--Under the deal, Steward and its unsecured creditors committee agreed to drop potential claims against MPT in exchange for the real estate investment trust waiving substantial lease obligations, lawyers said during a court hearing. Transitioning the hospitals to new operators will save Steward from incurring additional operating expenses and averts potentially costly litigation, company lawyer Ray Schrock said --Under the agreement, managers will be appointed and dispatched or assigned to hospitals to run operations until the facilities are sold. --The agreement is agreed upon in theory by Steward?s creditors and MPT with the stipulation that MPT reserves the right to determine and approve ?viable? buyers. --A final hearing on the settlement is set for Sept. 18. An executed order is expected as soon as possible after that hearing. . Steward to Hand Off Hospital Operations Under Pact With MPT (yahoo.com) According to the agreement, Medical Properties Trust (MPW), the biggest hospital landlord in the U.S., will take over Steward's hospitals subject to its master lease and fund all related operational expenses. Following the sale of these hospitals, the parties have agreed to make payments to lenders and creditors with proceeds from the transactions. Medical Properties Trust to settle lease claims with bankrupt Steward Health Care (msn.com) --The agreement creates a security blanket partially funded by the $395 million sale of Space Coast Hospital in Florida and a $10 million escrow account that will be held by Medical Properties Trust (MPT -Steward?s land leasor) for payroll and operating costs.
--Union representatives from Trumbull and Hillside voiced concerns that the agreement is not clear on a successor clause for their bargaining agreements and asked that a line clarifying that be added to make sure that any new owner or management team would honor those bargaining agreements. --Equipment and housekeeping vendors voiced concerns about the agreement saying it was vague in how they would be notified or able to retrieve their property if a hospital ultimately closed because of a failed deal. They wanted more clarity on how their assets would be protected Hearing details deal to keep local Steward hospitals open in Warren, Ohio and Sharon, Pennsylvnaia (wkbn.com)
Fab B #1077 ?all of MPT?s claims against the Debtors? estates (up to approximately $7.5 billion in the aggregate, consisting of approximately $83.4 million in MPT DIP Claims, $448.1 million in MPT Prepetition Secured Claims, $403.4 million in MPT HoldCo Claims, and $6.6 billion in future lease obligations), will be waived;
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Jetzt wird ein Schuh daraus.
Die Krankenhäuser gehen nicht in MPT über, sondern nur der weitere Betrieb. Stewarts eigene Krankenhäuser sind weiter Insolvenzmasse.
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