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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-24-229561"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "UHS"
cik: "0000352915"
company_name: "UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T00:02:21.748933+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# UHS issues $1B in senior secured notes, refinances $2.2B term loan facility

## Summary
- $500M of 4.625% notes due 2029 and $500M of 5.050% notes due 2034 issued on Sep 26, 2024.
- New $1.3B revolving credit facility and $1.2B term loan facility established under Tenth Amendment.
- Proceeds from notes and term loan used to repay $2.199B of outstanding existing term loan plus fees.
- Notes are senior secured, guaranteed by subsidiaries, rank equally with existing senior secured debt.
- Credit facility margins tied to Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio; initially 0.375% for ABR loans.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-24-229561
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: UHS
- cik: 0000352915
- company_name: UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2024-10-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000119312524229561/0001193125-24-229561-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/352915/000119312524229561/d895626d8k.htm

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