NOBILIS HEALTH CORP. (TSE:NHC) Files An 8-K Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM 1.02 TERMINATION OF A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.
As previously disclosed, on March 1, 2019, Nobilis Health Corp. (the “Company”), an indirect subsidiary, Northstar Healthcare Acquisitions, L.L.C., as Borrower, and certain subsidiary guarantors (together with the Company and Borrower, the “Loan Parties”), entered into the Fourth Limited Conditional Waiver (the “Waiver”) with respect to the Company’s Credit Agreement dated October 28, 2016, as amended (the “Credit Agreement”), with BBVA Compass Bank as Administrative Agent, LC Issuing Lender and Swingline Lender, and other lenders party thereto (the “Lenders”). The Waiver had an effective date of February 28, 2019. to the Waiver, the Lenders agreed to a limited waiver of certain specified defaults with respect to certain financial covenants and certain restrictions on Restricted Payments made to non-Loan Parties (collectively the “Specified Defaults”). As a result of the occurrence of the defaults cited in the notice described below, the Waiver automatically terminated, and the Specified Defaults (and any Disputed Specified Default (as defined in the Waiver) that is determined to be an event of default under the Credit Agreement) sprang back into existence.
The foregoing summary of the Waiver does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Waiver, which was filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 6, 2019.
ITEM 2.04 TRIGGERING EVENTS THAT ACCELERATE OR INCREASE A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT
On March 29, 2019, the Company received a notice of default, events of default and reservation of rights (the “notice”) from BBVA Compass Bank, as Administrative Agent, with respect to the Credit Agreement. The notice cited (i) the failure of the Borrower to pay the scheduled principal payments due on March 29, 2019, which is an immediate event of default under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the failure of the Borrower to pay the scheduled interest payments due on March 26, 2019, and on March 29, 2019, which became events of default under the Credit Agreement upon the expiration of the cure periods for such missed payments, (iii) the failure of the Loan Parties to pay a certain demand invoice from the Administrative Agent, delivered to the Borrower on or about March 5, 2019, which failure constitutes an event of default under the Credit Agreement to the Waiver (as defined above), and (iv) the potential failure of Borrower to comply with the requirements of the Credit Agreement regarding the disposition of equity interests in a former indirect subsidiary. As a result of the defaults to pay the scheduled principal and interest payments, the applicable interest rate under the Credit Agreement has increased by 2.0% per annum and the Lenders may accelerate the $124,706,250 outstanding balance under the Credit Agreement.
On April 4, 2019, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have agreed that they will forbear, during the forbearance period described below, from (a) demanding payment in full of all obligations (including principal, interest, fees, and expense, or any other amount due under the Credit Agreement or other loan documents) and (b) exercising their respective rights and remedies under the Credit Agreement and other comparable provisions of loan documents solely as result of the existence or continuance of the Specified Defaults, the Disputed Specified Defaults and the defaults cited in the notice (collectively, the “Specified Events of Default”). The forbearance period will expire on the earliest to occur of (i) the occurrence of an event of default during such period other than (a) the Specified Events of Default or (b) any event of default that occurs due to the failure of Loan Parties to comply with the certain financial covenants contained in Section 7.11 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) any Loan Parties’ actual knowledge of an event of default (other than Specified Events of Default) that occurred prior to such period and that has not been cured within three business days of a Loan Party obtaining actual knowledge of such event of default and (iii) April 30, 2019.
About NOBILIS HEALTH CORP. (TSE:NHC)
Nobilis Health Corp. (Nobilis) owns and manages healthcare facilities in the States of Texas and Arizona, consisting primarily of ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and acute-care and surgical hospitals. The Company’s segments include Medical Services, Marketing Services and Corporate. The Medical Services segment owns and manages approximately nine healthcare facilities in Texas and Arizona; over four hospitals, and approximately five ambulatory surgery centers. The Marketing Services segment provides marketing services, patient education services and patient care co-ordination management services. The Company provides care across a range of specialties in its facilities, including orthopedic surgery, podiatric surgery, pain management, gastro-intestinal, gynecology, and general surgery. Many of its surgical patients require additional complementary healthcare services, and its suite of ancillary services, including surgical assist, intraoperative neuromonitoring and anesthesia.