Pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement, the Lenders provided the Borrowers a term loan (the “Term Loan”) in the aggregate principal amount of approximately $35.5 million. The Company used the proceeds of the Term Loan to fund the Financed Net Pre-Closing Medicare AR.
The Term Loan bears interest at 12.0% per annum. In addition, the Borrowers paid a facility fee equal to 3.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Term Loan on the Closing Date. Any additional interest (if applicable) accrued and owing during the term of the Loan and Security Agreement will be paid in-kind and capitalized to principal monthly in arrears. From and after the occurrence and during the continuance of an event of default, the Term Loan will bear interest at a rate equal to 4.0% above the interest rate applicable immediately prior to the occurrence of the event of default. If Mr. Carlos de Solo is no longer serving as the chief executive officer of the Company under certain circumstances and, following a request from CAJ, the Borrowers are unable to refinance the portion of the Term Loan advanced by CAJ, then the interest rate applicable to such portion may be increased by 5.0%. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Seller has agreed to pay the costs of financing the Financed Net Pre-Closing Medicare AR and, at the Closing, paid to the Borrowers all scheduled payments of interest and fees from the Closing Date up to and including November 30, 2023, which amount was then paid in advance by the Borrowers to the Lenders.
The Loan and Security Agreement matures on the earlier of November 30, 2023, or three business days after the Borrowers receive payment for the Financed Net Pre-Closing Medicare AR from the federal government. The Term Loan may be prepaid, in whole or in part, without penalty or premium.
The Loan and Security Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, affirmative covenants, negative covenants and events of default.
The Loan and Security Agreement is secured by the Borrowers’ rights in the Medicare Shared Savings Receivables (as defined in the Loan and Security Agreement) and any and all proceeds thereof.
The Loan and Security Agreement is subordinated in right of payment to the Credit Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to a Subordination Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022, by and among the Agent and the Senior Agent (as defined below).
The foregoing description of the Loan and Security Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Loan and Security Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Amendment to Credit Agreement
On November 10, 2022, the Company entered into that certain Consent and First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of November 10, 2022 (the “First Amendment”), by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto and Jefferies Finance LLC, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Senior Agent”) which amended that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of May 10, 2022 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, the subsidiary guarantors from time to time party thereto and the Senior Agent.
The First Amendment amends the Credit Agreement to, among other things, permit the subsidiaries of the Company to enter into the Loan and Security Agreement and the other transactions contemplated in connection therewith.
The foregoing description of the First Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the First Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.
Investor Rights Agreement
In connection with the completion of the Merger, on the Closing Date, the Seller, Dr. Ralph de la Torre, the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal equityholder of the Seller Parties (“RDLT”), Dr. Michael Callum, the Executive Vice President for Physician Services and an equityholder of the Seller Parties (“MC”), Medical Properties Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and certain other equityholders of the Seller (collectively, the “Investor Parties”) and the Company entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things and subject to the terms and conditions set forth therein, RDLT will have certain designation rights, RDLT and MC are subject to certain voting restrictions and standstill restrictions, and certain of the Investor Parties are subject to lockup provisions.
The Investor Rights Agreement provides, among other things, that RDLT will have the right to designate an individual (in his discretion) to serve on the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), subject to the continuing satisfaction of certain conditions, including that RDLT maintains beneficial ownership of at least 50% of the Initial Share Consideration distributed to him immediately following the Closing (as adjusted for any stock split, reverse