{"url_path":"/sec/dva/8-k/2026-06-08/item-1-01","section_key":"item-1-01","section_title":"Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-06-08","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/0001206774-26-000316-index.html","accession_number":"0001206774-26-000316","cik":"0000927066","ticker":"DVA","issuer_name":"DAVITA INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/927066/0001206774-26-000316-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000927066","primary_entity_name":"DAVITA INC."},"word_count":634,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive\nAgreement.**\n\n \n\nOn June 8, 2026, DaVita Inc.\n(the “Company”) entered into a Ninth Amendment (the “Ninth Amendment”) to that certain Credit Agreement dated\nas of August 12, 2019 (as previously amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified, and as further amended by the Ninth Amendment,\nthe “Credit Agreement”), by and among the Company, its subsidiary guarantors, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase\nBank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent and swingline lender (“JPMorgan”).\n\n \n\nThe Ninth Amendment, among\nother things, provides for an incremental borrowing under the Company’s existing senior secured term loan “B” facility\nmaturing in May 2031 (the “Tranche B-2 Term Facility” and the loans borrowed thereunder, the “Tranche B-2 Term Loans”)\nin an aggregate principal amount of $500 million (the “Incremental Tranche B-2 Term Loans”).\n\n \n\nPursuant to the Ninth Amendment\nand the Credit Agreement, the Tranche B-2 Term Loans (including the Incremental Tranche B-2 Term Loans) shall be denominated in U.S. dollars\nand shall bear interest, at the Company’s option, based on (i) the Base Rate (as defined below) plus the Applicable Margin (as defined\nbelow), or (ii) the forward-looking term rate based on the secured overnight financing rate that is published by CME Group Benchmark Administration\nLimited (“Term SOFR”) plus the Applicable Margin. The “Base Rate” with respect to the Tranche B-2 Term Facility\nis defined as the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 50 basis points, (b)\nthe U.S. “prime rate” last quoted by The Wall Street Journal or, if The Wall Street Journal ceases to quote such rate, the\nhighest per annum interest rate established by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the U.S. (the “Board”)\nin Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (Selected Interest Rates) as the “bank prime loan” rate or, if such rate\nis no longer quoted therein, any similar rate quoted therein, or any similar release by the Board, in each case as determined by JPMorgan\nand (c) Term SOFR for an interest period of one month plus 100 basis points; provided that if the Base Rate is negative it shall be deemed\nto be zero. The “Applicable Margin” for the Tranche B-2 Term Facility is 175 basis points in the case of Term SOFR loans and\n75 basis points in the case of Base Rate loans.\n\n \n\nThe Company has used or\nwill use the proceeds of the Incremental Tranche B-2 Term Loans (i) to repay a portion of its outstanding senior secured revolving\nloan facility terminating in November 2030, (ii) for the payment of fees, commissions and expenses in connection with the foregoing\nand for the Ninth Amendment itself and (iii) otherwise for general corporate purposes.\n\n \n\nThe Company and its affiliates\nmay from time to time engage certain of the lenders under the Credit Agreement to provide other banking, investment banking and financial\nservices.\n\n \n\nThe foregoing description\nof the Ninth Amendment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete terms and conditions\nof the Ninth Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein\nby reference. The Ninth Amendment has been incorporated by reference herein to provide stockholders with information regarding its terms.\nIt is not intended to provide any other information about the Company or the Company’s subsidiaries that are guarantors thereunder,\nor other subsidiaries and affiliates of the Company. For example, the Ninth Amendment contains representations and warranties that were\nmade solely for the benefit of the other parties to the Ninth Amendment and should not be relied upon as characterizations of the actual\nstate of facts or condition of the Company or any of its subsidiaries."}