| SCHEDULE K - EXPLANATORY STATEMENT |
CAREGROUP, INC., (CAREGROUP) IS A MASSACHUSETTS NON-PROFIT CORPORATION EXEMPT FROM INCOME TAX UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED THAT SERVES AS A SUPPORT ORGANIZATION OF BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - NEEDHAM, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH, MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL AND THESE ENTITIES' PHYSICIAN GROUPS AND OTHER AFFILIATED ENTITIES. CAREGROUP'S PURPOSE IS TO OVERSEE THE FINANCIAL WELL-BEING OF THE AFFILIATED ENTITIES WHICH MAKE UP THE CAREGROUP SYSTEM. CAREGROUP AND SOME OF ITS AFFILIATES JOINTLY BORROW DEBT AS AN OBLIGATED GROUP. THE OBLIGATED GROUP MEMBERS ARE: CAREGROUP, BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER (MEDICAL CENTER), MOUNT AUBURN HOSPITAL (MAH), NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL (NEBH), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS - NEEDHAM (BID-NEEDHAM), MOUNT AUBURN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES (MAPS), MEDICAL CARE OF BOSTON MANAGEMENT CORP D/B/A AFFILIATED PHYSICIANS GROUP (APG), BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - MILTON AND BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS HOSPITAL - PLYMOUTH. THE INFORMATION REPORTED ON SCHEDULE K FOR NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL REFLECTS THE COMBINED CAREGROUP OBLIGATED GROUP DEBT ISSUED AFTER DECEMBER 31, 2002 WITH AN OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE IN EXCESS OF $100,000. |
| SCHEDULE K PART 1F - DESCRIPTION OF TAX-EXEMPT DEBT PURPOSE |
PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES H BONDS: - REFUNDING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MILTON SERIES D BONDS, THE PLYMOUTH SERIES D BONDS, THE PLYMOUTH SERIES E BONDS, AND A PORTION OF THE CAREGROUP SERIES E BONDS BY CREATING AN IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 2,2015 PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES G BONDS: - REFUNDING THE REMAINING PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE CAREGROUP SERIES A BONDS BY CREATING AN IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING TRUST DATED JULY 1,2012 PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES F BONDS: - REFUNDING OF A PORTION OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE CAREGROUP SERIES A BONDS BY CREATING AN IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING TRUST DATED SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES E BONDS: - TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE VARIOUS RENOVATION AND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND CAPITAL EQUIPMENT ACQUISITIONS FOR THE MEDICAL CENTER - TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND VARIOUS OTHER CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS FOR MAH'S NEW AND EXPANDED FACILITIES WITH APPROXIMATELY 250,000 SQUARE FEET OF NEW AND RENOVATED SPACE TO INCLUDE: A NEW SIX-STORY ACUTE CARE FACILITY TO SUPPORT ADDITIONAL CRITICAL CARE AND MEDICAL /SURGICAL BEDS, EXPANDED OPERATING ROOMS AND INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY ROOMS AND A NEW PARKING GARAGE - TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND VARIOUS OTHER CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS FOR NEBH'S MASTER FACILITY PLAN, INCLUDING A NEW ATRIUM OF APPROXIMATELY 2,740 SQUARE FEET, A PRE-OPERATIVE AND POST ANESTHESIA UNIT OF APPROXIMATELY 14, 310 SQUARE FEET, CONSTRUCTION OF A CENTRAL STERILE SUPPLY AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 8,290 SQUARE FEET AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW OPERATING ROOMS OF APPROXIMATELY 18,615 SQUARE FEET; - TO FINANCE OR REFINANCE CONSTRUCTION, RENOVATION, FURNISHING AND VARIOUS OTHER CAPITAL ACQUISITIONS FOR BID-NEEDHAM'S NEW AND EXPANDED FACILITIES INCLUDING AN APPROXIMATELY 59,000 SQUARE FOOT PROJECT ON TWO FLOORS TO RENOVATE AND EXPAND SERVICES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT, INPATIENT UNITS, RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT AND ASSOCIATED SUPPORT SERVICES; - TO REFINANCE $201,975,000 OF DEBT PREVIOUSLY ISSUED BY MEMBERS OF THE OBLIGATED GROUP, INCLUDING $138,075,000 OF THE CAREGROUP SERIES C BONDS DESCRIBED BELOW. PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES D BONDS: - REFUNDING OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE MAH SERIES B BONDS BY CREATING AN IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING TRUST DATED JULY 13, 2004 PURPOSES OF CAREGROUP SERIES C BONDS: - REFUNDING OF THE OUTSTANDING PRINCIPAL BALANCE OF THE BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION SERIES G BONDS BY CREATING AN IRREVOCABLE REFUNDING TRUST DATED JULY 13, 2004 |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (1 OF 2) PART II, COLUMN D, LINE 2 |
THE AMOUNT OF BONDS LEGALLY DEFEASED: THE 2015 ISSUE ADVANCE REFUNDED $100,675,000 OF THE 2008 ISSUE. THESE BONDS WILL BE CALLED BY JULY 1, 2018. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (1 OF 2) PART II, COLUMN D, LINE 3 |
THE TOTAL PROCEEDS OF THE ISSUE EXCEED THE ISSUE PRICE DUE TO THE INVESTMENT EARNINGS ON THE PROJECT FUND. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (1 OF 2) PART II, COLUMNS B, C AND D, LINE 11 |
THE OTHER SPENT PROCEEDS ARE THE PROCEEDS USED TO REFUND PRIOR ISSUE(S). THE AMOUNTS ARE NOT LISTED ON LINE 6 BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER IN ESCROW. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (1 OF 2) PART II, COLUMN C, LINE 11 |
OF THE PROCEEDS LISTED, $8,993,760 WAS USED FOR TERMINATION OF THE HEDGE AGREEMENT, WITH THE REMAINDER USED FOR REFUNDING PURPOSES OF THE ISSUE. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (2 OF 2) PART II, COLUMN A, LINE 11 |
THE 2004 ISSUE IS EXEMPT FROM COMPLETING PART III BECAUSE IT REFUNDED BONDS ISSUED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2002. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (1 OF 2) PART III, COLUMNS B AND C |
THE OTHER SPENT PROCEEDS ARE THE PROCEEDS USED TO REFUND PRIOR ISSUE(S). THE AMOUNTS ARE NOT LISTED ON LINE 6 BECAUSE THEY ARE NO LONGER IN ESCROW. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K (2 OF 2) PART III, COLUMN A |
THE 2004 ISSUE IS EXEMPT FROM COMPLETING PART III BECAUSE IT REFUNDED BONDS ISSUED PRIOR TO DECEMBER 31, 2002. |
| FORM 990, SCHEDULE K PART III QUESTIONS 2 AND 3: |
FACILITIES FINANCED WITH TAX-EXEMPT BONDS ARE PRIMARILY OCCUPIED BY CAREGROUP AND ITS AFFILIATED TAX-EXEMPT ENTITIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, BID-NEEDHAM, BID-PLYMOUTH, BID-MILTON, HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, ASSOCIATED PHYSICIANS OF HARVARD MEDICAL FACULTY PHYSICIANS AT BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER, NEBH, NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, MAH, MAPS AND APG. SOME FINANCED SPACE MAY CONTAIN LEASE ARRANGEMENTS, AND THE AFFILIATES WHICH OWN THE DEBT FINANCED SPACE MAY OPT TO ENGAGE A MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY (I.E. CLEANING, PATIENT TRANSPORT, AND FOOD SERVICES) OR ENGAGE IN RESEARCH PURSUANT TO RESEARCH AGREEMENTS WITHIN TAX EXEMPT DEBT FINANCED SPACE. ANY SUCH AGREEMENTS IN PLACE AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 WERE REVIEWED TO ENSURE PROPER ACCOUNTING OF ANY PRIVATE USE GENERATED FROM SUCH ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION, SUCH AGREEMENTS ARE GENERALLY REVIEWED BY INSIDE COUNSEL PRIOR TO FINALIZING. FORM 990, SCHEDULE K PART IV COLUMN D, LINE 2C AN ARBITRAGE REBATE CALCULATION WAS COMPLETED AS OF SEPTEMBER 30, 2015. FORM 990, SCHEDULE K PART IV, COLUMN D, LINE 4C AT THE TIME OF ISSUE, THE CAREGROUP OBLIGATED GROUP ENTERED INTO THREE FLOATING-TO-FIXED INTEREST RATE SWAPS, TWO OF WHICH HAD 21 YEAR MATURITY DATES AND THE THIRD HAD A 20 YEAR MATURITY. THESE HEDGES WERE TERMINATED IN 2008. |