Team Health Holdings, Inc. Announces Plan to Amend and Extend Its Existing Credit Facility

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Team Health Holdings, Inc. ("TeamHealth" or the "Company") (NYSE: TMH), one of the largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States, today announced that it plans to amend and extend its existing credit facility.

If approved, the proposed amendment would increase the Company's existing Term Loan A Facility from $150 million ($142.5 million outstanding as of June 30, 2012) to $250 million and extend its maturity until 2017; as well as extend the maturity of the five-year $225 million Revolving Credit Facility to 2017. The use of proceeds from the increased Term Loan A will be used to repay outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility and other general corporate purposes. The Company expects to pay an interest rate consistent with current market conditions on the Term Loan A Facility and Revolving Credit Facility.  The Company will also pay a market based fee to new lenders and existing lenders that agree to extend and amend their term loans and revolving credit commitments.  The existing $250 million Term Loan B Facility is not subject to the proposed amendment and will remain in place with current terms and conditions.      

The planned refinancing is contingent on several factors, including market conditions, but is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC is arranging the refinancing.

To learn more about TeamHealth, please visit the company's website at www.teamhealth.com. TeamHealth uses its website as a channel of distribution for material Company information. Financial and other material information regarding TeamHealth is routinely posted on the Company's website and is readily accessible.

About TeamHealth 
TeamHealth (Knoxville, Tenn.) (NYSE: TMH) is one of the largest providers of outsourced physician staffing solutions for hospitals in the United States. Through its 17 regional locations and multiple service lines, TeamHealth's more than 8,300 affiliated healthcare professionals provide emergency medicine, hospital medicine, anesthesia, urgent care, and pediatric staffing and management services to approximately 790 civilian and military hospitals, clinics, and physician groups in 47 states. The term "TeamHealth" as used throughout this release includes Team Health, Inc., and all of its related entities, divisions, subsidiaries and affiliated physicians and physician groups. For more information about TeamHealth, visit www.teamhealth.com.

Forward Looking Statements
Statements and information contained herein that are not historical facts and that reflect the current view of Team Health Holdings, Inc.  (the "Company") about future events and financial performance are hereby identified as "forward looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  Some of these statements can be identified by terms and phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "intend," "estimate," "expect," "continue," "could," "should," "may," "plan," "project," "predict" and similar expressions.  The Company cautions  that such "forward looking statements," including without limitation, those relating to the Company's future business prospects, revenue, working capital, professional liability expense, liquidity, capital needs, interest costs and income, wherever they occur in this or in other statements attributable to the Company, are necessarily estimates reflecting the judgment of the Company's senior management and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the "forward looking statements."  Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements include but are not limited to current or future government regulation of the healthcare industry, exposure to professional liability lawsuits and governmental agency investigations, the adequacy of insurance coverage and insurance reserves, as well as those factors detailed under the caption "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's most recent annual report on Form 10-K and the most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company's "forward looking statements" speak only as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update "forward looking statements" herein to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events, or changes to future operating results over time.

SOURCE Team Health Holdings, Inc.