EXHIBIT 10.41

 

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PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC.

 

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AMENDMENT NO. 3

 

dated as of

 

May 19, 2004

 

to

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

June 3, 2003

 

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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,

as Administrative Agent

 

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AMENDMENT NO. 3

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 dated as of May 19, 2004 (this “Amendment No. 3”) to the Credit
Agreement referred to below, between: PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS INC. (the
“Borrower”); the Subsidiary Guarantors party to the Credit Agreement; and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative Agent thereunder.

 

The Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent
and the Collateral Agent are parties to a Credit Agreement dated as of June 3,
2003 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”),
providing, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, for extensions of credit
to be made by the Lenders to the Borrower.

 

The Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and,
accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. Except as otherwise defined in this Amendment No. 3,
terms defined in the Credit Agreement are used herein as defined therein.

 

Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent
specified in Section 4 hereof, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit
Agreement shall be amended as follows:

 

2.01. General References. References in the Credit Agreement (including
references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and
indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall
be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

2.02. Definitions. The definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio”
in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended by inserting,
immediately after the words “Section 7.06(h)”, the following words: “and Section
7.06(i)”.

 

2.03. Investments. Section 7.05(p) of the Credit Agreement shall be amended to
read in its entirety as the following:

 

“(p) other Investments in an aggregate amount invested not to exceed the greater
of (i) $50,000,000 and (ii) 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets, determined as at
the end of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Borrower, plus in
either case the net reduction in any such Investments (but not exceeding the
amount of such Investments) resulting from distributions on or repayments of
such Investments or from the net cash proceeds or cash or Permitted Investments
from the Disposition of such Investments.”

 

2.04. Restricted Payments. Section 7.06 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended
by: (a) deleting the word “and” at the end of clause (g) thereof, (b) replacing
the period at the end of clause (h) thereof with a semi-colon followed by the
word “and”, and (c) inserting, immediately following such clause (h), a new
clause (i) to read as following:

 

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“(i) so long as no Default shall occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may,
at any time after May 19, 2004, purchase or repurchase its common stock in an
aggregate amount not to exceed $150,000,000, provided that, after giving effect
to each such purchase or repurchase, the Borrower shall be in pro forma
compliance with Section 7.09.”

 

Section 3. Representations and Warranties. The Borrower represents and warrants
to the Lenders as of the date hereof that (a) the representations and warranties
of the Borrower set forth in the Credit Agreement are true and correct, and of
each Obligor in each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party are true
and correct in all material respects, in each case on and as of the date hereof
with the same force and effect as if made on and as of the date hereof (or, if
any such representation and warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of
a specific date, as of such specific date) and as if each reference herein to
“this Agreement” (or words of similar import) or in such other Loan Documents to
“the Credit Agreement” (or words of similar import) included reference to this
Amendment No. 3 and (b) no Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

Section 4. Conditions Precedent. The amendments to the Credit Agreement set
forth in Section 2 shall become effective as of the date hereof upon the
satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

4.01. Amendment No. 3. The Administrative Agent shall have received one or more
counterparts of this Amendment No. 3 executed by each Obligor and the
Administrative Agent (with the written consent of the Required Lenders provided
in the form of the Lender Consent attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Lender
Consent”)).

 

4.02. Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent of payment (or irrevocable instructions
for payment) by the Borrower in full of an amendment fee to the Administrative
Agent for the account of each Lender that has approved this Amendment No. 3 by
executing a Lender Consent and delivering it to the Administrative Agent on or
before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 19, 2004, such amendment fee to be
in an amount equal to 0.03% of the sum of the aggregate unpaid principal amount
of the Term Loans, if any, held by such Lender and the Revolving Credit
Commitment then in effect, if any, of such Lender.

 

Section 5. Confirmation of Guarantees and Security Interests. Each of the
Obligors hereby confirms and ratifies all of its respective obligations under
the Loan Documents to which it is a party (including, in the case of each
Subsidiary Guarantor, its respective obligations as a guarantor under Article
III of the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby)) and the Liens granted by it
under the respective Loan Documents (as amended hereby) and hereby represents,
warrants and confirms that all references in such Loan Documents to the Credit
Agreement (or words of similar import) fully and effectively mean the Credit
Agreement as amended hereby without impairing any such obligations or Liens in
any respect.

 

Section 6. Miscellaneous. Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall
remain unchanged and in full force and effect. This Amendment No. 3 may be
executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall
constitute one and the same amendatory

 

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instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 3 by
signing any such counterpart. This Amendment No. 3 shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 3 to be
duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

BORROWER

PACIFICARE HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS

PACIFICARE HEALTH PLAN

ADMINISTRATORS, INC.

 

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

PACIFICARE eHOLDINGS, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

SENIORCO, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

RxSOLUTIONS, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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PACIFICARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

SECUREHORIZONS USA, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

PACIFICARE OF ARIZONA, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

PACIFICARE OF OKLAHOMA, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Treasurer

PACIFICARE SOUTHWEST OPERATIONS, INC.

By

 

/s/ Gregory W. Scott

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Name:

 

Gregory W. Scott

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
as Administrative Agent

By

 

/s/ Dawn Lee Lum

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Name:

 

Dawn Lee Lum

Title:

 

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

LENDER CONSENT

 

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of June 3, 2003 (as amended
and in effect from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) between PacifiCare
Health Systems Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors party to the Credit Agreement,
the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement, JPMorgan Chase Bank, as
Administrative Agent thereunder and JPMorgan Chase Bank, as Collateral Agent
thereunder. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are deemed
to have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

The undersigned Lender party to the Credit Agreement hereby (i) consents to
Amendment No. 3 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 19, 2004, substantially
in the form to which the form of this Lender Consent is attached (“Amendment No.
3”) and (ii) authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to execute and
deliver Amendment No. 3 on behalf of such Lender.

 

Full Name of Lender:                                         

 

By:

 

 

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Name:

   

Title:

   

 

Date: May     , 2004

 

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