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 1, 2023
Cardinal Health, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio | 1-11373 | 31-0958666 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
7000 Cardinal Place, Dublin, Ohio 43017
(614) 757-5000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Common shares (without par value) | CAH | New York Stock Exchange |
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On September 1, 2023, Cardinal Health Funding, LLC (“Funding”), a receivables financing subsidiary of Griffin Capital, LLC (“Griffin Capital”), Cardinal Health 23 Funding, LLC (“CH-23 Funding”), a receivables financing subsidiary of Cardinal Health 23, LLC (“CH-23”), Griffin Capital, a receivables financing indirect subsidiary of Cardinal Health, Inc. (the “Company”), as original servicer, CH-23, a receivables financing indirect subsidiary of the Company, as servicer, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“WF”), Liberty Street Funding LLC (“Liberty Street”), The Bank of Nova Scotia (“BNS”), PNC Bank, National Association (“PNC”), Bank of America, National Association (“BofA”), Victory Receivables Corporation (“Victory”) and MUFG Bank, LTD (“MUFG”) entered into a Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Amendment and Restatement”).
The principal purposes of the Amendment and Restatement are (1) to add CH-23 Funding as an additional seller of receivables under the Company’s $1.0 billion committed receivables sales facility program (the “Facility”) and (2) to designate and appoint CH-23 as the new servicer under the Facility, in replacement of Griffin Capital. The Amendment and Restatement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description is qualified by reference to the full text of the Amendment and Restatement.
In connection with the Amendment and Restatement, the Company entered into a Performance Guaranty in favor of CH-23 Funding to guarantee the performance by the Company’s affiliated originators of receivables and by CH-23 as servicer of their respective obligations in favor of CH-23 Funding (the “Performance Guaranty”). The Performance Guaranty also requires the Company to comply with certain financial covenants. The Performance Guaranty is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and the foregoing description is qualified by reference to the full text to the Performance Guaranty. In connection with the Amendment and Restatement, consequential changes were also made to various other ancillary documentation of the Facility.
From time to time, the financial institutions that are parties to the Amendment and Restatement or their affiliates have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking, investment banking or other financial advisory services for the Company and its affiliates for which they receive customary fees and expenses. For example, WF and BofA serve as dealers under the Company’s commercial paper program and MUFG, BNS, WF, PNC and BofA or their affiliates currently act as members of the lending syndicate under the Company’s $2.0 billion revolving credit facility.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description | |
10.1 | Fifth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2023 | |
10.2 | Performance Guaranty, dated as of September 1, 2023 | |
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) |
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.
Cardinal Health, Inc. | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
Date: September 6, 2023 |
| By: | /s/ AARON E. ALT | |||
Aaron E. Alt | ||||||
Chief Financial Officer |