EXHIBIT 4.12(ii)
EXECUTION COPY
EXTENSION AGREEMENT dated as of June
28, 2004 (this “ Extension Agreement ”), to the
Amended and Restated 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of July 1,
2003 (the “ Credit Agreement ”), among ANTHEM,
INC., an Indiana corporation (the “ Company ”);
the LENDERS party thereto; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, as Administrative
Agent; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Syndication Agents; and FLEET NATIONAL BANK and
WILLIAM STREET COMMITMENT CORPORATION, as Documentation
Agents.
A. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement,
the Lenders have extended and agreed to extend credit to the
Company from time to time during the Availability Period, which
period shall end on a date no later than the day immediately
preceding the Termination Date.
B. In connection with the pending
merger of the Company and WellPoint Health Networks Inc., the
Company requested to amend the Credit Agreement to extend the
Termination Date, and the Availability Period under the Credit
Agreement, to August 31, 2004.
C. The Lenders whose signatures
appear below are willing, on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, to extend the Termination Date, and
the Availability Period during which the Company may draw their
respective Commitments, as requested by the Company.
D. Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the
Credit Agreement.
Accordingly, in consideration of the
mutual agreements contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions . For
purposes of this Extension Agreement, the term “ Amendment
Effectiveness Time ” means (a) if each of the Lenders is
a party hereto, 5:00 p.m. New York City time, on the Extension
Agreement Effectiveness Date (as defined below) or (b) if the
Lenders constituting the Required Lenders (but less than all the
Lenders) are party hereto, 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on June
28, 2004, provided that, in the case of this clause (b), the
Company shall have paid in full to each of the Lenders not a party
hereto (each, a “ Non-Extending Lender ”) the
principal of and interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all
other amounts owing to it or accrued for its account under the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 2. Amendment . At the
Amendment Effectiveness Time:
(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit
Agreement shall be amended by amending and restating the definition
of the term “Termination Date” in its entirety as
follows:
““ Termination
Date ” means August 31, 2004.”; and
(b) the Commitment of each
Non-Extending Lender, if any, shall automatically terminate and
each such Lender shall be released from its obligations under the
Credit Agreement and shall cease to be a party thereto, but shall
continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.13, 2.14,
2.15 and 8.03 of the Credit Agreement as in effect immediately
prior to the Amendment Effectiveness Time.
SECTION 3. Representations and
Warranties. To induce the other parties hereto to enter into
this Extension Agreement, the Company represents and warrants to
each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that (a) this
Extension Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and
(b) after giving effect to this Extension Agreement, (i) the
representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Article
III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material
respects on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent such
representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties are true and
correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date);
and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
SECTION 4. Effectiveness of this
Extension Agreement . This Extension Agreement shall become
effective as of the date set forth above on the date (such date,
the “ Extension Agreement Effectiveness Date ”)
that the Administrative Agent or its counsel shall have received
counterparts of this Extension Agreement that, when taken together,
bear the signatures of the Company, the Administrative Agent and
each of the Lenders party hereto, provided that such Lenders
constitute the Required Lenders.
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