Exhibit 10.2

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (defined below), dated as of August 10,
2012 (this “Agreement”), is entered into by and among Angiotech
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the Province of
British Columbia, Canada (“Parent”), each of Parent’s Subsidiaries listed as a
“Borrower” on the signature pages hereto (each a “Borrower” and collectively,
the “Borrowers”), Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“WFCF”), as arranger and administrative agent for the Lenders (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Agent”), and the lenders named on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”).

 

WHEREAS, Parent, the Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders are parties to that
certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2011 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”;
capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein shall have the
applicable meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, Administrative Borrower has made an offer to exchange up to
$229,500,000 aggregate principal amount of new Senior Secured Notes to be issued
by Administrative Borrower (the “New Notes”) for up to $225,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of Parent’s outstanding Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes
pursuant to the terms of the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation
Statement distributed by Parent on July 3, 2012 (as modified or supplemented,
the “Exchange Offer”);

 

WHEREAS, Administrative Borrower proposes to make a dividend to Parent in the
form of a Promissory Note in the initial principal amount of $225,000,000 (the
“Promissory Note”) and, pursuant to an Assignment and Debt Satisfaction
Agreement (the “Satisfaction Agreement”), Parent proposes to surrender the
Promissory Note to Administrative Borrower in full payment and satisfaction of
the Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes acquired by Administrative Borrower
pursuant to the Exchange Offer (such transactions, the “Ancillary
Transactions”); and

 

WHEREAS, Parent, the Borrowers, Agent and the Lenders agree to modify the Credit
Agreement on and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                       Consent.  The Agent and the Lenders
hereby acknowledge and consent to the consummation of the Exchange Offer and the
Ancillary Transactions on the terms described herein.

 

2.                                       Amendments to Credit Agreement. 
Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3 below, the
Credit Agreement is amended in the following respects:

 

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(a)                                  Section 6.6(b) of the Credit Agreement is
amended to replace the word “either” with “any.”

 

(b)                                 The definition of “Indenture Documents” in
Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

 

“‘Indenture Documents’ means the Indentures, the Senior Floating Rate Notes, the
Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes, the 9% Senior Secured Notes and all
agreements, instruments and other documents delivered in connection with the
foregoing.”

 

(c)                                  The definition of “Indenture Collateral
Agent” in Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:

 

“‘Indenture Collateral Agent’ means, with respect to the Senior Secured Floating
Rate Notes, Deutsche Bank National Trust Company or any successor, as collateral
agent thereunder and, with respect to the 9% Senior Secured Notes, Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company or any successor, as collateral agent thereunder.”

 

(d)                                 The definition of “Indentures” in Schedule
1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as follows:

 

“‘Indentures’ means, collectively or individually as the context requires, the
Senior Floating Rate Notes Indenture, the Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes
Indenture and the 9% Senior Secured Notes Indenture.”

 

(e)                                  The definition of “Intercreditor Agreement”
in Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its
entirety to read as follows:

 

“‘Intercreditor Agreement’ means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the
Closing Date by and among Agent and the Indenture Collateral Agent, as
acknowledged by the Loan Parties and the Indenture Trustee and as reaffirmed on
or about the Third Amendment Effective Date.”

 

(f)                                    Clause (l) of the definition of
“Permitted Indebtedness” in Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby
amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(l)                               Indebtedness evidenced by (i) the Indenture
Documents (other than the Indenture Documents with respect to the 9% Senior
Secured Notes) incurred on or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) the Indenture
Documents with respect to the 9% Senior Secured Notes incurred on or prior to
the Third Amendment Effective Date, so long as the aggregate principal amount of
all such Indebtedness outstanding at any one time does not exceed $329,500,000
plus any subsequent increases in such principal amount solely as a result of
interest on the Senior Floating Rate Notes, the Senior Secured Floating Rate
Notes or the 9% Senior Secured Notes being paid in kind, and any Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing Indebtedness.”

 

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(g)                                 The following terms are hereby added to
Schedule 1.1 to the Credit Agreement and inserted in the appropriate
alphabetical order in Schedule 1.1:

 

“9% Senior Secured Notes” mean the 9% Senior Notes due 2016 issued by
Administrative Borrower pursuant to the 9% Senior Secured Notes Indenture.”

 

“9% Senior Secured Notes Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of the Third
Amendment Effective Date, by and among Administrative Borrower, Parent, the
Subsidiaries of Parent party thereto as guarantors, and the Indenture Trustee.”

 

“Exchange Offer” means that certain offer by Parent to exchange 9% Senior
Secured Notes for up to $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior
Secured Floating Rate Notes pursuant to the terms of the Offering Memorandum and
Consent Solicitation Statement distributed by Parent on July 3, 2012, as
modified or supplemented on or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date.”

 

“‘Third Amendment Effective Date’ means the date of the consummation of the
Exchange Offer.”

 

3.                                       Conditions to Effectiveness.  This
Agreement shall become effective (the “Amendment Effective Date”) when all of
the following conditions have been satisfied:

 

(a)                                  Agent shall have received a copy of this
Agreement duly executed by the Loan Parties and the Lenders;

 

(b)                                 The Exchange Offer shall have been
consummated;

 

(c)                                  Agent shall have received a fully executed
copy of the Indenture, by and among Administrative Borrower, Parent, the
Subsidiaries of Parent party thereto as guarantors, and the Indenture Trustee,
with respect to the New Notes (the “New Indenture”), and such other agreements,
instruments and other documents delivered in connection with the New Indenture
as Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent;

 

(d)                                 Agent shall have received a copy of the
Promissory Note and the Satisfaction Agreement and such other agreements,
instruments and other documents delivered in connection with the Ancillary
Transactions as Agent may reasonably request, all in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent;

 

(e)                                  The transactions contemplated by Section 1
of the Satisfaction Agreement shall have been consummated;

 

(f)                                    Agent shall have received a copy of the
Reaffirmation and Joinder Agreement, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by the Indenture Trustee, the Indenture
Collateral Agent, the Loan Parties and Agent;

 

(g)                                 No Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing on the Amendment Effective Date or would result from
this Agreement becoming

 

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effective in accordance with its terms;

 

(h)                                 Borrowers shall have paid to Agent a fully
earned and nonrefundable amendment fee equal to $20,000;

 

(i)                                     Borrowers shall have paid all reasonable
and documented Lender Group Expenses incurred in connection with (i) the
preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and (ii) the transactions
evidenced hereby and by the other Loan Documents; and

 

(j)                                     all other documents and legal matters in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall have been
delivered, executed, or recorded and shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to Agent.

 

4.                                       Representations and Warranties.  Parent
and each of the Borrowers represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)                                  As to each such Person, the execution,
delivery and performance by such Person of this Agreement, and the performance
by such Person of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, have been duly
authorized by all necessary action on the part of such Person, and such Person
has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry
out the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby.

 

(b)                                 This Agreement, and the Credit Agreement as
amended hereby, is the legally, valid and binding obligations of each such
Person, enforceable against each such Person in accordance with its terms,
except as enforcement may be limited by equitable principles or by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally.

 

(c)                                  No Event of Default or Default has occurred
and is continuing on and as of the Amendment Effective Date, or would result
from this Agreement becoming effective in accordance with its terms.

 

5.                                       Release.  Parent and each of the
Borrowers may have certain Claims against the Released Parties, as those terms
are defined below, regarding or relating to the Credit Agreement or the other
Loan Documents.  Agent, the Lenders, Parent and the Borrowers desire to resolve
each and every one of such Claims in conjunction with the execution of this
Agreement and thus Parent and each of the Borrowers makes the releases contained
in this Section 4.  In consideration of Agent and the Lenders entering into this
Agreement, Parent and each of the Borrowers hereby fully and unconditionally
releases and forever discharges each of Agent and the Lenders, and their
respective directors, officers, employees, subsidiaries, Affiliates, attorneys,
agents and representatives, (collectively, the “Released Parties”), of and from
any and all claims, allegations, causes of action, costs or demands and
liabilities, of whatever kind or nature, up to and including the date on which
this Agreement is executed, whether known or unknown, liquidated or
unliquidated, fixed or contingent, asserted or unasserted, foreseen or
unforeseen, matured or unmatured, suspected or unsuspected, anticipated or
unanticipated, which Parent or any Borrower has, had, claims to have had or
hereafter claims to have against the Released Parties by reason of any act or
omission on the part of the Released Parties, or any of them, occurring prior to
the date on which this Agreement is executed,

 

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including all such loss or damage of any kind heretofore sustained or that may
arise as a consequence of the dealings among the parties up to and including the
date on which this Agreement is executed, regarding or relating to the Credit
Agreement, any of the Loan Documents, the Advances or any of the other
Obligations, including administration or enforcement thereof (collectively, the
“Claims”).  Parent and each of the Borrowers represents and warrants that it has
no knowledge of any Claim by it against the Released Parties or of any facts or
acts of omissions of the Released Parties which on the date hereof would be the
basis of a Claim by Parent or any of the Borrowers against the Released Parties
which is not released hereby.  Parent and each of the Borrowers represents and
warrants that the foregoing constitutes a full and complete release of all
Claims.

 

6.                                       Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                  Continued Effectiveness of the Credit
Agreement.  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Credit Agreement
and the other Loan Documents are, and shall continue to be, in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects, except that on and
after the Amendment Effective Date (i) all references in the Credit Agreement to
“this Agreement”, “hereto”, “hereof”, “hereunder” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Agreement, and (ii) all references in the other Loan Documents to the
“Credit Agreement”, “thereto”, “thereof”, “thereunder” or words of like import
referring to the Credit Agreement shall mean the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Agreement.  To the extent that the Credit Agreement or any other Loan
Document purports to pledge to Agent, or to grant to Agent, a security interest
or lien, such pledge or grant is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. 
Except as expressly provided herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness
of this Agreement shall not operate as a waiver or an amendment of any right,
power or remedy of Agent and the Lenders under the Credit Agreement or any other
Loan Document, nor constitute a waiver or an amendment of any provision of the
Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.

 

(b)                                 Counterparts.  This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate
counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be
an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute but one and
the same Agreement.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by
telefacsimile or other electronic method of transmission shall be equally as
effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Headings.  Headings and numbers have been
set forth herein for convenience only.

 

(d)                                 Amendment as Loan Document.  The Loan
Parties each hereby acknowledge and agree that this Agreement constitutes a
“Loan Document” under the Credit Agreement.  Accordingly, it shall be an Event
of Default under the Credit Agreement if (i) any representation or warranty made
by any Loan Party under or in connection with this Agreement shall have been not
true and correct in all material respects when made, or (ii)  any Loan Party
shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in
this Agreement.

 

(e)                                  Governing Law.  THE VALIDITY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, THE

 

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CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION, AND ENFORCEMENT HEREOF, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE
PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO ALL MATTERS ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATED HERETO
SHALL BE DETERMINED UNDER, GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

(f)                                    Waiver of Jury Trial.  PARENT AND EACH
BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER OF THE LENDER GROUP HEREBY WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE
RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT
OF ANY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED
HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL
OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS.  PARENT AND EACH BORROWER AND EACH MEMBER
OF THE LENDER GROUP REPRESENT THAT EACH HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND EACH
KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE
FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed as of the date first
above written.

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
as Parent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President and CEO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
HOLDINGS, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH AMERICA, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH BIOCOATINGS CORP.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

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ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B.G. SULZLE, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MANAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

QUILL MEDICAL, INC.,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

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SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION,
as a Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

Title:

President

 

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WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
as Agent and as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

Dennis J. Rebman

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF REAFFIRMATION AGREEMENT

 

See attached.

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

 

REAFFIRMATION AND JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

This REAFFIRMATION AND JOINDER AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented and restated
or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), dated as of
August 13, 2012, is made by and between WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, in its capacity as arranger and
administrative agent under and pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement (as
hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns
in such capacity, the “Senior Agent”), DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY
(“DB”), in its capacity as collateral agent under and pursuant to the Original
Indenture (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Original Noteholder Collateral
Agent”), and DB in its capacity as collateral agent under and pursuant to the
New Indenture (as hereinafter defined) (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the “New Noteholder Collateral Agent”
and together with the Original Noteholder Collateral Agent, the “Noteholder
Collateral Agent”) and is acknowledged by ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC., a
corporation organized under the laws of the Province of British Columbia, Canada
(the “Parent”), each of its affiliates identified as “Obligors” on the signature
pages hereto (such affiliates, together with the Parent, each an “Obligor” and
collectively, the “Obligors”), DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY (“DBT”), in
its capacity as trustee under and pursuant to the Original Indenture (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the
“Original Trustee”) and DBT, in its capacity as trustee under and pursuant to
the New Indenture (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in
such capacity, the “New Trustee” and together with the Original Trustee, the
“Trustee”):

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Obligors, the Senior Agent and the lenders from time to time party
thereto (the “Senior Lenders”) are parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as
May 12, 2011 (the “Senior Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Senior
Lenders have agreed, upon the terms and conditions stated therein, to make
revolving loans and other extensions of credit to the Obligors in the aggregate
principal amount of $28,000,000.

 

WHEREAS, the Obligors and the Original Trustee are parties to the Indenture,
dated as of May 12, 2011 (the “Original Indenture”), pursuant to which the
Parent issued the Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes (the “Original Notes”) due
2013 to the holders thereof (the “Original Noteholders”).

 

WHEREAS, the Obligors have informed Senior Agent that Angiotech Pharmaceuticals
(US), Inc. intends to issue to certain holders (the “New Noteholders” and,
together with the Original Noteholders, the “Noteholders”) in exchange for
certain Original Notes, new 9% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “New Notes”), pursuant
to that certain Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (the “New Indenture”), by
and among the Obligors and the New Trustee (the “New Indenture,” and together
with the other collateral and note documents executed and delivered in
connection therewith, collectively, the “New Indenture Documents”).

 

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WHEREAS, the Obligors have requested that the Senior Agent and the Senior
Lenders enter into that certain Third Amendment to the Senior Credit Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof (the “Third Amendment”), pursuant to which the
Credit Agreement shall be amended to permit the execution and delivery of the
New Indenture and the New Notes.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Senior Credit Agreement and the Original Indenture, the
Senior Agent, the Original Noteholder Collateral Agent, the Original Trustee,
the Parent, and certain of the Obligors entered into that certain Intercreditor
Agreement, dated as of May 12, 2011 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), whereby the Senior Agent and
the Original Noteholder Collateral Agent confirmed, as between themselves, their
relative rights and obligations with respect to the Senior Credit Agreement and
the Original Indenture, and their rights and priorities with respect to the
pledged assets of such Obligors.

 

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the effectiveness of the Third Amendment
that the Senior Agent, the Noteholder Collateral Agent, the Trustee, the Parent
and the Obligors execute this Agreement.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.             Definitions.  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined
herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor
Agreement.

 

2.             Reaffirmation and Confirmation of Intercreditor Agreement.  Each
of the Senior Agent, on behalf of itself and the Senior Lenders, and the
Noteholder Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Noteholders, hereby:

 

(a)           consents to the terms of the New Indenture and the other New
Indenture Documents;

 

(b)           acknowledges and reaffirms its obligations as set forth in the
Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(c)           agrees to continue to comply with, and be subject to, all of the
terms, provisions, conditions, covenants, agreements and obligations applicable
to it as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(d)           for the avoidance of doubt, acknowledges, confirms and agrees that
(i) the New Indenture and the other New Indenture Documents are and, for all
purposes under the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be treated as, an Indenture
and Indenture Documents, respectively, under the Intercreditor Agreement,
(ii) each of the New Noteholders is and, for all purposes under the
Intercreditor Agreement, shall be treated as, a Noteholder under the
Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) the obligations of the Obligors under the New
Indenture and the other New Indenture Documents are and, for all purposes under
the Intercreditor Agreement, shall be treated as, Notes Obligations under the
Intercreditor Agreement; and

 

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(e)           acknowledges, confirms and agrees that the Intercreditor
Agreement, after giving effect to this Agreement and the joinder contemplated
hereby, (i) is, and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and continues
to govern the rights and remedies of the Senior Agent and the Senior Lenders and
the Noteholder Collateral Agent (including, without limitation, in its capacity
as New Noteholder Collateral Agent) and the Noteholders (including, without
limitation, the New Noteholders) under the Senior Credit Agreement and the
Indenture, respectively, (ii) continues to govern the relative priority of the
Liens against and security interests in the Collateral and certain other rights,
priorities and limitations on the exercise of remedies as between the Senior
Agent and the Senior Lenders and the Noteholder Collateral Agent (including,
without limitation, in its capacity as New Noteholder Collateral Agent) and the
Noteholders (including, without limitation, the New Noteholders), and (iii) is
the valid and binding obligation of each such Person.

 

3.             Joinder.  The New Noteholder Collateral Agent hereby joins the
Intercreditor Agreement in its capacity as such for all purposes, and agrees to
undertake, on its own behalf and on behalf of the New Noteholders, all of the
duties of the Noteholder Collateral Agent thereunder.  From and after the date
of this Agreement, each reference to the Noteholder Collateral Agent shall be
construed as a reference to the Original Noteholder Collateral Agent, with
respect to the Original Notes, and to the New Noteholder Collateral Agent, with
respect to the New Notes.

 

4.             Notice.  Pursuant to Section 19 of the Intercreditor Agreement,
written notice is hereby given that any notices to the Obligors should hereafter
be made as follows:

 

To:          Angiotech Pharmaceuticals (US), Inc.

1618 Station Street

Vancouver, British Columbia

Canada

V6A 1B6

Facsimile No.  (604) 221-6915

Attention:  Investor Relations

 

With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Irell & Manella LLP

1800 Avenue of the Stars

Suite 900

Los Angeles, CA  90067-4276

Facsimile No.  (310) 203-7199

Attention:  Gregory Klein, Esq.

Email:  gklein@irell.com

 

5.             General Provisions.

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.  Each of the Senior Agent, the
Original Noteholder Collateral Agent and the New Noteholder Collateral Agent
represents and warrants that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this
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all necessary corporate action on its part, (ii) it has duly executed and
delivered this Agreement, and (iii) this Agreement is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of such person, enforceable against such person in accordance with
its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings at law or in equity).

 

(b)           Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of
the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts and all of such
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile
or electronic mail shall be equally effective as delivery of an original
executed counterpart.

 

(c)           GOVERNING LAW, ENTIRE AGREEMENT, ETC.  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.  THIS AGREEMENT, THE SENIOR LOAN DOCUMENTS, THE INDENTURE DOCUMENTS
AND THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT CONSTITUTE THE ENTIRE UNDERSTANDING AMONG THE
PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND SUPERSEDE ANY PRIOR
AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT THERETO. THE PARTIES AGREE THAT ALL
ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL BE TRIED AND LITIGATED ONLY IN THE STATE AND, TO
THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF
NEW YORK, STATE OF NEW YORK.  THE SENIOR AGENT AND THE NOTEHOLDER COLLATERAL
AGENT WAIVE, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT EACH
MAY HAVE TO ASSERT THE DOCTRINE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS OR TO OBJECT TO VENUE TO
THE EXTENT ANY PROCEEDING IS BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION 5(C).

 

(d)           JURY TRIAL WAIVER.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RIGHTS TO
A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN OR THEREIN, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR
STATUTORY CLAIMS.  EACH PARTY HERETO REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER
AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING
CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.  IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS
AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.

 

(e)           Amendments, Etc.  No amendment to or waiver of any provision of
this Agreement, nor consent to any departure herefrom, shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Senior Agent and
the Noteholder Collateral Agent, which amendment and/or waiver so approved shall
be effective and binding on all parties hereto, but any such waiver or consent
shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose
for which given.

 

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(f)            Severability.  Wherever possible each provision of this Agreement
shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement shall be prohibited by or
invalid under such law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of
such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such
provision or the remaining provisions of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Senior Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Senior
Lenders, and the Noteholder Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

 

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,

 

a Delaware limited liability company, as Senior Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dennis J. Rebman

 

 

Name: Dennis J. Rebman

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,

 

a national trust company, as Original Noteholder Collateral Agent and New
Noteholder Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kathy Cokic

 

 

Name: Kathy Cokic

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Victoria Y. Douyon

 

 

Name: Victoria Y. Douyon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

 

Each of the undersigned hereby acknowledges that it has received a copy of the
foregoing Reaffirmation and Joinder Agreement and consents thereto, agrees to
recognize all rights granted thereby to the Senior Agent, the Senior Lenders,
the Noteholder Collateral Agent and the Noteholders and will not do any act or
perform any obligation which is not in accordance with the agreements set forth
in the Intercreditor Agreement.  Each of the undersigned further acknowledges
and agrees that it is not an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary
under the Intercreditor Agreement.  This Acknowledgment has been delivered and
accepted at and shall be deemed to have been made in the State of New York, and
shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties hereto
determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AS OF THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE:

 

 

 

OBLIGORS:

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer & President

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS HOLDINGS, INC., as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH AMERICA, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

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ANGIOTECH BIOCOATINGS CORP.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH PHARMACEUTICALS (US), INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

B.G. SULZLE, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

MANAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

MEDICAL DEVICE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

QUILL MEDICAL, INC.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

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SURGICAL SPECIALTIES CORPORATION,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Name: K. Thomas Bailey

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

ANGIOTECH INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, CORP.,

 

as an Obligor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jay Dent

 

 

Name: Jay Dent

 

 

Title: President

 

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TRUSTEE:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY,

 

as Original Trustee and New Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Katherine Cokic

 

 

Name: Katherine Cokic

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Victoria Y. Douyon

 

 

Name: Victoria Y. Douyon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

Signature Page to Reaffirmation and Joinder Agreement

 

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