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Exhibit 10.2

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SECURITY AGREEMENT
dated as of
June 30, 2020
among
AXOGEN, INC.,
AXOGEN CORPORATION,
Grantors from Time to Time Party Hereto
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ARGO SA LLC,
 as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent
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	ARTICLE I           Definitions, Etc
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	Section 1.01
	Certain Uniform Commercial Code Terms
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	Section 1.02
	Additional Definitions
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	Section 1.03
	Other Defined Terms
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	ARTICLE II          Representations and Warranties
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	Section 2.01
	Organizational Matters; Enforceability, Etc
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	Section 2.02
	Title
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	Section 2.03
	Names, Etc
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	Section 2.04
	Changes in Circumstances
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	Section 2.05
	Pledged Shares
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	Section 2.06
	Promissory Notes
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	Section 2.07
	Intellectual Property
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	Section 2.08
	Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts
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	Section 2.09
	Commercial Tort Claims
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	Section 2.10
	Update of Schedules
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	ARTICLE III          Collateral
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	Section 3.01
	Granting Clause
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	Section 3.02
	Excluded Assets
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	ARTICLE IV          Further Assurances; Remedies
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	Section 4.01
	Delivery and Other Perfection
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	Section 4.02
	Other Financing Statements or Control
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	Section 4.03
	Preservation of Rights
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	Section 4.04
	Special Provisions Relating to Certain Collateral
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	Section 4.05
	Remedies
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	Section 4.06
	Deficiency
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	Section 4.07
	Locations; Names, Etc
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	Section 4.08
	Private Sale
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	Section 4.09
	Application of Proceeds
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	Section 4.10
	Attorney in Fact
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	Section 4.11
	Perfection and Recordation
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	Section 4.12
	Termination
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	Section 4.13
	Releases of Portions of the Collateral
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	Section 4.13
	Further Assurances
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	ARTICLE V          Miscellaneous
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	Section 5.01
	Notices
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	Section 5.02
	No Waiver
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	Section 5.03
	Amendments, Etc
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	Section 5.04
	Expenses
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	Section 5.05
	Successors and Assigns
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	Section 5.06
	Counterparts
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	Section 5.07
	Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc
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	Section 5.08
	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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	Section 5.09
	Captions
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	Section 5.10
	Agents and Attorneys in Fact
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	Section 5.11
	Severability
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	Section 5.12
	Additional Grantors
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SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
	Exhibit A
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	Form of Joinder Agreement

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	Schedule 1
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	Certain Grantor Information

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	Schedule 2
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	Pledged Shares

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	Schedule 3
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	Promissory Notes

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	Schedule 4
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	Copyrights, Copyright Registrations And Applications For Copyright Registrations

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	Schedule 5
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	Patents And Patent Applications

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	Schedule 6
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	Trade Names, Trademarks, Services Marks, Trademark And Service Mark Registrations And Applications For Trademark And Service Mark Registrations

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	Schedule 7
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	Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts And Commodity Accounts

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	Schedule 8
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	Commercial Tort Claims

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SECURITY AGREEMENT
This SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of June 30, 2020, made by AXOGEN, INC., a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), AXOGEN CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“AC”), AXOGEN PROCESSING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“APC”), and the other entities party hereto as grantors (together with Borrower, AC, APC and each other entity that becomes a “Grantor” hereunder as contemplated by Section 5.12 from time to time, collectively, the “Grantors” and each, a “Grantor”), in favor of ARGO SA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argo”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and each other Secured Party (each as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to provide term loans to Borrower as provided in the Loan Agreement (as defined below);
WHEREAS, each Grantor (other than the Borrower) has guaranteed the obligations of Borrower to the Lenders under the Loan Agreement; and
WHEREAS, to induce the Secured Parties to extend credit under the Loan Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Grantor has agreed to grant a security interest in the Collateral (as defined below) of such Grantor as security for the Secured Obligations (as defined below).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises herein contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS, ETC.
Section 1.01    Certain Uniform Commercial Code Terms.  As used herein, the terms “Accession”, “Account”, “As-Extracted Collateral”, “Chattel Paper”, “Check,” “Commodity Account”, “Commodity Contract”, “Deposit Account”, “Document”, “Electronic Chattel Paper”, “Encumbrance,” “Equipment”, “Fixture”, “General Intangible”, “Goods”, “Instrument”, “Inventory”, “Investment Property”, “Letter of Credit”, “Proceeds,” “Promissory Note,” “Record” and “Supporting Obligation” have the respective meanings set forth in Article 9 of the UCC, and the terms “Certificated Security”, “Entitlement Holder”, “Financial Asset”, “Securities Account”, “Security”, “Security Entitlement” and “Uncertificated Security” have the respective meanings set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
Section 1.02    Additional Definitions.  In addition, as used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified below:
“Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
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“Copyrights” means all copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registrations, including all renewals and extensions thereof, all rights to recover for past, present or future infringements thereof and all other rights whatsoever accruing thereunder or pertaining thereto.
“Excluded Asset” means (i) any Excluded Account, (ii) any Excluded Foreign Subsidiary and any Shares, assets or property of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary, (iii) any Intellectual Property (other than Material Intellectual Property) that would be rendered invalid, abandoned, void, or unenforceable by reason of it being included as part of the Collateral, (iv) property owned by any Grantor that is subject to a Lien that is a purchase money security interest or a Capital Lease Obligation permitted under Section 9.02 of the Loan Agreement if the contractual obligation pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or in the document providing for such Capital Lease Obligation) prohibits or requires the consent of any Person other than the Grantors which has not been obtained as a condition to the creation of any other Lien on such equipment but only to the extent, and for as long as, such prohibition is not terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other applicable law, and (v) any lease, license, contract, or permit, letter of credit, instrument, agreement or any other property right to which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder (other than Material Agreements, In-Licenses and Out-Licenses), if and for so long as the grant of such security interest or the assignment thereof is prohibited under applicable law due to an enforceable provision containing a restriction on the creation of a security interest thereunder (other than to the extent that any such term is rendered ineffective pursuant to Section 9406, 9407, 9408, or 9409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) or any other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, that the foregoing exclusion shall not apply if such prohibition is terminated or rendered unenforceable or otherwise deemed ineffective by the UCC or any other applicable law.1
“Federal A/R Account” means any Deposit Account into which payments on Medicare or Medicaid accounts receivable, or other accounts receivable under which the Federal government is the account debtor, directly are paid (regardless of whether such Deposit Account is identified as such on Schedule 7).
“Grantor” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.
“Initial Pledged Shares” means the Shares of each Issuer beneficially owned by any Grantor on the date hereof which constitute Collateral and identified in Schedule 2.
“Issuers” means, collectively, (a) the respective Persons identified on Schedule 2 under the caption “Issuer”, (b) any other Person that shall at any time be a Subsidiary of any Grantor, and (c) the issuer of any equity securities hereafter owned by any Grantor; provided that no Excluded Foreign Subsidiary shall be deemed to be an “Issuer” hereunder for so long as such entity constitutes an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary under the Loan Agreement.

1         NOTE: provisions relating to Material Agreements / IP are addressed in the TLA and the Security Agreement should be consistent with same.
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“Joinder” has the meaning specified in Section 5.12.
“Loan Agreement” means that certain Term Loan Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time and the Administrative Agent, as such agreement may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time.
 “Patents” means all patents and patent applications, including the inventions and improvements described and claimed therein together with the reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations in part thereof, all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, all damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof and rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world.
“Pledged Shares” means, collectively, (i) the Initial Pledged Shares and (ii) all other Shares of any Issuer now or hereafter owned by any Grantor (other than Shares of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary) , together in each case with (a) all certificates representing the same, (b) all shares, securities, moneys or other property representing a dividend on or a distribution or return of capital on or in respect of the Pledged Shares, or resulting from a split-up, revision, reclassification or other like change of the Pledged Shares or otherwise received in exchange therefor, and any warrants, rights or options issued to the holders of, or otherwise in respect of, the Pledged Shares, and (c) without prejudice to any provision of any of the Loan Documents prohibiting any merger or consolidation by an Issuer, all Shares of any successor entity of any such merger or consolidation.
“Secured Obligations” means, with respect to each Grantor, the Obligations of such Grantor.
“Secured Parties” means each of the Persons listed on the signature pages hereto as “Secured Party” and their successors and assigns as Lenders under the Loan Agreement.
“Shares” means shares of capital stock of a corporation, limited liability company interests, partnership interests and other ownership or equity interests of any class in any Person.
“Trademarks” means all trade names, trademarks and service marks, logos, trademark and service mark registrations, and applications for trademark and service mark registrations, including all renewals of trademark and service mark registrations, all rights to recover for all past, present and future infringements thereof and all rights to sue therefor, and all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, together, in each case, with the product lines and goodwill of the business connected with the use thereof.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interests in any Collateral or the availability of any remedy hereunder is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on or after the date hereof in any other jurisdiction, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in such
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other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection or availability of such remedy.
Section 1.03    Other Defined Terms.  All other capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Loan Agreement.
ARTICLE II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each Grantor represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that:
Section 2.01    Organizational Matters; Enforceability, Etc.  (a)  Each Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the grant of the security interests pursuant hereto, (i) are within such Grantor’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, (ii) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any governmental authority or court, except for (x) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect and (y) filings and recordings in respect of the security interests created pursuant hereto, (iii) will not violate (x) the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of such Grantor or (y) in any material respect any applicable law or regulation or any order of any Governmental Authority or court binding upon such Grantor or its property, (iv) will not materially violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such Grantor or any of its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any such Person, and (v) except for the security interests created pursuant hereto, will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of such Grantor.
(b)        This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Grantor and constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor, enforceable against such Grantor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws of general applicability affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 2.02    Title.  (a)  Such Grantor is the sole beneficial owner of the Collateral in which it purports to grant a Lien and security interest hereunder, and no Lien exists upon such Collateral (and no right or option to acquire any Lien exists in favor of any other Person) other than Permitted Liens.
(b)        The Liens and security interests created or provided for herein constitute valid first-priority (subject to Permitted Priority Liens) perfected Liens on and security interests in such Collateral, subject, for the following Collateral, to the occurrence of the following: (i) in the case of Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing a financing statement under the UCC, the filing of a UCC financing statement naming such Grantor as debtor, the Secured Parties as secured parties, and listing all personal property as collateral, (ii) with respect to any Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account (other than Excluded Accounts), the execution of agreements among such Grantor, the applicable financial institution
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and the Administrative Agent, effective to grant “control” (as defined in the UCC) over such Deposit Account, Securities Account or Commodity Account (other than Excluded Accounts) to the Administrative Agent, (iii) with respect to any Intellectual Property not described in the foregoing clause (i), the filing of this Security Agreement or a short-form security agreement with the applicable Intellectual Property office of the applicable government, and (iv) in the case of all certificated Shares, the delivery thereof to the Administrative Agent, properly endorsed for transfer to the Administrative Agent or in blank.
Section 2.03   Names, Etc.  The full and correct legal name, type of organization, jurisdiction of organization, organizational ID number (if applicable) and mailing address of such Grantor as of the date hereof are correctly set forth in Schedule 1.  Schedule 1 correctly specifies the place of business of such Grantor or, if such Grantor has more than one place of business, the location of the chief executive office of such Grantor.
Section 2.04    Changes in Circumstances.  Such Grantor has not (a) within the period of four months prior to the date hereof, changed its location (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC), or (b) except as specified in Schedule 1, heretofore changed its name.
Section 2.05   Pledged Shares.  (a)  The Initial Pledged Shares constitute 100% of the issued and outstanding Shares of each Issuer beneficially owned by such Grantor on the date hereof, whether or not registered in the name of such Grantor.  Schedule 2 correctly identifies, as at the date hereof, the respective Issuers of the Initial Pledged Shares and (in the case of any corporate Issuer) the respective class and par value of such Shares and the respective number of such Shares (and registered owner thereof) represented by each such certificate.
(b)        The Initial Pledged Shares are, and all other Pledged Shares that in the future will constitute Collateral will be, (i) duly authorized, validly existing, fully paid and non-assessable (in the case of any Shares issued by a corporation) and (ii) duly issued and outstanding (in the case of any equity interest in any other entity).  None of such Pledged Shares are or will be subject to any contractual restriction, or any restriction under the charter, bylaws, partnership agreement or other organizational instrument of the respective Issuer thereof, upon the transfer of such Pledged Shares (except for any such restriction contained in or expressly permitted under any Loan Document, including any Restrictive Agreement permitted under Section 9.11 of the Loan Agreement).
Section 2.06    Promissory Notes.  Schedule 3 sets forth a complete and correct list of all Promissory Notes (other than any held in a Securities Account referred to in Schedule 7) held by such Grantor on the date hereof.
Section 2.07    Intellectual Property.  (a)  Schedules 4, 5 and 6, respectively, set forth a complete and correct list of all of the following owned by such Grantor on the date hereof (or, in the case of any supplement to said Schedules 4, 5 and 6, effecting a pledge thereof, as of the date of such supplement): (i) applied for or registered Copyrights, (ii) applied for or registered Patents, including the jurisdiction and patent number, (iii) applied for or registered Trademarks, including the jurisdiction, trademark application or registration number and the application or registration date, and (iv) trade names.
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(b)        Except pursuant to licenses and other agreements entered into by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business and permitted under the terms of the Loan Agreement, such Grantor has done nothing to authorize or enable any other Person to use any Copyright, Patent or Trademark listed in said Schedules 4, 5 and 6 (including as supplemented by any supplement effecting a pledge thereof), and all registrations listed in said Schedules 4, 5 and 6 (as so supplemented) are, except as noted therein, in full force and effect.
(c)        Such Grantor owns and possesses the right to use all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks listed on Schedules 4, 5 and 6, respectively.  There are no pending or, to Grantors’ knowledge, threatened Claims against the Grantors asserted by any other Person relating to the Grantors’ Intellectual Property, including any Claims of adverse ownership, invalidity, infringement, misappropriation, violation or other opposition to or conflict with such Grantors’ Intellectual Property; the Grantors have not received any written notice from any Person that Grantors’ business, the use of the Grantors’ Intellectual Property, or the manufacture, use or sale of any product or the performance of any service by any Grantor infringes upon, violates or constitutes a misappropriation of, or may infringe upon, violate or constitute a misappropriation of, or otherwise interfere with, any other Intellectual Property of any other Person.
Section 2.08    Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts.  Schedule 7 sets forth a complete and correct list of all Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts and Commodity Accounts of such Grantor on the date hereof.
Section 2.09   Commercial Tort Claims.  Schedule 8 sets forth a complete and correct list of all commercial tort claims of such Grantor in existence on the date hereof.
Section 2.10    Update of Schedules.  Schedules 1 through 8 may be updated by Borrower from time to time to ensure the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in this Article II on any upcoming date on which Borrower is required to make or is deemed to make the representations and warranties contained in this Article II, by Borrower providing notice in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Loan Agreement that any such Schedule is being updated in accordance with this Section 2.10 and attaching an amended and restated version of any such Schedule.
ARTICLE III
COLLATERAL
Section 3.01    Granting Clause.  As collateral security for the payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, each Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in and a Lien on all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of its property, in each case whether tangible or intangible, wherever located, and whether now owned by such Grantor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence, including without limitation all of the following, but excluding all Excluded Assets (collectively, and subject to Section 3.02, “Collateral”):
(a)        all Accounts:
(b)        all As-Extracted Collateral;
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(c)        all Chattel Paper and other Records;
(d)        all Checks;
(e)        all commercial tort claims, as defined in Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC, arising out of the events described in Schedule 8;
(f)        all Deposit Accounts;
(g)        all Documents;
(h)        all Encumbrances;
(i)         all Equipment;
(j)         all Fixtures;
(k)        all General Intangibles (including without limitation all agreements of any kind);
(l)         all Goods not otherwise described in this Section 3.01;
(m)       all Instruments, including all Promissory Notes;
(n)        all Intellectual Property;
(o)        all Inventory;
(p)        all Letters of Credit and all Supporting Obligations;
(q)        all Investment Property not otherwise described in this Section 3, including all Securities, all Securities Accounts and all Security Entitlements with respect thereto and Financial Assets carried therein, and all Commodity Accounts and Commodity Contracts;
(r)         all Pledged Shares; and
(s)        all Proceeds of any of the foregoing, all Accessions to and substitutions and replacements for, any of the Collateral, and all offspring, rents, profits and products of any of the Collateral, and, to the extent related to any Collateral, all books, correspondence, credit files, records, invoices and other papers (including all tapes, cards, computer runs and other papers and documents in the possession or under the control of such Grantor or any computer bureau or service company from time to time acting for such Grantor).
Section 3.02    Excluded Assets.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no grant (including the grant contained in Section 3.01) by any Grantor of a security interest in or a Lien on any assets or properties of such Grantor shall at any time constitute the grant of a security interest in or a Lien on any Excluded Assets, none of which shall constitute Collateral.
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ARTICLE IV
FURTHER ASSURANCES; REMEDIES.
In furtherance of the grant of the Lien and security interest pursuant to Section 3.01, the Grantors hereby jointly and severally agree with the Secured Parties as follows:
Section 4.01    Delivery and Other Perfection.  Each Grantor shall promptly from time to time give, execute, deliver, file, record, authorize or obtain all such financing statements, continuation statements, notices, instruments, documents, agreements or consents or other papers as may be necessary or desirable in the judgment of the Majority Lenders to create, preserve, perfect, maintain the perfection of or validate the security interest granted pursuant hereto or to enable the Secured Parties to exercise and enforce their rights hereunder with respect to such security interest, and without limiting the foregoing, shall:
(a)        if any of the Pledged Shares, Investment Property or Financial Assets constituting part of the Collateral are received by the Grantor, forthwith (x) deliver to the Administrative Agent the certificates or instruments representing or evidencing the same, duly endorsed in blank or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer in such form and substance as the Administrative Agent may request, all of which thereafter shall be held by the Administrative Agent, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, as part of the Collateral and (y) take such other action as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate to duly record or otherwise perfect the security interest created hereunder in such Collateral;
(b)        promptly from time to time deliver to the Administrative Agent any and all Instruments constituting part of the Collateral in excess of $150,000 individually and $300,000 in the aggregate, endorsed and/or accompanied by such instruments of assignment and transfer in such form and substance as the Administrative Agent may request; provided that (other than in the case of the Promissory Notes described in Schedule 3) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such Grantor may retain for collection in the ordinary course any Instruments received by such Grantor in the ordinary course of business and the Administrative Agent shall, promptly upon request of such Grantor, make appropriate arrangements for making any Instrument delivered by such Grantor available to such Grantor for purposes of presentation, collection or renewal (any such arrangement to be effected, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, against trust receipt or like document);
(c)        (i)        promptly from time to time enter into such control agreements, each in form and substance as set forth in the Loan Agreement or as acceptable to the Majority Lenders, as may be required to perfect the security interest created hereby in any and all Deposit Accounts (other than Federal A/R Accounts and Excluded Accounts), Investment Property, Electronic Chattel Paper and Letter of Credit Rights, and will promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent true copies thereof;
(ii)        ensure that all Federal A/R Accounts shall be subject to an arrangement whereby all funds on deposit therein automatically shall be swept at the end of each Business Day into an account over which Secured Parties have “control” (as defined in the UCC); and
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(iii)       in the case of account debtors that make payments to such Grantor directly into an account, ensure that all such account debtors (1) other than Medicare, Medicaid or any other Federal government agency, are instructed to make such payments into a Deposit Account other than a Federal A/R Account, and (2) consisting of  Medicare, Medicaid or any other Federal government agency, are instructed to make such payments into a Federal A/R Account, and (B) deposit all checks received directly by such Grantor from account debtors (1) other than Medicare, Medicaid or any other Federal government agency, into an account over which Secured Parties have “control” (as defined in the UCC), and (2) consisting of  Medicare, Medicaid or any other Federal government agency, into a Federal A/R Account;
(d)        promptly from time to time upon the request of the Administrative Agent, (i)  execute and deliver such short-form security agreements as the Majority Lenders may deem necessary or desirable to protect the interests of the Secured Parties in respect of that portion of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property, and (ii) take such other action as the Majority Lenders may deem necessary or appropriate duly to record or otherwise perfect the security interest created hereunder in that portion of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property registered or located outside of the United States;
(e)        keep full and accurate books and records relating to the Collateral, and stamp or otherwise mark such books and records in such manner as the Majority Lenders may reasonably require in order to reflect the security interests granted by this Agreement;
(f)        permit representatives of the Secured Parties to inspect its books and records in accordance with Section 8.06 of the Loan Agreement; and
(g)        subject to the terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement, (i) promptly from time to time upon the request of the Administrative Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to execute and deliver such real property security documents, landlord consents and collateral access agreements with respect to real Property owned or leased (as tenant) by such Grantor in the United States; provided that no Grantor shall be obligated to provide such real property security documents, landlord consents and collateral access agreements for any such real property at which such Grantor maintains Collateral having a fair value not exceeding $250,000 in the aggregate for all such real property, and (ii) cause to be recorded in the appropriate real property records such documents delivered pursuant to this Section 4.01(g) as the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or appropriate; provided further that to the extent the provisions of this Section 4.01(g) are inconsistent with or conflict with the provisions of Section 8.16 of the Loan Agreement, the provisions of Section 8.16 of the Loan Agreement shall control.
Section 4.02    Other Financing Statements or Control.  Except as otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents, no Grantor shall (a) file or suffer to be on file, or authorize or permit to be filed or to be on file, in any jurisdiction, any financing statement or like instrument with respect to any of the Collateral in which the Secured Parties are not named as the sole secured parties (except to the extent that such financing statement or instrument relates to a Permitted Lien), or (b) cause or permit any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties to have “control” (as defined in Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of the UCC) of any Deposit Account (other than Excluded Accounts), Securities Account, Commodity Account, Electronic Chattel Paper, Investment Property or Letter of Credit Right constituting part of the Collateral.
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Section 4.03    Preservation of Rights.  The Secured Parties shall not be required to take steps necessary to preserve any rights against prior parties to any of the Collateral.
Section 4.04    Special Provisions Relating to Certain Collateral.  (a)  Pledged Shares.
(i)         The Grantors will cause the Pledged Shares to constitute at all times 100% of the total number of the then outstanding Shares of each Issuer owned by the Grantors.
(ii)        Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantors shall have the right to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Pledged Shares for all purposes not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or agreement referred to herein or therein, provided that the Grantors jointly and severally agree that they will not vote the Pledged Shares in any manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any such other instrument or agreement; and the Administrative Agent and Secured Parties shall execute and deliver to the Grantors or cause to be executed and delivered to the Grantors all such proxies, powers of attorney, dividend and other orders, and all such instruments, without recourse, as the Grantors may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling the Grantors to exercise the rights and powers that it is entitled to exercise pursuant to this Section 4.04(a)(ii).
(iii)       Unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantors shall be entitled to receive and retain any dividends, distributions or proceeds on the Pledged Shares paid in cash out of earned surplus.
(iv)       Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, whether or not the Secured Parties or any of them exercises any available right to declare any Secured Obligations due and payable or seeks or pursues any other relief or remedy available to them under applicable law or under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement relating to such Secured Obligation, all dividends and other distributions on the Pledged Shares shall be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Secured Parties and retained by them as part of the Collateral, subject to the terms of this Agreement, and, if the Administrative Agent shall so request in writing, the Grantors jointly and severally agree to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent appropriate additional dividend, distribution and other orders and documents to that end, provided that if such Event of Default is waived in writing by the Majority Lenders in accordance with the Loan Agreement, any such dividend or distribution theretofore paid to the Administrative Agent shall, upon request of the Grantors (except to the extent theretofore applied to the Secured Obligations), be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Grantors.
(b)        Intellectual Property.  (i)  For the purpose of enabling the Secured Parties to exercise rights and remedies under Section 4.05 at such time as the Secured Parties shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, and for no other purpose, each Grantor hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, to the extent assignable, an irrevocable, non-exclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, and the right to assign, license or sublicense, any of the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, wherever the same may be located, including in such license reasonable
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access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.
(ii)        Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, but subject to any provision of the Loan Documents that limits the rights of any Grantor to dispose of its property, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Grantors will be permitted to exploit, use, enjoy, protect, defend, enforce, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of the business of the Grantors and the Administrative Agent shall not (other than in connection with an exercise of any right to protect the Grantors’ rights under contracts and cure defaults) exploit, use, enjoy, protect, defend, enforce, license, sublicense, assign, sell, dispose of or take other actions with respect to the Intellectual Property.  In furtherance of the foregoing, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Secured Parties or the Administrative Agent shall from time to time, upon the request of the respective Grantor, execute and deliver any instruments, certificates or other documents, in the form so requested, that the Grantors shall have certified are appropriate in its judgment to allow it to take any action permitted above (including relinquishment of the license provided pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i) as to any specific Intellectual Property).  Further, upon the payment in full of all of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) or earlier expiration of this Agreement or release of the Collateral, the Administrative Agent shall grant back to the Grantors the license granted pursuant to Section 4.04(b)(i).  The exercise of rights and remedies under Section 4.05 by the Secured Parties shall not terminate the rights of the holders of any licenses, covenants not to sue or sublicenses theretofore granted by the Grantors in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 4.04(b)(ii).
(c)        Chattel Paper.  The Grantors will (i) deliver to the Administrative Agent each original of each item of Chattel Paper at any time constituting part of the Collateral, and (ii) cause each such original and each copy thereof to bear a conspicuous legend, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, indicating that such Chattel Paper is subject to the security interest granted hereby and that purchase of such Chattel Paper by a Person other than the Administrative Agent without the consent of the Administrative Agent would violate the rights of the Secured Parties.
(d)        Material Agreements.  2Each Grantor shall ensure that all Material Agreements entered into after the date hereof (i) may be collaterally assigned to secure the Obligations, (ii) may, in the event of any exercise of remedies hereunder, be assigned to a purchaser in a foreclosure sale of all or any portion of the Collateral (subject to assumption by such purchaser of all obligations under such Material Agreement), (iii) provides for the delivery to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, of copies of any notices, warnings or their equivalent under such Material Agreement, (iv) permits the disclosure of all information to be provided thereunder to the Administrative Agent and Lenders, to any assignee or prospective assignee described in the foregoing clause (iii), to any assignee or prospective assignee of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and to any company in the business of purchasing or

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financing financial assets, and (v) provides that, if such Grantor shall be in default thereunder, (A) the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to cause such default to be remedied (including without limitation by paying any unpaid amount thereunder) and otherwise to exercise any and all rights of such Grantor thereunder, as may be necessary to prevent or cure any default, and (B) Grantor’s counterparty thereunder waives such default for so long as it is receiving payments thereunder.  The provisions described in the preceding need not be included directly in such Material Agreement, but may be agreed by the applicable Material Agreement counterparty in a separate letter agreement.
Section 4.05    Remedies.  (a)  Rights and Remedies Generally upon Event of Default.  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Secured Parties shall have all of the rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the Uniform Commercial Code is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted, including the right, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Collateral as if the Secured Parties were the sole and absolute owner thereof (and each Grantor agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right).  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent may exercise, on behalf of all the Secured Parties, such rights and remedies of the Secured Parties described above; and without limiting the foregoing:
(i)         the Administrative Agent may, in their name or in the name of any Grantor or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect or receive any money or other property at any time payable or receivable on account of or in exchange for any of the Collateral, but shall be under no obligation to do so;
(ii)        the Administrative Agent may make any reasonable compromise or settlement deemed desirable with respect to any of the Collateral and may extend the time of payment, arrange for payment in installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, any of the Collateral;
(iii)       the Administrative Agent may require the Grantors to notify (and each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to so notify) each account debtor in respect of any Account, Chattel Paper or General Intangible, and each obligor on any Instrument, constituting part of the Collateral that such Collateral has been assigned to the Secured Parties hereunder, and to instruct that any payments due or to become due in respect of such Collateral shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent or as it may direct (and if any such payments, or any other Proceeds of Collateral, are received by any Grantor they shall be held in trust by such Grantor for the benefit of the Secured Parties and as promptly as possible remitted or delivered to the Administrative Agent for application as provided herein);
(iv)       the Administrative Agent may require the Grantors to assemble the Collateral at such place or places, convenient to the Secured Parties and the Grantors, as the Administrative Agent may direct;
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(v)        the Administrative Agent may require the Grantors to cause the Pledged Shares to be transferred of record into the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee (and the Administrative Agent agrees that if any of such Pledged Shares is transferred into its name or the name of its nominee, the Administrative Agent will thereafter promptly give to the respective Grantor copies of any notices and communications received by it with respect to such Pledged Shares); and
(vi)       the Administrative Agent may sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, at such place or places as the Administrative Agent deems best, and for cash or for credit or for future delivery (without thereby assuming any credit risk), at public or private sale, without demand of performance or notice of intention to effect any such disposition or of the time or place thereof (except such notice as is required by applicable statute and cannot be waived), and the Secured Parties, the Administrative Agent or anyone else may be the purchaser, lessee, assignee or recipient of any or all of the Collateral so disposed of at any public sale (or, to the extent permitted by law, at any private sale) and thereafter hold the same absolutely, free from any claim or right of whatsoever kind, including any right or equity of redemption (statutory or otherwise), of the Grantors, any such demand, notice and right or equity being hereby expressly waived and released.  In the event of any sale, assignment, or other disposition of any of the Collateral consisting of Trademarks, the goodwill connected with and symbolized by the Trademarks subject to such disposition shall be included.  The Administrative Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for the sale, and such sale may be made at any time or place to which the sale may be so adjourned.
(vii)      The Proceeds of each collection, sale or other disposition under this Section 4.05, including by virtue of the exercise of any license granted to the Administrative Agent in Section 4.04(b), shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.09.
(b)        Certain Securities Act Limitations.  The Grantors recognize that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and applicable state securities laws, the Administrative Agent may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof.  The Grantors acknowledge that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Administrative Agent than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agree that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to register it for public sale.
(c)        Notice.  The Grantors agree that to the extent the Administrative Agent is required by applicable law to give reasonable prior notice of any sale or other disposition of any Collateral, ten business days’ notice shall be deemed to constitute reasonable prior notice.
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realization and the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made), the Grantors shall remain liable for any deficiency.
Section 4.07    Locations; Names, Etc.  No Grantor shall (i) change its location (as defined in Section 9-307 of the UCC), (ii) change its name from the name shown as its current legal name on Schedule 1, or (iii) agree to or authorize any modification of the terms of any item of Collateral that would result in a change thereof from one Uniform Commercial Code category to another such category (such as from a General Intangible to Investment Property), if the effect thereof would be to result in a loss of perfection of, or diminution of priority for, the security interests created hereunder in such item of Collateral, or the loss of control (within the meaning of Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of the UCC) over such item of Collateral, unless in each case 30 days’ prior written notice has been provided to the Administrative Agent and such change is not otherwise restricted by the terms of any Loan Document.
Section 4.08    Private Sale.  The Secured Parties shall incur no liability as a result of the sale of the Collateral, or any part thereof, at any private sale pursuant to Section 4.05 conducted in a commercially reasonable manner.  Each Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties or any of them arising by reason of the fact that the price at which the Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale or was less than the aggregate amount of the Secured Obligations, even if the Administrative Agent, the Secured Parties or any of them accepts the first offer received and does not offer the Collateral to more than one offeree.
Section 4.09    Application of Proceeds.  Except as otherwise herein expressly provided and except as provided below in this Section 4.09, the Proceeds of any collection, sale or other realization of all or any part of the Collateral pursuant hereto, and any other cash at the time held by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties under this Article IV, shall be applied by the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties (as the case may be):
First, to the payment of the costs and expenses of such collection, sale or other realization, including reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses of the Secured Parties and the fees and expenses of their agents and counsel, and all expenses incurred and advances made by the Secured Parties in connection therewith;
Next, to the indefeasible payment in full of the Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) in such order as the Secured Parties in their sole discretion shall determine; and
Finally, to the payment to respective Grantor, or its successors or assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, of any surplus then remaining.
Section 4.10    Attorney in Fact.  Without limiting any rights or powers granted by this Agreement to the Secured Parties, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent (and any of its officers, employees or agents) hereby is appointed the attorney in fact of each Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Article IV and taking any action and executing any instruments that the Administrative Agent
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may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof, which appointment as attorney in fact is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, so long as the Administrative Agent shall be entitled under this Article IV to make collections in respect of the Collateral, the Administrative Agent shall have the right and power to receive, endorse and collect all checks made payable to the order of any Grantor representing any dividend, payment or other distribution in respect of the Collateral or any part thereof and to give full discharge for the same; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may not endorse or assign any checks or accounts in the name of such Grantor from Medicare or Medicaid or any other Federal government obligor, absent a court order specifically authorizing such endorsement or assignment.
Section 4.11    Perfection and Recordation.  Each Grantor authorizes the Secured Parties to file Uniform Commercial Code financing statements describing the Collateral as “all assets” or “all personal property and fixtures” of such Grantor (provided that no such description shall be deemed to modify the description of Collateral set forth in Article III).
Section 4.12   Termination.  When all Secured Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been made) shall have been indefeasibly paid in full in cash, this Agreement automatically shall terminate, and the Secured Parties shall, upon request of Grantors, cause to be assigned, transferred and delivered, against receipt but without any recourse, warranty or representation whatsoever, any remaining Collateral and money received in respect thereof, to or on the order of the respective Grantor and to be released and canceled all licenses and rights referred to in Section 4.04(b), in each case, at Grantors’ sole expense.  The Secured Parties shall also, at the expense of such Grantor, execute and deliver to such Grantor upon such termination such Uniform Commercial Code termination statements and such other documentation as shall be reasonably requested by the respective Grantor to effect the termination and release of the liens on the Collateral as required by this Section 4.12, in each case, at Grantors’ sole expense.
Section 4.13    Releases of Portions of the Collateral.  If Collateral is permitted to be sold, transferred or assigned by a Grantor (other than to another Grantor or under an Out-License) pursuant to or in connection with a transaction permitted hereunder, under the other Loan Documents (such as, but not limited to, permitted dispositions set forth in Section 9.09 of the Loan Agreement) or by written consent from the Administrative Agent and/or the Majority Lenders, the Administrative Agent’s security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released and terminated (provided that such release shall not release or be deemed to constitute a release of any security interests in the proceeds of any such sale, transfer or assignment), and the Administrative Agent shall, at the request and at the sole cost of the Grantors, deliver such evidences of releases as reasonably requested by the Grantors in connection with such transaction.
Section 4.14    Further Assurances.  Each Grantor agrees that, from time to time upon the written request of the Majority Lenders, such Grantor will execute and deliver such further documents and do such other acts and things as the Majority Lenders may request in order fully to effect the purposes of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
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Section 5.01   Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and demands hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Loan Agreement.
Section 5.02    No Waiver.  No failure on the part of any Secured Party to exercise, and no course of dealing with respect to, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by any Secured Party of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.  The remedies herein are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 5.03    Amendments, Etc.  The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by each Grantor and the Majority Lenders (unless the consent of each Secured Party is required in accordance with Section 15.04 of the Loan Agreement).
Section 5.04    Expenses.
(a)        The Grantors shall pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent or the Secured Parties for costs and expenses in accordance with Section 15.03 of the Loan Agreement.
(b)        The Grantors shall hereby indemnify the Secured Parties, their Affiliates, and their respective directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, advisors and controlling parties in accordance with Section 15.03(b) of the Loan Agreement.
Section 5.05    Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of each Grantor, the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties (provided that no Grantor shall assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder unless consented to in writing by the Majority Lenders in accordance with the Loan Agreement).
Section 5.06    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
Section 5.07   Governing Law; Submission to Jurisdiction; Etc.   (a)  Governing Law.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
(b)        Submission to Jurisdiction.  Each Grantor agrees that any suit, action or proceeding with respect to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is a party or any judgment entered by any court in respect thereof may be brought initially in the federal or state courts in New York, New York or in the courts of its own corporate domicile and irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court for the purpose of any such suit, action, proceeding or judgment.  This Section 5.07(b) is for the benefit of the Secured Parties only and, as a result, no Secured Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings in any other courts with
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jurisdiction.  To the extent allowed by applicable Laws, the Secured Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.
(c)        Waiver of Venue.  Each Grantor irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement and hereby further irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  A final judgment (in respect of which time for all appeals has elapsed) in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which such Grantor is or may be subject, by suit upon judgment.
(d)        Service of Process.  Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 5.01.  Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Section 5.08    WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 5.08.
Section 5.09    Captions.  The captions and section headings appearing herein are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 5.10    Agents and Attorneys in Fact.  The Secured Parties may employ agents and attorneys in fact in connection herewith and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys in fact selected by it in good faith.
Section 5.11    Severability.  If any provision hereof is invalid and unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in favor of the Secured Parties in order to carry out the intentions of the parties hereto as nearly as may be possible and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision hereof in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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Administrative Agent a supplemental agreement (together with all schedules thereto, a “Joinder”) to this Agreement, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  Accordingly, upon the execution and delivery of any such Joinder by any such Person, such Person shall automatically and immediately, and without any further action on the part of any Person, become a “Grantor” under and for all purposes of this Agreement, and each of the Schedules hereto shall be supplemented in the manner specified in such Joinder.  In addition, upon the execution and delivery of any such Joinder, the new Grantor makes the representations and warranties set forth in Article II.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
This JOINDER TO SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of [_____], 20[__] (this “Joinder”), by [NAME OF ADDITIONAL GRANTOR], a [_____] (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of ARGO SA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argo”), as administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders and each other Secured Party (each as defined in the Loan Agreement (defined below)). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Security Agreement (defined below).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, reference is made to (a) the Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), among Axogen, Inc., a Minnesota corporation (“Borrower”), Axogen Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“AC”), the other Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, and (b) the Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, extended, renewed, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”), made by Borrower, AC, and the other Grantors party thereto from time to time in favor of the Administrative Agent for the Lenders and each other Secured Party (each as defined in the Loan Agreement); and
WHEREAS, Section 5.12 of the Security Agreement provides that additional Persons may from time to time after the date of the Security Agreement become Grantors under the Security Agreement by executing and delivering to the Secured Parties a supplemental agreement to the Security Agreement in the form of this Joinder.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Secured Parties to maintain the term loans pursuant to the Loan Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver (i) a Guarantee Assumption Agreement under the Loan Agreement, and (ii) this Joinder to the Secured Parties.
Pursuant to Section 5.12 of the Security Agreement, the Additional Grantor hereby agrees to become a “Grantor” in all respects and for all purposes of the Security Agreement (and hereby supplements each of the Schedules to the Security Agreement in the manner specified in Appendix A attached hereto). Without limiting the foregoing, as collateral security for the payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, the Additional Grantor hereby pledges and grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as provided in Section 3.01 of the Security Agreement, a security interest in and a Lien on all of the Additional Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral of the Additional Grantor, in each case whether tangible or intangible, wherever located,
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and whether now owned by the Additional Grantor or hereafter acquired and whether now existing or hereafter coming into existence. In addition, the Additional Grantor hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Article II of the Security Agreement, with respect to itself and its obligations under this Agreement, as if each reference in such Sections to the Loan Documents included reference to this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Grantor has caused this Joinder Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.
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APPENDIX A
SUPPLEMENT[S] TO ANNEX[ES]
Supplement to Schedule 1:
[to be completed]
[Supplement to Schedule 2:
[to be completed]
Supplement to Schedule 3:
[to be completed]
Supplement to Schedule 4:
[to be completed]
Supplement to Schedule 5:
[to be completed]
Supplement to Schedule 6:
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Supplement to Schedule 7:
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Supplement to Schedule 8:
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SCHEDULE 8
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Schedule 8-1Exhibit 10.3
Pursuant to 17 CFR 240.24b-2, confidential information has been omitted in places marked “***”.

REVENUE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
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Dated as of June 30, 2020
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by and between
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AXOGEN, INC.,
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ARGO SA LLC,
 as Administrative Agent

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	ARTICLE I
	DEFINITIONS
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	Section 1.01
	Definitions
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	Section 1.02
	Accounting Terms and Principles
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	Section 1.03
	Interpretation
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	Section 1.04
	Incorporation by Reference
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	ARTICLE II
	PAYMENTS
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	Section 2.01
	Payment of Revenue Participation Amount
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	Section 2.02
	No Assumed Obligations
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	ARTICLE III
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
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	Section 3.01
	Ownership
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	Section 3.02
	Certain Other Representations and Warranties
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	ARTICLE IV
	MISCELLANEOUS
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	Section 4.01
	Further Assurance
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	Section 4.02
	Termination
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	Section 4.03
	Survival
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	Section 4.04
	Notices
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	Section 4.05
	Successors and Assigns
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	Section 4.06
	Indemnification
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	Section 4.07
	Federal Tax
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	Section 4.08
	Entire Agreement
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	Section 4.09
	Amendments, Etc
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	Section 4.10
	Captions
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	Section 4.11
	Counterparts
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	Section 4.12
	Severability
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	Section 4.13
	Governing Law
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	Section 4.14
	Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial
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REVENUE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT
This REVENUE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT is made as of June 30, 2020 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), by and between AXOGEN, INC., a Minnesota corporation (“Company”), and ARGO SA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Argo”), as administrative agent  and collateral agent (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, “Administrative Agent”) for the Lenders (as defined in the Loan Agreement referred to below).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Lenders have agreed to provide term loans to Company all as provided in the Loan Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, to induce the Lenders to extend credit under the Loan Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Company has agreed to pay to the Lenders the Revenue Participation Amount (as defined below) with respect to each Borrowing.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements representations and warranties set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01Definitions.  Capitalized terms used and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement.  In addition, the following terms, as used herein, shall have the following meanings:
“Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“Applicable Percentage” means:
(i)with respect to the Revenue Participation Amount with respect to the Tranche 1 Borrowing, 0.75%;
(ii)with respect to the Revenue Participation Amount with respect to the Tranche 2 Borrowing, 0.33% from the date of such Borrowing; and
(iii)with respect to the Revenue Participation Amount with respect to the Tranche 3 Borrowing, 0.55% from the date of such Borrowing.
“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the first paragraph hereof.
“Designated Account” means such deposit account as may be specified by the Administrative Agent from time to time in writing to Company.
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“Loan Agreement” means that certain term loan agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Company, as borrower and the other Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto, as guarantors, the lenders party thereto and Argo, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the lenders and each other secured party, as such agreement is amended, supplemented, or otherwise modified, restated, extended, renewed, or replaced from time to time.
“Loan Agreement Termination Date” means the date on which the Loan Agreement has terminated in accordance with Section 15.06 of the Loan Agreement.
“Revenue Participation Amount” shall mean with respect to any Borrowing, for each fiscal quarter during the Revenue Participation Period, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Applicable Percentage for such Borrowing during such fiscal quarter, multiplied by (b) Net Revenues for such fiscal quarter; provided that the aggregate amount of Net Revenues during any fiscal year (and for fiscal year 2021, excluding the first fiscal quarter) shall not exceed $70,000,000 and any amount of Net Revenue in excess of such $70,000,000 during any such fiscal year shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the Revenue Participation Amount for any fiscal quarter during such fiscal year .
“Revenue Participation Period” shall mean with respect to any Borrowing the period (a) from and including the later of April 1, 2021 or the Borrowing Date for such Borrowing through (b) the date on which all Obligations with respect to such Borrowing have been paid in full.
“Review Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).
Section 1.02Accounting Terms and Principles.  Section 1.02 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
Section 1.03Interpretation.  For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires, (a) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular and vice versa; (b) words importing gender include all genders; (c) any reference to a Section, Annex, Schedule or Exhibit refers to a Section of, or Annex, Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement; (d) any reference to “this Agreement” refers to this Agreement, including all Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits hereto, and the words herein, hereof, hereto and hereunder and words of similar import refer to this Agreement and its Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits as a whole and not to any particular Section, Annex, Schedule, Exhibit or any other subdivision; (e) references to days, months and years refer to calendar days, months and years, respectively; (f) all references herein to “include” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (g) the word “from” when used in connection with a period of time means “from and including” and the word “until” means “to but not including”; and (h) accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP.  Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to organizational documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto permitted by the Loan Documents.
Section 1.04Incorporation by Reference.  In the event that the Loan Agreement Termination Date occurs prior to the termination of this Agreement and the satisfaction of all
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Obligations, any term defined in the Loan Agreement and used in this Agreement, any provision of the Loan Agreement incorporated by reference into this Agreement and any provision of the Loan Agreement referred to in this Agreement shall mean such defined term or provision as in existence immediately prior to the Loan Agreement Termination Date.
ARTICLE II
PAYMENTS
Section 2.01Payment of Revenue Participation Amount.
(a)Agreement to Pay.  On September 30, 2021 and each subsequent Payment Date during the Revenue Participation Period, Company shall pay the Revenue Participation Amount for the fiscal quarter immediately preceding the fiscal quarter in which such Payment Date occurs.  For avoidance of doubt, the fiscal quarter applicable to the September 30, 2021 Payment Date is the second fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2021.
(b)Reports.  No later than the date the payment of a Revenue Participation Amount is due pursuant to Section 2.01(a), Company shall furnish to Administrative Agent a report showing its determination of the applicable Revenue Participation Amount and Company’s Net Revenues for the applicable fiscal quarter, reconciled, in each case, to the most applicable line item in Company’s financial statements most recently delivered pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (b) of the Loan Agreement.
(c)Timing and Manner of Payments. Any Revenue Participation Amount that is required to be paid pursuant to Section 2.01(a), shall be paid by Company to the Administrative Agent on the applicable Payment Date in Dollars, in immediately available funds, by wire transfer to the Designated Account. Each amount payable hereunder shall be in made in full without deduction, set off or counterclaim.
(d)Taxes.  Section 5.01 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
(e)Default Interest.  If any amount required to be paid hereunder is not paid when due, the amount thereof shall accrue interest at a rate equal to 4.00% per annum (without duplication of interest payable pursuant to Section 3.02(b) of the Loan Agreement).
(f)Maximum Amount.  Section 15.18 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
Section 2.02No Assumed Obligations.  Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement or any other writing to the contrary, neither Administrative Agent nor any Lender is assuming any liability or obligation of Company or any of its Affiliates of whatever nature, whether presently in existence or arising or asserted hereafter, whether under any Loan Document or otherwise.  All such liabilities and obligations shall be retained by and remain obligations and liabilities of Company or its Affiliates.
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ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF COMPANY
Company represents and warrants to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of Administrative Agent and Lenders, as follows:
Section 3.01Ownership.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.01, Company has not transferred, sold, or otherwise disposed of, or agreed to transfer, sell, or otherwise dispose of any portion of Net Revenues.  No Person other than Company has any right to receive the payments payable under any Material Agreement under which Company receives payments, other than Administrative Agent’s or Lenders’ rights with respect to the Revenue Participation Amount, as of the date hereof.
Section 3.02Certain Other Representations and Warranties.  Article VII of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.01Further Assurance.  Company agrees to execute and deliver, and where applicable, to file, such other documents, certificates, agreements and other writings, and to take such other actions as may be reasonably necessary in order to consummate or implement expeditiously the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.02Termination.  Subject to Section 4.03, this Agreement shall terminate immediately following the last day of the last Revenue Participation Period to conclude, in each case after full satisfaction of any amounts due under this Agreement by Company.  Nothing contained in this Section 4.02 shall relieve any party from liability for any breach of this Agreement
Section 4.03Survival.  The obligations of Company under Sections 4.05, 4.06, 4.08, 4.12, 4.13 and 4.14 (and, to the extent that such provisions incorporate by reference the provisions of another Loan Document, the provisions of such Loan Document as so incorporated) shall survive the Revenue Participation Period.
Section 4.04Notices.  All notices, requests, consents and demands hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Loan Agreement.
Section 4.05Successors and Assigns.  This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of Company, Administrative Agent and each Lender (provided that Company shall not assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder unless consented to in writing by the Majority Lenders in accordance with the Loan Agreement).  Administrative Agent and Lenders may assign their respective rights hereunder in accordance with Sections 12 and 15.05 of the Loan Agreement and upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to Company.
Section 4.06Indemnification.  Section 15.03 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
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Section 4.07Federal Tax.  Notwithstanding the accounting treatment thereof, for United States federal, state and local tax purposes, Company and Lenders shall treat the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents as debt for United States tax purposes.  Company and Administrative Agent, on behalf of Lenders, agree not to take any position that is inconsistent with the provision of this Section 6.06 on any tax return or in any audit or other administrative or judicial proceeding unless (a) the other of such party has consented to such actions, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, or (b) the party that contemplates taking such an inconsistent position has been advised by its tax advisor in writing that it is more likely than not (i) that there is no “reasonable basis” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6662-3(b)(3)) for the position specified in this Section 6.06 or (ii) that taking such a position would otherwise subject the party to penalties under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Section 4.08Entire Agreement.  Sections 15.13 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
Section 4.09Amendments, Etc.  The terms of this Agreement may be waived, altered or amended only by an instrument in writing duly executed by Company and Administrative Agent (unless the consent of Majority Lenders is required in accordance with Section 15.04 of the Loan Agreement).
Section 4.10Captions.  The table of contents and captions and section headings appearing herein are included solely for convenience of reference and are not intended to affect the interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.
Section 4.11Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart.  Delivery of an executed counterpart by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart.  The parties agree that this Agreement, any documents to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement and any notices hereunder may be transmitted between them by email and/or by facsimile.  The parties intend that faxed signatures and electronically imaged signatures shall constitute original signatures and are binding on all parties.  The original documents shall be delivered as soon as practicable, if requested any party.
Section 4.12Severability.  If any provision hereof is found by a court to be invalid or unenforceable, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the parties agree that such invalidity or unenforceability shall not impair the validity or enforceability of any other provision hereof.
Section 4.13Governing Law.  This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction; provided that Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law shall apply.
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Section 4.14Jurisdiction, Service of Process and Venue; Waiver of Jury Trial.  Each of Sections 15.10 and 15.11 of the Loan Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference as if set forth herein in its entirety.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.
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	COMPANY:
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	AXOGEN, INC.

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	a Minnesota corporation

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	By:
	/s/ Karen Zaderej
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	Name:
	Karen Zaderej
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	Title:
	Chairman, CEO and President
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	ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

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	ARGO SA LLC,

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	a Delaware limited partnership,

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	as Administrative Agent

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	By:
	/s/ David Dubinsky

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	Name:
	David Dubinsky

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	Title:
	Authorized Signatory

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SCHEDULE 3.01
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