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Long-Term Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | 4) LONG-TERM DEBT A summary of long-term debt follows:
|  | December 31, |
|  | 2024 |  |  | 2023 |
|  | (amounts in thousands) |
Long-term debt: |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes and Mortgages payable (including obligations under finance leases of $92,530 in 2024 and $72,693 in 2023) and term loans with varying maturities through 2099; weighted average interest rates of 3.8% in 2024 and 3.5% in 2023 (see Note 7 regarding finance leases) |  | $ | 206,046 |  |  | $ | 178,511 |
Tranche A term loan |  |  | 1,192,500 |  |  |  | 2,258,750 |
Revolving credit facility |  |  | 130,000 |  |  |  | 495,500 |
2.65% Senior Secured Notes due 2030, net of unamortized discount of $1,291 in 2024 and $1,517 in 2023 |  |  | 798,709 |  |  |  | 798,483 |
1.65% Senior Secured Notes due 2026, net of unamortized discount of $288 in 2024 and $463 in 2023 |  |  | 699,712 |  |  |  | 699,537 |
2.65% Senior Secured Notes due 2032, net of unamortized discount of $864 in 2024 and $994 in 2023 |  |  | 499,136 |  |  |  | 499,006 |
4.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, net of unamortized discount of $204 in 2024 |  |  | 499,796 |  |  |  | — |
5.050% Senior Secured Notes due 2034, net of unamortized discount of $1,533 in 2024 |  |  | 498,467 |  |  |  | — |
Total debt before unamortized financing costs |  |  | 4,524,366 |  |  |  | 4,929,787 |
Less-Unamortized financing costs |  |  | (19,825 | ) |  |  | (17,318 | )
Total debt after unamortized financing costs |  |  | 4,504,541 |  |  |  | 4,912,469 |
Less-Amounts due within one year |  |  | (40,059 | ) |  |  | (126,686 | )
Long-term debt |  | $ | 4,464,482 |  |  | $ | 4,785,783 |
Credit Facilities and Outstanding Debt Securities In September, 2024, we completed the following financing transactions: • The public offering of $500 million of aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior secured notes due on October 15, 2029 ("2029 Notes"); • The public offering of $500 million of aggregate principal amount of 5.050% senior secured notes due on October 15, 2034 ("2034 Notes"); • Amended our credit agreement to: o Extend the maturity date to September, 2029 (from August, 2026 previously); o Increase the revolving credit facility to $1.3 billion (from $1.2 billion previously), and; o reduce the outstanding borrowings pursuant to the tranche term loan A facility by approximately $1.0 billion, to $1.2 billion, utilizing the proceeds generated from the issuance of the above-mentioned 2029 Notes and 2034 Notes. On September 26, 2024, we entered into a tenth amendment ("Tenth Amendment") to our credit agreement ("Credit Agreement"), dated as of November 15, 2010, as amended and restated at various times from March, 2011 to June, 2022, among UHS, as borrower, the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, as lenders, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent. The Tenth Amendment provided for: (i) an extension of the maturity date to September 26, 2029; (ii) a new revolving credit facility of up to $1.3 billion (which as of December 31, 2024, had $1.17 billion of aggregate available borrowing capacity, net of $130 million of outstanding borrowings and $3 million of letters of credit), and; (iii) a new replacement tranche A term loan facility ("Tranche A Term Loan") of up to $1.2 billion (which had $1.19 billion of outstanding borrowings as of December 31, 2024). Pursuant to the terms of the Tenth Amendment, the Tranche A Term Loan provides for installment payments of $7.5 million per quarter commencing on December 31, 2024 through September 30, 2026, and $15.0 million per quarter commencing on December 31, 2026 through June 30, 2029. The unpaid principal balance at June 30, 2029 (scheduled to be $975.0 million) is payable on the September 26, 2029 scheduled maturity date of the Credit Agreement. Revolving credit and Tranche A Term Loan borrowings under the Credit Agreement bear interest at our election at either (1) the ABR rate which is defined as the rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the lender’s prime rate, (b) the greater of the federal funds effective rate and the overnight bank funding rate, plus 0.5% and (c) one month term SOFR rate plus 1.1%, in each case, plus an applicable margin based upon our consolidated leverage ratio at the end of each quarter ranging from 0.25% to 0.625%, or (2) the one, three or six month term SOFR rate plus 0.1% (at our election), plus an applicable margin based upon our consolidated leverage ratio at the end of each quarter ranging from 1.25% to 1.625%. As of December 31, 2024, the applicable margins were 0.375% for ABR-based loans and 1.375% for SOFR-based loans under the revolving credit and term loan A facilities. The revolvi ng credit facility includes a $125 million sub-limit for letters of credit. The Credit Agreement is secured by certain assets of the Company and our material subsidiaries (which generally excludes asset classes such as substantially all of the patient-related accounts receivable of our acute care hospitals, if sold to a receivables facility pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and certain real estate assets and assets held in joint-ventures with third parties) and is guaranteed by our material subsidiaries. The Credit Agreement includes a material adverse change clause that must be represented at each draw. The Credit Agreement also contains covenants that include a limitation on sales of assets, mergers, change of ownership, liens, indebtedness, transactions with affiliates, dividends and stock repurchases; and requires compliance with financial covenants including maximum leverage. We were in compliance with all required covenants as of December 31, 2024 (pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, as amended on September 26, 2024) and as of December 31, 2023 (pursuant to the terms of the previous credit agreement). As mentioned above, on September 26, 2024, we completed the public offering of: (i) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 4.625%, 2029 Notes, and; (ii) $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 5.050%, 2034 Notes (and together with the 2029 Notes, the "2029 and 2034 Notes"), each guaranteed on a senior secured basis by all of our existing and future direct and indirect subsidiaries that guarantee our senior secured credit facility or our other first lien obligations or any junior lien obligations (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”). The 2029 and 2034 Notes have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), pursuant to the Issuer’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-282135), including the prospectus dated September 16, 2024, and a related prospectus supplement dated September 17, 2024, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 19, 2024. As of December 31, 2024, including the above-mentioned newly issued Notes, we had combined aggregate principal of $3.0 billion from the following senior secured notes: • $700 million aggregate principal amount of 1.65% senior secured notes due in September, 2026 ("2026 Notes") which were issued on August 24, 2021. Interest on the 2026 Notes is payable on March 1st and September 1st until the maturity date of September 1, 2026. • $500 million of aggregate principal amount of 4.625% senior secured notes due in October, 2029 ("2029 Notes") which were issued on September 26, 2024. Interest on the 2029 Notes is payable on April 15th and October 15th, commencing April 15, 2025 until the maturity date of October 15, 2029. • $800 million aggregate principal amount of 2.65% senior secured notes due in October, 2030 ("2030 Notes") which were issued on September 21, 2020. Interest on the 2030 Notes is payable on April 15th and October 15th, until the maturity date of October 15, 2030. • $500 million of aggregate principal amount of 2.65% senior secured notes due in January, 2032 ("2032 Notes") which were issued on August 24, 2021. Interest on the 2032 Notes is payable on January 15th and July 15th until the maturity date of January 15, 2032. • $500 million of aggregate principal amount of 5.050% senior secured notes due in October, 2034 ("2034 Notes") which were issued on September 26, 2024. Interest on the 2034 Notes is payable on April 15th and October 15th, commencing on April 15, 2025 until the maturity date of October 15, 2034. The 2026 Notes, 2030 Notes and 2032 Notes (collectively the "2026, 2030 and 2032 Notes") were initially issued only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act. In December, 2022, we completed a registered exchange offer in which virtually all previously outstanding 2026, 2030 and 2032 Notes were exchanged for identical 2026, 2030 and 2032 Notes that were registered under the Securities Act, and thereby became freely transferable (subject to certain restrictions applicable to affiliates and broker dealers). 2026, 2030 and 2032 Notes originally issued under Rule 144A or Regulation S that were not exchanged remain outstanding and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration under the Securities Act or an applicable exemption from registration requirements thereunder. The 2026, 2030 and 2032 Notes, and the 2029 and 2034 Notes (collectively "All the Notes") are guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) on a senior secured basis by our Subsidiary Guarantors that guarantee our Credit Agreement, or other first lien obligations or any junior lien obligations. All the Notes and the Guarantees are secured by first-priority liens, subject to permitted liens, on certain of the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ assets now owned or acquired in the future by the Company or the Subsidiary Guarantors (other than real property, accounts receivable sold pursuant to a Company-related receivables facility (as defined in the Indenture pursuant to which All the Notes were issued (the “Indentures”), and certain other excluded assets). The Company’s obligations with respect to All the Notes, the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Guarantees, and the performance of all of the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ other obligations under the Indentures, are secured equally and ratably with the Company’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under the Credit Agreement. However, the liens on the collateral securing All the Notes and the Guarantees will be released if: (i) All the Notes have investment grade ratings; (ii) no default has occurred and is continuing, and; (iii) the liens on the collateral securing all first lien obligations (including the Credit Agreement and All the Notes) and any junior lien obligations are released or the collateral under the Credit Agreement, any other first lien obligations and any junior lien obligations is released or no longer required to be pledged. The liens on any collateral securing All the Notes and the Guarantees will also be released if the liens on that collateral securing the Credit Agreement, other first lien obligations and any junior lien obligations are released. As discussed in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements-Relationship with Universal Health Realty Income Trust and Other Related Party Transactions, on December 31, 2021, we (through wholly-owned subsidiaries of ours) entered into an asset purchase and sale agreement with Universal Health Realty Income Trust (the “Trust”). Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, as amended, we, among other things, transferred to the Trust, the real estate assets of Aiken Regional Medical Center (“Aiken”) and Canyon Creek Behavioral Health (“Canyon Creek”). In connection with this transaction, Aiken and Canyon Creek (as lessees), entered into a master lease and individual property leases, as amended, (with the Trust as lessor), for initial lease terms on each property of approximately twelve years, ending on December 31, 2033. As a result of our purchase option within the Aiken and Canyon Creek lease agreements, this asset purchase and sale transaction is accounted for as a failed sale leaseback in accordance with U.S. GAAP and we have accounted for the transaction as a financing arrangement. Our lease payments payable to the Trust are recorded to interest expense and as a reduction of the outstanding financial liability, and the amount allocated to interest expense is determined based upon our incremental borrowing rate and the outstanding financial liability. In connection with this transaction, our consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023 reflect financial liabilities, which are included in debt, of approximately $74 million and $77 million, respectively. At December 31, 2024, the carrying value a nd fair value of our debt were approximately $4.5 billion and $4.2 billion, respectively. At December 31, 2023, the carrying value and fair value of our debt were approximately $4.9 billion and $4.6 billion, respectively. The fair value of our debt was computed based upon quotes received from financial institutions. We consider th ese to be “level 2” in the fair value hierarchy as outlined in the authoritative guidance for disclosures in connection with debt instruments. The aggregate scheduled maturities of our total debt outstanding as of December 31, 2024 are as follows:
|  | (000s) |
2025 |  | $ | 40,059 |
2026 |  |  | 740,402 |
2027 |  |  | 71,501 |
2028 |  |  | 72,402 |
2029 |  |  | 1,655,608 |
Later |  |  | 1,944,394 |
Total maturities before unamortized financing costs |  |  | 4,524,366 |
Less-Unamortized financing costs |  |  | (19,825 | )
Total |  | $ | 4,504,541 |

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