------- ---------- --------- -----------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-39 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (IN THOUSANDS)
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Net income......................................................................... $ 40,904 $ 4,769 $ 891 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation and amortization.................................................... 30,333 30,105 30,051 Provision for doubtful accounts.................................................. 3,214 1,237 991 Provision for deferred income taxes (benefit).................................... (790) 1,026 4,528 (Income) loss from discontinued operations....................................... (36,432) 1,085 3,360 Extraordinary item, early extinguishment of debt................................. 2,457 25 -- Gain on sale of Cardinal Stock................................................... (9,213) -- -- Other............................................................................ 1,625 (1,705) 1,842 Increase (decrease), net of effects from acquisitions: Accounts receivable.............................................................. (8,085) (2,452) (11,274) Inventories...................................................................... (6,397) (2,433) 1,758 Accounts payable................................................................. (1,351) 2,444 (150) Accrued expenses................................................................. 4,330 (74) 1,770 Deferred income taxes............................................................ (9,048) (4,046) 4,033 Other current assets and liabilities............................................. (2,613) (64) (1,980) --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by operating activities.......................................... 8,934 29,917 35,820 Cash Flows From Investing Activities Proceeds from sale of assets....................................................... -- 3,977 10,299 Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations...................................... 130,159 -- 17,470 Purchase of equipment.............................................................. (15,458) (18,073) (11,543) Acquisition of SpectraCair......................................................... (1,915) -- -- Other.............................................................................. 1,201 (1,258) 1,924 --------- --------- --------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities................................ 113,987 (15,354) 18,150 Cash Flows From Financing Activities Borrowings......................................................................... 214,000 12,010 960 Debt repayments.................................................................... (247,032) (16,574) (27,079) Repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrants................................................... (12,500) -- -- Deferred financing fees............................................................ (8,874) -- -- Advances to Parent................................................................. (67,854) (9,223) (27,342) --------- --------- --------- Net cash used in financing activities.............................................. (122,260) (13,787) (53,461) --------- --------- --------- Increase in cash................................................................... 661 776 509 Cash: Beginning balance................................................................ 2,811 2,035 1,526 --------- --------- --------- Ending balance................................................................... $ 3,472 $ 2,811 $ 2,035 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Interest paid...................................................................... $ 18,101 $ 18,473 $ 18,364 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: Equipment financed with long-term debt and capital leases.......................... $ -- $ 840 $ 1,808 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
See notes to consolidated financial statements. F-40 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS NOTE A--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES DESCRIPTION OF OPERATIONS-- MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and subsidiaries (the "Company") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEDIQ Incorporated ("MEDIQ"). The Company rents movable critical care, life support and other medical equipment, sells a variety of disposable products, accessories and repair parts primarily used with the types of equipment it rents and provides other services to its customers in the health care industry. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION-- The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and all wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions among consolidated entities have been eliminated. On May 20, 1998, MEDIQ completed a restructuring of the legal organization of certain of its subsidiaries (the "Reorganization"). The Reorganization involved MEDIQ's contribution to the Company of ownership interests in certain of its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Contributed Subsidiaries"), all of which were under MEDIQ's direct or indirect control as of the date of the Reorganization. The Reorganization has been accounted for in a manner similar to a pooling of interests. Accordingly, the Company's consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Contributed Subsidiaries for all periods presented. The contributed subsidiaries include: MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc. and MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services Inc. (substantially all of the assets of these two entities were sold in fiscal years 1995 and 1997, respectively), MEDIQ Management Services, Inc. and MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. (including its equity investments PCI Services, Inc. and NutraMax Products, Inc. ). Certain non-operating entities which have been dissolved into MEDIQ in fiscal years 1996 and 1997 were also treated as having been contributed for all applicable periods presented. INVENTORIES-- Inventories, which consist primarily of disposable products and repair parts for rental equipment, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT-- Rental equipment, machinery and equipment, buildings and improvements, and land are recorded at cost. Capital leases are recorded at the lower of fair market value or the present value of future lease payments. The Company provides straight-line depreciation and amortization over the estimated useful lives (rental equipment and machinery and equipment--2 to 10 years and buildings and improvements--10 to 25 years). GOODWILL-- The cost of acquired businesses in excess of net assets is amortized on a straight-line basis primarily over periods of 20 years. Accumulated amortization was $13.1 million and $9.8 million as of September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively. CARRYING VALUE OF LONG-TERM ASSETS-- The Company evaluates the carrying value of long-term assets, including rental equipment, goodwill and other intangible assets, based upon current and anticipated undiscounted cash flows, and recognizes an impairment when it is probable that such estimated cash flows will be less than the carrying value of the asset. Measurement of the amount of impairment, if any, is based upon the difference between carrying value and fair value. REVENUE RECOGNITION POLICY-- The Company derives revenues from the following sources: RENTAL-- rental of moveable medical equipment; SALES--sales of disposable products, repair parts and equipment; and OTHER--logistical services, maintenance and reconditioning services and management consulting services. F-41 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE A--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) In fiscal 1997, the Company entered into several revenue-share arrangements with original equipment manufacturers ("OEM") whereby the Company rents moveable medical equipment and sells disposable products owned by the OEM to the Company's customers. Under such arrangements, the Company bills the customer and pays the OEM a fee based upon a percentage of the amount billed. Revenue share arrangements have allowed the Company to generate revenue without any additional capital investment. The Company bears the risk of loss relating to the equipment and collection of revenue. The revenue related to the rental of such OEM-owned equipment is included in rental revenue while the related fees are reflected in operating expenses. The revenue related to the sale of the OEM's disposable products is included in sales while the related fees are reflected in cost of goods sold. Rental revenue is recognized in accordance with the terms of the related rental agreement and the usage of the related rental equipment. Revenues from other operating activities are recognized as services are rendered, as income is earned or as products are shipped. INCOME TAXES-- The Company is included in the consolidated federal tax return of MEDIQ. The Company's provision or benefit is determined as if all tax credits and losses are utilized currently. Calculation of the Company's income taxes on a separate return basis would not result in any change to the amounts reflected in the accompanying financial statements. ESTIMATES-- The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ from those estimates and assumptions. RECLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS-- Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior years' balances to the current year presentation. NOTE B--DISPOSITIONS On December 31, 1996 the Company sold to NutraMax Products, Inc. ("NutraMax") all of the 4,037,258 shares of NutraMax common stock owned by the Company at a price of $9.00 per share. Under the terms of the agreement, the Company received from NutraMax $19.9 million in cash and an interest-bearing promissory note (the "note") in the amount of $16.4 million. The note is payable when NutraMax shares owned by the Company, which currently are held in escrow in support of MEDIQ's 7.50% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures ("7.50% debentures"), are released from that escrow. The NutraMax shares are to be released from escrow upon the purchase or redemption of the 7.50% debentures. In the event the 7.50% debentures are exchanged into shares of NutraMax, the note receivable will be reduced on a pro rata basis. The note does not bear a market rate of interest for its full term. Accordingly, the Company discounted the note to $13.6 million and recognized an after-tax gain of $4.8 million. From January through September 1997, the Company repurchased $17.8 million of MEDIQ's 7.50% debentures in the open market and a private transaction which resulted in the release of 1,161,961 shares of NutraMax common stock from escrow. The shares were delivered to NutraMax resulting in cash payments on the Note aggregating $10.5 million and the realization of a $1.8 million pretax gain as a result of the recognition of a portion of the discount on the note. The gain is reflected in Other Expense-net on the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. At September 30, 1997, the balance of the note F-42 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE B--DISPOSITIONS (CONTINUED) receivable was $4.8 million, net of a discount of $1.1 million. The cash proceeds from these transactions were used to reduce debt. In November 1996, the Company sold substantially all of the assets of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. ("Mobile X-Ray") to Symphony Diagnostics, Inc., a subsidiary of Integrated Health Services, Inc. ("IHS") for $5.3 million in cash and shares of IHS common stock with a value of $5.2 million at the closing with the possibility of the Company receiving additional cash consideration based upon the occurrence of certain future events. In July 1997, the Company sold the IHS shares at an amount which approximated its carrying value. Also, in fiscal 1997 the Company received approximately $1.1 million in additional cash consideration. On October 11, 1996, PCI Services, Inc. ("PCI"), was acquired by Cardinal Health, Inc. ("Cardinal"). In that transaction, the Company received 1,449,000 shares (adjusted for stock split) of Cardinal stock in exchange for its 46% ownership interest in PCI. The Company recognized an after-tax gain of $32.6 million on this transaction as a component of Income from Discontinued Operations in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Company sold its Cardinal shares in January 1997 for $88.4 million and used the proceeds to reduce debt. In August 1995, the Company sold the assets of MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc., to NMC Diagnostic Services Inc., a division of W.R. Grace & Co., for approximately $17 million in cash, and the assumption of $9.7 million of debt. Revenues from discontinued operations (excluding equity investees) were $2.5 million, $28.5 million and $53.2 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995 respectively. NOTE C--UNIVERSAL HOSPITAL SERVICES, INC. In February 1997, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Universal Hospital Services, Inc. ("UHS") to acquire the outstanding shares of UHS for $17.50 per share. Including the assumption of debt, the total purchase price would have been $138.0 million. In April 1997, the shareholders of UHS approved the acquisition subject to federal regulatory approval pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act. In July 1997, the Company and UHS were informed by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") that it had authorized its staff to take legal action to block the proposed transaction, and subsequently the FTC filed a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the transaction. In September 1997, facing the likelihood of a protracted administrative proceeding before the FTC, the uncertainty of the outcome and the costs associated with continuing to defend against the efforts of the FTC to prevent the merger, the Company and UHS mutually terminated the proposed acquisition. The Company wrote-off $4.0 million ($2.4 million net of taxes, or $.09 per share) of deferred acquisition and financing costs related to the proposed acquisition which is included in Other Expense-net in the Company's Consolidated Statement of Operations. NOTE D--SPECTRACAIR ACQUISITION On September 18, 1997, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in its SpectraCair Joint Venture ("SpectraCair") from a subsidiary of Huntleigh Healthcare ("Huntleigh") for $1.9 million in cash and the assumption of Huntleigh's portion of the outstanding debt of SpectraCair. The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price was allocated to assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair market values at the date of the F-43 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE D--SPECTRACAIR ACQUISITION (CONTINUED) acquisition. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired was recorded as goodwill and is being amortized over twenty years. NOTE E--PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Rental equipment........................................................... $ 229,095 $ 211,948 Equipment and fixtures..................................................... 12,787 10,585 Building and improvements.................................................. 7,589 7,486 Land....................................................................... 149 149 ---------- ---------- 249,620 230,168 Less accumulated depreciation and amortization............................. (136,031) (107,495) ---------- ---------- $ 113,589 $ 122,673 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
Depreciation and amortization expense related to property, plant and equipment was $26.5 million, $26.3 million and $26.0 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. NOTE F--ACCRUED EXPENSES
SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------- 1997 1996 --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Interest...................................................................... $ 1,978 $ 3,994 Payroll and related taxes..................................................... 3,588 3,757 Severance..................................................................... 2,431 2,971 Government investigations..................................................... 4,200 6,000 Insurance..................................................................... 1,960 1,677 Other......................................................................... 6,448 5,828 --------- --------- $ 20,605 $ 24,227 --------- --------- --------- ---------
F-44 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE G--LONG-TERM DEBT Senior debt consisted of the following:
SEPTEMBER 30, ---------------------- 1997 1996 ---------- ---------- (IN THOUSANDS) Term loans................................................................. $ 128,933 $ 27,448 Revolving credit facilities................................................ 3,500 -- Capital lease obligations payable in varying installments through 1999 at fixed rates from 9.1% to 13.6%........................................... 3,346 6,204 Senior secured notes due 1999.............................................. -- 100,000 Lines of credit............................................................ -- 12,010 10% subordinated notes due 2004............................................ -- 8,799 10% subordinated notes due 1999............................................ -- 10,000 ---------- ---------- 135,779 164,461 Less current portion....................................................... 16,115 8,520 ---------- ---------- $ 119,664 $ 155,941 ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
On October 1, 1996, the Company, together with MEDIQ, entered into a $260 million Credit Agreement with a group of lenders led by Banque Nationale de Paris as Administrative Agent and NationsBank, N.A. as the Documentation Agent (the "Credit Agreement"). The Credit Agreement provides for four separate loans, a Term A loan ($35 million), a Term B loan ($100 million), an Acquisition Revolver ($100 million) and a Working Capital Revolver ($25 million). The amounts available under the Credit Agreement allowed the Company to refinance substantially all of its existing senior debt including its outstanding lines of credit, its subordinated debt, and its $100 million 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999. Accordingly, the Company reflected the outstanding balances of its lines of credit, its subordinated debt and Senior Secured Notes as long-term senior debt on its Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 1996. As a result of the refinancing, the Company recognized an extraordinary charge of $13 million ($7.8 million net of taxes) resulting from the write-off of deferred charges and premiums incurred related principally to the tender offer to purchase the $100 million 11 1/8% Senior Secured Notes due 1999. In connection with the refinancing, the Company repurchased outstanding warrants to purchase 10% of the capital stock of the Company issued in connection with financing the Kinetic Concepts, Inc. acquisition for $12.5 million which is reflected as a reduction of Capital in Excess of Par Value. In January 1997, the Credit Agreement was amended to increase certain components of the facility by $50 million, subject to approval of the proposed acquisition of UHS pursuant to the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act and by UHS' stockholders. This amendment was terminated in conjunction with the termination of the proposed acquisition of UHS in September 1997. In November 1997, the Acquisition Revolver was reduced to $25 million. On March 31, 1998, the Company made a mandatory prepayment on its Term A and Term B loans of approximately $9.3 million in accordance with the terms of its Credit Agreement. Accordingly, the Term A and Term B loans' quarterly installments were reduced on a pro rata basis. The Term A loan is payable in quarterly installments of $932,000 from March 31, 1998 through September 30, 2001 and in quarterly installments of $2.1 million from December 31, 2001 through September 30, 2002. The Term B loan is payable in quarterly installments of $242,000 from March 31, 1998 through September 30, 2002, quarterly installments of $8.2 million in fiscal 2003 and quarterly installments of $14.5 million in fiscal 2004. Also on F-45 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE G--LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) March 31, 1998, the Acquisition Revolver which had no outstanding balance, expired. The Working Capital Revolver terminates on September 30, 2002 at which time all outstanding amounts are due. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at either the prime rate plus a factor or at a Eurodollar rate plus a factor. The factor may change quarterly based upon the Company's leverage ratio, as defined in the Credit Agreement. The Company's interest rate on the Term A loan, the Acquisition Revolver and the Working Capital Revolver is prime (8.50% at September 30, 1997) plus .5% or Eurodollar (6.0625% at September 30, 1997) plus 2.0% and the interest rate on the Term B loan is prime plus 1.25% or Eurodollar plus 2.75%. During fiscal 1997, the weighted average interest rates were as follows: (i) Term A loan--8.45%, Acquisition Revolver--8.56%, (iii) Working Capital Revolver--9.15%, and (iv) Term B loan--9.00%. The loans are collateralized by substantially all of the assets of the Company. The proceeds from the sales of PCI, NutraMax, Mobile X-Ray and Health Examinetics were utilized to repay outstanding advances under the Acquisition Revolver upon receipt. The Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain certain financial ratios and imposes certain other financial limitations. The terms of the Company's Credit Agreement precluded the payment of cash dividends until October 1, 1997. The Company does not intend to pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Maturities of senior debt giving effect to the refinancing described above are as follows: YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1998................................................. $ 16,115 1999................................................. 6,057 2000................................................. 4,823 2001................................................. 4,697 2002................................................. 13,013 Thereafter........................................... 91,074 --------- $ 135,779 --------- ---------
NOTE H--FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company utilizes interest rate swap contracts ("swap contracts") to manage interest rate exposure. The principal objective of such contracts is to minimize the risks and/or costs associated with financial activities. The Company does not utilize swap contracts for trading or other speculative purposes. The counterparties to these contractual agreements are a diverse group of major financial institutions with which the Company also has other financial relationships. The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by these counterparties. However, the Company does not anticipate nonperformance by the other parties. INTEREST RATE INSTRUMENTS: The Company enters into interest rate swap and interest rate collar contracts to reduce the impact of changes in interest rates on its floating rate debt. The swap contracts exchange floating rate for fixed interest payments periodically over the life of the contracts without the exchange of the underlying notional amounts. The notional amounts of swap contracts are used to measure interest to be paid or received and do not represent the amount of exposure to credit loss. For swap contracts that effectively hedge interest rate exposures, the net cash amounts paid or received on the contract are accrued and recognized as an adjustment to interest expense. F-46 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE H--FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED) As of September 30, 1997, the Company had the following interest rate instruments in effect (notional amounts in thousands; the swap and collar rates are based on 3-month LIBOR):
1997 ----------------------------------- NOTIONAL STRIKE AMOUNT RATE PERIOD --------- ----------- ----------- Interest rate swap..................................................... $ 50,000 6.26% 10/97-1/98 Interest rate collar................................................... 50,000 7.43% 10/97-1/98 50,000 5.25% 10/97-1/98
NOTE I--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES LEASES-- The Company leases certain equipment, automobiles and office space. The future minimum lease payments under noncancelable operating leases and capital leases are as follows:
CAPITAL OPERATING YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, LEASES LEASES - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- ----------- (IN THOUSANDS) 1998............................................................................... $ 2,104 $ 4,244 1999............................................................................... 1,499 2,627 2000............................................................................... 128 1,870 2001............................................................................... -- 831 2002 and thereafter................................................................ -- 342 --------- ----------- Total minimum lease payments....................................................... 3,731 $ 9,914 ----------- ----------- Amount representing interest....................................................... 385 --------- Present value of minimum lease payments............................................ $ 3,346 --------- ---------
Total rent expense under operating leases was $5.6 million, $5.1 million and $5.3 million in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. Certain leases, which are for terms of up to 5 years, contain options to renew for additional periods. At September 30, 1997, rental equipment and machinery and equipment included assets under capitalized lease obligations of $11.5 million, less accumulated amortization of $4.3 million. PURCHASE COMMITMENTS-- Pursuant to a Distribution Agreement and several purchase agreements with vendors, the Company has agreed to purchase approximately $31 million of certain products in the next two fiscal years. The Company purchased $1.2 million, $5.9 million and $2.4 million under purchase commitment agreements in 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS-- The Company maintains employment agreements with two of its Executive Officers and certain officers and employees of its subsidiaries. Such agreements, which automatically renew each year unless terminated as described in the agreement, provide for minimum salary levels, adjusted annually in accordance with Company policy, as well as for incentive bonuses that are payable if specified management goals are attained. A majority of the employment agreements contain provisions for severance payments unless the individual is terminated for cause or resigns. As of September 30, 1997, the aggregate minimum commitment under these employment agreements, excluding bonuses, was approximately $6.0 million. In addition, the agreements provide for special bonuses to be paid to the Executive F-47 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE I--COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (CONTINUED) Officers if a Sale Transaction were to occur (as defined in the agreements). The special bonuses are based on the aggregate value of any transaction, and based upon the aggregate consideration of the Merger as discussed in Note O would approximate $4.3 million. INVESTIGATIONS AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS-- MEDIQ Imaging, the assets of which were sold by the Company in August 1995, was the subject of a civil investigation by the United States Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey and the Department of Health and Human Services. The investigation focused on advice given by certain MEDIQ Imaging employees to physician customers of MEDIQ Imaging relating to the reassignment of certain Medicare claims. The Company and MEDIQ Imaging voluntarily reported the issue to the U.S. Government in January 1995 after learning that the advice given by the employees may have been inconsistent with the regulations relating to reassignment. The Company and MEDIQ Imaging cooperated in the investigation and denied any wrongdoing. In December 1997, desiring to avoid the delay, expense, and uncertainty of protracted litigation, the Company reached a settlement with the U.S. Government for $4.2 million, which was fully reserved as of September 30, 1997. The settlement represents the repayment of alleged excess Medicare reimbursements. In addition, the Company has pending several legal claims incurred in the normal course of business, which in the opinion of management, will not have material effect on the consolidated financial statements. OBLIGATIONS OF MEDIQ--See Note L for discussion of MEDIQ obligations. NOTE J--FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS Estimated fair value of financial instruments is provided in accordance with the requirements of SFAS No. 107, "Disclosures About Fair Value of Financial Instruments". The estimated fair value amounts have been determined by the Company using available market information and appropriate methodologies. However, considerable judgment is necessarily required in interpreting market data to develop the estimates of fair value. Accordingly, the estimates presented herein are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that the Company could realize in a current market exchange. The use of different market assumptions and/or estimation methodologies may have a material effect on the estimated fair value amounts. The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments: ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE-- The carrying amounts of these items are an estimate of their fair values at September 30, 1997. LONG-TERM DEBT (EXCLUDING CAPITAL LEASE OBLIGATIONS)-- Interest rates that are currently available to the Company for issuance of debt with similar terms and remaining maturities are used to estimate fair value for debt issues for which quoted market prices are not available. Accordingly, the carrying amount and estimated fair value of long-term debt is $135.8 million. INTEREST RATE INSTRUMENTS-- The fair values are the estimated amounts that the Company would receive or pay to terminate the agreements at September 30, 1997, taking into account current interest rates and the current creditworthiness of the counterparties. At September 30, F-48 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE J--FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (CONTINUED) 1997, the notional amounts were $100 million, the carrying value was $61,000 and the fair value was $304,000, which represents the cost to settle these instruments. The fair value estimates presented herein are based on information available to management as of September 30, 1997, and have not been comprehensively revalued for purposes of these financial statements since that date. Current estimates of fair value may differ significantly from the amounts presented herein. NOTE K--INCOME TAXES Income tax expense relating to continuing operations consisted of the following:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Current: Federal.................................................................. $ 8,177 $ 2,903 $ -- State.................................................................... 51 272 122 --------- --------- --------- 8,228 3,175 122 --------- --------- --------- Deferred: Federal.................................................................. (629) 866 3,530 State.................................................................... (161) 160 998 --------- --------- --------- (790) 1,026 4,528 --------- --------- --------- Total income tax expense (benefit)......................................... $ 7,438 $ 4,201 $ 4,650 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
The differences between the Company's income tax expense and the income tax expense computed using the U.S. federal income tax rate were as follows:
YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, ------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 --------- --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Statutory federal tax expense.............................................. $ 6,687 $ 3,425 $ 3,026 State income taxes, net of federal income taxes............................ (72) 285 1,181 Goodwill amortization...................................................... 349 338 338 Other items--net........................................................... 474 153 105 --------- --------- --------- Income tax expense......................................................... $ 7,438 $ 4,201 $ 4,650 --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
F-49 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE K--INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED) Significant components of the Company's deferred tax assets and liabilities were as follows:
SEPTEMBER 30, -------------------- 1997 1996 --------- --------- (IN THOUSANDS) Liabilities: Depreciation.................................................................... $ 27,989 $ 30,086 Intangible assets............................................................... 2,050 13,887 Accrued Expenses................................................................ 1,917 926 Prepaid Expenses................................................................ 117 76 Other........................................................................... 768 674 --------- --------- Gross deferred tax liabilities................................................ 32,841 45,649 Assets: Net operating and capital loss carry forwards................................... 3,003 1,989 Tax credit carry forwards....................................................... 208 208 Accrued expenses and reserves................................................... 4,906 5,687 Intangible assets............................................................... 364 231 Other........................................................................... 988 3,639 --------- --------- Gross deferred tax assets..................................................... 9,469 11,754 Valuation allowance............................................................. (3,003) (1,989) --------- --------- 6,466 9,765 --------- --------- Net deferred tax liability........................................................ $ 26,375 $ 35,884 --------- --------- --------- ---------
NOTE L--RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS MANAGEMENT FEES--MEDIQ-- MEDIQ is a non-operating holding company which derives all of its revenue from management fees charged to its wholly-owned operating subsidiaries. The allocation of management fees to the Company was based upon an estimate of the level of services provided by MEDIQ. Actual costs for these services cannot be reasonably estimated for the Company on a stand-alone basis. The Company incurred management fees of $3.3 million, $920,000 and $920,000 in fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. PENSION PLAN-- The Company participates in a noncontributory pension plan maintained by MEDIQ which provides retirement benefits to substantially all of the Company's employees. Employees generally are eligible to participate in the plan after one year of service and become fully vested after five years of service. The plan provides defined benefits based on years of credited service and compensation. The Company makes contributions that are sufficient to fully fund its actuarially determined cost, generally equal to the minimum amounts required by ERISA. The Company made contributions to the pension plan of $424,000, $386,000 and $508,000 in fiscal 1997, 1996 and 1995, respectively. STOCK OPTION PLAN-- The Company participates in MEDIQ's stock option plans. Under MEDIQ's stock option plans, options may be granted to officers and key employees. No option may be granted for a term in excess of ten years from the date of the grant. The exercise prices of outstanding options represent the fair market value at dates of grant. F-50 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE L--RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED) ADVANCES TO PARENT-- The Company has advanced funds to MEDIQ, principally for debt service including interest payments, pension contributions, federal income tax payments and miscellaneous corporate expenditures. Such amounts advanced to MEDIQ totaled $88.3 million and $64.8 million at September 30, 1997 and 1996, respectively, and have been classified as a component of stockholder's equity due to their related party nature and the lack of financial resources of MEDIQ to repay such advances. As a result of the Reorganization (as discussed in Note A), MEDIQ's remaining assets consist primarily of its investment in MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. As of September 30, 1997, MEDIQ's remaining liabilities consist primarily of the amounts due to the Company, $10.1 million of exchangeable subordinated debentures, which are exchangeable into NutraMax Common Stock held in escrow, and approximately $5.3 million of accrued expenses and other liabilities. MEDIQ anticipates it will be required to make the following payments with respect to these liabilities as follow:
1998.................................................. $ 2,428 1999.................................................. 854 2000.................................................. 854 2001.................................................. 854 2002.................................................. 854 2003.................................................. 10,721 --------- $ 16,565 --------- ---------
Accordingly, the Company will be required to fund such amounts to MEDIQ in order for MEDIQ to meet its obligations. NOTE M--BUSINESS SEGMENT DATA The Company operates primarily in one business segment. The Company rents movable critical care, life support and other medical equipment, sells a variety of disposable products, accessories and repair parts primarily used with the types of equipment it rents and provides other services to its customers in the health care industry. This segment represents more than 90% of the consolidated revenues, operating profit and assets exclusive of corporate assets. NOTE N--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which will result in disclosure of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company is not required to adopt the standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 132 "Employers' Disclosures about Pension and other Postretirement Benefits". This statement, which improves disclosure about pensions and other postretirement benefits, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, although earlier application is permitted. At this time, the Company has not yet determined the impact the adoption of the standard will have on the Company's financial statements. F-51 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) NOTE O--SUBSEQUENT EVENTS On January 15, 1998, MEDIQ announced that, pursuant to the terms of a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the "Merger Agreement"), MQ Acquisition Corporation ("Acquiror"), a Delaware corporation formed by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. ("BRS"), has agreed to enter into a transaction with MEDIQ whereby Acquiror will be merged with and into MEDIQ (the "Merger"), with MEDIQ being the Surviving Corporation in the Merger (the "Surviving Corporation"). In the Merger, holders of MEDIQ's outstanding Common Stock and Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive, in exchange for each outstanding share of Common Stock or Preferred Stock (except for shares held directly or indirectly by the Company or MQ, the Rolled Shares, and dissenting shares), $13.75 in cash, without interest, and 0.075 of a share of a newly created Series A 13% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "13% Senior Preferred Stock") of the Surviving Corporation. The 13% Senior Preferred Stock will have a liquidation preference of $10.00 per share. The aggregate consideration payable pursuant to the Merger, including amounts payable to holders of options, is expected to be approximately $390.7 million. In May 1998, in conjunction with the consummation of the Merger, the Company anticipates offering $265 million of notes (the "Notes") in a private placement (the "Offering"). In addition to the Offering, in connection with the Merger the Company will enter into a new credit facility (the "New Credit Facility") aggregating $275.0 million with a syndicate of banks. The New Credit Facility will consist of three facilities: (i) an eight-year senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount equal to $150.0 million; (ii) a six-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $50.0 million; and (iii) a six-year senior secured acquisition facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75.0 million. A portion of the proceeds of the Notes and the New Credit Facility will be used to repay all existing indebtedness except the capital leases. On April 24, 1998 the Company entered into an Asset Purchase Agreement (the "Asset Purchase Agreement") with CH Industries, Inc. ("CHI"), certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of CHI and certain other parties (collectively, the "Sellers") to purchase certain of the assets and rights of the Sellers including, but not limited to, accounts receivable, inventory, rental equipment and other tangible property, intellectual property rights, key records (including custom lists, customer files, supplier information) and certain contract rights for a purchase price of approximately $50.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses, and the assumption of certain specified obligations related to the acquired assets. F-52 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
THREE MONTHS NINE MONTHS ENDED ENDED JUNE 30, JUNE 30, --------------------- --------------------- 1998 1997 1998 1997 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- Revenue: Rental............................................................ $ 33,707 $ 31,148 $ 103,700 $ 94,341 Sales............................................................. 6,692 5,326 20,671 14,785 Other............................................................. 2,404 3,201 7,549 8,696 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- 42,803 39,675 131,920 117,822 Costs and Expenses: Cost of sales..................................................... 5,455 4,261 16,725 12,020 Operating......................................................... 14,415 11,263 42,864 33,491 Selling........................................................... 3,912 3,152 11,469 9,722 General and administrative........................................ 4,788 5,072 14,553 14,022 Non-recurring merger costs........................................ 34,204 -- 34,567 -- Depreciation and amortization..................................... 15,064 7,360 31,650 22,075 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- 77,838 31,108 151,828 91,330 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- Operating Income (Loss)............................................. (35,035) 8,567 (19,908) 26,492 Other (Charges) Credits: Interest expense.................................................. (5,954) (3,018) (12,693) (13,212) Gain on sale and market appreciation of Cardinal Health stock..... -- -- -- 9,213 Gain on NutraMax note receivable.................................. -- 565 -- 1,760 Other--net........................................................ 235 (314) 714 451 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes and Extraordinary Item................................................ (40,754) 5,800 (31,887) 24,704 Income Tax Expense (Benefit)........................................ (15,155) 2,552 (11,193) 9,861 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- Income (Loss) before Discontinued Operations and Extraordinary Item.............................................................. (25,599) 3,248 (20,694) 14,843 Discontinued Operations (net of taxes).............................. -- -- -- 37,175 Extraordinary Item--Early Retirement of Debt (net of taxes)......... (4,098) -- (4,098) (6,723) ---------- --------- ---------- --------- Net Income (Loss)................................................... $(29,697) $ 3,248 $(24,792) $ 45,295 ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- --------- ---------- ---------
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-53 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (IN THOUSANDS)
JUNE 30, SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 1997 ----------- ------------- (UNAUDITED) (SEE NOTE) ASSETS Current Assets: Cash............................................................................... $ 9,068 $ 3,472 Accounts receivable--net........................................................... 52,315 39,686 Inventories........................................................................ 18,316 13,047 Deferred income taxes.............................................................. 2,556 2,010 Other current assets............................................................... 1,077 1,183 ----------- ------------- Total current assets............................................................. 83,332 59,398 Property, plant and equipment--net................................................... 112,706 113,589 Goodwill--net........................................................................ 89,570 57,056 Deferred financing fees.............................................................. 16,067 7,034 Other Assets......................................................................... 12,250 10,215 ----------- ------------- Total assets......................................................................... $ 313,925 $ 247,292 ----------- ------------- ----------- ------------- LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY (DEFICIENCY) Current Liabilities: Accounts payable................................................................... $ 16,260 $ 8,791 Accrued expenses................................................................... 16,975 21,274 Current portion of long-term debt.................................................. 1,611 16,115 ----------- ------------- Total current liabilities........................................................ 34,846 46,180 Senior debt.......................................................................... 200,296 119,664 Subordinated Debt.................................................................... 190,000 -- Deferred income taxes and other liabilities.......................................... 15,813 29,375 Stockholder's Equity (Deficiency).................................................... (127,030) 52,073 ----------- ------------- Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity (Deficiency).............................. $ 313,925 $ 247,292 ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
Note: The balance sheet at September 30, 1997 has been condensed from the audited financial statements at that date. See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-54 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (IN THOUSANDS) (UNAUDITED)
NINE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, ------------------------ 1998 1997 ----------- ----------- Cash Flows from Operating Activities: Net income (loss)..................................................................... $ (24,792) $ 45,295 Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:......................................................................... Income from discontinued operations................................................. -- (37,175) Gain on sale of Cardinal shares..................................................... -- (9,213) Other--net.......................................................................... 19,020 (30,125) ----------- ----------- Net cash used in operating activities................................................. (5,772) (31,218) Cash Flows from Investing Activities: Acquisitions.......................................................................... (11,032) -- Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations......................................... -- 124,895 Purchase of equipment................................................................. (17,909) (11,589) Collection of notes receivable........................................................ 2,250 -- Other................................................................................. 1,010 (8,997) ----------- ----------- Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities................................... (25,681) 104,309 Cash Flows from Financing Activities: Issuance of subordinated notes........................................................ 190,000 -- Borrowings............................................................................ 151,499 214,000 Debt repayments....................................................................... (133,872) (241,621) Deferred financing fees............................................................... (16,270) (8,874) Repurchase of MEDIQ/PRN warrant....................................................... -- (12,500) Advances to Parent.................................................................... (154,308) (24,911) ----------- ----------- Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities................................... 37,049 (73,906) ----------- ----------- Increase (decrease) in cash............................................................. 5,596 (815) ----------- ----------- Cash: Beginning balance..................................................................... 3,472 2,811 ----------- ----------- Ending balance........................................................................ $ 9,068 $ 1,996 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Interest paid......................................................................... $ 10,644 $ 13,893 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Income taxes paid (refunded).......................................................... $ 745 $ 184 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: Acquisition of CH Medical, Inc. with term loans....................................... $ (48,501) $ -- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements F-55 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED) NOTE A--CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 1998 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended June 30, 1998 and 1997 have been prepared by the Company, without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at June 30, 1998 and for all periods presented have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended September 30, 1997. The results of operations for the period ended June 30, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. RECLASSIFICATION OF ACCOUNTS--Certain reclassifications have been made to conform prior year balances to the current year presentation. NOTE B--INVENTORIES Inventories, which consist primarily of disposable products and repair parts for rental equipment, are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out method) or market. NOTE C--THE MERGER On May 29, 1998, pursuant to the terms of an Agreement and Plan of Merger dated January 14, 1998 and amended April 27, 1998 (the "Merger Agreement") between MEDIQ Incorporated ("MEDIQ", the Company's parent) and MQ Acquisition Corporation ("MQ"), MQ was merged into MEDIQ (the "Merger") with MEDIQ continuing as the surviving corporation (the "Surviving Corporation"). MQ was a Delaware corporation organized by Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., L.P. ("BRS") and certain other investors solely to effect the Merger. The aggregate consideration paid in connection with the Merger (the "Merger Consideration") was approximately $390.7 million. In connection with the Merger, (i) MEDIQ contributed certain of its assets and liabilities (including the capital stock of all of the subsidiaries of MEDIQ other than the Company to the Company (the "Reorganization"), (ii) the Company entered into a new Senior Secured Credit Facility (the "New Credit Facility") with a syndicate of banks ("Senior Lenders"), (iii) all indebtedness of the Company except approximately $2.0 million of capital leases were repaid (the "Refinancing"), (iv) the Company sold $190.0 million aggregate principal amount of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Notes") in a Rule 144A private offering, and (v) MEDIQ sold $140,885 units, consisting of one 13% Senior Discount Debenture due 2009 with a principal amount at maturity of $1,000 ("Debentures") and one warrant to purchase .6474 of a share of MEDIQ's common stock for gross proceeds aggregating $75.0 million in the same Rule 144A private offering. The Company advanced $157.4 million to MEDIQ to finance a portion of the Merger Consideration. Additionally, the Company will be required to fund the Debentures in order for MEDIQ to meet its obligations. F-56 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE D--LONG-TERM DEBT In order to finance a portion of the cash consideration paid pursuant to the Merger, the Company entered into a $325.0 million New Credit Facility that replaced its former credit facility. The New Credit Facility consists of three facilities: (i) an eight-year senior secured $200.0 million term loan facility (the "Term Loan Facility"); (ii) a six-year revolving credit facility not to exceed $50.0 million (the "Revolving Credit Facility") and (iii) a six-year senior secured acquisition facility not to exceed $75.0 million (the "Acquisition Facility"). Loans made under the Term Loan Facility are referred to as "Term Loans," advances made under the Revolving Credit Facility are referred to as "Revolving Loans" and loans made under the Acquisition Facility are referred to as "Acquisition Loans." Borrowings under the New Credit Facility bear interest at a floating rate based upon, at the Company's option, (i) the higher of the prime rate of Banque Nationale de Paris, or the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 1.5%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and the Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 1.0%, or (ii) the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus, in the case of the Term Loans, a margin equal to 2.75%, and in the case of the Revolving Loans and Acquisition Loans, a margin equal to 2.25%. In addition, the Company is required to pay commitment fees to the Senior Lenders of 0.5% per year of the undrawn portion of the commitments in respect of the facilities (subject to adjustment as set forth below). The New Credit Facility contains provisions under which commitment fees and margins on interest rates under the facilities will be adjusted in increments based on certain performance goals. The Term Loans amortize on a quarterly basis commencing September 30, 1999. Principal amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility are due and payable in full at maturity. Principal amounts outstanding under the Acquisition Facility on November 30, 1999 will amortize on a quarterly basis. The Term Loans, Revolving Loans and Acquisition Loans are subject to mandatory prepayments and reductions in the event of certain extraordinary transactions or issuances of debt and equity by the Company or any Facility Guarantor (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Such loans are required to be prepaid with 75% of the Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of the Company or, if the Company's ratio of funded debt to pro forma EBITDA for the preceding 12-month period is less than 5.0 to 1.0, 50% of such Excess Cash Flow. At June 30, 1998, pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Facility and/or the Indentures for the Subordinated Notes and the Discount Debentures ("Indentures"), the availability under the Revolving Credit Facility and the Acquisition Facility was limited to $25.9 million and $50.0 million, respectively. In July 1998, the Company terminated its existing interest rate hedging contracts at a cost of approximately $600,000 which will be reflected as interest expense in the Company's fourth quarter. In addition, the Company entered into new interest rate hedging contracts. On a notional amount of $100.0 million, the Company fixed its LIBOR rate at 5.35% until July 2003 as long as the three month LIBOR rate does not exceed 6.25%. The Company must pay the actual LIBOR rate when LIBOR exceeds 6.25%. In order to mitigate its interest rate exposure for LIBOR rates above 6.25%, the Company obtained zero-cost collars with notional amounts aggregating $100.0 million with ceiling rates of 7.00% and a weighted-average floor rate of 5.03%. The New Credit Facility contains representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and other provisions customary for credit facilities of this type. The Company paid the Senior Lenders certain F-57 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE D--LONG-TERM DEBT (CONTINUED) syndication and administration fees, reimbursed certain expenses and provided certain indemnities, in each case which are customary for credit facilities of this type. The Notes, in the aggregate principal amount of $190.0 million, are unsecured senior subordinated obligations of the Company and mature on June 1, 2008. The Notes bear interest at the rate of 11% per year, payable semiannually to holders of record at the close of business on the May 15 or November 15 immediately preceding the interest payment date on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing December 1, 1998. The interest rates on the Notes are subject to increase in certain circumstances if the Company does not file a registration statement providing for a registered exchange offer for the Notes or if the registration statement is not declared effective on a timely basis or if certain other conditions are not satisfied. The Company filed such registration statement providing for a registered exchange offer on July 13, 1998. Such registration statement has not yet been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission. On June 5, 1998, pursuant to the change of control provisions of the indenture for MEDIQ's Exchangeable Debentures, MEDIQ made a tender offer to repurchase the remaining outstanding balance of approximately $10.1 million. On July 3, 1998, MEDIQ redeemed $9.5 million of the Exchangeable Debentures pursuant to its tender offer and received 623,595 shares of NutraMax common stock from escrow. Pursuant to the terms of MEDIQ's stock purchase agreement with NutraMax, the shares were returned to NutraMax and MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, received a $5.6 million cash payment on its note receivable from NutraMax. NOTE E--ACQUISITIONS On May 29, 1998, the Company purchased specified assets and rights of CH Industries, Inc., certain direct and indirect subsidiaries of CH Industries, Inc., including CH Medical, Inc. and subsidiaries ("CH Medical"), and certain other parties (the "CH Medical Business") for a purchase price of approximately $48.5 million in cash, including related costs and expenses, and the assumption of certain specified obligations related to the CH Medical Business (the "CH Medical Acquisition"). The Company financed the purchase price and related costs and expenses for the CH Medical Acquisition with the proceeds from Term Loans under the New Credit Facility (see Note D). CH Medical is a national sales, rental and service corporation specializing in patient beds, overlays, mattress replacement systems, pressure relieving pads and surfaces and other therapeutic support services. The acquisition has been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on the estimated fair values on May 29, 1998. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired, $28.5 million, has been recorded as goodwill and is being amortized on a straight line basis over twenty years. The final allocation of the purchase price is contingent upon studies and valuations which have not yet been completed. The Company is unable to predict whether any adjustments as a result of the foregoing will have a material effect on the initial allocation of purchase price. On June 26, 1998, the Company acquired certain assets of National Patient Care Systems, Inc. ("NPC") for $11.0 million in cash, including related costs and expenses and contingent consideration of up F-58 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE E--ACQUISITIONS (CONTINUED) to $2.8 million payable over the next two years if certain revenue targets are achieved by NPC. NPC is a provider of air support therapy rental equipment including frameless and framed integrated bed systems. The acquisition has been accounted for by the purchase method of accounting and, accordingly, the purchase price has been allocated to the assets acquired based on the estimated fair values on June 26, 1998. The excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair values of the net assets acquired, $6.8 million, has been recorded as goodwill and is being amortized on a straight-line basis over twenty years. The final allocation of the purchase price is contingent upon studies and valuations which have not yet been completed. The Company is unable to predict whether any adjustments as a result of the foregoing will have a material effect on the initial allocation of purchase price. The operations of CH Medical and NPC are included in the Company's Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations from their respective effective dates of acquisition. The following pro forma financial information presents the consolidated results of operations of the Company as if the acquisitions had occurred at the beginning of the respective periods. The unaudited pro forma information is presented for comparative purposes only and does not necessarily reflect the results of operations of the Company had the acquisitions been made at the beginning of each fiscal year.
FISCAL YEAR NINE MONTHS ENDED ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, 1998 1997 -------------- -------------- Revenues......................................................................... $ 158,012,000 $ 195,745,000 Loss before discontinued operations and extraordinary items...................... (25,038,000) 7,010,000 Net income (Loss)................................................................ (29,136,000) 35,685,000
NOTE F--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income," which will result in disclosure of comprehensive income and its components (revenues, expenses, gains and losses) in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued SFAS No. 131, "Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information," which establishes standards for the way public business enterprises report information about operating segments in annual financial statements and requires that those enterprises report selected information about operating segments in interim financial reports issued to shareholders. It also establishes standards for related disclosures about products and services, geographic areas and major customers. The Company is not required to adopt this standard until fiscal 1999. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. In February 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 132 "Employers' Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits." This statement, which improves disclosure about pensions and other postretirement benefits, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997, although earlier application F-59 MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) (UNAUDITED) NOTE F--NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS (CONTINUED) is permitted. The Company does not believe the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on the Company's financial statements. In July 1998, the FASB issued SFAS No. 133 "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." This statement, which establishes accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments, including certain derivative instruments embedded in other contracts, and for hedging activities, is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 1999, although earlier application is permitted. At this time, the Company has not determined the impact the adoption of this standard will have on the Company's financial statements. NOTE G--SUBSEQUENT EVENTS In July 1998, MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company whose assets were sold in November 1996, was notified that it is the subject of an investigation by the Department of Justice and the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services. The Company has not yet been informed as to the nature or scope of the investigation. F-60 REPORT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Shareholder and Directors CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries We have audited the accompanying consolidated statements of net assets of CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company") as of August 31, 1997 and 1996 and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 1997. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. 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 consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets of CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries at August 31, 1997 and 1996, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended August 31, 1997 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles. /s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP December 12, 1997 Dallas, Texas F-61 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS
AUGUST 31, ---------------------------- 1997 1996 ------------- ------------- ASSETS: Current Cash and cash equivalents........................................................ $ 307,080 $ 297,473 Accounts receivable--trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,072,353 and $1,373,268, in 1997 and 1996, respectively (Note 3)........................ 7,149,520 5,471,764 Accounts receivable--other....................................................... -- 91,876 Inventories (Notes 1 and 3)...................................................... 4,226,283 2,722,507 Other............................................................................ 200,427 81,515 Intercompany income tax receivable due from CH Industries........................ 576,637 -- ------------- ------------- Total current assets............................................................... 12,459,947 8,665,135 ------------- ------------- Accounts receivable--long-term..................................................... 859,660 -- Net property and equipment (Notes 2, 3 and 5)...................................... 5,457,197 5,001,237 Other assets....................................................................... 62,446 58,765 ------------- ------------- $ 18,839,250 $ 13,725,137 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- LIABILITIES: Current Accounts payable................................................................. $ 983,434 $ 95,279 Accrued expenses................................................................. 685,343 446,825 Income taxes payable............................................................. 117,000 -- Current maturities of obligations under capital lease............................ -- 6,118 Dealer deposits.................................................................. 25,470 25,470 Revolving line of credit (Note 3)................................................ 4,181,663 1,934,837 Other liabilities................................................................ 458,891 1,618 ------------- ------------- Total current liabilities.......................................................... 6,451,801 2,510,147 ------------- ------------- Note payable to officer............................................................ 285,315 399,337 Income taxes payable (Note 7)...................................................... -- 499,911 Deferred income taxes (Note 7)..................................................... 338,442 264,496 Other liabilities.................................................................. 127,000 -- ------------- ------------- Total liabilities.................................................................. 7,202,558 3,673,891 ------------- ------------- Commitments and contingencies (Note 6) Net assets......................................................................... $ 11,636,692 $ 10,051,246 ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to consolidated financial statements. F-62 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, ------------------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ------------- ------------- ------------- Net Rental and Sales................................................ $ 26,710,137 $ 22,711,898 $ 19,385,404 Rental Expenses and Cost of Goods Sold.............................. 11,599,013 8,344,227 8,043,952 ------------- ------------- ------------- Gross Profit........................................................ 15,111,124 14,367,671 11,341,452 ------------- ------------- ------------- Operating Expenses (Note 4): Selling expenses.................................................. 4,005,107 3,857,026 2,514,278 Depreciation...................................................... 1,739,735 1,166,054 946,801 General and administrative expenses including $348,708, $455,633 and $401,729 to related parties (Note 5)........................ 7,692,257 6,137,383 4,455,563 ------------- ------------- ------------- Total Operating Expenses............................................ 13,437,099 11,160,463 7,916,642 ------------- ------------- ------------- Operating Income.................................................... 1,674,025 3,207,208 3,424,810 ------------- ------------- ------------- Other Income (Expense): Other income...................................................... 442,898 526,738 125,814 Interest.......................................................... (245,000) (96,394) (34,344) Litigation settlement............................................. (250,000) -- -- ------------- ------------- ------------- Total Other Income (Expense)........................................ (52,102) 430,344 91,470 ------------- ------------- ------------- Income Before Income Taxes.......................................... 1,621,923 3,637,552 3,516,280 Income Taxes (Note 7)............................................... 616,330 1,382,270 1,336,186 ------------- ------------- ------------- Net Income.......................................................... $ 1,005,593 $ 2,255,282 $ 2,180,094 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to consolidated financial statements. F-63 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, ------------------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ------------- ------------- ------------- Operating Activities: Net income......................................................... $ 1,005,593 $ 2,255,282 $ 2,180,094 Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation..................................................... 1,739,735 1,166,054 946,801 Loss on disposition of fixed assets.............................. -- 588 93,824 Deferred taxes................................................... 73,946 106,123 219,178 Provision for bad debt........................................... 170,000 1,119,384 -- Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable--trade....................................... (2,236,501) (3,727,898) 207,512 Accounts receivable--other..................................... 91,876 (91,876) 87,148 Inventories.................................................... (1,503,776) (318,261) (466,436) Other assets..................................................... (695,549) 128,767 (212,430) Accounts payable............................................... 888,155 (200,808) 80,689 Accrued expenses............................................... 238,518 (242,215) 531,705 Income taxes payable........................................... (382,911) (591,220) 169,183 Other liabilities................................................ 334,273 (13,366) 8,866 ------------- ------------- ------------- Cash provided by (used in) operating activities...................... (276,641) (409,446) 3,846,134 ------------- ------------- ------------- Cash Used In Investing Activities-- Capital expenditures............................................... (1,840,438) (2,144,190) (2,226,921) ------------- ------------- ------------- Financing Activities: Net borrowing (repayments) under note payable--officer............. (114,022) 399,337 -- Principal payments on obligations under capital lease.............. (6,118) (48,870) (86,092) Net borrowings (repayments) under revolving line of credit......... 2,246,826 1,769,873 (846,764) ------------- ------------- ------------- Cash provided by (used in) financing activities...................... 2,126,686 2,120,340 (932,856) ------------- ------------- ------------- Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents................. 9,607 (433,296) 686,357 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year....................... 297,473 730,769 44,412 ------------- ------------- ------------- Cash and cash equivalents at end of year............................. $ 307,080 $ 297,473 $ 730,769 ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
See accompanying summary of accounting policies and notes to consolidated financial statements. F-64 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION--The statements of net assets, income and cash flows relate to the operations of CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company"). The Company is engaged in the manufacture, sale and rental of special care hospital beds and associated acute care air support therapy systems. These financial statements are prepared pursuant to a letter of intent between CH Industries and MEDIQ ("MEDIQ") Incorporated whereby the net operating assets of CH Medical, Inc. will be acquired by MEDIQ. During the period covered by the financial statements, the Company's operations were conducted as an integral part of CH Industries overall operations, and separate financial statements were not prepared for the Company. These financial statements have been prepared from CH Industries' historical accounting records. The financial statements also include various allocated costs and expenses as described herein, which are not necessarily indicative of the costs and expenses which would have resulted if the Company had been operated as a separate entity. In addition, the Company was allocated a portion of CH Industries line of credit and related interest based on the ratio of debt to certain assets. Therefore, the statements of net assets, income and cash flows may not be indicative of the financial position and the results of operation that would have resulted if the Company were operated on a stand alone basis. All of the allocations and estimates reflected in the financial statements are based on assumptions that management believes reasonable under the circumstances. Certain expenses, consisting primarily of costs related to certain employees, the shareholder and related parties of the Company, and other non-operating items have been excluded from the financial statements presented, as they are not indicative of the net operating assets and liabilities nor the operations to be acquired under the Letter of Intent. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION--The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CH Medical, Inc. and the following wholly--owned subsidiaries: Cardio Systems International, Inc. Cardio Systems Manufacturing, Inc. Cardio Systems--Austin, Ltd. Cardio Systems--Dallas, Ltd. Cardio Systems--Atlanta, Inc. Cardio Systems--Chattanooga, Inc. Cardio Systems--Chicago, Inc. Cardio Systems--Fort Myers, Inc. Cardio Systems--Kansas City, Inc. Cardio Systems--Memphis, Inc. Cardio Systems--Miami, Inc. Cardio Systems--Oklahoma City, Inc. Cardio Systems--Sacramento, Inc. Cardio Systems--Tampa, Inc. Cardio Systems North America Dealer Corporation, Inc. Cardio Systems Operations, Inc. Cardio Systems Partners, Inc. Cardio Systems Sales, Inc. Cardio Systems of Texas--Austin, Inc. Cardio Systems of Texas--Dallas, Inc. SCD Industries, Inc. Special Care Delivery, Inc. F-65 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. REVENUE RECOGNITION--Service and rental revenue are recognized as services are rendered. Sales and other revenue are recognized when products are shipped. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS--The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of ninety days or less to be cash equivalents. INVENTORIES--Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value). Costs include material, labor and manufacturing overhead costs. Inventory expected to be converted into equipment for short-term rental has been reclassified to property, plant and equipment. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT--Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Betterments which extend the useful life of the equipment are capitalized. DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION--Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives (thirty to forty years for the buildings and between three and ten years for most of the Company's other property and equipment) of the assets. INCOME TAXES--The Company recognizes certain transactions in different time periods for financial reporting and income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. The provision for deferred income taxes represents the change in deferred income tax accounts during the year. 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 reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. LONG LIVED ASSETS--In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of," management reviews long-lived assets and intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable. As part of the assessment, management analyzes the undiscounted cash flows for each product that has significant long-lived or intangible asset values associated with it. This analysis for the asset values as of August 31, 1997 indicated there was no impairment to these assets' carrying values. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS--Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income" ("SFAS No. 130") is effective for financial statements with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. Earlier application is permitted. SFAS No. 130 establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company has yet to determine the preferred format for presenting this information. F-66 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. INVENTORIES Inventories are summarized as follows:
AUGUST 31, -------------------------- 1997 1996 ------------ ------------ Raw materials..................................................... $ 292,878 $ 139,589 Work--in--process................................................. 2,835,748 2,252,633 Finished goods.................................................... 1,097,657 330,285 ------------ ------------ Total............................................................. $ 4,226,283 $ 2,722,507 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
2. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment consist of the following:
AUGUST 31, ---------------------------- 1997 1996 ------------- ------------- Rental medical equipment........................................ $ 10,067,172 $ 8,300,665 Machinery and equipment......................................... 463,336 450,381 Office equipment................................................ 505,206 230,419 Building and improvements....................................... 216,933 174,790 Vehicles........................................................ 89,142 89,142 Land............................................................ 8,536 8,536 ------------- ------------- Total cost...................................................... 11,350,325 9,253,933 Accumulated depreciation........................................ (5,893,128) (4,252,696) ------------- ------------- Net property and equipment...................................... $ 5,457,197 $ 5,001,237 ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
3. LINE OF CREDIT CH Industries has a $7,000,000 revolving line of credit with a bank which expires January 5, 1998. The interest rate is at the 30-day LIBOR rate plus 2.25 percent. The Company has been allocated a portion of the line of credit based on the ratio of debt to certain assets. At August 31, 1997, the Company's interest rate was 7.9375 percent. The outstanding borrowings are secured by CH Industries' accounts receivable, inventories (including those of the Company) and the guarantee of the parent's stockholder. Certain financial covenants exist related to CH Industries total debt ratio, tangible net worth, working capital, capital expenditures and additional debt. 4. OPERATING EXPENSES AND OTHER ALLOCATED EXPENSES All operating expenses are allocated to the Company using procedures deemed appropriate to the nature of the expenses involved. The procedures utilize various allocation bases such as relative investment and number of employees, and direct effort expended. Interest expense is determined at the corporate level based on the consolidated indebtedness of CH Industries and allocated to the Company on the basis of its proportionate share of certain assets of CH Industries. CH Industries management believes the allocations are reasonable, but they are not necessarily indicative of the costs that would have been incurred if the Company had been a separate entity. F-67 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company leases certain office space, warehouse facilities and equipment from its stockholder, CH Realty and CH Leasing, Ltd., a limited partnership controlled 99 percent by the stockholder. Rental expense for operating leases to affiliates was $348,708, $455,633, and $401,729 for the years ended August 31, 1997, 1996, and 1995, respectively. 6. COMMITMENTS The Company leases certain facilities and automobiles under operating leases expiring at various dates through 2004. Total rent expense under these operating leases was $1,137,356, $1,433,822, and $1,086,922 for the years ended August 31, 1997, 1996, and 1995. As of August 31, 1997, future net minimum lease payments under operating leases that have initial or remaining noncancellable terms in excess of one year are as follows:
VEHICLES FACILITIES TOTAL ---------- ------------ ------------ 1998.................................................. $ 296,661 $ 565,410 $ 862,071 1999.................................................. 307,553 352,083 659,636 2000.................................................. 108,139 246,245 354,384 2001.................................................. -- 246,245 246,245 2002.................................................. -- 246,245 246,245 Thereafter............................................ -- 389,887 389,887 ---------- ------------ ------------ Total minimum lease payments.......................... $ 712,353 $ 2,046,115 $ 2,758,468 ---------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
Minimum payments to affiliates total $246,245 per annum through 2002 and $389,887 thereafter. 7. INCOME TAXES Federal, state and local income taxes are allocated based upon an effective tax rate of 38 percent for 1997, 1996, and 1995. The allocation approximates the results that would occur if the businesses were a separate taxpayer. The components of income tax expense are as follows:
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, -------------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ---------- ------------ ------------ Current expense....................................... $ 542,384 $ 1,276,147 $ 1,117,008 Deferred.............................................. 73,946 106,123 219,178 ---------- ------------ ------------ Total income taxes.................................... $ 616,330 $ 1,382,270 $ 1,336,186 ---------- ------------ ------------ ---------- ------------ ------------
Deferred taxes result from temporary differences arising from differing methods of depreciation for tax and financial reporting purposes and from allowance for doubtful accounts not deductible for tax purposes. During the fiscal year ending August 31, 1995 CH Industries applied with the Internal Revenue Service to change their method of accounting for tax purposes. The change is currently being reviewed by the Internal Revenue Service. As a result of the change, for tax purposes, an estimated amount of $300,000 will be subject to a four year payout. F-68 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 7. INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED) Income tax expense differs from the amounts computed by applying the federal statutory rate of 34 percent primarily due to state income taxes. 8. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION Interest and income taxes paid during the year and allocated to the Company based on average outstanding debt and net income before taxes, respectively, were as follows:
YEAR ENDED AUGUST 31, ---------------------------------------- 1997 1996 1995 ------------ ------------ ------------ Interest................................................................ $ 226,900 $ 84,100 $ 35,600 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Income taxes............................................................ $ 1,500,000 $ 1,921,000 $ 1,040,000 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
F-69 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF NET ASSETS
FEBRUARY 28, 1998 ------------- ASSETS Current: Cash and cash equivalents........................................................................ $ 250,862 Accounts receivable--trade, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,172,837 (Note 3)............................................................................ 7,047,924 Accounts receivable--other....................................................................... 709,054 Inventories (Note 1 and 3)....................................................................... 5,023,788 ------------- Total current assets............................................................................... 13,031,628 ------------- Net property and equipment (Notes 2, 3 and 5).................................................... 4,379,151 ------------- Other assets....................................................................................... 1,517,539 ------------- $ 18,928,318 ------------- ------------- LIABILITIES Current Accounts payable................................................................................. $ 1,231,560 Accrued expenses................................................................................. 551,918 Dealer deposits.................................................................................. 25,470 Revolving line of credit (Note 3)................................................................ 4,148,002 Other liabilities................................................................................ 84,000 ------------- Total current liabilities.......................................................................... 6,040,950 ------------- Notes payable--other............................................................................... 88,000 Note payable officer............................................................................... 62,609 Federal income taxes payable (Note 7).............................................................. -- Deferred income taxes (Note 7)..................................................................... 338,442 ------------- Total liabilities.................................................................................. 6,530,001 ------------- Net assets......................................................................................... $ 12,398,317 ------------- -------------
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. F-70 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
SIX MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, ---------------------------- 1998 1997 ------------- ------------- Net Rental and Sales............................................................... $ 12,927,435 $ 12,322,897 Rental Expenses and Cost of Goods Sold............................................. 5,881,390 5,791,887 ------------- ------------- Gross Profit....................................................................... 7,046,045 6,531,010 ------------- ------------- Operating Expenses (Note 4): Selling expenses................................................................. 1,774,325 1,707,220 Depreciation..................................................................... 887,951 874,783 General and administrative expenses.............................................. 3,515,483 3,226,643 ------------- ------------- Total Operating Expenses........................................................... 6,177,759 5,808,646 ------------- ------------- Operating Income................................................................... 868,286 722,364 ------------- ------------- Other Income (Expense): Interest expenses................................................................ (154,007) (74,713) Interest income.................................................................. 9,808 3,867 Other income..................................................................... 189,142 381,658 ------------- ------------- Total Other Income (Expense)....................................................... 44,943 310,812 ------------- ------------- Income Before Income Taxes......................................................... 913,229 1,033,176 ------------- ------------- Income Taxes (Note 6).............................................................. 347,028 431,456 ------------- ------------- Net Income......................................................................... $ 566,201 $ 601,720 ------------- ------------- ------------- -------------
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. F-71 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
SIX MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, -------------------------- 1998 1997 ----------- ------------- Operating Activities: Net Income.......................................................................... $ 566,201 $ 601,720 Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operating activities: Depreciation...................................................................... 887,951 874,783 Allowance for Bad Debts........................................................... 440,000 -- Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Accounts receivable--trade........................................................ 101,596 (1,929,099) Accounts receivable--other........................................................ (508,627) 1,000 Inventories....................................................................... (797,505) (159,858) Other assets...................................................................... (18,796) (7,508) Accounts payable.................................................................. 248,126 893,132 Accrued expenses.................................................................. (250,425) (158,118) Other liabilities................................................................... (374,891) -- Notes payable--other................................................................ (39,000) -- ----------- ------------- Cash provided by operating activities................................................. 254,630 116,052 ----------- ------------- Cash Used in Investing Activities: Capital expenditures................................................................ (54,481) (1,503,256) ----------- ------------- Financing Activities: Net borrowing under notes payable--officer.......................................... (222,706) 167,037 Net borrowings under revolving line of credit....................................... (33,661) 1,149,437 ----------- ------------- Cash provided by (used in) financing activities....................................... (256,367) 1,316,474 ----------- ------------- Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents............................................. (56,218) (70,730) Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year........................................ 307,080 297,473 ----------- ------------- Cash and cash equivalent at end of period............................................. $ 250,862 $ 226,743 ----------- ------------- ----------- -------------
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements. F-72 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION--The statements of net assets, of income and cash flows relate to the operations of CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries (the "Company"). The Company is engaged in the manufacture, sale and rental of special care hospital beds and associated acute care air support therapy systems. These financial statements are prepared pursuant to a letter of intent between CH Industries and MEDIQ ("MEDIQ") Incorporated whereby the net operating assets of CH Medical, Inc. will be acquired by MEDIQ. The condensed consolidated statement of net assets as of February 28, 1998 and the condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the six months ended February 28, 1998 and 1997 have been prepared by the Company, without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at February 28, 1998 and for all periods presented have been made. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's August 31, 1997 audited financial statements. The results of operations for the period ended February 28, 1998 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year. During the period covered by the financial statements, the businesses were conducted as an integral part of CH Industries overall operations, and separate financial statements were not prepared for the businesses. These financial statements have been prepared from CH Industries' historical accounting records. The financial statements also include various allocated costs and expenses as described herein, which are not necessarily indicative of the costs and expense which would have resulted if the businesses had been operated as a separate company. Therefore, the statement of operations may not be indicative of the results of operation that would have resulted if the Company were operated on a stand alone basis. All of the allocation and estimates reflected in the financial statements are based on assumptions that management believes reasonable under the circumstances. Certain expenses, consisting primarily of costs related to certain employees, the shareholder and related parties of the Company, and other non-operating items have been excluded from the financial statements presented, as they are not indicative of the net operating assets and liabilities nor the operations to be acquired under the letter of intent. PRINCIPLES OF CONSOLIDATION--The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of CH Medical, Inc. and the following wholly-owned subsidiaries: Cardio Systems International, Inc. Cardio Systems Manufacturing, Inc. Cardio Systems--Austin, Ltd Cardio Systems--Dallas, Ltd. Cardio Systems--Atlanta, Inc. Cardio Systems--Chattanooga, Inc. Cardio Systems--Chicago, Inc. Cardio Systems--Fort Myers, Inc. Cardio Systems--Kansas City, Inc. Cardio Systems--Memphis, Inc. Cardio Systems--Miami, Inc. Cardio Systems--Oklahoma City, Inc. Cardio Systems--Sacramento, Inc. Cardio Systems--Tampa, Inc. F-73 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED) Cardio Systems North America Dealer Corporation, Inc. Cardio Systems Operations, Inc. Cardio Systems Partners, Inc. Cardio Systems Sales, Inc. Cardio Systems of Texas--Austin, Inc Cardio Systems of Texas--Dallas, Inc. SCD Industries, Inc. Special Care Delivery, Inc. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. REVENUE RECOGNITION--Services and rental revenue are recognized as services are rendered. Sales and other revenue are recognized when products are shipped. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS--The Company considers all highly liquid investments with an original maturity of ninety days or less to be cash equivalents. INVENTORIES--Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (first-in, first-out) or market (net realizable value). Costs include material, labor and manufacturing overhead costs. Inventory expected to be converted into equipment for short-term rental has been reclassified to property, plant and equipment. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT--Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost. Betterment's which extend the useful life of the equipment are capitalized. DEPRECIATION--Depreciation on property, plant and equipment is calculated on the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives (thirty to forty years for the buildings and between three and ten years for most of the Company's other property and equipment) of the assets. INCOME TAXES--The Company recognizes certain transactions in different time periods for the financial reporting and income tax purposes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. The provision for deferred income taxes represents the change in deferred income tax accounts during the period. 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 reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. LONG LIVED ASSETS--In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed of," management reviews long-lived assets and intangible assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount of an asset may not be fully recoverable. As part of the assessment, management analyzes the undiscounted cash flows for each product that has significant long-lived or intangible asset values associated with it. This analysis for the asset values as of August 31, 1997 indicated there was no impairment to these assets' carrying values. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS--Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 130, "Reporting Comprehensive Income" ("SFAS No. 130") is effective for financial statements with fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1997. Earlier application is permitted. SFAS No. 130 establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company has yet to determine the preferred format for presenting this information. F-74 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 1. INVENTORIES Inventories are summarized as follows:
FEBRUARY 28, 1998 ------------ Raw materials................................................................... $ 351,665 Work-in-process................................................................. 3,365,938 Finished goods.................................................................. 1,306,185 ------------ Total........................................................................... $ 5,023,788 ------------ ------------
2. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Property and equipment consist of the following:
FEBRUARY 28, 1998 ------------- Rental medical equipment....................................................... $ 9,609,993 Machinery and equipment........................................................ 463,336 Office equipment............................................................... 514,196 Building and improvements...................................................... 216,933 Vehicles....................................................................... 89,142 Land........................................................................... 8,536 ------------- Total.......................................................................... 10,902,136 Accumulated depreciation....................................................... (6,522,985) ------------- Net property and equipment..................................................... $ 4,379,151 ------------- -------------
3. LINE OF CREDIT CH Industries has a $7,500,000 revolving line of credit with a bank which expires, May 1, 1999. The interest rate is at the 30-day LIBOR rate plus 2.25 percent. The Company has been allocated a portion of the line of credit based on the ratio of debt to current assets. At February 28, 1998, the Company's interest rate was 7.84 percent. The outstanding borrowings are secured by CH Industries' accounts receivable, inventories (including those of the Company) and the guarantee of the parent's stockholder. Certain financial covenants exist related to CH Industries total debt ratio, tangible net worth, working capital, capital expenditures and additional debt. 4. OPERATING EXPENSES AND OTHER ALLOCATION EXPENSES All operating expenses are allocated to the business using procedures deemed appropriate to the nature of the expense involved. The procedures utilized various allocation bases such as relative investments and number of employees, and direct effort expended. Interest expense is determined at the corporate level based on the consolidated indebtedness of CH Industries and allocated to the business on the basis of their proportionate share of current assets of CH Industries. CH Industries management believes the allocations are reasonable, but they are not necessarily indicative of the costs that would have been incurred if the businesses had been a separate company. F-75 CH MEDICAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES UNAUDITED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS The Company leases certain office space, warehouse facilities and equipment from its stockholder, CH Realty and CH Leasing, Ltd., limited partnerships controlled 99 percent by the stockholder. Rental expenses for operating leases to affiliates was $145,296 and $191,869 for the six months ended February 28, 1998 and 1997, respectively. 6. INCOME TAXES Federal, state and local income taxes are allocated based upon an effective tax rate of 38 and 42 percent for the six months ended February 28, 1998 and 1997, respectively. The allocation approximates the results that would occur if the business were a separate taxpayer. Income tax expense differs from the amount computed by applying the federal statutory rate of 34 percent primarily due to varying state income taxes. Deferred taxes result from temporary differences arising from differing methods of depreciation for tax and financial reporting purposes and from allowance for doubtful accounts not deductible for tax purposes. 7. SUPPLEMENTAL Interest and income taxes paid during the six months ended February 28, 1998 was $905,000 compared with interest and income taxes paid during the six months ended February 28, 1997 of $1,677,000. These amounts were allocated to the Company based on average outstanding debt and net income before taxes. F-76 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation not contained in this Prospectus and, if given or made, such information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy any of the securities offered hereby in any jurisdiction to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such an offer in such jurisdiction. Neither the delivery of this Prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or that there has been no change in the affairs of the Issuers since such date. -------------- TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page --------- Available Information................................. i Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements....... ii Summary............................................... 1 Risk Factors.......................................... 22 The Transactions...................................... 31 Use of Proceeds....................................... 33 MEDIQ/PRN Capitalization.............................. 34 Holdings Capitalization............................... 35 Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.......................................... 36 Selected Consolidated Historical Financial Information............................... 45 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations................. 47 The Exchange Offers................................... 55 Certain Federal Income Tax Considerations Relating to the Exchange Offers................................. 63 Business.............................................. 64 Management............................................ 79 Ownership of Capital Stock............................ 84 Description of Capital Stock.......................... 87 Certain Relationships and Related Transactions........ 92 Description of Certain Indebtedness................... 94 Description of the Notes.............................. 96 Description of the Debentures......................... 129 Plan of Distribution.................................. 159 Certain U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations........ 159 Legal Matters......................................... 166 Experts............................................... 166 Index to Financial Statements......................... F-1
Until , 1998 (90 days after the date of this Prospectus), all dealers that effect transactions in the Securities, whether or not participating in the original distribution, may be required to deliver a Prospectus. This is in addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a Prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [LOGO] OFFER TO EXCHANGE All Outstanding 11% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 for 11% Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. OFFER TO EXCHANGE All Outstanding 13% Senior Discount Debentures Due 2009 for 13% Senior Discount Debentures Due 2009 of MEDIQ Incorporated PROSPECTUS PART II INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS ITEM 20. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS As permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, the Certificate of Incorporation of each Issuer provides that directors of such Issuer shall not be personally liable to such Issuer or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to such Issuer or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, relating to prohibited dividends or distributions or the repurchase or redemption of stock, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit. In addition, the By-laws of each Issuer provide for indemnification of such Issuer's officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware law. Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law provides that a corporation may indemnify any persons, including officers and directors, who were or are, or are threatened to be made, parties to any threatened, pending or completed legal action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of such corporation), by reason of the fact that such person was an officer, director, employee or agent of such corporation or is or was serving at the request of such corporation as an officer, director, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise. The indemnity may include expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the corporation's best interests and, for criminal proceedings, had no reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. A Delaware corporation may indemnify officers and directors in an action by or in the right of the corporation under the same conditions, except that no indemnification is permitted without judicial approval if the officer or director is adjudged to be liable to the corporation. Where an officer or director is successful on the merits or otherwise in the defense of any action referred to above, the corporation must indemnify him against the expenses that such officer or director actually and reasonably incurred. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling an Issuer pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Issuers have been informed that in the opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. The directors and officers of the Registrants are insured against certain liabilities under the Registrants' directors' and officers' liability insurance. The foregoing summary of the Delaware General Corporation Law and of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of each Issuer is qualified in its entirety by reference to the relevant provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and of each Issuer's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, which are filed as exhibits to this Registration Statement. II-1 ITEM 21. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES (a) Exhibits:
EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - --------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of January 14, 1998, as amended as of April 27, 1998, by and between Holdings and MQ (incorporated by reference to Annex A of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in Form S-4 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on February 13, 1998, as amended, File No. 333-46233)* 2.2 Stock Option Agreement dated January 14, 1998 between MQ and the persons signatory thereto (incorporated by reference to Annex E of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in Form S-4 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on February 13, 1998, as amended, File No. 333-46233)* 2.3 Stockholder Agreements between BRS and the Rotko Entities (incorporated by reference to Annex F of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in Form S-4 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on February 13, 1998, as amended, File No. 333-46233)* 2.4 Rollover Agreement dated January 14, 1998 by and among Holdings, MQ and the Rotko Entities (incorporated by reference to Annex G of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus included in Form S-4 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on February 13, 1998, as amended, File No. 333-46233)* 2.5 Agreement and Plan of Merger dated July 23, 1996 among Holdings, Cardinal Health, Inc., Panther Merger Corp. and PCI Services, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Schedule 13D filed by Cardinal Health, Inc. on July 29, 1996, File No. 5-42666)* 2.6 Amended and Restated Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 20, 1996 among Holdings, MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. and NutraMax Products, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2(a) to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by NutraMax Products, Inc. for the fiscal year ended September 28, 1996, File No. 0-18671)* 2.7 Affiliate Letter to Cardinal Health, Inc. from Holdings dated August 16, 1996 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on October 21, 1996, File No. 1-08147)* 2.8 Stock Purchase Agreement dated November 13, 1997 among Holdings, MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. and InnoServ Technologies, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.8 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, File No. 1-08147)* 2.9 Asset Purchase Agreement dated November 6, 1996 among Holdings, MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. and Symphony Diagnostic Services No. 1, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.5 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1996, File No. 1-08147)* 2.10 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of April 24, 1998 among MEDIQ/PRN, CH Medical, Inc. and the other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on April 28, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 3.1 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ/PRN 3.2 By-Laws of MEDIQ/PRN 3.3 Certificate of Incorporation of Holdings
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - --------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.4 By-laws of Holdings 3.5 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers, Inc. 3.6 By-Laws of MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers, Inc 3.7 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers -- I, Inc. 3.8 By-Laws of MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers -- I, Inc. 3.9 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc. 3.10 By-Laws of MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc. 3.11 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. 3.12 By-Laws of MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. 3.13 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Management Services, Inc. 3.14 By-Laws of MEDIQ Management Services, Inc. 3.15 Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. 3.16 By-Laws of MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. 3.17 Certificate of Incorporation of MDTC Haddon, Inc. 3.18 By-Laws of MDTC Haddon, Inc. 3.19 Certificate of Incorporation of Value-Med Products, Inc. 3.20 By-Laws of Value-Med Products, Inc. 3.21 Certificate of Incorporation of American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs, Inc. 3.22 By-Laws of American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs, Inc. 4.1 Credit Agreement dated as of May 29, 1998 among MEDIQ/PRN, the Lender Parties party thereto, Banque Nationale de Paris, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Bank, Initial Issuing Bank and Arranger, NationsBank, N.A., as Syndication Agent, and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Documentation Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.2 Indenture dated as of July 1, 1993 between Holdings and First Union Bank, N.A. (formerly First Fidelity Bank, N.A.) for 7.5% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Form S-2 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on April 28, 1993, as amended, File No. 33-61724)* 4.3 Form of 7.5% Exchangeable Subordinated Debentures due 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Form S-2 Registration Statement originally filed by Holdings on April 28, 1993, as amended, File No. 33-61724)* 4.4 Indenture dated as of May 15, 1998 among MEDIQ/PRN, the Subsidiary Guarantors and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.5 Form of Old Note (included in Exhibit 4.4)* 4.6 Form of New Note (included in Exhibit 4.4)*
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - --------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.7 Indenture dated as of May 15, 1998 among Holdings and United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.8 Form of Old Debenture (included in Exhibit 4.7)* 4.9 Form of New Debenture (included in Exhibit 4.7)* 4.10 Warrant Agreement dated May 29, 1998 between Holdings and United States Trust Company of New York, as Warrant Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.11 Form of Warrant (included in Exhibit 4.10)* 4.12 Registration Rights Agreement dated May 21, 1998 among the Issuers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, Credit Suisse First Boston Corporation, NationsBanc Montgomery Securities LLC and Banque Nationale de Paris (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.13 Registration Rights Agreement dated as of May 29, 1998 among Holdings, MEDIQ/PRN, the investors named therein and MQ Acquisition Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.6 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.14 Securities Purchase and Holders Agreement dated as of May 29, 1998 among Holdings, the investors named therein and MQ Acquisition Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on June 15, 1998, File No. 1-08147)* 4.15 Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of June 26, 1998 among MEDIQ/PRN, National Patient Care Systems, Inc. and other parties named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4 to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Holdings for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 1998, File No. 000-15500) 5.1 Opinion of Dechert Price & Rhoads as to the New Notes+ 5.2 Opinion of Dechert Price & Rhoads as to the New Debentures+ 10.1 MEDIQ Executive Security Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, File No. 1-08147)* 10.2 Employment contract dated as of April 27, 1995 with Thomas E. Carroll (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, File No. 1-08147)* 10.3 Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 14, 1997 to employment contract with Thomas E. Carroll (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9(a) to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, File No. 1-08147)* 10.4 Employment contract dated as of June 20, 1995 with Jay M. Kaplan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1995, File No. 1-08147)* 10.5 Letter Agreement dated January 14, 1998 by and between Bruckmann, Rosser, Sherrill & Co., Inc. and Holdings (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.7 to Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Holdings on January 21, 1998, File No. 1-08147)*
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION - --------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.1 Statements of Ratios of Earnings to Fixed Charges 12.2 Statements of Ratios of Adjusted EBITDA to Interest Expense and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA 21.1 Subsidiaries of Holdings (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Holdings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 1997, File No. 1-08147)* 23.1 Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP 23.2 Consent of Dechert Price & Rhoads (included in Exhibit 5.1)+ 23.3 Consent of Dechert Price & Rhoads (included in Exhibit 5.2)+ 23.4 Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP 24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on signature pages)* 25.1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification, Form T-1, of United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.4* 25.2 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification, Form T-1, of United States Trust Company of New York, as Trustee under the Indenture filed as Exhibit 4.7 27.1 Financial Data Schedule* 27.2 Financial Data Schedule* 99.1 Form of Letter of Transmittal for 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 of MEDIQ/PRN 99.2 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 of MEDIQ/PRN 99.3 Form of Letter of Transmittal for 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 of Holdings 99.4 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 of Holdings
- ------------------------ * Previously filed. + To be filed by amendment (b) Financial Statement Schedules: Schedule II--Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves Schedules not listed above are omitted because of the absence of the conditions under which they are required or because the information required by such omitted schedules is set forth in the financial statements or the notes thereto. ITEM 22. UNDERTAKINGS (a) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake: (1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; II-5 (ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and (iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; (2) that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and (3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. (b) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. (c) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to respond to requests for information that is incorporated by reference into the prospectus pursuant to Item 4, 10(b), 11 or 13 of this Form, within one business day of receipt of such request, and to send the incorporated documents by first class mail or other equally prompt means. This includes information contained in documents filed subsequent to the effective date of the registration statement through the date of responding to the request. (d) The undersigned Registrants hereby undertake to supply by means of a post-effective amendment all information concerning a transaction, and the company being acquired involved therein, that was not the subject of and included in the registration statement when it became effective. II-6 SIGNATURES MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL ----------------------------------------- Thomas E. Carroll PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- President, Chief Executive /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL Officer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Thomas E. Carroll Officer) Senior Vice President, /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Chief Financial Officer - ------------------------------ and Director (Principal Jay M. Kaplan Accounting Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
II-7 MEDIQ INCORPORATED Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ INCORPORATED By: /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL ----------------------------------------- Thomas E. Carroll PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- President, Chief Executive /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL Officer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Thomas E. Carroll Officer) Senior Vice /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN President-Finance and - ------------------------------ Chief Financial Officer Jay M. Kaplan (Principal Accounting Officer) * - ------------------------------ Director Bruce C. Bruckmann * - ------------------------------ Director Stephen C. Sherrill * - ------------------------------ Director Robert T. Thompson
/s/ JAY M. KAPLAN -------------------------------------- Jay M. Kaplan *By: Attorney-in-fact
II-8 MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS, INC. By: * ----------------------------------------- Jo A. Surpin PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- * President and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Jo A. Surpin Officer) Chief Financial Officer, /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Treasurer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Jay M. Kaplan Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
*By: /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN ------------------------ Jay M. Kaplan Attorney-in-fact II-9 MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS-I, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC CENTERS-I, INC. By: * ----------------------------------------- Jo A. Surpin PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- * President and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Jo A. Surpin Officer) Chief Financial Officer, /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Treasurer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Jay M. Kaplan Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
*By: /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN ------------------------ Jay M. Kaplan Attorney-in-fact II-10 MEDIQ IMAGING SERVICES, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ IMAGING SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN ----------------------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn VICE PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- Vice President and /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Alan S. Einhorn Officer) Vice President, Chief /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Financial Officer, - ------------------------------ Treasurer and Director Jay M. Kaplan (Principal Accounting Officer)
II-11 MEDIQ INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL ----------------------------------------- Thomas E. Carroll PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL President and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Thomas E. Carroll Officer) Vice President, Chief /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Financial Officer and - ------------------------------ Treasurer (Principal Jay M. Kaplan Accounting Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
II-12 MEDIQ MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC. By: * ----------------------------------------- Jo A. Surpin PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- * - ------------------------------ President (Principal Jo A. Surpin Executive Officer) Chief Financial Officer, /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Treasurer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Jay M. Kaplan Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
*By: /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN ------------------------ Jay M. Kaplan Attorney-in-fact II-13 MEDIQ MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MEDIQ MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES, INC. By: /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN ----------------------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn VICE PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- Vice President and /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Alan S. Einhorn Officer) Vice President, Chief /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Financial Officer, - ------------------------------ Treasurer and Director Jay M. Kaplan (Principal Accounting Officer)
II-14 MDTC HADDON, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. MDTC HADDON, INC. By: * ----------------------------------------- Jo A. Surpin PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- * President and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Jo A. Surpin Officer) Chief Financial Officer, /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Treasurer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Jay M. Kaplan Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
*By: /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN ------------------------ Jay M. Kaplan Attorney-in-fact II-15 VALUE-MED PRODUCTS, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. VALUE-MED PRODUCTS, INC. By: /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL ----------------------------------------- Thomas E. Carroll PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- /s/ THOMAS E. CARROLL President and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Thomas E. Carroll Officer) /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Treasurer and Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Accounting Jay M. Kaplan Officer) /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN - ------------------------------ Director Alan S. Einhorn
II-16 AMERICAN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING LABS, INC. Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the above-named Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Pennsauken, State of New Jersey, on the 18th day of September, 1998. AMERICAN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING LABS, INC. By: /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN ----------------------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn VICE PRESIDENT
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities indicated on September 18, 1998.
SIGNATURE TITLE - ------------------------------ -------------------------- Vice President and /s/ ALAN S. EINHORN Director - ------------------------------ (Principal Executive Alan S. Einhorn Officer) Vice President, Chief /s/ JAY M. KAPLAN Financial Officer, - ------------------------------ Treasurer and Director Jay M. Kaplan (Principal Accounting Officer)
II-17 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT ON THE SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE Board of Director and Stockholders MEDIQ Incorporated Pennsauken, New Jersey Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements taken as a whole. The supplemental schedule listed in item 16(b) is presented of the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the basic financial statements. This schedule is the responsibility of the Company's management. Such schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the basic financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP November 25, 1997 MEDIQ INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES SCHEDULE II VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES YEARS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 1997, 1996 AND 1995 (IN THOUSANDS)
COL A COL B COL C COL D COL E - ------------------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ ----------- ----------- ADDITIONS --------------------------------------------------------------------- BALANCE AT CHARGED TO CHARGED TO BALANCE AT BEGINNING COSTS AND OTHER ACCOUNTS DEDUCTIONS END OF DESCRIPTION OF PERIOD EXPENSES (1) (2) PERIOD ----------- ----------- ----------------- ----------- ----------- Year ended September 30, 1997: Allowance for doubtful accounts............. $ 2,383 $ 3,234 $ 478 $ (2,018) $ 4,077 ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- ----------- Year ended September 30, 1996: Allowance for doubtful accounts............. $ 2,207 $ 1,237 $ -- $ (1,061) $ 2,383 ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- ----------- Year ended September 30, 1995: Allowance for doubtful accounts............. $ 2,195 $ 993 $ -- $ (981) $ 2,207 ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----- ----------- -----------
(1) Primarily represents allowances for doubtful accounts related to acquisitions. (2) Represents accounts directly written-off net of recoveries. EX-3.1 2 EXHIBIT 3.1 EXHIBIT 3.1 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ/PLSS, INC. * * * * * 1. The name of the corporation is MEDIQ/PLSS, INC. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is Two Thousand (2,000) of which stock One Thousand (1,000) shares of the par value of Ten Dollars ($10.00) each, amounting in the aggregate to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) shall be Common stock and of which One Thousand (1,000) shares of the par value of Ten Dollars ($10.00) each, amounting in the aggregate to Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) shall be Class A Common stock. 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 D. A. Hampton Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 1st day of May 1991. M. A. Brzoska --------------------------- M. A. Brzoska D. A. Hampton --------------------------- D. A. Hampton L. J. Vitalo --------------------------- L. J. Vitalo CERTIFICATE OF MERGER OF MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. INTO MEDIQ/PLSS, Inc. * * * * * The undersigned corporation DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the name and state of incorporation of each of the constituent corporations of the merger is as follows: NAME STATE OF INCORPORATION ---- ---------------------- MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. California MEDIQ/PLSS, Inc. Delaware SECOND: That an Agreement of Merger between the parties to the merger has been approved, adopted, certified, executed and acknowledged by each of the constituent corporations in accordance with the requirements of Section 252 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware. THIRD: The name of the surviving corporation of the merger is MEDIQ/PLSS, Inc., which shall herewith be changed to MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation. FOURTH: That the amendments or changes in the Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ/PLSS, Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is the surviving corporation, that are to be effected by the merger are as follows: FIRST: The name of the corporation is MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. FIFTH: That the executed Agreement of Merger is on file at the principal place of business of the surviving corporation, the address of which is One MEDIQ Plaza, Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110. SIXTH: That a copy of the Agreement of Merger will be furnished on request and without cost, to any stockholder of any constituent corporation. SEVENTH: The authorized capital stock of each foreign corporation which is a party to the merger is as follows:
Par Value per Corporation Class Number of Shares share - ----------- ----- ---------------- ----- MEDIQ/PRN Life Common 20,000 $.01 Support Services, Inc. MEDIQ/PRN Life Class A 2,000 $.01 Support Services, Common Inc.
EIGHTH: That this Certificate of Merger shall be effective on June 1, 1993. Dated May 28th, 1993. MEDIQ/PLSS, Inc. By /s/ Michael F. Sandler -------------------------------------- Michael F. Sandler, Vice President ATTEST: By /s/ Alan S. Einhorn - --------------------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn, Assistant Secretary CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO THE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. The undersigned, being the Vice President - Treasurer of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. certifies that in accordance with Section 242 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation was duly considered and approved by the holders of a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares qualified to vote thereon by unanimous written consent of the sole shareholder dated June 2, 1993: RESOLVED, that the first sentence of Article IV of the Certificate of Incorporation of this Corporation shall read in its entirety as follows: "The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Company shall have the authority to issue is 20,000 shares of Common Stock of a par value of $.Ol per share and 2,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of a par value of $.0l per share. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. has caused its corporate seal to be hereunto affixed and this Certificate to be signed by it Vice President - Treasurer, Michael F. Sandler, and attested by its Assistant Secretary, Alan S. Einhorn, this 21st day of June, 1993. [Corporate Seal] MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. BY: /s/ Michael F. Sandler -------------------------- Michael F. Sandler Vice President - Treasurer ATTEST: /s/ Alan S. Einhorn -------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn Assistant Secretary EX-3.2 3 EXHIBIT 3.2 EXHIBIT 3.2 MEDIQ/PLSS, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington (New Castle), Delaware. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be The Corporation Trust Company. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the 2nd day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:00 o'clock A.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. QUORUM: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawl of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. PROXIES: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETINGS: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary busi- ness hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, four in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. REGULAR MEETINGS: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice the 2nd day of January in each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. QUORUM: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. CONFERENCE TELEPHONE: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. COMPENSATION: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. REMOVAL: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. SALARIES: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. TERM OF OFFICE: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. PRESIDENT: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. SECRETARY: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. TREASURER: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provision of these By-Laws. Section 2. RESIGNATIONS EFFECTIVE AT FUTURE DATE: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President or Vice President and Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Section 2. TRANSFERS: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATE: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. RECORD DATE: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. DIVIDENDS: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. RESERVES: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. CHECKS: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. FISCAL YEAR: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October in each year. Section 3. NOTICE: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. WAIVER OF NOTICE: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. DISALLOWED COMPENSATION: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. RESIGNATIONS: Any director or other officer may resign at any time, such resignation to be in writing and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and the Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a Certified Public Accountant. ARTICLE XI - INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE: Section 1. (a) RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer, of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent authorized by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than said law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection therewith and such indemnification shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators; provided, however, that, except as provided in paragraph (b) hereof, the Corporation shall indemnify any such person seeking indemnification in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board of Directors of the Corporation. The right to indemnification conferred in this Section shall be a contract right and shall include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition: provided, however, that, if the Delaware General Corporation Law requires, the payment of such expenses incurred by a director or officer in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such person while a director or officer, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding, shall be made only upon delivery to the corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director or officer, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such director or officer is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section or otherwise. The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to employees and agents of the Corporation with the same scope and effect as the foregoing indemnification of directors and officers. (b) RIGHT OF CLAIMANT TO BRING SUIT: If a claim under paragraph (a) of this Section is not paid in full by the Corporation within thirty days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, the claimant may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim and, if successful in whole or in part, the claimant shall be entitled to be paid also the expense of prosecuting such claim. It shall be a defense to any such action (other than an action brought to enforce a claim for expenses incurred in defending any proceeding in advance of its final disposition where the required undertaking, if any is required, has been tendered to the Corporation) that the claimant has not met the standards of conduct which make it permissible under the Delaware General Corporation law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard or conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard or conduct. (c) Notwithstanding any limitation to the contrary contained in sub-paragraphs (a) and 8 (b) of this section, the corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (d) INSURANCE: The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XII - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholders of that purpose. EX-3.3 4 EXHIBIT 3.3 Exhibit 3.3 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ INCORPORATED NAME. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Incorporated. REGISTERED OFFICE AND AGENT. The address of the Corporation's registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, in the County of New Castle. The name of the Corporation's registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. PURPOSE. The purposes for which the Corporation is formed are to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware and to possess and exercise all of the powers and privileges granted by such law and any other law of Delaware. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. A. The aggregate number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 70,000,000 shares, divided into two (2) classes consisting of 40,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Preferred Stock"); and 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Common Stock"). B. The following is a statement of the designations, preferences, qualifications, limitations, restrictions and the special or relative rights granted to or imposed upon the shares of each such class: ISSUE IN SERIES. Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each such series to have the terms stated herein and in the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Corporation providing for its issue. All shares of any one series of Preferred Stock will be identical, but shares of different series of Preferred Stock need not be identical or rank equally except insofar as provided by law or herein. CREATION OF SERIES. The Board of Directors will have authority by resolution to cause to be created one or more series of Preferred Stock, and to determine and fix with respect to each series prior to the issuance of any shares of the series to which such resolution relates: The distinctive designation of the series and the number of shares which will constitute the series, which number may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares then outstanding) from time to time by action of the Board of Directors; The dividend rate and the times of payment of dividends on the shares of the series, whether dividends will be cumulative, and if so, from what date or dates; The price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which, the shares of the series may be redeemed at the option of the Corporation; Whether or not the shares of the series will be entitled to the benefit of a retirement or sinking fund to be applied to the purchase or redemption of such shares and, if so entitled, the amount of such fund and the terms and provisions relative to the operation thereof; Whether or not the shares of the series will be convertible into, or exchangeable for, any other shares of stock of the Corporation or other securities, and if so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion price or prices, or the rates of exchange, and any adjustments thereof, at which such conversion or exchange may be made, and any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange; The rights of the shares of the series in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation; Whether or not the shares of the series will have priority over or be on a parity with or be junior to the shares of any other series or class in any respect or will be entitled to the benefit of limitations restricting the issuance of shares of any other series or class having priority over or being on a parity with the shares of such series in any respect, or restricting the payment of dividends on or the making of other distributions in respect of shares of any other series or class ranking junior to the shares of the series as to dividends or assets, or restricting the purchase or redemption of the shares of any such junior series or class, and the terms of any such restriction; -2- Whether the series will have voting rights, in addition to any voting rights provided by law, and, if so, the terms of such voting rights; and Any other preferences, qualifications, privileges, options and other relative or special rights and limitations of that series. DIVIDENDS. Holders of Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available for the payment thereof, dividends at the rates fixed by the Board of Directors for the respective series, and no more, before any dividends shall be declared and paid, or set apart for payment, on Common Stock with respect to the same dividend period. PREFERENCE ON LIQUIDATION. In the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, holders of each series of Preferred Stock will be entitled to receive the amount fixed for such series plus, in the case of any series on which dividends will have been determined by the Board of Directors to be cumulative, an amount equal to all dividends accumulated and unpaid thereon to the date of final distribution whether or not earned or declared before any distribution shall be paid, or set aside for payment, to holders of Common Stock. If the assets of the Corporation are not sufficient to pay such amounts in full, holders of all shares of Preferred Stock will participate in the distribution of assets ratably in proportion to the full amounts to which they are entitled or in such order or priority, if any, as will have been fixed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of the series of Preferred Stock. Neither the merger nor consolidation of the Corporation into or with any other corporation, nor a sale, transfer or lease of all or part of its assets, will be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the corporation within the meaning of this paragraph except to the extent specifically provided for herein. REDEMPTION. The Corporation, at the option of the Board of Directors, may redeem all or part of the shares of any series of Preferred Stock on the terms and conditions fixed for such series. vi. VOTING RIGHTS. Except as otherwise required by law, as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise determined by the Board of Directors as to the shares of any series of Preferred Stock prior to the issuance of any such shares, the holders of Preferred Stock shall have no voting rights and shall not be entitled to any notice of meeting of stockholders. SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. There shall be 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as "Series A 13.0% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock" ("Series A Preferred Stock"). The par value of Series A Preferred Stock shall be $.01 per share. -3- RANK. With respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation, Series A Preferred Stock shall rank (a) senior to the Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share ("COMMON STOCK"), the Series B Preferred Stock (defined in paragraph 4.C.xii. below), the Series C Preferred Stock (defined in paragraph 4.C.xii. below), and each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series shall rank junior to the Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES A JUNIOR SECURITIES"), (b) on a parity with each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which do not specifically provide that they rank junior to Series A Preferred Stock or senior to Series A Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as " SERIES A PARITY SECURITIES"), and (c) junior to each other class of capital stock or other class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation that by its terms is senior to the Series A Preferred Stock with respect to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES A SENIOR SECURITIES"). Dividends. Each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series A Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.30 per share PER ANNUM. All dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, and shall accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series A Preferred Stock, and shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the second Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance of such Series A Preferred Stock. Each dividend on Series A Preferred Stock shall be payable to the Holders of record of Series A Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which record date shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date. Dividends shall cease to accrue in respect of shares of Series A Preferred Stock on the date of their repurchase by the Corporation unless the Corporation shall have failed to pay the relevant repurchase price on the date fixed for repurchase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, -4- unless and until such dividends are declared by the Board of Directors, there shall be no obligation to pay such dividends; PROVIDED, that such dividends shall continue to cumulate and shall be added to the Liquidation Preference (as provided in Paragraph 4.C.iv.a. below) at the time of repurchase as provided herein if not earlier declared and paid. Accrued dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock if not paid on the first or any subsequent Dividend Payment Date following accrual shall thereafter accrue additional dividends ("ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS") in respect thereof, compounded annually, at the rate of 13.0% per annum. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph 4.C.iii.a. shall be paid PRO RATA to the Holders entitled thereto. Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Period and dividends in connection with any optional redemption pursuant to paragraph 4.C.v.a. may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to the Holders of record on any date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which date is not more than 60 days prior to the payment of such dividends. As long as any Series A Preferred Stock is outstanding, no dividends shall be declared by the Board of Directors or paid or funds set apart for the payment of dividends or other distributions on any Series A Parity Securities for any period, and no Series A Parity Securities may be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, nor may funds be set apart for such payment (other than dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions payable in Series A Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series A Junior Securities in connection therewith), unless (i) full Accumulated Dividends have been paid or set apart for such payment on the Series A Preferred Stock and Series A Parity Securities for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such dividends or distributions on, or such repurchase or redemption of, such Series A Parity Securities (the "SERIES A PARITY PAYMENT DATE") and (ii) any such dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of any dividends declared and -5- paid per share on outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and each other share of Series A Parity Securities will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Accumulated Dividends) per share of outstanding Series A Preferred Stock and such other outstanding shares of Series A Parity Securities bear to each other. The Holders shall be entitled to receive the dividends provided for in paragraph 4.C.iii.a. hereof in preference to and in priority over any dividends upon any of the Series A Junior Securities. Such dividends on the Series A Preferred Stock shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, so that if at any time full Accumulated Dividends on all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding for all Dividend Periods then elapsed have not been paid or set aside for payment, the amount of such unpaid dividends shall be paid before any sum shall be set aside for or applied by the Corporation to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of any shares of Series A Junior Securities (either pursuant to any applicable sinking fund requirement or otherwise) or any dividend or other distribution shall be paid or declared or set apart for payment on any Series A Junior Securities (the date of any such actions to be referred to as the "SERIES A JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not (i) prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing shares of Series A Junior Securities from a holder thereof who is, or was, a director or employee of the Corporation (or an affiliate of the Corporation) and (ii) prohibit the Corporation from making dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions in respect of Series A Junior Securities payable in Series A Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series A Junior Securities in connection therewith. Dividends payable on Series A Preferred Stock for any period less than one year shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which such dividends are payable. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. -6- Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the Holders of all shares of Series A Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the date of final distribution (the "LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE") and no more, before any distribution is made on any Series A Junior Securities. If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the application of all amounts available for payments with respect to Series A Preferred Stock and all other Series A Parity Securities would not result in payment in full of Series A Preferred Stock and such other Series A Parity Securities, the Holders and holders of Series A Parity Securities shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full liquidation preference to which each is entitled. After payment in full pursuant to this paragraph 4.C.iv.a., the Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation. For the purposes of this paragraph 4.C.iv., neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with one or more corporations (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. REDEMPTION. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem at any time or from time to time, from any source of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, in the manner -7- provided in paragraph 4.C.v.c. hereof, any or all of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock, at a redemption prices set forth below, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the Redemption Date (as defined in paragraph 4.C.xii.). The redemption price for redemptions pursuant to this paragraph 4.C.v.a. are as follows: REDEMPTION PRICE REDEMPTION DATE PER SHARE on or before December 31, 1999 $11.00 on or after January 1, 2000 but before January 1, 2002 $10.50 on or after January 1, 2002; $10.00 No partial redemption of Series A Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph 4.C.v.a. hereof may be authorized or made unless prior thereto, full accrued and unpaid dividends thereon for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption Date and an amount equal to a prorated dividend thereon for the period from the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to the Redemption Date to the Redemption Date have been or immediately prior to the Redemption Notice are declared and paid in cash or are declared and there has been a sum set apart sufficient for such cash payment on the Redemption Date. In the event of a redemption pursuant to paragraph 4.C.v.a. hereof of only a portion of the then outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall effect such redemption PRO RATA according to the number of shares held by each Holder of Series A Preferred Stock. -8- MANDATORY REDEMPTION. All outstanding shares of the Series A Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from funds legally available therefor on December 31, 2011 (the "MANDATORY REDEMPTION DATE"), at a price per share equal to the Liquidation Preference on such Mandatory Redemption Date. PROCEDURES FOR REDEMPTION. At least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Series A Preferred Stock, written notice (the "REDEMPTION NOTICE") shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of record of Series A Preferred Stock on the record date fixed for such redemption of Series A Preferred Stock at such Holder's address as set forth on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date; PROVIDED that no failure to give such notice nor any deficiency therein shall affect the validity of the procedure for the redemption of any shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed except as to the Holder or Holders to whom the Corporation has failed to give said notice or except as to the Holder or Holders whose notice was defective. In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which shares of Series A Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, the Redemption Notice shall state: the redemption price; whether all or less than all of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock redeemable thereunder are to be redeemed and the aggregate number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock being redeemed; the number of shares of Series A Preferred Stock held, as of the appropriate record date, by the Holder that the Corporation intends to redeem; the Redemption Date; that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation, at the place or places where certificates for shares of Series A Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for redemption, in the manner and at the price designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed; and -9- that dividends on the shares of Series A Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate on such Redemption Date unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the redemption price. Each Holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Series A Preferred Stock being so redeemed to the Corporation, duly endorsed, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and on the Redemption Date the full redemption price for such shares shall be payable in cash to the Person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled and retired. In the event that less than all of the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. If a Redemption Notice has been mailed in accordance with paragraph 4.C.v.e. above, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment in full of the redemption price, then, notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered, (x) on the Redemption Date, the shares represented thereby so called for redemption shall be deemed no longer outstanding and shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock, undesignated as to series, (y) dividends with respect to the shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue after the Redemption Date and (z) all rights with respect to the shares so called for redemption or subject to conversion shall forthwith after such date cease and terminate, except for the right of the holders to receive the funds, if any, payable pursuant to this paragraph 5 without interest upon surrender of their certificates therefor. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS. The Corporation's obligation to deliver funds in accordance with this paragraph v. shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before a Redemption Date, the Corporation shall -10- deposit, with a bank or trust Corporation, or an affiliate of a bank or trust Corporation such funds as are required to be delivered by the Corporation pursuant to this paragraph v. upon the occurrence of the related redemption consideration sufficient to pay all accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares to be redeemed, in trust for the account of the Holders of the shares to be redeemed (and so as to be and continue to be available therefor), with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust Corporation that such shares and funds be delivered upon redemption of the shares of Series A Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the Corporation from time to time. Upon surrender of the certificates pursuant to paragraph 4.C.v.c.(2), each Holder shall thereupon be entitled to any funds payable pursuant to this paragraph v. following such surrender and following the date of such redemption. VOTING RIGHTS. The Holders shall not be entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by Delaware law or this Certificate of Designation except that, without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock or the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series A Preferred Stock at a meeting of the holders of Series A Preferred Stock called for such purpose, the Corporation shall not (a) create, authorize or issue any other class or series of stock entitled to a preference prior to Series A Preferred Stock upon any dividend or distribution or any liquidation, distribution of assets, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or (b) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation so as to materially adversely affect the relative rights and preferences of the Series A Preferred Stock. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall the Holders be entitled to vote (individually or as a class) on any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the -11- Corporation or any similar transaction. In any case in which the Holders shall be entitled to vote pursuant to paragraph 4.C.vi.a. above, each Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Series A Preferred Stock held unless otherwise required by applicable law. CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The Holders shall not have any rights hereunder to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Corporation. REISSUANCE OF SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock which have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares purchased, redeemed or exchanged, shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or as part of any other series of Preferred Stock, all subject to the conditions or restrictions on issuance set forth in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock; except that the Corporation may reissue shares of Series A Preferred Stock which are reacquired by the Corporation from a Holder who is, or was, an employee or director of the Corporation (or its affiliates). BUSINESS DAY. If any payment shall be required by the terms hereof to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS No Holder will possess any preemptive rights to subscribe for or acquire any unissued shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of the Corporation convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation. PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY SENIOR SECURITIES AND INDEBTEDNESS. To the extent that any action required to be taken by the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation shall be prohibited or restricted by the terms of any Series A Senior Securities or any contract or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound in respect of the incurrence of indebtedness, such Corporation's actions shall be delayed until such time as such prohibition or restriction is no longer in force. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Section 4.C., the following terms shall have the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural and VICE VERSA), unless the context otherwise requires: "ACCUMULATED DIVIDENDS" means (i) with respect to any share of Series A -12- Preferred Stock, the dividends that have accrued on such share as of such specific date for Dividend Periods ending on or prior to such date and that have not previously been paid in cash, and (ii) with respect to any Series A Parity Security, the dividends that have accrued and are due on such security as of such specific date. "ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.iii.a. "BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or executive order to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock including, without limitation, partnership interests. "COMMON STOCK" shall have the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.ii. "DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE" means June 30th and December 31st of each year. "DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the Initial Dividend Period and, thereafter, each Semi-Annual Dividend Period. "HOLDER" means a holder of shares of Series A Preferred Stock. "INITIAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the dividend period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the first Dividend Payment Date to occur thereafter. "ISSUE DATE" means May 29, 1998. "LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.iv.a. "MANDATORY REDEMPTION DATE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.v.b. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock Corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind. -13- "PREFERRED STOCK" means the Preferred Stock of the Corporation. "REDEMPTION DATE", with respect to any shares of Preferred Stock, means the date on which such shares of Preferred Stock are redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 4.C.v. "REDEMPTION NOTICE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.v.c. "SERIES A JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.C.iii.c. "SERIES A JUNIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.ii. "SERIES A PARITY PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.C.iii.d. "SERIES A PARITY SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.ii. "SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the annual period commencing on each January 1st and July 1st and ending on each Dividend Payment Date, respectively. "SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.i. "SERIES A SENIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.C.ii. "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series B 13.25% Cumulative Compounding Perpetual Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.D. "SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series C 13.5% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.E. SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. There shall be 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as "Series B 13.25% Cumulative Compounding Perpetual Preferred Stock" ("Series B -14- Preferred Stock"). The par value of Series B Preferred Stock shall be $.01 per share. RANK. With respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation, Series B Preferred Stock shall rank (a) senior to the Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share ("COMMON STOCK"), the Series C Preferred Stock (defined in paragraph 4.D.xii. below), and each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series shall rank junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES B JUNIOR SECURITIES"), (b) on a parity with each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series shall rank neither senior nor junior to the Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as " SERIES B PARITY SECURITIES"), and (c) junior to (i) the Series A Preferred Stock, (ii) each other class of capital stock or other class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation that by its terms is senior to the Series B Preferred Stock with respect to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation and (iii) each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which do not specifically provide that they rank junior to Series B Preferred Stock or senior to Series B Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES B SENIOR SECURITIES"). DIVIDENDS. Each Holder of Series B Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series B Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.325 per share PER ANNUM. All dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, and shall accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series B Preferred Stock, and shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the second Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance of such Series B Preferred Stock. Each dividend on Series B Preferred Stock shall be payable to the Holders of record of Series B Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which record date shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date. Dividends shall cease -15- to accrue in respect of shares of Series B Preferred Stock on the date of their repurchase by the Corporation unless the Corporation shall have failed to pay the relevant repurchase price on the date fixed for repurchase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, unless and until such dividends are declared by the Board of Directors, there shall be no obligation to pay such dividends; PROVIDED, that such dividends shall continue to cumulate and shall be added to the Liquidation Preference (as provided in paragraph 4.D.iv.a. below) at the time of repurchase as provided herein if not earlier declared and paid. Accrued dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock if not paid on the first or any subsequent Dividend Payment Date following accrual shall thereafter accrue additional dividends ("ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS") in respect thereof, compounded annually, at the rate of 13.25% per annum. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph 4.D.iii.a. shall be paid PRO RATA to the Holders entitled thereto. Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Period may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend Payment Date, to the Holders of record on any date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which date is not more than 60 days prior to the payment of such dividends. As long as any Series B Preferred Stock is outstanding, no dividends shall be declared by the Board of Directors or paid or funds set apart for the payment of dividends or other distributions on any Series B Parity Securities for any period, and no Series B Parity Securities may be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, nor may funds be set apart for such payment (other than dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions payable in Series B Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series B Junior Securities in connection therewith), unless (i) full Accumulated Dividends have been paid or set apart for such payment on the Series B Preferred Stock and Series B Parity Securities for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such dividends or -16- distributions on, or such repurchase or redemption of, such Series B Parity Securities (the "SERIES B PARITY PAYMENT DATE") and (ii) any such dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of any dividends declared and paid per share on outstanding Series B Preferred Stock and each other share of Series B Parity Securities will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Accumulated Dividends) per share of outstanding Series B Preferred Stock and such other outstanding shares of Series B Parity Securities bear to each other. The Holders shall be entitled to receive the dividends provided for in paragraph 4.D.iii.a. hereof in preference to and in priority over any dividends upon any of the Series B Junior Securities. Such dividends on the Series B Preferred Stock shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, so that if at any time full Accumulated Dividends on all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding for all Dividend Periods then elapsed have not been paid or set aside for payment, the amount of such unpaid dividends shall be paid before any sum shall be set aside for or applied by the Corporation to the purchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of any shares of Series B Junior Securities (either pursuant to any applicable sinking fund requirement or otherwise) or any dividend or other distribution shall be paid or declared or set apart for payment on any Series B Junior Securities (the date of any such actions to be referred to as the "SERIES B JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not (i) prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing shares of Series B Junior Securities from a holder thereof who is, or was, a director or employee of the Corporation (or an affiliate of the Corporation) and (ii) prohibit the Corporation from making dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions in respect of Series B Junior Securities payable in Series B Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series B Junior Securities in connection therewith. Dividends payable on Series B Preferred Stock for any period less than one year shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day -17- year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which such dividends are payable. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the Holders of all shares of Series B Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the date of final distribution (the "Liquidation Preference") and no more, before any distribution is made on any Series B Junior Securities. If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the application of all amounts available for payments with respect to Series B Preferred Stock and all other Series B Parity Securities would not result in payment in full of Series B Preferred Stock and such other Series B Parity Securities, the Holders and holders of Series B Parity Securities shall share equally and ratably in any distribution of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full liquidation preference to which each is entitled. After payment in full pursuant to this paragraph 4.D.iv.a., the Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation. For the purposes of this paragraph 4.D.iv., neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with one or more corporations (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. REDEMPTION. The Company shall not have the right nor the power to, and -18- the Holders shall not have the right to require the Company to, redeem any shares of Series B Preferred Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Paragraph 4.D.v. shall not prohibit the Corporation from acquiring from any Holder, with such Holder's consent, any shares of Series B Preferred Stock held by such Holder. VOTING RIGHTS. The Holders shall not be entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by Delaware law or this Certificate of Designation except that, without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock or the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock at a meeting of the holders of Series B Preferred Stock called for such purpose, the Corporation shall not (a) create, authorize or issue any other class or series of stock entitled to a preference prior to Series B Preferred Stock upon any dividend or distribution or any liquidation, distribution of assets, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or (b) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation so as to materially adversely affect the relative rights and preferences of the Series B Preferred Stock. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall the Holders be entitled to vote (individually or as a class) on any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or any similar transaction. In any case in which the Holders shall be entitled to vote pursuant to paragraph 4.D.vi.a. above, each Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Series B Preferred Stock held unless otherwise required by applicable law. CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The Holders shall not have any rights hereunder to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Corporation. REISSUANCE OF SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock which have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares purchased, -19- redeemed or exchanged, shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or as part of any other series of Preferred Stock, all subject to the conditions or restrictions on issuance set forth in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock; except that the Corporation may reissue shares of Series B Preferred Stock which are reacquired by the Corporation from a Holder who is, or was, an employee or director of the Corporation (or its affiliates). BUSINESS DAY. If any payment shall be required by the terms hereof to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS No Holder will possess any preemptive rights to subscribe for or acquire any unissued shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of the Corporation convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation. PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY SENIOR SECURITIES AND INDEBTEDNESS. To the extent that any action required to be taken by the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation shall be prohibited or restricted by the terms of any Series B Senior Securities or any contract or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound in respect of the incurrence of indebtedness, such Corporation's actions shall be delayed until such time as such prohibition or restriction is no longer in force. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Section 4.D., the following terms shall have the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural and VICE VERSA), unless the context otherwise requires: "ACCUMULATED DIVIDENDS" means (i) with respect to any share of Series B Preferred Stock, the dividends that have accrued on such share as of such specific date for Dividend Periods ending on or prior to such date and that have not previously been paid in cash, and (ii) with respect to any Series B Parity Security, the dividends that have accrued and are due on such security as of such specific date. "ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.iii.a. "BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or executive order to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, -20- or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock including, without limitation, partnership interests. "COMMON STOCK" shall have the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.ii. "DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE" means June 30th and December 31st of each year. "DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the Initial Dividend Period and, thereafter, each Semi-Annual Dividend Period. "HOLDER" means a holder of shares of Series B Preferred Stock. "INITIAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the dividend period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the first Dividend Payment Date to occur thereafter. "ISSUE DATE" means May 29, 1998. "LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.iv.a. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock Corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind. "PREFERRED STOCK" means the Preferred Stock of the Corporation. "SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the annual period commencing on each January 1st and July 1st and ending on each Dividend Payment Date, respectively. "SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series A 13.0% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.C. "SERIES B JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.D.iii.e. "SERIES B JUNIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.ii. "SERIES B PARITY PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.D.iii.d. -21- "SERIES B PARITY SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.ii. "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.i.. "SERIES B SENIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.D.ii. "SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series C 13.5% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.E. SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK. DESIGNATION OF SERIES. There shall be 5,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock designated as "Series C 13.5% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock" ("Series C Preferred Stock"). The par value of Series C Preferred Stock shall be $.01 per share. RANK. With respect to dividend rights and rights on liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation, Series C Preferred Stock shall rank (a) senior to the Common Stock of the Corporation, par value $.01 per share ("COMMON STOCK"), and each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series shall rank junior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES C JUNIOR SECURITIES"), (b) on a parity with each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which specifically provide that such class or series shall rank neither senior nor junior to the Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as " SERIES C PARITY SECURITIES"), and (c) junior to (i) the Series A Preferred Stock (defined in Paragraph 4.E.xii.), (ii) the Series B Preferred Stock (defined in Paragraph 4.E.xii.), (iii) each other class of capital stock or other class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation that by its terms is senior to the Series C Preferred Stock with respect to dividend distributions or distributions upon the liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation and (iv) each other class of capital stock or class or series of preferred stock issued by the Corporation after the date hereof the terms of which do not specifically provide that they rank junior to Series C Preferred Stock or senior to Series C Preferred Stock as to dividend distributions or distributions upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution of the Corporation (collectively referred to as "SERIES C SENIOR SECURITIES"). DIVIDENDS. -22- Each Holder of Series C Preferred Stock shall be entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors, out of funds legally available therefor, cash dividends on each share of Series C Preferred Stock at a rate equal to $1.35 per share PER ANNUM. All dividends shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, and shall accrue on a daily basis from the date of issuance of Series C Preferred Stock, and shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the second Dividend Payment Date after the date of issuance of such Series C Preferred Stock. Each dividend on Series C Preferred Stock shall be payable to the Holders of record of Series C Preferred Stock as they appear on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which record date shall not be less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the applicable Dividend Payment Date. Dividends shall cease to accrue in respect of shares of Series C Preferred Stock on the date of their repurchase by the Corporation unless the Corporation shall have failed to pay the relevant repurchase price on the date fixed for repurchase. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth above, unless and until such dividends are declared by the Board of Directors, there shall be no obligation to pay such dividends; PROVIDED, that such dividends shall continue to cumulate and shall be added to the Liquidation Preference (as provided in paragraph 4.E.iv.a. below) at the time of repurchase as provided herein if not earlier declared and paid. Accrued dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock if not paid on the first or any subsequent Dividend Payment Date following accrual shall thereafter accrue additional dividends ("ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS") in respect thereof, compounded annually, at the rate of 13.5% per annum. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph 4.E.iii.a. shall be paid PRO RATA to the Holders entitled thereto. Dividends on account of arrears for any past Dividend Period and dividends in connection with any optional redemption pursuant to paragraph 4.E.v.a. may be declared and paid at any time, without reference to any regular Dividend -23- Payment Date, to the Holders of record on any date as may be fixed by the Board of Directors, which date is not more than 60 days prior to the payment of such dividends. As long as any Series C Preferred Stock is outstanding, no dividends shall be declared by the Board of Directors or paid or funds set apart for the payment of dividends or other distributions on any Series C Parity Securities for any period, and no Series C Parity Securities may be repurchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired, nor may funds be set apart for such payment (other than dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions payable in Series C Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series C Junior Securities in connection therewith), unless (i) full Accumulated Dividends have been paid or set apart for such payment on the Series C Preferred Stock and Series C Parity Securities for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the date of payment of such dividends or distributions on, or such repurchase or redemption of, such Series C Parity Securities (the "SERIES C PARITY PAYMENT DATE") and (ii) any such dividends are declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of any dividends declared and paid per share on outstanding Series C Preferred Stock and each other share of Series C Parity Securities will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued and unpaid dividends (including any Accumulated Dividends) per share of outstanding Series C Preferred Stock and such other outstanding shares of Series C Parity Securities bear to each other. The Holders shall be entitled to receive the dividends provided for in paragraph 4.E.iii.a. hereof in preference to and in priority over any dividends upon any of the Series C Junior Securities. Such dividends on the Series C Preferred Stock shall be cumulative, whether or not earned or declared, so that if at any time full Accumulated Dividends on all shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding for all Dividend Periods then elapsed have not been paid or set aside for payment, the amount of such unpaid dividends shall be paid before any sum shall be set aside for or applied by the Corporation to the purchase, redemption or -24- other acquisition for value of any shares of Series C Junior Securities (either pursuant to any applicable sinking fund requirement or otherwise) or any dividend or other distribution shall be paid or declared or set apart for payment on any Series C Junior Securities (the date of any such actions to be referred to as the "SERIES C JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the foregoing shall not (i) prohibit the Corporation from repurchasing shares of Series C Junior Securities from a holder thereof who is, or was, a director or employee of the Corporation (or an affiliate of the Corporation) and (ii) prohibit the Corporation from making dividends, other distributions, redemptions, repurchases or acquisitions in respect of Series C Junior Securities payable in Series C Junior Securities and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Series C Junior Securities in connection therewith. Dividends payable on Series C Preferred Stock for any period less than one year shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days elapsed in the period for which such dividends are payable. LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE. Upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the Holders of all shares of Series C Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash equal to $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the date of final distribution (the "LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE") and no more, before any distribution is made on any Series C Junior Securities. If upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, the application of all amounts available for payments with respect to Series C Preferred Stock and all other Series C Parity Securities would not result in payment in full of Series C Preferred Stock and such other Series C Parity Securities, the Holders and holders of Series C Parity Securities shall share equally and ratably in any distribution -25- of assets of the Corporation in proportion to the full liquidation preference to which each is entitled. After payment in full pursuant to this paragraph 4.E.iv.a., the Holders shall not be entitled to any further participation in any distribution in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation. For the purposes of this paragraph 4.E.iv., neither the voluntary sale, conveyance, exchange or transfer (for cash, shares of stock, securities or other consideration) of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Corporation nor the consolidation, merger or other business combination of the Corporation with one or more corporations (whether or not the Corporation is the surviving corporation) shall be deemed to be a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation. REDEMPTION. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Corporation may, at its option, redeem at any time or from time to time, from any source of funds legally available therefor, in whole or in part, in the manner provided in paragraph 4.E.v.c. hereof, any or all of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock, at a redemption price of $10.00 per share, plus an amount equal to full cumulative dividends (whether or not earned or declared) accrued and unpaid thereon, including Additional Dividends, to the Redemption Date (as defined in paragraph B). No partial redemption of Series C Preferred Stock pursuant to paragraph 4.E.v.a. hereof may be authorized or made unless prior thereto, full accrued and unpaid dividends thereon for all Dividend Periods terminating on or prior to the Redemption Date and an amount equal to a prorated dividend thereon for the period from the Dividend Payment Date immediately prior to the Redemption Date to the Redemption Date have been or immediately prior to the Redemption Notice are declared and paid in -26- cash or are declared and there has been a sum set apart sufficient for such cash payment on the Redemption Date. In the event of a redemption pursuant to paragraph 4.E.v.a. hereof of only a portion of the then outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock, the Corporation shall effect such redemption PRO RATA according to the number of shares held by each Holder of Series C Preferred Stock. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. All outstanding shares of the Series C Preferred Stock shall be redeemed from funds legally available therefor on December 31, 2012 (the "MANDATORY REDEMPTION DATE"), at a price per share equal to the Liquidation Preference on such Mandatory Redemption Date. PROCEDURES FOR REDEMPTION. At least 30 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for any redemption of Series C Preferred Stock, written notice (the "REDEMPTION NOTICE") shall be given by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder of record of Series C Preferred Stock on the record date fixed for such redemption of Series C Preferred Stock at such Holder's address as set forth on the stock register of the Corporation on such record date; PROVIDED that no failure to give such notice nor any deficiency therein shall affect the validity of the procedure for the redemption of any shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed except as to the Holder or Holders to whom the Corporation has failed to give said notice or except as to the Holder or Holders whose notice was defective. In addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which shares of Series C Preferred Stock may be listed or admitted to trading, the Redemption Notice shall state: the redemption price; -27- whether all or less than all of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock redeemable thereunder are to be redeemed and the aggregate number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock being redeemed; the number of shares of Series C Preferred Stock held, as of the appropriate record date, by the Holder that the Corporation intends to redeem; the Redemption Date; that the Holder is to surrender to the Corporation, at the place or places where certificates for shares of Series C Preferred Stock are to be surrendered for redemption, in the manner and at the price designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed; and that dividends on the shares of Series C Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall cease to accumulate on such Redemption Date unless the Corporation defaults in the payment of the redemption price. Each Holder shall surrender the certificate or certificates representing such shares of Series C Preferred Stock being so redeemed to the Corporation, duly endorsed, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and on the Redemption Date the full redemption price for such shares shall be payable in cash to the Person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof, and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled and retired. In the event that less than all of the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. If a Redemption Notice has been mailed in accordance with paragraph 4.E.v.c. above, unless the Corporation defaults in the payment in full of the redemption price, then, notwithstanding that the certificates evidencing any shares of Series C Preferred Stock so called for redemption shall not have been surrendered, (x) on the Redemption Date, the shares represented thereby so called for redemption shall be deemed no longer outstanding and shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred -28- Stock, undesignated as to series, (y) dividends with respect to the shares so called for redemption shall cease to accrue after the Redemption Date and (z) all rights with respect to the shares so called for redemption or subject to conversion shall forthwith after such date cease and terminate, except for the right of the holders to receive the funds, if any, payable pursuant to this paragraph 5 without interest upon surrender of their certificates therefor. DEPOSIT OF FUNDS. The Corporation's obligation to deliver funds in accordance with this paragraph v. shall be deemed fulfilled if, on or before a Redemption Date, the Corporation shall deposit, with a bank or trust Corporation, or an affiliate of a bank or trust Corporation such funds as are required to be delivered by the Corporation pursuant to this paragraph v. upon the occurrence of the related redemption consideration sufficient to pay all accrued and unpaid dividends on the shares to be redeemed, in trust for the account of the Holders of the shares to be redeemed (and so as to be and continue to be available therefor), with irrevocable instructions and authority to such bank or trust Corporation that such shares and funds be delivered upon redemption of the shares of Series C Preferred Stock so called for redemption. Any interest accrued on such funds shall be paid to the Corporation from time to time. Upon surrender of the certificates pursuant to paragraph 4.E.v.c.(2), each Holder shall thereupon be entitled to any funds payable pursuant to this paragraph v. following such surrender and following the date of such redemption. VOTING RIGHTS. The Holders shall not be entitled or permitted to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the shareholders of the Corporation, except as otherwise required by Delaware law or this Certificate of Designation except that, without the written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock or the vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Series C Preferred Stock at a meeting of the holders of Series C Preferred Stock called for such purpose, the Corporation shall not (a) create, authorize or issue any other -29- class or series of stock entitled to a preference prior to Series C Preferred Stock upon any dividend or distribution or any liquidation, distribution of assets, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, or (b) amend, alter or repeal any provision of the Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation so as to materially adversely affect the relative rights and preferences of the Series C Preferred Stock. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in no event shall the Holders be entitled to vote (individually or as a class) on any merger or consolidation involving the Corporation, any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation or any similar transaction. In any case in which the Holders shall be entitled to vote pursuant to paragraph 4.E.vi.a. above, each Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Series C Preferred Stock held unless otherwise required by applicable law. CONVERSION OR EXCHANGE. The Holders shall not have any rights hereunder to convert such shares into or exchange such shares for shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of any class or classes of Capital Stock of the Corporation. REISSUANCE OF SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK. Shares of Series C Preferred Stock which have been issued and reacquired in any manner, including shares purchased, redeemed or exchanged, shall have the status of authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock and may be reissued as part of a new series of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions of the Board of Directors or as part of any other series of Preferred Stock, all subject to the conditions or restrictions on issuance set forth in any resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of any series of Preferred Stock; except that the Corporation may reissue shares of Series C Preferred Stock which are reacquired by the Corporation from a Holder who is, or was, an employee or director of the Corporation (or its affiliates). BUSINESS DAY. If any payment shall be required by the terms hereof to be made on a day that is not a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the immediately succeeding Business Day. NO PREEMPTIVE RIGHTS No Holder will possess any preemptive rights to subscribe for or acquire any unissued shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation (whether now or hereafter authorized) or securities of the Corporation convertible into or carrying a right to subscribe to or acquire shares of Capital Stock of the Corporation. -30- PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY SENIOR SECURITIES AND INDEBTEDNESS. To the extent that any action required to be taken by the Corporation under this Certificate of Designation shall be prohibited or restricted by the terms of any Series C Senior Securities or any contract or instrument to which the Corporation is a party or by which it is bound in respect of the incurrence of indebtedness, such Corporation's actions shall be delayed until such time as such prohibition or restriction is no longer in force. DEFINITIONS. As used in this Section 4.E., the following terms shall have the following meanings (with terms defined in the singular having comparable meanings when used in the plural and VICE VERSA), unless the context otherwise requires: "ACCUMULATED DIVIDENDS" means (i) with respect to any share of Series C Preferred Stock, the dividends that have accrued on such share as of such specific date for Dividend Periods ending on or prior to such date and that have not previously been paid in cash, and (ii) with respect to any Series C Parity Security, the dividends that have accrued and are due on such security as of such specific date. "ADDITIONAL DIVIDENDS" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.iii.a. "BUSINESS DAY" means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions in New York City are authorized by law or executive order to close. "CAPITAL STOCK" means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights, or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock including, without limitation, partnership interests. "COMMON STOCK" shall have the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.ii. "DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE" means June 30th and December 31st of each year. "DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the Initial Dividend Period and, thereafter, each Semi-Annual Dividend Period. "HOLDER" means a holder of shares of Series C Preferred Stock. "INITIAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the dividend period commencing on the Issue Date and ending on the first Dividend Payment Date to occur thereafter. -31- "ISSUE DATE" means May 29, 1998. "LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.iv.a. "MANDATORY REDEMPTION DATE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.v.b. "PERSON" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint-stock Corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or government or other agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind. "PREFERRED STOCK" means the Preferred Stock of the Corporation. "REDEMPTION DATE", with respect to any shares of Preferred Stock, means the date on which such shares of Preferred Stock are redeemed by the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 4.E.v. "REDEMPTION NOTICE" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.v.c. "SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND PERIOD" means the annual period commencing on each January 1st and July 1st and ending on each Dividend Payment Date, respectively. "SERIES A PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series A 13.0% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.C. "SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK" means the Series B 13.25% Cumulative Compounding Preferred Stock of the Corporation as more fully described in Section 4.D. "SERIES C JUNIOR PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.E.iii.e. "SERIES C JUNIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.ii. "SERIES C PARITY PAYMENT DATE" has the meaning given to such term in 4.E.iii.d. "SERIES C PARITY SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.ii. -32- "SERIES C PREFERRED STOCK" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.i. "SERIES C SENIOR SECURITIES" has the meaning given to such term in paragraph 4.E.ii. BYLAWS. The board of directors of the Corporation is authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation, except as otherwise specifically provided therein. ELECTIONS OF DIRECTORS. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation shall so provide. RIGHT TO AMEND. The Corporation reserves the right to amend any provision contained in this Certificate as the same may from time to time be in effect in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by law, and all rights conferred on stockholders or others hereunder are subject to such reservation. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY. The directors of the Corporation shall be entitled to the benefits of all limitations on the liability of directors generally that are now or hereafter become available under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Any repeal or modification of this SECTION 8 shall be prospective only, and shall not affect, to the detriment of any director, any limitation on the personal liability of a director of the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. INCORPORATOR. The name and address of the Incorporator is: Ira S. Pim, Jr., 2225 Land Title Building, Philadelphia, PA 19101. -33- EX-3.4 5 EXHIBIT 3.4 Exhibit 3.4 BYLAWS OF MEDIQ INCORPORATED ARTICLE I STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS. PLACE. Meetings of the stockholders shall be held at such place as may be designated by the board of directors. ANNUAL MEETING. An annual meting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for other business shall be held on such date and at such time as may be fixed by the board of directors. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the president, or the board of directors, or the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote at the meeting. QUORUM. The presence, in person or by proxy, of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of stock of the Company entitled to vote on a particular matter shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of considering such matter. VOTING RIGHTS. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the certificate of incorporation or by law, every stockholder shall have the right at every meeting of stockholders to one vote for every share standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Company which is entitled to vote at such meeting. Every stockholder may vote either in person or by proxy. ARTICLE II DIRECTORS NUMBER OF TERM. The board of directors shall have authority to (i) determine the number of directors to constitute the board and (ii) fix the terms of office of the directors. MEETINGS. PLACE. Meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such place as may be designated by the board or in the notice of the meeting. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such times as the board may designate. Notice of regular meetings need not be given. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board may be called by direction of the president or any two members of the board on three days' notice to each director, either personally or by mail, telegram or facsimile transmission. QUORUM. A majority of all the directors in office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. VOTING. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the certificate of incorporation or by law, the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall constitute the act of the board of directors. COMMITTEES. The board of directors may, by resolution adopted by a majority of the whole board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more directors and such alternate members (also directors) as may be designated by the board. Unless otherwise provided herein, in the absence or disqualification of any member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another director to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Except as otherwise provided herein, in the certificate of incorporation or by law, any such committee shall have and may exercise the powers of the full board of directors to the extent provided in the resolution of the board directing the committee. ARTICLE III OFFICERS ELECTION. At its first meeting after each annual meeting of the stockholders, the board of directors shall elect a president, treasurer, secretary and such other officers as it deems advisable. AUTHORITY, DUTIES AND COMPENSATION. The officers shall have such authority, perform such duties and serve for such compensation as may be determined by resolution of the board of directors. Except as otherwise provided by board resolution, (i) the president shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall have general supervision over the business and -2- operations of the Company, may perform any act and execute any instrument for the conduct of such business and operations and shall preside at all meetings of the board and stockholders, (ii) the other officers shall have the duties customarily related to their respective offices, and (iii) any vice president, or vice presidents in the order determined by the board, shall in the absence of the president have the authority and perform the duties of the president. ARTICLE IV INDEMNIFICATION RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. The Company shall indemnify any person who was or is party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company or a constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger, or is or was serving at the request of the Company or a constituent corporation absorbed in a consolidation or merger, as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at its request as an administrator, trustee or other fiduciary of one or more of the employee benefit plans of the Company or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), liability and loss actually and reasonably incurred or suffered by such person in connection with such proceeding, whether or not the indemnified liability arises or arose form any threatened, pending or completed proceeding by or in the right of the Company, except to the extent that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable law. ADVANCE OF EXPENSES. Expenses incurred by a director or officer of the Company in defending a proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such proceeding subject to the provisions of any applicable statute. PROCEDURE FOR DETERMINING PERMISSIBILITY. To determine whether any indemnification or advance of expenses under this Article IV is permissible, the board of directors by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors not parties to such proceeding may, and on request of any person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses shall be required to, determine in each case whether the applicable standards in any applicable statute have been met, or such determination shall be made by independent legal counsel if such quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, a majority vote of a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, provided that, if there has been a change in control of the Company between the time of the action or failure to act giving rise to the claim for indemnification or advance of expenses and the time such claim is made, at the option of the person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses, the permissibility of indemnification or advance of expenses shall be determined by independent legal counsel. The reasonable expenses of any director or officer in prosecuting a successful claim for indemnification, and the fees and expenses of any special legal counsel engaged to determine permissibility of indemnification or advance of expenses, shall be borne by the -3- Company. CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION. The obligations of the Company to indemnify a director or officer under this Article IV, including the duty to advance expenses, shall be considered a contract between the Company and such director or officer, and no modification or repeal of any provision of this Article IV shall affect, to the detriment of the director or officer, such obligations of the Company in connection with a claim based on any act or failure to act occurring before such modification or repeal. INDEMNIFICATION NOT EXCLUSIVE; INURING OF BENEFIT. The indemnification and advance of expenses provided by this Article IV shall not be deemed exclusive of any other right to which one indemnified may be entitled under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person's official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of any person. INSURANCE AND OTHER INDEMNIFICATION. The board of directors shall have the power to (i) authorize the Company to purchase and maintain, at the Company's expense, insurance on behalf of the Company and on behalf of others to the extent that power to do so has not been prohibited by statute, (ii) create any fund of any nature, whether or not under the control of a trustee, or otherwise secure any of its indemnification obligations, and (iii) give other indemnification to the extent permitted by statute. ARTICLE V TRANSFER OF SHARE CERTIFICATES Transfers of share certificates and the shares represented thereby shall be made on the books of the Company only by the registered holder or by duly authorized attorney. Transfers shall be made only on surrender of the share certificate or certificates. ARTICLE VI AMENDMENTS These bylaws may be amended or repealed at any regular or special meeting of the board of directors by vote of a majority of all directors in office or at any annual or special meeting of stockholders by vote of holders of a majority of the outstanding stock entitled to vote. Notice of any such annual or special meeting of stockholders shall set forth the proposed change or a summary thereof. -4- EX-3.5 6 EXHIBIT 3.5 EXHIBIT 3.5 8601080018 FILED APR 18 1988 9AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE 0F INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ Diagnostic and Treatment Centers. Inc. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic and Treatment Centers, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100) shares of common stock; each such share shall have Ten Dollars ($10.00) par value. 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Lee Lieberman 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 17th day of April, 1986. /s/ Lee Lieberman --------------------------- Lee Lieberman /s/ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. --------------------------- Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 8601280076 FILED MAY 8 1988 9AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT CENTERS, INC WHEREAS, the Certificate of Incorporation for MEDIQ Diagnostic and Treatment Centers, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State, Dover, Delaware, on April 19, 1986, and said Certificate incorrectly designated in Paragraph 1 that the name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic and Treatment Centers, Inc. THEREFORE, in order to correct the Certificate of Incorporation, Paragraph 1 is restated to read as follows: "1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Inc." IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our respective hand this 6th day of May, 1986. Lee Lieberman ------------------------------------ Lee Lieberman, Incorporator Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. ------------------------------------ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr., Incorporator STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 10:00 AM 10/30/1992 923095022 -- 2088721 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION * * * * * MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Inc. a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said Corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the Board adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation: RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Inc. be amended by changing the First Article thereof so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows: "The name of the corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers Inc." SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the stockholders have given unanimous written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Inc. has caused this certificate to be signed by James F. Corey, it's Vice-President and attested by Alan S. Einhorn, its Assistant Secretary, this 27th day of October, 1992. MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers Inc. By /s/ James F. Corey -------------------------------------- James F. Corey Vice President ATTEST: By /s/ Alan S. Einhorn - ---------------------------------------- Alan S. Einhorn Assistant Secretary EX-3.6 7 EXHIBIT 3.6 EXHIBIT 3.6 MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTERS INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19810. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Organization Services, Inc. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware." ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the 3rd day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 2:30 o'clock P.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue, to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, six in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice the third day of January in each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and the Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative. to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October in each year. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.7 8 EXHIBIT 3.7 EXHIBIT 3.7 8601350020 FILED MAY 15 1986 9 AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One hundred (100) shares of common stock; each such share shall have Ten Dollars ($10.00) par value. 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Lee Lieberman 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Director is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 14th day of May, 1986. /s/ Lee Lieberman -------------------------- Lee Lieberman /s/ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. -------------------------- Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. STATE OF DELAWARE SECRETARY OF STATE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS FILED 10:00 AM 10/30/1992 923095023 - 2091201 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION * * * * * MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said Corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the Board adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation: RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. be amended by changing the First Article thereof so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows: "The name of the corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic Centers - I Inc." SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the stockholders have given unanimous written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of Section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. has caused this certificate to be signed by James F. Corey, its Vice-President and attested by Alan S. Einhorn, its Assistant Secretary, this 27th day of October, 1992. MEDIQ Diagnostic & Treatment Centers - I Inc. By /s/ James F. Corey ----------------------------------------- James F. Corey Vice-President ATTEST: By /s/ Alan S. Einhorn ------------------------------------------ Alan S. Einhorn Assistant Secretary EX-3.8 9 EXHIBIT 3.8 EXHIBIT 3.8 MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC & TREATMENT CENTERS - I INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19810 The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Organization Services, Inc. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the third day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 3:30 o'clock P.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, four to ten in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice the third day of January in each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative. to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting as not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant. ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholder of that purpose. ARTICLE XII - INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was an employee of the corporation designated for indemnification by the Board of Directors or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.9 10 EXHIBIT 3.9 EXHIBIT 3.9 FILED MAR 25 1988 10:30 am /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100) shares of common stock; each such share shall have Ten Dollars ($10.00) par value. 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS Cynthia L. Conner 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by stature, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholder herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be attended, a director of this corporation shall be not liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporator hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 24th day of March, 1988. /s/ Cynthia L. Conner -------------------------- Cynthia L. Conner /s/ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. -------------------------- Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 8801040038 FILED APR 18 1988 9AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc. In compliance with the requirements of Section 241 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the undersigned corporation, desiring to amend its Certificate of Incorporation, does hereby certify that: FIRST: The name of the corporation is MEDIQ Diagnostic Imaging Services, Inc. SECOND: The registered office of the corporation is located at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. THIRD: The statue by or under which it was incorporated is the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. FOURTH: The date of its incorporation is March 25, 1988. FIFTH: The amendment adopted by the Incorporators pursuant to Section 107 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, there never having been directors or officers elected or appointed or any shares of stock issued for the corporation, set forth in full, is as follows: "RESOLVED that Article First of the Certificate of Incorporation of this corporation be amended to read in its entirety as follows: 'FIRST: The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Imaging Services, Inc.' SIXTH: Such amendment has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Section 241 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being all of the Incorporators of MEDIQ Diagnostic Imaging Services Inc., for the purpose of amending the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation, do hereby execute this Certificate of Amendment in the name of and on behalf of said Corporation, hereby declaring and certifying that this is the act and deed of said corporation and that the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly we have hereunto set our hands as of this 12th day of April, 1988. /s/ Cynthia L. Conner ------------------------------------ Cynthia L. Conner, Incorporator /s/ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. ------------------------------------ Harold F. Kalbach, Jr., Incorporator EX-3.10 11 EXHIBIT 3.10 EXHIBIT 3.10 MEDIQ DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19810. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Organization Services, Inc. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the third day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 9:30 o'clock A.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, three in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice the third day of January in each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative. to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.11 12 EXHIBIT 3.11 EXHIBIT 3.11 FILED DEC 31 1981 2:30 PM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Investment Services, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 100 shares of Common Stock; all of such shares shall have $10.00 par value. 5a. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Judith P. Dolan 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 George P. Warren, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 5b. The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Lionel Felzer One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 Bernard J. Korman One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 Eugene N. Schloss, Jr. One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In futherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 31st day of December, 1981. /s/ Judith P. Dolan ----------------------------- Judith P. Dolan /s/ George P. Warren, Jr. ----------------------------- George P. Warren, Jr. EX-3.12 13 EXHIBIT 3.12 EXHIBIT 3.12 MEDIQ INVESTMENT SERVICES, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19810. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be George P. Warren, Jr. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the fifteenth of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 9:00 o'clock A.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least 1 day before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, 3 in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice on the fifteenth day of January at 9:30 a.m. at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on 1 day notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of 3 directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and the Secretary. Section 2. TRANSFERS: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATE: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October in each year. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant. ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholder of that purpose. ARTICLE XII - INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was an employee of the corporation designated for indemnification by the Board of Directors or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.13 14 EXHIBIT 3.13 EXHIBIT 3.13 FILED SEP 9 1996 9AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE 8602520012 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100) shares of common stock; each such share shall have Ten Dollars ($10.00) par value. 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Lee Lieberman 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Harold F. Kalbach, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. To the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, a director of this corporation shall not be liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 8th day of September, 1986. /s/ Lee Lieberman -------------------------- Lee Lieberman /s/ Haro1d F. Kalbach, Jr. -------------------------- Haro1d F. Kalbach, Jr. FILED SEP 14 1989 10AM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION * * * * * MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc., a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY: FIRST: That the Board of Directors of said corporation, by the unanimous written consent of its members, filed with the minutes of the board, adopted a resolution proposing and declaring advisable the following amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of said corporation: RESOLVED, that the Certificate of Incorporation of MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc. be amended by changing the FIRST Article thereof so that, as amended, said Article shall be and read as follows: 1. The name of the corporation is MEDIQ Management Services, Inc. SECOND: That in lieu of a meeting and vote of stockholders, the stockholders have given unanimous written consent to said amendment in accordance with the provisions of section 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. THIRD: That the aforesaid amendment was duly adopted in accordance with the applicable provisions of sections 242 and 228 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, said MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc. has caused this certificate to be signed by Garry L. Scheib, its President, and attested by Eugene M. Schloss, Jr., its Secretary, this 5th day of September, 1989. MEDIQ Healthcare Resources, Inc. By /s/ Garry L. Scheib -------------------------- Garry L. Scheib President ATTEST: By /s/ Eugene M. Schloss, Jr. -------------------------- Eugene M. Schloss, Jr. Secretary EX-3.14 15 EXHIBIT 3.14 EXHIBIT 3.14 MEDIQ HEALTHCARE RESOURCES, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, DE 19810. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Organization Services, Inc. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the second day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:30 o'clock A.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, three in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice the second day in January of each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative. to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person, or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant. ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholder of that purpose. ARTICLE XII - INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was an employee of the corporation designated for indemnification by the Board of Directors or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.15 16 EXHIBIT 3.15 EXHIBIT 3.15 FILED MAY 1 1984 2:45 PM /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] SECRETARY OF STATE 8401220230 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MEDIQ MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES, INC. 1. The name of the Corporation is MEDIQ Mobile X-Ray Services, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office is 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19810. The name of its registered agent at such address is Organization Services, Inc. 3. The nature of the business to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is One Thousand (1,000) shares of Common Stock; all of such shares shall have One Dollar ($1.00) par value. 5a. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- George P. Warren, Jr. 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 Judith P. Dolan 103 Springer Building 3411 Silverside Road Wilmington, Delaware 19810 5b. The name and mailing address of each person who is to serve as director until the first annual meeting of the stockholders or until a successor is elected and qualified is as follows: NAME ADDRESS ---- ------- Robert E. Matthews 0ne MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 Bernard J. Korman 0ne MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 Eugene M. Schloss, Jr. 0ne MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, New Jersey 08110 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the By-Laws of the Corporation. 8. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware as the By-Laws may provide. The books of the Corporation may be kept (subject to any provisions contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the By-Laws of the Corporation. Elections of Directors need not be by written ballot unless the By-Laws of the Corporation shall so provide. 9. The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereinafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. WE THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 1st day of May, 1984. /s/ George P. Warren, Jr. ------------------------- George P. Warren, Jr. /s/ Judith F. Dolan ------------------------- Judith F. Dolan EX-3.16 17 EXHIBIT 3.16 EXHIBIT 3.16 MEDIQ MOBILE X-RAY SERVICES, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 103 Springer Building, 3411 Silverside Road, Wilmington, Delaware 19810. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Organization Services, Inc. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the third day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 1:00 o'clock P.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least two days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, three in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice on the third day of January in each year at 2:00 o'clock p.m. at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on two days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors; at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and the Secretary. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative, to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant. ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholder of that purpose. ARTICLE XII - INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was an employee of the corporation designated for indemnification by the Board of Directors or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.17 18 EXHIBIT 3.17 EXHIBIT 3.17 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF MDTC Haddon, Inc. * * * * * 1. The name of the corporation is MDTC Haddon, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is: To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of common stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100) and the par value of each of such shares is Ten Dollars ($10.00) amounting in the aggregate to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). 5. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- M. A. Brzoska Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 J. A. Grodzicki Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized: To make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. Meetings of stockholders may be held within or without the State of Delaware, as the by-laws may provide. The books of the corporation may be kept (subject to any provision contained in the statutes) outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may be designated from time to time by the board of directors or in the by-laws of the corporation. 9. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. If the Delaware General Corporation Law is hereafter amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of a director, then the liability of a director of the corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the amended Delaware General Corporation Law. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing paragraph by the stockholders of the corporation shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification. 10. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this certificate of incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this 19th day of May, 1989. M. A. Brzoska --------------- M. A. Brzoska J. A. Grodzicki --------------- J. A. Grodzicki L. J. Vitalo --------------- L. J. Vitalo EX-3.18 19 EXHIBIT 3.18 EXHIBIT 3.18 MDTC HADDON, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at 1209 Orange Street, County of New Castle, Wilmington, DE. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be Corporation Trust Center Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. Annual Meetings: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the 2nd day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:45 o'clock AM., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. Election of Directors: Elections of the directors of the corporation need not be by written ballot. Section 4. Special Meetings: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. Quorum: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. Proxies: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. Notice of Meetings: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. Consent in Lieu of Meetings: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. List of Stockholders: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, three in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice on the second day of January in each year at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. Quorum: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business - Section 5. Consent in Lieu of Meeting: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. Conference Telephone: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. Compensation: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. Removal: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. Salaries: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. Term of Office: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. President: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. Secretary: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. Treasurer: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. Resignations Effective at Future Date: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. Transfers: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. Lost Certificate: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative. to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. Record Date: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the, close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record (late for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. Dividends: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation. from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. Reserves: Before payment of any dividend there may be set-aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. Checks: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. Fiscal Year: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October in each year. Section 3. Notice: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, charges prepaid, to his address appearing on the books of the corporation, or supplied by him to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail or by telegraph, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office for transmission to such person. Such notice shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and, in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, the general nature of the business to be transacted. Section 4. Waiver of Notice: Whenever any written notice is required by statute, or by the Certificate or the By-Laws of this corporation a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Except in the case of a special meeting of stockholders, neither the business to be transacted at nor the purpose of the meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of such meeting. Attendance of a person either in person or by proxy, at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. Section 5. Disallowed Compensation: Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. Resignations: Any director or other officer may resign at anytime, such resignation to be in writing, and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a certified public accountant. ARTICLE XI - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholder of that purpose. ARTICLE XII - INDEMNIFICATION Section 1. The corporation shall, to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by law, indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was an employee of the corporation designated for indemnification by the Board of Directors or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interest of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, and no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. EX-3.19 20 EXHIBIT 3.19 EXHIBIT 3.19 CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION of Value-Med Products, Inc. * * * * 1. The name of the corporation is Value-Med Products, Inc. 2. The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is: The Corporation Trust Company. 3. The nature or the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of Delaware. 4. The total number of shares of stock which the corporation shall have authority to issue is One Hundred (100) and the par value of each of such shares is Ten Dollars ($10.00) amounting in the aggregate to One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00). 5A. The name and mailing address of each incorporator is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- L. J. Vitalo Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 K. A. Widdoes Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 D.M. Dembkowski Corporation Trust Center 1209 Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 5B. The name and the address of each director is as follows: NAME MAILING ADDRESS ---- --------------- Thomas E. Carroll One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Jay Kaplan One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Alan S. Einhorn One MEDIQ Plaza Pennsauken, NJ 08110 6. The corporation is to have perpetual existence. 7. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the board of directors is expressly authorized to make, alter or repeal the by-laws of the corporation. 8. Elections of directors need not be by written ballot unless the by-laws of the corporation shall so provide. 9. The corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Certificate of Incorporation, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute, and all rights conferred upon stockholders herein are granted subject to this reservation. 10. A director of the corporation shall not be personally liable to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director except for liability (i) for any breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholder, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or (iv) for any transaction from which the director derived any improper personal benefit. WE, THE UNDERSIGNED, being each of the incorporators hereinbefore named, for the purpose of forming a corporation pursuant to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, do make this certificate, hereby declaring and certifying that this is our act and deed and the facts herein stated are true, and accordingly have hereunto set our hands this l3th day of July, 1995. /s/ L. J. Vitalo ------------------------ /s/ K. A. Widdoes ------------------------ /s/ D.M. Dembkowski ------------------------ EX-3.20 21 EXHIBIT 3.20 EXHIBIT 3.20 VALUE-MED PRODUCTS, INC. BY-LAWS ARTICLE I - OFFICES Section 1. The registered office of the corporation in the State of Delaware shall be at c/o Corporation Trust Center 120 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware. The registered agent in charge thereof shall be The Corporation Trust Company. Section 2. The corporation may also have offices at such other places as the Board of Directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. ARTICLE II - SEAL Section 1. The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Delaware". ARTICLE III - STOCKHOLDERS' MEETINGS Section 1. Meetings of stockholders shall be held at the registered office of the corporation in this state or at such place, either within or without this state, as may be selected from time to time by the Board of Directors. Section 2. ANNUAL MEETINGS: The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on the 3rd day of January in each year if not a legal holiday, and if a legal holiday, then on the next secular day following at 10:00 o'clock A.M., when they shall elect a Board of Directors and transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting for election of directors is not held on the date designated therefor, the directors shall cause the meeting to be held as soon thereafter as convenient. Section 3. ELECTION OF DIRECTORS: Elections of the directors of the corporation shall be by written ballot. Section 4. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time by the President, or the Board of Directors, or stockholders entitled to cast at least one-fifth of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person or persons who have duly called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the Secretary to fix the date of the meeting, to be held not more than sixty days after receipt of the request, and to give due notice thereof. If the Secretary shall neglect or refuse to fix the date of the meeting and give notice thereof, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. Business transacted at all special meetings shall be confined to the objects stated in the call and matters germane thereto, unless all stockholders entitled to vote are present and consent. Written notice of a special meeting of stockholders stating the time and place and object thereof, shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten days before such meeting, unless a greater period of notice is required by statute in a particular case. Section 5. QUORUM: A majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation entitled to vote, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. If less than a majority of the outstanding shares entitled to vote is represented at a meeting, a majority of the shares so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum shall be present or represented, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Section 6. PROXIES: Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for him by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. A duly executed proxy shall be irrevocable if it states that it is irrevocable and if, and only as long as, it is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable power. A proxy may be made irrevocable regardless of whether the interest with which it is coupled is an interest in the stock itself or an interest in the corporation generally. All proxies shall be filed with the Secretary of the meeting before being voted upon. Section 7. NOTICE OF MEETINGS: Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a written notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Unless otherwise provided by law, written notice of any meeting shall be given not less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. Section 8. CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETINGS: Any action required to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of a corporation, or any action which may be taken at any annual or special meeting of such stockholders, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted. Prompt notice of the taking of the corporate action without a meeting by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to those stockholders who have not consented in writing. Section 9. LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS: The officer who has charge of the stock ledger of the corporation shall prepare and make, at least ten days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. No share of stock upon which any installment is due and unpaid shall be voted at any meeting. The list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary busi- ness hours, for a period of at least ten days prior to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held. The list shall also be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. ARTICLE IV - DIRECTORS Section 1. The business and affairs of this corporation shall be managed by its Board of Directors, three in number. The directors need not be residents of this state or stockholders in the corporation. They shall be elected by the stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders of the corporation, and each director shall be elected for the term of one year, and until his successor shall be elected and shall qualify or until his earlier resignation or removal. Section 2. REGULAR MEETINGS: Regular meetings of the Board shall be held without notice at the registered office of the corporation, or at such other time and place as shall be determined by the Board. Section 3. SPECIAL MEETINGS: Special Meetings of the Board may be called by the President on one days notice to each director, either personally or by mail or by telegram; special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the written request of a majority of the directors in office. Section 4. QUORUM: A majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Section 5. CONSENT IN LIEU OF MEETING: Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. The Board of Directors may hold its meetings, and have an office or offices, outside of this state. Section 6. CONFERENCE TELEPHONE: One or more directors may participate in a meeting of the Board, of a committee of the Board or of the stockholders, by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other; participation in this manner shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. Section 7. COMPENSATION: Directors as such, shall not receive any stated salary for their services, but by resolution of the Board, a fixed sum and expenses of attendance, if any, may be allowed for attendance at each regular or special meeting of the Board PROVIDED, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to preclude any director from serving the corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Section 8. REMOVAL: Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed, with or without cause, by the holders of a majority of the shares then entitled to vote at an election of directors, except that when cumulative voting is permitted, if less than the entire Board is to be removed, no director may be removed without cause if the votes cast against his removal would be sufficient to elect him if then cumulatively voted at an election of the entire Board of Directors, or, if there be classes of directors, at an election of the class of directors of which he is a part. ARTICLE V - OFFICERS Section 1. The executive officers of the corporation shall be chosen by the directors and shall be a President, Secretary and Treasurer. The Board of Directors may also choose a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Section 2. SALARIES: Salaries of all officers and agents of the corporation shall be fixed by the Board of Directors. Section 3. TERM OF OFFICE: The officers of the corporation shall hold office for one year and until their successors are chosen and have qualified. Any officer or agent elected or appointed by the Board may be removed by the Board of Directors whenever in its judgment the best interest of the corporation will be served thereby. Section 4. PRESIDENT: The President shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation; he shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and directors; he shall have general and active management of the business of the corporation, shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect, subject, however, to the right of the directors to delegate any specific powers, except such as may be by statute exclusively conferred on the President, to any other officer or officers of the corporation. He shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts requiring a seal, under the seal of the corporation. He shall be EX-OFFICIO a member of all committees, and shall have the general power and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of President of a corporation. Section 5. SECRETARY: The Secretary shall attend all sessions of the Board and all meetings of the stockholders and act as clerk thereof, and record all the votes of the corporation and the minutes of all its transactions in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform like duties for all committees of the Board of Directors when required. He shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and of the Board of Directors, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or President, and under whose supervision he shall be. He shall keep in safe custody the corporate seal of the corporation, and when authorized by the Board, affix the same to any instrument requiring it. Section 6. TREASURER: The Treasurer shall have custody of the corporate funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the corporation, and shall keep the moneys of the corporation in a separate account to the credit of the corporation. He shall disburse the funds of the corporation as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and directors, at the regular meetings of the Board, or whenever they may require it, an account of all his transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the corporation. ARTICLE VI - VACANCIES Section 1. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the corporation by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, shall be filled by the Board of Directors. Vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of these By-Laws. Section 2. RESIGNATIONS EFFECTIVE AT FUTURE DATE: When one or more directors shall resign from the Board, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective. ARTICLE VII - CORPORATE RECORDS Section 1. Any stockholder of record, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand under oath stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual hours for business to inspect for any proper purpose the corporation's stock ledger, a list of its stockholders, and its other books and records, and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such person's interest as a stockholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent shall be the person who seeks the right to inspection, the demand under oath shall be accompanied by a power of attorney or such other writing which authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the stockholder. The demand under oath shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in this state or at its principal place of business. ARTICLE VIII - STOCK CERTIFICATES, DIVIDENDS, ETC. Section 1. The stock certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share ledger and transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall bear the corporate seal and shall be signed by the President and Secretary of the corporation. Section 2. TRANSFERS: Transfers of shares shall be made on the books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificates therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by attorney, lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made which is inconsistent with law. Section 3. LOST CERTIFICATE: The corporation may issue a new certificate of stock in the place of any certificate theretofore signed by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or his legal representative to give the corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate. Section 4. RECORD DATE: In order that the corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than sixty nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting, nor more than sixty days prior to any other action. If no record date is fixed: (a) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. (b) The record date for determining stockholders entitled to express consent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when no prior action by the Board of Directors is necessary, shall be the day on which the first written consent is expressed. (c) The record date for determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. (d) A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting. Section 5. DIVIDENDS: The Board of Directors may declare and pay dividends upon the outstanding shares of the corporation, from time to time and to such extent as they deem advisable, in the manner and upon the terms and conditions provided by statute and the Certificate of Incorporation. Section 6. RESERVES: Before payment of any dividend there may be set aside out of the net profits of the corporation such sum or sums as the directors, from time to time, in their absolute discretion, think proper as a reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends, or for repairing or maintaining any property of the corporation, or for such other purpose as the directors shall think conducive to the interests of the corporation, and the directors may abolish any such reserve in the manner in which it was created. ARTICLE IX - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Section 1. CHECKS: All checks or demands for money and notes of the corporation shall be signed by such officer or officers as the Board of Directors may from time to time designate. Section 2. FISCAL YEAR: The fiscal year shall begin on the first day of October in each year. Section 3. NOTICE: Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person, it may be given to such person, either personally or by sending a copy thereof through the mail, or by telegram, disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from his future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. Section 6. RESIGNATIONS: Any director or other officer may resign at any time, such resignation to be in writing and to take effect from the time of its receipt by the corporation, unless some time be fixed in the resignation and then from that date. The acceptance of a resignation shall not be required to make it effective. ARTICLE X - ANNUAL STATEMENT Section 1. The President and the Board of Directors shall present at each annual meeting a full and complete statement of the business and affairs of the corporation for the preceding year. Such statement shall be prepared and presented in whatever manner the Board of Directors shall deem advisable and need not be verified by a Certified Public Accountant. ARTICLE XI - INDEMNIFICATION AND INSURANCE: Section 1. (a) RIGHT TO INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party or is involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a "proceeding"), by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person of whom he or she is the legal permissible under the Delaware General Corporation law for the Corporation to indemnify the claimant for the amount claimed, but the burden of proving such defense shall be on the Corporation. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such action that indemnification of the claimant is proper in the circumstances because he or she has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the Delaware General Corporation Law, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard or conduct, shall be a defense to the action or create a presumption that the claimant has not met the applicable standard or conduct. (c) Notwithstanding any limitation to the contrary contained in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, the corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all persons whom it shall have power to indemnify under said section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by said section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. (d) INSURANCE: The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any such expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the Delaware General Corporation Law. ARTICLE XII - AMENDMENTS Section 1. These By-Laws may be amended or repealed by the vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes which all stockholders are entitled to cast thereon, at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders, duly convened after notice to the stockholders of that purpose. EX-3.21 22 EXHIBIT 3.21 EXHIBIT 3.21 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF STATE -- CORPORATION BUREAU 308 NORTH OFFICE BUILDING, HARRISBURG, PA 17130 PLEASE INDICATE (CHECK ONE) TYPE CORPORATION |X| DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATON |_| DOMESTIC BUSINESS CORPORATION A CLOSE CORPORATION -- COMPLETE BACK |_| DOMESTIC PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION ENTER BOARD LICENSE NO. FEE $75.00 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 010 NAME OF CORPORATION MUST CONTAIN A CORPORATE INDICATOR UNLESS EXEMPT UNDER 18. P.S. 2908 8J AMERICAN CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING LABS, INC. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 011 ADDRESS OF REGISTERED OFFICE IN PENNSYLVANIA (P.O. BOX NUMBER NOT ACCEPTABLE) 1610 Valley Glen road - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 012 CITY 033 COUNTY 013 STATE 014 ZIP CODE Elkins Park Philadelphia Pennsylvania 19117 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 080 EXPLAIN THIS PURPOSE OR PURPOSES OF THE CORPORATION To have unlimited power to engage in and to do any lawful act concerning any or all lawful business for which corporations may be incorporated under the Business Corporation Law. (ATTACH 8 1/2 X 11 SHEET IF NECESSARY) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Aggregate Number of Shares, Classes of Shares and Par Value of Shares which the Corporation should have Authority to Issue 040 Number and Class of Shares 1,000 Common - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 041 Stated Par Value Per Share If Any $0.01 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 042 Total Authorized Capital $10.00 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 021 Term of Existence Perpetual - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Name and Address of Each Incorporator, and the Number and Class of Shares Subscribed to by each Incorporator 080 Name - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hedy Wheeler - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 081, 082 083, 084 Address (Street, City, State, Zip Code) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12th Floor, Parkard Building, 15th & Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa 19102 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number & Class of Shares - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -1- Common - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 070 The shareholders shall not have the right to cumulate their shares in voting for the election of Directors. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 080 Section 910 of the Business Corporation Law shall not be applicable to the corporation - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (ATTACH 8 1/2 X 11 SHEET IF NECESSARY) - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, THE INCORPORATION (S) HAS (HAVE) SIGNED AND SEALED THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION THIS 6th DAY OF October 1987. /s/ Hedy Wheeler - --------------------------------------- Hedy Wheeler - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - FOR OFFICE USE ONLY - - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 030 FILED OCT 6 1987 /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] Secretary of the Commonwealth DEPARTMENT OF STATE Commonwealth of Pennsylvania - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 002 CODE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVIEWED BY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE APPROVED - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATE REJECTED - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MAILED BY DATE - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 033 REV [ILLEGIBLE] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 004 [ILLEGIBLE] - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Certify to |_| REV. |_| [ILLEGIBLE] |_| OTHER - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SEQUENTIAL NO. 100 MICROFILM NUMBER 33126 8762 460 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AMOUNT 001 CORPORATION NUMBER $75 996149 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INPUT BY LOG IN LOG IN (REFILE) JK 10/13 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VERIFIED BY LOG OUT LOG OUT (REFILE) KS 10/13 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ILLEGIBLE] Microfilm Number ____________ Filed with Department of State on FEB 24 1994 Entity Number 996149 /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] --------------------------------------------- Secretary of the Commonwealth STATEMENT OF CHANGE OF REGISTERED OFFICE DSCB:15-1507/4144/5507/6144/8506 (Rev 90) Indicate type of entity (check one): |X| Domestic Business Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. ss. 1507) |_| Foreign Nonprofit Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. ss. 6144) |_| Foreign Business Corporation (15 Pa.C.S.ss. 4144) |_| Domestic Limited Partnership (15 Pa.C.S. ss. 8506) |_| Domestic Nonprofit Corporation (15 Pa.C.S. ss. 5507) In compliance with the requirements of the applicable provisions of 15 Pa. C.S. (relating to corporations and unincorporated associations) the undersigned corporation or limited partnership, desiring to effect a change of registered office, hereby states that: 1. The name of the corporation or limited partnership is ____________________ American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs, Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. The (a) address of this corporation's or limited partnership's current registered office In this Commonwealth or (b) name of its commercial registered office provider and the county of venue is: (the Department is hereby authorized to correct the following information to conform to the records of the Department): (a) 1610 ValleyGlen Road, Elkins Park, PA 19117 Montgomery -------------------------------------------------------------------- Number and Street City State Zip County (b) c/o:________________________________________________________________ Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County For a corporation or a limited partnership represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall he deemed the county in which the corporation or limited partnership is located for venue and official publication purposes. 3. (Complete part (a) or (b)): (a) The address to which the registered office of the corporation or limited partnership in this Commonwealth is to be changed is: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Number and Street City State Zip County (b) The registered office of the corporation or limited partnerhip shall be provided by: c/o: C T CORPORATION SYSTEM Philadelphia ---------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Commercial Registered Office Provider County For corporation or a limited partnership represented by a commercial registered office provider, the county in (b) shall be deemed the county in which the corporation or limited partnership is located for venue and official publication purposes. (PA. - 429 - 10/1/92) FEB 24 94 PA Dept. of State DSCB:15-1507/4144/5507/6144/8506 (Rev 90)-2 4. (Strike out if a limited partnership): Such change was authorized by the Board of Directors of the corporation. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the undersigned corporation or limited partnership has caused this statement to be signed by a duly authorized officer this l5th day of February 1994. American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs. Inc. ------------------------------------------- Name of Corporation/Limited Partnership BY: /s/ Donald M. Gleklen ---------------------------------------- (Signature) TITLE: Donald M. Gleklen, Vice President ------------------------------------- (PA. - 429) EX-3.22 23 EXHIBIT 3.22 EXHIBIT 3.22 BYLAWS OF American Cardiovascular Imaging Labs, Inc. (a Pennsylvania corporation) 1. OFFICES AND FISCAL YEAR 1.1. REGISTERED OFFICE. The registered office of the corporation in Pennsylvania shall be at 1610 Valley Glen Road, Elkins Park, PA 19117 until otherwise established by an amendment of the articles or by the board of directors and a record of such change is filed with the Department of State in the manner provided by law. 1.2. OTHER OFFICE. The corporation may also have offices at such other places within or without Pennsylvania as the board of directors may from time to time appoint or the business of the corporation may require. 1.3. FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal year of the corporation shall begin January 1 each year. 2. NOTICE - WAIVERS - MEETINGS GENERALLY 2.1. MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE. 2.1.1. General rule. Whenever written notice is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law or by the articles or these bylaws, it may be given to the person either personally or by sending a copy thereof by first class or express mail, postage prepaid, or by telegram (with messenger service specified), telex or TWX (with answerback received) or courier service, charges prepaid, or by telecopier, to the address (or to the telex, TWX, telecopier or telephone number) of the person appearing on the books of the corporation or, in the case of directors, supplied by the directors to the corporation for the purpose of notice. If the notice is sent by mail, telegraph or courier service, it shall be deemed to have been given to the person entitled thereto when deposited in the United States mail or with a telegraph office or courier service for delivery to that person or, in the case of telex or TWX, when dispatched or, in the case of telecopier, when received. A notice of meeting shall specify the place, day and hour of the meeting and any other information required by the Business Corporation Law, the articles or these bylaws. 2.1.2. Adjourned shareholder meetings. When a meeting of shareholders is adjourned, it shall not be necessary 1 to give any notice of the adjourned meeting or of the business to be transacted at an adjourned meeting, other than by announcement at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken, unless the board of directors fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. 2.2. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Notice of every meeting of the board of directors shall be given to each director by telephone or in writing at least 24 hours (in the case of notice by telephone, telex, or telecopier) or 48 hours (in the case of notice by telegraph, courier service or express mail) or five days (in the case of notice by first class mail) before the time at which the meeting is to be held. Every such notice shall state the time and place of the meeting. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the board need be specified in a notice of a meeting of the board of directors. 2.3. NOTICE OF MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS. 2.3.1. General rule. Written notice of every meeting of the shareholders shall be given by, or at the direction of, the secretary to each shareholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting at least: (i) ten days prior to the day named for a meeting called to consider a fundamental transaction under 15 Pa.C.S. Chapter 19 regarding amendments of articles of incorporation, mergers, consolidations, share exchanges, sale of assets, divisions, conversions, liquidations and dissolution; or (ii) five days prior to the day named for the meeting in any other case. If the secretary neglects or refuses to give notice of a meeting, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. In the case of a special meeting of shareholders, the notice shall specify the general nature of the business to be transacted. 2.3.2. Notice of action by shareholders on bylaws. In the case of a meeting of shareholders that has as one its purposes action on the bylaws, written notice shall be given to each shareholder that the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the meeting is to consider the adoption, amendment or repeal of the bylaws. There shall be included in, or enclosed with, the notice a copy of the proposed amendment or a summary of the changes to be affected thereby. 2.4. WAIVER OF NOTICE. 2.4.1. Written waiver. Whenever any written notice is required to be given under the provisions of the 2 Business Corporation Law, the articles or these bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to the notice whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of the notice. Except as otherwise required by this subsection, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, a meeting need be specified in the waiver of notice of the meeting. In the case of a special meeting of shareholders, the waiver of notice shall specify the general nature of the business to be transacted. 2.4.2. Waiver by attendance. Attendance of a person at any meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of the meeting except where a person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting was not lawfully called or convened. 2.5. MODIFICATION OF PROPOSAL CONTAINED IN NOTICE. Whenever the language of a proposed resolution is included in a written notice of a meeting required to be given under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law or the articles or these bylaws, the meeting considering the resolution may without further notice adopt it with such clarifying or other amendments as do not enlarge its original purpose. 2.6. EXCEPTION TO REQUIREMENT OF NOTICE. 2.6.1. General rule. Whenever any notice or communication is required to be given to any person under the provisions of the Business Corporation Law or by the articles or these bylaws or by the terms of any agreement or other instrument or as a condition precedent to taking any corporate action and communication with that person is then unlawful, the giving of the notice or communication to that person shall not be required. 2.6.2. Shareholders without forwarding addresses. Notice or other communications shall not be sent to any shareholder with whom the corporation has been unable to communicate for more than 24 consecutive months because communications to the shareholder are returned unclaimed or the shareholder has otherwise failed to provide the corporation with a current address. Whenever the shareholder provides the corporation with a current address, the corporation shall commence sending notices and other communications to the shareholder in the same manner as to other shareholders. 2.7. USE OF CONFERENCE TELEPHONE AND SIMILAR EQUIPMENT. One or more persons may participate in a meeting of the board of directors or the shareholders of the corporation by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each 3 other. Participation in a meeting pursuant to this section shall constitute presence in person at the meeting. 3. SHAREHOLDERS 3.1. PLACE OF MEETING. All meetings of the shareholders of the corporation shall be held at the registered office of the corporation unless another place is designated by the board of directors in the notice of a meeting. 3.2. ANNUAL MEETING. The board of directors may fix the date and time of the annual meeting of the shareholders, but if no such date and time is fixed by the board, the meeting for any calendar year shall be held on the first Tuesday in February in such year, if not a legal holiday under the laws of Pennsylvania, and, if a legal holiday, then on the next succeeding business day, not a Saturday, at 10:00 o'clock A.M., and at said meeting the shareholders then entitled to vote shall elect directors and shall transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If the annual meeting shall not have been called and held within six months after the designated time, any shareholder may call the meeting at any time thereafter. 3.3. SPECIAL MEETINGS. 3.3.1. Call of special meetings. Special meetings of the shareholders may be called at any time: 3.3.1.1. by the board of directors; or 3.3.1.2. unless otherwise provided in the articles, by shareholders entitled to cast at least 20% of the vote that all shareholders are entitled to cast at the particular meeting. 3.3.2. Fixing of time for meeting. At any time, upon written request of any person who has called a special meeting, it shall be the duty of the secretary to fix the time of the meeting which shall be held not more than 60 days after the receipt of the request. If the secretary neglects or refuses to fix a time of the meeting, the person or persons calling the meeting may do so. 3.4. QUORUM AND ADJOURNMENT. 3.4.1. General rule. A meeting of shareholders of the corporation duly called shall not be organized for the transaction of business unless a quorum is present. The presence (in person, by proxy or as otherwise permitted under these bylaws or the Business Corporation Law) of shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders are entitled to cast on a particular matter to be acted upon at the meeting 4 shall constitute a quorum for the purposes of consideration and action on the matter. Shares of the corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by it and controlled, directly or indirectly, by the board of directors of this corporation, as such, shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares for quorum purposes at any given time. 3.4.2. Withdrawal of a quorum. The shareholders present at a duly organized meeting can continue to do business until adjournment notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough shareholders to leave less than a quorum. 3.4.3. Adjournment for lack of quorum. If a meeting cannot be organized because a quorum has not attended, those present may, except as provided in the Business Corporation Law, adjourn the meeting to such time and place as they may determine. 3.4.4. Adjournments generally. Any meeting at which directors are to be elected shall be adjourned only from day to day, or for such longer periods not exceeding 15 days each as the shareholders present and entitled to vote shall direct, until the directors have been elected. Any other regular or special meeting may be adjourned for such period as a majority of the shareholders present and entitled to vote shall direct. 3.4.5. Electing directors at adjourned meeting. Those shareholders entitled to vote who attend a meeting called for the election of directors that has been previously adjourned for lack of a quorum, although less than a quorum as fixed in this section, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of electing directors. 3.4.6. Other action in absence of quorum. Those shareholders entitled to vote who attend a meeting of shareholders that has been previously adjourned for one or more periods aggregating at least 15 days because of an absence of a quorum, although less than a quorum as fixed in this section, shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of acting upon any matter set forth in the notice of the meeting if the notice states that those shareholders who attend the adjourned meeting shall nevertheless constitute a quorum for the purpose of acting upon the matter. 3.5. ACTION BY SHAREHOLDERS. 3.5.1. General rule. Except as otherwise provided in the Business Corporation Law or the articles or these bylaws, whenever any corporate action is to be taken by vote of the shareholders of the corporation, it shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast at a duly organized meeting of shareholders by the holders of shares entitled to vote thereon. 5 3.5.2. Interested shareholders. Any merger or other transaction authorized under 15 Pa.C.S. Subchapter 19C between the corporation or subsidiary thereof and a shareholder of this corporation, or any voluntary liquidation authorized under 15 Pa.C.S. Subchapter 19F in which a shareholder is treated differently from other shareholders of the same class (other than any dissenting shareholders), shall require the affirmative vote of the shareholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that all shareholders other than the interested shareholders are entitled to cast with respect to the transaction, without counting the vote of the interested shareholder. For the purposes of the preceding sentence, interested shareholder shall include the shareholder who is a party to the transaction or who is treated differently from other shareholders and any person, or group of persons, that is acting jointly or in concert with the interested shareholder and any person who, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the interested shareholder. An interested shareholder shall not include any person who, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this subsection, is an agent, bank, broker, nominee or trustee for one or more other persons, to the extent that the other person or persons are not interested shareholders. 3.5.3. Exceptions. Subsection 3.5.2 shall not apply to a transaction: 3.5.3.1. that has been approved by a majority vote of the board of directors without counting the vote of directors who: (i) are directors or officers of, or have a material equity interest in, the interested shareholder; or (ii) were nominated for election as a director by the interested shareholder, and first elected as a director, within 24 months of the date of the vote on the proposed transaction; or 3.5.3.2. in which the consideration to be received by the shareholders for shares of any class of which shares are owned by the interested shareholder is not less than the highest amount paid by the interested shareholder in acquiring shares of the came class. 3.5.4. Additional approvals. The approvals required by subsection 3.5.2 shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other approval required by the Business Corporation Law, the articles or these bylaws, or otherwise. 3.6. ORGANIZATION. At every meeting of the shareholders, the chairman of the board, if there be one, or, in 6 the case of vacancy in office or absence of the chairman of the board, one of the following officers present in the order stated: the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, the president, the vice president in their order of rank and seniority, or a person chosen by vote of the shareholders present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in the absence of the secretary, an assistant secretary, or in the absence of both the secretary and assistant secretaries, a person appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary. 3.7. VOTING RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS. Unless otherwise provided in the articles, every shareholder of the corporation shall be entitled to one vote for every share standing in the name of the shareholder of the books of the corporation. 3.8. VOTING AND OTHER ACTION BY PROXY. 3.8.1. General rule. 3.8.1.1. Every shareholder entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person to act for the shareholder by proxy. 3.8.1.2. The presence of, or vote or other action at a meeting of shareholders, or the expression of consent or dissent to corporate action in writing, by a proxy of a shareholder shall constitute the presence of, or vote or action by, or written consent or dissent of the shareholder. 3.8.1.3. Where two or more proxies of a shareholder are present, the corporation shall, unless otherwise expressly provided in the proxy, accept as the vote of all shares represented thereby the vote cast by a majority of them and, if a majority of the proxies cannot agree whether the shares represented shall be voted or upon the manner of voting the shares, the voting of the shares shall be divided equally among those persons. 3.8.2. Minimum requirements. Every proxy shall be executed in writing by the shareholder or by the duly authorized attorney-in-fact of the shareholder and filed with the secretary of the corporation. A proxy, unless coupled with an interest, shall be revocable at will, notwithstanding any other agreement or any provision in the proxy to the contrary, but the revocation of a proxy shall not be effective until written notice thereof has been given to the secretary of the corporation. An unrevoked proxy shall not be valid after three years from the date of its execution unless a longer time is expressly provided therein. A proxy shall not be revoked by the death or incapacity of the maker unless, before the vote is counted or the authority is 7 exercised, written notice of the death or incapacity is given to the secretary of the corporation. 3.8.3. Expenses. Unless otherwise restricted in the articles, the corporation shall pay the reasonable expenses of solicitation of votes, proxies or consents of shareholders by or on behalf of the board of directors or its nominees for election to the board, including solicitation by professional proxy solicitors and otherwise. 3.9. VOTING BY FIDUCIARIES AND PLEDGEES. Shares of the corporation standing in the name of a trustee or other fiduciary and shares held by an assignee for the benefit of creditors or by a receiver may be voted by the trustee, fiduciary, assignee or receiver. A shareholder whose shares are pledged shall be entitled to vote the shares until the shares have been transferred into the name of the pledgee, or a nominee of the pledgee, but nothing in this section shall affect the validity of a proxy given to a pledgee or nominee. 3.10. VOTING BY JOINT HOLDERS OF SHARES. 3.10.1. General rule. Where shares of the corporation are held jointly or as tenants in common by two or more persons, as fiduciaries or otherwise: 3.10.1.1. if only one or more of such persons is present in person or by proxy, all of the shares standing in the names of such persons shall be deemed to be represented for the purpose of determining a quorum and the corporation shall accept as the vote of all the shares the vote cast by a joint owner or a majority of them; and 3.10.1.2. if the persons are equally divided upon whether the shares held by them shall be voted or upon the manner of voting the shares, the voting of the shares shall be divided equally among the persons without prejudice to the rights of the joint owners or the beneficial owners thereof among themselves. 3.10.2. Exception. If there has been filed with the secretary of the corporation a copy, certified by an attorney at law to be correct, of the relevant portions of the agreement under which the shares are held or the instrument by which the trust or estate was created or the order of court appointing them or of an order of court directing the voting of the shares, the persons specified as having such voting power in the document latest in date of operative effect so filed, and only those 8 persons, shall be entitled to vote the shares but only in accordance therewith. 3.11. VOTING BY CORPORATIONS. 3.11.1. Voting by corporate shareholders. Any corporation that is a shareholder of this corporation may vote by any of its officers or agents, or by proxy appointed by any officer or agent, unless some other person, by resolution of the board of directors of the other corporation or provision of its articles or bylaws a copy of which resolution or provision certified to be correct by one of its officers has been filed with the secretary of this corporation, is appointed its general or special proxy in which case that person shall be entitled to vote the shares. 3.11.2. Controlled shares. Shares of this corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by it and controlled, directly or indirectly, by the board of directors of this corporation, as such, shall not be voted at any meeting and shall not be counted in determining the total number of outstanding shares for voting purposes at any given time. 3.12. DETERMINATION OF SHAREHOLDERS OF RECORD. 3.12.1. Fixing record date. The board of directors may fix a time prior to the date of any meeting of shareholders as a record date for the determination of the shareholders entitled to notice of, or to vote at, the meeting, which time, except in the case of an adjourned meeting, ,shall be not more than 90 days prior to the date of the meeting of shareholders. Only shareholders of record on the date fixed shall be so entitled notwithstanding any transfer of shares on the books of the corporation after any record date fixed as provided in this subsection. The board of directors may similarly fix a record date for the determination of shareholders of record for any other purpose. When a determination of shareholders of record has been made as provided in this section for purposes of a meeting, the determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting. 3.12.2. Determination when a record date is not fixed. If a record date is not fixed: (i) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of shareholders shall be at the close of business on the date next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day immediately preceding the day on which the meeting is held. 9 (ii) The record date for determining shareholders entitled to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting, when prior action by the board of directors is not necessary, shall be the close of business on the day on which the first written consent or dissent is filed with the secretary of the corporation. (iii) The record date for determining shareholders for any other purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the board of directors adopts the resolution relating thereto. 3.13. VOTING LISTS. 3.13.1. General rule. The officer or agent having charge of the transfer books for shares of the corporation shall make a complete list of the shareholders entitled to vote at any meeting of shareholders, arranged in alphabetical order, with the address of and of the number of shares held by each. The list shall be produced and kept open at the time and place of the meeting and shall be subject to the inspection of any shareholder during the whole time of the meeting for the purposes thereof. 3.13.2. Effect of list. Failure to comply with the requirements of this section shall not affect the validity of any action taken at a meeting prior to a demand at the meeting by any shareholder entitled to vote thereat to examine the list. The original share register or transfer book, or a duplicate thereof kept in this Commonwealth, shall be prima facie evidence as to who are the shareholders entitled to examine the list or share register or transfer book or to vote at any meeting of shareholders. 3.14. JUDGES OF ELECTION. 3.14.1. Appointment. In advance of any meeting of shareholders of the corporation, the board of directors may appoint judges of election, who need not be shareholders, to act at the meeting or any adjournment thereof. If judges of election are not so appointed, the presiding officer of the meeting may, and on the request of any shareholder shall, appoint judges of election at the meeting. The number of judges shall be one or three. A person who is a candidate for office to be filled at the meeting shall not act as a judge. 3.14.2. Vacancies. In case any person appointed as a judge fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, the vacancy may be filled by appointment made by the board of directors in advance of the convening of the meeting or at the meeting by the presiding officer thereof. 10 3.14.3. Duties. The judges of election shall determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the shares represented at the meeting, the existence of a quorum, the authenticity, validity and effect of proxies, receive votes or ballots, hear and determine all challenges and questions in any way arising in connection with the right to vote, count and tabulate all votes, determine the result and do such acts as may be proper to conduct the election or vote with fairness to all shareholders. The judges of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three judges of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority shall be effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. 3.14.4. Report. On request of the presiding officer of the meeting, or of any shareholder, the judge shall make a report in writing of any challenge or question or matter determined by them, and execute a certificate of any fact found by them. Any report or certificate made by them shall be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. 3.15. CONSENT OF SHAREHOLDERS IN LIEU OF MEETING. 3.15.1. Unanimous written consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or of a class of shareholders may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the shareholders who would be entitled to vote at a meeting for such purpose shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation. 3.15.2. Partial written consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the shareholders or of a class of shareholders, may be taken without a meeting upon the written consent of shareholders who would have been entitled to cast the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize the action at a meeting at which all shareholders entitled to vote thereon were present and voting. The consent(s) shall be filed with the secretary of the corporation. The action shall not become effective until after at least ten days' written notice of the action has been given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereon who has not consented thereto. 3.16. MINORS AS SECURITY HOLDERS. The corporation may treat a minor who holds shares or obligations of the corporation as having capacity to receive and to empower others to receive dividends, interest, principal and other payments or distributions, to vote or express consent or dissent and to make elections and exercise rights relating to such shares or obligations unless, in the case of payments or distributions on 11 shares, the corporate officer responsible for maintaining the list of shareholders or the transfer agent of the corporation or, in the case of payments or distributions on obligations, the treasurer or paying officer or agent has received written notice that the holder is a minor. 4. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 4.1. POWERS; PERSONAL LIABILITY. 4.1.1. General rule. Unless otherwise provided by statute, all powers vested by law in the corporation shall be exercised by or under the authority of, and the business and affairs of the corporation shall be managed under the direction of, the board of directors. 4.1.2. Standard of care; justifiable reliance. A director shall stand in a fiduciary relation to the corporation and shall perform his or her duties as a director, including duties as a member of any committee of the board upon which the director may serve, in good faith, in a manner the director reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances. In performing his or her duties, a director shall be entitled to rely in good faith on information, opinions, reports or statements, including financial statements and other financial data, in each case prepared or presented by any of the following: 4.1.2.1. One or more officers or employees of the corporation whom the director reasonably believes to be reliable and competent in the matters presented. 4.1.2.2. Counsel, public accountants or other persons as to matters which the director reasonably believes to be within the professional or expert competence of such person. 4.1.2.3. A committee of the board upon which the director does not serve, duly designated in accordance with law, as to matters within its designated authority, which committee the director reasonably believes to merit confidence. A director shall not be considered to be acting in good faith if the director has knowledge concerning the matter in question that would cause his or her reliance to be unwarranted. 4.1.3. Consideration of factors. In discharging the duties of their respective positions, the board of directors, committees of the board and individual directors may, in considering the best interests of the corporation, consider the effects of any action upon employees, upon suppliers and 12 customers of the corporation and upon communities in which offices or other establishments of the corporation are located, and all other pertinent factors. The consideration of those factors shall not constitute a violation of subsection 4.1.2. 4.l.4. Presumption. Absent breach of fiduciary duty, lack of good faith or self-dealing, actions taken as a director or any failure to take any action shall be presumed to be in the best interests of the corporation. 4.1.5. Personal liability of directors. 4.1.5.1. A director shall not be personally liable, as such, for monetary damages for any action taken, or any failure to take any action, unless: (i) the director has breached or failed to perform the duties of his or her office under this section; and (ii) the breach or failure to perform constitutes self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness. 4.1.5.2. The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to the responsibility or liability of a director pursuant to any criminal statute, or the liability of a director for the payment of taxes pursuant to local, state or Federal law. 4.1.6. Notation of dissent. A director who is present at a meeting of the board of directors, or of a committee of the board, at which action on any corporate matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action taken unless his or her dissent is entered in the minutes of the meeting or unless the director files a written dissent to the action with the secretary of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or transmits the dissent in writing to the secretary of the corporation immediately after the adjournment of the meeting. The right to dissent shall not apply to a director who voted in favor of the action. Nothing in this section shall bar a director from asserting that minutes of the meeting incorrectly omitted his or her dissent if, promptly upon receipt of a copy of such minutes, the director notifies the secretary in writing, of the asserted omission or inaccuracy. 4.2. OUALIFICATION AND SELECTION OF DIRECTORS. 4.2.1. Qualifications. Each director of the corporation shall be a natural person of full age who need not be a resident of Pennsylvania or a shareholder of the corporation. 4.2.2. Election of directors. Except as otherwise provided in these bylaws, directors of the corporation shall be elected by a majority vote of the shareholders. In elections for 13 directors, voting need not be by ballot, except upon demand made by a shareholder entitled to vote at the election and before the voting begins. 4.3. NUMBER AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS. 4.3.1. Number. The board of directors shall consist of one (1) director or such number as may be determined from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. 4.3.2. Term of office. Each director shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which he or she was elected and until a successor has been selected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. A decrease in the number of directors shall not have the effect of shortening the term of any incumbent director. 4.3.3. Resignation. Any director may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. The resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the corporation or at such subsequent time as shall be specified in the notice of resignation. 4.4. VACANCIES. 4.4.1. General rule. Vacancies in the board of directors, including vacancies resulting from an increase in the number of directors, may be filled by a majority vote of the remaining members of the board though less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and each person so selected shall be a director to serve for the balance of the unexpired term, and until a successor has been selected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. 4.4.2. Action by resigned directors. When one or more directors resign from the board effective at a future date, the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power by the applicable vote to fill the vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when the resignations become effective. 4.5. REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS. 4.5.1. Removal by the shareholders. The entire board of directors, or any class of the board, or any individual director may be removed from office without assigning any cause by the vote of shareholders. In case the board or any one or more directors are so removed, new directors may be elected at the same meeting. 4.5.2. Removal by the board. The board of directors may declare vacant the office of a director who has 14 been judicially declared of unsound mind or who has been convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than one year or if, within 60 days after notice of his or her selection, the director does not accept the office either in writing or by attending a meeting of the board of directors. 4.6. PLACE OF MEETINGS. Meetings of the board of directors may be held at such place within or without Pennsylvania as the board of directors may from time to time appoint or as may be designated in the notice of the meeting. 4.7. ORGANIZATION OF MEETINGS. At every meeting of the board of directors, the chairman of the board, if there be one, or, in the case of a vacancy in the office or absence of the chairman of the board, one of the following officers present in the order stated: the vice chairman of the board, if there be one, the president, the vice presidents in their order of rank and seniority, or a person chosen by a majority of the directors present, shall act as chairman of the meeting. The secretary or, in the absence of the secretary, an assistant secretary, or, in the absence of the secretary and the assistant secretaries, any person appointed by the chairman of the meeting, shall act as secretary. 4.8. REGULAR MEETINGS. Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held at such time and place as shall be designated from time to time by resolution of the board of directors. 4.9. SPECIAL MEETINGS. Special meetings of the board of directors shall be held whenever called by the chairman or by two or more of the directors. 4.10. QUORUM OF AND ACTION BY DIRECTORS. 4.10.1. General rule. A majority of the directors in office of the corporation shall be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and the acts of a majority of the directors present and voting at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the acts of the board of directors. 4.10.2. Action by written consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the directors may be taken without a meeting if, prior or subsequent to the action, a consent or consents thereto by all of the directors in office is filed with the secretary of the corporation. 4.11. COMPENSATION. The board of directors shall have the authority to fix compensation of directors for their services as directors and a director may be a salaried officer of the corporation. 15 5. OFFICERS 5.1. OFFICERS GENERALLY. 5.1.1. Number. qualification and designation. The officers of the Corporation shall be a president, a secretary, a treasurer, and such other officers as may be elected in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3. Officers may but need not be directors or shareholders of the corporation. The president and secretary shall be natural persons of full age. The treasurer may be a corporation, but if a natural person shall be of full age. The board of directors may elect from among the members of the board a chairman of the board and a vice chairman of the board who shall be officers of the corporation. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. 5.1.2. Resignations. Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the corporation. The resignation shall be effective upon receipt thereof by the corporation or at such subsequent time as may be specified in the notice of resignation. 5.1.3. Bonding. The corporation may secure the fidelity of any or all of its officers by bond or otherwise. 5.1.4. Standard of care. Except as otherwise provided in the articles, an officer shall perform his or her duties as an officer in good faith, in a manner he or she reasonably believes to be in the best interests of the corporation and with such care, including reasonable inquiry, skill and diligence, as a person of ordinary prudence would use under similar circumstances. A person who so performs his or her duties shall not be liable by reason of having been an officer of the corporation. 5.2. ELECTION AND TERM OF OFFICE. The officers of the corporation, except those elected by delegated authority pursuant to Section 5.3 shall be elected annually by the board of directors, and each such officer shall hold office for a term of one year and until a successor has been selected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. 5.3. SUBORDINATE OFFICERS, COMMITTEES AND AGENTS. The board of directors may from time to time elect such other officers and appoint such committees, employees or other agents as the business of the corporation may require, including one or more assistant secretaries, and one or more assistant treasurers, each of whom shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the board of directors may from time to time determine. The board of directors may delegate to any officer or committee the power to elect subordinate officers and to retain 16 or appoint employees or other agents, or committees thereof and to prescribe the authority and duties of such subordinate officers, committees, employees or other agents. 5.4. REMOVAL OF OFFICERS AND AGENTS. Any officer or agent of the corporation may be removed by the board of directors with or without cause. The removal shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of any person so removed. Election or appointment of an officer or agent shall not of itself create contract rights 5.5. VACANCIES. A vacancy in any office because of death, resignation, removal, disqualification, or any other cause, shall be filled by the board of directors or by the officer or committee to which the power to fill such office has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.3 as the case may be, and if the office is one for which these bylaws prescribe a term, shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term. 5.6. AUTHORITY. All officers of the corporation, as between themselves and the corporation, shall have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the corporation as may be provided by or pursuant to resolution or orders of the board of directors or in the absence of controlling provisions in the resolutions or orders of the board of directors, as may be determined by or pursuant to these bylaws. 5.7. THE CHAIRMAN AND VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD. The chairman of the board or in the absence of the chairman, the vice chairman of the board, shall preside at all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors and shall perform such other duties as may from time to time be requested by the board of directors. 5.8. THE PRESIDENT. The president shall be the chief executive officer of the corporation and shall have general supervision over the business and operations of the corporation, subject however, to the control of the board of directors. The president shall sign, execute, and acknowledge, in the name of the corporation, deeds, mortgages, contracts or other instruments authorized by the board of directors, except in cases where the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the board of directors, or by these bylaws, to some other officer or agent of the corporation; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of president and such other duties as from time to time may be assigned by the board of directors. 5.9. THE SECRETARY. The secretary or an assistant secretary shall attend all meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors and shall record all votes of the shareholders and of the directors and the minutes of the meetings of the shareholders and of the board of directors and of 17 committees of the board in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; shall see that notices are given and records and reports properly kept and filed by the corporation as required by law; shall be the custodian of the seal of the corporation and see that it is affixed to all documents to be executed on behalf of the corporation under its seal; and, in general, shall perform all duties incident to the office of secretary, and such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors or the president. 5.10. THE TREASURER. The treasurer or an assistant treasurer shall have or provide for the custody of the funds or other property of the corporation; shall collect and receive or provide for the collection and receipt of moneys earned by or in any manner due to or received by the corporation; shall deposit all funds in his or her custody as treasurer in such banks or other places of deposit as the board of directors may from time to time designate; shall, whenever so required by the board of directors, render an account showing all transactions as treasurer and the financial condition of the corporation; and, in general, shall discharge such other duties as may from time to time be assigned by the board of directors or the president. 5.11. SALARIES. The salaries of the officers elected by the board of directors shall be fixed from time to time by the board of directors or by such officer as may be designated by resolution of the board. The salaries or other compensation of any other officers, employees and other agents shall be fixed from time to time by the officer or committee to which the power to elect such officers or to retain or appoint such employees or other agents has been delegated pursuant to Section 5.3. No officer shall be prevented from receiving such salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that the officer is also a director of the corporation. 5.12. DISALLOWED COMPENSATION. Any payments made to an officer or employee of the corporation such as a salary, commission, bonus, interest, rent, travel or entertainment expense incurred by him, which shall be disallowed in whole or in part as a deductible expense by the Internal Revenue Service, shall be reimbursed by such officer or employee to the corporation to the full extent of such disallowance. It shall be the duty of the directors, as a Board, to enforce payment of each such amount disallowed. In lieu of payment by the officer or employee, subject to the determination of the directors, proportionate amounts may be withheld from future compensation payments until the amount owed to the corporation has been recovered. 18 6. CERTIFICATES OF STOCK, TRANSFER, ETC. 6.1. SHARE CERTIFICATES. Certificates for shares of the corporation shall be in such form as approved by the board of directors, and shall state that the corporation is incorporated under the laws of Pennsylvania, the name of the person to whom issued, and the number and class of shares and the designation of the series (if any) that the certificate represents. The share register or transfer books and blank share certificates shall be kept by the secretary or by any transfer agent or registrar designated by the board of directors for that purpose. 6.2. ISSUANCE. The share certificates of the corporation shall be numbered and registered in the share register or transfer books of the corporation as they are issued. They shall be signed by the president or a vice president and by the secretary or an assistant secretary or the treasurer or an assistant treasurer, and shall bear the corporate seal, which may be a facsimile, engraved or printed; but where such certificate is signed by a transfer agent or a registrar the signature of any corporate officer upon such certificate may be a facsimile, engraved or printed. In case any officer who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, any share certificate shall have ceased to be such officer because of death, resignation or otherwise, before the certificate is issued, it may be issued with the same effect as if the officer had not ceased to be such at the date of its issue. The provisions of this Section shall be subject to any inconsistent or contrary agreement at the time between the corporation and any transfer agent or registrar. 6.3. TRANSFER. Transfers of shares shall be made on the share register or transfer books of the corporation upon surrender of the certificate therefor, endorsed by the person named in the certificate or by an attorney lawfully constituted in writing. No transfer shall be made inconsistent with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, 13 Pa.C.S. ss.8101 et seq., and its amendments and supplements. 6.4. RECORD HOLDER OF SHARES. The corporation shall be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share or shares of the corporation stand on the books of the corporation as the absolute owner thereof, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share or shares on the part of any other person. 6.5. LOST. DESTROYED OR MUTILATED CERTIFICATES. The holder of any shares of the corporation shall immediately notify the corporation of any loss, destruction or mutilation of the certificate therefor, and the board of directors may, in its discretion, cause a new certificate or certificates to be issued to such holder, in case of mutilation of the certificate, upon 19 the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in case of loss or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss or destruction and, if the board of directors shall so determine, the deposit of a bond in such form and in such sum, and with such surety or sureties, as it may direct. 7. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHER AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES 7.1. SCOPE OF INDEMNIFICATION. 7.1.1. General rule. The corporation shall indemnify an indemnified representative against any liability incurred in connection with any proceeding in which the indemnified representative may be involved as a party or otherwise by reason of the fact that such person is or was serving in an indemnified capacity, including, without limitation, liabilities resulting from any actual or alleged breach or neglect or duty, error, misstatement or misleading statement, negligence, gross negligence or act giving rise to strict or products liability, except: 7.1.1.1. where such indemnification is expressly prohibited by applicable law; 7.1.1.2. where the conduct of the indemnified representative has been finally determined pursuant to Section 7.6 or otherwise: (i) to constitute willful misconduct or recklessness within the meaning of 15 Pa.C.S. ss.513(b) and ss.1746(b) and 42 Pa.C.S. ss.8365(b) or any superseding provision of law sufficient in the circumstances to bar indemnification against liabilities arising from the conduct; or (ii) to be based upon or attributable to the receipt by the indemnified representative from the corporation of a personal benefit to which the indemnified representative is not legally entitled; or 7.1.1.3. to the extent such indemnification has been finally determined in a final adjudication pursuant to Section 7.6 to be otherwise unlawful. 7.1.2. Partial payment. If an indemnified representative is entitled to indemnification in respect of a portion, but not all, of any liabilities to which such person may be subject, the corporation shall indemnify such indemnified representative to the maximum extent for such portion of the liabilities. 20 7.1.3. Presumption. The termination of a proceeding by judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a presumption that the indemnified representative is not entitled to indemnification. 7.1.4. Definitions. For purposes of this Article: 7.1.4.1. "indemnified capacity" means any and all past, present and future service by an indemnified representative in one or more capacities as a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or, at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity or enterprise; 7.1.4.2. "indemnified representative" means any and all directors and officers of the corporation and any other person designated as an indemnified representative by the board of directors of the corporation (which may, but not, include any person serving at the request of the corporation, as a director, officer, employee, agent, fiduciary or trustee of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other entity or enterprise); 7.1.4.3. "liability" means any damage, judgment, amount paid in settlement, fine, penalty, punitive damages, excise tax assessed with respect to an employee benefit plan, or cost or expense, of any nature (including, without limitation, attorneys fees and disbursements); and 7.1.4.4. "proceeding" means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, appeal or other proceeding of any nature, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, whether formal or informal, and whether brought by or in the right of the corporation, a class of its security holders or otherwise. 7.2. PROCEEDINGS INITIATED BY INDEMNIFIED REPRESENTATIVES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, the corporation shall not indemnify under this Article an indemnified representative for any liability incurred in a proceeding initiated (which shall not be deemed to include counter-claims or affirmative defenses) or participated in as an intervenor or amicus curiae by the person seeking indemnification unless such initiation of or participation in the proceeding is authorized, either before or after its commencement, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors in office. This section does not apply to a reimbursement of expenses incurred in successfully prosecuting or defending an arbitration under 21 Section 7.6 or otherwise successfully prosecuting or defending the rights of an indemnified representative granted by or pursuant to this Article. 7.3. ADVANCING EXPENSES. The corporation shall pay the expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements) incurred in good faith by an indemnified representative in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding described in Section 7.1 the initiation of or participation in which is authorized pursuant to Section 7.2 upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the indemnified representative to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined pursuant to Section 7.6 that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation pursuant to this Article. The financial ability of an indemnified representative to repay an advance shall not be a prerequisite to the making of such advance. 7.4. SECURING OF INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS. To further effect, satisfy or secure the indemnification obligations provided herein or otherwise, the corporation may maintain insurance, obtain a letter of credit, act as self- insurer, create a reserve, trust, escrow, cash collateral or other fund or account, enter into indemnification agreements, pledge or grant a security interest in any assets or properties of the corporation, or use any other mechanism or arrangement whatsoever in such amounts, at such costs, and upon such other terms and conditions as the board of directors shall deem appropriate. Absent fraud, the determination of the board of directors with respect to such amounts, costs, terms and conditions shall be conclusive against all security holders, officers and directors and shall not be subject to voidability. 7.5. PAYMENT OF INDEMNIFICATION. An indemnified representative shall be entitled to indemnification within 30 days after a written request for indemnification has been delivered to the secretary of the corporation. 7.6. ARBITRATION. 7.6.1. General rule. Any dispute related to the right to indemnification, contribution or advancement of expenses as provided under this Article, except with respect to indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 that the corporation has undertaken to submit to a court for adjudication, shall be decided only by arbitration in the metropolitan area in which the principal executive offices of the corporation are located at the time, in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules then in effect of the American Arbitration Association, before a panel of three arbitrators, one of whom shall be selected by the corporation, the second of whom shall be selected by the indemnified representative and third of whom shall be selected by the other two arbitrators. In the 22 absence of the American Arbitration Association, or if any reason arbitration under the arbitration rules of the American Arbitration Association cannot be initiated, or if one of the parties fails or refuses to select an arbitrator or if the arbitrators selected by the corporation and the indemnified representative cannot agree on the selection of the third arbitrator within 30 days after such time as the corporation and the indemnified representative have each been notified of the selection of the other's arbitrator, the necessary arbitrator or arbitrators shall be selected by the presiding judge of the court of general jurisdiction in such metropolitan area. 7.6.2. Burden of proof. The party or parties challenging the right of an indemnified representative to the benefits of this Article shall have the burden of proof. 7.6.3. Expenses. The corporation shall reimburse an indemnified representative for the expenses (including attorneys' fees and. disbursements) incurred in successfully prosecuting or defending such arbitration. 7.6.4. Effect. Any award entered by the arbitrators shall be final, binding and nonappealable and judgement may be entered thereon by any party in accordance with applicable law in any court of competent jurisdiction, except that the corporation shall be entitled to interpose as a defense in any such judicial enforcement proceeding any prior final judicial determination adverse to the indemnified representative under Section 7.1.1.2 in a proceeding not directly involving indemnification under this Article. This arbitration provision shall be specifically enforceable. 7.7. CONTRIBUTION. If the indemnification provided for in this Article or otherwise is unavailable for any reason in respect of any liability or portion thereof, the corporation shall contribute to the liabilities to which the indemnified representative may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the intent of this Article or otherwise. 7.8. MANDATORY INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, ETC. To the extent that an authorized representative of the corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action or proceeding referred to in l5 Pa.C.S. ss.1741 or ss.1742 or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys' fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. 7.9. CONTRACT RIGHTS: AMENDMENT OR REPEAL. All rights under this Article shall be deemed a contract between the corporation and the indemnified representative pursuant to which 23 the corporation and each indemnified representative intend to be legally bound. Any repeal, amendment or modification hereof shall be prospective only and shall not affect any rights or obligations then existing. 7.10. SCOPE OF ARTICLE. The rights granted by this Article shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification, contribution or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise both as to action in an indemnified capacity and as to action in any other capacity. The indemnification, contribution and advancement of expenses provided by or granted pursuant to this Article shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be an indemnified representative in respect of matters arising prior to such time, and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators and personal representatives of such a person. 7.11. RELIANCE ON PROVISIONS. Each person who shall act as an indemnified representative of the corporation shall be deemed to be doing so in reliance upon the rights provided in this Article. 7.12. INTERPRETATION. The provisions of this Article are intended to constitute bylaws authorized by 15 Pa.C.S. ss.513 and ss.1746 and 42 Pa.C.S. ss.8365. 8. MISCELLANEOUS 8.1. SEAL. The corporation seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal, Pennsylvania". 8.2. CHECKS. All checks, notes, bills of exchange or other orders in writing shall be signed by such person or persons as the board of directors or any person authorized by resolution of the board of directors may from time to time designate. 8.3. CONTRACTS. 8.3.1. General rule. Except as otherwise provided in the Business Corporation Law in the case of transactions that require action by the shareholders, the board of directors may authorize any officer or agent to enter into any contract or to execute or deliver any instrument on behalf of the corporation, and such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. 8.3.2. Statutory form of execution of instruments. Any note, mortgage, evidence of indebtedness, contract or other document, or any assignment or endorsement thereof, executed or entered into between the corporation and any other person, when 24 signed by one or more officers or agents having actual or apparent authority to sign it, or by the (i) president or vice president and (ii) secretary or assistant secretary or treasurer or assistant treasurer of the corporation, shall be held to have been properly executed for and on behalf of the corporation, without prejudice to the rights of the corporation against any person who shall have executed the instrument in excess of his or her actual authority. 8.4. INTERESTED DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS; QUORUM. 8.4.1. General rule. A contract or transaction between the corporation and one or more of its directors or officers or between the corporation and another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise in which one or more of its directors or officers are directors or officers or have a financial or other interest, shall not be void or voidable solely for that reason, or solely because the director or officer is present at or participates in the meeting of the board of directors that authorizes the contract or transaction, or solely because his, her or their votes are counted for that purpose, if: (i) the material facts as to the relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the board of directors and the board authorizes the contract or transaction by the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors even though the disinterested directors are less than a quorum; (ii) the material facts as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract or transaction are disclosed or are known to the shareholders entitled to vote thereon and the contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith by vote of those shareholders; or (iii) the contract or transaction is fair as to the corporation as of the time it is authorized, approved or ratified by the board of directors or the shareholders. 8.4.2. Quorum. Common or interested directors may be counted in determining the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the board which authorizes a contract or transaction specified in subsection 8.4.1. 8.5. DEPOSITS. All funds of the corporation shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the corporation in such banks, trust companies or other depositaries as the board of directors may approve or designate, and all such funds shall be withdrawn only upon checks signed by such one or more officers or 25 employees as the board of directors shall from time to time determine. 8.6. CORPORATE RECORDS. 8.6.1. Required records. The corporation shall keep complete and accurate books and records of account, minutes of the proceedings of the incorporators, shareholders and directors and a share register giving the names and addresses of all shareholders and the number and class of shares held by each. The share register shall be kept at either the registered office of the corporation in Pennsylvania or at its principal place of business wherever situated or at the office of its registrar or transfer agent. Any books, minutes or other records may be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. 8.6.2. Right of inspection. Every shareholder shall, upon written verified demand stating the purpose thereof, have a right to examine, in person or by agent or attorney, during the usual hours for business for any proper purpose, the share register, books and records of account, and records of the proceedings of the incorporators, shareholders and directors and to make copies or extracts therefrom. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to the interest of the person as a shareholder. In every instance where an attorney or other agent is the person who seeks the right of inspection, the demand shall be accompanied by a verified power of attorney or other writing that authorizes the attorney or other agent to so act on behalf of the shareholder. The demand shall be directed to the corporation at its registered office in Pennsylvania or at its principal place of business wherever situated. 8.7. FINANCIAL REPORTS. Unless otherwise agreed between the corporation and a shareholder, the corporation shall furnish to its shareholders annual financial statements, including at least a balance sheet as of the end of each fiscal year and a statement of income and expenses for the fiscal year. The financial statements shall be prepared on the basis of generally accepted accounting principals, if the corporation prepares financial statements for the fiscal year on that basis for any purpose, and may be consolidated statements of the corporation and one or more of its subsidiaries. The financial statements shall be mailed by the corporation to each of its shareholders entitled thereto within 120 days after the close of each fiscal year and, after the mailing and upon written request, shall be mailed by the corporation to any shareholder or beneficial owner entitled thereto to whom a copy of the most recent annual financial statements has not previously been mailed. Statements that are audited or reviewed by a public accountant shall be accompanied by the report of the accountant; 26 in other cases, each copy shall be accompanied by a statement of the person in charge of the financial records of the corporation: 8.7.1. Stating his reasonable belief as to whether or not the financial statements were prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and, if not, describing the basis of presentation. 8.7.2. Describing any material respects in which the financial statements were not prepared on a basis consistent with those prepared for the previous year. 8.8. AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS. These bylaws may be amended or repealed, or new bylaws may be adopted, either (i) by vote of the shareholders at any duly organized annual or special meeting of shareholders, or (ii) with respect to those matters that are not by statute committed expressly to the shareholders and regardless of whether the shareholders have previously adopted or approved the bylaw being tended or repealed, by vote of a majority of the board of directors of the corporation in office at any regular or special meeting of directors. Any change in these bylaws shall take effect when adopted unless otherwise provided in the resolution effecting the change. * * * * * * 27 EX-12.1 24 EXHIBIT 12.1 Exhibit 12.1 MEDIQ INCORPORATED COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
NINE MONTHS ENDED FISCAL YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, JUNE 30, ----------------------------------------------------- ------------------- 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1997 1998 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- PRETAX INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ($10,511) ($12,600) ($3,658) ($6,556) $2,893 $10,071 ($35,508) -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- FIXED CHARGES: INTEREST EXPENSE 21,043 21,335 29,241 27,307 19,107 15,205 14,333 RENT EXPENSE INTEREST FACTOR 1,782 1,716 1,771 1,719 1,836 1,216 1,254 -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- $22,825 $23,051 $31,012 $29,026 $20,943 $16,421 $15,587 -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- EARNINGS (LOSSES) AS ADJUSTED $12,314 $10,451 $27,354 $22,470 $23,836 $26,492 ($19,921) FIXED CHARGES PER ABOVE $22,825 $23,051 $31,012 $29,026 $20,943 $16,421 $15,587 -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES 0.5385 0.4534 0.8820 0.7741 1.1381 1.6133 (1.2781) -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- FIXED CHARGES EXCEED EARNINGS BY... $10,511 $12,600 $3,658 $6,556 N/A N/A $35,508 -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- -------- -------- -------- ------- ------- ------- ------- --------
LTM ENDED JUNE 30, 1998 ----------------------- MEDIQ/PRN MEDIQ --------- ----- PRETAX INCOME (LOSS) FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS ($58,441) ($72,624) -------- -------- -------- -------- FIXED CHARGES: INTEREST EXPENSE 40,616 52,879 RENT EXPENSE INTEREST FACTOR 1,990 1,990 -------- -------- $42,606 $54,869 -------- -------- -------- -------- EARNINGS (LOSSES) AS ADJUSTED ($15,835) ($17,755) FIXED CHARGES PER ABOVE $42,606 $54,869 -------- -------- RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES (0.3717) (0.3236) -------- -------- FIXED CHARGES EXCEED EARNINGS BY... $58,441 $ 72,624 -------- -------- -------- --------
EX-12.2 25 EXHIBIT 12.2 Exhibit 12.2
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF ADJUSTED EBITDA TO INTEREST EXPENSE MEDIQ/PRN Holdings Adjusted EBITDA to interest expense: EBITDA $66,217 $66,217 SpectraCair cost savings 81 81 SpectraCair non-cash charge 573 573 CHI cost savings 1,672 1,672 -------- ------- Adjusted EBITDA $68,543 $68,543 -------- ------- -------- ------- Interest Expense $40,616 $52,879 Non-cash interest expense (1,917) (2,264) ------- ------- Interest expense (excluding deferred financing fees) $38,699 $50,615 ------- ------- ------- ------- Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to interest expense 1.77 1.35 ------- ------- ------- ------- COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF NET DEBT TO ADJUSTED EBITDA Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA: Total Debt $391,907 $477,085 Less: Cash (9,068) (9,203) NutraMax Note receivable 0 (5,915) -------- -------- Net Debt $382,839 $461,967 -------- -------- -------- -------- Adjusted EBITDA (per above) $ 68,543 $ 68,543 -------- -------- -------- -------- Ratio of Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA 5.59 6.74 -------- -------- -------- --------
EX-23.1 26 EXHIBIT 23.1 EXHIBIT 23.1 INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No. 333-58935 of MEDIQ Incorporated and subsidiaries ("MEDIQ") and MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of MEDIQ Incorporated) and subsidiaries ("MEDIQ/PRN"), of our reports dated November 25, 1997 for MEDIQ and dated May 21, 1998 for MEDIQ/PRN, respectively, appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of such Registration Statement, and of our report dated November 25, 1997 relating to MEDIQ's financial statement schedule appearing elsewhere in this Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts" in such Prospectus. /s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE, LLP Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 18, 1998 EX-23.4 27 EXHIBIT 23.4 Exhibit 23.4 CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS MEDIQ Incorporated MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. Pennsauken, New Jersey We hereby consent to the use in the Prospectus constituting a part of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. of our report dated December 12, 1997, relating to the consolidated financial statements of CH Medical, Inc. and Subsidiaries which is contained in that Prospectus. We also consent to the reference to us under the caption "Experts" in the Prospectus. /s/ BDO SEIDMAN, LLP Dallas, Texas September 18, 1998 EX-25.2 28 EXHIBIT 25.2 EXHIBIT 25.2 FORM T-1 ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC 20549 ------------------ STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE ------------------ CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 305(b)(2) _______ ------------------ UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK (Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter) New York 13-3818954 (Jurisdiction of incorporation (I.R.S. employer if not a U.S. national bank) identification No.) 114 West 47th Street 10036-1532 New York, NY (Zip Code) (Address of principal executive offices) ------------------ MEDIQ, Incorporated (Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter) Delaware 51-0219413 (State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. employer incorporation or organization) identification No.) One Mediq Plaza Pennsauken, NJ 08110 (Address of principal executive offices) -------- ---------- 13 % Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 (Title of the indenture securities) ---------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------- GENERAL 1. General Information ------------------- Furnish the following information as to the trustee: (a) Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. Federal Reserve Bank of New York (2nd District), New York, New York (Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System) Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, DC New York State Banking Department, Albany, New York (b)Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. The trustee is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. 2. Affiliations with the Obligor ----------------------------- If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation. None 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15: MEDIQ Incorporated currently is not in default under any of its outstanding securities for which United States Trust Company of New York is Trustee. Accordingly, responses to Items 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 of Form T-1 are not required under General Instruction B. 16. List of Exhibits ---------------- T-1.1 -- Organization Certificate, as amended, issued by the State of New York Banking Department to transact business as a Trust Company, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit T-1.1 to Form T-1 filed on September 15, 1995 with the Commission pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (Registration No. 33-97056). T-1.2 -- Included in Exhibit T-1.1. T-1.3 -- Included in Exhibit T-1.1.
16. List of Exhibits ---------------- (cont'd) T-1.4 -- The By-Laws of United States Trust Company of New York, as amended, is incorporated by reference to Exhibit T-1.4 to Form T-1 filed on September 15, 1995 with the Commission pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990 (Registration No. 33-97056). T-1.6 -- The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990. T-1.7 -- A copy of the latest report of condition of the trustee pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.
NOTE As of July 8, 1998, the trustee had 2,999,020 shares of Common Stock outstanding, all of which are owned by its parent company, U.S. Trust Corporation. The term "trustee" in Item 2, refers to each of United States Trust Company of New York and its parent company, U. S. Trust Corporation. In answering Item 2 in this statement of eligibility as to matters peculiarly within the knowledge of the obligor or its directors, the trustee has relied upon information furnished to it by the obligor and will rely on information to be furnished by the obligor and the trustee disclaims responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of such information. ------------------ Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the trustee, United States Trust Company of New York, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of New York, and State of New York, on the 8th day of July, 1998. UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, Trustee By: /s/John Guiliano John Guiliano Vice President Exhibit T-1.6 ------------- The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act. United States Trust Company of New York 114 West 47th Street New York, NY 10036 January 7, 1997 Securities and Exchange Commission 450 5th Street, NW Washington, DC 20549 Gentlemen: Pursuant to the provisions of Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform Act of 1990, and subject to the limitations set forth therein, United States Trust Company of New York ("U.S. Trust") hereby consents that reports of examinations of U.S. Trust by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request therefor. Very truly yours, UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK /s/Gerard F. Ganey By: Gerard F. Ganey Senior Vice President EXHIBIT T-1.7 UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CONDITION MARCH 31, 1998 -------------- ($ IN THOUSANDS) ASSETS - ------ Cash and Due from Banks $ 303,692 Short-Term Investments 325,044 Securities, Available for Sale 650,954 Loans 1,717,101 Less: Allowance for Credit Losses 16,546 ---------- Net Loans 1,700,555 Premises and Equipment 58,868 Other Assets 120,865 ---------- Total Assets $3,159,978 ---------- ---------- LIABILITIES - ----------- Deposits: Non-Interest Bearing $ 602,769 Interest Bearing 1,955,571 ---------- Total Deposits 2,558,340 Short-Term Credit Facilities 293,185 Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities 136,396 ---------- Total Liabilities $2,987,921 ---------- ---------- STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY - -------------------- Common Stock 14,995 Capital Surplus 49,541 Retained Earnings 105,214 Unrealized Gains on Securities Available for Sale (Net of Taxes) 2,307 ---------- Total Stockholder's Equity 172,057 ---------- Total Liabilities and Stockholder's Equity $3,159,978 ---------- ----------
I, Richard E. Brinkmann, Senior Vice President & Comptroller of the named bank do hereby declare that this Statement of Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate regulatory authority and is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. Richard E. Brinkmann, SVP & Controller May 6, 1998 EX-99.1 29 EXHIBIT 99.1 EXHIBIT 99.1 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO TENDER UNREGISTERED 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008 OF MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND PROSPECTUS DATED , 1998 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1998 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS: UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK BY OVERNIGHT COURIER AND BY HAND UP TO 4:30 PM: BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED BY HAND AFTER 4:30 PM ON MAIL: THE EXPIRATION DATE ONLY: United States Trust Company United States Trust Company United States Trust Company of New York of New York of New York 770 Broadway, 13th Floor 111 Broadway P.O. Box 844 New York, New York 10003 Lower Level Cooper Station Attn: Corporate Trust Services New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10276-0844 Attn: Corporate Trust Services Attn: Corporate Trust Services Telephone (800) 548-6565 Fascimile: (212) 780-0592 (212) 420-6211
(Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, hand delivery, or overnight delivery service.) DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE UNREGISTERED 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008 FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF REGISTERED 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) SUCH UNREGISTERED NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE. SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION OF TENDERED NOTES - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL NAME(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) OF REGISTERED OWNER(S) NUMBER(S) AMOUNT AS THEY APPEAR ON THE UNREGISTERED 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED OF NOTES OF NOTES NOTES DUE 2008 (PLEASE FILL IN, IF BLANK) TENDERED TENDERED - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ------------------------------ TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES TENDERED - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. The undersigned hereby tenders to MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Old Notes") described above pursuant to the Company's offer of $1,000 principal amount of 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "New Notes"), in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount of the Old Notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Prospectus dated , 1998 (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"). 2. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that it has full authority to tender the Old Notes described above. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or appropriate to complete the tender of Old Notes. 3. The undersigned understands that the tender of the Old Notes pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between the undersigned and the Company as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. 4. Unless the box under the heading "Special Registration Instructions" is checked, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that: (i) the New Notes acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being acquired in the ordinary course of business of the undersigned, whether or not the undersigned is the holder of the Old Notes; (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Notes or Old Notes within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); (iii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is an "affiliate," as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Company or any of the guarantors of the New Notes or the Old Notes (the "Guarantors"), or if it is an affiliate, the undersigned or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable; (iv) if the undersigned or such other person is not a broker-dealer, neither the undersigned nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in the distribution of such New Notes; and (v) if the undersigned or such other person is a broker-dealer, neither the undersigned or such other person will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as the result of market-making activities or other trading activities. 5. The undersigned may, IF, AND ONLY IF, UNABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN ITEM 4 ABOVE, elect to have its Old Notes registered in the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 21, 1998, among the Company, the Guarantors, MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation and the parent corporation of the Company ("Holdings"), and the initial purchasers of the Old Notes (the "Registration Rights Amendment;" all capitalized terms used in this Item 5, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings given them in the Registration Rights Agreement), a conformed copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus constitutes a part. Such election may be made by checking the box under "Special Registration Instructions." By making such election, the undersigned agrees, as a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to 3 purchases and sales of the New Notes) to which the Company, any Guarantor, Holdings or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a shelf registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to the undersigned and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the undersigned specifically for inclusion therein. Any such indemnification shall be governed by the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions regarding notice, retention of counsel, contribution and payment of expenses set forth therein. The above summary of the indemnification provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement. 6. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Notes for its own account in exchange for Old Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Notes; however, by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer and Old Notes held for its own account were not acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, such Old Notes cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 7. Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives of the undersigned. 8. Unless otherwise indicated herein under "Special Delivery Instructions," the certificates for the New Notes will be issued in the name of the undersigned. 4 SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS (SEE INSTRUCTION 1) To be completed ONLY IF the New Notes are to be issued or sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that provided above. Mail / / Issue / / (Check appropriate boxes) certificates to: Name: __________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS (SEE ITEM 5) To be completed ONLY IF (i) the undersigned satisfies the conditions set forth in Item 5 above, (ii) the undersigned elects to register its Old Notes in the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) the undersigned agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. / / By checking this box the undersigned hereby (i) represents that it is unable to make all of the representations and warranties set forth in Item 4 above, (ii) elects to have its Old Notes registered pursuant to the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals identified in, and to the extent provided in, the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. SPECIAL BROKER-DEALER INSTRUCTIONS (SEE ITEM 6) / / Check here if you are a broker-dealer and wish to receive 10 additional copies of the Prospectus and 10 copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. Name: __________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) SIGNATURE To be completed by all exchanging noteholders. Must be signed by the registered holder exactly as such holder's name appears on the Old Notes. If the signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth such person's full title. See Instruction 3. X ______________________________________________________________________________ X ______________________________________________________________________________ Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s) or Authorized Signature Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Type or Print) Capacity: ______________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) Area Code and Telephone No.: ___________________________________________________ SIGNATURE GUARANTEE (IF REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 1) CERTAIN SIGNATURES MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION ________________________________________ (Name of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Signatures) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Address (including zip code) and Telephone Number (including area code) of Firm) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Authorized Signature) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Printed Name) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Title) Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW, WHICH FORM A PART OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. INSTRUCTIONS 1. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, or by an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution") unless the box entitled "Special Registration Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" above has not been completed or the Old Notes described above are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. 2. DELIVERY OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OLD NOTES. The Old Notes, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), should be mailed or delivered to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth above. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD NOTES AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMPANY. HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES, OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS. 3. SIGNATURE ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, BOND POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than a registered holder of any Old Notes, such Old Notes must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed by such registered holder exactly as such registered holder's name appears on such Old Notes. If this Letter of Transmittal or any Old Notes or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations, or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by the Company, proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal. 4. MISCELLANEOUS. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Old Notes will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all Old Notes not properly tendered or any Old Notes the Company's acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any defects, irregularities, or conditions of tender as to the particular Old Notes. The Company's interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Notes must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects in such tenders or shall incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Notes will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Notes received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holder thereof as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date. EX-99.2 30 EXHIBIT 99.2 EXHIBIT 99.2 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO TENDER UNREGISTERED 11% SENIOR SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008 (INCLUDING THOSE IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM) OF MEDIQ/PRN LIFE SUPPORT SERVICES, INC. PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND PROSPECTUS DATED , 1998 As set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below), this form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if certificates for unregistered 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 (the "Old Notes") of MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc. are not immediately available or time will not permit a holder's Old Notes or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent (as defined below) on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This form may be delivered by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, by hand, or by overnight delivery service to the Exchange Agent. See "THE EXCHANGE OFFERS--Procedures for Tendering" in the Prospectus. THE EXCHANGE OFFER FOR THE OLD NOTES (THE "EXCHANGE OFFER") AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1998 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS: UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK BY OVERNIGHT COURIER AND BY HAND UP TO 4:30 PM: BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL: BY HAND AFTER 4:30 PM ON THE EXPIRATION DATE ONLY: United States Trust Company United States Trust Company United States Trust Company of New York of New York of New York 770 Broadway, 13th Floor 111 Broadway P.O. Box 844 New York, New York 10003 Lower Level Cooper Station Attn: Corporate Trust Services New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10276-0844 Attn: Corporate Trust Services Attn: Corporate Trust Services Telephone: (800) 548-6565 Facsimile: (212) 780-0592 (212) 420-6211
(Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, by hand, or by overnight delivery service.) DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE TO AN ADDRESS OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. Ladies and Gentlemen: The undersigned hereby tenders to MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with the Company's offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated , 1998 (the "Prospectus"), and in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, $ in aggregate principal amount of the Old Notes pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus. Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Type or Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Area Code & Telephone No.: _____________________________________________________ Certificate Number(s) for Old Notes (if available): ______________________________________________________ Total Principal Amount Tendered and Represented by Certificate(s): $ ___________________________________________________________ Signature of Registered Holder(s): _____________________________________________ Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ / / The Depository Trust Company (Check if Old Notes will be tendered by book-entry transfer) Account Number: ________________________________________________________________ THE GUARANTEE BELOW MUST BE COMPLETED GUARANTEE (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE) The undersigned, being a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), hereby guarantees (a) that the above named person(s) "own(s)" the Old Notes tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act ("Rule 14e-4"), (b) that such tender of such Old Notes complies with Rule 14e-4 and (c) to deliver to the Exchange Agent the certificates representing the Old Notes tendered hereby or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Old Notes into the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company, in proper form for transfer, together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the earlier of (i) the date of execution hereof and (ii) the Expiration Date. Name of Firm: __________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Area Code & Telephone No.: _____________________________________________________ Authorized Signature ___________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Title: _________________________________________________________________________ Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES OF OLD NOTES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES OF OLD NOTES SHOULD BE SENT ONLY WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. EX-99.3 31 EXHIBIT 99.3 EXHIBIT 99.3 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO TENDER UNREGISTERED 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2009 OF MEDIQ INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND PROSPECTUS DATED , 1998 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1998 (THE "EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS: UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK BY OVERNIGHT COURIER AND BY HAND UP TO 4:30 PM: BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL: BY HAND AFTER 4:30 PM ON THE EXPIRATION DATE ONLY: United States Trust Company United States Trust Company United States Trust Company of New York of New York of New York 770 Broadway, 13th Floor 111 Broadway P.O. Box 844 New York, New York 10003 Lower Level Cooper Station Attn: Corporate Trust New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10276-0844 Services Attn: Corporate Trust Attn: Corporate Trust Services Services Telephone: (800) 548-6565 Facsimile: (212) 780-0592 (212) 420-6211
(Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, hand delivery, or overnight delivery service.) DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. IF YOU WISH TO EXCHANGE UNREGISTERED 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2009 FOR AN EQUAL AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF REGISTERED 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2009 PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER, YOU MUST VALIDLY TENDER (AND NOT WITHDRAW) SUCH UNREGISTERED NOTES TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE. SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION OF TENDERED DEBENTURES - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT NAMES(S) AND ADDRESS(ES) OF REGISTERED OWNER(S) NUMBER(S) AT MATURITY OF AS THEY APPEAR ON THE UNREGISTERED 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT OF DEBENTURES DEBENTURES DEBENTURES DUE 2009 (PLEASE FILL IN, IF BLANK) TENDERED TENDERED - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- --------------------------------- TOTAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT AT MATURITY OF DEBENTURES TENDERED - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ladies and Gentlemen: 1. The undersigned hereby tenders to MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), the 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 (the "Old Debentures") described above pursuant to the Company's offer of $1,000 principal amount at maturity of 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 (the "New Debentures"), in exchange for each $1,000 principal amount at maturity of the Old Debentures, upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Prospectus dated , 1998 (the "Prospectus"), receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"). 2. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that it has full authority to tender the Old Debentures described above. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or appropriate to complete the tender of Old Debentures. 3. The undersigned understands that the tender of the Old Debentures pursuant to all of the procedures set forth in the Prospectus will constitute an agreement between the undersigned and the Company as to the terms and conditions set forth in the Prospectus. 4. Unless the box under the heading "Special Registration Instructions" is checked, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that: (i) the New Debentures acquired pursuant to the Exchange Offer are being obtained in the ordinary course of business of the undersigned, whether or not the undersigned is the holder of the Old Debentures; (ii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person has an arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of such New Debentures or Old Debentures within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"); (iii) neither the undersigned nor any such other person is an "affiliate," as such term is defined under Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act, of the Company, or if it is an affiliate, the undersigned or such other person will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable; (iv) if the undersigned or such other person is not a broker-dealer, neither the undersigned nor any such other person is engaged in or intends to engage in the distribution of such New Debentures; and (v) if the undersigned or such other person is a broker-dealer, the undersigned or such other person will receive New Debentures for its own account in exchange for Old Debentures that were acquired as the result of market making activities or other trading activities. 5. The undersigned may, IF, AND ONLY IF, UNABLE TO MAKE ALL OF THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES CONTAINED IN ITEM 4 ABOVE, elect to have its Old Debentures registered in the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 21, 1998, among the Company, MEDIQ/PRN Life Support Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("MEDIQ/PRN"), certain guarantors of obligations under the 11% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008 of MEDIQ/PRN (the "Guarantors") and the initial purchasers of the Old Debentures (the "Registration Rights Agreement;" all capitalized terms used in this Item 5, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meanings given them in the Registration Rights Agreement), a conformed copy of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which the Prospectus constitutes a part. Such election may be made by checking the box under "Special Registration Instructions." By making such election, the undersigned agrees, as a holder of Transfer Restricted Securities participating in a shelf registration, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), from and against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, or any actions in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions relating to purchases and sales of the New Debentures) to which the Company, MEDIQ/PRN, any Guarantor or any such director, officer or controlling person may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or actions arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in a registration statement or prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any preliminary prospectus relating to a shelf registration, or arise out of, or are based upon, the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statement therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to the undersigned and furnished to the Company by or on behalf of the undersigned specifically for inclusion therein. Any such indemnification shall be governed by the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, including, without limitation, the provisions regarding notice, retention of counsel, contribution and payment of expenses set forth therein. The above summary of the indemnification provisions of the Registration Rights Agreement is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Registration Rights Agreement. 6. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive New Debentures for its own account in exchange for Old Debentures that were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, it acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such New Debentures; however, by so acknowledging and delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an "underwriter" within the meaning of the Securities Act. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer and Old Debentures held for its own account were not acquired as a result of market- making or other trading activities, such Old Debentures cannot be exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer. 7. Any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy and legal and personal representatives of the undersigned. 8. Unless otherwise indicated herein under "Special Delivery Instructions," the certificates for the New Debentures will be issued in the name of the undersigned. SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS (SEE INSTRUCTION 1) To be completed ONLY IF the New Debentures are to be issued or sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that provided above. Mail / / Issue / / (Check appropriate boxes) certificates to: Name: __________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) SPECIAL REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS (SEE ITEM 5) To be completed ONLY IF (i) the undersigned satisfies the conditions set forth in Item 5 above, (ii) the undersigned elects to register its Old Debentures in the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) the undersigned agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. / / By checking this box the undersigned hereby (i) represents that it is unable to make all of the representations and warranties set forth in Item 4 above, (ii) elects to have its Old Debentures registered pursuant to the shelf registration described in the Registration Rights Agreement, and (iii) agrees to indemnify certain entities and individuals identified in, and to the extent provided in, the Registration Rights Agreement and summarized in Item 5 above. SPECIAL BROKER-DEALER INSTRUCTIONS (SEE ITEM 6) / / Check here if you are a broker-dealer and wish to receive 10 additional copies of the Prospectus and 10 copies of any amendments or supplements thereto. Name: __________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) SIGNATURE To be completed by all exchanging debentureholders. Must be signed by the registered holder exactly as such holder's name appears on the Old Debentures. If the signature is by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth such person's full title. See Instruction 3. X ______________________________________________________________________________ X ______________________________________________________________________________ Signature(s) of Registered Holder(s) or Authorized Signature Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ Name(s): _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Type or Print) Capacity: ______________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ _______________________________________ (Including Zip Code) Area Code and Telephone No.: ___________________________________________________ SIGNATURE GUARANTEE (IF REQUIRED BY INSTRUCTION 1) CERTAIN SIGNATURES MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION ________________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Eligible Institution Guaranteeing Signatures) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Address (including zip code) and Telephone Number (including area code) of Firm) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Authorized Signature) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Printed Name) ________________________________________________________________________________ (Title) Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW, WHICH FORM A PART OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. INSTRUCTIONS 1. GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURES. Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution that is a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program, the Stock Exchange Medallion Program, or by an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act (an "Eligible Institution") unless the box entitled "Special Registration Instructions" or "Special Delivery Instructions" above has not been completed or the Old Debentures described above are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. 2. DELIVERY OF LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND OLD DEBENTURES. The Old Debentures, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), should be mailed or delivered to the Exchange Agent at the address set forth above. THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF OLD DEBENTURES AND THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE HOLDER. INSTEAD OF DELIVERY BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT HOLDERS USE AN OVERNIGHT OR HAND DELIVERY SERVICE. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE DELIVERY TO THE EXCHANGE AGENT BEFORE THE EXPIRATION DATE. NO LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR OLD DEBENTURES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMPANY. HOLDERS MAY REQUEST THEIR RESPECTIVE BROKERS, DEALERS, COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES, OR NOMINEES TO EFFECT THE ABOVE TRANSACTIONS FOR SUCH HOLDERS. 3. SIGNATURE ON LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, BOND POWERS AND ENDORSEMENTS. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than a registered holder of any Old Debentures, such Old Debentures must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate bond powers, signed by such registered holder exactly as such registered holder's name appears on such Old Debentures. If this Letter of Transmittal or any Old Debentures or bond powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations, or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and, unless waived by the Company, proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of their authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal. 4. MISCELLANEOUS. All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt), acceptance, and withdrawal of tendered Old Debentures will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all Old Debentures not properly tendered or any Old Debentures the Company's acceptance of which would, in the opinion of counsel for the company, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any defects, irregularities, or conditions of tender as to particular Old Debentures. The Company's interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Exchange Offer (including the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal) will be final and binding. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders of Old Debentures must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. Neither the Company, the Exchange Agent, nor any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of defects in such tenders or shall incur any liability for failure to give such notification. Tenders of Old Debentures will not be deemed to have been made until such defects or irregularities have been cured or waived. Any Old Debentures received by the Exchange Agent that are not properly tendered and as to which the defects or irregularities have not been cured or waived will be returned by the Exchange Agent to the tendering holder thereof as soon as practicable following the Expiration Date. EX-99.4 32 EXHIBIT 99.4 EXHIBIT 99.4 NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO TENDER UNREGISTERED 13% SENIOR DISCOUNT DEBENTURES DUE 2009 (INCLUDING THOSE IN BOOK-ENTRY FORM) OF MEDIQ INCORPORATED PURSUANT TO THE EXCHANGE OFFER AND PROSPECTUS DATED , 1998 As set forth in the Prospectus (as defined below), this form or one substantially equivalent hereto must be used to accept the Exchange Offer (as defined below) if certificates for unregistered 13% Senior Discount Debentures due 2009 (the "Old Debentures") of MEDIQ Incorporated are not immediately available or time will not permit a holder's Old Debentures or other required documents to reach the Exchange Agent (as defined below) on or prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below), or the procedure for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis. This form may be delivered by facsimile transmission, by registered or certified mail, by hand, or by overnight delivery service to the Exchange Agent. See "THE EXCHANGE OFFERS--Procedures for Tendering" in the Prospectus. THE EXCHANGE OFFER FOR THE OLD DEBENTURES (THE "EXCHANGE OFFER") AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON , 1998 ("THE EXPIRATION DATE"), UNLESS THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS EXTENDED BY THE COMPANY. THE EXCHANGE AGENT FOR THE EXCHANGE OFFER IS: UNITED STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK BY OVERNIGHT COURIER AND BY HAND BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED BY HAND AFTER 4:30 PM UP TO 4:30 PM: MAIL: ON THE EXPIRATION DATE ONLY: United States Trust Company United States Trust Company United States Trust Company of New York of New York of New York 770 Broadway, 13th Floor 111 Broadway P.O. Box 844 New York, New York 10003 Lower Level Cooper Station Attn: Corporate Trust New York, New York 10006 New York, New York 10276-0844 Services Attn: Corporate Trust Attn: Corporate Trust Services Services Telephone: (800) 548-6565 Facsimile: (212) 780-0592 (212) 420-6211
(Originals of all documents sent by facsimile should be sent promptly by registered or certified mail, by hand, or by overnight delivery service.) DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE TO AN ADDRESS OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA FACSIMILE OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY. Ladies and Gentlemen: The undersigned hereby tenders to MEDIQ Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), in accordance with the Company's offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Prospectus dated , 1998 (the "Prospectus"), and in the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, $ in aggregate principal amount at maturity of Old Debentures pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures described in the Prospectus. Name(s) of Registered Holder(s): ________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Type or Print) Address: _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Area Code & Telephone No: ______________________________________________________ Certificate Number(s) for Old Debentures (if available): _________________________________________________ Total Principal Amount at Maturity Tendered and Represented by Certificate(s): $ ___________________________________________________________ Signature of Registered Holder(s): _____________________________________________ Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ / / The Depository Trust Company (Check if Old Debentures will be tendered by book-entry transfer) Account Number: ________________________________________________________________ THE GUARANTEE BELOW MUST BE COMPLETED GUARANTEE (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE) The undersigned, being a member of or participant in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program or the Stock Exchange Medallion Program or an "eligible guarantor institution" within the meaning of Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), hereby guarantees (a) that the above named person(s) "own(s)" the Old Debentures tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act ("Rule 14e-4"), (b) that such tender of such Old Debentures complies with Rule 14e-4 and (c) to deliver to the Exchange Agent the certificates representing the Old Debentures tendered hereby or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such Old Debentures into the Exchange Agent's account at The Depository Trust Company, in proper form for transfer, together with a Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), properly completed and duly executed, with any required signature guarantees and any other required documents, within three New York Stock Exchange trading days after the earlier of (i) the date of execution hereof and (ii) the Expiration Date. Name of Firm: __________________________________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________ Area Code and Telephone No.: ___________________________________________________ Authorized Signature: __________________________________________________________ Name: __________________________________________________________________________ Title: _________________________________________________________________________ Dated: _________________________________________________________________________ NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES OF OLD DEBENTURES WITH THIS FORM. CERTIFICATES OF OLD DEBENTURES SHOULD BE SENT ONLY WITH A PROPERLY COMPLETED AND DULY EXECUTED LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----