THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT among EXTENDICARE HOLDINGS, INC., EXTENDICARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC. as Borrower, The Several Lenders from Time to Time Parties Hereto, LEHMAN BROTHERS INC., as Arranger as Syndication Agent, GENERAL ELECTRIC...

$200,000,000

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

EXTENDICARE HOLDINGS, INC.,

EXTENDICARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
as Borrower,

The Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto,

XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.,
as Arranger

U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agent,

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,

and

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Documentation Agents

and

XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,

as Administrative Agent

Dated as of August 4, 2005

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms
1.2 Other Definitional Provisions

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS
2.1 Term Loan Commitments
2.2 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing
2.3 Repayment of Term Loans
2.4 Revolving Credit Commitments
2.5 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing
2.6 Swing Line Commitment
2.7 Procedure for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans
2.8 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt
2.9 Commitment Fees, etc
2.10 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments
2.11 Optional Prepayments
2.12 Mandatory Prepayments
2.13 Conversion and Continuation Options
2.14 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches
2.15 Interest Rates and Payment Dates
2.16 Computation of Interest and Fees
2.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate
2.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments
2.19 Requirements of Law
2.20 Taxes
2.21 Indemnity
2.22 Illegality
2.23 Change of Lending Office
2.24 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances
2.25 Commitment Increases

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT
3.1 L/C Commitment
3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit
3.3 Fees and Other Charges
3.4 L/C Participations
3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower
3.6 Obligations Absolute
3.7 Letter of Credit Payments
3.8 Applications

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
4.1 Financial Condition
4.2 No Change
4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law
4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations
4.5 No Legal Bar
4.6 No Material Litigation
4.7 No Default
4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens
4.9 Intellectual Property
4.10 Taxes
4.11 Federal Regulations
4.12 Labor Matters
4.13 ERISA
4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations
4.15 Material Subsidiaries
4.16 Use of Proceeds
4.17 Environmental Matters
4.18 Compliance With Health Care Laws
4.19 HIPAA Compliance
4.20 Accuracy of Information, etc
4.21 Security Documents
4.22 Solvency
4.23 Senior Indebtedness
4.24 Regulation H
4.25 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
4.26 Reimbursement From Third Party Payors
4.27 Fraud and Abuse
4.28 Inactive Subsidiaries

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
5.1 Conditions to Closing Date and Initial Extension of Credit
5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit

SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS
6.1 Financial Statements
6.2 Certificates; Other Information
6.3 Payment of Obligations and Compliance with Agreements
6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc
6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance
6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions
6.7 Notices
6.8 Environmental Laws
6.9 Additional Collateral, etc
6.10 Further Assurances
6.11 Use of Proceeds
6.12 Additional Mortgaged Property
6.13 Existing Mortgages; Existing Mortgagee Title Insurance Policies
6.14 Repayment of Indebtedness

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS
7.1 Financial Condition Covenants.
7.2 Limitation on Indebtedness
7.3 Limitation on Liens
7.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes
7.5 Limitation on Disposition of Property
7.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments
7.7 Limitation on Capital Expenditures
7.8 Limitation on Investments
7.9 Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments, etc
7.10 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
7.11 [Reserved]
7.12 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods
7.13 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses
7.14 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions
7.15 Limitation on Lines of Business
7.16 Limitation on Activities of Holdings
7.17 Limitation on Hedge Agreements
7.18 Limitation on Activities of Inactive Subsidiaries.

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS
9.1 Appointment
9.2 Delegation of Duties
9.3 Exculpatory Provisions
9.4 Reliance by Agents
9.5 Notice of Default
9.6 Non Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders
9.7 Indemnification
9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity
9.9 Successor Administrative Agent
9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees
9.11 The Arranger; the Syndication Agent; the Co-Documentation Agents
9.12 The Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Amendments and Waivers
10.2 Notices
10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies
10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties
10.5 Payment of Expenses
10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments
10.7 Adjustments; Set off
10.8 Counterparts
10.9 Severability
10.10 Integration
10.11 GOVERNING LAW
10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers
10.13 Acknowledgments
10.14 Confidentiality
10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations
10.16 Accounting Changes
10.17 Delivery of Lender Addenda
10.18 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL

ANNEXES:

A            Existing Letters of Credit

SCHEDULES:

1.1(a) Existing Mortgaged Properties
1.1(b) Additional Mortgaged Properties
1.1(c) Existing Mortgages
1.1(d) Inactive Subsidiaries
4.4 Consents, Authorizations, Filings and Notices
4.15 Material Subsidiaries
4.21(a) UCC Filing Jurisdictions
4.21(b) Mortgage Filing Jurisdictions
4.25 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts
5.1(o)(i) Real Property Surveys
5.1(o)(ii) Environmental Affidavits
7.2(d) Existing Indebtedness
7.3(f) Existing Liens

EXHIBITS:

A            Copy of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
B            Form of Compliance Certificate
C            Form of Closing Certificate
D-1 Form of Additional Mortgage
D-2 Form of Mortgage Amendments
E            Form of Assignment and Acceptance
F            Form of Legal Opinion of Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx
G-1 Form of Revolving Credit Note
G-2 Form of Swing Line Note
G-3 Form of Term Loan Note
H            Form of Exemption Certificate
I            Form of Lender Addendum
J            Form of Borrowing Notice
K            Form of Consent and Confirmation
L            Form of New Lender Supplement
M            Form of Commitment Increase Supplement

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of August 4, 2005, among EXTENDICARE HOLDINGS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (“Holdings”), EXTENDICARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties to this Agreement (the “Lenders”), XXXXXX BROTHERS INC., as advisor, lead arranger and book manager (in such capacity, the “Arranger”), U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication Agent”), GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agents (in such capacity, the “Co-Documentation Agents”), and XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. (“LCPI”), as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Borrower and Holdings are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 22, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement”), with the lenders parties thereto (the “Existing Lenders”), Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc., as administrative agent, and others;

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Existing Credit Agreement be amended and restated as set forth below, to provide for, among other things, a decrease in the Total Revolving Credit Commitments and a new Term Loan Facility; and

WHEREAS, it is the intent of the parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the obligations and liabilities existing under the Existing Credit Agreement and which remain outstanding or evidence repayment of any such obligations and liabilities and that this Agreement amend and restate in its entirety the Existing Credit Agreement and re-evidence the obligations of the Borrower outstanding thereunder and evidence the obligations of the Borrower in respect of the new term loans to be made hereunder;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto hereby agree that, on the Closing Date, the Existing Credit Agreement will be amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms listed in this Section 1.1 shall have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1.1.

“Acquisition”: the acquisition of Assisted Living by Alpha pursuant to the Plan of Merger and Acquisition Agreement, dated as of November 4, 2004 (the “Acquisition Agreement”), by and among Assisted Living, the Borrower and Alpha.

“Additional Mortgaged Property”: the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1(b).

“Additional Mortgages”: as defined in Section 6.12.

“Administrative Agent”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to (a) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person or (b) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

“Agents”: the collective reference to the Syndication Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Administrative Agent.

“Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to (a) until the Closing Date, the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitments at such time and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans and (ii) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

“Aggregate Exposure Percentage”: with respect to any Lender at any time, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of such Lender’s Aggregate Exposure at such time to the sum of the Aggregate Exposures of all Lenders at such time.

“Agreement”: this Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time.

“AL Debt Facilities”: the collective reference to the ID Facility, the WA Facility and the OH Facility.

“Alpha”: Alpha Acquisition, Inc., a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

“Alpha Equity Contribution”: the contribution by the Borrower of $140,000,000 in cash to the equity of Alpha in connection with the Acquisition.

“Applicable Margin”: for Base Rate Loans, 0.75% per annum, and for Eurodollar Loans, 1.75% per annum.

“Application”: an application, in such form as the relevant Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting such Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

“Arranger”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Asset Sale”: any Disposition of Property or series of related Dispositions of Property (excluding any such Disposition permitted by clause (a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (g) of Section 7.5) which yields gross proceeds to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (valued at the initial principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) in excess of $1,000,000.

“Assignee”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).

“Assignor”: as defined in Section 10.6(c).

“Assisted Living”: Assisted Living Concepts, Inc., a Nevada corporation.

“Available Revolving Credit Commitment”: with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect over (b) such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding; provided, that in calculating any Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit for the purpose of determining such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to Section 2.9(a), the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding shall be deemed to be zero.

“Base Rate”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus 1/2 of 1%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the prime lending rate as set forth on the British Banking Association Telerate Page 5 (or such other comparable page as may, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, replace such page for the purpose of displaying such rate), as in effect form time to time. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

“Base Rate Loans”: Loans for which the applicable rate of interest is based upon the Base Rate.

“Benefited Lender”: as defined in Section 10.7.

“Board”: the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

“Borrower”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Borrowing Date”: any Business Day specified by the Borrower as a date on which the Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder.

“Borrowing Notice”: with respect to any request for a borrowing of Loans hereunder, a notice from the Borrower, substantially in the form of, and containing the information prescribed by, Exhibit J, delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Business Day”: (a) for all purposes other than as covered by clause (b) below, a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close and (b) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Eurodollar Loans, any day which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank eurodollar market.

“Capital Expenditures”: for any period, with respect to any Person, the aggregate of all expenditures by such Person for the acquisition or leasing (pursuant to a capital lease) of fixed or capital assets or additions to equipment (including replacements, capitalized repairs and improvements during such period) which are required to be capitalized under GAAP on a balance sheet of such Person.

“Capital Lease Obligations”: with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP; and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

“Cash Equivalents”: (a) marketable direct obligations issued by, or unconditionally guaranteed by, the United States Government or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition; (b) certificates of deposit, time deposits, eurodollar time deposits or overnight bank deposits having maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition issued by any Lender or by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof having combined capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000; (c) commercial paper of an issuer rated at least A-2 by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (“S&P”) or P-2 by Xxxxx’x Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or carrying an equivalent rating by a nationally recognized rating agency, if both of the two named rating agencies cease publishing ratings of commercial paper issuers generally, and maturing within six months from the date of acquisition; (d) repurchase obligations of any Lender or of any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition, having a term of not more than 30 days with respect to securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government; (e) securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or by any foreign government, the securities of which state, commonwealth, territory, political subdivision, taxing authority or foreign government (as the case may be) are rated at least A by S&P or A by Moody’s; (f) securities with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition backed by standby letters of credit issued by any Lender or any commercial bank satisfying the requirements of clause (b) of this definition; and (g) shares of money market mutual or similar funds which invest exclusively in assets satisfying the requirements of clauses (a) through (f) of this definition.

“Change of Control”: the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), shall become, or obtain rights (whether by means of warrants, options or otherwise) to become, the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 35% of the outstanding common stock of the Parent; (b) the board of directors of the Parent shall cease to consist of a majority of Continuing Directors; (c) the Parent shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly or indirectly, a majority of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of Holdings free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); (d) Holdings shall cease to own and control, of record and beneficially, directly, 100% of each class of outstanding Capital Stock of the Borrower free and clear of all Liens (except Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); or (e) a Specified Change of Control.

“Closing Date”: the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.1 shall have been satisfied, which date is August 4, 2005.

“Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

“Collateral”: all Property of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is created or purported to be created by any Security Document.

“Commitment”: with respect to any Lender, each of the Term Loan Commitment and the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender.

“Commonly Controlled Entity”: an entity, whether or not incorporated, that is under common control with the Borrower within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA or is part of a group that includes the Borrower and that is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

“Compliance Certificate”: a certificate duly executed by a Responsible Officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit B.

“Consent and Confirmation”: the Consent and Confirmation, substantially in the form of Exhibit K, to be executed and delivered by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor on the Closing Date.

“Consolidated EBITDA”: for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication and to the extent reflected as a charge in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) income tax expense, (b) Consolidated Interest Expense, amortization or write-off of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Indebtedness, (c) depreciation and amortization expense, (d) amortization of intangibles (including, but not limited to, goodwill) and organization costs, (e) any extraordinary, unusual (including increases to actuarial reserves for the Transferred Properties) or non-recurring expenses or losses (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, losses on sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business), (f) any other non-cash charges including write-off of goodwill or write-down of fixed asset values and (g) any write-down of warrants of Omnicare held by the Borrower on March 31, 2002 and minus, without duplication and to the extent included in the statement of Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (a) interest income (except to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Interest Expense), (b) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring income or gains (including, whether or not otherwise includable as a separate item in the statement of such Consolidated Net Income for such period, gains on the sales of assets outside of the ordinary course of business), (c) income tax credits and (d) any other non-cash income, all as determined on a consolidated basis; provided, that for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period, (i) the consolidated EBITDA of any Person, or any assets constituting a business unit, acquired by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period (calculated for such Person and its Subsidiaries in the same manner as Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition) shall be included on a pro forma basis for such period (assuming the consummation of such acquisition and the incurrence or assumption of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period) if the consolidated balance sheet of such acquired Person and its consolidated Subsidiaries, or such business unit, as at the end of the period preceding the acquisition of such Person, or such business unit, and the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders’ equity and of cash flows for the period in respect of which Consolidated EBITDA is to be calculated (x) have been previously provided to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and (y) either (1) have been reported on without a qualification arising out of the scope of the audit by independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing or (2) have been found acceptable by the Administrative Agent, (ii) the consolidated EBITDA of any Person, or attributable to the assets constituting a business unit, Disposed of by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries during such period (calculated for such Person and its Subsidiaries in the same manner as Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition) (including the Transferred Properties, in the case of calculation of Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for any period which includes any date on or prior to the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties) shall be excluded for such period (assuming the consummation of such Disposition and the repayment of any Indebtedness in connection therewith occurred on the first day of such period) and (iii) the consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Non-Recourse Subsidiary or any assets that secure Permitted Non-Recourse Debt (calculated for such Person and its Subsidiaries in the same manner as Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is calculated pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition) shall be excluded from Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. In addition, changes in accounting principles affecting financial covenants within such testing period shall be reversed so as to nullify such effect.

“Consolidated EBITDAR”: for any period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period, plus Consolidated Lease Expense for such period; provided, that in determining Consolidated EBITDAR for any period which includes any date on or prior to the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties, all amounts specified in the foregoing definition that are attributable to the Transferred Properties shall not be included.

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDAR for such period minus Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures for such period to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges for such period.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges”: for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) Consolidated Lease Expense for such period and (c) scheduled payments made during such period on account of principal of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided, that in determining Consolidated Fixed Charges for any period which includes any date on or prior to the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties, all amounts specified in the foregoing definition that are attributable to the Transferred Properties shall not be included.

“Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures”: for any period, all Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period representing the purchase price for, or other costs associated with the acquisition, construction or expansion of, a facility owned or operated by the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided, that in determining Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures for any period which includes any date on or prior to the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties, all Capital Expenditures that are attributable to the Transferred Properties shall not be included.

“Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, total cash interest expense (excluding that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations and any amounts for amortization of costs relative to previous financings) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by the Borrower with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net costs of the Borrower under Hedge Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP).

“Consolidated Lease Expense”: for any period, the aggregate amount of fixed and contingent rentals payable by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to leases of real and personal property, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, provided, that payments in respect of Capital Lease Obligations shall not constitute Consolidated Lease Expense.

“Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures”: for any period, all Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, other than Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures; provided, that in determining Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures for any period which includes any date on or prior to the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties, all Capital Expenditures that are attributable to the Transferred Properties shall not be included.

“Consolidated Net Income”: for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, that in calculating Consolidated Net Income for any period, there shall be excluded (a) the income (or deficit) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower or is merged into or consolidated with the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (b) the income (or deficit) of any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Borrower) in which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries has an ownership interest, except to the extent that any such income is actually received by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in the form of dividends or similar distributions, (c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by the terms of any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Loan Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary, (d) in determining Consolidated Net Income for any period which includes the date of Disposition of the Transferred Properties, the amount of consolidated net income attributable to the Transferred Properties for such period shall not be included and (e) in determining Consolidated Net Income for any period, the consolidated net income for such period attributable to any Non-Recourse Subsidiary or any assets that secure Permitted Non-Recourse Debt shall be excluded.

“Consolidated Senior Debt”: all Consolidated Total Debt other than (a) the Senior Subordinated Notes and (b) Permitted Non-Recourse Debt.

“Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio”: as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Debt on such day to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

“Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio”: as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower, the ratio of (a) the amount of all Consolidated Senior Debt on such day other than unsecured Indebtedness to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period.

“Consolidated Tangible Net Worth”: at any date, the difference of (a) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be included on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under stockholders’ equity at such date (excluding either write-ups or write-downs of the Transferred Properties or consideration received in respect thereto) minus (b) the amounts included on such consolidated balance sheet for goodwill (other than goodwill related to the Acquisition), trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other like intangible assets.

“Consolidated Total Debt”: at any date, the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries at such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Continuing Directors”: the directors of the Parent on the Closing Date, and each other director of the Parent, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for election to the board of directors of the Parent is recommended by the nominating committee of the board of directors of the Parent.

“Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Property is bound.

“Control Agreement”: (a) with respect to each Deposit Account, a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, providing (i) for the Administrative Agent to have “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) of such Deposit Account and (ii) that the Administrative Agent will not exercise any remedies thereunder except during the continuance of an Event of Default and (b) with respect to each Securities Account, a control agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, providing (i) for the Administrative Agent to have “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-106 of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) of such Securities Account and (ii) that the Administrative Agent will not exercise any remedies thereunder except during the continuance of an Event of Default.

“Control Investment Affiliate”: as to any Person, any other Person that (a) directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person and (b) is organized by such Person primarily for the purpose of making equity or debt investments in one or more companies. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

“Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

“Deposit Account”: each “deposit account” (as defined in Section 9-102 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary) is the depositor.

“Derivatives Counterparty”: as defined in Section 7.6.

“Disposition”: with respect to any Property, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition thereof; and the terms “Dispose” and “Disposed of” shall have correlative meanings.

“Dollars” and “$”: lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower organized under the laws of any jurisdiction within the United States of America.

“Environmental Laws”: any and all laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, guidelines, codes, decrees, or other legally enforceable requirements (including, without limitation, common law) of any international authority, foreign government, the United States, or any state, local, municipal or other governmental authority, regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of the environment or of human health, or employee health and safety, as has been, is now, or may at any time hereafter be, in effect.

“Environmental Permits”: any and all permits, licenses, approvals, registrations, notifications, exemptions and other authorizations required under any Environmental Law.

“ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

“Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day, the aggregate (without duplication) of the maximum rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves) under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

“Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen as of 11:00 A.M., London time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on Page 3750 of the Telerate screen (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” for purposes of this definition shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be selected by the Administrative Agent.

“Eurodollar Loans”: Loans for which the applicable rate of interest is based upon the Eurodollar Rate.

“Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

Eurodollar Base Rate
1.00 — Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements

“Eurodollar Tranche”: the collective reference to Eurodollar Loans under any Facility the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

“Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 8, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

“Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries”: any Foreign Subsidiary in respect of which either (a) the pledge of all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary as Collateral or (b) the guaranteeing by such Subsidiary of the Obligations, would, in the good faith judgment of the Borrower, result in adverse tax consequences to the Borrower.

“Existing Credit Agreement”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Existing Lenders”: as defined in the recitals to this Agreement.

“Existing Letters of Credit”: the letters of credit described in Annex A.

“Existing Mortgaged Property”: the real properties listed on Schedule 1.1(a).

“Existing Mortgagee Title Policies”: the collective reference to each of the existing mortgagee policies of title insurance issued to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement in respect of each of the Existing Mortgaged Properties.

“Existing Mortgages”: the collective reference to each existing deed of trust and mortgage listed on Schedule 1.1(c), in each case, as amended, assigned or otherwise modified from time to time, delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement in respect of each of the Existing Mortgaged Properties.

“Existing Revolving Credit Loans”: revolving credit loans made by the Existing Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement.

“Facility”: each of (a) the Term Loan Commitments and the Term Loans made thereunder (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

“Federal Funds Effective Rate”: for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“FQ1”, “FQ2 “, “FQ3”, and “FQ4”: when used with a numerical year designation, means the first, second, third or fourth fiscal quarters, respectively, of such fiscal year of the Borrower. (e.g., FQ4 2004 means the fourth fiscal quarter of the Borrower’s 2004 fiscal year, which ended December 31, 2004).

“Funding Office”: the office specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its funding office by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time.

“GECC Credit Facility”: the Credit Agreement dated as of December 23, 2003 among ALC Properties II, Inc., Texas ALC II, Inc and General Electric Capital Corporation.

“Governmental Authority”: any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

“Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Amended and Restated Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2002, made by Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of the Administrative Agent, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit A, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Guarantee Obligation”: as to any Person (the “guaranteeing person”), any obligation of (a) the guaranteeing person or (b) another Person (including, without limitation, any bank under any letter of credit), if to induce the creation of such obligation of such other Person the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “primary obligations”) of any other third Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such primary obligation or any Property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (ii) to advance or supply funds (1) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (2) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (iii) to purchase Property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (iv) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of (a) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and (b) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Borrower in good faith.

“Guarantors”: the collective reference to Holdings and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

“Healthcare Laws”: collectively, any and all federal, state or local laws, rules, regulations and administrative manuals, orders, guidelines and requirements issued under or in connection with Medicare, Medicaid or any government payment program or any law governing the licensure of or regulating healthcare providers, professionals, facilities or payors or otherwise governing or regulating the provision of, or payment for, medical services.

“Hedge Agreements”: all interest rate or currency swaps, caps or collar agreements, foreign exchange agreements, commodity contracts or similar arrangements entered into by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries providing for protection against fluctuations in interest rates, currency exchange rates, commodity prices or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or under specific contingencies and not for speculative purposes. For avoidance of doubt, Hedge Agreements shall include any interest rate swap or similar agreement that provides for the payment by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of amounts based upon a floating rate in exchange for receipt by the Borrower or such Subsidiary of amounts based upon a fixed rate.

“HIPAA”: the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, and any successor statute thereto, and any and all rules or regulations promulgated from time to time thereunder.

“Holdings Intercompany Loan”: the 6% senior unsecured loan due January 1, 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $55,000,000 made by Holdings to the Borrower in connection with the Acquisition.

“ID Facility”: the credit facility provided to Assisted Living pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Origination and Financing Agreement, dated as of July 1, 1997, by and among the Idaho Housing and Finance Association, United States National Bank of Oregon, Assisted Living and First Security Bank, N.A., and the related indenture, reimbursement agreement and related financing and collateral agreements and instruments.

“Inactive Subsidiaries”: the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 1.1(d).

“Indebtedness”: of any Person at any date, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, (b) all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of Property or services (other than trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business), (c) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or other similar instruments, (d) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to Property acquired by such Person (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such Property), (e) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, as an account party or applicant under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities, (g) all obligations of such Person, contingent or otherwise, to purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of such Person, (h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (g) above; (i) all obligations of the kind referred to in clauses (a) through (h) above secured by (or for which the holder of such obligation has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on Property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, whether or not such Person has assumed or become liable for the payment of such obligation and (j) for the purposes of Section 8(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Hedge Agreements.

“Indemnified Liabilities”: as defined in Section 10.5.

“Indemnitee”: as defined in Section 10.5.

“Insolvency”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

“Insolvent”: pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

“Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to xxx at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

“Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any Base Rate Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or shorter, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period and (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan that is a Base Rate Loan and any Swing Line Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof.

“Interest Period”: as to any Eurodollar Loan, (a) initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and (b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto; provided that, all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

(ii) any Interest Period that would otherwise extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date or beyond the date final payment is due on the Term Loans, shall end on the Revolving Credit Termination Date or such due date, as applicable; and

(iii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period.

“Investments”: as defined in Section 7.8.

“Issuing Lender”: initially, LaSalle Bank National Association, and thereafter any Revolving Credit Lender from time to time designated by the Borrower as an Issuing Lender with the consent of such Revolving Credit Lender and the Administrative Agent.

“L/C Commitment”: $114,000,000.

“L/C Fee Payment Date”: the last day of each March, June, September and December and the last day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period.

“L/C Obligations”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5.

“L/C Participants”: with respect to any Letter of Credit, the collective reference to all the Revolving Credit Lenders other than the Issuing Lender that issued such Letter of Credit.

“Xxxxxx Entity”: any of Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc. or any of its affiliates (including Syndicated Loan Funding Trust).

“Lender Addendum”: with respect to any initial Lender, a Lender Addendum, substantially in the form of Exhibit I, to be executed and delivered by such Lender on the Closing Date as provided in Section 10.17.

“Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

“Letters of Credit”: as defined in Section 3.1(a).

“Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan”: any loan made by any Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

“Loan Documents”: this Agreement, the Security Documents, the Applications and the Notes.

“Loan Parties”: Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a party to a Loan Document.

“Majority Facility Lenders”: with respect to any Facility, the holders of more than 50% of the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans or the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit, as the case may be, outstanding under such Facility (or, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, prior to any termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the holders of more than 50% of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments).

“Material Adverse Effect”: a material adverse effect on (a) the condition (financial or otherwise), operations, business, assets, liabilities or prospects of Holdings, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the ability of any Loan Party to perform any material obligation under any Loan Document to which it is a party or (c) the material rights or remedies of the Agents or the Lenders hereunder or thereunder.

“Material Environmental Amount”: an amount or amounts payable by the Borrower and/or any of its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate in excess of $1,000,000, for: costs to comply with any Environmental Law; costs of any investigation, and any remediation, of any Material of Environmental Concern; and compensatory damages (including, without limitation damages to natural resources), punitive damages, fines, and penalties pursuant to any Environmental Law.

“Material Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary other than an Inactive Subsidiary.

“Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products, polychlorinated biphenyls, urea-formaldehyde insulation, asbestos, pollutants, contaminants, radioactivity, and any other substances or forces of any kind, whether or not any such substance or force is defined as hazardous or toxic under any Environmental Law, that is regulated pursuant to or could give rise to liability under any Environmental Law.

“Xxxxx’x”: as defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

“Mortgages”: the collective reference to (a) the Existing Mortgages, (b) each of the Mortgage Amendments and (c) each of the Additional Mortgages.

“Mortgage Amendments”: each of the amendments to any mortgage or deed of trust executed and delivered by any Loan Party, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2 (with such changes thereto as shall be advisable under the law of the jurisdiction in which such mortgage or deed of trust is to be recorded as the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date shall reasonably determine is necessary to maintain the priority of the first mortgage Lien encumbering the relevant Existing Mortgaged Property).

“Mortgaged Property”: the Existing Mortgaged Property and, from and after the time such properties become subject to a mortgage in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders in accordance with Section 6.12, the Additional Mortgaged Property.

“Multiemployer Plan”: a Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

“Net Cash Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event, net of reasonable attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset which is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document) and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of equity securities or debt securities or instruments or the incurrence of loans, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of reasonable attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and (c) in connection with any Purchase Price Refund, the cash amount thereof, net of any expenses incurred in the collection thereof.

“Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in Section 2.12(a).

“Non-Recourse Debt”: Indebtedness (a) as to which none of Holdings, the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiary that is the obligor on such Indebtedness) (i) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (ii) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise), or (iii) constitutes the lender; (b) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against any Non-Recourse Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; (c) as to which the lenders thereunder will not have any recourse to the Capital Stock or assets of Holdings, the Borrower or any of Subsidiaries (other than the Non-Recourse Subsidiary that is the obligor on such Indebtedness); and (d) the Net Cash Proceeds of which are used to finance the purchase of Property used in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries or improvements made to such Property.

“Non-Recourse Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary that incurs Non-Recourse Debt and that has no material Property other than the Property that was purchased or improved with the proceeds of such Non-Recourse Debt.

“Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in Section 2.12(d).

“Notes”: the Revolving Credit Notes, the Swing Line Notes and the Term Loan Notes.

“Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) the Loans, the Reimbursement Obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of Holdings and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender or any Qualified Counterparty, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, the Letters of Credit, any Specified Hedge Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith or therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to any Lender that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant hereto) or otherwise; provided, that (i) obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Specified Hedge Agreement shall be secured and guaranteed pursuant to the Security Documents only to the extent that, and for so long as, the other Obligations are so secured and guaranteed and (ii) any release of Collateral or Guarantors effected in the manner permitted by this Agreement shall not require the consent of holders of obligations under Specified Hedge Agreements.

“OH Facility”: the credit facility provided to Assisted Living pursuant to the Financing Agreement, dated as of July 1, 1998, by and among Ohio Housing Finance Agency, Assisted Living and PNC Bank, National Association, and the related indenture, reimbursement agreement and related financing and collateral agreements and instruments.

“Omnicare”: Omnicare, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

“OR Facility”: the six credit facilities provided to Assisted Living or its predecessors and affiliates by the State of Oregon, acting by and through the Oregon Housing and Community Services Department, pursuant to Loan Agreements dated as of July 25, 1995, December 28, 1995, February 13, 1996, May 23, 1991, February 26, 1996, March 5, 1996, as amended, and the related financing and collateral agreements and instruments.

“Other Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

“Parent”: Extendicare Inc., a Canadian limited company.

“Parent/Borrower Intercompany Loan”: the 6% senior unsecured loan due January 1, 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $8,900,000 made by Parent to the Borrower.

“Parent Intercompany Loan”: the 6% senior unsecured loan due January 1, 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $55,000,000 made by Parent to Holdings in connection with the Acquisition.

“Participant”: as defined in Section 10.6(b).

“Payment Office”: the office specified from time to time by the Administrative Agent as its payment office by notice to the Borrower and the Lenders.

“PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

“Permitted Non-Recourse Debt”: Non-Recourse Debt permitted to be incurred by Section 7.2.

“Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

“Plan”: at a particular time, any employee benefit plan that is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is (or, if such plan were terminated at such time, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

“Pro Forma Balance Sheet”: as defined in Section 4.1(a).

“Projections”: as defined in Section 6.2(c).

“Property”: any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, Capital Stock.

“Purchase Price Refund”: any amount received by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a purchase price adjustment or similar event in connection with any acquisition of Property by Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary.

“Qualified Counterparty”: with respect to any Specified Hedge Agreement, any counterparty thereto that, at the time such Specified Hedge Agreement was entered into, was a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender.

“Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Refunded Swing Line Loans”: as defined in Section 2.9(b).

“Refunding Date”: as defined in Section 2.7(c).

“Register”: as defined in Section 10.6(d).

“Regulation H”: Regulation H of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

“Reimbursement Obligation”: the obligation of the Borrower to reimburse each Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5 for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

“Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds received by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 2.12(b) as a result of the delivery of a Reinvestment Notice.

“Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery Event in respect of which the Borrower has delivered a Reinvestment Notice.

“Reinvestment Notice”: a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer stating that no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and that the Borrower (directly or indirectly through a Restricted Subsidiary) intends and expects to use all or a specified portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery Event to acquire assets (other than inventory) useful in its business.

“Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire assets (other than inventory) useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring one year after such Reinvestment Event and (b) the date on which the Borrower shall have determined not to, or shall have otherwise ceased to, acquire assets (other than inventory) useful in the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

“Related Fund”: with respect to any Lender, any fund that (a) invests in commercial loans and (b) is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender, by such Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender.

“Reorganization”: with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

“Reportable Event”: any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived under subsections .27, .28,         .29, .30, .31, .32, .34 or .35 of PBGC Reg. § 4043.

“Required Lenders”: at any time, the holders of more than 66-2/3% of (a) until the Closing Date, the Commitments and (b) thereafter, the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding and (ii) the Total Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been terminated, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding.

“Required Prepayment Lenders”: the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of each Facility.

“Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its Property or to which such Person or any of its Property is subject.

“Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer, senior vice president, vice president or chief financial officer of the Borrower, but in any event, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Borrower.

“Restricted Payments”: as defined in Section 7.6.

“Restricted Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Revolving Credit Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make Revolving Credit Loans and participate in Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit, in an aggregate principal and/or face amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Revolving Credit Commitment” on the Lender Addendum delivered by such Lender, or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof. The original aggregate amount of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments is $114,000,000.

“Revolving Credit Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

“Revolving Credit Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility” in this Section 1.1.

“Revolving Credit Lender”: each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or that is the holder of Revolving Credit Loans.

“Revolving Credit Loans”: as defined in Section 2.4(a).

“Revolving Credit Note”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).

“Revolving Credit Percentage”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then constitutes of the Total Revolving Credit Commitments (or, at any time after the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have expired or terminated, the percentage which the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding constitutes of the amount of the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit then outstanding).

“Revolving Credit Termination Date”: July 31, 2010.

“Revolving Extensions of Credit”: as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender then outstanding, (b) the aggregate amount of such Lender’s participating interests in the L/C Obligations then outstanding (or, in the case of each Issuing Lender, such Issuing Lender’s interest remaining in such L/C Obligations after giving effect to the grant of participating interests therein to the other Lenders pursuant to Section 3.4) and (c) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding (or, in the case of the Swing Line Lender, such Lender’s interest remaining in such Swing Line Loans after giving effect to the grant of participating interests therein to the other Lenders pursuant to Section 2.7).

“SEC”: the Securities and Exchange Commission (or successors thereto or an analogous Governmental Authority).

“Secured Parties”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

“Securities Account”: each “securities account” (as defined in Section 8-501 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code) in respect of which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary) is the holder of the securities entitlements carried in such securities account.

“Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Control Agreements, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any Property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Loan Party under any Loan Document.

“Senior Note Indenture”: the Indenture entered into by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in connection therewith, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.9.

“Senior Notes”: the Borrower’s unsecured 9.50% Senior Notes, due 2010, in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000.

“Senior Subordinated Note Indenture”: the Indenture entered into by the Borrower in connection with the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the Borrower or such Subsidiaries in connection therewith, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 7.9.

“Senior Subordinated Notes”: the Borrower’s 6?% Senior Subordinated Notes, due 2014, in the aggregate principal amount of $125,000,000.

“Single Employer Plan”: any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

“S&P”: as defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

“Solvent”: with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

“Specified Change of Control”: a “Change of Control”, or like event, as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or in the Senior Note Indenture.

“Specified Hedge Agreement”: any Hedge Agreement entered into by (a) the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) any Person that, at the time such Hedge Agreement is entered into, is a Qualified Counterparty.

“Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary Guarantor”: each Material Subsidiary of the Borrower other than any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Swing Line Commitment”: the obligation of the Swing Line Lender to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.6 in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $10,000,000.

“Swing Line Lender”: Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc., in its capacity as the lender of Swing Line Loans.

“Swing Line Loans”: as defined in Section 2.6(a).

“Swing Line Note”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).

“Swing Line Participation Amount”: as defined in Section 2.7(c).

“Term Loan”: as defined in Section 2.1.

“Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Term Loan to the Borrower hereunder in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Term Loan Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1 to the Lender Addendum delivered by such Lender or, as the case may be, in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, as the same may be changed from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.. The original aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments is $86,000,000.

“Term Loan Facility”: as defined in the definition of “Facility” in this Section 1.1.

“Term Loan Lender”: each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or is the holder of a Term Loan.

“Term Loan Note”: as defined in Section 2.8(e).

“Term Loan Percentage”: as to any Term Loan Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Term Loan Commitment then constitutes of the aggregate Term Loan Commitments (or, at any time after the Closing Date, the percentage which the aggregate principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans then outstanding constitutes of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loans then outstanding).

“Total Revolving Credit Commitments”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.

“Total Revolving Extensions of Credit”: at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Extensions of Credit of the Revolving Credit Lenders outstanding at such time.

“Transferee”: as defined in Section 10.14.

“Transferred Properties”: the collective reference to (a) all of the Borrower’s Texas nursing home operations (seventeen nursing homes with capacity of 1,421 residents) transferred to affiliates of Senior Health Properties-Texas, Inc. and (b) all of the Borrower’s Florida facilities (32 facilities with 3,427 beds) disposed of or leased through a series of transactions, including fifteen facilities transferred to Greystone Tribeca Acquisition LLC, nine facilities leased and subsequently sold to Tandem Health Care, Inc. and six facilities leased to Senior Health Properties-South, Inc.

“Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as a Base Rate Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary”: Assisted Living and each of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries other than ALC Properties II, Inc. and Texas ALC II, Inc.; provided that upon the termination of the AL Debt Facilities pursuant to Section 6.14, Assisted Living shall no longer be an Unrestricted Subsidiary and shall be considered a Restricted Subsidiary for purposes of the Loan Documents; provided, further that upon the Administrative Agent’s receipt from time to time of written designation by the Borrower of one or more direct or indirect Subsidiaries of Assisted Living as Restricted Subsidiaries, together with an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Guaranty and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by an authorized officer of such Subsidiary(ies), such Subsidiary(ies) shall be considered Restricted Subsidiaries for purposes of the Loan Documents.

“Unused Restricted Payment Amount”: in any fiscal year, the amount equal to $25,000,000 minus the amount of Restricted Payments made in such year.

“WA Facility”: the credit facility provided to Assisted Living pursuant to the Mortgage Loan Origination and Financing Agreement, dated as of November 1, 1996, by and among the Washington State Housing Finance Commission, U.S. Bank of Washington, National Association, Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. and Norwest Bank Minnesota, National Association, and the related indenture, reimbursement agreement and and related financing and collateral agreements and instruments.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary”: as to any Person, any other Person all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares required by law) is owned by such Person directly and/or through other Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Loan Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.

(b) As used herein and in the other Loan Documents, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

(c) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(e) All calculations of financial ratios set forth in Section 7.1 and the calculation of the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio for purposes of determining the Applicable Margin shall be calculated to the same number of decimal places as the relevant ratios are expressed in and shall be rounded upward if the number in the decimal place immediately following the last calculated decimal place is five or greater. For example, if the relevant ratio is to be calculated to the hundredth decimal place and the calculation of the ratio is 5.126, the ratio will be rounded up to 5.13.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

2.1 Term Loan Commitments. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Term Loan Lenders severally agree to make term loans (each, a “Term Loan”) to the Borrower on the Closing Date in an amount for each Term Loan Lender not to exceed the amount of the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender. The Term Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.13.

2.2 Procedure for Term Loan Borrowing. The Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Notice (which Borrowing Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day prior to the anticipated Closing Date) requesting that the Term Loan Lenders make the Term Loans on the Closing Date. The Term Loans made on the Closing Date shall initially be Base Rate Loans. Upon receipt of such Borrowing Notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Term Loan Lender thereof. Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Closing Date each Term Loan Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the Term Loan or Term Loans to be made by such Lender. The Administrative Agent shall make available to the Borrower the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent by the Term Loan Lenders, in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

2.3 Repayment of Term Loans. The Term Loan of each Term Loan Lender shall mature in 20 consecutive quarterly installments, commencing on September 30, 2005, each of which shall be in an amount equal to such Lender’s Term Loan Percentage multiplied by the percentage set forth below opposite such installment of the aggregate amount of the Term Loans made on the Closing Date:

Installment		Percentage
September 30, 2005			0.25	%
December 31, 2005			0.25	%
March 31, 2006			0.25	%
June 30, 2006			0.25	%
September 30, 2006			0.25	%
December 31, 2006			0.25	%
March 31, 2007			0.25	%
June 30, 2007			0.25	%
September 30, 2007			0.25	%
December 31, 2007			0.25	%
March 31, 2008			0.25	%
June 30, 2008			0.25	%
September 30, 2008			0.25	%
December 31, 2008			0.25	%
March 31, 2009			0.25	%
June 30, 2009			0.25	%
September 30, 2009			24.00	%
December 31, 2009			24.00	%
March 31, 2010			24.00	%
July 31, 2010			24.00	%

2.4 Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Revolving Credit Lenders severally agree to make revolving credit loans (“Revolving Credit Loans”) to the Borrower from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding for each Revolving Credit Lender which, when added to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the sum of (i) the L/C Obligations then outstanding and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding (other than Swing Line Loans being repaid with the proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans), does not exceed the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period the Borrower may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. The Revolving Credit Loans may from time to time be Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans, as determined by the Borrower and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Sections 2.5 and 2.13, provided that no Revolving Credit Loan shall be made as a Eurodollar Loan after the day that is one month prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

(b) Pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, the Existing Lenders made Existing Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrower; from and after the Closing Date, any Existing Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on the Closing Date shall constitute Loans under this Agreement until repaid in accordance with this Agreement.

(c) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Revolving Credit Loans on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8).

2.5 Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing. The Borrower may borrow under the Revolving Credit Commitments on any Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, provided that the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a Borrowing Notice (which Borrowing Notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:00 Noon, New York City time, three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, or (b) 1:00 p.m., New York City time, one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date, in the case of Base Rate Loans). Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans under the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of Base Rate Loans, $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof (or, if the then aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and (y) in the case of Eurodollar Loans, $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof; provided, that the Swing Line Lender may request, on behalf of the Borrower, borrowings of Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Commitments in other amounts pursuant to Section 2.7. Upon receipt of any such Borrowing Notice from the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender thereof. Each Revolving Credit Lender will make its Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Borrower at the Funding Office prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date requested by the Borrower in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent. Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

2.6 Swing Line Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender agrees that, during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, it will make available to the Borrower in the form of swing line loans (“Swing Line Loans”) a portion of the credit otherwise available to the Borrower under the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans outstanding at any time shall not exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect (notwithstanding that the Swing Line Loans outstanding at any time, when aggregated with the Swing Line Lender’s other outstanding Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may exceed the Swing Line Commitment then in effect or such Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect) and (ii) the Borrower shall not request, and the Swing Line Lender shall not make, any Swing Line Loan if, after giving effect to the making of such Swing Line Loan, the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments would be less than zero. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Borrower may use the Swing Line Commitment by borrowing, repaying and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Swing Line Loans shall be Base Rate Loans only.

(b) The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Swing Line Loans on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8).

2.7 Procedure for Swing Line Borrowing; Refunding of Swing Line Loans. (a) The Borrower may borrow under the Swing Line Commitment on any Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, provided, the Borrower shall give the Swing Line Lender irrevocable telephonic notice confirmed promptly in writing (which telephonic notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender not later than 12:00 P.M., New York City time, on the proposed Borrowing Date), specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed and (ii) the requested Borrowing Date. Each borrowing under the Swing Line Commitment shall be in an amount equal to $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Not later than 2:00 P.M., New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in the borrowing notice in respect of any Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of such Swing Line Loan. The Administrative Agent shall make the proceeds of such Swing Line Loan available to the Borrower on such Borrowing Date in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Swing Line Lender, at any time and from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion may, on behalf of the Borrower (which hereby irrevocably directs the Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), on one Business Day’s notice given by the Swing Line Lender no later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, request each Revolving Credit Lender to make, and each Revolving Credit Lender hereby agrees to make, a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall initially be a Base Rate Loan), in an amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the aggregate amount of the Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date of such notice, to repay the Swing Line Lender. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make the amount of such Revolving Credit Loan available to the Administrative Agent at the Funding Office in immediately available funds, not later than 10:00 A.M., New York City time, one Business Day after the date of such notice. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be made immediately available by the Administrative Agent to the Swing Line Lender for application by the Swing Line Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

(c) If prior to the time a Revolving Credit Loan would have otherwise been made pursuant to Section 2.7(b), one of the events described in Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower, or if for any other reason, as determined by the Swing Line Lender in its sole discretion, Revolving Credit Loans may not be made as contemplated by Section 2.7(b), each Revolving Credit Lender shall, on the date such Revolving Credit Loan was to have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in Section 2.7(b) (the “Refunding Date”), purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the then outstanding Swing Line Loans by paying to the Swing Line Lender an amount (the “Swing Line Participation Amount”) equal to (i) such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Percentage times (ii) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding which were to have been repaid with such Revolving Credit Loans.

(d) Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s Swing Line Participation Amount, the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of the Swing Line Loans, the Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Swing Line Participation Amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case of principal and interest payments, to reflect such Lender’s pro rata portion of such payment if such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on all Swing Line Loans then due); provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender is required to be returned, such Revolving Credit Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it by the Swing Line Lender.

(e) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make the Loans referred to in Section 2.7(b) and to purchase participating interests pursuant to Section 2.7(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Revolving Credit Lender or the Borrower may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrower or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other conditions specified in Section 5; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower; (iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other Revolving Credit Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

2.8 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the appropriate Revolving Credit Lender or Term Loan Lender, as the case may be, (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Revolving Credit Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8), (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Swing Line Loan of such Swing Line Lender on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8) and (iii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Term Loan of such Term Lender in installments according to the amortization schedule set forth in Section 2.3 (or on such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 8). The Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 2.15.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Borrower, shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 10.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan, the Type of such Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof.

(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.8(b) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Borrower therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to the Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

(e) The Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Lender, the Borrower will promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of the Borrower evidencing the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans or Term Loans of such Lender, as the case may be, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1, G-2 or G-3, respectively (a “Revolving Credit Note”, “Swing Line Note” and “Term Loan Note”, respectively) with appropriate insertions as to date and principal amount; provided, that delivery of Term Loan Notes and Revolving Credit Notes shall not be a condition precedent to the occurrence of the Closing Date or the making of the Loans on the Closing Date.

2.9 Commitment Fees, etc. (a) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender a commitment fee for the period from and including the Closing Date to the last day of the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, computed at the rate of 0.50% per annum on the average daily amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date, commencing on the first of such dates to occur after the date hereof.

(b) The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent the fees in the amounts and on the dates from time to time agreed to in writing by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

2.10 Termination or Reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments. The Borrower shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate the Revolving Credit Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments; provided that no such termination or reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans made, or terminations or expirations of Letters of Credit occurring, on the effective date thereof, the Total Revolving Extensions of Credit would exceed the Total Revolving Credit Commitments. Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to (i) $1,000,000, or a whole multiple thereof or (ii) the then aggregate Available Revolving Credit Commitments, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect.

2.11 Optional Prepayments. The Borrower may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty (except as otherwise provided herein), upon irrevocable notice delivered to the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days prior thereto in the case of Eurodollar Loans and no later than 11:00 a.m. on the date of prepayment in the case of Base Rate Loans, which notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment, whether such prepayment is of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, and whether such prepayment is of Eurodollar Loans or Base Rate Loans; provided, that (i) if a Eurodollar Loan is prepaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto, the Borrower shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.21 and (ii) no prior notice is required for the prepayment of Swing Line Loans. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (except in the case of Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swing Line Loans) accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid. Partial prepayments of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple thereof or the aggregate principal amount of the Loans, or the applicable Eurodollar Tranche thereof, then outstanding. Partial prepayments of Swing Line Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple thereof.

2.12 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) Unless the Required Prepayment Lenders shall otherwise agree, if any Indebtedness shall be incurred by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any Indebtedness incurred in accordance with Section 7.2 as in effect on the date of this Agreement), then on the date of such incurrence, the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be prepaid (without any automatic reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments), by an amount equal to the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of such incurrence, as set forth in Section 2.12(c). The provisions of this Section do not constitute a consent to the incurrence of any Indebtedness by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) Unless the Required Prepayment Lenders shall otherwise agree, if on any date Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale, Purchase Price Refund or Recovery Event then, unless a Reinvestment Notice shall be delivered in respect thereof, on the date of receipt by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be prepaid (without any automatic reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments) by an amount equal to the amount of such Net Cash Proceeds; provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales and Recovery Events that may be excluded from the foregoing requirement pursuant to a Reinvestment Notice shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Borrower and (ii) on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be prepaid (without any automatic reduction of Revolving Credit Commitments) by an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event, as set forth in Section 2.12(c). The provisions of this Section do not constitute a consent to the consummation of any Disposition not permitted by Section 7.5.

(c) Amounts to be applied in connection with prepayments made pursuant to this Section shall be applied, first, to the prepayment of the Term Loans and, second, to the prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans.

2.13 Conversion and Continuation Options. (a) The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans to Base Rate Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least two Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans may be made only on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Borrower may elect from time to time to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election (which notice shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period therefor), provided that no Base Rate Loan under a particular Facility may be converted into a Eurodollar Loan (i) when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has, or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such conversions or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity date of such Facility. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

(b) The Borrower may elect to continue any Eurodollar Loan as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by giving irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent at least three Business Days’ prior to such election, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loans, provided that no Eurodollar Loan under a particular Facility may be continued as such (i) when any Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Administrative Agent has, or the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of such Facility have, determined in its or their sole discretion not to permit such continuations or (ii) after the date that is one month prior to the final scheduled termination or maturity date of such Facility, and provided, further, that if the Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso, such Loans shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period. Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof.

2.14 Minimum Amounts and Maximum Number of Eurodollar Tranches. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, all borrowings, conversions, continuations and optional prepayments of Eurodollar Loans and all selections of Interest Periods shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, (a) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurodollar Loans comprising each Eurodollar Tranche shall be equal to $3,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (b) no more than eight Eurodollar Tranches shall be outstanding at any one time.

2.15 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

(b) Each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest for each day on which it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate in effect for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

(c) (i) If all or a portion of the principal amount of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), all outstanding Loans and Reimbursement Obligations (whether or not overdue) (to the extent legally permitted) shall bear interest at a rate per annum that is equal to (x) in the case of the Loans, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section plus 2% or (y) in the case of Reimbursement Obligations, the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2%, and (ii) if all or a portion of any interest payable on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation or any commitment fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility plus 2% (or, in the case of any such other amounts that do not relate to a particular Facility, the rate then applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility plus 2%), in each case, with respect to clauses (i) and (ii) above, from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (after as well as before judgment).

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section shall be payable from time to time on demand.

2.16 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest, fees, commissions payable pursuant hereto shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed, except that, with respect to Base Rate Loans on which interest is calculated on the basis of the Prime Rate, the interest thereon shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- (or 366-, as the case may be) day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the Base Rate or the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Borrower, deliver to the Borrower a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 2.15(a).

2.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate. If prior to the first day of any Interest Period:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, or

(b) the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the relevant Facility that the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by such Lenders) of making or maintaining their affected Loans during such Interest Period,

the Administrative Agent shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Borrower and the relevant Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given, (x) any Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any Loans under the relevant Facility that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans under the relevant Facility shall be made or continued as such, nor shall the Borrower have the right to convert Loans under the relevant Facility to Eurodollar Loans.

2.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing by the Borrower from the Lenders hereunder, each payment by the Borrower on account of any commitment fee or Letter of Credit fee, and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Lenders, shall be made pro rata according to the respective Term Loan Percentages or Revolving Credit Percentages, as the case may be, of the relevant Lenders. Each payment of interest in respect of the Loans and each payment in respect of fees payable hereunder shall be applied to the amounts of such obligations owing to the Lenders pro rata according to the respective amounts then due and owing to the Lenders.

(b) Each payment on account of principal of the Term Loans shall be allocated among the Term Loan Lenders pro rata based on the principal amount of Term Loans held by the Term Loan Lenders. Amounts prepaid on account of the Term Loans may not be reborrowed.

(c) Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Borrower on account of principal of the Revolving Credit Loans shall be made pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Revolving Credit Loans then held by the Revolving Lenders. Each payment in respect of Reimbursement Obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit shall be made to the Issuing Lender that issued such Letter of Credit for the account of such Issuing Lender and the Revolving Credit Lenders, if any, which participated in such Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.4(a).

(d) The application of any payment of Loans under any Facility (including optional and mandatory prepayments) shall be made, first, to Base Rate Loans under such Facility and, second, to Eurodollar Loans under such Facility. Each payment of the Loans (except in the case of Revolving Credit Loans that are Base Rate Loans and Swing Line Loans) shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the date of such payment on the amount paid.

(e) All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Borrower hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the relevant Lenders, at the Payment Office, in Dollars and in immediately available funds. Any payment made by the Borrower after 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on any Business Day shall be deemed to have been on the next following Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall distribute such payments to the Lenders promptly upon receipt in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day. In the case of any extension of any payment of principal pursuant to the preceding two sentences, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.

(f) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this paragraph shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days after such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the relevant Facility, on demand, from the Borrower.

(g) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by the Borrower prior to the date of any payment due to be made by the Borrower hereunder that the Borrower will not make such payment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrower is making such payment, and the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be required to, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Lenders their respective pro rata shares of a corresponding amount. If such payment is not made to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower within three Business Days after such due date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover, on demand, from each Lender to which any amount which was made available pursuant to the preceding sentence, such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum equal to the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or the rights of the Borrower against any Lender.

2.19 Requirements of Law. (a) If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof:

(i) shall subject any Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any Application or any Eurodollar Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof (except for Non-Excluded Taxes covered by Section 2.20 and changes in the rate of tax on the overall net income of such Lender);

(ii) shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender that is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate hereunder; or

(iii) shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurodollar Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit, or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, the Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable. If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall promptly notify the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled.

(b) If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority made subsequent to the date hereof shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of its obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such adoption, change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, after submission by such Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation for such reduction.

(c) A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail calculations as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by any Lender to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.20 Taxes. (a) All payments made by the Borrower under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) imposed on any Agent or any Lender as a result of a present or former connection between such Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from such Agent’s or such Lender’s having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Loan Document). If any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or any Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to any Agent or any Lender hereunder, the amounts so payable to such Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to such Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided, however, that the Borrower shall not be required to increase any such amounts payable to any Lender with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes (i) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section or (ii) that are United States withholding taxes imposed on amounts payable to such Lender at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, except to the extent that such Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of assignment, to receive additional amounts from the Borrower with respect to such Non-Excluded Taxes pursuant to this paragraph (a).

(b) In addition, the Borrower shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by the Borrower, as promptly as possible thereafter the Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant Agent or Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by the Borrower showing payment thereof. If the Borrower fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify the Agents and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure. The agreements in this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(d) Each Lender (or Transferee) that is not a citizen or resident of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America (or any jurisdiction thereof), or any estate or trust that is subject to federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI, or, in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest” a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit I and a Form W-8BEN, or any subsequent versions thereof or successors thereto properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on all payments by the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Such forms shall be delivered by each Non-U.S. Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation). In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Non-U.S. Lender. Each Non-U.S. Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to provide any previously delivered certificate to the Borrower (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Non-U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Non-U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(e) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Borrower is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrower, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate, provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal position of such Lender.

2.21 Indemnity. The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Lender for, and to hold each Lender harmless from, any loss or expense that such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurodollar Loans after the Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (b) default by the Borrower in making any prepayment after the Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or (c) the making of a prepayment or conversion of Eurodollar Loans on a day that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of such Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Loans provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over (ii) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) that would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank Eurodollar market. A certificate setting forth in reasonable detail calculations as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted to the Borrower by any Lender shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

2.22 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, (a) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans, continue Eurodollar Loans as such and convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be canceled and (b) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to Base Rate Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law. If any such conversion of a Eurodollar Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 2.21.

2.23 Change of Lending Office. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.19, 2.20(a) or 2.22 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Borrower, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender) to designate another lending office for any Loans affected by such event with the object of avoiding the consequences of such event; provided, that such designation is made on terms that, in the sole judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided, further, that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of any Borrower or the rights of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.19, 2.20(a) or 2.22.

2.24 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances. The Borrower shall be permitted to replace any Lender that (a) requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19 or 2.20 or gives a notice of illegality pursuant to Section 2.20 or (b) defaults in its obligation to make Loans hereunder, with a replacement financial institution; provided that (i) such replacement does not conflict with any Requirement of Law, (ii) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement, (iii) prior to any such replacement, such Lender shall have taken no action under Section 2.23 so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.19 or 2.20 or to eliminate the illegality referred to in such notice of illegality given pursuant to Section 2.22, (iv) the replacement financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Loans and other amounts owing to such replaced Lender on or prior to the date of replacement, (v) the Borrower shall be liable to such replaced Lender under Section 2.21 (as though Section 2.21 were applicable) if any Eurodollar Loan owing to such replaced Lender shall be purchased other than on the last day of the Interest Period relating thereto, (vi) the replacement financial institution, if not already a Lender, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (vii) the replaced Lender shall be obligated to make such replacement in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.6 (provided that the Borrower shall be obligated to pay the registration and processing fee referred to therein), (viii) the Borrower shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.19 or 2.20, as the case may be, in respect of any period prior to the date on which such replacement shall be consummated, and (ix) any such replacement shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any rights that the Borrower, the Administrative Agent or any other Lender shall have against the replaced Lender.

2.25 Commitment Increases. (a) At any time after the Closing Date, provided that no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may request an increase of the aggregate Commitments (which increase may be, at the Borrower’s option, in the form of an increase in the Total Revolving Credit Commitments and/or Commitments to make additional Term Loans) in an aggregate amount up to $15,000,000 by notice to the Administrative Agent in writing of the amount (the “Offered Increase Amount”) of such proposed increase (such notice, a “Commitment Increase Notice”). Any such Commitment Increase Notice must offer each Lender under each Facility the opportunity to subscribe for its pro rata share of the increased Commitments relating to such Facility; provided, that the Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), without offering to each Lender the opportunity to subscribe for its pro rata share of the increased Commitments, offer to any bank or other financial institution that is not an existing Lender the opportunity to provide a new Commitment pursuant to paragraph (b) below. If any portion of the increased Commitments offered to the Lenders as contemplated in the immediately preceding sentence is not subscribed for by the Lenders, the Borrower may, with the consent of the Administrative Agent as to any bank or financial institution that is not at such time a Lender (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), offer to any existing Lender or to one or more additional banks or financial institutions the opportunity to provide all or a portion of such unsubscribed portion of the increased Commitments pursuant to paragraph (b) below.

(b) Any additional bank or financial institution that the Borrower selects to offer the opportunity to provide any portion of the increased Commitments, and that elects to become a party to this Agreement and provide a Commitment, shall execute a New Lender Supplement with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit L (a “New Lender Supplement”), whereupon such bank or financial institution (a “New Lender”) shall become a Lender for all purposes and to the same extent as if originally a party hereto and shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement; provided that the Commitment of any such New Lender shall be in a principal amount not less than $5,000,000.

(c) Any Lender that accepts an offer to it by the Borrower to increase its Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.25 shall, in each case, execute a Commitment Increase Supplement with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit M (a “Commitment Increase Supplement”), whereupon such Lender (an “Increasing Lender”) shall be bound by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to the full amount of its Commitment as so increased.

(d) The effectiveness of any New Lender Supplement or Commitment Increase Supplement shall be contingent upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of such corporate resolutions of the Borrower and legal opinions of counsel to the Borrower as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request with respect thereto

(e) Unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, on each closing date of an increase in the Commitments, the Borrower shall borrow Loans from each Lender participating in the relevant increase to the extent necessary to rebalance the outstanding Loans pro rata among the Lenders in an amount determined by reference to the amount of each Type of Loan under each Facility which would then have been outstanding from such Lender if it had been a Lender on the Closing Date.

(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.25, no Lender under either Facility shall have any obligation to increase its Commitment under such Facility unless it agrees to do so in its sole discretion.

SECTION 3. LETTERS OF CREDIT

3.1 L/C Commitment. (a) Prior to the Closing Date, the Issuing Lenders have issued the Existing Letters of Credit under the Existing Credit Agreement which, from and after the Closing Date, shall constitute Letters of Credit hereunder. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on and after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section 3, together with any Existing Letters of Credit, collectively, the “Letters of Credit”) for the account of the Borrower on any Business Day during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided, that no Issuing Lender shall have any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if, after giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the aggregate amount of the Available Revolving Credit Commitments would be less than zero. Each Letter of Credit shall (i) be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lender, (ii) be denominated in Dollars and (iii) expire no later than the earlier of (x) the first anniversary of its date of issuance and (y) the date which is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one-year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one-year periods (which shall in no event extend beyond the date referred to in clause (y) above).

(b) No Issuing Lender shall at any time be obligated to issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

3.2 Procedure for Issuance of Letter of Credit. The Borrower may from time to time request that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) an Application therefor, completed to the satisfaction of such Issuing Lender, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may request. Upon receipt of any Application, an Issuing Lender will process such Application and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed to by such Issuing Lender and the Borrower (but in no event shall any Issuing Lender be required to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto). Promptly after issuance by an Issuing Lender of a Letter of Credit, such Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Borrower. Each Issuing Lender shall promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent of the issuance of each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender (including the amount thereof).

3.3 Fees and Other Charges. (a) The Borrower will pay a fee on the aggregate drawable amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at a per annum rate equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect with respect to Eurodollar Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, which fee shall be shared ratably among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Percentages and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the issuance date. In addition, the Borrower shall pay to the relevant Issuing Lender for its own account a fronting fee on the aggregate drawable amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit issued by it at a per annum rate agreed upon by the Borrower and such Issuing Lender, which fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date after the Issuance Date.

(b) In addition to the foregoing fees, the Borrower shall pay or reimburse each Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit.

3.4 L/C Participations. (a) Effective on the date of issuance thereof, each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each L/C Participant, and, to induce each Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from each Issuing Lender, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk, an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Percentage in each Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender hereunder and the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder. Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with each Issuing Lender that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s Revolving Credit Percentage of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so reimbursed.

(b) If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to Section 3.4(a) is not made available to such Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to Base Rate Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility. A certificate of such Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any such amounts owing under this Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(c) Whenever, at any time after an Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the Borrower or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof; provided, however, that in the event that any such payment received by such Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.

3.5 Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrower. The Borrower agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender, on each date on which such Issuing Lender notifies the Borrower of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit and paid by such Issuing Lender, for the amount of (a) such draft so paid and (b) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment (the amounts described in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) in respect of any drawing, collectively, the “Payment Amount”). Each such payment shall be made to such Issuing Lender at its address for notices specified herein in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. Interest shall be payable on each Payment Amount from the date of the applicable drawing until payment in full at the rate set forth in (i) until the second Business Day following the date of the applicable drawing, Section 2.15(b) and (ii) thereafter, Section 2.15(c). Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall (unless an event of the type described in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 8(f) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Borrower, in which case the procedures specified in Section 3.4 for funding by L/C Participants shall apply) constitute a request by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent for a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.5 of Base Rate Loans (or, at the option of the Administrative Agent and the Swing Line Lender in their sole discretion, a borrowing pursuant to Section 2.7 of Swing Line Loans). The Borrowing Date with respect to such borrowing shall be the first date on which a borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans (or, if applicable, Swing Line Loans) could be made, pursuant to Section 2.5 (or, if applicable, Section 2.7), if the Administrative Agent had received a notice of such borrowing at the time the Administrative Agent receives notice from the relevant Issuing Lender of such drawing under such Letter of Credit.

3.6 Obligations Absolute. The Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the Borrower may have or have had against any Issuing Lender, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other Person. The Borrower also agrees with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender shall not be responsible for, and the Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5 shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among the Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee. No Issuing Lender shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender. The Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit issued by it or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York, shall be binding on the Borrower and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender to the Borrower.

3.7 Letter of Credit Payments. If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower of the date and amount thereof. The responsibility of the relevant Issuing Lender to the Borrower in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter of Credit, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender, shall be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment appear on their face to be in conformity with such Letter of Credit.

3.8 Applications. To the extent that any provision of any Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 3, the provisions of this Section 3 shall apply.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Agents and the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and issue or participate in the Letters of Credit, Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Agent and each Lender that:

4.1 Financial Condition. (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005 (including the notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender, has been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the Loans to be made on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (ii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet has been prepared based on the best information available to the Borrower as of the date of delivery thereof, and presents fairly on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2004 and March 31, 2005, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date.

(b) The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Borrower as at December 31, 2003 and December 31, 2004, and the related consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by an unqualified report from KPMG LLP, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended. The unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower as at March 31, 2005, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and cash flows for the three-month period ended on such date, present fairly the consolidated financial condition of the Borrower as at such date, and the consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash flows for the three-month period then ended (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments). All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods involved (except as approved by the aforementioned firm of accountants and disclosed therein). The Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not have any material Guarantee Obligations, contingent liabilities and liabilities for taxes, or any long-term leases or unusual forward or long-term commitments, including, without limitation, any interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction or other obligation in respect of derivatives, that are not reflected in the most recent financial statements referred to in this paragraph. During the period from December 31, 2004 to and including the date hereof there has been no Disposition by the Borrower of any material part of its business or Property.

4.2 No Change. Since December 31, 2004 there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.3 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its Property, to lease the Property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of Property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.4 Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations. Each Loan Party has the corporate power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to borrow hereunder. Each Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Borrower, to authorize the borrowings on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required in connection with the borrowings hereunder or the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except (i) consents, authorizations, filings and notices described in Schedule 4.4, which consents, authorizations, filings and notices have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (ii) the filings referred to in Section 4.21. Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Loan Party that is a party thereto. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Loan Document upon execution will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Loan Party that is a party thereto, enforceable against each such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

4.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, the issuance of Letters of Credit, the borrowings hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien on any of their respective properties or revenues pursuant to any Requirement of Law or any such Contractual Obligation (other than the Liens created by the Security Documents). No Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation applicable to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.6 No Material Litigation. No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened by or against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their respective properties or revenues (a) with respect to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or (b) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.7 No Default. Neither Holdings, the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

4.8 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries has title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other Property, and none of such Property is subject to any Lien except as permitted by Section 7.3.

4.9 Intellectual Property. Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted. No material claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does Holdings or the Borrower know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.

4.10 Taxes. Each of Holdings, the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all Federal, state and other material tax returns that are required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns or on any assessments made against it or any of its Property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its Property by any Governmental Authority (other than any the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of Holdings and the Borrower, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax, fee or other charge.

4.11 Federal Regulations. No part of the proceeds of any Loans will be used for “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under Regulation U as now and from time to time hereafter in effect or for any purpose that violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board. If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1 referred to in Regulation U.

4.12 Labor Matters. There are no strikes or other labor disputes against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of Holdings or the Borrower, threatened that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All payments due from Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance that (individually or in the aggregate) could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect if not paid have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary.

4.13 ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an “accumulated funding deficiency” (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code. No termination of a Single Employer Plan has occurred, and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during such five-year period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each Single Employer Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did not, as of the last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this representation is made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan allocable to such accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability under ERISA, and neither the Borrower nor any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any material liability under ERISA if the Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization or Insolvent.

4.14 Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. No Loan Party is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. No Loan Party is subject to regulation under any Requirement of Law (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

4.15 Material Subsidiaries. (a) The Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 4.15 constitute all the Material Subsidiaries of the Borrower as of the Closing Date. Schedule 4.15 sets forth as of the Closing Date the name and jurisdiction of incorporation of each Material Subsidiary and, as to each Material Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary owned by each Loan Party and whether such Subsidiary is a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

(b) As of the Closing Date, there are no outstanding subscriptions, options, warrants, calls, rights or other agreements or commitments (other than stock options granted to employees or directors and directors’ qualifying shares) of any nature relating to any Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary, except as disclosed on Schedule 4.15.

4.16 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the initial Loans shall be used to (1) refinance the GECC Credit Facility, (2) refinance Existing Revolving Credit Loans and (3) pay related fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The remaining proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to refinance the AL Debt Facilities and for working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

4.17 Environmental Matters. Other than exceptions to any of the following that could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries: (i) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current or intended operations or for any property owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them; (iii) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and (iv) reasonably believe that: each of their Environmental Permits will be timely renewed and complied with, without material expense; any additional Environmental Permits that may be required of any of them will be timely obtained and complied with, without material expense; and compliance with any Environmental Law that is or is expected to become applicable to any of them will be timely attained and maintained, without material expense.

(b) Materials of Environmental Concern are not present at, on, under, in, or about any real property now or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or at any other location (including, without limitation, any location to which Materials of Environmental Concern have been sent for re-use or recycling or for treatment, storage, or disposal) which could reasonably be expected to (i) give rise to liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law or otherwise result in costs to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or (ii) interfere with the Borrower’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ continued operations, or (iii) impair the fair saleable value of any real property owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under or relating to any Environmental Law to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries will be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, threatened.

(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written request for information, or been notified that it is a potentially responsible party under or relating to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any similar Environmental Law, or with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern.

(e) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, or is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum for dispute resolution, relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law.

(f) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has assumed or retained, by contract or operation of law, any liabilities of any kind, fixed or contingent, known or unknown, under any Environmental Law or with respect to any Material of Environmental Concern.

4.18 Compliance With Health Care Laws. Without limiting the generality of Section 4.3(c) or any other representation or warranty made herein, to the Borrower’s knowledge, the healthcare facilities operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and each of its licensed employees in the exercise of their respective duties on behalf of such facilities, is in compliance with all applicable statutes, laws, ordinances, rules and regulations of any governmental authority with respect to regulatory matters primarily relating to patient healthcare (including without limitation Section 1128B(b) of the Social Security Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Section 1320a-7(b) (Criminal Penalties Involving Medicare or State Health Care Programs), commonly referred to as the “Federal Anti-Kickback Statute,” and the Social Security Act, as amended, Section 1877, 42 U.S.C Section 1395nn (Prohibition Against Certain Referrals), commonly referred to as “Xxxxx Statute”) except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries has maintained in all material respects all records required to be maintained by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Food and Drug Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency and State Boards of Pharmacy and the federal and state Medicare and Medicaid programs as required by the Healthcare Laws and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no presently existing circumstances or violations of Healthcare Laws which are, in the aggregate, reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the owners of the facilities and other businesses managed by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries have such permits, licenses, franchises, certificates and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities as are necessary under applicable law to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective business (including without limitation such permits as are required under such federal, state and other health care laws, and under such HMO or similar licensure laws and such insurance laws and regulations, as are applicable thereto) except to the extent that the failure to obtain or possess such approvals or authorizations could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.19 HIPAA Compliance. To the extent that and for so long as the Borrower is a “covered entity” within the meaning of HIPAA, the Borrower (a) has undertaken or will promptly undertake all necessary surveys, audits, inventories, reviews, analyses and/or assessments (including any necessary risk assessments) of all areas of its business and operations required by HIPAA and/or that could be adversely affected by the failure of the Borrower to be HIPAA Compliant (as defined below); (b) has developed or will promptly develop a detailed plan and time line for becoming HIPAA Compliant (a “HIPAA Compliance Plan”); and (c) has implemented or will implement those provisions of such HIPAA Compliance Plan in all material respects necessary to ensure that the Borrower is or becomes HIPAA Compliant. For purposes hereof, “HIPAA Compliant” shall mean that the Borrower (i) is or will be in compliance with each of the applicable requirements of the so-called “Administrative Simplification” provisions of HIPAA on and as of each date that any part thereof, or any final rule or regulation thereunder, becomes effective in accordance with its or their terms, as the case may be (each such date, a “HIPAA Compliance Date”) and (ii) is not and could not reasonably be expected to become, as of any date following any such HIPAA Compliance Date, the subject of any civil or criminal penalty, process, claim, action or proceeding, or any administrative or other regulatory review, survey, process or proceeding (other than routine surveys or reviews conducted by any government health plan or other accreditation entity) that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.20 Accuracy of Information, etc. No statement or information contained in this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other document, certificate or statement furnished to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders or any of them, by or on behalf of any Loan Party for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, contained as of the date such statement, information, document or certificate was so furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained herein or therein not misleading. The projections and pro forma financial information contained in the materials referenced above are based upon good faith estimates and assumptions believed by management of the Borrower to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Lenders that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that actual results during the period or periods covered by such financial information may differ from the projected results set forth therein by a material amount. There is no fact known to any Loan Party that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein, in the other Loan Documents or in any other documents, certificates and statements furnished to the Agents and the Lenders for use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents.

4.21 Security Documents. (a) The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof. In the case of the Pledged Stock described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, any stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock having been delivered to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of the other Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, financing statements in appropriate form having been filed in the offices specified on Schedule 4.21(a) and such other filings as are specified on Schedule 3 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement having been completed, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constitutes (or will constitute, in the case of the New Loan Parties, upon filing of appropriate financing statements) a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by Section 7.3).

(b) Each of the Mortgages is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a legally valid and enforceable Lien on the Existing Mortgaged Properties described therein and proceeds thereof, and when the Mortgage Amendments are filed in the offices set forth in Schedule 4.21(b), each Existing Mortgage (as amended by such Mortgage Amendment) shall continue to constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Loan Parties in the Existing Mortgaged Properties and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the relevant Existing Mortgage), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than Persons holding Liens or other encumbrances or rights permitted by the relevant Existing Mortgage).

4.22 Solvency. Each Loan Party is, and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated hereby and the incurrence of all Indebtedness and obligations being incurred in connection herewith and therewith will be and will continue to be, Solvent.

4.23 Senior Indebtedness. The Obligations and the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement constitute “Designated Senior Debt” under and as defined in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture.

4.24 Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property which is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (except any Mortgaged Properties as to which such flood insurance as required by Regulation H has been obtained and is in full force and effect as required by this Agreement).

4.25 Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts. Schedule 4.25 lists all Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts in existence on the Closing Date, after giving effect to the transactions to be effected on the Closing Date.

4.26 Reimbursement From Third Party Payors. Each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the written material reimbursement policies, rules and regulations of third party payors such as Medicare, Medicaid, private insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, preferred provider organizations, managed care systems and other third party payors, including, without limitation, adjustments under any capitation arrangement, fee schedule, discount formula or cost-based reimbursement the failure to comply with which would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.27 Fraud and Abuse. Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary, nor any stockholder, officer or director, acting on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, has engaged on behalf of the Borrower or any Subsidiary in any of the following, except where there would likely be no Material Adverse Effect: (a) knowing and willfully making or causing to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact in any applications for any benefit or payment under Medicare or Medicaid programs; (b) knowing and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment under Medicare or Medicaid programs; (c) any knowing and willful failure by the Borrower or any Subsidiary to disclose to the appropriate government contractor any material overpayment or other improper payment received from the Medicare and Medicaid program; or (iv) any knowing and willful violation of the Federal and State anti-kick-back or fraud and abuse laws, the regulations promulgated thereunder.

4.28 Inactive Subsidiaries. None of the Inactive Subsidiaries (a) is engaged in any material business operations, (b) holds any material assets or (c) guarantees, or otherwise provides direct credit support (including a Lien on its assets) for, Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

SECTION 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

5.1 Conditions to Closing Date and Initial Extension of Credit. The occurrence of the Closing Date and the agreement of each Lender to make the initial extension of credit requested to be made by it hereunder are subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Loan Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings and the Borrower, (ii) the Consent and Confirmation executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings, the Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor, (iii) to the extent not previously delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, any Control Agreements requested pursuant to Section 6.9(d), (iv) an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each new Loan Party and (v) a Lender Addendum executed and delivered by each Lender, and accepted by the Borrower.

(b) Refinancing of GECC Credit Facility; Refinancing of Existing, Revolving Credit Loans. The Administrative Agent shall have received satisfactory evidence that (i) the GECC Credit Facility shall have been terminated and all amounts thereunder have been paid in full (or will paid in full with the proceeds of the initial Loans), (ii) all Liens securing such facility have been paid in full (or will paid in full with the proceeds of the initial Loans) and (iii) the Existing Revolving Credit Loans owing to any Existing Lender that is not a Revolving Credit Lender hereunder have been paid in full (or will paid in full with the proceeds of the initial Loans).

(c) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Financial Statements. The Lenders shall have received, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Lenders, (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, (ii) audited consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for the 2003 and 2004 fiscal years and (iii) unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the Borrower for each fiscal quarterly period ended subsequent to the date of the latest applicable financial statements delivered pursuant to clause (ii) of this paragraph as to which such financial statements are available.

(d) Approvals. All governmental and third party approvals necessary in connection with the continuing operations of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full force and effect.

(e) Fees. The Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date (i) all fees required to be paid, and all expenses for which invoices have been presented (including reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents) and (ii) for the account of each Lender (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) that executes and delivers this Agreement on or before August 4, 2005, an amendment fee equal to 0.25% of the sum of each such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement); and all commitment fees and letter of credit fees accrued but not yet paid under the Existing Credit Agreement for the period prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid. All such amounts will be paid with proceeds of Loans made on the Closing Date and will be reflected in the funding instructions given by the Borrower to the Administrative Agent on or before the Closing Date.

(f) Business Plan. The Lenders shall have received a satisfactory business plan for fiscal year 2005 and a satisfactory written analysis of the business and prospects of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the period from the Closing Date through 2010.

(g) Lien Searches. If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent have received the results of a recent lien search with respect to each Loan Party (i) in the state of incorporation or formation of such Loan Party, (ii) in the state in which the chief executive office of such Loan Party is located, (iii) in each state in which such Loan Party is authorized to conduct business and (iv) in any other jurisdiction in which Uniform Commercial Code financing statement or other filings or recordations should be made to evidence or perfect security interests in all material assets of the Loan Party (excluding real properties which are not, and fixtures not relating to, Mortgaged Properties), and such search shall reveal no liens on any of the assets of the Loan Parties, except for Liens permitted by Section 7.3.

(h) Environmental Matters. If reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received, with a copy for each Lender, completed environmental questionnaires prepared internally with respect to each of the Mortgaged Properties.

(i) Closing Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of Holdings, the Borrower and each new Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and containing the representations and items included in Exhibit C, with appropriate insertions and attachments.

(j) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent and requesting Lenders shall have received an executed legal opinion of Xxxxx & Lardner LLP, counsel to Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, substantially in the form of Exhibit F. Such legal opinion shall cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Acknowledgment and Consent; Pledged Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received, (i) to the extent not previously delivered pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement, (A) the certificates representing the shares of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof and (B) each promissory note pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement endorsed (without recourse) in blank (or accompanied by an executed transfer form in blank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) by the pledgor thereof and (ii) an Acknowledgment and Consent, substantially in the form of Annex II to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, duly executed by any issuer of Capital Stock pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement that is not itself a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(l) Filings, Registrations and Recordings. Each document (including, without limitation, any Uniform Commercial Code financing statement) required by the Security Documents or under law or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to be filed, registered or recorded in order to reflect the creation in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, of a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, prior and superior in right to any other Person (other than with respect to Liens expressly permitted by Section 7.3), shall have been filed, registered or recorded or shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation.

(m) Flood Insurance. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received (A) a policy of flood insurance that (1) covers any parcel of improved real property that is encumbered by any Existing Mortgage (2) is written in an amount not less than the outstanding principal amount of the indebtedness secured by such Existing Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to such real property or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, whichever is less, and (3) will remain in force until the maturity of the indebtedness secured by such Existing Mortgage and (B) confirmation that the Borrower has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208(e)(3) of Regulation H of the Board.

(n) Insurance. The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of Section 5.3 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(o) Affidavits. If requested by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall have received: (i) an affidavit from Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, certifying that since the delivery of real property surveys identified on Schedule 5.1(o)(i) attached hereto to the Loan Parties for each of the Existing Mortgaged Properties in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement, no changes have occurred or improvements have been made to the Existing Mortgaged Properties that would adversely affect or limit the coverage available to the Loan Parties under the Existing Mortgagee Title Policies as endorsed by the issuing title insurance company; (ii) an affidavit from Borrower, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, certifying that no changes have occurred to the environmental condition of each of the Existing Mortgaged Properties since the execution by Borrower of each of the environmental affidavits identified on Schedule 5.1(o)(ii) attached hereto and delivered to the Loan Parties in connection with the Existing Credit Agreement; and (iii) any other affidavits or certifications that may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the issuing title company necessary to insure the first priority Lien of each of the Existing Mortgages.

(p) PATRIOT Act. The Lenders shall have received, sufficiently in advance of the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitation the United States PATRIOT Act.

5.2 Conditions to Each Extension of Credit. The agreement of each Lender to make any extension of credit requested to be made by it hereunder on any date (including, without limitation, its initial extension of credit) is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party in or pursuant to the Loan Documents shall be true and correct on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.

(b) No Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the extensions of credit requested to be made on such date.

Each borrowing by and issuance or extension of a Letter of Credit on behalf of the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower as of the date of such extension of credit that the conditions contained in this Section 5.2 have been satisfied.

SECTION 6. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

6.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to each Agent and each Lender:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a copy of the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related audited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing; and

(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of income and of cash flows for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures as of the end of and for the corresponding period in the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments);

all such financial statements to be complete and correct in all material respects and to be prepared in reasonable detail and in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein).

6.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to each Agent and each Lender, or, in the case of clause (h), to the relevant Lender:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.1(a), a certificate of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default, except as specified in such certificate (it being understood that such certificate shall be limited to the items that independent certified public accountants are permitted to cover in such certificates pursuant to their professional standards and customs of the profession);

(b) concurrently with the delivery of any financial statements pursuant to Section 6.1, (i) a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each Loan Party during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate and (ii) in the case of quarterly or annual financial statements, (x) a Compliance Certificate containing all information and calculations necessary for determining compliance by Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with the provisions of this Agreement referred to therein as of the last day of the fiscal quarter or fiscal year of the Borrower, as the case may be, (y) a list of any Intellectual Property acquired by any Loan Party since the date of the most recent list delivered pursuant to this clause (y) (or, in the case of the first such list so delivered, since the Closing Date) and (z) a list of any UCC financing statements or other filings specified in such Compliance Certificate as being required to be delivered therewith;

(c) as soon as available, and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Borrower, a detailed consolidated budget for the following fiscal year (including projected consolidated and consolidating balance sheets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the following fiscal year, and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of projected cash flow, projected changes in financial position and projected income), and, as soon as available, significant revisions, if any, of such budget and projections with respect to such fiscal year (collectively, the “Projections”), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that such Projections are based on reasonable estimates, information and assumptions and that such Responsible Officer has no reason to believe that such Projections are incorrect or misleading in any material respect;

(d) within 45 days after the end of each fiscal quarter of the Borrower, a narrative discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current fiscal year to the end of such fiscal quarter, as compared to the portion of the Projections covering such periods and to the comparable periods of the previous year;

(e) no later than 10 Business Days prior to the effectiveness thereof, copies of substantially final drafts of any proposed amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification with respect to the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture, the Senior Note Indenture, the Parent Intercompany Loan, the Holdings Intercompany Loan or the Parent/Borrower Intercompany Loan;

(f) within five days after the same are sent, copies of all financial statements and reports that Holdings or the Borrower sends to the holders of any class of its debt securities or public equity securities and, within five days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and reports that Holdings or the Borrower may make to, or file with, the SEC;

(g) as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days of obtaining knowledge thereof: (i) any development, event, or condition that, individually or in the aggregate with other developments, events or conditions, could reasonably be expected to result in the payment by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, of a Material Environmental Amount; and (ii) any notice that any governmental authority may deny any application for an Environmental Permit sought by, or revoke or refuse to renew any Environmental Permit held by, the Borrower; and

(h) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

6.3 Payment of Obligations and Compliance with Agreements. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, except where the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be; and comply with its obligations under the other Loan Documents.

6.4 Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence, etc. (a) (i) Preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate or other existence and (ii) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except, in each case, as otherwise permitted by Section 7.4 and except, in the case of clause (ii) above, to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (b) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law, except to the extent that failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Keep all Property and systems useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and (b) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its Property in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability, product liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business.

6.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. (a) Keep proper books of records and account in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities and (b) permit representatives of any Lender to visit and inspect its corporate offices and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time upon reasonable prior notice and as often as may reasonably be desired and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees of Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants.

6.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent and each Lender of:

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any (i) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, that in either case, if not cured or if adversely determined, as the case may be, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in which the amount involved is $2,500,000 or more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or similar relief is sought;

(d) the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Borrower knows or has reason to know thereof: (i) the occurrence of any Reportable Event with respect to any Plan, a failure to make any required contribution to a Plan, the creation of any Lien in favor of a Plan or any withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or (ii) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other action by the PBGC or the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan with respect to the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Plan; and

(e) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action Holdings, the Borrower or the relevant Subsidiary proposes to take with respect thereto.

6.8 Environmental Laws. (a) Comply in all material respects with, and ensure compliance in all material respects by all tenants and subtenants, if any, with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, and ensure that all tenants and subtenants obtain and comply in all material respects with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply in all material respects with all lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

6.9 Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any Property acquired after the Closing Date by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries (other than (v) any real property, (w) any property described in paragraph (b) or paragraph (d) of this Section, (x) the Capital Stock of Assisted Living or any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries, (y) any Property subject to a Lien expressly permitted by Section 7.3(f) or (g) and (z) Property acquired by an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) as to which the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, does not have a perfected Lien, promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in such Property and (ii) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in such Property, including without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent. For purposes of clarity and notwithstanding any provisions of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, the Capital Stock of Assisted Living or any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the security interest of the Administrative Agent and shall be deemed to be “Excluded Assets” under and as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(b) With respect to (i) any new Material Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date (which, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall include any existing Subsidiary that ceases to be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary which becomes a guarantor of or provides direct credit support with respect to any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Domestic Subsidiary, (iii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary which becomes a guarantor of or provides direct credit support with respect to any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Loan Party or (iv) any Inactive Subsidiary which ceases to qualify as an Inactive Subsidiary pursuant to Section 7.18 (such Subsidiary thereafter to be deemed a Material Subsidiary for all purposes of this Agreement), promptly (A) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such Material Subsidiary that is owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, (C) cause such Material Subsidiary (1) to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (2) to take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with respect to such Material Subsidiary (other than items described in clauses (v), (x), (y) and (z) of subsection (a) above), including, without limitation, the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, and (D) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary provides an unsecured guarantee but no other credit support with respect to any Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any Loan Party, such Unrestricted Subsidiary shall only be required to execute and deliver an unsecured guarantee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with respect to the Obligations.

(c) Subject to Section 6.9(b)(ii), with respect to any new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary created or acquired after the Closing Date by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary which is an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary), promptly (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable in order to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in the Capital Stock of such new Subsidiary that is owned by Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Excluded Foreign Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries), (provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the total outstanding Capital Stock of any such new Excluded Foreign Subsidiary be required to be so pledged), (ii) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, in blank, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings, the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, and take such other action as may be necessary or, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, desirable to perfect the Lien of the Administrative Agent thereon, and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(d) If at any time after the Closing Date, any Loan Party establishes, or any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date holds, a Deposit Account or Securities Account (other than (x) any Deposit Accounts into which proceeds of Medicare or Medicaid Receivables (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) are directly deposited by the obligor thereof, (y) any Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts constituting ordinary course operating accounts holding cash and Investment Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in an amount (with the value of such Investment Property being determined in accordance with GAAP) not exceeding $100,000 for any such Deposit Account or Securities Account and not exceeding $1,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts, in each case excluding Deposit Accounts described in clause (x) above, and (z) any Securities Account containing Investment Property (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) the value of which (determined in accordance with GAAP) does not exceed $100,000) or obtains, or holds, Letter-of-Credit Rights which do not constitute Supporting Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) (other than any such Letter of Credit Rights the value of which does not exceed $100,000 in the aggregate), promptly but in any event within 45 days after the establishment or obtaining of such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Letter-of-Credit Right, or the creation or acquisition of such Subsidiary, (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected first priority security interest in such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Letter-of-Credit Rights and (ii) take such actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a perfected first priority security interest in such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Letter-of-Credit Rights, including actions to cause the Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) thereof.

6.10 Further Assurances. From time to time execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional instruments, certificates or documents, and take such actions, as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or of more fully perfecting or renewing the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral (or with respect to any additions thereto or replacements or proceeds thereof or with respect to any other property or assets hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which may be deemed to be part of the Collateral) pursuant hereto or thereto. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Borrower will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certifications, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent or such Lender may be required to obtain from the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization.

6.11 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the initial Loans to (1) refinance the GECC Credit Facility, (2) refinance Existing Revolving Credit Loans and (3) pay related fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The remaining proceeds of the Loans and the Letters of Credit shall be used to refinance the AL Debt Facilities and for working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries.

6.12 Additional Mortgaged Property. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received:

(a) a mortgage or deed of trust made by the applicable Loan Party in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1 (the “Additional Mortgages”), covering each of the Additional Mortgaged Properties, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto;

(b) if requested by the Administrative Agent, maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of the Additional Mortgaged Properties certified to the Administrative Agent and the title insurance company issuing the policy referred to in paragraph (c) below (the “Title Insurance Company”) in a manner satisfactory to them, dated a date satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Title Insurance Company, which maps or plats and the surveys on which they are based shall be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping in 1992, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, there shall be surveyed and shown on such maps, plats or surveys the following: (A) the locations on such sites of all the buildings, structures and other improvements and the established building setback lines; (B) the lines of streets abutting the sites and width thereof; (C) all access and other easements appurtenant to the sites; (D) all roadways, paths, driveways, easements, encroachments and overhanging projections and similar encumbrances affecting the site, whether recorded, apparent from a physical inspection of the sites or otherwise known to the surveyor; (E) any encroachments on any adjoining property by the building structures and improvements on the sites; (F) if the site is described as being on a filed map, a legend relating the survey to said map; and (G) the flood zone designations, if any, in which the Additional Mortgaged Properties are located;

(c) a mortgagee’s title insurance policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance in respect of each Additional Mortgaged Property. Each such policy shall (A) be in an amount satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (B) be issued at ordinary rates; (C) insure that the Additional Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on such Additional Mortgaged Property free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except as disclosed therein; (D) name the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as the insured thereunder; (E) be in the form of ALTA Loan Policy — 1970 (Amended 10/17/70 and 10/17/84) (or equivalent policies); (F) contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (G) be issued by title companies satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including any such title companies acting as co-insurers or reinsurers, at the option of the Administrative Agent). The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, all charges for mortgage recording tax, and all related expenses, if any, have been paid;

(d) if requested by the Administrative Agent, (A) a policy of flood insurance that (1) covers any parcel of improved real property that is encumbered by any Additional Mortgage, (2) is written in an amount not less than the outstanding principal amount of the indebtedness secured by such Additional Mortgage that is reasonably allocable to such real property or the maximum limit of coverage made available with respect to the particular type of property under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, whichever is less, and (3) has a term ending not later than the maturity of the indebtedness secured by such Additional Mortgage or that may be extended to such maturity date and (B) confirmation that the Borrower has received the notice required pursuant to Section 208(e)(3) of Regulation H of the Board;

(e) a copy of all recorded documents referred to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or policies referred to in paragraph (c) above and a copy of all other material documents affecting the Additional Mortgaged Properties; and

(f) if requested by the Administrative Agent, an opinion of local counsel with respect to each Additional Mortgage in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

6.13 Existing Mortgages; Existing Mortgagee Title Insurance Policies. Within 30 days of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received:

(a) in respect of each of the Existing Mortgages a Mortgage Amendment which will continue to secure the Obligations to the same extent, and with the same priority, as such Existing Mortgage secured the obligations of the Borrower and its Affiliates under the Existing Credit Agreement; and

(b) in respect of each of the Existing Mortgagee Title Policies an endorsement from the issuing title insurance company which shall (i) insure that the Existing Mortgage insured thereby (as amended) shall continue to be a valid first Lien on the Existing Mortgaged Property encumbered thereby as of the effective date of such Existing Mortgagee Title Policy, to the same extent and with the same priority as such Existing Mortgagee Title Policy insured the Existing Mortgage; (ii) name the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties as the insured thereunder; and (iii) be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

6.14 Repayment of Indebtedness. Within 180 days of the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) satisfactory evidence that the AL Debt Facilities have been terminated and all amounts thereunder have been paid in full, (ii) satisfactory evidence that all Liens securing such facilities have been terminated and (iii) an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex I to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Assisted Living.

SECTION 7. NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Holdings and the Borrower hereby jointly and severally agree that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any Loan or other amount is owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder, each of Holdings and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

7.1 Financial Condition Covenants.

(a) Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:

		Consolidated
Fiscal Quarter		Senior Leverage Ratio
June 30, 2005 – June 30, 2008		4.25 to 1.0
September 30, 2008 and thereafter		4.00 to 1.0

(b) Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as at the last day of any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:

		Consolidated
		Senior Secured
Fiscal Quarter		Leverage Ratio
June 30, 2005 – June 30, 2008		2.25 to 1.0
September 30, 2008 and thereafter		2.00 to 1.0

(c) Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. Permit the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ending with any fiscal quarter set forth below to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:

		Consolidated
Fiscal Quarter		Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
June 30, 2005 – June 30, 2008		1.20 to 1.0
September 30, 2008 and thereafter		1.20 to 1.0

(d) Maintenance of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. Permit Consolidated Tangible Net Worth on any date of determination to be less than the sum of (i) 85% the amount of Consolidated Tangible Net Worth at the end of FQ1 2002, plus (ii) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for each fiscal quarter, commencing with FQ2 2002 and ending with the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the date of determination, in which Consolidated Net Income was positive, plus (iii) 100% of the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of any issuance and sale after March 31, 2002 of the Capital Stock of the Borrower or any contribution to the equity of the Borrower after March 31, 2002.

7.2 Limitation on Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower to any Subsidiary and of any Wholly Owned Subsidiary Guarantor to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary provided such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations;

(c) Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Capital Lease Obligations) secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.3(g) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

(d) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.2(d) and any refinancings, refundings, renewals or extensions thereof (without any increase in the principal amount thereof or any shortening of the maturity of any principal amount thereof);

(e) Guarantee Obligations made in the ordinary course of business by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of obligations of the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(f) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $150,000,000;

(g) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $125,000,000;

(h) Non-Recourse Debt in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding (i) $50,000,000, at any time when the senior, unsecured, non credit-enhanced debt of the Borrower is rated lower than either B1 or BB- by Xxxxx’x or S&P, respectively, and (ii) $75,000,000, at any time when the senior, unsecured, non credit-enhanced debt of the Borrower is rated at least as high as B1 and BB- by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively;

(i) the Parent Intercompany Loan and the Holdings Intercompany Loan;

(j) additional Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount (for the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries) not to exceed $5,000,000 at any one time outstanding; and

(k) the Parent/Borrower Intercompany Loan.

7.3 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for:

(a) Liens for taxes not yet due or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

(d) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, and letters of credit issued in lieu of or in support of any of the foregoing, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions and other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business that, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the Property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(f) Liens in existence on the date hereof listed on Schedule 7.3(f), securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(d), provided that no such Lien is spread to cover any additional Property after the Closing Date and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;

(g) Liens securing Indebtedness of the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary incurred pursuant to Section 7.2(c) to finance the acquisition of fixed or capital assets, provided that (i) such Liens shall be created substantially simultaneously with the acquisition of such fixed or capital assets, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any Property other than the Property financed by such Indebtedness and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased;

(h) Liens in favor of the Administrative Agent created pursuant to the Security Documents;

(i) any interest or title of a lessor under any lease entered into by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary in the ordinary course of its business and covering only the assets so leased;

(j) [Reserved];

(k) Liens securing Permitted Non-Recourse Debt; provided, that such Liens encumber only the assets financed with the proceeds of such Permitted Non-Recourse Debt and the Capital Stock of any Non-Recourse Subsidiary created to incur such Permitted Non-Recourse Debt; and

(l) Liens not otherwise permitted by this Section 7.3 so long as (i) neither (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the obligations secured thereby nor (B) the aggregate fair market value (determined, in the case of each such Lien, as of the date such Lien is incurred) of the assets subject thereto exceeds (as to the Borrower and all Restricted Subsidiaries) $5,000,000 at any one time and (ii) such Liens do not attach to any Receivables (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) or Mortgaged Property.

7.4 Limitation on Fundamental Changes. Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property or business, except that:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower may be merged or consolidated with or into the Borrower (provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation) or with or into any Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that (i) the Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) simultaneously with such transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Subsidiary Guarantor and the Borrower shall comply with Sections 6.9 and 6.10 in connection therewith); and

(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may Dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, provided that no Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of any assets which constitute Collateral to any Unrestricted Subsidiary.

7.5 Limitation on Disposition of Property. Dispose of any of its Property (including, without limitation, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, issue or sell any shares of such Restricted Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to any Person, except:

(a) the Disposition of obsolete or worn out property in the ordinary course of business;

(b) (i) the sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) the leasing, as lessor, of facilities in the ordinary course of business under leases providing to the lessor lease income that contributes to Consolidated EBITDA an amount substantially equivalent to the contribution of such facilities to Consolidated EBITDA if such facilities were operated by the Borrower;

(c) Dispositions permitted by Section 7.4(b);

(d) the sale or issuance of any Subsidiary’s Capital Stock to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(e) the Disposition in the ordinary course of business of Cash Equivalents and other investment securities;

(f) the Disposition of Property of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in an asset swap; provided, (i) that the amount of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Property so Disposed of by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date of such Disposition, does not exceed $5,000,000 and (ii) the amount of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to the Property acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in such asset swap, for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended prior to the date of such Disposition, is not less than 90% of the Consolidated EBITDA for such period of the asset swapped by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary;

(g) the Disposition of Transferred Properties of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in transactions resulting in the receipt by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries of the fair market value of the Transferred Properties, it being understood that the Disposition of the Transferred Properties for the purchase price contained in option purchase agreements existing on June 28, 2002 and previously disclosed to the Administrative Agent shall constitute fair market value;

(h) the Disposition of notes or other non-cash consideration received as consideration in connection with Dispositions permitted pursuant to clause (g) of this Section;

(i) the Disposition of other assets in sales for fair market value; provided, that (i) the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds of such Dispositions shall not exceed, while this Agreement is in effect (A) $60,000,000, so long as, at the time of any Disposition pursuant to this clause (a), the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is not at least 0.50 lower than the maximum Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio permitted pursuant to Section 7.1(b) at the time of such Disposition or (B) $100,000,000, so long as, at the time of any Disposition pursuant to this clause (b), the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is at least 0.50 lower than the maximum Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio permitted pursuant to Section 7.1(b) at the time of such Disposition and (ii) not more than 75% of the Net Cash Proceeds of all such Dispositions shall be attributable to Dispositions of Properties subject to the Existing Mortgages;

(j) the Disposition by: (i) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any assets to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor; or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary of assets not constituting Collateral to any Unrestricted Subsidiary; and

(k) any Recovery Event, provided, that the requirements of Section 2.12(b) are complied with in connection therewith.

7.6 Limitation on Restricted Payments. Declare or pay any dividend on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any Capital Stock of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or enter into any derivatives or other transaction with any financial institution, commodities or stock exchange or clearinghouse (a “Derivatives Counterparty”) obligating Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of any such Capital Stock (collectively, “Restricted Payments”), except that:

(a) any Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(b) the Borrower may make disbursements to Holdings to permit Holdings to (i) pay corporate overhead expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business and/or to pay dividends to the Parent to pay Holdings’ proportionate share of corporate overhead expenses of the Parent incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) pay any taxes which are due and payable by Holdings and the Borrower as part of a consolidated group; provided, that the amount of such taxes allocated to the Borrower shall be determined on an arms’ length basis; and

(c) the Borrower may make Restricted Payments in any fiscal year in an aggregate amount not exceeding the lesser of (i) 50% of Consolidated Net Income for such fiscal year, (ii) $25,000,000 plus the Unused Restricted Payment Amount for the previous fiscal year and (iii) $50,000,000.

7.7 Limitation on Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure, except (a) Consolidated Maintenance Capital Expenditures of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (b) Capital Expenditures made with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount and (c) Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures to the extent permitted by Section 7.8(h).

7.8 Limitation on Investments. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit (by way of guaranty or otherwise) or capital contribution to, or purchase any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other debt securities of, or any assets constituting an ongoing business from, or make any other investment in, any other Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:

(a) extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(b) investments in Cash Equivalents;

(c) Investments arising in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.2(b) and (e);

(d) (i) advances for business expenses to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, for travel, entertainment and relocation expenses) and (ii) loans to employees of Holdings, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower in an aggregate amount for Holdings, the Borrower and Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower not to exceed $2,500,000 at any one time outstanding;

(e) Investments in assets (other than inventory) useful in the Borrower’s business made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount;

(f) Investments (other than those relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 7.8(c)) by: (i) Holdings or the Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment, is a Subsidiary Guarantor; or (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary in the Borrower or any Person that, prior to such Investment, is a Subsidiary, provided that the aggregate outstanding amount of such Investments made by the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in Unrestricted Subsidiaries may not at any time exceed the sum of (i) the amount of the total Investments existing in the Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2005 (the “Existing Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment”) and (ii) $40,000,000. The Borrower shall, on or prior to December 31, 2005, provide to the Administrative Agent the Borrower’s calculation of the amount of the Existing Unrestricted Subsidiary Investment.

(g) the Alpha Equity Contribution and the Acquisition; and

(h) in addition to Investments otherwise expressly permitted by this Section, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments in Subsidiaries and Persons that become Subsidiaries as a result of such Investments and may make Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures; provided, (i) all such Investments and Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures shall be for the acquisition or improvement of assets (including Capital Stock of another Person) to be used in the same type of business that the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged in on the date of this Agreement, (ii) such Investments and Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures shall not be limited at any time when the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio is less than 3.00 to 1.00, (iii) the aggregate amount of all such Investments and Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures at any time when the Consolidated Senior Leverage Ratio is greater than 3.00 to 1.00 shall not exceed (A) $20,000,000 for any particular such Investment or Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditure or (B) an aggregate amount for all such Investments and Consolidated Growth Capital Expenditures while this Agreement is in effect of $60,000,000 plus, at any time when the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is at least 0.25 lower than the maximum level permitted at such time, an additional amount, not exceeding $30,000,000 in the aggregate, equal to the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of Asset Sales consummated after the Closing Date and (iv) after giving effect to such Investment no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

7.9 Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments, etc. (a) Make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease, the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Senior Notes, or segregate funds for any such payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance, or enter into any derivative or other transaction with any Derivatives Counterparty obligating Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary to make payments to such Derivatives Counterparty as a result of any change in market value of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Senior Notes, (b) repurchase or redeem any or all of the Senior Notes or the Senior Subordinated Notes upon occurrence of a Specified Change of Control, (c) make any optional or voluntary payment, prepayment, repurchase or redemption of, or otherwise voluntarily or optionally defease, the Parent Intercompany Loan, the Holdings Intercompany Loan or the Parent/Borrower Intercompany Loan, or segregate funds for any such payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance, or make any payment of interest in cash thereon, in each case if a Default or Event of Default then exists and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (d) amend, modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Senior Notes (other than any such amendment, modification, waiver or other change which (i) would extend the maturity or reduce the amount of any payment of principal thereof, reduce the rate or extend the date for payment of interest thereon or relax any covenant or other restriction applicable to Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) does not involve the payment of a consent fee), (e) amend, modify or otherwise change, or consent or agree to any amendment, modification, waiver or other change to, any of the terms of the Parent Intercompany Loan, Holdings Intercompany Loan or the Parent/Borrower Intercompany Loan in a manner that would be materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders, (f) designate any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” for the purposes of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or (h) amend its certificate of incorporation in any manner determined by the Administrative Agent to be adverse to the Lenders.

7.10 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of Property, the rendering of any service or the payment of any management, advisory or similar fees, with any Affiliate (other than Holdings, the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor) unless such transaction is (a) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (b) in the ordinary course of business of Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, and (c) upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to Holdings, the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person that is not an Affiliate.

7.11 [Reserved]

7.12 Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Periods. Permit the fiscal year of the Borrower to end on a day other than December 31 or change the Borrower’s method of determining fiscal quarters.

7.13 Limitation on Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits the ability of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its Property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure the Obligations or, in the case of any guarantor, its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, other than (a) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (b) the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture and the Senior Note Indenture, and (c) any agreements governing any purchase money Liens or Permitted Non-Recourse Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby and proceeds thereof) or any agreements governing Indebtedness and Liens permitted by Sections 7.3(f) (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby and proceeds thereof).

7.14 Limitation on Restrictions on Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, (b) make Investments in the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the Disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) any restrictions in any agreements governing any purchase money Indebtedness or Capital Lease Obligations or Permitted Non-Recourse Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby), (iv) any restrictions in any agreements governing Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any restrictions shall only be effective against such Foreign Subsidiary and its Foreign Subsidiaries) and (v) any restrictions in the agreements governing the OR Facility.

7.15 Limitation on Lines of Business. Enter into any business, either directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary, except for those businesses in which the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are engaged on the date of this Agreement or that are reasonably related thereto.

7.16 Limitation on Activities of Holdings. In the case of Holdings, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (a) hold any assets other than the Capital Stock of the Borrower and the other direct Subsidiaries of Holdings, (b) have any liabilities other than (i) the liabilities under the Loan Documents, (ii) tax liabilities in the ordinary course of business, (iii) Investments permitted under Section 7.8(f) and (iv) corporate, administrative and operating expenses in the ordinary course of business and (c) engage in any business other than (i) owning the Capital Stock of the Borrower and its other Subsidiaries and activities incidental or related thereto and (ii) acting as a Guarantor and pledging the Capital Stock of the Borrower to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

7.17 Limitation on Hedge Agreements. Enter into any Hedge Agreement other than Hedge Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, and not for speculative purposes, to protect against changes in interest rates, commodity prices or foreign exchange rates.

7.18 Limitation on Activities of Inactive Subsidiaries. In the case of each Inactive Subsidiary, (a) engage in any material business operations, (b) guarantee, or otherwise provide direct credit support (including a Lien on its assets) for, Indebtedness of Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (c) own assets having a fair market value which, when added to the assets of all other Inactive Subsidiaries, exceeds 5% of the fair market value of consolidated assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (d) have Consolidated EBITDA which, when added to the Consolidated EBITDA of all other Inactive Subsidiaries, constitutes more than 5% of the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

SECTION 8. EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof; or the Borrower shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; or

(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document or that is contained in any certificate, document or financial or other statement furnished by it at any time under or in connection with this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been inaccurate in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made or furnished; or

(c) (i) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in clause (i) or (ii) of Section 6.4(a) (with respect to Holdings and the Borrower only), Section 6.7(a), Section 6.12 or Section 7, or in Section 5 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) an “Event of Default” under and as defined in any Mortgage shall have occurred and be continuing; or

(d) Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or

(e) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall (i) default in making any payment of any principal of any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Guarantee Obligation, but excluding the Loans and Reimbursement Obligations) on the scheduled or original due date with respect thereto; or (ii) default in making any payment of any interest on any such Indebtedness beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness was created; or (iii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or beneficiary of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or beneficiary) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or to become subject to a mandatory offer to purchase by the obligor thereunder or (in the case of any such Indebtedness constituting a Guarantee Obligation) to become payable; provided, that the failure of Assisted Living to obtain a consent to the Acquisition or to the terms and conditions of this Agreement from the Housing and Community Services Department of the State of Oregon shall not constitute a default under this clause (iii) prior to any such Indebtedness being declared due and payable as a result thereof and the occurrence of Assisted Living’s failure to make such payment within five days of when due and; provided further, that a default, event or condition described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall not at any time constitute an Event of Default unless, at such time, one or more defaults, events or conditions of the type described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph (e) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to Indebtedness, individually or in the aggregate, the outstanding principal amount of which exceeds in the aggregate $5,000,000; or

(f) (i) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) Any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, (ii) any “accumulated funding deficiency” (as defined in Section 302 of ERISA), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan, or any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, (iii) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is, in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders, likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (iv) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, (v) the Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Required Lenders shall be likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan or (vi) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could, in the sole judgment of the Required Lenders, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against Holdings, the Borrower or any of its Material Subsidiaries involving for Holdings, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance as to which the relevant insurance company has acknowledged coverage) of $5,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 30 days from the entry thereof; or

(i) Any of the Security Documents shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express release thereof pursuant to Section 10.15), to be in full force and effect, or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert, or any Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be enforceable and of the same effect and priority purported to be created thereby; or

(j) The guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason (other than by reason of the express release thereof pursuant to Section 10.15), to be in full force and effect or any Loan Party or any Affiliate of any Loan Party shall so assert; or

(k) Any Change of Control shall occur; or

(l) The Senior Subordinated Notes or the guarantees thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be validly subordinated to the Obligations or the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the case may be, as provided in the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or any Loan Party, any Affiliate of any Loan Party, the trustee in respect of the Senior Subordinated Notes or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Subordinated Notes shall so assert; or

(m) The Borrower or any Subsidiary, to the extent, if any, presently participating or required by law to participate, in Medicaid or Medicare programs is excluded from or shall otherwise fail to be eligible for any reason to participate in Medicaid or Medicare programs or to accept assignments or rights to reimbursement under Requirements of Law applicable to Medicaid or Medicare, such failure could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and such failure shall also continue beyond the completion of any appeal process diligently pursued by the Borrower or such Subsidiary in good faith;

then, and in any such event, (A) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to the Borrower, automatically the Commitments shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of such Majority Facility Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower declare the Revolving Credit Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Revolving Credit Commitments shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including, without limitation, all amounts of L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable; and (C) the Administrative Agent shall have the rights and remedies provided to it under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or at law or equity, including rights and remedies provided under the Uniform Commercial Code. In the case of all Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Letters of Credit. Amounts held in such cash collateral account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Borrower hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto).

SECTION 9. THE AGENTS

9.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agents of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each Lender irrevocably authorizes each Agent, in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent.

9.2 Delegation of Duties. Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

9.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither any Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or for any failure of any Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. The Agents shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party.

9.4 Reliance by Agents. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any instrument, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Loan Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless such Note shall have been transferred in accordance with Section 10.6 and all actions required by such Section in connection with such transfer shall have been taken. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

9.5 Notice of Default. No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless such Agent shall have received notice from a Lender, Holdings or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent shall receive such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Lenders (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all Lenders or any other instructing group of Lenders specified by this Agreement); provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

9.6 Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither any of the Agents nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates have made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of a Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Agents that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their affiliates. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, no Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of any Loan Party or any affiliate of a Loan Party that may come into the possession of such Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates.

9.7 Indemnification. The Lenders severally agree to indemnify each Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by Holdings or the Borrower and without limiting the obligation of Holdings or the Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Aggregate Exposure Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with such Aggregate Exposure Percentages immediately prior to such date), for, and to save each Agent harmless from and against, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that may at any time (including, without limitation, at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent in any way relating to or arising out of, the Commitments, this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by such Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements that are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements in this Section shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

9.8 Agent in Its Individual Capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Loan Party as though such Agent were not an Agent. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by it, each Agent shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not an Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include each Agent in its individual capacity.

9.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under Section 8(a) or Section 8(f) with respect to the Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing) be subject to approval by the Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent, and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 10 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. The Syndication Agent may, at any time, by notice to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, resign as Syndication Agent hereunder, whereupon the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities of the Syndication Agent hereunder shall automatically be assumed by, and inure to the benefit of, the Administrative Agent, without any further act by the Syndication Agent, the Administrative Agent or any Lender. After any retiring Agent’s resignation as Agent, the provisions of this Section 9 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9.10 Authorization to Release Liens and Guarantees. The Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each of the Lenders to effect any release of Liens or guarantee obligations contemplated by Section 10.15.

9.11 The Arranger; the Syndication Agent; the Co-Documentation Agents. None of the Arranger, the Syndication Agent or any Co-Documentation Agent, in their respective capacities as such, shall have any duties or responsibilities, or incur any liability, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

9.12 The Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties. Notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent is named in one or more of the Security Documents as agent for Qualified Counterparties as well as for the Lenders, each Lender agrees, on behalf of itself and any affiliate thereof that may at any time be a Qualified Counterparty under any Specified Hedge Agreement, that the Administrative Agent (i) shall have no duty or obligation whatsoever to any Qualified Counterparty under any Specified Hedge Agreement, and (ii) shall have no duty or obligation to any Qualified Counterparty under any Security Documents other than the obligation to deliver to such Qualified Counterparty its ratable share (as determined by the Administrative Agent) of any proceeds received by the Administrative Agent under the Security Documents upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent of its remedies thereunder. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lender agrees, on behalf of itself and any affiliate thereof that may at any time be a Qualified Counterparty under any Specified Hedge Agreement, that (i) the Administrative Agent shall incur no liability to any Qualified Counterparty as a result of any release by the Administrative Agent of any Collateral or Guarantors under any Security Document or any other action or inaction by the Administrative Agent under any Security Document and (ii) the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to the same exculpations and protections, in respect of the Qualified Counterparties, as it is entitled to with respect to the Lenders pursuant to the other provisions of this Section 9 (other than Section 9.7), mutatis mutandis.

SECTION 10. MISCELLANEOUS

10.1 Amendments and Waivers. Neither this Agreement or any other Loan Document, nor any terms hereof or thereof may be amended, supplemented or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.1. The Required Lenders and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, or (with the written consent of the Required Lenders) the Agents and each Loan Party party to the relevant Loan Document may, from time to time, (a) enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents (including amendments and restatements hereof or thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or (b) waive, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of waiver, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

(i) forgive the principal amount or extend the final scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation, extend the scheduled date of any amortization payment in respect of the Term Loans, reduce the stated rate of any interest or fee payable hereunder or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof (except (x) in connection with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates (which waiver shall be effective with the consent of the Majority Facility Lenders of each adversely affected Facility) and (y) that any amendment or modification of defined terms used in the financial covenants in this Agreement shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or fees for purposes of this clause (i)), or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Lender, in each case without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section or reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or Required Prepayment Lenders, consent to the assignment or transfer by the Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, release all or substantially all of the Collateral or release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their guarantee obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case without the consent of all Lenders;

(iii) reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Facility Lenders with respect to any Facility without the consent of all of the Lenders under such Facility;

(iv) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 9 or any other provision of this Agreement which directly affects the rights or obligations of any Agent, in either case without the consent of each Agent directly affected thereby;

(v) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.18(a) or (b) without the consent of each Lender directly affected thereby;

(vi) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 3 without the consent of each relevant Issuing Lender; or

(vii) amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 2.6 or 2.7 without the consent of the Swing Line Lender.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans. In the case of any waiver, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon. Any such waiver, amendment, supplement or modification shall be effected by a written instrument signed by the parties required to sign pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section; provided, that delivery of an executed signature page of any such instrument by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.

10.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, addressed (a) in the case of Holdings, the Borrower and the Agents, as follows and (b) in the case of the Lenders, as set forth in an administrative questionnaire delivered to the Administrative Agent or on Schedule I to the Lender Addendum to which such Lender is a party or, in the case of a Lender which becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, in such Assignment and Acceptance or (c) in the case of any party, to such other address as such party may hereafter notify to the other parties hereto:

Holdings:		Extendicare Holdings, Inc. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-000 Attention: President
		with a copy to:
		Extendicare Holdings, Inc. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-000 Attention: General Counsel
The Borrower:		Extendicare Health Services, Inc. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-000 Attention: President
		with a copy to:
		Extendicare Holdings, Inc. 000 Xxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000-000 Attention: General Counsel
The Administrative Agent:		Xxxxxx Commercial Paper Inc.

000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx

Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000

Attention: Xxxxx XxXxxx

Telecopy: (000) 000-0000

Telephone: (000) 000-0000

Issuing Lender: As notified by such Issuing Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the any Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender shall not be effective until received.

10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

10.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made herein, in the other Loan Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans and other extensions of credit hereunder.

10.5 Payment of Expenses. Each of Holdings and the Borrower agrees (a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the syndication of the Revolving Credit Commitments (other than fees payable to syndicate members) and the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Administrative Agent and the charges of Intralinks, (b) to pay or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for all their costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, including, without limitation, the fees and disbursements of counsel (including the allocated fees and disbursements and other charges of in-house counsel) to each Lender and of counsel to the Agents, (c) to pay, indemnify, or reimburse each Lender and the Agents for, and hold each Lender and the Agents harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, stamp, excise and other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and (d) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, each Agent, their respective affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnitee”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of Holdings, the Borrower any of its Subsidiaries or any of the Properties and the fees and disbursements and other charges of legal counsel in connection with claims, actions or proceedings by any Indemnitee against the Borrower hereunder (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), provided, that Holdings and the Borrower shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee with respect to Indemnified Liabilities to the extent such Indemnified Liabilities are found by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unauthorized persons of Information or other materials sent through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems that are intercepted by such persons or for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with the Revolving Credit Commitments. Without limiting the foregoing, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrower agrees not to assert and to cause its Subsidiaries not to assert, and hereby waives and agrees to cause its Subsidiaries so to waive, all rights for contribution or any other rights of recovery with respect to all claims, demands, penalties, fines, liabilities, settlements, damages, costs and expenses of whatever kind or nature, under or related to Environmental Laws, that any of them might have by statute or otherwise against any Indemnitee. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor. Statements payable by the Borrower pursuant to this Section shall be submitted to the Borrower at its address set forth in Section 10.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Borrower in a notice to the Administrative Agent. The agreements in this Section shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

10.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Holdings, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agents, all future holders of the Loans and their respective successors and assigns, except that Holdings and the Borrower may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agents and each Lender.

(b) Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks, financial institutions or other entities (each, a “Participant”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of a participating interest to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and the Borrower and the Agents shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In no event shall any Participant under any such participation have any right to approve any amendment or waiver of any provision of any Loan Document, or any consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, except to the extent that such amendment, waiver or consent would require the consent of all Lenders pursuant to Section 10.1. The Borrower agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due or unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement, provided that, in purchasing such participating interest, such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof as provided in Section 10.7(a) as fully as if such Participant were a Lender hereunder. The Borrower also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.19, 2.20 and 2.21 with respect to its participation in the Commitments and the Loans outstanding from time to time as if such Participant were a Lender; provided that, in the case of Section 2.20, such Participant shall have complied with the requirements of said Section, and provided, further, that no Participant shall be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any such Section than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred.

(c) Any Lender (an “Assignor”) may, in accordance with applicable law and upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time and from time to time assign to any Lender or any affiliate, Related Fund or Control Investment Affiliate thereof or, with the consent of the Borrower and the Agents, and in the case of any assignment of Revolving Credit Commitments, the written consent of each Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender (which, in each case, shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) (provided that (x) no such consent need be obtained by any Xxxxxx Entity and (y) the consent of the Borrower need not be obtained with respect to any assignment of Term Loans), to an additional bank, financial institution or other entity (an “Assignee”) all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit E, executed by such Assignee and such Assignor (and, where the consent of the Borrower, the Agents or the Issuing Lender or the Swing Line Lender is required pursuant to the foregoing provisions, by the Borrower and such other Persons) and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register; provided that no such assignment to an Assignee (other than any Lender or any affiliate thereof) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of less than $5,000,000, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of the Term Loan Facility (in each case other than in the case of an assignment of all of a Lender’s interests under this Agreement), unless otherwise agreed by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent. Any such assignment need not be ratable as among the Facilities. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with Commitments and/or Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the Assignor thereunder shall, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of an Assignor’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Assignor shall cease to be a party hereto, except as to Section 2.19, 2.20 and 10.5 in respect of the period prior to such effective date). Notwithstanding any provision of this Section, the consent of the Borrower shall not be required for any assignment that occurs at any time when any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. For purposes of the minimum assignment amounts set forth in this paragraph, multiple assignments by two or more Related Funds shall be aggregated.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall, on behalf of the Borrower, maintain at its address referred to in Section 10.2 a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, and principal amount of the Loans owing to, each Lender from time to time. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Borrower, each Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans and any Notes evidencing such Loans recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement. Any assignment of any Loan, whether or not evidenced by a Note, shall be effective only upon appropriate entries with respect thereto being made in the Register (and each Note shall expressly so provide). Any assignment or transfer of all or part of a Loan evidenced by a Note shall be registered on the Register only upon surrender for registration of assignment or transfer of the Note evidencing such Loan, accompanied by a duly executed Assignment and Acceptance; thereupon one or more new Notes in the same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the designated Assignee, and the old Notes shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower marked “canceled”. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower or any Lender (with respect to any entry relating to such Lender’s Loans) at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(e) Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Acceptance executed by an Assignor and an Assignee (and, in any case where the consent of any other Person is required by Section 10.6(c), by each such other Person) together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500 (treating multiple, simultaneous assignments by or to two or more Related Funds as a single assignment) (except that no such registration and processing fee shall be payable (y) in connection with an assignment by or to a Xxxxxx Entity or (z) in the case of an Assignee which is already a Lender or is an affiliate or Related Fund of a Lender or a Person under common management with a Lender), the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Acceptance and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Borrower. On or prior to such effective date, the Borrower, at its own expense, upon request, shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent (in exchange for the Term Loan Note or Revolving Credit Note, as applicable, of the assigning Lender) a new Term Loan Note or Revolving Credit Note to the order of such Assignee in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment assumed or acquired by it pursuant to such Assignment and Acceptance and, if the Assignor has retained a Revolving Credit Commitment upon request, a new Term Loan Note or Revolving Credit Note to the order of the Assignor in an amount equal to the Revolving Credit Commitment retained by it hereunder. Such new Note or Notes shall be dated the Closing Date and shall otherwise be in the form of the Note or Notes replaced thereby.

(f) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this Section concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests in Loans and Notes, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law.

(g) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle (an “SPC”), identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the option to provide to the Borrower all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to make any Loan and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to provide all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Each party hereto hereby agrees that no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement (all liability for which shall remain with the Granting Lender). In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other indebtedness of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings under the laws of the United States or any state thereof. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10.6(g), any SPC may (A) with notice to, but without the prior written consent of, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent and without paying any processing fee therefor, assign all or a portion of its interests in any Loans to the Granting Lender, or with the prior written consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to any financial institutions providing liquidity and/or credit support to or for the account of such SPC to support the funding or maintenance of Loans, and (B) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety, guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC; provided that non-public information with respect to the Borrower may be disclosed only with the Borrower’s consent which will not be unreasonably withheld. This paragraph (g) may not be amended without the written consent of any SPC with Loans outstanding at the time of such proposed amendment.

10.7 Adjustments; Set-off. (a) Except to the extent that this Agreement provides for payments to be allocated to a particular Lender or to the Lenders under a particular Facility, if any Lender (a “Benefitted Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of the Obligations owing to it, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 8(f), or otherwise), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Obligations, such Benefitted Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders a participating interest in such portion of each such other Lender’s Obligations, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefitted Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefitted Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

(b) In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to Holdings or the Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by Holdings and the Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount becoming due and payable by Holdings or the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), to set off and appropriate and apply against such amount any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such setoff and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

10.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement or of a Lender Addendum by facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

10.9 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

10.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of Holdings, the Borrower, the Agents, the Arranger and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Arranger, any Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

10.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

10.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its Property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be at its address set forth in Section 10.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to xxx in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

10.13 Acknowledgments. Each of Holdings and the Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(b) neither the Arranger, any Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to Holdings or the Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Arranger, the Agents and the Lenders, on one hand, and Holdings and the Borrower, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Arranger, the Agents and the Lenders or among Holdings, the Borrower and the Lenders.

10.14 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement that is designated by such Loan Party as confidential; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Arranger, any Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate of any thereof, (b) to any Participant or Assignee (each, a “Transferee”) or prospective Transferee that agrees in writing to maintain such information as confidential on terms substantially similar to those contained in this Section 10.14, (c) to any of its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors, (d) to any financial institution that is a direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section), (e) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it, (f) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (g) in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (h) that has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Section, (i) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender or (j) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

10.15 Release of Collateral and Guarantee Obligations. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, upon request of the Borrower in connection with any Disposition of Property permitted by the Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in any Collateral being Disposed of in such Disposition, and to release any guarantee obligations under any Loan Document of any Person being Disposed of in such Disposition, to the extent necessary to permit consummation of such Disposition in accordance with the Loan Documents.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or any other Loan Document, when all Obligations (other than obligations in respect of any Specified Hedge Agreement) have been paid in full, all Commitments have terminated or expired and no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding, upon request of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is a party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its security interest in all Collateral, and to release all guarantee obligations under any Loan Document, whether or not on the date of such release there may be outstanding Obligations in respect of Specified Hedge Agreements. Any such release of guarantee obligations shall be deemed subject to the provision that such security interests and guarantee obligations shall automatically be reinstated if after such release any portion of any payment in respect of the Obligations guaranteed thereby shall be rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, on any date after the Closing Date, upon the request of the Borrower the Administrative Agent shall (without notice to, or vote or consent of, any Lender, or any affiliate of any Lender that is party to any Specified Hedge Agreement) take such actions as shall be required to release its interest in one or more Mortgages securing facilities operating up to an aggregate of 750 licensed skilled nursing beds and/or assisted living facility units in order to permit the Disposition of such facilities or the incurrence of Permitted Non-Recourse Debt in respect of such facility.

10.16 Accounting Changes. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Borrower and the Administrative Agent agree to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to equitably reflect such Accounting Change with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Borrower’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Change as if such Accounting Change had not been made. Until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Change had not occurred. “Accounting Change” refers to any change in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

10.17 Delivery of Lender Addenda. Each initial Lender shall become a party to this Agreement by delivering to the Administrative Agent a Lender Addendum duly executed by such Lender, the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

10.18 WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. HOLDINGS, THE BORROWER, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

EXTENDICARE HOLDINGS, INC.

By: \s\ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer

EXTENDICARE HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

By: \s\ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer

XXXXXX BROTHERS INC.,

as Arranger

By: \s\ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President

XXXXXX COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,

as Administrative Agent

By: \s\ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Authorized Signatory

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Syndication Agent

By: \s\ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President

GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION

as a Co-Documentation Agent

By: \s\ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Co-Documentation Agent

By: \s\ Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
Name: Xxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President

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