Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 22, 2017

Performant Financial Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware	001-35628	20-0484934
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

333 North Canyons Parkway

Livermore, California 94551

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (925) 960-4800

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Item 1.01	Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On March 22, 2017, Performant Business Services, Inc., which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Performant Financial Corporation (the “Company”) and is the borrower under that certain Credit Agreement dated as March 19, 2012 with Madison Capital Funding LLC, as agent (the “Agent”) and the lenders party thereto from time to time (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), entered into Amendment No. 7 to the Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”). The Company and certain other of its subsidiaries are guarantors of the obligations under the Credit Agreement.

In connection with Amendment No. 4 to the Credit Agreement dated as of February 19, 2016, the Company deposited $7.5 million into a deposit account which is subject to the exclusive control of the Agent. Pursuant to the Seventh Amendment, the date on which these funds will be remitted to the Agent for application to the term loans or other obligations, as applicable, under the Credit Agreement has been extended by approximately two and a half months, to May 15, 2017 (or such later date not more than thirty (30) days thereafter as may be agreed by Agent in its sole discretion); however, all or a portion of these funds may also be returned to the Company if the Agent and the requisite lenders under the Credit Agreement elect otherwise in their sole discretion. These funds may also be remitted to the Agent in accordance with the foregoing sentence prior to May 15, 2017 if an event of default has occurred and is continuing under the Credit Agreement.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


10.1	Amendment No. 7 to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 22, 2017, by and among Performant Business Services, Inc., the Lenders party hereto, and Madison Capital Funding, LLC.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Dated: March 28, 2017

PERFORMANT FINANCIAL CORPORATION

By: /s/ Hakan Orvell

Hakan Orvell

Chief Financial Officer