NOTE 3 - DEBT

9 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

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NOTE 3 - DEBT

On April 13, 2010 (the “Effective Date”), the Company entered into an Omnibus Credit Agreement Amendment (the “Omnibus Amendment”) with SPCP Group IV, LLC and SPCP Group, LLC (together, “Silver Point”), Silver Point Finance, LLC, as the Lender Agent, PCHI, Ganesha Realty LLC (“Ganesha”), Dr. Chaudhuri and KPC Resolution Company (“KPC”).  KPC and Ganesha are companies owned and controlled by Dr. Chaudhuri, who is the majority shareholder of the Company.  Ganesha owns a 49% membership interest in PCHI.

The Company entered into the Omnibus Amendment in connection with the Loan Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Loan Purchase Agreement”), dated as of January 13, 2010, as amended, by and between KPC and the previous lender’s receiver.  Under the Loan Purchase Agreement, and as approved by the Court on April 2, 2010, KPC agreed to purchase all of the Credit Agreements from Medical Capital Corporation’s receiver for $70.0 million.  Concurrent with the closing of the Loan Purchase Agreement, KPC sold its interest in the Credit Agreements to Silver Point, and KPC purchased from Silver Point a 15% participation interest in the Credit Agreements.  On April 13, 2010, concurrent with the effectiveness of the Omnibus Amendment and the closing of the Loan Purchase Agreement, Silver Point acquired all of the Credit Agreements, including the security agreements and other ancillary documents executed by the Company in connection with the Credit Agreements, and became the “New Lender” under the Credit Agreements.

The following are material terms of the Omnibus Amendment:

● The stated maturity date under each Credit Agreement was changed to April 13, 2013.  

● Affirming release of prior claims between the Company and the previous lender’s receiver, Silver Point agreed to waive any events of default that had occurred under the Credit Agreements and waived claims to accrued and unpaid interest and fees of $6.4 million under the Credit Agreements as of April 13, 2010.  

● The $80.0 million Credit Agreement was amended so that the $45.0 million term note (the “$45.0 million Loan”) and $35.0 million non-revolving line of credit note (the “$35.0 million Loan”) will each bear a fixed interest rate of 14.5% per year.  These loans previously bore interest rates of 10.25% and 9.25%, respectively.  In addition, the Company agreed to make certain mandatory prepayments of the $35.0 million Loan when it received proceeds from certain new financing of its accounts receivable or provider fee funds from Medi-Cal under the Hospital Quality Assurance Fee program (“QAF”) (Note 11).  The $35.0 million Loan was refinanced on August 30, 2010 (see below).

● The $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement was amended so that Silver Point will, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, make up to $10.0 million in new revolving funds available to the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes.  Each advance under the $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement will bear interest at an annual rate of Adjusted LIBOR (calculated as LIBOR subject to certain adjustments, with a floor of 2% and a cap of 5%) plus 12.5%, compared to an interest rate of 24.0% that was previously in effect under the $50.0 million revolving credit agreement.  In addition, the Company agreed to make mandatory prepayments of the $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement under the conditions described above with respect to the $80.0 million Credit Agreement.  The financial covenants under the $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement were also amended to increase the required levels of minimum EBITDA (as defined in the Omnibus Amendment) from the levels previously in effect under the $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement. This $50.0 million revolving line of credit was refinanced on August 30, 2010 (see below).

● The $10.7 million Credit Agreement was amended so that the $10.7 million convertible term note will bear a fixed interest rate of 14.5% per year, compared to the interest rate of 9.25% previously in effect and to eliminate the conversion feature of the loan.  In addition, the Company agreed to make mandatory prepayments of the $10.7 million Credit Agreement under the conditions described above with respect to the $80.0 million Credit Agreement. This $10.7 million term note was refinanced on August 30, 2010 (see below).

In connection with the sale of the Credit Agreements, all warrants and stock conversion rights issued to the previous lender were cancelled.  In connection with the Omnibus Amendment, the Company issued new warrants (Note 4).

On August 30, 2010, the Company (excluding PCHI) entered into a three year Credit and Security Agreement (the “New Credit Agreement”) with MidCap Financial, LLC, a commercial finance lender specializing in loans to middle market health care companies, and Silicon Valley Bank (collectively, the “AR Lender”).

Under the New Credit Agreement, the AR Lender committed to provide up to $40.0 million in loans to the Company under a secured revolving credit facility (the “New Credit Facility”), which may be increased to up to $45.0 million upon the Company’s request, if the AR Lender consents to such increase.  Upon execution of the New Credit Agreement, the AR Lender funded approximately $39.7 million of the New Credit Facility, which funds were used primarily to repay approximately $35.0 million in loans outstanding to affiliates of Silver Point (“Term Lender”).  Upon such repayment, the remaining balances on the Company’s $35.0 million Loan, $50.0 million Revolving Credit Agreement and $10.7 million Credit Agreement with the Term Lender were fully repaid and terminated.  The only loan currently outstanding to the Term Lender consists of the $45.0 million Loan issued under the Company’s $80.0 million Credit Agreement.

The New Credit Facility is secured by a first priority security interest on substantially all of the Company’s assets, including the equity interests in all of the Company’s subsidiaries (excluding PCHI).  The availability of the AR Lender’s commitments under the New Credit Facility is limited by a borrowing base tied to the Company’s eligible accounts receivable and certain other availability restrictions.

Loans under the New Credit Facility accrue interest at LIBOR (subject to a 2.5% floor) plus 5.0% per annum, subject to a default rate of interest and other adjustments provided for in the New Credit Agreement.  For purposes of calculating interest, all payments the Company makes on the New Credit Facility are subject to a six business day clearance period. The Company also pays a collateral management fee of .0625% per month on the outstanding balance (or a minimum balance amount equal to 85% of the monthly average borrowing base (the “Minimum Balance Amount”), if such amount is greater than the outstanding balance), a monthly minimum balance fee equal to the highest interest rate applicable to the loans if the Minimum Balance Amount is greater that the outstanding balance, and an unused line fee equal to .042% per month of the average unused portion of the New Credit Facility.  The Company paid to the AR Lender a non-refundable origination fee of 1.0% of the AR Lender’s commitments under the New Credit Facility at closing.

The New Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants and customary events of default, including payment defaults, breaches of representations and warranties, covenant defaults, cross-defaults to similar obligations, events of bankruptcy and insolvency, judgment defaults, the invalidity of liens on collateral, and the occurrence of events which have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Amendment to $80.0 million Credit Agreement – Concurrently with the execution of the New Credit Agreement, on August 30, 2010 the Company entered into an amendment to its existing $80.0 million Credit Agreement, as amended (the “Original Credit Agreement”), with the Term Lender, PCHI, and Ganesha.  Under this amendment, the Company agreed with the Term Lender to the following material changes to the Original Credit Agreement:

● In the event of a mandatory prepayment of the Company’s accounts receivable based financing facility under the Original Credit Agreement, the outstanding loans under such agreement shall not be required to be prepaid below $10.0 million.  There is also a floor of $10.0 million below which commitments under such accounts receivable based facility would not be mandatorily reduced as a result of such prepayment.

● The Original Credit Agreement was amended to add an affirmative covenant requiring the Company to deliver financial statements and other financial and non-financial information to the Term Lender on a regular basis, and a negative covenant requiring that the Company maintain a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.0 and minimum levels of earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization.

● The Company agreed to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement executed on August 30, 2010 by and between the AR Lender and the Term Lender with respect to shared collateral of the Company that is being pledged under both the New Credit Agreement and the Original Credit Agreement.  Under the Intercreditor Agreement, among other things, the Term Lender consented to the AR Lender having a first priority lien on substantially all of the Company’s assets while the Term Lender retained a second lien on such assets in addition to its first priority lien on the Company’s leased properties owned by PCHI.

On October 29, 2010, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment”) to the New Credit Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2010, by and among the Company and the AR Lender.

Under the Amendment, the AR Lender committed to increase the total revolving loan commitment amount under the New Credit Agreement from $40.0 million to $45.0 million, and the Company agreed to pay to the AR Lender a non-refundable origination fee of 1.0% of the AR Lender’s increased commitment under the Amendment, or $50.

Also under the Amendment, the AR Lender agreed to allow the inclusion in Eligible Accounts that are used to determine the Company’s Borrowing Base of up to $33.6 million in aggregate federal or state matching payments to the Company related to QAF (Note 11), which amount was increased from $11.8 million for the first matching payment.

In addition, the optional prepayment and permanent commitment reductionprovisions of the New Credit Agreement were amended to change the minimum Revolving Loan Commitment Amount to $20.0 million from $5.0 million.  In addition, the prepayment fee calculation under the New Credit Agreement was changed so that the prepayment fee is based on $40.0 million rather than the amount of the permanent revolving loan commitment reduction amount.

Lastly, under the Amendment, in the event the Company permanently reduces its Revolving Loan Commitment Amount to $20.0 million (and assuming there is no Event of Default at the time), the Company would be permitted to transfer funds that are swept into the AR Lender’s account from the Company’s lockbox accounts to a different bank account designated by the Company. Effective March 1, 2011, the Company reduced its Revolving Loan Commitment Amount to $20.0 million.  Beginning in April 2011, the funds that were previously swept into the AR Lender’s account were swept directly to the Company’s main account.

As of December 31, 2011, the Company had the following Credit Agreements:

● $45.0 million Loan issued under the $80.0 million Credit Agreement, bearing a fixed interest rate of 14.5% per year ($45.0 million outstanding balance at December 31, 2011). If any event of default occurs and continues, the lender can increase the interest rate to 19.5% per year.

● $20.0 million revolving line of credit under the New Credit Facility, bearing an interest rate of 5.0% plus LIBOR, with a 2.5% floor, per year (7.5% at December 31, 2011) and an unused commitment fee of 0.625% per year ($20.0 million outstanding balance at December 31, 2011).  For purposes of calculating interest, all payments the Company makes on the New Credit Facility are subject to a six business day clearance period.  As of December 31, 2011, the Company was in compliance with all financial covenants.

The Company's outstanding debt consists of the following:

	December 31, 2011		March 31, 2011
Current:
Revolving line of credit	$	20,000	$	19,081
Noncurrent:
Secured term note	$	45,000	$	45,000