Consent and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement



 Exhibit 10.8(c) 
 EXECUTION COPY 
 CONSENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT 
 CONSENT AND THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 13, 2007, among Addus HealthCare, Inc., an
Illinois corporation (“Borrower”), the other persons signatory hereto as “Loan Parties”, FREEPORT FINANCIAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Agent”) and the Lenders signatory hereto. Terms not
defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement (as hereinafter defined). 
 RECITALS 
 A. Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Lenders signatory thereto and Agent are party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of September 19, 2006 (as
amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2007, that certain Consent and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 15, 2007 and as further amended, restated or otherwise
modified including by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”). 
 B. Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Lenders and Agent are
entering into this Amendment in connection with (I) the acquisition (the “Vegas Valley Acquisition”) by Addus HealthCare (Nevada), Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (“Addus
Nevada”), of substantially all of the assets of Vegas Valley Personal Care, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Vegas Valley”) for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $1,550,000 and (II) the acquisition (the
“Greater Vegas Acquisition” and, together with the Vegas Valley Acquisition, the “Vegas Acquisitions”)) by Addus Nevada of substantially all of the assets of Greater Vegas Personal Care, LLC, a Nevada limited
liability company (“Greater Vegas”) for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $1,550,000. 
 C. Agent, Lenders and the
Loan Parties are willing to enter into this Amendment upon the terms and conditions set forth below. 
 NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the matters set forth in the recitals and the covenants and provisions herein set forth, and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
 AGREEMENT 
 Section 1.
Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. 
 Section 2. Consent. Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to Addus Nevada (i) entering into (v) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the “Greater Vegas
Purchase Agreement”), by and between Addus Nevada, Greater Vegas, Fabiana Alfaro and Ema Gomez Mitchell, (w) that certain Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the “Vegas Valley Purchase
Agreement”), by and between Addus Nevada, Vegas 








 
Valley and Ema Gomez Mitchell, (x) that certain Consulting Agreement, dated as of even date herewith (the “Vegas Consulting
Agreement”), by and between Addus Nevada and Ema Gomez Mitchell, (y) the Vegas Earn Out Agreement and (z) the other agreements, instruments and documents for the purpose of consummating the Vegas Acquisitions in each case on terms
and conditions satisfactory to the Agent (the “Vegas Acquisition Documents”, it being agreed that the forms of the Greater Vegas Purchase Agreement, the Vegas Valley Purchase Agreement, the Vegas Consulting Agreement, the Vegas Earn
Out Agreement and such other agreements, instruments and documents provided to the Agent on November 12, 2007 are satisfactory to the Agent); (ii) consummating the Vegas Valley Acquisition on the Third Amendment Effective Date for an
aggregate purchase price not to exceed $950,000 paid in cash on the closing date thereof pursuant to the terms of the Vegas Acquisition Documents, plus a deferred purchase price in an amount not to exceed $600,000 paid to Vegas Valley pursuant to
the Vegas Earn Out Agreement; and (iii) consummating the Greater Vegas Acquisition on the Third Amendment Effective Date for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $950,000 paid in cash on the closing date thereof pursuant to the terms of
the Vegas Acquisition Documents, plus a deferred purchase price in an amount not to exceed $600,000 paid to Greater Vegas pursuant to the Vegas Earn Out Agreement; provided that in each case such deferred purchase price shall not be paid in the
event that any Default or Event of Default under any of Sections 7.1 or 8.1(a) of the Credit Agreement has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom or the Borrower does not have the minimum Borrowing Availability required by
Section 6.17 of the Credit Agreement after giving effect to such payment. 
 Section 3. Amendment to the Credit
Agreement. As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows: 
 3.1. Section 1.1
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new definitions thereto: 
 Greater Vegas has the meaning set forth
in the Recitals to the Third Amendment. 
 Greater Vegas Acquisition has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Third Amendment.

 Medicaid Investigation means the matters which were the subject of the investigation pursuant to (i) the Search Warrant, dated
as of April 10, 2007, issued by the State of Nevada to any Peace Officer in the County of Clark related to Vegas Valley and (ii) the Search Warrant, dated as of April 10, 2007, issued by the State of Nevada to any Peace Officer in the
County of Clark related to the Greater Vegas. 
 Third Amendment means that certain Consent and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement
dated as of November 13, 2007 among the Loan Parties, Agent and the Lenders. 
 Third Amendment Effective Date has the meaning
set forth in the Third Amendment. 
 Third Amendment Reaffirmation of Collateral Documents means the Consent and Reaffirmation (Third
Amendment) dated as of November 13, 2007 of the Loan Parties signatory thereto, in respect of the Collateral Documents. 
  

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 Vegas Acquisition Documents has the meaning set forth in Section 2 of the Third Amendment.

 Vegas Acquisitions has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Third Amendment. 
 Vegas Earn Out Agreement means that certain Earn Out Agreement dated as of November 13, 2007 by and between Addus HealthCare (Nevada), Inc.,
Fabiana Alfaro, Ema Gomez Mitchell, Vegas Valley and Greater Vegas. 
 Vegas Valley has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the
Third Amendment. 
 Vegas Valley Acquisition has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to the Third Amendment. 
 3.2. Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is further amended by amending and restating the proviso at the end of the definition of
“EBITDA” to read as follows: 
 “provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for each of the Fiscal
Quarters listed below, EBITDA shall be deemed to be the amount set forth below opposite such corresponding period: 
  

				
	 Period
	  	EBITDA
	 December 31, 2006
	  	$	4,331,076
	 March 31, 2007
	  	$	3,574,099
	 June 30, 2007
	  	$	3,690,092

 Provided, further, that (i) for any period that includes the month of July of 2007, EBITDA shall, without
duplication, be increased with respect to the assets acquired in connection with the SuCasa Acquisition, the Silver State Acquisition and the Vegas Acquisitions by an amount equal to $246,500 for such month, (ii) for any period that includes
the month of August or September of 2007, EBITDA shall, without duplication, be increased with respect to the assets acquired in connection with the Silver State Acquisition and the Vegas Acquisitions by an amount equal to $180,000 for each such
month and (iii) for any period that includes the month of October of 2007 to be increased with respect to the assets acquired in the Vegas Acquisitions by an amount equal to $117,000 for such month.” 
 3.3. Section 2.1(a)(v) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety and replaced with the following new
Section 2.1(a)(v): 
 (v) Borrower shall repay the Term Loans through periodic payments on the dates and in the amounts indicated
below (“Scheduled Installments”), and in any event the entire remaining principal balance shall be repaid on the Commitment Termination Date. 
  

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 Term Loan 
  

				
	 Date
	  	Scheduled Installment
	 December 31, 2007
	  	$	1,140,000
	 March 31, 2008
	  	$	1,140,000
	 June 30, 2008
	  	$	1,140,000
	 September 30, 2008
	  	$	1,140,000
	 December 31, 2008
	  	$	1,535,000
	 March 31, 2009
	  	$	1,535,000
	 June 30, 2009
	  	$	1,535,000
	 September 30, 2009
	  	$	1,535,000
	 December 31, 2009
	  	$	1,930,000
	 March 31, 2010
	  	$	1,930,000
	 June 30, 2010
	  	$	1,930,000
	 September 30, 2010
	  	$	1,930,000
	 December 31, 2010
	  	$	2,325,000
	 March 31, 2011
	  	$	2,325,000
	 June 30, 2011
	  	$	2,325,000
	 September 19, 2011
	  	$
 
 
 
 
 	25,805,000
or the outstanding
principal balance
of Term Loans
outstanding on
such date

 The above scheduled installment amounts reflect the incurrence by the Borrower of the Delayed Draw Term Loans
funded on the Third Amendment Effective Date and shall thereafter be increased in the manner set forth on Annex B to the Second Amendment to the extent any further Delayed Draw Term Loans are funded. The final installment payment shall in all events
equal the entire remaining principal balance of the Term Loan (including any remaining principal balance of such Delayed Draw Term Loans). Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.1(a) and repaid may not be reborrowed. 
 At the request of the applicable Lender, the Term Loans shall be evidenced by promissory notes substantially in the form of Exhibit 2.1(a) (as amended, modified,
extended, substituted or replaced from time to time, each a “Term Note” and, collectively, the “Term Notes”), and Borrower shall execute and deliver a Term Note to each such Term Lender. Each Term Note shall
represent the obligation of Borrower to pay the amount of the applicable Term Lender’s Term Loan Commitment, together with interest thereon.” 
 3.4. Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph (d) thereto: 
 “(d) In connection with the businesses acquired in the Vegas Acquisitions, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall use the new healthcare provider number obtained by the Borrower 

  

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after the Second Amendment Effective Date and prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date. For purposes of clarification, neither Borrower nor any Subsidiary
of the Borrower shall acquire or otherwise utilize any healthcare provider number used by Vegas Valley or Greater Vegas.” 
 3.5.
Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “and” at the end of clause (m) thereof, deleting the “.” at the end of clause (n) thereof and replacing it with “;
and” and by adding the following new clause (o): 
 “(o) Indebtedness in respect of the Vegas Earn Out Agreements.”

 3.6. Section 6.3 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “and” at the end of clause
(m) thereof, deleting the “.” at the end of clause (n) thereof and replacing it with “; and” and by adding the following new clause (o): 
 “(o) Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower may consummate the Vegas Valley Acquisition and the Greater Vegas Acquisition as of the
Third Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the Vegas Acquisition Documents.” 
 3.7. Clause (d) of Section 6.6
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the “and” before clause (iii) thereof and adding the following new language immediately at the end thereof: 
 “and (iv) Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Borrower may consummate the Vegas Valley Acquisition and the Greater Vegas Acquisition on
the Third Amendment Effective Date pursuant to the Vegas Acquisition Documents and all applicable law, provided that the Vegas Acquisition Documents shall be in full force and effect and provided further that the Agent shall have received a complete
copy of the fully executed Vegas Valley Acquisition Documents, certified by the Borrower as being true, complete and correct.” 
 3.8.
Section 6.16 of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: 
 “None of the Loan
Parties shall change or amend the terms of the Acquisition Note, Silver State Note, Vegas Earn Out Agreement, or SuCasa Note if such change or amendment would be adverse in any material respect to the rights or interests of the Loan Parties, the
Agent or the Lenders.” 
 3.9. Section 6.17 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows: 
 “6.17 Payments of Deferred Purchase Price. None of the Loan Parties shall make any payment of deferred purchase
price (including with respect to any earnout or other Indebtedness) with respect to any Acquisition entered into on or after the Second Amendment Effective Date if, after giving effect to such payment, the Borrower would have less than $3,000,000 of
Borrowing Availability.” 
  

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 3.10. Section 7.1(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows: 
 “Minimum EBITDA. Holdings and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall have, at the end of each Fiscal
Quarter set forth below, Minimum EBITDA for the 12-Fiscal Month period then ended calculated of not less than the following: 
  

				
	 Period
	  	Minimum EBITDA
	 September 30, 2007
	  	$	12,500,000
	 December 31, 2007
	  	$	12,750,000
	 March 31, 2008
	  	$	13,250,000
	 June 30, 2008
	  	$	13,250,000
	 September 30, 2008
	  	$	13,500,000
	 December 31, 2008
	  	$	13,500,000
	 March 31, 2009
	  	$	14,000,000
	 June 30, 2009
	  	$	14,000,000
	 September 30, 2009
	  	$	14,500,000
	 December 31, 2009
	  	$	14,750,000
	 March 31, 2010
	  	$	14,750,000
	 June 30, 2010
	  	$	14,750,000
	 September 30, 2010
	  	$	15,000,000
	 December 31, 2010
	  	$	15,000,000
	 March 31, 2011 and each Fiscal Quarter ending thereafter
	  	$	15,250,000

 Section 4. Representations and Warranties. To induce Agent and Lenders to execute this
Amendment, each Loan Party hereby represents and warrants to Agent and Lenders as follows: 
 (a) the execution, delivery and
performance of each of this Amendment and the Vegas Acquisition Documents have been duly authorized by all requisite action of each Loan Party thereto, and each of this Amendment and the Vegas Acquisition Documents constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Person, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency and similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity;
and 
 (b) each of the representations and warranties in the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects
with the same effect as though made on and as of the date hereof (except, in each case, to the extent stated to relate to an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall have been true and correct on and as of such earlier date)
and no Event of Default or Default exists thereunder or would exist after giving effect to this Amendment or the Vegas Acquisitions. 
  

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 Section 5. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall be effective as of the date first set
forth above, subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent (the date of such satisfaction being the “Third Amendment Effective Date”): 
 5.1. Execution and Delivery. Borrower, each of the other Loan Parties, Agent and the Requisite Lenders shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement; the Borrower shall have executed and delivered an Officers Certificate in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto; each Loan Party shall have executed and delivered the Consent and Reaffirmation in the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto. 
 5.2. Covenant Compliance. After giving pro forma effect to the Vegas Acquisitions to and the incurrence of the
Delayed Draw Term Loans in connection therewith, Borrower is in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 7.1. 
 5.3. Letter of Direction. Agent shall have received a duly executed letter of direction from Borrower addressed to Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lenders directing the disbursement of the proceeds of the Delayed Draw Term Loans
to fund the Vegas Acquisitions. 
 5.4. Insurance. Agent shall have received evidence of the existence of insurance required to be
maintained pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with evidence that the Agent has been named as a lender’s loss payee and an additional insured on all related insurance policies to the extent there is any change in such insurance in effect
prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date as a result of or in connection with the Vegas Acquisitions. 
 5.5. Closing Certificate.
Agent shall have received a certificate executed by an officer of the Borrower on behalf of the Loan Parties certifying the matters set forth herein as conditions. 
 5.6. Filings, Registrations and Recordings. The Agent shall have received each document (including Uniform Commercial Code financing statements) required by Section 5.7(c) of the Credit Agreement as may be
necessary or desirable in order to create in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected Lien on the Collateral acquired in connection with the Vegas Acquisitions prior to any other Liens (subject only to Permitted Encumbrances).

 5.7. Due Diligence. Agent, Lenders and their counsel and advisors shall have completed their legal, accounting and financial due
diligence review (including, without limitation, lien searches on Vegas Valley and Greater Vegas) of Vegas Valley and Greater Vegas and the Vegas Acquisitions, the results of which review shall be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and Requisite
Lenders. 
 5.8. Material Adverse Effect. There shall have occurred no Material Adverse Effect upon the financial condition,
operations, assets, business or properties of (i) the Loan Parties, Greater Vegas or Vegas Valley, taken as a whole, since December 31, 2006; or (ii) Greater Vegas and Vegas Valley (in each case, other than the Medicaid Investigation)
since December 31, 2006. 
  

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 5.9. Vegas Acquisition Documents. On or prior to the Third Amendment Effective Date, each of the
Vegas Acquisition Documents shall have been duly authorized by each of the Loan Parties party thereto and executed and delivered by each of the respective parties thereto and shall be in full force and effect and shall not have been amended or
modified in any manner adverse to the Lenders except for such amendments and modifications, if any, as may be reasonably satisfactory to Agent and the Requisite Lenders. The Vegas Acquisitions shall have been, or shall be contemporaneously herewith,
consummated substantially in accordance with the Vegas Acquisition Documents (as amended in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) and in accordance with all applicable law, except as may have been consented to in writing by Agent.
Agent shall have received a complete copy of the fully executed Vegas Acquisition Documents, certified by the Borrower as being true, complete and correct. 
 5.10. Approvals. All necessary governmental and third party approvals and/or consents in connection with the Vegas Acquisitions and otherwise referred to herein or therein shall have been obtained and remain in
effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any competent authority which restrains, prevents or imposes materially adverse conditions upon the consummation of all or any part of the Vegas
Acquisitions, in each case as of the Third Amendment Effective Date. Additionally, there shall not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint pending or notified prohibiting or imposing material adverse conditions upon all or any part
of the Vegas Acquisitions or the transactions contemplated by this Amendment as of the Third Amendment Effective Date. 
 5.11. No
Defaults. After giving effect to this Amendment, no Event of Default or Default under the Credit Agreement shall have occurred and be continuing. 
 5.12. Representations and Warranties. After giving effect to this Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, with the same effect as though made on such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to an earlier date, in which case
such representation or warranty shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. 
 5.13. Secretary’s
Certificate. Agent shall have received from each Loan Party a certificate signed by the secretary or an assistant secretary of such Loan Party, dated as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of
such Loan Party executing any Loan Document and any certificate or other document or instrument to be delivered pursuant hereto by or on behalf of such Loan Party, together with evidence of the incumbency of such Secretary or Assistant Secretary, as
the case may be and certifying that there have been no changes to (i) the resolutions of such Loan Party authorizing and approving, among other things, the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and (ii) the organizational documents
of such Loan Party in each case since the Closing Date. 
  

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 5.14. Resolutions. Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions (in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Agent) adopted by the Board of Directors of each Loan Party, authorizing or relating to the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment and the Vegas Acquisition Documents and the other documents and instruments
provided for therein and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. 
 5.15. Good Standing Certificates.
Agent shall have received good standing certificates for each Loan Party from their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization. 
 5.16. Fees. Borrower shall have paid all reasonable and documented costs, fees and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses of Winston & Strawn LLP) of Agent. 
 5.17. Opinions of Counsel. Agent shall have received opinions of counsel for each Loan Party, including local counsel reasonably requested by the
Agent. 
 5.18. Other Matters. Agent shall have received such other instruments and documents as Agent or the Requisite Lenders may
reasonably request in connection with the execution of this Amendment, and all such instruments and documents shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Agent. 
 Section 6. Miscellaneous. 
 6.1.
Effect of Amendment. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of Agent or any Lender under the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, or constitute a waiver of any
provision of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document, except as specifically set forth herein. 
 6.2. Counterparts. This Amendment
may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties on separate counterparts, and each such counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Delivery of the executed counterpart of this Amendment by telecopy or electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Amendment. 
 6.3. Severability. The illegality or unenforceability of any provision of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder shall
not in any way affect or impair the legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Amendment or any instrument or agreement required hereunder. 
 6.4. Captions. Section captions used in this Amendment are for convenience only, and shall not affect the construction of this Amendment. 
 6.5. Entire Agreement. This Amendment embodies the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto and supersedes all prior or
contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. 
  

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 6.6. References. Any reference to the Credit Agreement contained in any notice, request,
certificate, or other document executed concurrently with or after the execution and delivery of this Amendment shall be deemed to include this Amendment unless the context shall otherwise require. Reference in any of this Amendment, the Credit
Agreement or any other Loan Document to the Credit Agreement shall be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby and as further amended, modified, restated, supplemented or extended from time to time. 
 Section 7. Governing Law. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS APPLICABLE
TO CONTRACTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES. 
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 Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the
date first above written. 
  

			
	ADDUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	ADDUS HOLDING CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Simon Bachleda

	Name:	 	 Simon Bachleda

	Title:	 	 Vice President

	
	ADDUS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Simon Bachleda

	Name:	 	 Simon Bachleda

	Title:	 	 Vice President

	
	LOWELL HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer











			
	LITTLE ROCK HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	FORT SMITH HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	BENEFITS ASSURANCE CO., INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	PHC ACQUISITION CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer

	
	PROFESSIONAL RELIABLE NURSING SERVICE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David W. Stasiewicz

	Name:	 	 David W. Stasiewicz

	Title:	 	 Chief Financial Officer











			
	FREEPORT FINANCIAL LLC, as Agent
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ian Fowler

	Title:	 	 Duly Authorized Signatory

	
	FREEPORT LOAN FUND LLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ian Fowler

	Title:	 	 Duly Authorized Signatory

	
	FREEPORT OFFSHORE LOAN FUND LLC, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ian Fowler

	Title:	 	 Duly Authorized Signatory

	
	FREEPORT LOAN TRUST 2006-1, as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ian Fowler

	Title:	 	 Duly Authorized Signatory

	
	 FIFTH THIRD BANK, CHICAGO
 (A
Michigan Banking Company)

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael E. May

	Name:	 	 Michael E. May

	Title:	 	 Vice President

	
	CF BLACKBURN LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Dennis M. Hansen

	Name:	 	 Dennis M. Hansen

	Title:	 	 VP










 EXHIBIT A 
 OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE 
 Reference is made to that certain Consent and Third Amendment to
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 13, 2007 (the “Third Amendment”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified thereto in that certain Credit Agreement dated as of
September 19, 2006 among the Loan Parties party thereto, the Agent and the Lenders party thereto (as amended by that certain Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of July 29, 2007, that certain Consent and Second
Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of October 15, 2007 and as further amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time including by the Third Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, certain other
parties, the financial institutions party thereto and Freeport Financial LLC, as Agent. The undersigned hereby certifies that [s]he is the duly authorized and elected              of
the Borrower and that, as of the date hereof: 
  

	 	1.	As of the Third Amendment Effective Date, after giving pro forma effect to the Vegas Acquisitions to and the incurrence of the Delayed Draw Term Loans in connection therewith,
Borrower is in compliance with each of the covenants set forth in Section 7.1. 

  

	 	2.	No Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred upon the financial condition, operations, assets, business or properties of (i) the Loan Parties, Greater Vegas or Vegas Valley,
taken as a whole, since December 31, 2006; or (ii) Greater Vegas and Vegas Valley (in each case, other than the Medicaid Investigation) since December 31, 2006. 

  

	 	3.	After giving effect to the Third Amendment, no Event of Default or Default under the Credit Agreement has occurred or is continuing. 

  

	 	4.	After giving effect to the Third Amendment, the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in the Third Amendment, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan
Documents are true and correct in all material respects as of the Third Amendment Effective Date, with the same effect as though made on such date, except to the extent that any such representation or warranty relates to an earlier date, in which
case such representation or warranty was true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date. 

  

	 	5.	The Loan Parties have consummated the Vegas Acquisitions concurrently with the Third Amendment substantially in accordance with the Vegas Acquisition Documents and in accordance
with all applicable law, except as may have been consented to in writing by Agent. 











	 	6.	Attached hereto are true, complete and correct copies of the fully executed Vegas Acquisition Documents. 

 [Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank] 









 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
             day of November, 2007. 
  

			
	ADDUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
		 	Name:
		 	Title:











 EXHIBIT B 
 CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION 
 Each of the undersigned (“Loan Parties”) hereby
(i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Consent and Third Amendment to Credit Agreement dated as of November 13, 2007 (the “Third Amendment”); (ii) consents to the execution and delivery thereof by the other Loan Parties;
(iii) agrees to be bound thereby; (iv) affirms that nothing contained therein shall modify in any respect whatsoever its guaranty of the obligations of the Loan Parties to Agent and Lenders (the “Guarantee”) and
(v) reaffirms that the Guarantee and the other Collateral Documents executed by such Person are and shall continue to remain in full force and effect. Although each of the Loan Parties has been informed of the matters set forth herein and in
the Third Amendment and has acknowledged and agreed to same, such Loan Parties understand that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform any of the Loan Parties of such matters in the future or to seek any of the Loan Parties’
acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments or waivers, and nothing herein shall create such a duty. 
 This Consent and Reaffirmation
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Illinois, without reference to principles of conflicts of law. 









 In witness whereof, each of the undersigned has executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and as of the
date of such Third Amendment. 
  

			
	ADDUS HEALTHCARE, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
	ADDUS HOLDING CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
	ADDUS HEALTHCARE (NEVADA), INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
	ADDUS MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
	LOWELL HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
	LITTLE ROCK HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 












			
	FORT SMITH HOME HEALTH AGENCY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 
	Name:	 	 
	Title:	 	 


  

			
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