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Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 18, 2007

PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Florida	001-12111	65-0271219

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

1301 Concord Terrace
Sunrise, Florida 33323

(Address of principal executive office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (954) 384-0175

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 18, 2007, Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc. (the “Company”), certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), Bank of America, N.A. (the “Administrative Agent”), and each of the lenders signatory thereto entered into a third amendment (the “Amendment No. 3”) to that certain credit agreement, dated as of July 30, 2004, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each of the lenders signatory thereto, as previously amended on January 11, 2005 and on March 10, 2005 (the “Credit Agreement”).

Pursuant to Amendment No. 3, the parties have agreed to modify Section 7.06 pertaining to permitted acquisitions by the Borrowers. In particular, the aggregate amount of acquisition costs and earnout payments (for any acquisition exceeding $5,000,000) that the Borrowers may incur in connection with acquisitions in any fiscal year has been increased to $200,000,000 from $100,000,000. In addition, Section 7.06 has also been revised to provide that any business which upon acquisition constitutes a Material Subsidiary (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) need not become a Borrower under the Credit Agreement until 30 days after its acquisition.

The foregoing description of the Amendment No. 3 does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of such Amendment No. 3, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits.

10.1 — Amendment No. 3, dated September 18, 2007, to the Credit Agreement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, INC.
Date: September 18, 2007	By:	/s/ Karl B. Wagner
		Name:	Karl B. Wagner
		Title:	Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


Exhibit No.		Description

10.1		Amendment No. 3, dated September 18, 2007, to the Credit Agreement.

EX-10.1 Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

Execution Version

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This Amendment No. 3 to Credit Agreement dated as of September 18, 2007 (this “Amendment”), is made by and among PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), certain of its subsidiaries and affiliates (together with the Company, collectively, the “Borrowers”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. in its capacity as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) under the Credit Agreement described below, and each of the Lenders signatory hereto.

RECITALS:

A. The Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of July 30, 2004 (as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement dated January 11, 2005 and that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement dated March 10, 2005, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made available to the Borrowers a revolving credit facility. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment not otherwise defined herein shall have the definitions given thereto in the Credit Agreement.

B. The Borrowers have requested to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth below and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders signatory hereto are willing to effect such amendment on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

In furtherance of the foregoing and for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Amendment to Credit Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, Section 7.06 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:

7.06 Acquisitions. Enter into any Acquisition Agreement, or take any action to solicit the tender of securities or proxies in respect thereof in order to effect any Acquisition, unless either (a) the aggregate amount of the Costs of Acquisition and Earnout Payments with respect to such Acquisition does not exceed $5,000,000, or (b) each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired does not oppose such Acquisition (other than in the case of an Acquisition pursuant to a Holder Purchase Grant) and has Permitted Acquisition EBITDA for the most recently ended twelve-month period of not less than $1, (ii) the line or lines of business of the Person to be acquired are substantially the same as one or more line or lines of business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) the operations of the Person to be (or whose assets are to be) acquired are primarily in the United States or its territories, (iv) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately prior to or immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition and the Company shall have furnished to the Administrative Agent a Compliance Certificate prepared on an

historical pro forma basis as of the most recent date for which financial statements have been furnished pursuant to Section 4.01 or Section 6.01(a) or (b) giving effect to such Acquisition, which certificate shall demonstrate that no Default would exist immediately after giving effect thereto, (v) the Person acquired shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, or be merged into a Borrower, immediately upon consummation of the Acquisition (or if assets are being acquired, the acquiror shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary or a Borrower), (vi) after giving effect to such Acquisition, the aggregate Costs of Acquisition and Earnout Payments incurred in any fiscal year of the Company (on a noncumulative basis, with the effect that amounts not incurred in any fiscal year may not be carried forward to a subsequent period) shall not exceed $200,000,000, of which not more than $20,000,000 shall be in connection with an Acquisition of a Person (or the assets of a Person) whose operations are primarily in a territory of the United States, and (vii) after giving effect to such Acquisition, the aggregate Costs of Acquisition and Earnout Payments incurred since the Closing Date in connection with Acquisitions of Persons (or the assets of Persons) whose operations are primarily in one or more territories of the United States shall not exceed $50,000,000.

2. Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received an original or facsimile (promptly followed by originals) executed counterpart of this Amendment, duly executed by each Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders; and

(b) all fees and expenses payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including the fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) invoiced to date shall have been paid in full.

3. Consent and Continued Enforceability. Each Borrower hereby consents, acknowledges and agrees to the amendments set forth herein and hereby confirms and ratifies in all respects its obligations under the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document (including without limitation the continuation of such Borrower’s payment and performance obligations thereunder upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment and the amendments contemplated hereby) and the enforceability of each such Loan Document against such Borrower in accordance with its terms.

4. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(a) The representations and warranties made by each Borrower in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in each of the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party are true and correct on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and except that for purposes of this Section 4, the representations and warranties contained in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 5.05 of the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the most

recent statements furnished pursuant to clauses (a) and (b), respectively, of Section 6.01 of the Credit Agreement;

(b) Other than the matters set forth on Schedule 5.06 of the Credit Agreement, since the date of the Audited Financial Statements, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) The Persons appearing as Borrowers on the signature pages to this Amendment constitute all Persons who are required to be Borrowers pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation all Persons who became Material Subsidiaries or were otherwise required to become Borrowers after the Closing Date, and each of such Persons has become and remains a party to the Credit Agreement as a Borrower;

(d) This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrowers party hereto and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such parties, except as may be limited by general principles of equity or by the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law affecting creditors’ rights generally; and

(e) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

5. Entire Agreement. This Amendment, together with all the Loan Documents (collectively, the “Relevant Documents”), sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter. No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to the other. None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.

6. Full Force and Effect of Amendment. Except as hereby specifically amended, the Credit Agreement and all other Loan Documents are hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to their respective terms.

7. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

8. Governing Law. This Amendment shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed

and to be performed entirely within such State, and shall be further subject to the provisions of Sections 10.14 and 10.15 of the Credit Agreement.

9. Enforceability. Should any one or more of the provisions of this Amendment be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and binding on the parties hereto.

10. References. All references in any of the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

11. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and their respective successors, legal representatives, and assignees to the extent such assignees are permitted assignees as provided in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement.

[Signature pages follow.]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.


BORROWERS: PEDIATRIX MEDICAL GROUP, INC., a Florida Corporation
By:	/s/ Karl B. Wagner
	Name:	Karl B. Wagner
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer


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By:	/s/ Karl B. Wagner
	Name:	Karl B. Wagner
	Title:	Attorney-in-Fact