UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

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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): August 14, 2017

LINCOLN EDUCATIONAL SERVICES CORPORATION

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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

200 Executive Drive, Suite 340, West Orange, New Jersey  07052

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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (973) 736-9340

 

 

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Item 2.01.

Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

 

On August 14, 2017, New England Institute of Technology at Palm Beach, Inc. (“NEIT”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (the “Company”), consummated the anticipated sale of the real property located at 2400 and 2410 Metrocentre Boulevard East, West Palm Beach, Florida, including the improvements and other personal property located thereon (the “West Palm Beach Property”) to  Tambone Companies, LLC (“Tambone”), pursuant to a previously reported purchase and sale agreement (the “West Palm Sale Agreement”) entered into on March 14, 2017.  Pursuant to the terms of the West Palm Sale Agreement, as subsequently amended, the purchase price for the West Palm Beach Property was $15,750,000.  As a result, the Company expects to record a non-cash gain on the sale in the amount of $1.5 million.

 

As previously reported, the West Palm Beach Property served as collateral for a short term loan in the principal amount of $8 million obtained by the Company from its lender, Sterling National Bank, on April 28, 2017, which matured upon the earlier of the sale of the West Palm Beach Property or October 1, 2017.  Accordingly, on August 14, 2017, the Company repaid the term loan in an aggregate amount of $8.021 million, consisting of principal and accrued interest, concurrently with the consummation of the sale of the West Palm Beach Property.

 

The foregoing description of the terms of the West Palm Sale Agreement, as amended, is qualified in its entirety by reference to the West Palm Sale Agreement, as amended, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On August 16, 2017, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the sale of the West Palm Beach Property.  A copy of the press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits:

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

 

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