Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
Unit Purchase Agreement
On October 29, 2024, NeueHealth, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement (the “Unit Purchase Agreement”), among Medical Practice Holding Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Buyer”), RRD Healthcare, LLC (“RRD”), the Company, Centrum Medical Holdings, LLC (“Centrum”) and the other parties named therein, pursuant to which, among other things, Buyer purchased RRD’s equity in Centrum for total consideration of $101.75 million, comprised of $30.0 million in cash, a credit of approximately $7.8 million in previous payments and the Secured Promissory Note (as defined below) of approximately $64.0 million in principal amount (such equity purchase and related transactions, the “Centrum Transaction”). The Unit Purchase Agreement includes customary representations, warranties, covenants and releases by Buyer and RRD. The Unit Purchase Agreement provides that each party thereto releases the other party from all claims in connection with the Centrum Transaction or arising before the Closing Date, subject to certain exceptions.
In connection with the Centrum Transaction, the Company will make payment of $8.0 million to the P Unit Holders of RRD, generally payable after 48 months from the closing date under the Unit Purchase Agreement, which was on October 29, 2024 (the “Closing Date”), bearing cash interest at a rate of 6% per annum.
The foregoing description has been included to provide investors with information regarding the terms of the transactions described above, and is not intended to provide any factual information about the parties or the Company’s business. The Unit Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties that the parties made solely for the benefit of each other. These representations and warranties (a) may be intended not as statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate, (b) may apply materiality standards different from what may be viewed as material to investors and shareholders and (c) are made only as of the date of the Unit Purchase Agreement, and/or as of such other date or dates as may be specified in the Unit Purchase Agreement. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of such representations and warranties may change after the date of the Unit Purchase Agreement, which information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures. Investors and shareholders are urged not to rely on such representations and warranties as characterizations of the actual state of facts or circumstances regarding the Company at this time or any other time.
The foregoing description of the Unit Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Unit Purchase Agreement. The Company expects to file the Unit Purchase Agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) as an exhibit to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2024.
Secured Promissory Note and Related Documents
The Buyer (in such capacity, the “Borrower”) issued on the Closing Date to RRD (in such capacity, the “Noteholder”) a secured promissory note due 48 months from the Closing Date in the principal amount of approximately $64.0 million (the “Secured Promissory Note”), bearing cash interest at a rate of 6% per annum, payable monthly. The Secured Promissory Note is guaranteed by the Company and is secured by second priority liens on substantially all assets of the Company and its subsidiaries that are guarantors under the Company’s Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2024, with certain affiliates of Hercules Capital (the “Hercules Credit Agreement”), subject to substantially the same exceptions in the Hercules Credit Agreement. Subject to the limitations in the Subordination Agreement (as defined below), the Borrower may prepay all or any portion of the Secured Promissory Note at any time and from time to time without penalty or premium.
The Secured Promissory Note and related security agreement contains certain negative covenants applicable to the Company, the Borrower and their respective subsidiaries, and includes limitations on: incurrences of indebtedness; liens; investments; mergers and other fundamental changes; transactions with affiliates; change of control; changes to the nature of the business; dispositions; distributions; sale and leaseback transactions; and certain activities of the Company and the Borrower. The Secured Promissory Note provides that, if any Material Default (as defined in the Secured Promissory Note) occurs, then the Borrower must conduct a sale process and consummate a sale of the assets of Centrum within six months of delivery of notice of the Material Default (plus an additional three months if a definitive sale agreement has been entered into and the sale is reasonably expected to close within such extended period).
Certain affiliates of Hercules Capital and the Noteholder entered into a customary intercreditor and subordination agreement. In connection with the Centrum Transaction, RRD entered into a customary subordination and standstill agreement with certain affiliates of Hercules Capital.
The foregoing description of the Secured Promissory Note does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Secured Promissory Note. The Company expects to file the Secured Promissory Note with the SEC as an exhibit to its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2024.