May 15 Reuters KKR Co Incbacked Envision Healthcare Corp and its wholly owned subsidiaries filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Monday.

The U.S. provider of physicians has estimated assets and liabilities in the range of 1 billion to 10 billion each, the company said in a court filing.

The company said that it entered into a restructuring support agreement for debt obligations of about 7.7 billion under which its unit AMSURG which manages ambulatory surgery centers and Envision Physician Services will be separately owned.

Envision39;s AMSURG unit will buy surgery centers held by the company for 300 million plus a waiver of intercompany loans held by AMSURG, it said in a statement.

All of the company39;s debt, with the exception of a revolving credit facility , will be cancelled, deleveraging about 5.6 billion, it added.

Reporting by Akanksha Khushi in Bengaluru

Source Reuters