Exhibit 10.248

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made and entered
into this 21st day of December, 2012, by and between ADK BONTERRA/PARKVIEW, LLC,
a Georgia limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as “Borrower”),
with its chief executive office at Two Buckhead Plaza, 3050 Peachtree Road NW,
Suite 355, Atlanta, Georgia 30305, and GEMINO HEALTHCARE FINANCE, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (hereinafter referred to as “Lender”) with an
office at One International Plaza, Suite 220, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19113.

 

Recitals:

 

Lender and Borrower are parties to a certain Credit Agreement dated April 27,
2011 (as at any time amended, restated, modified or supplemented, the “Credit
Agreement”) pursuant to which Lender has made certain revolving credit loans to
Borrower.

 

The parties desire to amend the Credit Agreement as hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) in hand paid and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
severally acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound
hereby, agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Definitions.  All capitalized terms used
in this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

2.                                      Amendments to Credit Agreement.  The
Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)                                 By deleting Section 2.01(d) of the Credit
Agreement and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

 

(a)                                 The initial term of the Credit Facility
(“Initial Term”) shall expire on January 31, 2014.  All Loans shall be repaid on
or before the earlier of the last day of the Initial Term, termination of the
Credit Facility or termination of this Agreement (“Maturity Date”).  After the
Maturity Date no further Revolving Loans shall be available from Lender.

 

(b)                                 By deleting Section 6.06(b) of the Credit
Agreement and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

 

(b)                                 Maximum Loan Turn Days.  Borrowers and
Non-Bonterra/Parkview Borrowers Borrowers shall maintain at all times a Maximum
Loan Turn Days, measured quarterly at the end of the fiscal quarter ending
December 31, 2012 and each fiscal quarter thereafter, of not greater than 40
days.

 

(c)                                  By adding the following Section 9.27 to the
Credit Agreement immediately following Section 9.26 thereof:

 

9.27                        Liability for Obligations Under Affiliated Credit
Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or the
other Loan Documents, without the prior written consent of Bonterra/Parkview
Lessor, no Borrower shall be obligated, directly or indirectly, for any
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Non-Bonterra/Parkview Borrowers
to Lender, including the Obligations (as defined in the Affiliated Credit
Agreement).

 

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(d)                                 By deleting the definition of “Maximum Loan
Turn Days” set forth in Annex I to the Credit Agreement and by substituting in
lieu thereof the following:

 

“Maximum Loan Turn Days” means, as of any date of determination, (i) the result
of (a) (1) the average daily outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans during
the immediately preceding three (3) months, plus (2) the average daily
outstanding balance of the Revolving Loans (as defined in the Affiliated Credit
Agreement) during the immediately preceding three (3) months, divided by (b)(1)
the average monthly Collections in the Commercial Lockbox and Government Lockbox
for the immediately preceding three (3) months, plus (2) the average monthly
Collections in the Commercial Lockbox and Government Lockbox (in each case with
respect to the terms “Collections”, “Commercial Lockbox” and “Government
Lockbox” used in this clause (2), as such term is defined in the Affiliated
Credit Agreement) for the immediately preceding three (3) months multiplied by
(ii) 30.

 

(e)                                  By adding the following definitions of
“Affiliated Credit Agreement” and “Non-Bonterra/Parkview Borrowers” to Annex I
to the Credit Agreement in appropriate alphabetical order:

 

“Affiliated Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated December 21,
2012, among Living Center, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, Kenmetal,
LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, Senior NH, LLC, a Georgia limited
liability company, BAN NH, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, and Oak
Lake, LLC, a Georgia limited liability company, such other Persons from time to
time party thereto as borrowers, and Lender.

 

“Non-Bonterra/Parkview Borrowers” means the “Borrowers” under (and as defined
in) the Affiliated Credit Agreement.

 

3.                                      Ratification and Reaffirmation. 
Borrower hereby ratifies and reaffirms the Obligations, each of the Loan
Documents and all of Borrower’s covenants, duties, indebtedness and liabilities
under the Loan Documents.

 

4.                                      Acknowledgments and Stipulations. 
Borrower acknowledges and stipulates that the Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents executed by Borrower are legal, valid and binding obligations of
Borrower that are enforceable against Borrower in accordance with the terms
thereof; all of the Obligations are owing and payable without defense, offset or
counterclaim (and to the extent there exists any such defense, offset or
counterclaim on the date hereof, the same is hereby waived by Borrower); the
security interests and liens granted by Borrower in favor of Lender are duly
perfected, first priority security interests and liens; and the unpaid principal
amount of the Loans on and as of December 20, 2012, totaled $1,376,517.26.

 

5.                                      Representations and Warranties. 
Borrower represents and warrants to Lender, to induce Lender to enter into this
Amendment, that no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default exists on the
date hereof; the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment have been
duly authorized by all requisite company action on the part of Borrower and this
Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower; and all of the
representations and warranties made by Borrower in the Credit Agreement are true
and correct on and as of the date hereof.

 

6.                                      Reference to Credit Agreement.  Upon the
effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this
Agreement,” “hereunder,” or words of like import shall mean and be a reference
to the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment.

 

7.                                      Breach of Amendment.  This Amendment
shall be part of the Credit Agreement and a breach of any representation,
warranty or covenant herein shall constitute an Event of Default.

 

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8.                                      Conditions Precedent.  The effectiveness
of the amendments contained in Section 2 hereof are subject to the satisfaction
of each of the following conditions precedent, in form and substance
satisfactory to Lender, unless satisfaction thereof is specifically waived in
writing by Lender:

 

(a)                                 Lender shall have received a counterpart of
this Amendment duly executed by Borrower;

 

(b)                                 Lender shall have received a Consent and
Reaffirmation to this Amendment duly executed by ADK; and

 

(c)                                  The Affiliated Credit Agreement and the
Loan Documents (as defined in the Affiliated Credit Agreement) shall be in full
force and effect, and Lender shall have received fully executed counterparts of
each.

 

9.                                      Expenses of Lender.  Borrower agrees to
pay, on demand, all costs and expenses incurred by Lender in connection with the
preparation, negotiation and execution of this Amendment and any other Loan
Documents executed pursuant hereto and any and all amendments, modifications,
and supplements thereto, including, without limitation, the costs and fees of
Lender’s legal counsel and any taxes or expenses associated with or incurred in
connection with any instrument or agreement referred to herein or contemplated
hereby.

 

10.                               Governing Law.  This Amendment shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

 

11.                               Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.

 

12.                               No Novation, etc.  Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Amendment, nothing herein shall be deemed to amend or
modify any provision of the Credit Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents,
each of which shall remain in full force and effect.  This Amendment is not
intended to be, nor shall it be construed to create, a novation or accord and
satisfaction, and the Credit Agreement as herein modified shall continue in full
force and effect.

 

13.                               Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.  This
Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties
to this Amendment on separate counterparts, each of which, when so executed,
shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and
the same agreement.  Any manually executed signature page to this Amendment
delivered by a party by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be
deemed to be an original signature hereto.

 

14.                               Further Assurances.  Borrower agrees to take
such further actions as Lender shall reasonably request from time to time in
connection herewith to evidence or give effect to the amendments set forth
herein or any of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

15.                               Section Titles.  Section titles and references
used in this Amendment shall be without substantive meaning or content of any
kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreements among the parties hereto.

 

16.                               Release of Claims.  To induce Lender to enter
into this Amendment, Borrower hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges
Lender, and all officers, directors, agents, employees, successors and assigns
of Lender, from any and all liabilities, claims, demands, actions or causes of
action of any kind or nature (if there be any), whether absolute or contingent,
disputed or undisputed, at law or in equity, or known or unknown, that Borrower
now has or ever had against Lender arising under or in

 

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connection with any of the Loan Documents or otherwise.  Borrower represents and
warrants to Lender that Borrower has not transferred or assigned to any Person
any claim that Borrower ever had or claimed to have against Lender.

 

17.                               Waiver of Jury Trial.  To the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, the parties hereto each hereby waives the right to
trial by jury in any action, suit, counterclaim or proceeding arising out of or
related to this Amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on the date
first written above.

 

BORROWER:

ADK BONTERRA/PARKVIEW, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Martin Brew

 

 

Martin Brew, Chief Financial Officer

 

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LENDER:

GEMINO HEALTHCARE FINANCE, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey M. Joslin

 

 

Jeffrey M. Joslin, Senior Portfolio

 

 

Manager

 

Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (ADK Bonterra)

 

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CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION

 

The undersigned guarantor of the Obligations of Borrower at any time owing to
Lender hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Third
Amendment to Credit Agreement; (ii) consents to Borrower’s execution and
delivery thereof and of the other documents, instruments or agreements Borrower
agrees to execute and deliver pursuant thereto; (iii) agrees to be bound
thereby; and (iv) affirms that nothing contained therein shall modify in any
respect whatsoever its guaranty of the Obligations and reaffirms that such
guaranty is and shall remain in full force and effect.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Consent and Reaffirmation
as of the date of such Third Amendment to Credit Agreement.

 

 

ADCARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/ s/ Martin Brew

 

 

Martin Brew, Chief Financial Officer

 

Third Amendment to Credit Agreement (ADK Bonterra)

 

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