AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER HealthAxis Inc., Outsourcing Merger Sub, Inc., and BPO Management Services, Inc. Dated as of September 5, 2008
EXHIBIT 10.64
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
HealthAxis
Inc.,
Outsourcing
Merger Sub, Inc.,
and
BPO
Management Services, Inc.
Dated
as of September 5, 2008
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
1 DEFINITIONS, SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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2
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1.1
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Definitions
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2
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1.2
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Schedules
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4
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1.3
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Exhibits
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5
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ARTICLE
2 DESCRIPTION OF THE TRANSACTIONS
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5
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2.1
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BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps
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5
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2.2
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HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps
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6
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2.3
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The
Merger
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8
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2.4
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Effects
of the Merger
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8
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2.5
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The
Closing
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8
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2.6
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Effective
Time
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8
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2.7
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Corporate
Organization
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8
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2.8
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Directors
and Officers of Surviving Corporation and HealthAxis
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9
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2.9
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Tax
Consequences
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9
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ARTICLE
3 CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
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9
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3.1
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Conversion
of Merger Sub Shares
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9
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3.2
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Conversion
of BPOMS Common Stock
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9
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3.3
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Conversion
of BPOMS Preferred Stock
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10
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3.4
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Conversion
of BPOMS Investor Warrants
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11
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3.5
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Conversion
of BPOMS Employee Stock Options and Non-Investor Warrants
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12
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3.6
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Adjustments
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13
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3.7
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Reservation
of Shares
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15
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3.8
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Dissenting
BPOMS Stockholders
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16
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ARTICLE
4 EXCHANGE OF SHARES
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16
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4.1
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Exchange
of Common Stock Certificates
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16
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4.2
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Exchange
of Preferred Stock Certificates and Xxxxx Warrants
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18
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4.3
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Withholding
Rights
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19
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ARTICLE
5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BPOMS
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19
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5.1
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Organization;
Good Standing; Authority; Compliance with Law
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20
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5.2
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Authorization,
Validity and Effect of Agreements
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21
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5.3
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Capitalization
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21
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5.4
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Subsidiaries
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23
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5.5
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Other
Interests
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24
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5.6
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No
Violation
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24
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5.7
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements
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25
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5.8
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Litigation
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26
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5.9
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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26
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5.10
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Taxes
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28
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5.11
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Books
and Records
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30
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5.12
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Properties
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31
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5.13
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Environmental
Matters
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31
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5.14
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Brokers
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32
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5.15
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Related
Party Transactions
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32
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5.16
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Contracts
and Commitments
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32
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5.17
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Employee
Matters and Benefit Plans
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34
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5.18
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Intellectual
Property
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38
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5.19
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Anti-Takeover
Plan
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42
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5.20
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Shareholder
Vote Required
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42
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5.21
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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42
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5.22
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Insurance
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42
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5.23
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Financial
Forecast and Relationships with Suppliers, Licensors and
Customers
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43
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ARTICLE
6 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF HEALTHAXIS AND MERGER
SUB
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43
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6.1
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Organization;
Good Standing; Authority; Compliance with Law
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43
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6.2
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Authorization,
Validity and Effect of Agreements
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44
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6.3
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Capitalization
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45
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6.4
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Subsidiaries
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47
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6.5
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Other
Interests
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47
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6.6
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No
Violation
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47
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6.7
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SEC
Filings; Financial Statements
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48
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6.8
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Litigation
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49
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6.9
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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49
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6.10
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Taxes
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52
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6.11
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Books
and Records
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54
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6.12
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Properties
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54
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6.13
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Environmental
Matters
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54
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6.14
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No
Brokers
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55
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6.15
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Related
Party Transactions
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55
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6.16
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Contracts
and Commitments
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55
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6.17
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Employee
Matters and Benefit Plans
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57
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6.18
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Intellectual
Property and Products; HIPAA Compliance
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60
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6.19
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Anti-Takeover
Matters
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63
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6.20
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Shareholder
Vote Required
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64
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6.21
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Undisclosed
Liabilities
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64
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6.22
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Insurance
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64
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6.23
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Financial
Forecast and Relationships with Suppliers, Licensors and
Customers
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64
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6.24
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Continuity
of Business Enterprise
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64
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6.25
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Ownership
of BPOMS Shares
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65
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ARTICLE
7 COVENANTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
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65
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7.1
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Conduct
of Businesses
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65
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7.2
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BPOMS
Stockholders Meeting
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70
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7.3
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HealthAxis
Fairness Hearing; Stockholders Meeting
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71
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7.4
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Approvals;
Other Action
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73
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7.5
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Access
to Information; Confidentiality
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74
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7.6
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Publicity
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74
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7.7
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Listing
of HealthAxis Common Stock
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75
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7.8
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Further
Action
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75
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7.9
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Tax
Treatment
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75
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7.10
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No
Solicitation
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75
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7.11
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Notice
of Certain Events
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78
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7.12
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Directors
and Officers
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79
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7.13
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Indemnification
and Insurance
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79
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7.14
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Restrictions
on Transfer
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81
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ARTICLE
8 CONDITIONS
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81
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8.1
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Conditions
to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the Merger
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81
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8.2
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Conditions
to Obligations of BPOMS to Effect the Merger
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81
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8.3
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Conditions
to Obligations of HealthAxis and Merger Sub to Effect the
Merger
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82
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ARTICLE
9 TERMINATION
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9.1
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Termination
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83
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9.2
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Effect
of Termination
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85
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9.3
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Expenses
and Termination Fee
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85
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9.4
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Extension;
Waiver
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86
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ARTICLE
10 GENERAL PROVISIONS
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87
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10.1
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Nonsurvival
of Representations, Warranties and Agreements
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87
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10.2
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Notices
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87
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10.3
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Assignment;
Binding Effect; Benefit
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88
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10.4
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Entire
Agreement
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88
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10.5
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Confidentiality
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88
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10.6
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Amendment
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89
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10.7
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Governing
Law; Attorneys’ Fees
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89
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10.8
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Counterparts
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89
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10.9
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Headings
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89
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10.10
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Waivers
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89
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10.11
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Incorporation
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90
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10.12
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Severability
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90
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10.13
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Interpretation
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90
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10.14
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Specific
Performance
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90
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule
2.1(b)
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BPOMS
Cap Table
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Schedule
2.2(b)
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HealthAxis
Cap Table
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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HealthAxis
Voting Agreement
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Exhibit B
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BPOMS
Voting Agreement
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Exhibit C
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BPOMS
Series F Certificate of Designation
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Exhibit D
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BPOMS
Series F Convertible Preferred Stock Issuance
Agreement
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Exhibit E
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HealthAxis/Tak
Termination Agreement
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Exhibit F
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HealthAxis/Preferred
Conversion and Termination Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Xxxxx
Warrant Termination Agreement
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Exhibit H
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Amendment
to the Remote Resourcing Agreement
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Exhibit I
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HealthAxis
Articles of Amendment
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Exhibit J
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HealthAxis
Series B Certificate of
Designation
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v
AGREEMENT
AND PLAN OF MERGER
This
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”)
is made and entered into as of September 5, 2008, among HealthAxis Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation (“HealthAxis”),
Outsourcing Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned
subsidiary of HealthAxis (“Merger
Sub”) and BPO Management Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(“BPOMS”).
Each of HealthAxis, Merger Sub and BPOMS are sometimes referred to herein as a
“Party”
or, collectively, the “Parties”.
RECITALS
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A.
HealthAxis, Merger Sub and BPOMS intend to effect a merger of
Merger Sub into BPOMS (the “Merger”)
in accordance with this Agreement and the Delaware General Corporation Law
(“DGCL”),
as a result of which Merger Sub will cease to exist, and BPOMS will become
a wholly owned subsidiary of
HealthAxis.
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B.
BPOMS, HealthAxis and Merger Sub intend that the Merger qualify as
a tax-free reorganization within the meaning of
Section 368(a) of the
Code.
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C.
The Board of Directors of HealthAxis, after consideration of the
fairness opinion rendered by its investment advisor and other relevant
factors: (i) has determined that this Agreement and the transactions
and other matters contemplated hereby are advisable and in the best
interests of HealthAxis and its stockholders, (ii) has approved this
Agreement and the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby,
including the issuance of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock and HealthAxis
Preferred Stock to the stockholders of BPOMS pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps (as hereinafter defined) and
the other actions contemplated by this Agreement and (iii) has
determined to recommend that the stockholders of HealthAxis vote to
approve this Agreement and the transactions and other matters contemplated
by this Agreement.
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D.
The Board of Directors of Merger Sub: (i) has determined that
this Agreement and the Merger are advisable and in the best interests of
Merger Sub and its sole stockholder, (ii) has approved this
Agreement, the Merger, and the other actions contemplated by this
Agreement, (iii) has adopted this Agreement and (iv) has
determined to recommend that the stockholder of Merger Sub vote to adopt
this Agreement and to approve the Merger and such other actions as are
contemplated by this Agreement.
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E.
The Board of Directors of BPOMS: (i) has determined that the
proposed Merger is advisable and is in the best interests of BPOMS and its
stockholders, (ii) has approved this Agreement, the Merger, the BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps (as hereinafter defined) and the other actions
contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) has adopted this Agreement and
(iv) has determined to recommend that the stockholders of BPOMS vote
to adopt this Agreement and to approve the Merger and such other
transactions as are contemplated by this
Agreement.
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F.
As a condition and inducement to the Parties entering into this
Agreement and incurring the obligations set forth herein, concurrently
with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (i) certain
HealthAxis stockholders are entering into the HealthAxis Voting
Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A
and certain BPOMS stockholders are entering into the BPOMS Voting
Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit B
with respect to the voting of their shares of HealthAxis and BPOMS,
respectively, in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, and (ii) certain HealthAxis security holders are entering
into the agreements referenced in Section 2.2(a) below in
connection with the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps and BPOMS has entered into
certain agreements and taken other steps, as referenced in
Section 2.1(a) below in connection with the BPOMS Pre-Merger
Steps.
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1
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AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the foregoing, and of the representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS,
SCHEDULES AND EXHIBITS
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1.1
Definitions
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In this
Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set out in the paragraphs
indicated below:
“Additional
Financing”
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7.10(a)
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“Affiliate”
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5.17(a)(i)
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“BPOMS
Cap Table”
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2.1(b)
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“BPOMS
Common Share” and collectively “BPOMS Common Shares”
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3.2(a)
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“BPOMS
Common Stock”
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3.2(a)
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“BPOMS
Contracts”
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5.16(a)
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“BPOMS
Convertible Preferred Stock”
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3.6(d)
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“BPOMS
Designees
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7.12
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“BPOMS
Disclosure Letter”
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Article 5
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“BPOMS
Forecast”
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5.23
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“BPOMS
Intellectual Property”
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5.18(a)(ii)
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“BPOMS
Investor Warrants
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3.4
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“BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect”
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5.1(a)
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“BPOMS
Meeting”
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7.2(a)
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“BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrants”
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3.5(a)
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“BPOMS
Option”
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3.5(a)
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“BPOMS
Outstanding Investor Warrants”
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3.4(c)
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“BPOMS
Xxxxx Warrants
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4.2(a)
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“BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps
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2.1(a)
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“BPOMS
Products”
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5.18(e)
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“BPOMS
Proxy Statement”
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7.2(b)
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“BPOMS
Registered Intellectual Property”
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5.18(a)(iii)
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“BPOMS
SEC Documents”
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5.7(a)
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“BPOMS
Series A Preferred Shares”
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5.3(a)
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2
“BPOMS
Series B Preferred Shares”
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5.3(a)
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“BPOMS
Series C Preferred Shares”
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5.3(a)
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“BPOMS
Series D Preferred Shares”
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5.3(a)
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“BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Shares”
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5.3(a)
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“BPOMS
Series F Preferred Shares”
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2.1(a)(ii)
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“BPOMS
Subsidiaries” and, individually, a “BPOMS
Subsidiary”
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5.4
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“California
Permit”
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7.3(a)
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“Cancelled
BPOMS Common Shares”
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3.2(b)
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“Certificates”
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4.1(b)
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“Certifications”
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5.7(a) and
6.7(a)
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“Closing”
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2.5
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“Closing
Date”
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2.5
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“Code”
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2.9
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“Delaware
Courts”
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10.7
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“Dissenting
Common Stock”
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3.8
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“Domain
Names”
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5.18(l)
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“Effective
Time”
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2.6
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“Employee”
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5.17(a)(ii)
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“Employee
Agreement”
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5.17(a)(iii)
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“Employee
Plan”
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5.17(a)(iv)
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“Environmental
Laws”
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5.13
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“ERISA”
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5.17(a)(v)
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“Exchange
Act”
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5.6,
7.2(b) and 7.3(d)
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“Exchange
Agent”
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4.1(a)
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“Exchange
Merger Consideration”
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4.1(b)
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“Exchange
Ratio”
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3.2(a) and
3.3(b)
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“Exchange
Ratios”
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3.6(a)
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“Fairness
Hearing”
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7.3(a)
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“GAAP”
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5.7(c)
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“Government
Agencies”
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5.1(c)
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“Government
Approvals”
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5.1(c)
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“HealthAxis
Cap Table”
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2.2(b)
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“HealthAxis
Contracts”
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6.16(a)
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“HealthAxis
Common Shares”
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3.2(a)
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“HealthAxis
Common Stock”
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3.2(a)
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“HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter”
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Article 6
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“HealthAxis
Domain Names”
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6.18(k)
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“HealthAxis
Forecast”
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6.23
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“HealthAxis
Intellectual Property”
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6.18(a)
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“HealthAxis
Material Adverse Effect”
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6.1(a)
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“HealthAxis
Meeting”
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7.3(c)
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“HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps”
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2.2(a)
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“HealthAxis
Products”
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6.18(d)
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“HealthAxis
Proxy Statement”
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7.3(d)
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3
“HealthAxis
SEC Documents”
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6.7(a)
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“HealthAxis
Series A Preferred Shares”
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6.3(a)
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“HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Shares”
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2.2(a)(vi)
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“HealthAxis
Subsidiaries” and, individually, a “HealthAxis
Subsidiary”
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6.1(b) and
6.4
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“HealthAxis
Registered Intellectual Property”
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6.18(b)
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“HealthAxis/Preferred
Investor Rights Agreement”
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2.2(a)(ii)
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“HealthAxis/Preferred
Registration Rights Agreement”
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2.2(a)(ii)
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“HealthAxis/Tak
Investor Rights Agreement”
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2.2(a)(i)
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“HealthAxis/Tak
Registration Rights Agreement”
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2.2(a)(i)
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“HIPPA”
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6.18(m)
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“Indemnified
Parties”
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7.13(b)
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“Intellectual
Property”
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5.18(a)(i)
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“IRS”
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5.17(vi)
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“Merger”
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2.3
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“Multiemployer
Plan”
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5.17(a)(vii)
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“Non-Disclosure
Agreement”
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10.5
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“Pension
Plan”
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5.17(a)(viii)
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“Preferred
Certificates”
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4.2(a)
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“PTO”
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5.18(b)
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“Regulatory
Filings”
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5.6
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“Representative”
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7.10(c)(2)
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“Reporting
Tail Coverage”
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7.13(d)
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“Reverse
Split”
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2.2(a)(v)
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“SEC”
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3.5(c)
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“Securities
Act”
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3.5(c)
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“Surviving
Corporation”
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2.3
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“Series C
Exchange Ratio”
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3.3(c)
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“Series C
Warrant Exchange Ratio
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3.4(a)
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“Series D
Exchange Ratio”
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3.3(d)
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“Series D
Warrant Exchange Ratio
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3.4(b)
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“Series D-2
Exchange Ratio”
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3.3(e)
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“Series F
Exchange Ratio”
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3.3(f)
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“SVB
Loan Agreement”-
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7.1(c)(x)
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“Taxes”
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5.10(a) and
6.10(a)
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“Tax
Returns”
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5.10(b) and
6.10(b)
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“Termination
Date”
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9.1(h)
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“Utilize”
or “Utilization”
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5.18(a)(iv)
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1.2
Schedules
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The
schedules to this Agreement are hereby incorporated and made a part hereof and
are an integral part of this Agreement. All schedules annexed hereto or
referred to herein are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement
as if set forth in full herein. Any capitalized terms used in any Schedule
but not otherwise defined therein shall be defined as set forth in this
Agreement. The Schedules are as follow:
4
Schedule
2.1(b)
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BPOMS
Cap Table
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Schedule
2.2(b)
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HealthAxis
Cap Table
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1.3
Exhibits
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The
following documents are referred to herein as Exhibits and copies are annexed
hereto:
Exhibit A
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HealthAxis
Voting Agreement
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Exhibit B
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BPOMS
Voting Agreement
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Exhibit C
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BPOMS
Series F Certificate of Designation
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Exhibit D
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BPOMS
Series F Convertible Preferred Stock Issuance
Agreement
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Exhibit E
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HealthAxis/Tak
Termination Agreement
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Exhibit F
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HealthAxis/Preferred
Conversion and Termination Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Xxxxx
Warrant Termination Agreement
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Exhibit H
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Amendment
to the Remote Resourcing Agreement
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Exhibit I
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HealthAxis
Articles of Amendment
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Exhibit J
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HealthAxis
Series B Certificate of
Designation
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ARTICLE
2
DESCRIPTION
OF THE TRANSACTIONS
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2.1
BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps.
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(a)
Prior to the date of this Agreement BPOMS has issued shares of its
capital stock, authorized the grant of options to purchase shares of its
capital stock and taken certain other steps, as follows (the “BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps”):
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(i)
by issuing 583,333 shares of BPOMS Series D-2 Preferred Stock
pursuant to the exercise by investors of the amended BPOMS Series J
Preferred Stock Purchase Warrants for aggregate net proceeds of
$5,600,000,
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(ii)
by creating a new series of preferred stock designated as
Series F Convertible Preferred Stock (the “BPOMS
Series F Preferred Shares”) pursuant to the BPOMS
Series F Certificate of Designations in the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C;
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(iii)
by issuing 894,942 shares of BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock
pursuant to the exchange of certain amended BPOMS Series A Purchase
Warrants, BPOMS Series B Purchase Warrants, and those BPOMS
Series D Purchase Warrants having an exercise price of $1.10,
pursuant to the BPOMS Series F Convertible Preferred Stock Issuance
Agreement in the form attached as Exhibit D;
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(iv)
by entering into that certain Waiver and Amendment Agreement,
Amended and Restated Warrant Acknowledgment, Second Amendment to
Series D Convertible Stock Purchase Agreement and
Third Amendment to Series D Convertible Stock Purchase Agreement each
in the form previously approved by Healthaxis, with those parties
necessary to achieve the intended legal effect of the provisions set forth
therein; and
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(v)
by increasing the number of options to purchase BPOMS Common Stock
issuable pursuant to the amended BPOMS’ 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to an
aggregate of 12,300,000 options, some or all of which may, at the
discretion of the board of directors of BPOMS, be granted to certain
employees, directors and advisors of BPOMS prior to the Effective Time at
exercise prices to be established as of the dates of such
grants.
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(b)
As a result of the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps (assuming that all of the
increased number of options to purchase BPOMS Common Stock referred to in
subparagraph 2.1(a)(v) hereof are granted prior to the Effective
Time), the number and class of issued and outstanding securities of BPOMS
at the Effective Time will be as set forth in the table (the “BPOMS Cap
Table”) attached as Schedule
2.1(b).
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2.2
HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps.
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(a)
On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at or
prior to the Effective Time, as a condition precedent to the Merger,
HealthAxis shall have carried out the following re-structuring of its
capital and related matters (the “HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps”):
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(i)
the termination and cancellation of all HealthAxis Warrants issued
to Tak Investments, Inc., and the termination of the HealthAxis
Investor Rights Agreement dated May 13, 2005 with Tak
Investments, Inc. (the “HealthAxis/Tak
Investor Rights Agreement”) and the HealthAxis Registration Rights
Agreement dated May 13, 2005 with Tak Investments, Inc. (the
“HealthAxis/Tak
Registration Rights Agreement”), in accordance with the
HealthAxis/Tak Termination Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E;
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(ii)
the conversion of all outstanding shares of HealthAxis
Series A Preferred Stock into 740,401 shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock and the termination of the HealthAxis Investor Rights Agreement
dated June 30, 2004 with holders of the HealthAxis Series A
Preferred Stock (the “HealthAxis/Preferred
Investor Rights Agreement”) and the HealthAxis Registration Rights
Agreement dated June 30, 2004 with holders of the HealthAxis
Series A Preferred Stock (the “HealthAxis/Preferred
Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to the
HealthAxis/Preferred Conversion and Termination Agreement in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit F;
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(iii)
the termination and cancellation of the HealthAxis Warrant held by
Xxxxx Opportunity Fund in accordance with the Xxxxx Warrant Termination
Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G;
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(iv)
the amendment of the Remote Resourcing Agreement dated May 13,
2005 between HealthAxis, Ltd., a subsidiary of HealthAxis, and Healthcare
BPO Partners, L.P., an affiliate of Tak Investments, Inc., pursuant
to the amendment in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H;
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(v)
a reverse split of the shares of HealthAxis Common Stock in a ratio
to be determined by the Board of Directors of HealthAxis (within a range
approved by the HealthAxis shareholders) (the “Reverse
Split”) pursuant to the filing with the Pennsylvania Department of
State of the HealthAxis Articles of Amendment substantially in the form
attached hereto as Exhibit I;
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(vi)
the Board of Directors of HealthAxis will adopt a resolution
creating a new series of preferred stock designated as Series B
Convertible Preferred Stock (the “HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Shares”), to which will be
attached the rights, preferences and other provisions as set out in the
HealthAxis Series B Certificate of Designations in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit J,
subject to the adjustments contemplated by Section 3.6 hereof;
and
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(vii)
the Board of Directors of HealthAxis will authorize and approve the
addition of approximately 3,000,000 shares of HealthAxis Common Stock
(prior to giving effect to the Reverse Split) to the HealthAxis Inc. 2005
Stock Incentive Plan (or to a new plan developed by HealthAxis) and, to
the extent required by the rules of the Nasdaq Stock
Market, Inc., the shareholders of HealthAxis will approve such
additional shares.
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In order
to carry out the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps, following execution of this
Agreement, HealthAxis will use its best efforts to take the steps and actions
and obtain all approvals as may be required by the provisions of paragraphs
(i) to (vii) of this paragraph 2.2(a).
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(b)
Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, following
the completion of the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps, immediately prior to
the Effective Time, the number and class of issued and outstanding
securities of HealthAxis will be as set forth in the table (the “HealthAxis
Cap Table”) attached hereto as Schedule
2.2(b).
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(c)
No fractional shares of HealthAxis’ Common Stock shall be issued in
connection with the Reverse Split, and no certificates or scrip for any
such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of HealthAxis
Common Stock who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a
share as a result of the Reverse Split shall, in lieu of such fraction of
a share, receive one full share of HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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2.3
The Merger.
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Upon the
terms and subject to the conditions contained in this Agreement, at the
Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into BPOMS, and the separate
corporate existence of Merger Sub shall thereupon cease (the “Merger”).
BPOMS shall continue as the surviving corporation in the Merger (the “Surviving
Corporation”).
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2.4
Effects of the Merger.
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The
Merger shall have the effects provided in this Agreement and the applicable
provisions of the DGCL. As a result of the Merger, BPOMS will become a wholly
owned subsidiary of HealthAxis.
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2.5
The Closing.
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On the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Merger
(the “Closing”)
shall take place at 10:00 a.m., local time, on (a) the third (3rd)
business day immediately following the day on which the last of the conditions
set forth in Article 8 shall be fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith,
or (b) at such other time, date or place as BPOMS and HealthAxis may
otherwise agree in writing. Unless the parties shall otherwise agree and subject
to Article 8, the parties shall use their best efforts to cause the Closing
to occur as soon as practicable after the last to occur of the BPOMS Meeting and
the HealthAxis Meeting. The date on which the Closing occurs is hereinafter
referred to as the “Closing
Date”.
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2.6
Effective Time.
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If all
the conditions to the Merger set forth in Article 8 shall have been
fulfilled or waived in accordance herewith, and this Agreement shall not have
been terminated as provided in Article 9, the parties hereto shall cause a
Certificate of Merger satisfying the requirements of the DGCL to be properly
executed, verified and delivered for filing in accordance with the DGCL on the
Closing Date. The Merger shall become effective upon the acceptance for record
of the Certificate of Merger by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware
in accordance with the DGCL (but not earlier than the Closing Date) or at such
later time that the parties hereto shall have agreed upon and designated in such
filing in accordance with applicable law as the effective time of the Merger
(the “Effective
Time”).
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2.7
Corporate Organization.
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(a)
At the Effective Time, unless otherwise determined by BPOMS and
HealthAxis prior to the Effective Time, the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation shall be the Certificate of Incorporation of
Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until thereafter
amended as provided by the DGCL and such Certificate of
Incorporation.
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(b)
Unless otherwise determined by BPOMS and HealthAxis prior to the
Effective Time, the By-laws of Merger Sub in effect immediately prior to
the Effective Time shall be the By-laws of the Surviving
Corporation.
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(c)
At the Effective Time, (i) HealthAxis shall file an amendment
to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to change the name
of HealthAxis to “BPO
Management Services, Inc.”, and (ii) BPOMS shall file an
amendment to its Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation to change
the name of BPOMS to “BPOMS, Inc.”.
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2.8
Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation and
HealthAxis.
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(a)
The directors of BPOMS immediately prior to the Effective Time
shall initially become the directors of the Surviving Corporation as of
the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the Certificate
of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation, until their
respective successors are duly elected or appointed and
qualified.
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(b)
The officers of BPOMS immediately prior to the Effective Time shall
initially become the officers of the Surviving Corporation as of the
Effective Time, until their respective successors are duly elected or
appointed and qualified.
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(c)
The directors and officers of HealthAxis as of the Effective Time
will be determined as provided by Section 7.12
hereof.
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2.9
Tax Consequences.
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For
federal income tax purposes, the Merger is intended to constitute a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368( a) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”),
and the parties shall report the Merger consistent therewith. The parties to
this Agreement hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of
reorganization” within the meaning of Section 1.368-2(g) and
1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations.
ARTICLE
3
CONVERSION
OF SECURITIES
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3.1
Conversion of Merger Sub
Shares.
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At the
Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of
HealthAxis, Merger Sub, BPOMS or the holders thereof, each share of common
stock, $0.01 par value per share, of Merger Sub that is issued and outstanding
immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be converted into one share of
common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Surviving
Corporation.
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3.2
Conversion of BPOMS Common
Stock.
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(a)
At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any
action on the part of HealthAxis, Merger Sub, BPOMS or the holders
thereof, each issued and outstanding share of common
stock, par value $0.001 per share of BPOMS (the “BPOMS
Common Stock”; each a “BPOMS
Common Share”; and collectively, the “BPOMS
Common Shares”) shall be converted into the right to receive 0.3393
(to be adjusted after determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in
accordance with Section 3.6) (the “Exchange
Ratio”) shares of common stock, par value $0.10 per share, of
HealthAxis (the “HealthAxis
Common Stock”). The shares of HealthAxis Common Stock to be issued
in connection with the Merger are sometimes referred to as the “HealthAxis
Common Shares” and shall bear appropriate restrictive
legends.
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(b)
Each BPOMS Common Share held in BPOMS’ treasury, if any,
immediately prior to the Effective Time (collectively, “Cancelled
BPOMS Common Shares”) shall, at the Effective Time, by virtue of
the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder thereof, be
canceled and retired and cease to exist and no payment shall be made with
respect thereto.
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(c)
No fractional shares of HealthAxis Common Stock shall be issued
under this Section in connection with the Merger, and no certificates
or scrip for any such fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of
BPOMS Common Shares who would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction
of a share of HealthAxis Common Stock (after aggregating all fractional
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu
of such fraction of a share and upon surrender of such holder’s
Certificate(s) (as defined in Section 4.1 (b)), receive one full
share of HealthAxis Common Stock.
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3.3
Conversion of BPOMS Preferred
Stock.
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(a)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series A Preferred
Stock that is then outstanding and unconverted shall cease to represent a
right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be converted
automatically into a right to receive 0.3393 (to be adjusted after
determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (also called the “Exchange
Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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(b)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series B Preferred
Stock that is then outstanding and unconverted shall cease to represent a
right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be converted
automatically into a right to receive 0.3393 (to be adjusted after
determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (also called the “Exchange
Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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(c)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series C Preferred
Stock that is then outstanding shall be converted automatically into a
right to receive 1.7700 (to be adjusted after determination of the Reverse
Split and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.6) (the “Series C
Exchange Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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(d)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series D Preferred
Stock that is then outstanding and unconverted shall cease to represent a
right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be converted
automatically into a right to receive 5.4288 (to be adjusted after
determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (the “Series D
Exchange Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Series B Preferred
Stock.
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(e)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series D-2
Preferred Stock that is then outstanding and unconverted shall cease to
represent a right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be
converted automatically into a right to receive 5.4288 (to be adjusted
after determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (the “Series D-2
Exchange
Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Series B Preferred
Stock.
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(f)
At the Effective Time, each share of BPOMS Series F Preferred
Stock that is then outstanding and unconverted shall cease to represent a
right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be converted
automatically into a right to receive 8.4825 (to be adjusted after
determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (the “Series F
Exchange Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Series B Preferred
Stock.
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(g)
No fractional shares of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Stock shall be issued under this Section in
connection with the Merger, and no certificates or scrip for any such
fractional shares shall be issued. Any holder of BPOMS Series A
Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series B Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series C
Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series D Preferred Stock, BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Stock or BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock who
would otherwise be entitled to receive a fraction of a share of HealthAxis
Common Stock or HealthAxis Series B Preferred Stock (after
aggregating all fractional shares of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Stock issuable to such holder) shall, in lieu of
such fraction of a share and upon surrender of such holder’s Preferred
Certificates (as defined in Section 4.2(a)), receive one full share
of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis Series B Preferred Stock, as
the case may be.
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3.4
Conversion of BPOMS Investor
Warrants
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In this
Agreement, BPOMS Series A Warrants, Series B Warrants, Series C
Warrants and Series D Warrants (including both Series D Warrants with
an exercise price of $0.01 and the Series D Warrants with an exercise price
of $1.10) are collectively called the “BPOMS Investor
Warrants”. At the Effective Time, the BPOMS Investor Warrants will
be dealt with as follows.
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(a)
At the Effective Time, each BPOMS Series C Warrant that is
then outstanding and unexercised shall cease to represent a right to
acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and shall be converted automatically
into a right to receive 0.3393 (to be adjusted after determination of the
Reverse Split and otherwise in accordance with
Section 3.6) (the “Series C
Warrant Exchange Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Series B
Preferred Stock.
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(b)
At the Effective Time, each BPOMS Series D Warrant with an
exercise price of $0.01 that is then outstanding and unexercised shall
cease to represent a right to acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock, and
shall be converted automatically into a right to receive 0.3393 (to be
adjusted after determination of the Reverse Split and otherwise in
accordance with Section 3.6) (the “Series D
Warrant Exchange Ratio”) shares of HealthAxis Series B
Preferred Stock.
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(c)
At the Effective Time, each BPOMS Series A Warrant,
Series B Warrant and Series D Warrant with an exercise price of
$1.10 that has not previously been exercised and is then outstanding and
unexercised (the “BPOMS
Outstanding Investor Warrants”) shall cease to represent a right to
acquire shares of BPOMS Common Stock and shall be converted automatically
into a warrant to acquire, under the same terms and conditions as were
applicable to such BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrants immediately prior
to the Effective Time, shares of HealthAxis Common Stock, and HealthAxis
shall assume each BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant and each agreement
pursuant to which any such BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant was granted;
provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time, (i) the
number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of
such BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrants shall be equal to the number of
shares of BPOMS Common Stock that were purchasable under such BPOMS
Outstanding Investor Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time,
multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, rounded down to the nearest whole share,
and (ii) the per share exercise price under each such BPOMS
Outstanding Investor Warrant shall be adjusted by dividing the per share
exercise price of each such BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant by the
Exchange Ratio, rounding up to the nearest cent. The terms of each
BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant shall be subject to further adjustment
as appropriate to reflect the Reverse Split and any other stock split,
stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction with respect
to the HealthAxis Common Stock on or subsequent to the Effective
Time. As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, HealthAxis
shall deliver to each holder of a BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant an
appropriate notice setting forth such holder’s rights pursuant thereto,
and such BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrant shall continue in effect on
the same terms and conditions.
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3.5
Conversion of BPOMS Employee Stock Options and Non-Investor
Warrants.
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(a)
At the Effective Time, each option, whether vested or unvested, to
purchase BPOMS Common Stock that is then outstanding and unexercised (a
“BPOMS
Option”) and all warrants to purchase BPOMS Stock other than the
BPOMS Investor Warrants (collectively, the “BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrants”) shall cease to represent a right to acquire
shares of BPOMS Common Stock and shall be converted automatically into an
option or warrant to acquire, under the same terms and conditions as were
applicable to such BPOMS Option or BPOMS Non-Investor
Warrant immediately prior to the Effective Time, shares of HealthAxis
Common Stock, and HealthAxis shall assume each BPOMS Option and BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrant and each option plan or agreement pursuant to which
any such BPOMS Option and BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant were granted;
provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time, (i) the
number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of
such BPOMS Option or BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant shall be equal to the
number of shares of BPOMS Common Stock that were purchasable under such
BPOMS Option or BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant immediately prior to the
Effective Time multiplied by the Exchange Ratio rounding down to the
nearest whole share, and (ii) the per share exercise price under each
such BPOMS Option and BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant shall be adjusted by
dividing the per share exercise price of each such BPOMS Option and BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrant by the Exchange Ratio, rounding up to the nearest
cent. The terms of each BPOMS Option and BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant shall
be subject to further adjustment as appropriate to reflect the Reverse
Split and any other stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other
similar transaction with respect to HealthAxis Common Stock on or
subsequent to the Effective Time.
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(b)
As soon as practicable after the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall
deliver to each holder of an outstanding BPOMS Option or BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrant an appropriate notice setting forth such holder’s
rights pursuant thereto, and such BPOMS Option and BPOMS Non-Investor
Warrant shall continue in effect on the same terms and conditions
(including anti-dilution
provisions).
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(c)
Promptly following the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall exercise
its best efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(“SEC”)
a registration statement on Form S-8 (to the extent such form is
available) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities Act”), with respect to the shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock issuable upon exercise of BPOMS Options and BPOMS Non-Investor
Warrants assumed pursuant to Section 3.5(a) hereof and eligible
for inclusion on Form S-8 under applicable securities laws, and shall
use its best efforts to maintain the current status of the prospectus
contained therein, as well as to comply with any applicable state
securities or “blue
sky” laws, for one year after the Effective
Time.
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3.6
Adjustments.
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(a)
When the Reverse Split is determined by the Board of Directors of
HealthAxis as contemplated by Section 2.2(a)(v) hereof, each of
the Exchange Ratio, the Series C Exchange Ratio, the Series D
Exchange Ratio, the Series D-2 Exchange Ratio, the Series F
Exchange Ratio, the Series C Warrant Exchange Ratio and the
Series D Warrant Exchange Ratio (collectively, the “Exchange Ratios”) shall
be adjusted to equal the rate determined by multiplying the applicable
exchange ratio then in effect by a fraction: (i) the numerator of
which is the number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued and
outstanding and issuable, on a fully-diluted basis, after giving effect to
the Reverse Split but immediately prior to the Effective Time, and (ii) the denominator of which is the
number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued and outstanding and
issuable, on a fully-diluted basis, as of the date hereof (or, if there
has been a previous adjustment pursuant to this section, then the
denominator will be the number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued
and outstanding and issuable on a fully-diluted basis, as of the date of
such previous adjustment).
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(b)
If at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, any change in the BPOMS Common Stock, BPOMS
Series A Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series B Preferred Stock, BPOMS
Series C Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series D Preferred Stock, BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock,
HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis Series B Preferred Stock shall
occur by reason of any reclassification, recapitalization, stock dividend,
stock split or combination (excluding the Reverse Split, unless and to the
extent that the ratio of the Reverse Split is revised from that originally
authorized by the Board of Directors of HealthAxis as contemplated by
Section 2.2(a)(v)), exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock
dividend thereon with the record date during such period, then each of the
Exchange Ratios shall be appropriately
adjusted.
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(c)
If at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall issue any additional shares of
HealthAxis Common Stock or any other securities exercisable for or
convertible into shares of HealthAxis Common Stock (excluding shares of
HealthAxis Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Reverse Split or shares
or other securities issued pursuant to any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination, exchange or
readjustment of shares referred to in paragraph (b) of this
Section 3.6) then each of the Exchange Ratios shall be adjusted to
equal the rate determined by multiplying the applicable exchange ratio
then in effect by a fraction: (i) the numerator of which is the
number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued and outstanding and
issuable, on a fully-diluted basis, following the issuance of shares or
other securities referred to in this paragraph (c), and (ii) the
denominator of which is the number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock
issued and outstanding and issuable, on a fully-diluted basis, as of the
date hereof (or, if there has been a previous adjustment pursuant to this
section, then the denominator will be the number of shares of HealthAxis
Common Stock issued and outstanding and issuable, on a fully-diluted
basis, as of the date of such previous
adjustment).
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(d)
If at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement
and the Effective Time, BPOMS shall issue any shares of BPOMS Common Stock
or any other securities exercisable for or convertible into shares of
BPOMS Common Stock (“BPOMS
Convertible Preferred Stock”) (excluding shares and other
securities issuable pursuant to the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps or shares or
other securities issuable pursuant to any reclassification,
recapitalization, stock dividend, stock split, combination, exchange or
readjustment of shares or any stock dividend referred to in paragraph
(b) of this Section 3.6), then each of the Exchange Ratios shall be adjusted to equal the rate determined by
multiplying the applicable exchange ratio then in effect by a fraction:
(i) the numerator of which is the aggregate of the number of shares
of BPOMS Common Stock and the number of shares of BPOMS Convertible
Preferred Stock of all series issued and outstanding and issuable, on a
fully-diluted basis, as of the date of this Agreement (or, if there has
been a previous adjustment pursuant to this section, then the numerator
will be the number of shares of BPOMS Common Stock and BPOMS Convertible
Preferred Stock issued and outstanding and issuable, on a fully-diluted
basis, as of the date of such previous adjustment), and (ii) the
denominator of which is the aggregate of the number of shares of BPOMS
Common Stock and shares of BPOMS Convertible Preferred Stock of all series
issued and outstanding and issuable on a fully-diluted basis after the
issuance of shares or other securities referred to in this paragraph
(d).
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(e)
The adjustments provided for in this Section 3.6 are
cumulative and shall apply to successive reclassifications,
recapitalizations, stock dividends, stock splits, combinations, exchanges
or readjustments of shares or issuances of shares or other securities
(without duplication).
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(f)
No adjustment to any of the Exchange Ratios shall be required in
connection with securities of HealthAxis or BPOMS issued pursuant to the
exercise of any warrants, options or other rights which are outstanding as
of the date of this Agreement or upon conversion of any convertible
securities or exchange of any exchangeable securities outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement.
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(g)
In addition to such adjustments to the Exchange Ratios, when the
Reverse Split is determined by the Board of Directors of HealthAxis as
contemplated by Section 2.2(a)(v) hereof, the provisions set out
in the HealthAxis Series B Certificate of Designations with respect
to (i) the particular number of HealthAxis Series B Preferred
Shares in Section 1 of the Certificate and the VWAP in paragraph
2(b) of the Certificate, (ii) the number of HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Shares in paragraphs 3(a) and 3(c) of
the Certificate, (iii) the Liquidation Preference Amount per share in
Section 4 of the Certificate, (iv) the Closing Bid Price
referred to in paragraph 5(c) of the Certificate, (v) the
Conversion Price in paragraph 5(d) of the Certificate, and
(vi) the number of HealthAxis Series B Preferred Shares referred
to in Section 9 of the Certificate, will be adjusted appropriately
based on the Reverse Split.
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3.7
Reservation of Shares
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At or
prior to the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall reserve for issuance the number of
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Stock issued or to be issued pursuant to
Section 3.3. In addition, at or prior to the Effective Time,
HealthAxis shall reserve for issuance the number of shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock subject to (i) BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrants assumed pursuant
to Section 3.4(c) hereof and (ii) BPOMS Options and BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrants assumed pursuant to
Section 3.5(a) hereof.
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3.8
Dissenting BPOMS
Stockholders.
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Notwithstanding
any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if required by the DGCL but
only to the extent required thereby, shares of BPOMS Common Stock that are
issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time and that are held
by holders of such shares of BPOMS Common Stock who have properly exercised
appraisal rights with respect thereto (the “Dissenting
Common Stock”) in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL will not
be exchangeable for the right to receive the per share amount of the merger
consideration described in Section 3.2(a) attributable to such shares
of Dissenting Common Shares, and holders of such shares of Dissenting Common
Stock will be entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such shares
of Dissenting Common Stock in accordance with the provisions of such
Section 262 unless and until such holders fail to perfect or effectively
withdraw or lose their rights to appraisal and payment under the DGCL. If, after
the Effective Time, any such holder fails to perfect or effectively withdraws or
loses such right, such shares of Dissenting Common Stock will thereupon be
treated as if they had been converted into and have become exchangeable for, at
the Effective Time, the right to receive the merger consideration attributable
to such shares of Dissenting Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Section 3.8, if the Merger is not consummated,
then the right of any stockholder to be paid the fair value of such
stockholder’s Dissenting Common Stock pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL
shall cease. BPOMS will promptly comply with its obligations under
Section 262 of the DGCL and will give HealthAxis prompt notice of any
demands and withdrawals of such demands received by BPOMS for appraisals of
shares of Dissenting Common Stock.
ARTICLE
4
EXCHANGE
OF SHARES
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4.1
Exchange of Common Stock
Certificates.
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(a)
Prior to the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall designate either its
transfer agent as of the date hereof or a bank or trust company as shall
be reasonably acceptable to BPOMS, to act as Exchange Agent in connection
with the Merger (the “Exchange
Agent”). At or immediately prior to the Effective Time, HealthAxis
will take all steps necessary to deposit with the Exchange Agent for the
benefit of the holders of BPOMS Common Shares certificates representing
the aggregate number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issuable
pursuant to Section 3.2 in exchange for outstanding BPOMS Common
Shares.
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(b)
Promptly after the Effective Time, HealthAxis and the Surviving
Corporation shall cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each Person who was
a record holder, as of the Effective Time, of an outstanding certificate
or certificates that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented
BPOMS Common Shares (the “Certificates”),
a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates shall pass, only
upon proper delivery of the Certificates to the Exchange Agent) and
instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates in
exchange for certificates evidencing HealthAxis Common Shares. Upon
surrender to the Exchange Agent of a Certificate, together with such
letter of transmittal duly executed, and
any
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other
required documents, the holder of such Certificate shall be entitled to receive
in exchange therefor (i) a certificate representing the number of whole
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock to which such holder shall be entitled
pursuant to Section 3.2, and (ii) any dividends or other distributions
to which such holder is entitled pursuant to Section 4.1(c) (the
HealthAxis Common Shares and cash paid pursuant to
Section 4.1(c) being referred to, collectively, as the “Exchange Merger
Consideration”) and such Certificate shall forthwith be canceled.
The holder of such Certificate may elect to receive uncertificated shares of
HealthAxis Common Stock issued through the direct registration system instead of
a physical certificate. If payment is to be made to a Person other than the
Person in whose name the Certificate surrendered is registered, it shall be a
condition of payment that the transfer not be prohibited under applicable law
and the Certificate so surrendered shall be properly endorsed or otherwise in
proper form for transfer as determined by the Exchange Agent, and that the
Person requesting such payment shall pay any transfer, or other taxes required
by reason of the payment to a Person other than the registered holder of the
Certificate surrendered or established to the satisfaction of the Surviving
Corporation that such tax has been paid or is not applicable. Until surrendered
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.1, each Certificate
(other than Certificates representing Canceled BPOMS Common Shares and other
than Certificates representing Dissenting Common Stock) shall represent for all
purposes only the right to receive the Exchange Merger Consideration, without
any interest thereon. In the event of a transfer of ownership of BPOMS Common
Shares which is not registered in the stock transfer records of BPOMS, the
Exchange Merger Consideration may be issued to such a transferee if the transfer
is not prohibited under applicable law and the certificate representing BPOMS
Common Shares is presented to the Exchange Agent, accompanied by all documents
required to evidence and effect such transfer and to evidence that any
applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid or are not payable.
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(c)
No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the
Effective Time with respect to shares of HealthAxis Common Stock with a
record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any
unsurrendered Certificate with respect to the shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock they are entitled to receive until the holder of such Certificate
shall surrender such Certificate. Subject to applicable law, following
surrender of any such Certificate, there shall be paid to the record
holder of the certificates representing whole shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock issued in exchange therefor, without interest, at the time of such
surrender, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record
date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such whole
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock.
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(d)
After the Effective Time, there shall be no registration on the
share transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of transfers of the
BPOMS shares that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Time, and as of the Effective Time, the share ledger of BPOMS shall be
closed. All Exchange Merger Consideration paid upon the surrender of
Certificates in accordance with the terms of this Article 4 shall be deemed to have been paid in full
satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the BPOMS Common Shares
previously evidenced by Certificates. After the Effective Time, the
holders of BPOMS Common Shares outstanding at the Effective Time shall
cease to have any rights with respect to such BPOMS Common Shares except
as provided herein or by applicable law. If, after the Effective Time,
certificates evidencing BPOMS Common Shares are presented to the Surviving
Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the Exchange Merger
Consideration as provided in this
Article 4.
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(e)
In the event any Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or
destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall issue in exchange for such lost,
stolen or destroyed Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that
fact by the holder thereof, such shares of HealthAxis Common Stock as may
be required pursuant to Section 3.2 and any dividends or
distributions payable pursuant to Section 4.1(c), provided, however,
that HealthAxis may, in its discretion and as a condition precedent to the
issuance and/or payment thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or
destroyed Certificates to deliver a bond in such sum as it may reasonably
direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made against HealthAxis,
the Surviving Corporation or the Exchange Agent with respect to the
Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
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4.2
Exchange of Preferred Stock Certificates and Xxxxx
Warrants.
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(a)
Promptly after the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall mail to each
Person who was a holder, as of the Effective Time, of an outstanding
certificate or certificates which immediately prior to the Effective Time
represented shares of BPOMS Series A Preferred Stock, BPOMS
Series B Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series C Preferred Stock, BPOMS
Series D Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series D-2 Preferred Stock or
BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock (the “Preferred
Certificates”) and to each person who was a holder, as of the
Effective Time, of any BPOMS Series C Warrants or BPOMS Series D
Warrants with an exercise price of $0.01 (the “BPOMS Xxxxx
Warrants”), a letter of transmittal (which shall specify that
delivery shall be effected, and the risk of loss and title to the
Preferred Certificates and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants shall pass, only upon
proper delivery of the Preferred Certificates and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants
to HealthAxis) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the
Preferred Certificates and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants in exchange for
certificates evidencing shares of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Stock, as the case may be, as provided by
Section 3.3 and 3.4. Upon surrender to HealthAxis of a Preferred
Certificate and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants, together with such letter of
transmittal duly executed, and any other required documents, the holder of
such Preferred Certificate and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants shall be entitled
to receive in exchange therefor a certificate representing the number of
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis Series B Preferred
Stock to which such holder shall be entitled pursuant to Section 3.3
or 3.4 and such Preferred Certificate and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants shall
forthwith be cancelled. A holder entitled to receive a certificate
representing HealthAxis Common Stock may elect to receive uncertificated shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued through the
direct registration system instead of a physical
certificate.
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(b)
In the event any Preferred Certificates and the BPOMS Xxxxx
Warrants shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, HealthAxis shall issue
in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Preferred Certificates and
the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by
the holder thereof, such shares of HealthAxis Common Stock or HealthAxis
Series B Preferred Stock as may be required pursuant to
Section 3.3 or 3.4, provided, however, that HealthAxis may, in its
discretion and as a condition precedent to the issuance and/or payment
thereof, require the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Preferred
Certificates and the BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants to deliver a bond in such sum as
it may reasonably direct as indemnity against any claim that may be made
against HealthAxis with respect to the Preferred Certificates and the
BPOMS Xxxxx Warrants alleged to have been lost, stolen or
destroyed.
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4.3
Withholding Rights.
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HealthAxis
and the Surviving Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the
number of shares of HealthAxis Common Stock and HealthAxis Series B
Preferred Stock otherwise deliverable under the Agreement such amounts as
HealthAxis and the Surviving Corporation are required to deduct and withhold
with respect to such delivery and payment under the Code or any provision of
state, local, provincial or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts
are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this
Agreement as having been delivered and paid to the holder of shares of BPOMS
Common Stock, BPOMS Series A Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series B Preferred
Stock, BPOMS Series C Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series D Preferred Stock,
BPOMS Series D-2 Preferred Stock, BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock,
BPOMS Series C Warrant or BPOMS Series D Warrant in respect of which
such deduction and withholding was made by HealthAxis and the Surviving
Corporation.
ARTICLE
5
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF BPOMS
BPOMS
hereby represents and warrants to HealthAxis and Merger Sub as follows, except
as set forth in (i) BPOMS’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ending December 31, 2007 and any other BPOMS SEC Documents (as defined
below) filed subsequent to December 31, 2007, and (ii) the written
disclosure letter delivered at or prior to the execution hereof to HealthAxis
(the “BPOMS
Disclosure Letter”). The BPOMS Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in
sections or subsections corresponding to the number and lettered sections and
subsections contained in this Article 5. The disclosures in any section or
subsection of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter shall qualify the correspondingly
numbered representation and warranty and such other representations and
warranties in this Article 5 to the extent it is reasonably clear from a
reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
representations and warranties.
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5.1
Organization; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance with
Law.
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(a)
BPOMS is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry
on its business as now conducted. BPOMS is duly licensed or qualified and
is in good standing to transact business as a foreign corporation in each
jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned or leased by
it therein or in which the nature of its business makes such qualification
or licensing necessary, except where the failure to be so licensed or
qualified would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, a “BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the
business, assets (including intangible assets), financial condition or
results of operations of BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries (as defined in
Section 5.4) taken as a whole.
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(b)
Each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is a corporation, partnership or
limited liability company duly incorporated or organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation
or organization, has the corporate, partnership or limited liability
company power and authority to own its properties and to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the
ownership of its property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for jurisdictions in which such failure to be so
qualified or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a BPOMS Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c)
The business of BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries is being operated
in compliance with all laws, ordinances, regulations and orders of all
governmental entities, except for violations that would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect. BPOMS
and the BPOMS Subsidiaries have all permits, certificates, licenses,
approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “Government
Approvals”) of all governmental agencies, entities, commissions,
boards, bureaus, tribunals, officials or authorities, whether Federal,
state or local (collectively, “Governmental
Agencies”), required by law with respect to the operation of their
businesses, except those the absence of which would not, individually or
in the aggregate, have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect or prevent or delay
consummation of the Merger. All such Government Approvals are in full
force and effect, and, BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries are in compliance
with all conditions and requirements of the Government Approvals and with
all rules and regulations relating thereto, other than failures that
would not have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect. BPOMS has not received any
notices of violations of any Federal, state and local laws, regulations
and ordinances relating to its business, operations or assets which, if it
were determined that a violation had occurred, would have a BPOMS Material
Adverse Effect.
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(d)
The certificate of incorporation or other charter documents, bylaws
and organizational documents (and in each such case, all amendments
thereto) of BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries which carries on any
active business are listed in Section 5.1(d) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, true and correct copies of which have previously been
delivered to HealthAxis or its
counsel.
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5.2
Authorization, Validity and Effect of
Agreements.
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BPOMS has
the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The Board of
Directors of BPOMS has taken all necessary corporate action required to be taken
by it to approve this Agreement, the Merger, and the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. The execution by BPOMS of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by
all requisite corporate action on the part of BPOMS, subject to the approvals
described in Section 5.2 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter. This Agreement
constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of BPOMS, enforceable
against BPOMS in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and
general principles of equity.
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5.3
Capitalization.
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(a)
The authorized capital stock of BPOMS consists of 150,000,000
shares of BPOMS Common Stock and 28,135,816 shares of preferred stock, par
value $0.001 per share, of which 2,308,612 shares are designated as
Series A (the “BPOMS
Series A Preferred Shares”), 1,449,204 shares are designated
as Series B (the “BPOMS
Series B Preferred Shares”), 21,378,000 shares are designated
as Series C (the “BPOMS
Series C Preferred Shares”), 1,500,000 shares are designated
as Series D (the “BPOMS
Series D Preferred Shares”), 1,500,000 shares are designated
as Series D-2 (the “BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Shares”) and 1,300,000 shares are
designated as Series F (the “BPOMS
Series F Preferred Shares”). As of the date
hereof, there are 12,671,034 BPOMS Common Shares issued and outstanding,
1,808,163 BPOMS Series A Preferred Shares issued and outstanding,
1,449,204 BPOMS Series B Preferred Shares issued and outstanding,
916,666 BPOMS Series C Preferred Shares issued and outstanding, 1,427,084 BPOMS
Series D Preferred Shares issued and outstanding, 1,312,500 BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Shares issued and outstanding and 894,942 BPOMS
Series F Preferred Shares issued and outstanding. All
outstanding shares of BPOMS are duly authorized, validly issued, fully
paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights or rights of first
refusal created by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of
BPOMS or any agreement to which BPOMS is a party or by which it is bound,
and free of any liens or encumbrances other than any liens or encumbrances
created by or imposed upon the holders thereof or under applicable federal
or state securities or “blue
sky” laws.
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(b)
Except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the BPOMS Disclosure
Letter, BPOMS has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other
obligations the holders of which have or upon the
happening of certain events would have the right to vote (or which are
convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having the
right to vote) with the stockholders of BPOMS on any
matter.
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(c)
Except for the BPOMS options and BPOMS warrants described in
Section 5.3 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, there are no existing
options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible securities, or other
rights, agreements, stock appreciation rights or similar derivative
securities or instruments or commitments which obligate BPOMS to issue,
transfer or sell any BPOMS Shares or make any payments in lieu thereof.
Section 5.3 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter contains a complete and
correct list setting forth as of the date hereof (i) the number of
options and warrants outstanding (setting forth for each option the plan
under which it was granted and for each warrant whether it is a BPOMS
Series A Warrant, BPOMS Series B Warrant, BPOMS Series C
Warrant, BPOMS Series D Warrant or BPOMS Non-Investor Warrant),
(ii) the dates on which such options or warrants were granted,
(iii) the dates on which such options or warrants shall vest and
expire and (iv) the exercise or conversion price of each outstanding
option or warrant, as the case may be. The terms of the BPOMS
Options, the BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrants and the BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrants permit the assumption or substitution of rights to
purchase HealthAxis Common Stock as provided in this Agreement, without
the consent or approval of the holders of such securities or BPOMS
stockholders. Except for such assumption or substitution, neither the
entry into this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby will affect the vesting or other terms of the BPOMS
Options, BPOMS Outstanding Investor Warrants or the BPOMS Non-Investor
Warrants. BPOMS does not have outstanding any shares of restricted
stock subject to vesting. All outstanding securities of BPOMS and each
BPOMS Subsidiary have been issued and granted in compliance in all
material respects with (i) all applicable securities laws and
(ii) all requirements set forth in all applicable contracts.
The shares of BPOMS Common Stock issued under options or warrants were
issued in transactions which qualified for exemptions under either
Section 4(2) of, or Rule 701 under, the Securities Act for
stock issuances under compensatory benefit
plans.
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(d)
Except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the BPOMS Disclosure
Letter, there are no agreements or understandings to which BPOMS or any
BPOMS Subsidiary is a party with respect to the voting of any BPOMS Shares
or which restrict the transfer of any such shares, nor does BPOMS have
knowledge of any such agreements or understandings with respect to the
voting of any such shares or which restrict the transfer of any such
shares. Except as set forth in Section 5.3 of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of
BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary to register under the securities laws of any
jurisdiction or to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any BPOMS
Shares or any other securities of BPOMS or any BPOMS
Subsidiary.
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(e)
Materially true and complete copies of all agreements and
instruments relating to the securities described above and in
Section 5.3 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, or
forms thereof, have been provided to HealthAxis and such agreements and
instruments have not been amended, modified or supplemented, and there are
no agreements to amend, modify or supplement such agreements or
instruments in any case from the form provided to
HealthAxis.
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(f)
Set forth below is a summary of all securities of any type of BPOMS
(including all shares, options, warrants, calls, subscriptions,
convertible securities or other rights, agreements, stock appreciation
rights, or derivative securities or instruments or commitments which
obligate BPOMS to issue, transfer or sell any securities) that are
outstanding as of the date hereof, which are separately categorized to
indicate the number of such securities outstanding and the number of
shares of BPOMS Common Stock (or any other indicated class of securities)
into which they are convertible or
exercisable:
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Convertible/Exercisable
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BPOMS
Common Stock
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12,671,034
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BPOMS
Series A Preferred Shares
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1,808,163
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BPOMS
Series B Preferred Shares
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1,449,204
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1,449,204
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BPOMS
Series C Preferred Shares
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BPOMS
Series D Preferred Shares
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1,427,083.8
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22,833,341
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BPOMS
Series D-2 Preferred Shares
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1,312,499.9
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20,999,998
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BPOMS
Series F Preferred Shares
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894,942
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22,373,550
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BPOMS
Options
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15,002,954
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15,002,954
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BPOMS
Series A Warrants
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1,666,667
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1,666,667
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BPOMS
Series B Warrants
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3,333,334
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3,333,334
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BPOMS
Series C Warrants
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10,000,001
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10,000,001
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BPOMS
Series D Warrants (with $1.10 exercise price)
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1,000,000
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BPOMS
Series D Warrants (with $0.01 exercise price)
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9,333,327
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9,333,327
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BPOMS
Series J Warrants
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BPOMS
Non-Investor Warrants
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5.4
Subsidiaries.
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Section 5.4
of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter lists all Subsidiaries (as defined in
Section 10.13) of BPOMS which carry on any active business (the “BPOMS
Subsidiaries” and, individually, a “BPOMS
Subsidiary”). BPOMS owns directly or indirectly all of the outstanding
shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock in each of the
BPOMS Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 5.4 of the BPOMS Disclosure
Letter, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries owned, directly or indirectly, by BPOMS are owned free and
clear of all liens, pledges, security interests, claims or other encumbrances.
Except as set forth in Section 5.4 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, there
are no options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible securities, or other
rights, agreements or commitments which obligate BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary
to issue, transfer or sell any shares of capital stock of any BPOMS Subsidiary.
The following information for each BPOMS Subsidiary is set forth in
Section 5.4 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter: (i) its name and
jurisdiction of incorporation, (ii) its authorized capital stock and
(iii) its outstanding capital stock.
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Other Interests.
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Except
for interests in the BPOMS Subsidiaries, neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary
owns directly or indirectly any interest or investment (whether equity or debt)
in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity
(other than investments in short term investment securities).
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5.6
No Violation.
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Except as
set forth in Section 5.6 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither the
execution and delivery by BPOMS of this Agreement nor the consummation by BPOMS
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with its terms
will: (i) conflict with or result in a breach of any provisions of BPOMS’
Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; (ii) violate, result in a breach of
any provision of, or constitute a default under, or require any approval or
consent under or result in the termination or in a right of termination or
cancellation of, or accelerate the performance required by or result in a
material adverse change to, or result in the creation of any lien, security
interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties owned or leased by
BPOMS or the BPOMS Subsidiaries under, any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust or any license,
franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement or other instrument to which BPOMS
or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is a party, or by which BPOMS or any of the
BPOMS Subsidiaries or any of the properties owned or leased by BPOMS or the
BPOMS Subsidiaries is bound or affected, except for any of the foregoing matters
in this clause which, individually or in the aggregate, would not have a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect and would not reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially alter or materially delay any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement; (iii) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation
of any provision of any law, rule, regulation, judgment, injunction, order or
decree binding upon or applicable to BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary; or
(iv) other than the filings provided for in this Agreement, required under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), the Securities Act or applicable state securities and “Blue
Sky” laws (collectively, the “Regulatory
Filings”), require any consent, approval or authorization of, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental or regulatory
authority which has not been obtained or made, except where the failure to
obtain any such consent, approval or authorization of, or declaration, filing or
registration with, any governmental or regulatory authority would not have a
BPOMS Material Adverse Effect and could not reasonably be expected to prevent,
materially alter or materially delay any of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement.
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5.7
SEC Filings; Financial
Statements.
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(a)
In this Agreement, all registration statements, proxy statements,
Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports,
schedules, forms and other documents filed by BPOMS with the SEC since
December 15, 2006 are called the “BPOMS SEC
Documents”.
BPOMS has delivered to HealthAxis accurate and complete copies of
all BPOMS SEC Documents, other than any BPOMS SEC Documents which can be
obtained on the SEC’s website at xxx.xxx.xxx. Except as set forth on
Section 5.7(a) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter or as would not
have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect, all statements, reports, schedules,
forms and other documents required to have been filed by BPOMS with the
SEC within the twelve-month period preceding the date of this Agreement
have been duly filed on a timely basis. None of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is
required to file any documents with the SEC under the Exchange Act. As of
the time it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a
filing prior to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such
filing): (i) each of the BPOMS SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (as the case may be); and (ii) none of the BPOMS SEC
Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and statements
required by (A) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act and
(B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act)
relating to the BPOMS SEC Documents (collectively, the “Certifications”)
are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all
applicable laws or rules of applicable governmental and regulatory
authorities.
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(b)
Except as described in the BPOMS SEC Documents, (i) BPOMS
maintains disclosure controls and procedures that satisfy the requirements
of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, and (ii) such disclosure
controls and procedures are designed to ensure that all material
information concerning BPOMS is made known on a timely basis to the
individuals responsible for the preparation of BPOMS’ filings with the SEC
and other public disclosure
documents.
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(c)
The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or
incorporated by reference in the BPOMS SEC Documents: (i) complied as
to form in all material respects with the published rules and
regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) (except as may be
indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of
unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-QSB of the
SEC, and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain
footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments
that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a
consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods
indicated; and (iii) fairly present the consolidated financial
position of BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries as of the respective dates
thereof and the consolidated results of operations and cash flows of BPOMS
and the BPOMS Subsidiaries for the periods covered
thereby.
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(d)
BPOMS’ auditor has at all required times since the date of
enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act been: (i) to the knowledge of
BPOMS, a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act); (ii) “independent”
with respect to BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries within the meaning of
Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) to the knowledge of
BPOMS, in compliance with subsections (g) through (l) of
Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
thereunder. Section 5.7(d) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter
contains an accurate and complete description of all non-audit services
performed by BPOMS’ auditors for BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries since
December 15, 2006 and the fees paid for such services. All such
non-audit services were approved as required by Section 202 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
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(e)
Section 5.7(e) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter lists, and
BPOMS has delivered to HealthAxis accurate and complete copies of the
documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and
“off-balance
sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation
S-K under the Exchange Act) effected by BPOMS since December 15,
2006.
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5.8
Litigation.
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Except as
set forth in Section 5.8 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, there are
(i) no continuing orders, injunctions or decrees of any court, arbitrator
or governmental authority to which BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary is a party or
by which any of its properties or assets are bound or likely to be affected and
(ii) no actions, suits or proceedings pending against BPOMS or any BPOMS
Subsidiary or to which any of their respective properties or assets are subject
or, to the knowledge of BPOMS, threatened against BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary
or to which any of their respective properties or assets are subject, at law or
in equity, that in each such case could, individually or in the aggregate, have
a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect.
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5.9
Absence of Certain Changes.
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Except as
set forth in Sections 5.7(c) or 5.9 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter or the
BPOMS SEC Documents, since December 31, 2007, BPOMS and the BPOMS
Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in the ordinary course of such
business and consistent with past practices and there has not been
any:
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(a)
BPOMS Material Adverse
Effect;
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(b)
amendment or change in the Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws
of BPOMS or in any similar organizational documents of any BPOMS
Subsidiaries, other than as contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(c)
incurrence, creation or assumption by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries of (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, security interest,
pledge, lien, title retention device, collateral assignment, claim,
charge, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind on any of the assets
or properties of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries; or (ii) any
obligation or liability of any indebtedness for borrowed
money;
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(d)
issuance or sale of any debt or equity securities of BPOMS or any
of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, or the issuance or grant of any options,
warrants or other rights to acquire from BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity securities of
BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries (other than the shares issued and
options authorized as part of the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps as contemplated
by this Agreement);
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(e)
purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or
transfer, or any agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license,
sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer, of any of the assets,
properties or goodwill of BPOMS other than a license or sale of any
product or products of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries made in the
ordinary course of BPOMS’ business;
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(f)
payment or discharge by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries of
any security interest, lien, claim, or encumbrance of any kind on any
asset or property of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, or the
payment or discharge of any liability that was not either shown or
reflected in the BPOMS SEC Documents or incurred in the ordinary course of
BPOMS’ business after December 31, 2007 and was in an amount in
excess of $150,000 for any single liability to a particular
creditor;
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(g)
damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset, whether or
not covered by insurance, having (or likely with the passage of time to
have) a BPOMS Material Adverse
Effect;
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(h)
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the
making of any other distribution in respect of, the capital stock of
BPOMS, any split, combination or recapitalization of the capital stock of
BPOMS or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or other acquisition
of the capital stock of BPOMS or any change in any rights, preferences,
privileges or restrictions of any outstanding security of BPOMS, other
than as contemplated by this
Agreement;
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(i)
increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any of
the officers, directors or employees of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries, or any bonus or pension, insurance or other benefit payment
or arrangement (including without limitation stock awards, stock option
grants, stock appreciation rights or stock option grants other than
issuance of stock options as part of the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps) made to
or with any of such officers, directors or employees, other than increases
in base salary for employees (excluding senior management employees) in
the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
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(j)
obligation or liability incurred by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries to any of its officers, directors or stockholders except for
normal and customary compensation and expense allowances payable to
officers in the ordinary course of BPOMS’ business consistent with past
practice and except in connection with the BPOMS Pre-Merger
Steps;
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(k)
making by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries of any loan,
advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any officer,
director, employee or stockholder of BPOMS or of any BPOMS Subsidiary or
any firm or business enterprise in which any such Person had a direct or
indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance, capital
contribution or investment;
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(l)
entering into, amendment of, relinquishment, termination or
non-renewal by BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary of any contract, lease,
transaction, commitment or other right or obligation other than in the
ordinary course of its business, or any written or oral indication or
assertion by the other party thereto of any problems with BPOMS’ or any
BPOMS Subsidiary’s services or performance under such contract, lease,
transaction, commitment or other right or obligation having a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect, or of such other party’s demand to amend,
terminate or not renew any such contract, lease, transaction, commitment
or other right or obligation which would be likely to have a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect;
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(m)
material change in the manner in which BPOMS or any BPOMS
Subsidiary extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers or
otherwise deals with its customers;
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(n)
entering into by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries of any
transaction, contract or agreement that by its terms requires or
contemplates a required minimum current and/or future financial
commitment, expenses (inclusive of overhead expenses) or obligation on the
part of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries involving in excess of
$150,000, excluding legal and accounting fees associated with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby) or that is not entered
into in the ordinary course of BPOMS’ business, or the conduct of any
business or operations by BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary that is other than
in the ordinary course of BPOMS’ or such BPOMS Subsidiary’s business;
or
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(o)
license, transfer or grant of a right under any BPOMS Intellectual
Property (as defined in Section 5.18 below), other than those
licensed, transferred or granted in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its past practices.
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5.10
Taxes.
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Except as
set forth in Section 5.10 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter or where such
failure would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a BPOMS Material
Adverse Effect:
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(a)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be
paid all federal, state, local, foreign, and other taxes, and all
deficiencies, or other additions to tax, interest,
fines and penalties (collectively, “Taxes”),
owed or accrued by it and due and payable through the date hereof
(including any Taxes payable pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-6
and any similar state, local or foreign
provision).
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(b)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has timely filed all
federal, state, local and foreign tax returns (collectively “Tax
Returns”) required to be filed by any of them through the date
hereof, and all such returns accurately set forth the amount of any Taxes
relating to the applicable period.
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(c)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has withheld and paid all
Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with amounts
paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
shareholder or other party.
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(d)
The financial statements included in the BPOMS SEC Documents
reflect adequate reserves for Taxes payable by BPOMS and each BPOMS
Subsidiary for all taxable periods and portions thereof through the date
of such financial statements.
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(e)
Since December 31, 2007, each of BPOMS and the BPOMS
Subsidiaries has made sufficient accrual for Taxes in accordance with GAAP
with respect to periods for which Tax Returns have not been filed.
All liabilities for Taxes attributable to the period commencing on the day
following the filing date of the most recently filed BPOMS SEC Documents
were incurred in the ordinary course of
business.
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(f)
There are no outstanding agreements, waivers or arrangements
extending the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for,
or the period for the collection or assessment of, Taxes due from BPOMS or
any BPOMS Subsidiary for any taxable period and there have been no
deficiencies proposed, assessed or asserted for such
Taxes.
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(g)
There are no closing agreements that could affect Taxes of BPOMS or
any BPOMS Subsidiary for periods after the Effective Time pursuant to
Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision under state, local
or foreign tax laws.
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(h)
No audit or other proceedings by any court, governmental or
regulatory authority or similar authority relating to Taxes has occurred,
been asserted or is pending and none of BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary has
received notice that any such audit or proceeding may be
commenced.
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(i)
No election has been made or filed by or with respect to, and no
consent to the application of, Section 341(f)(2) of the Code has
been made by or with respect to, BPOMS, any BPOMS Subsidiary or any of
their properties or assets.
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(j)
None of BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary has agreed to, or filed
application for, or is required, to make any changes or adjustment to its
accounting method.
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(k)
Except as set forth in Section 5.10(k) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, there is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement
covering any Person that, individually or collectively, could give rise to
the payment of any amount that would not be deductible by BPOMS or any
BPOMS Subsidiary by reason of Section 280G or
Section 162(m) of the
Code.
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(l)
Neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary has (i) been a member
of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504 of the
Code) or an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary, or similar group
for state, local or foreign Tax purposes, other than the group of which
BPOMS is the common parent or (ii) any liability for or in respect of
the Taxes of, or determined by reference to the Tax liability of, another
Person (other than BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary) under Treasury
Regulation § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or
foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or
otherwise.
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(m)
Neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary has constituted either a
“distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution
of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the
Code (x) in the two (2) years prior to the date of this
Agreement or (y) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute
part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning
of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with the
Merger.
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(n)
Neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary is a party to any agreement
providing for the allocation, indemnification, or sharing of Taxes other
than any such agreement to which BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary are the
exclusive parties.
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BPOMS has
not taken any action or engaged in any activities that would preclude the
treatment of the Merger as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of
the Code. In addition, BPOMS has no plan or intention to take any action
or engage in any activities that would preclude the treatment of the Merger as a
reorganization of under Section 368(a) of the Code.
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5.11
Books and Records.
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(a)
The books of account and other financial records of BPOMS and each
of the BPOMS Subsidiaries are true, complete and correct in all material
respects, and have been maintained in accordance with good business
practices, since December 15,
2006.
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(b)
The minute books and other records of BPOMS and each of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and accurately
reflect all other action of the stockholders and Board of Directors and
any committees of the Board of Directors of BPOMS and each of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries since December 15,
2006.
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5.12
Properties.
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(a)
Section 5.12 (a) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter sets
forth a list of all real property currently, or since December 15,
2006, owned or leased by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, and, with
respect to all real property currently leased by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries, the location of the property, the unexpired term of the
lease and the aggregate annual rental and/or other fees payable under any
such lease. All such current leases are, to the knowledge of BPOMS, in
full force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their
respective terms, and there is not to the knowledge of BPOMS any existing
material default or event of default under any such lease (or event which
with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a material
default).
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(b)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has good and valid title
to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid leasehold
interests in, all of its tangible properties and assets, real, personal
and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and clear of any
liens, except as reflected in the BPOMS SEC Documents or in
Section 5.12(b) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter and except for
liens for taxes not yet due and payable and such imperfections of title
and encumbrances, if any, which are not material in character, amount or
extent, and which do not materially detract from the value, or materially
interfere with the present use, of the property subject thereto or
affected thereby.
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5.13
Environmental Matters.
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Except as
set forth in Section 5.13 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS nor
any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is in violation of any laws, regulations,
judgments or consent decrees relating to hazardous substances or hazardous waste
(collectively, “Environmental
Laws”) which violation could reasonably be expected to result in a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in Section 5.13 of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS, any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, nor, to the
knowledge of BPOMS, any third party, has used, released, discharged, generated,
manufactured, produced, stored, or disposed of in, on, or under or about its
owned or leased property or other assets, or transported thereto or therefrom,
any hazardous substances or hazardous wastes, including asbestos, lead and
petroleum, during the period of BPOMS’ or the BPOMS Subsidiary’s ownership or
lease of such property in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject
BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary to a material liability under the Environmental
Laws. None of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has received written notice
from any governmental authority that any property owned or leased by BPOMS or
any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Laws. There
is no pending civil, criminal or administrative suit or other legal proceeding
against BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries with respect to any Environmental
Laws. BPOMS has provided HealthAxis complete copies of all environmental
reports, assessments and studies in BPOMS’ possession and control with respect
to properties owned or leased by BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiary. As used in this
Agreement, the terms “hazardous
substances” and “hazardous
wastes” shall have the meanings set forth in the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, and the
regulations thereunder; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder; the Federal Clean Water Act, as
amended, and the regulations thereunder; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Sections
7401 et seq.; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C.
Sections 136 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42
U.S.C. Sections 11001 et seq.; the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970;
the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended by the Hazardous
Materials Transportation Authorization Act of 1994, 49 U.S.C. Sections 5101 et
seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Sections 2601 et seq.; the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990,33 U.S.C. Sections 2701 et seq.; as each of these may be
amended from time to time; and any and state or local analogues to any of these
statutes.
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5.14
Brokers.
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Except as
set forth on Section 5.14 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS nor
any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has entered into any contract, arrangement or
understanding with any Person or firm that may result in the obligation of such
entity or HealthAxis or the Surviving Corporation to pay any finder’s fees,
brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like payments in connection with the
negotiations leading to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. BPOMS is not aware of any claim for payment of any finder’s
fees, brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like payments in connection with
the negotiations leading to this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby other than as set forth in Section 5.14 of
the BPOMS Disclosure Letter.
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5.15
Related Party Transactions.
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Except as
set forth in the BPOMS SEC Documents or the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, since
December 31, 2007, no event has occurred that would be required to be
reported by BPOMS pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-B promulgated under the
Securities Act.
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5.16
Contracts and Commitments.
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(a)
Except as filed with the BPOMS SEC Documents or as set forth in
Section 5.16(a) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS
nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has, or is party to or is bound
by:
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any consulting agreement, contract or commitment under which any
firm or other organization provides consulting services to BPOMS or any of
the BPOMS Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business and
consistent with past practice;
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(ii)
any fidelity or surety bond or completion
bond;
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(iii)
any guaranty of the obligations of a third
party;
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any agreement, contract, commitment, transaction or series of
transactions for any purpose other than in the ordinary course of BPOMS’
or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries’ business relating to capital
expenditures or commitments or long term obligations in excess of
$150,000;
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any agreement, contract or commitment relating to the disposition
or acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise
outside the ordinary course of BPOMS’ or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries’
business;
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any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security
agreements or other arrangements or instruments relating to the borrowing
of money or extension of credit, including capital leases and also
guaranties referred to in clause
(iii) hereof;
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(vii)
any purchase order or contract for the purchase of inventory or
other materials involving $150,000 or
more;
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(viii)
any assignment, license or other agreement with respect to any form
of intangible property, excluding agreements made in the ordinary course
of business;
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(ix)
any agreement, contract or commitment that involves $150,000 or
more or is not cancellable without penalty upon 30 days notice, excluding
agreements made in the ordinary course of
business;
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(x)
any agreement or contract involving the sharing of profits and
losses by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries with any other
Person;
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(xi)
any contract containing covenants that restrict or limit the
ability of BPOMS or any BPOMS Subsidiaries to engage in any line of
business or compete with any person;
or
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(xii)
any “material contracts” within the meaning set forth in Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-B promulgated under the Securities
Act.
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The
contracts and other documents referred to in (i) through (xii) above and
all contracts and documents required to be filed with any BPOMS SEC Documents
shall be referred to herein as “BPOMS
Contracts”.
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(b)
Except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect, all BPOMS Contracts are valid and binding on
BPOMS and, to the best of the knowledge of BPOMS, on the other parties
thereto, and are in full force and effect and enforceable against BPOMS
and, to the best of the knowledge of BPOMS, against the other parties
thereto, in accordance with their respective terms. Except as disclosed in
Section 5.16(b) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, no approval or
consent of, or notice to any Person the failure of which to obtain would
have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect is needed in order that the BPOMS
Contracts shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their
terms without penalty, acceleration or rights of early termination
following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Except to the extent any of the following would not
individually or in the aggregate have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect,
BPOMS is not in violation of, breach of or default under any BPOMS
Contract nor, to BPOMS’ knowledge, is any other party
to any BPOMS Contract. Except as set forth in Section 5.16 of the
BPOMS Disclosure Letter, BPOMS is not in violation or breach of or default
under any BPOMS Contract (including leases of real property) relating to
non-competition, indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness of any other
Person, employment, or collective
bargaining.
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5.17
Employee Matters and Benefit
Plans.
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(a)
With the exception of the definition of “Affiliate”
set forth in Section 5.17(a)(i) below (which definition shall
apply only to this Section 5.17 and Section 6.17), for purposes
of this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth
below:
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(i)
“Affiliate”
shall mean any other Person under common control with or otherwise
required to be aggregated with a Person or any Subsidiary of such Person
as set forth in Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (0) of the Code and
the regulations thereunder;
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(ii)
“Employee”
shall mean any current, former or retired employee, officer, or director
of a Person or any Subsidiary or any Affiliate of such
Person;
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(iii)
“Employee
Agreement” shall refer to any material management, employment,
severance, consulting, relocation, repatriation, expiration, visas, work
permit or similar agreement or contract between a Person or any Subsidiary
or Affiliate of such Person and any Employee or consultant that is not an
Employee Plan;
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(iv)
“Employee
Plan” shall refer to any plan, program, policy, practice, contract,
agreement or other arrangement providing for compensation, severance,
termination pay, performance awards, stock or stock related awards, fringe
benefits or other employee benefits or remuneration of any kind, whether
formal or informal, funded or unfunded and whether or not legally binding,
including without limitation, each “employee
benefit plan” within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA
(as defined below), which is or has been maintained, contributed to, or
required to be contributed to, by a Person or any of its Subsidiaries or
any Affiliate for the benefit of any “Employee.”
and pursuant to which such Person or any of its Subsidiary or any
Affiliate has or may have any material liability contingent or
otherwise;
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(v)
“ERISA”
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended;
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(vi)
“IRS” shall
mean the Internal Revenue Service;
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(vii)
“Multiemployer
Plan” shall mean any “Pension
Plan” (as defined below) which is a “multiemployer
plan,” as defined in Sections 3(37) and 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA;
and
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(viii)
“Pension
Plan” shall refer to each BPOMS and Subsidiary Employee Plan that
is an “employee
pension benefit plan,” within the meaning of
Section 3(2) of ERISA.
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(b)
Section 5.17(b) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter contains
an accurate and complete list of each Employee Agreement of BPOMS and
Employee Plan of BPOMS. No benefits under any Employee Agreement or
Employee Plan of BPOMS will be increased, or subject to accelerated
vesting, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement, nor will the value of any of the benefits thereunder be
calculated on the basis of any transactions contemplated by this
Agreement. Except as set forth in Section 5.17(b) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS nor any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates
has any announced plan or commitment, whether legally binding or not, to
establish any new Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, to modify any
Employee Agreement (except to the extent required by law or to conform any
such Employee Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, in each
case as previously disclosed to HealthAxis in writing, or as required by
this Agreement), or to enter into any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement,
nor does it have any intention or commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
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(c)
BPOMS has provided to HealthAxis correct and complete copies of all
material documents embodying or relating to each Employee Agreement and
Employee Plan, including: (i) all amendments thereto;
(ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations, if any, prepared
for each BPOMS Employee Plan; (iii) the three most recent annual
reports (Series 5500 and all schedules thereto), if any, required
under ERISA or the Code in connection with each BPOMS Employee Plan or
related trust; (iv) if the BPOMS Employee Plan is funded, the most
recent annual and periodic accounting of Employee Plan assets;
(v) the most recent summary plan description together with the most
recent summary of material modifications, if any, required under ERISA
with respect to each BPOMS Employee Plan; (vi) all IRS determination
letters and rulings relating to BPOMS Employee Plans and copies of all
applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or DOL with respect to
any BPOMS Employee Plan; and (vii) all communications material to any
Employee or Employees relating to any BPOMS Employee Plan and any proposed
BPOMS Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any amendments,
terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in benefits,
acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events which would
result in any material liability to BPOMS or any BPOMS
Subsidiary.
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(d)
Except as set forth in Section 5.l7(d) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter:
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(i)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries and Affiliates has
performed in all material respects all obligations required to be
performed by them under each BPOMS Employee Plan, and each BPOMS Employee
Plan has been established and maintained in all material respects in
accordance with its terms and in compliance with all applicable laws,
statutes, orders, rules and regulations,
including but not limited to ERISA and the
Code;
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(ii)
no “prohibited
transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code
or Section 406 of ERISA for which no class or statutory exemption is
available, has occurred with respect to any BPOMS Employee
Plan;
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(iii)
there are no material actions, suits or claims pending or, to the
knowledge of BPOMS, threatened or anticipated (other than routine claims
for benefits) against any BPOMS Employee Plan or against the assets of any
BPOMS Employee Plan;
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(iv)
such BPOMS Employee Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise
discontinued after the Effective Time in accordance with its terms,
without material liability to BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries or
any of its Affiliates (other than ordinary administration expenses
typically incurred in a termination
event);
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(v)
there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the
knowledge of BPOMS, threatened by the IRS or DOL with respect to any BPOMS
Employee Plan;
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(vi)
neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is subject to any
penalty or tax with respect to any BPOMS Employee Plan under
Section 402(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 through 4980 of the
Code; and
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(vii)
all contributions, including any top heavy contributions, required
to be made prior to the Closing by BPOMS or any Affiliate to any Employee
Plan have been made or shall be made on or before the Closing
Date.
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(e)
Neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries or Affiliates
currently maintain, sponsor, participate in or contribute to, nor have
they ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or
contributed to, any Pension Plan which is subject to Part 3 of
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code.
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(f)
At no time has BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries or Affiliates
contributed to or been requested or obligated to contribute to any
Multiemployer Plan.
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(g)
Except as set forth in Section 5.17(g) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter or as required by local, state or federal law, no
Employee Plan or Employee Agreement to which BPOMS is a party provides, or
is required to provide, life insurance, medical or other employee benefits
to any Employee upon his or her retirement or termination of employment
for any reason, and BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has never
represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to
any Employee (either individually or to Employees as a group) that
such Employee(s) would be provided with life insurance, medical or
other employee welfare benefits upon their retirement or termination of
employment.
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(h)
The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the
occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event
under any Employee Agreement, Employee Plan, trust or loan that will or
may result in any payment (whether of severance payor otherwise),
acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase
in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any Employee,
except as set forth in Schedule 5.17(h) of the BPOMS Disclosure
Letter.
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(i)
Except as set forth in Section 5.l7(i) of the Disclosure
Letter, BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries (i) is in compliance
in all respects with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local
laws, rules and regulations respecting employment, employment
practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, in each
case, with respect to Employees except as would not have a BPOMS Material
Adverse Effect; (ii) has withheld all amounts required by law or by
agreement to be withheld from the wages, salaries, and other payments to
Employees; (iii) is not liable for any arrears of wages or any taxes
or any penalty for failure to comply with any of the foregoing; and
(iv) is not liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to
any governmental or administrative authority, with respect to unemployment
compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations
for Employees (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course
of business and consistent with past
practice).
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(j)
No work stoppage or labor strike against BPOMS or any BPOMS
Subsidiary is pending or, to the knowledge of BPOMS, threatened. Neither
BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is involved in or, to the
knowledge of BPOMS, threatened with, any labor dispute, grievance,
administrative proceeding or litigation relating to labor, safety,
employment practices or discrimination matters involving any Employee,
including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor practices or
discrimination complaints, which, if adversely determined, would,
individually or in the aggregate, have a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect.
Neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has engaged in any unfair
labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act
that would, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly have
a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect. Neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries or Affiliates has ever been a party to any agreement with any
labor organization or union, and none of the BPOMS Employees are
represented by any labor organization or union, nor have any BPOMS
Employees threatened to organize or join a union or filed a petition for
representation with the National Labor Relations
Board.
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(k)
There are no (i) bonus or severance payments that could be
payable to Employees of BPOMS under existing Employee Agreements on
account of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (without regard
to termination of employment), or (ii) severance obligations that
could be payable to Employees of BPOMS under existing
Employee Agreements on account of terminations of employment following the
Effective Time, except as disclosed in Section 5.17(k) of the
BPOMS Disclosure Letter.
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(l)
The employment agreements contemplated by
Section 8.1(d) hereof shall in all respects be excepted from the
representations set forth in this
Section 5.17.
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5.18
Intellectual Property.
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(a)
For the purposes of this Agreement, the following terms have the
following definitions:
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(i)
“Intellectual
Property” shall mean any or all of the following and all rights in,
arising out of, or associated therewith: (a) all United States,
international and foreign patents and applications therefor and all
reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and
continuations in part thereof; (b) all inventions (whether patentable
or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary
information, know how, technology, technical data, customer lists,
proprietary processes and formulae, all source and object code,
algorithms, architectures, structures, display screens, layouts,
inventions, development tools and all documentation and media
constituting, describing or relating to the above, including, without
limitation, manuals, memoranda and records; (c) all copyrights,
copyrights registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world; (d) all industrial
designs and any registrations and applications therefor throughout the
world; (e) all trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service
marks, trademark and service xxxx registrations and applications therefor
throughout the world; (t) all proprietary databases and data
collections and all rights therein throughout the world; and (g) any
equivalent rights to any of the foregoing anywhere in the
world.
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(ii)
“BPOMS
Intellectual Property” shall mean that Intellectual Property owned
by or licensed to or controlled by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries.
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(iii)
“BPOMS
Registered Intellectual Property” means those United States,
international and foreign: (a) patents and patent applications
(including provisional applications); (b) registered trademarks and
service marks, applications to register trademarks or service marks,
intent to use applications, or other registrations or applications related
to trademarks or service marks; and (c) registered copyrights and
applications for copyright registration, owned by
BPOMS.
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(iv)
“Utilize”
or “Utilization”
means to make, manufacture, use, market, import, export, distribute, sell,
dispose, assign, license, develop, publish, display, modify and/or
amend.
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(b)
Section 5.18(b) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter lists all
material proceedings or actions known to BPOMS before any court, tribunal
(including the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”)
or equivalent authority anywhere in the world) related to any BPOMS
Intellectual Property. No BPOMS Intellectual Property is the subject of
any outstanding decree, order, judgment, agreement, or stipulation
restricting in any manner the use, transfer, or licensing thereof by BPOMS
or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, or which may affect the validity, use or
enforceability of any BPOMS Intellectual
Property.
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(c)
Section 5.18(c) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter lists all
BPOMS Registered Intellectual Property. With respect to each item of BPOMS
Registered Intellectual Property, necessary registration, maintenance and
renewal fees in connection with such BPOMS Registered Intellectual
Property have been made and all necessary documents and certificates in
connection with such BPOMS Registered Intellectual Property have been
filed with the relevant patent, trademark or copyright authorities in the
United States or other jurisdictions for the purposes of maintaining such
BPOMS Registered Intellectual
Property.
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(d)
BPOMS or a BPOMS Subsidiary has the right to prevent others from
using, marketing, distributing, selling or licensing all BPOMS
Intellectual Property used in its business as presently conducted and as
it is expected to be conducted as of the Effective Time, including without
limitation, all Intellectual Property used or to be used in the BPOMS
Products (as defined below), and such rights to Utilize the BPOMS
Intellectual Property are sufficient for such conduct of their respective
businesses.
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(e)
To BPOMS’ knowledge, Utilization by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries of any BPOMS products currently being licensed, produced or
sold by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries or currently under
development or consideration by BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries
(“BPOMS
Products”) does not violate any license or agreement between BPOMS
or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries and any third party or, to BPOMS’
knowledge, infringe any Intellectual Property right, moral right or right
of publicity or privacy of any other party, and, except as set forth in
Section 5.18(e) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, BPOMS has not
received notice of any pending or threatened claim or litigation
contesting the validity, ownership or right to Utilize any BPOMS
Intellectual Property nor, to the knowledge of BPOMS, is there any basis
for any such claim under applicable law, nor has BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries received any notice asserting that any BPOMS Products or the
Utilization thereof conflicts or will conflict with the rights of any
other party.
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(f)
BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries have timely and satisfactorily
fulfilled their respective obligations under all material agreements
pursuant to which BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, as the case may
be, has agreed to program, design or develop on behalf of a third party,
whether for original use or for porting or conversion (for use on a
different hardware platform or in a different language), any software
products or any part thereof’ except where the failure to so comply would
not reasonably be expected to have a BPOMS Material Adverse
Effect.
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(g)
Except as set forth in Section 5.18(g) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, to the extent that any work, invention, or material has
been developed or created by a third party for BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries, to BPOMS’ knowledge, BPOMS or a BPOMS Subsidiary has a
written agreement with such third party with respect thereto and BPOMS or
a BPOMS Subsidiary has obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner
of, or has a valid license to use, all BPOMS Intellectual Property in such
work, material or invention by operation of law or by valid assignment or
by agreement, as the case may be.
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(h)
Section 5.18(h) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter lists all
material contracts, licenses and agreements to which BPOMS or any of the
BPOMS Subsidiaries is a party that are currently in effect (i) with
respect to BPOMS Intellectual Property licensed or offered to any third
party (other than licenses granted in the ordinary course of business); or
(ii) pursuant to which a third party has licensed or transferred any
Intellectual Property to BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries (other
than licenses granted in the ordinary course of business). Except as set
forth in Section 5.18(h) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither
BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has transferred ownership of, or
granted any license with respect to, any BPOMS Intellectual Property, to
any third party (other than licenses granted in the ordinary course of
business).
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(i)
Except as set forth in Section 5.18(i) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, the contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 5.18(h) are in full force and effect to BPOMS’
knowledge. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not violate or result in the breach, modification,
cancellation, termination, or suspension of such contracts, licenses and
agreements listed in Section 5.18(h) and will not cause the
forfeiture or termination or give rise to a right of forfeiture or
termination of any rights of BPOMS to any BPOMS Intellectual Property or
impair the right of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries or the
Surviving Corporation to Utilize any BPOMS Intellectual Property or
portion thereof BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is in material
compliance with, and has not materially breached any term any of such
contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 5.18(h) and, to the knowledge of BPOMS, all other
parties to such contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 5.18(h) are in compliance with, and have not breached
any term of, such contracts, licenses and agreements. Except as set forth
in Section 5.18(i) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, following the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation will be permitted to exercise
all of BPOMS’ and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries’, if any, rights under
the contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 5.18(h) to the same extent BPOMS and such BPOMS
Subsidiary would have been able to had the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement not occurred and without the payment of any additional
funds other than ongoing fees, royalties or payments which BPOMS or such
BPOMS Subsidiary would otherwise be required to
pay.
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(j)
Except as set forth in Section 5.18(j) of the BPOMS
Disclosure Letter, (i) BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries
(including to the knowledge of each of their executive officers, directors
and employees) has not received any notice or claim (whether written, oral
or otherwise) challenging BPOMS’ ownership or rights in the BPOMS
Intellectual Property or claiming that any other Person or entity has any
legal or beneficial ownership with respect thereto; (ii) all the
BPOMS Intellectual Property rights owned by BPOMS and embodied in BPOMS
Products are, to BPOMS’ knowledge, legally valid and enforceable without
any material qualification, limitation or restriction on their use, and
BPOMS has not received any notice or claim (whether written or oral)
challenging the validity or enforceability of any of the BPOMS
Intellectual Property rights; and (iii) to BPOMS’ knowledge, no third
party is infringing or misappropriating any part of the BPOMS Intellectual
Property.
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(k)
BPOMS and each of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has taken reasonable and
practicable measures designed to protect their respective rights in their
respective confidential information and trade secrets or any trade secrets
or confidential information of third parties provided to BPOMS or any of
the BPOMS Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries, neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary, has permitted any
such confidential information or trade secrets to be used, divulged or
appropriated for the benefit of Persons to the material detriment of BPOMS
or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries.
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(l)
Section 5.18(l) of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter sets forth
a list of all Internet domain names used by BPOMS in its business
(collectively, the “Domain
Names”). BPOMS has, and after the Effective Time, to BPOMS’
knowledge, the Surviving Corporation will have, a valid registration and
all material rights (free of any material restriction) in and to the
Domain Names, including, without limitation, all rights necessary to the
continued use of the BPOMS Domain Names in connection with the conduct of
BPOMS’ business as it is currently
conducted.
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(m)
Neither BPOMS nor any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries is or has been a
party to any Government Contract relating to or affecting ownership or
Utilization of any BPOMS Intellectual Property. For purposes of this
paragraph, the term “Government
Contract” means any Government Prime Contract, Government
Subcontract, Bid or Teaming Agreement. “Government
Prime Contract” means any prime contract, basic ordering agreement,
letter contract, purchase order, delivery order, change, arrangement or
other commitment of any kind, on which final payment has not been made,
between a party and either the U.S. Government or a State Government.
“Government
Subcontract” means any subcontract, basic ordering agreement,
letter contract, purchase order, delivery order, change, arrangement, or
other commitment of any kind, on which final payment has not been made,
between a party and any prime contractor to either the U.S. Government or
a State Government or any subcontractor with respect to a Government Prime
Contract. “State
Government” means any state, territory or possession of the United
States or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, or any department or agency of any of the above with
statewide jurisdiction and responsibility, or any municipal or local
government, department, agency or instrumentality. “Teaming
Agreement” has same meaning as the term
“contractor team arrangement(s)” as defined in the Federal
Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Subpart 9.601. “Us.
Government” means the United States Government or any department,
agency or instrumentality thereof.
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5.19
Anti-Takeover Plan.
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BPOMS has
taken all action necessary to exempt the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement from the operation of any “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,”
or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation enacted under the state or
federal laws of the United States. Neither BPOMS nor any BPOMS Subsidiary
has in effect any plan, scheme, device or arrangement, commonly or colloquially
known as a “poison
pill” or, an “anti-takeover”
plan or any similar plan, scheme, device or arrangement.
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5.20
Shareholder Vote Required.
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The only
votes of the holders of any class of shares of capital stock of BPOMS necessary
to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by
this Agreement are: (i) the affirmative vote of holders of a majority of
the outstanding BPOMS Common Stock, BPOMS Series A Preferred Shares, BPOMS
Series B Preferred Shares and BPOMS Series C Preferred Shares (voting
together, as a single class), and (ii) the affirmative votes of holders of
a majority of each of the outstanding BPOMS Series A Preferred Shares,
BPOMS Series C Preferred Shares, BPOMS Series D Preferred Shares,
BPOMS Series D-2 Preferred Shares and BPOMS Series F Preferred
Shares. BPOMS has, prior to the date of this Agreement, obtained the
required votes described in clause (ii) of this Section 5.20 and
timely complied with its obligations under Section 262 of the
DGCL.
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5.21
Undisclosed Liabilities.
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Except as
and to the extent reflected, reserved against or otherwise disclosed in
Section 5.7(c) of the Disclosure Letter or the BPOMS SEC Documents or
as set forth in Section 5.21 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, neither BPOMS
nor any BPOMS Subsidiary has any liabilities or obligations of any kind, whether
accrued, absolute, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise, of a nature
required to be disclosed on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, which would have, individually or in the aggregate, a
BPOMS Material Adverse Effect.
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5.22
Insurance.
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BPOMS
maintains, and has maintained or caused to be maintained, without interruption,
since December 15, 2006, policies or binders of insurance covering such
risk, and events, including personal injury, property damage, errors and
omissions and general liability in amounts BPOMS reasonably believes adequate
for its business and operations, and its current insurance policies (other than
directors’ and officers’ insurance) will not terminate due to the consummation
of the Merger. Section 5.22 of the BPOMS Disclosure Letter sets forth a
summary of all current insurance policies (including, without limitation,
limits, deductibles and terms) maintained by BPOMS and the BPOMS
Subsidiaries.
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5.23
Financial Forecast and Relationships with Suppliers, Licensors and
Customers.
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BPOMS has
provided to HealthAxis a copy of its 2008 Forecast (the “BPOMS
Forecast”). The Forecast was prepared in good faith and BPOMS believes
there is a reasonable basis for the BPOMS Forecast. No current distributor,
customer of or supplier to BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries has notified
BPOMS or such BPOMS Subsidiary of an intention to terminate or substantially
alter its existing business relationship with BPOMS or such BPOMS Subsidiary,
nor has any licensor under a license agreement with BPOMS or any of the BPOMS
Subsidiaries notified BPOMS or such BPOMS Subsidiary of an intention to
terminate or substantially alter BPOMS’ or such BPOMS Subsidiary’s rights under
such license, which termination or alteration would cause BPOMS to fail to
achieve the projections set forth in the BPOMS Forecast or would otherwise have
a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect in 2008.
ARTICLE
6
REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF HEALTHAXIS AND MERGER SUB
HealthAxis
and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to BPOMS as follows, except as set
forth in (i) HealthAxis’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ending December 31, 2007 and any other HealthAxis SEC Documents (as defined
below) filed subsequent to December 31, 2007, and (ii) the written
disclosure letter delivered at or prior to the execution hereof to BPOMS (the
“HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter”). The HealthAxis Disclosure Letter shall be arranged
in sections or subsections corresponding to the number and lettered sections and
subsections contained in this Article 6. The disclosures in any section or
subsection of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter shall qualify the correspondingly
numbered representation and warranty and such other representations and
warranties in this Article 6 to the extent it is reasonably clear from a
reading of the disclosure that such disclosure is applicable to such other
representations and warranties.
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6.1
Organization; Good Standing; Authority; Compliance with
Law.
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(a)
HealthAxis is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania and Merger Sub
is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of HealthAxis and Merger Sub
has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as now conducted. HealthAxis is
duly licensed or qualified and is in good standing to transact business as
a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the character of the
properties owned or leased by it therein or in which the nature of its
business makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where the
failure to be so licensed or qualified would not have, individually or in
the aggregate, a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this
Agreement, a “HealthAxis
Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the
business, assets (including intangible assets), financial condition or
results of operations
of HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries (as defined in
Section 6.4), taken as a
whole.
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(b)
Each of the Subsidiaries of HealthAxis (the “HealthAxis
Subsidiaries”) is a corporation,
partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or formed,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of incorporation or formation, has the corporate, partnership or limited
liability company power and authority to own its properties and to carry
on its business as it is now being conducted, and is duly qualified to
transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which
the ownership of its property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, except for jurisdictions in which such failure to be so
qualified or to be in good standing would not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect.
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(c)
The business of HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is being
operated in compliance with all laws, ordinances, regulations and orders
of all governmental entities, except for violations which would not have,
individually or in the aggregate, a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect.
HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries have all Government Approvals
of all Governmental Agencies, required by law with respect to the
operation of their businesses, except those the absence of which would
not, individually or in the aggregate, have a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect or prevent or delay consummation of the Merger. All such Government
Approvals are in full force and effect, and HealthAxis and the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries are in compliance with all conditions and requirements of the
Government Approvals and with all rules and regulations relating
thereto other than failures that would not have a HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect. HealthAxis has not received any notices of violations of
any Federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances relating to
its business, operations or assets which, if it were determined that a
violation had occurred, would have a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect.
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(d)
The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation or other charter
documents and Bylaws (and in each such case, all amendments thereto) of
HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries are listed in
Section 6.1(d) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, and true and
correct copies have previously been delivered or made available to BPOMS
and its counsel.
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6.2
Authorization, Validity and Effect of
Agreements.
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HealthAxis
and Merger Sub each has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby. The Board of Directors of each of HealthAxis and Merger Sub has taken
all necessary corporate action required to be taken by it to approve this
Agreement, the Merger, and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The
execution by HealthAxis and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by all
requisite action on the part of HealthAxis and Merger Sub, subject to the
approvals described in Section 6.2 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter.
This Agreement constitutes the valid and legally binding obligation of
HealthAxis and Merger Sub, enforceable against HealthAxis and Merger Sub in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors’ rights and general
principles of equity.
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6.3
Capitalization.
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(a)
The authorized capital stock of HealthAxis as of the date hereof
and prior to the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps consists of 1,900,000,000
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock, $0.10 par value per share, and
100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $1.00 par value per share, of which
3,850,000 shares are designated as Series A Convertible Preferred
Shares (the “HealthAxis
Series A Preferred Shares”). As of the date hereof, there are
8,816,088 shares of HealthAxis Common Stock issued and outstanding and
740,401 HealthAxis Series A Preferred Shares issued and outstanding.
All such outstanding shares of HealthAxis are duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive rights or rights
of first refusal created by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws of HealthAxis or any agreement to which HealthAxis is a party or by
which it is bound, and free of any liens or encumbrances other than any
liens or encumbrances created by or imposed upon the holders thereof or
under applicable federal or state securities or “blue
sky” laws. The authorized capital stock of Merger Sub consists of
100 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of the date
hereof, 100 shares of common stock of Merger Sub are issued and
outstanding, fully paid and non-assessable and owned by HealthAxis. Except
as set forth in Section 6.3 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter
HealthAxis has no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other
obligations the holders of which have or upon the happening of certain
events would have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or
exercisable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders
of HealthAxis on any matter. Except as set forth in Section 6.3 of
the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter or as shall be terminated as part of the
HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps, there are no existing options, warrants,
calls, subscriptions, convertible securities, or other rights, agreements,
stock appreciation rights or similar derivative securities or instruments
or commitments which obligate HealthAxis to issue, transfer or sell any
Shares of HealthAxis of any class or make any payments in lieu
thereof. Except as set forth in Section 6.3 of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, there are no agreements or understandings to which
HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary is a party with respect to the
voting of any HealthAxis Shares or which restrict the transfer of any such
shares (other than such restrictions as shall terminate as part of the
HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps), nor does HealthAxis have knowledge of any
such agreements or understandings with respect to the voting of any such
shares or which restrict the transfer of any such shares. Except as
disclosed in Section 6.3 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter and
except for such obligations as shall be terminated as part of the
HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps, there are no outstanding contractual
obligations of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary
to register under the securities laws of any jurisdiction or to
repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any HealthAxis Shares or any other
securities of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary. Section 6.3 of
the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter contains a complete and correct list
setting forth as of the date hereof (i) the number of options and
warrants outstanding, (ii) the dates on which such options or
warrants were granted, (iii) the dates on which such options or
warrants shall expire and (iv) the exercise or conversion price of
each outstanding option or warrant, as the case may be. Materially true
and complete copies of all agreements and instruments relating to the
securities described above and in Section 6.3 of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, or forms thereof, have been provided to BPOMS and such
agreements and instruments have not been amended, modified or
supplemented, and there are no agreements to amend, modify or supplement
such agreements or instruments in any case from the form provided to
BPOMS. All outstanding securities of HealthAxis and each HealthAxis
Subsidiary have been issued and granted in compliance in all material
respects with (i) all applicable securities laws; and (ii) all
requirements set forth in all applicable contracts. The shares of
HealthAxis Common Stock issued under options or warrants were issued in
transactions which were registered under the Securities Act or which
qualified for exemptions under either Section 4(2) of, or
Rule 701 under, the Securities Act for stock issuances under
compensatory benefit plans.
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(b)
The shares of HealthAxis Common Stock and HealthAxis Series B
Preferred Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger, at the Effective
Time, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and unassessable
and free of preemptive rights of any
nature.
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(c)
Set forth below is a summary of all securities of any type of
HealthAxis (including all shares, options, warrants, calls, subscriptions,
convertible securities or other rights, agreements, stock appreciation
rights, or derivative securities or instruments or commitments which
obligate HealthAxis to issue, transfer or sell any securities) that are
outstanding as of the date hereof, which are separately categorized to
indicate the number of such securities outstanding and the number of
shares of HealthAxis Common Stock (or any other indicated class of
securities) into which they are convertible or
exercisable:
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HealthAxis
Common Stock
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740,401
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Options
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878,725
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878,725
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Healthaxis
Warrants
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200,632
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Includes 380,125 shares of restricted stock.
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6.4
Subsidiaries
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Section 6.4
of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter lists all Subsidiaries of HealthAxis (the
“HealthAxis
Subsidiaries” and, individually, a “HealthAxis
Subsidiary”). HealthAxis owns directly or indirectly all of the
outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries. All of the outstanding shares of capital stock in each
of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid
and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 6.4 of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries owned, directly or indirectly, by HealthAxis are owned
free and clear of all liens, pledges, security interests, claims or other
encumbrances. Except as set forth in Section 6.4 of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, there are no options, warrants, calls, subscriptions,
convertible securities, or other rights, agreements or commitments which
obligate HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary to issue, transfer or sell any
shares of capital stock of any HealthAxis Subsidiary. The following information
for each HealthAxis Subsidiary is set forth in Section 6.4 of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter: (i) its name and jurisdiction of
incorporation, (ii) its authorized capital stock and (iii) its
outstanding capital stock.
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6.5
Other Interests.
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Except
for interests in the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, neither HealthAxis nor any
HealthAxis Subsidiary owns directly or indirectly any interest or investment
(whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
business, trust or other entity (other than investments in short term investment
securities).
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6.6
No Violation.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.6 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither the
execution and delivery by HealthAxis and Merger Sub of this Agreement nor the
consummation by HealthAxis and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement in accordance with its terms will: (i) conflict with or
result in a breach of any provisions of HealthAxis’ or Merger Sub’s respective
charter or by-laws; (ii) violate, result in a breach of any provision of,
or constitute a default under, or require any approval or consent under or
result in the termination or in a right of termination or cancellation of, or
accelerate the performance required by or result in a material adverse change
to, or result in the creation of any lien, security interest, charge or
encumbrance upon any of HealthAxis’ or Merger Sub’s properties under, any of the
terms, conditions or provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of
trust or any license, franchise, permit, lease, contract, agreement or other
instrument to which HealthAxis or Merger Sub is a party, or by which HealthAxis
or Merger Sub or any of their properties is bound or affected, except for any of
the foregoing matters in this clause which, individually or in the aggregate,
would not have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect; (iii) contravene or
conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any law, rule,
regulation, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon or applicable to
HealthAxis or Merger Sub; or (iv) other than the filings provided for in
this Agreement and the Regulatory Filings, require any consent, approval or
authorization of, or declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental
or regulatory authority which has not been obtained or made, except where the
failure to obtain any such consent, approval or authorization of, or
declaration, filing or registration with, any governmental or regulatory
authority would not have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect and could not
reasonably be expected to prevent, materially alter or materially delay any of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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6.7
SEC Filings; Financial
Statements.
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(a)
In this Agreement, all registration statements, proxy statements,
Certifications (as defined below) and other statements, reports,
schedules, forms and other documents filed by HealthAxis with the SEC on
or after December 31, 2006 are called the “HealthAxis
SEC Documents”. HealthAxis has delivered to BPOMS accurate
and complete copies of all HealthAxis SEC Documents, other than any
HealthAxis SEC Documents which can be obtained on the SEC’s website at
xxx.xxx.xxx. Except as set forth on Section 6.7(a) of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter or as would not have a HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect, all statements, reports, schedules, forms and other
documents required to have been filed by HealthAxis with the SEC within
the twelve-month period preceding the date of this Agreement have been
filed on a timely basis. None of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is required
to file any documents with the SEC under the Exchange Act. As of the time
it was filed with the SEC (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior
to the date of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing):
(i) each of the HealthAxis SEC Documents complied in all material
respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act or the
Exchange Act (as the case may be); and (ii) none of the HealthAxis
SEC Documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. The certifications and
statements required by (A) Rule 13a-14 under the Exchange Act
and (B) 18 U.S.C. §1350 (Section 906 of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act)
relating to the HealthAxis SEC Documents (collectively, the “Certifications”)
are accurate and complete and comply as to form and content with all
applicable laws or rules of applicable governmental and regulatory
authorities.
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(b)
Except as described in the HealthAxis SEC Documents,
(i) HealthAxis maintains disclosure controls and procedures that
satisfy the requirements of Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, and
(ii) such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure
that all material information concerning HealthAxis is made known on a
timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of
HealthAxis’ filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents.
Except as set forth in Section 6.7(b) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis is in compliance with the applicable listing
and other rules and regulations of the Nasdaq Capital Market and has
not received any notice from the Nasdaq Capital Market asserting any
present non-compliance with such rules and
regulations.
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(c)
The financial statements (including any related notes) contained or
incorporated by reference in the HealthAxis SEC Documents:
(i) complied as to form in all material respects with the published
rules and regulations of the SEC applicable thereto; (ii) were
prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes to such financial statements or, in the case of
unaudited financial statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC,
and except that the unaudited financial statements may not contain
footnotes and are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments
that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount) applied on a
consistent basis unless otherwise noted therein throughout the periods
indicated; and (iii) fairly present the consolidated financial
position of HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries as of the
respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of operations and
cash flows of HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries for the periods
covered thereby.
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(d)
HealthAxis’ auditor has at all required times since the date of
enactment of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act been: (i) to the knowledge of
HealthAxis, a registered public accounting firm (as defined in
Section 2(a)(12) of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act); (ii) “independent”
with respect to HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries within the
meaning of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act; and (iii) to the
knowledge of HealthAxis, in compliance with subsections (g) through
(l) of Section 10A of the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting
Oversight Board thereunder. Section 6.7(d) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter contains an accurate and complete description of all
non-audit services performed by HealthAxis’ principal auditors for
HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries from January 1, 2006 to
March 31, 2008 and the fees paid for such services. All such
non-audit services were approved as required by Section 202 of the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act.
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(e)
Section 6.7(e) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter lists,
and HealthAxis has delivered to BPOMS accurate and complete copies of the
documentation creating or governing, all securitization transactions and
“off-balance
sheet arrangements” (as defined in Item 303(c) of Regulation
S-K under the Exchange Act) effected by HealthAxis since December 31,
2006.
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6.8
Litigation.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.8 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, there are
(i) no continuing orders, injunctions or decrees of any court, arbitrator
or governmental authority to which HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary is a
party or by which any of its properties or assets are bound or likely to be
affected and (ii) no actions, suits or proceedings pending against
HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary as to which any of their respective
properties or assets are subject or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis threatened
against HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary or to which any of their
respective properties or assets are subject, at law or in equity, that in each
such case could, individually or in the aggregate, have an HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect.
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6.9
Absence of Certain Changes.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.9 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter or the
HealthAxis SEC Documents or as contemplated by Section 8.1(d) of this
Agreement, since December 31, 2007,
HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries have conducted their business only in
the ordinary course of such business and consistent with past practices and
there has not been any:
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HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect;
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(b)
amendment or change in the charter or By-Laws of HealthAxis or any
of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, other than as contemplated in this
Agreement;
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(c)
incurrence, creation or assumption by HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries of (i) any mortgage, deed of trust, security
interest, pledge, lien, title retention device, collateral assignment,
claim, charge, restriction or other encumbrance of any kind on any of the
assets or properties of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries;
or (ii) any obligation or liability of any indebtedness for borrowed
money, other than pursuant to the SVB Loan Agreement (as defined below) or
any amendment, extension or renewal thereof or any related
documents;
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(d)
issuance or sale of any debt or equity securities of HealthAxis or
any of its Subsidiaries, or the issuance or grant of any options, warrants
or other rights to acquire from HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiaries,
directly or indirectly, any debt or equity securities of HealthAxis or any
of its Subsidiaries, other than (i) the shares to be issued and stock
options to be granted as contemplated by this Agreement, and
(ii) upon the exercise of any options and warrants outstanding as of
the date of this Agreement;
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(e)
payment or discharge by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries of any security interest, lien, claim, or encumbrance of any
kind on any asset or property of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries, or the payment or discharge of any liability that was not
either shown or reflected in the HealthAxis SEC Documents or incurred in
the ordinary course of HealthAxis’ business after December 31, 2007
and was in an amount in excess of $150,000 for any single liability to a
particular creditor;
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(f)
purchase, license, sale, assignment or other disposition or
transfer, or any agreement or other arrangement for the purchase, license,
sale, assignment or other disposition or transfer, of any of the assets,
properties or goodwill of HealthAxis other than a license or sale of any
product or products of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
made in the ordinary course of HealthAxis’
business;
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(g)
damage, destruction or loss of any property or asset, whether or
not covered by insurance, having (or likely with the passage of time to
have) a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect;
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(h)
declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or the
making of any other distribution in respect of, the capital stock of
HealthAxis, any split, combination or recapitalization of the capital
stock of HealthAxis or any direct or indirect redemption, purchase or
other acquisition of the capital stock of HealthAxis
or any change in any rights, preferences, privileges or restrictions of
any outstanding security of HealthAxis, other than the Reverse Split and
the other steps contemplated by the HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps and other
than the nominal dividend relating to the HealthAxis Series A
Preferred Stock and any stock repurchased (on a set-off basis without any
cash outlay by HealthAxis other than to the IRS) in connection with the
payment of withholding taxes associated with equity compensation
incentives;
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(i)
increase in the compensation payable or to become payable to any of
the officers, directors or employees of HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries, or any bonus or pension, insurance or other
benefit payment or arrangement (including without limitation stock awards,
stock option grants, stock appreciation rights or stock option grants)
made to or with any of such officers, directors or employees, other than
increases in base salary for employees (excluding senior management
employees) in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past
practice;
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(j)
obligation or liability incurred by HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries to any of its officers, directors or stockholders
except for normal and customary compensation and expense allowances
payable to officers in the ordinary course of HealthAxis’ business
consistent with past practice and except in connection with the HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps;
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(k)
making by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries of any
loan, advance or capital contribution to, or any investment in, any
officer, director, employee or stockholder of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis
Subsidiary or any firm or business enterprise in which any such Person had
a direct or indirect material interest at the time of such loan, advance,
capital contribution or investment;
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(l)
entering into, amendment of, relinquishment, termination or
non-renewal by HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary of any contract,
lease, transaction, commitment or other right or obligation other than in
the ordinary course of its business or any written or oral indication or
assertion by the other party thereto of any material problems with
HealthAxis’ or any HealthAxis Subsidiary’s services or performance under
such contract, lease, transaction, commitment or other right or obligation
having a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect, or of such other party’s
demand to amend, terminate or not renew any such contract, lease,
transaction, commitment or other right or obligation which would be likely
to have a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect;
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(m)
material change in the manner in which HealthAxis or any HealthAxis
Subsidiary extends discounts, credits or warranties to customers or
otherwise deals with its customers;
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(n)
entering into by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
of any transaction, contract or agreement that by its terms requires or
contemplates a required minimum current and/or future financial
commitment, expenses (inclusive of overhead expenses)
or obligation on the part of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries involving in excess of $150,000, excluding any amendment,
extension or renewal of the SVB Loan Agreement (or related documents) or
any legal and accounting fees or other fees or obligations associated with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (including fees
described in Section 6.14) or that is not entered into in the
ordinary course of HealthAxis’ business, or the conduct of any business or
operations by HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary that is other than
in the ordinary course of HealthAxis’ or such HealthAxis Subsidiary’s
business; or
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(o)
license, transfer or grant of a right under any HealthAxis
Intellectual Property (as defined in Section 6.18 below), other than
those licensed, transferred or granted in the ordinary course of business
consistent with its past practices.
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6.10
Taxes.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.10 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter or where such
failure would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect:
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(a)
HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has paid or
caused to be paid all federal, state, local, foreign, and other taxes, and
all deficiencies, or other additions to tax, interest, fines and penalties
(collectively, “Taxes”),
owed or accrued by it and due and payable through the date hereof
(including any Taxes payable pursuant to Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-6
(and any similar state, local or foreign
provision).
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(b)
HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has timely filed
all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns (collectively “Tax
Returns”) required to be filed by any of them through the date
hereof, and all such returns accurately set forth the amount of any Taxes
relating to the applicable period.
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(c)
HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has withheld and
paid all Taxes required to have been withheld and paid in connection with
amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent contractor, creditor,
shareholder or other party.
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(d)
The financial statements included in the HealthAxis SEC Documents
reflect adequate reserves for Taxes payable by HealthAxis and each
HealthAxis Subsidiary for all taxable periods and portions thereof through
the date of such financial
statements.
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(e)
Since December 31, 2007, each of HealthAxis and the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries has made sufficient accrual for Taxes in accordance with GAAP
with respect to periods for which Tax Returns have not been filed.
All liabilities for Taxes attributable to the period commencing on the day
following the filing date of the most recently filed HealthAxis SEC
Documents were incurred in the ordinary course of
business.
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(f)
There are no outstanding agreements, waivers or arrangements
extending the statutory period of limitations applicable to any claim for,
or the period for the collection or assessment of, Taxes due from
HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary for any taxable period and there
have been no deficiencies proposed, assessed or asserted for such
Taxes.
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(g)
There are no closing agreements that could affect Taxes of
HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary for periods after the Effective
Time pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision
under state, local or foreign tax
laws.
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(h)
No audit or other proceedings by any court, governmental or
regulatory authority or similar authority relating to Taxes has occurred,
been asserted or is pending and none of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis
Subsidiary has received notice that any such audit or proceeding may be
commenced.
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(i)
No election has been made or filed by or with respect to, and no
consent to the application of, Section 341(f)(2) of the Code has
been made by or with respect to, HealthAxis, any HealthAxis Subsidiary or
any of their properties or assets.
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(j)
None of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary has agreed to, or
filed application for, or is required, to make any changes or adjustment
to its accounting method.
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(k)
Except as set forth in Section 5.10(k) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, there is no contract, agreement, plan or arrangement
covering any Person that, individually or collectively, could give rise to
the payment of any amount that would not be deductible by HealthAxis or
any HealthAxis Subsidiary by reason of Section 280G or
Section 162(m) of the
Code.
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(l)
Neither HealthAxis nor any HealthAxis Subsidiary has (i) been
a member of an affiliated group (within the meaning of Section 1504
of the Code) or an affiliated, combined, consolidated, unitary, or similar
group for state, local or foreign Tax purposes, other than the group of
which HealthAxis is the common parent or (ii) any liability for or in
respect of the Taxes of, or determined by reference to the Tax liability
of, another Person (other than HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary)
under Treasury Regulation § 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of
state, local or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract or
otherwise.
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(m)
Neither HealthAxis nor any HealthAxis Subsidiary has constituted
either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a
distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under
Section 355 of the Code (x) in the two (2) years prior to
the date of this Agreement or (y) in a distribution which could
otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions”
(within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in
conjunction with the Merger.
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(n)
Neither HealthAxis nor any HealthAxis Subsidiary is a party to any
agreement providing for the allocation, indemnification, or sharing of
Taxes other than any such agreement to which
HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiary are the exclusive
parties.
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HealthAxis
has not taken any action or engaged in any activities that would preclude the
treatment of the Merger as a reorganization under Section 368(a) of
the Code. In addition, HealthAxis has no plan or intention to take any
action or engage in any activities that would preclude the treatment of the
Merger as a reorganization of under Section 368(a) of the
Code.
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6.11
Books and Records.
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(a)
The books of account and other financial records of HealthAxis and
each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries are true, complete and correct in all
material respects, and have been maintained in accordance with good
business practices since December 31,
2006.
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(b)
The minute books and other records of HealthAxis and each of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries contain accurate records of all meetings and
accurately reflect all other action of the stockholders and Board of
Directors and any committees of the Board of Directors of HealthAxis and
each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries since December 31,
2006.
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6.12
Properties.
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(a)
Section 6.12(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter sets
forth a list of all real property currently owned or leased by HealthAxis
or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, and, with respect to all real
property currently leased by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries, the location of the property, the unexpired term of the
lease and the aggregate annual rental and/or other fees payable under any
such lease. All such current leases are, to the knowledge of HealthAxis,
in full force and effect, are valid and effective in accordance with their
respective terms, and there is not to the knowledge of HealthAxis any
existing material default or event of default under any such lease (or
event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute such a
material default).
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(b)
HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has good and
valid title to, or, in the case of leased properties and assets, valid
leasehold interests in, all of its tangible properties and assets, real,
personal and mixed, used or held for use in its business, free and clear
of any liens, except as reflected in the HealthAxis SEC Documents or in
Section 6.12(b) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter and except
for liens for taxes not yet due and payable and such imperfections of
title and encumbrances, if any, which are not material in character,
amount or extent, and which do not materially detract from the value, or
materially interfere with the present use, of the property subject thereto
or affected thereby.
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6.13
Environmental Matters.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.13 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither
HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is in violation of any
Environmental Laws which violation could reasonably be expected to result
in a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in
Section 6.13 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither HealthAxis, any
of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, any third
party, has used, released, discharged, generated, manufactured, produced,
stored, or disposed of in, on, or under or about its owned or leased property or
other assets, or transported thereto or therefrom, any hazardous substances or
hazardous wastes, including asbestos, lead and petroleum, during the period of
HealthAxis’ or the HealthAxis Subsidiary’s ownership or lease of such property
in a manner that could reasonably be expected to subject HealthAxis or any
HealthAxis Subsidiary to a material liability under the Environmental Laws. None
of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has received written notice
from any governmental authority that any property owned or leased by HealthAxis
or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is in violation of any Environmental Laws.
There is no pending civil, criminal or administrative suit or other legal
proceeding against HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries with respect
to any Environmental Laws. HealthAxis has provided BPOMS complete copies of all
environmental reports, assessments and studies in HealthAxis’ possession and
control with respect to properties owned or leased by HealthAxis or any
HealthAxis Subsidiary.
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6.14
No Brokers.
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Except as
set forth in Section 6.14 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither
HealthAxis nor Merger Sub nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has entered
into any contract, arrangement or understanding with any Person or firm which
may result in the obligation of such entity or BPOMS to pay any finder’s fees,
brokerage or agent’s commissions or other like payments in connection with the
negotiations leading to this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter,
neither HealthAxis nor Merger Sub is aware of any claim for payment directly by
HealthAxis or Merger Sub of any finder’s fees, brokerage or agent’s commissions
or other like payments in connection with the negotiations leading to this
Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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6.15
Related Party Transactions.
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Except as
set forth in the HealthAxis SEC Documents, or the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter,
since December 31, 2007, no event has occurred that would be required to be
reported by HealthAxis pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated under
the Securities Act.
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6.16
Contracts and Commitments
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(a)
Except as filed with the HealthAxis SEC Documents or as set forth
in Section 6.16(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither
HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has, or is party to or
is bound by:
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(i)
any consulting agreement, contract or commitment under which any
firm or other organization provides consulting services to HealthAxis or
any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries other than in the ordinary course of
business;
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(ii)
any fidelity or surety bond or completion
bond;
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(iii)
any guaranty of the obligations of a third
party;
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(iv)
any agreement, contract, commitment, transaction or series of
transactions for any purpose other than in the ordinary course of
HealthAxis’ or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries’ business relating to
capital expenditures or commitments or long term obligations in excess of
$150,000 (other than the SVB Loan Agreement and any amendment, extension
or renewal thereof or of any related
documents);
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(v)
any agreement, contract or commitment relating to the disposition
or acquisition of assets or any interest in any business enterprise
outside the ordinary course of HealthAxis’ or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries’ business;
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(vi)
any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security
agreements or other arrangements or instruments relating to the borrowing
of money or extension of credit, including capital leases and also
guaranties referred to in clause (iii) hereof (other than the SVB
Loan Agreement and any amendment, extension or renewal thereof or of any
related documents);
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(vii)
any purchase order or contract for the purchase of inventory or
other materials involving $150,0000 or
more;
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(viii)
any distribution, joint marketing or development agreement, other
than agreements made in the ordinary course of
business;
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(ix)
any assignment, license or other agreement with respect to any form
of intangible property, excluding agreements made in the ordinary course
of business;
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(x)
any agreement or contract involving the sharing of profits and
losses by HealthAxis or any of the
Subsidiaries;
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(xi)
any agreement, contract or commitment that involves $150,000 or
more or is not cancellable without penalty upon 30 days notice, excluding
agreements made in the ordinary course of
business;
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(xii)
any contract containing covenants that restrict or limit the
ability of HealthAxis or any HealthAxis Subsidiaries to engage in any line
of business or compete with any person;
or
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(xiii)
any “material contracts” within the meaning set forth in Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated under the Securities
Act.
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The
contracts and other documents referred to in (i) through (xiii) above and
all contracts and documents required to be filed with any HealthAxis SEC
Documents shall be referred to herein as “HealthAxis
Contracts”.
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(b)
Except as would not individually or in the aggregate have a
HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect, all HealthAxis Contracts are valid and
binding on HealthAxis and, to the best of the knowledge of HealthAxis, on
the other parties thereto, and are in full force and effect and
enforceable against HealthAxis and, to the best of the knowledge of
HealthAxis, against the other parties thereto, in accordance with their
respective terms. Except as disclosed in Section 6.16(b) of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, no approval or consent of, or notice to any
Person the failure of which to obtain would have a HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect is needed in order that the HealthAxis Contracts shall
continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms without
penalty, acceleration or rights of early termination following the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except to
the extent any of the following would not individually or in the aggregate
have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect, HealthAxis is not in violation
of, breach of or default under any HealthAxis Contract nor, to HealthAxis’
knowledge, is any other party to any HealthAxis Contract. Except as set
forth in Section 6.16 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis
is not in violation or breach of or default under any HealthAxis Contract
(including leases of real property) relating to non-competition,
indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness of any other Person, employment,
or collective bargaining.
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6.17
Employee Matters and Benefit
Plans.
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(a)
Section 6.17(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter
contains an accurate and complete list of each Employee Agreement and
Employee Plan of HealthAxis (including for each such plan a description of
any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits
of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement of the value of any of the benefits of
which will be calculated on the basis of any transactions contemplated by
this Agreement). Except as set forth in Section 6.17(a) of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries or Affiliates has any announced plan or commitment, whether
legally binding or not, to establish any new Employee Plan or Employee
Agreement, to modify any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement (except to
the extent required by law or to conform any such Employee Plan or
Employee Agreement to the requirements of any applicable law, in each case
as previously disclosed to BPOMS in writing, or as required by this
Agreement), or to enter into any Employee Plan or Employee Agreement, nor
does it have any intention or commitment to do any of the
foregoing.
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(b)
HealthAxis has provided or made available to BPOMS correct and
complete copies of all material documents embodying or relating to each
HealthAxis Employee Plan and Employee Agreement including: (i) all
amendments thereto; (ii) the most recent annual actuarial valuations,
if any, prepared for each HealthAxis Employee Plan; (iii) the three
most recent annual reports (Series 5500 and all schedules thereto),
if any, required under ERISA or the Code in connection with each
HealthAxis Employee Plan or related trust; (iv) if the HealthAxis
Employee Plan is funded, the most recent annual and periodic accounting of Employee Plan assets; (v) the most recent
summary plan description together with the most recent summary of material
modifications, if any, required under ERISA with respect to each
HealthAxis Employee Plan; (vi) all IRS determination letters and
rulings relating to HealthAxis Employee Plans and copies of all
applications and correspondence to or from the IRS or DOL with respect to
any HealthAxis Employee Plan; and (vii) all communications material
to any Employee or Employees relating to any HealthAxis Employee Plan and
any proposed HealthAxis Employee Plans, in each case, relating to any
amendments, terminations, establishments, increases or decreases in
benefits, acceleration of payments or vesting schedules or other events
which would result in any material liability to HealthAxis or any
HealthAxis Subsidiary.
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(c)
(i) Except as set forth in Section 6.l7(c) of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries and Affiliates has performed in all material respects all
obligations required to be performed by them under each HealthAxis
Employee Plan, and each HealthAxis Employee Plan has been established and
maintained in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in
compliance with all applicable laws, statutes, orders, rules and
regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no
“prohibited
transaction,” within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code
or Section 406 of ERISA for which no class or statutory exemption is
available, has occurred with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan;
(iii) there are no material actions, suits or claims pending or, to
the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened or anticipated (other than routine
claims for benefits) against any HealthAxis Employee Plan or against the
assets of any HealthAxis Employee Plan; (iv) such HealthAxis Employee
Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the
Effective Time in accordance with its terms, without material liability to
HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates
(other than ordinary administration expenses typically incurred in a
termination event); (v) there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings
pending or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened by the IRS or DOL
with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan; (vi) neither HealthAxis
nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is subject to any penalty or tax
with respect to any HealthAxis Employee Plan under
Section 402(i) of ERISA or Section 4975 through 4980 of the
Code; and (vii) all contributions, including any top heavy
contributions, required to be made prior to the Closing by HealthAxis or
any Affiliate to any Employee Plan have been made or shall be made on or
before the Closing Date.
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(d)
Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or
Affiliates currently maintain, sponsor, participate in or contribute to,
nor have they ever maintained, established, sponsored, participated in, or
contributed to, any Pension Plan which is subject to Part 3 of
Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA, Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of
the Code.
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(e)
At no time has HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or
Affiliates contributed to or been requested or obligated to contribute to
any Multiemployer Plan.
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(f)
Except as set forth in Section 6.17(f) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter or as required by local, state or federal law, no
Employee Plan or any Employment Agreement to which HealthAxis is a party
provides, or is required to provide, life insurance, medical or other
employee benefits to any Employee upon his or her retirement or
termination of employment for any reason, and HealthAxis and each of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries has never represented, promised or contracted
(whether in oral or written form) to any Employee (either individually or
to Employees as a group) that such Employee(s) would be provided with
life insurance, medical or other employee welfare benefits upon their
retirement or termination of
employment.
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(g)
The execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby will not (either alone or upon the
occurrence of any additional or subsequent events) constitute an event
under any HealthAxis Employee Plan, Employee Agreement, trust or loan that
will or may result in any payment (whether of severance payor otherwise),
acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution, increase
in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any HealthAxis
Employee, except as set forth in Section 6.17(g) of the
HealthAxis Disclosure Letter.
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(h)
Except as set forth in Section 6.17(h) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
(i) is in compliance in all respects with all applicable foreign,
federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations respecting
employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours; in each case, with respect to Employees except as would
not have an HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect; (ii) has withheld all
amounts required by law or by agreement to be withheld from the wages,
salaries, and other payments to Employees; (iii) is not liable for
any arrears of wages or any taxes or any penalty for failure to comply
with any of the foregoing; and (iv) is not liable for any payment to
any trust or other fund or to any governmental or administrative
authority, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social
security or other benefits or obligations for Employees (other than
routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and
consistent with past practice).
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(i)
No work stoppage or labor strike against HealthAxis or any
HealthAxis Subsidiary is pending or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis,
threatened. Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is
involved in or, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, threatened with, any labor
dispute, grievance, administrative proceeding or litigation relating to
labor, safety, employment practices or discrimination matters involving
any Employee, including, without limitation, charges of unfair labor
practices or discrimination complaints, which, if adversely determined,
would, individually or in the aggregate, have a HealthAxis Material
Adverse Effect. Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
has engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the
National Labor Relations Act which would, individually or in the
aggregate, directly or indirectly have a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect.
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Neither
HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries or Affiliates has ever been a
party to any agreement with any labor organization or union, and none of the
HealthAxis Employees are represented by any labor organization or union, nor
have any HealthAxis Employees threatened to organize or join a union or filed a
petition for representation with the National Labor Relations
Board.
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(j)
There are no (i) bonus or severance payments that could be
payable to Employees of HealthAxis under existing Employee Agreements or
Employee Plans on account of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (without regard to termination of employment), or
(ii) severance obligations that could be payable to Employees of
HealthAxis under existing Employee Agreements and Employee Plans on
account of terminations of employment following the Effective Time, except
as disclosed in Schedule 6.17(j) of the HealthAxis Disclosure
Letter.
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(k)
The employment agreements contemplated by
Section 8.1(d) of this Agreement and the addition to shares of
the 2005 Stock Incentive Plan (or a new plan) contemplated by
Section 2.2(a)(viii) of this Agreement shall in all respects be
excepted from the representations set forth in this
Section 6.17.
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6.18
Intellectual Property and Products; HIPAA
Compliance.
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(a)
Section 6.18(a) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter lists
all material proceedings or actions known to HealthAxis before any court,
tribunal (including the PTO or equivalent authority anywhere in the world)
related to any Intellectual Property owned by; or licensed to, or
controlled by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries (the “HealthAxis
Intellectual Property”). No HealthAxis Intellectual Property is the
subject of any outstanding decree, order, judgment, agreement, or
stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer, or licensing
thereof by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, or which may
affect the validity, use or enforceability of any HealthAxis Intellectual
Property.
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(b)
Section 6.18(b) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter lists
all United States, international and foreign: (a) patents and patent
applications (including provisional applications); (b) registered
trademarks and service marks, applications to register trademarks or
service marks, intent to use applications, or other registrations or
applications related to trademarks or service marks; and
(c) registered copyrights and applications for copyright registration
owned by HealthAxis (collectively, the “HealthAxis
Registered Intellectual Property”). With respect to each item of
HealthAxis Registered Intellectual Property, all material registration,
maintenance and renewal fees necessary in connection with such HealthAxis
Registered Intellectual Property have been made and all material documents
and certificates necessary in connection with such HealthAxis Registered
Intellectual Property have been filed with the relevant patent, trademark
or copyright authorities in the United States or other jurisdictions for
the purposes of maintaining such HealthAxis Registered Intellectual
Property.
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(c)
HealthAxis or a HealthAxis Subsidiary has the right to prevent
others from using, marketing, distributing, selling or licensing all
HealthAxis Intellectual Property used in its business as presently
conducted and as it is expected to be conducted as of the Effective Time,
including without limitation, all Intellectual Property used or to be used
in the HealthAxis Products (as defined below), and such rights to Utilize
are sufficient for such conduct of their respective
businesses.
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(d)
To HealthAxis’ knowledge, the Utilization by HealthAxis or any of
the HealthAxis Subsidiaries of any HealthAxis products currently being
licensed, produced or sold by HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries or currently under development or consideration by HealthAxis
or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries (“HealthAxis
Products”) does
not violate any license or agreement between HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries and any third party or, to HealthAxis’ knowledge,
infringe any Intellectual Property right, moral right or right of
publicity or privacy of any other party, and, except as set forth in
Section 6.18(d) of the Disclosure Letter, HealthAxis has not
received notice of any pending or threatened claim or litigation
contesting the validity, ownership or right to Utilize any HealthAxis
Intellectual Property nor, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, is there any
basis for any such claim under applicable law, nor has HealthAxis or any
of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries received any notice asserting that any
HealthAxis Products or Utilization thereof conflicts or will conflict with
the rights of any other party.
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(e)
HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries have timely and
satisfactorily fulfilled their respective obligations under all material
agreements pursuant to which HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has agreed to program, design or develop
on behalf of a third party, whether for original use or for porting or
conversion (for use on a different hardware platform or in a different
language), any software products or any part thereof, except where the
failure to so comply would not reasonably be expected to have a HealthAxis
Material Adverse Effect.
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(f)
Except as set forth in Section 6.18(f) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, to the extent that any work, invention, or material has
been developed or created by a third party for HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries, to HealthAxis’ knowledge, HealthAxis or a
HealthAxis Subsidiary has a written agreement with such third party with
respect thereto and HealthAxis or a HealthAxis Subsidiary thereby has
obtained ownership of, and is the exclusive owner of, or has a valid
license to use, all HealthAxis Intellectual Property in such work,
material or invention by operation of law or by valid assignment or by
agreement, as the case may be.
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(g)
Section 6.l8(g) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter lists
all material contracts, licenses and agreements to which HealthAxis or any
of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is a party that are currently in effect
(i) with respect to HealthAxis Intellectual Property licensed or
offered to any third party (other than licenses granted in the ordinary
course of business); or (ii) pursuant to which a third party
has
licensed or transferred any Intellectual Property to HealthAxis or any of
the HealthAxis Subsidiaries. Except as set forth in
Section 6.18(g) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, neither
HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has transferred
ownership of, or granted any license with respect to, any HealthAxis
Intellectual Property, to any third party (other than licenses granted in
the ordinary course of business).
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(h)
Except as set forth in Section 6.18(h) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, the contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 6.18(h) are in full force and effect to HealthAxis’
knowledge. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement will not violate or result in the breach, modification,
cancellation, termination, or suspension of such contracts, licenses and
agreements listed in Section 6.18(h) and will not cause the
forfeiture or termination or give rise to a right of forfeiture or
termination of any rights of HealthAxis to any HealthAxis Intellectual
Property or impair the right of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries to Utilize any HealthAxis Intellectual Property or portion
thereof. HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is in
material compliance with, and has not materially breached any term any of
such contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 6.18(h) and, to the knowledge of HealthAxis, all other
parties to such contracts, licenses and agreements listed in
Section 6.18(h) are in compliance with, and have not breached
any term of, such contracts, licenses and agreements. Except as set forth
in Section 6.18(h) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter,
following the Effective Time HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries will be permitted to exercise all of HealthAxis’ and each of
the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, if any, respective rights under the
contracts, licenses and agreements listed in Section 6.18(h) to
the same extent HealthAxis and such HealthAxis Subsidiary would have been
able to had the transactions contemplated by this Agreement not occurred
and without the payment of any additional funds other than ongoing fees,
royalties or payments which HealthAxis or a HealthAxis Subsidiary would
otherwise be required to pay.
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(i)
Except as set forth in Section 6.18(i) of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, (i) HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis
Subsidiaries (including to the knowledge of each of their executive
officers, directors and employees) has not received any notice or claim
(whether written, oral or otherwise) challenging HealthAxis’ ownership or
rights in the HealthAxis Intellectual Property or claiming that any other
Person or entity has any legal or beneficial ownership with respect
thereto; (ii) all the HealthAxis Intellectual Property rights owned
by HealthAxis and embodied in its HealthAxis Products are, to HealthAxis’
knowledge, legally valid and enforceable without any material
qualification, limitation or restriction on their use, and HealthAxis has
not received any notice or claim (whether written or oral) challenging the
validity or enforceability of any of the HealthAxis Intellectual Property
rights; and (iii) to HealthAxis’ knowledge, no third party is
infringing or misappropriating any part of the HealthAxis Intellectual
Property.
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HealthAxis and each of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has taken
reasonable and practicable measures designed to protect their respective
rights in their respective confidential information and trade secrets or
any trade secrets or confidential information of third parties provided to
HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of
HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, neither HealthAxis nor
any HealthAxis Subsidiaries has permitted any such confidential
information or trade secrets to be used, divulged or appropriated for the
benefit of Persons to the material detriment of HealthAxis or any of the
HealthAxis Subsidiaries.
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(k)
Section 6.18(k) of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter sets
forth a list of all Internet domain names used by HealthAxis in its
business (collectively, the “HealthAxis
Domain Names”). To HealthAxis’ knowledge, HealthAxis has a valid
registration and all material rights (free of any material restriction) in
and to the HealthAxis Domain Names, including, without limitation, all
rights necessary to the continued use of the HealthAxis Domain Names in
connection with the conduct of HealthAxis’ business as it is currently
conducted.
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(l)
Neither HealthAxis nor any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries is or has
been a party to any Government Contract relating to or affecting ownership
or Utilization of any HealthAxis Intellectual
Property.
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(m)
HealthAxis is in compliance, in all materials respects, with the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, including,
without limitation, all regulations and requirements relating to security,
privacy and electronic transactions standards promulgated thereunder
(collectively, “HIPAA”).
HealthAxis Products, which assist HealthAxis customers to perform services
in compliance with HIPAA, are compliant, in all material respects, with
HIPAA requirements to the extent applicable. HealthAxis and
HealthAxis Products are compliant, in all material respects, with the laws
and regulations of any state where HealthAxis conducts business, relating
to obligations of Business Associates (as defined under HIPAA) to maintain
such compliance.
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6.19
Anti-Takeover Matters.
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HealthAxis
and Merger Sub have taken all action necessary to exempt the merger and the
other transactions contemplated by this Agreement from the operation of any
“fair
price,” “moratorium,”
“control
share acquisition,” or other similar anti-takeover statute or regulation
enacted under the state or federal laws of the United States, including without
limitation, Section 203 of the DGCL. Except for the HealthAxis/Tak Investor
Rights Agreement, the HealthAxis/Tak Registration Rights Agreement, the
HealthAxis/Preferred Investor Rights Agreement and the HealthAxis/Preferred
Registration Rights Agreement, copies of which have been provided to BPOMS and
which will be terminated at Closing, neither HealthAxis nor any HealthAxis
Subsidiary has in effect any agreement, plan, scheme, device or arrangement
commonly or colloquially known as a “poison
pill” or an “anti-takeover”
plan or any similar plan, scheme, device or arrangement.
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6.20
Shareholder Vote Required.
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The only
vote of the holders of any class of shares of the capital stock of HealthAxis
necessary to approve the Reverse Split, the change of HealthAxis’ name to BPO
Management Services, Inc., this Agreement, the creation and issuance of
HealthAxis stock in the Merger, the change of control of HealthAxis for purposes
of NASD Rule 4350(i)(B) and the other transactions and other matters
contemplated by this Agreement is the affirmative vote of a majority of the
votes cast by the holders of the outstanding HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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6.21
Undisclosed Liabilities.
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Except as
and to the extent reflected, reserved against or otherwise disclosed in
Section 6.7(c) of the Disclosure Letter or the HealthAxis SEC
Documents and except as set forth in Section 6.21 of the HealthAxis
Disclosure Letter, neither HealthAxis nor the HealthAxis Subsidiaries have any
liabilities or obligations of any kind, whether accrued, absolute, asserted or
unasserted, contingent or otherwise, of a nature required to be disclosed on a
balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, which would
have, individually or in the aggregate, a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect.
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6.22
Insurance.
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HealthAxis
maintains, and has maintained or caused to be maintained, without interruption,
since January 1, 2002, policies or binders of insurance covering such risk,
and events, including personal injury, property damage, errors and omissions and
general liability in amounts HealthAxis reasonably believes adequate for its
business and operations, and its current insurance policies (other than
directors and officers insurance) will not terminate due to consummation of the
Merger. Section 6.22 of the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter sets forth a
summary of all current insurance
policies (including, without limitation, limits, deductibles and terms)
maintained by HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries.
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6.23
Financial Forecast and Relationships with Suppliers, Licensors and
Customers.
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HealthAxis
has provided to BPOMS a copy of its 2008 forecast (the “HealthAxis
Forecast”). The
HealthAxis Forecast was prepared in good faith and HealthAxis believes there is
a reasonable basis for the HealthAxis Forecast. No current supplier, licensor,
distributor or customer of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries has
notified HealthAxis or such HealthAxis Subsidiary of an intention to terminate
or substantially alter its existing business relationship with HealthAxis or
such HealthAxis Subsidiary, which termination or alteration would cause
HealthAxis to fail to achieve the projections set forth in the HealthAxis
Forecast or would otherwise have a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect in
2008.
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6.24
Continuity of Business
Enterprise.
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It is the
present intention of HealthAxis to continue at least one significant historic
business line of BPOMS, or to use at least a significant portion of BPOMS’
historic assets in a business, in each case within the meaning of the United
States Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-1(d).
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6.25
Ownership of BPOMS Shares.
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As of the
date hereof, and during the three (3) year period immediately preceding the
date hereof, neither HealthAxis nor, to HealthAxis’ knowledge, any affiliate or
associate (as defined in Section 203 of the DGCL) thereof, is an “interested
stockholder” of BPOMS within the meaning of Section 203 of the
DGCL.
ARTICLE
7
COVENANTS
AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
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7.1
Conduct of Businesses.
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(a)
During the period from the date of this Agreement until the
Effective Time, except as specifically permitted by this Agreement, unless
the other Party has consented in writing
thereto:
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(i)
BPOMS and HealthAxis shall use their reasonable best efforts, and
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to use their reasonable best
efforts, to preserve intact their business organizations and
goodwill;
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(ii)
BPOMS and HealthAxis shall confer on a regular basis with one or
more representatives of the other to report on material operational
matters relating to the business of BPOMS and the BPOMS
Subsidiaries;
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(iii)
each Party will cooperate with and, at the request of the other
Party, provide reasonable assistance to the other Party to seek to reduce
or avoid disruptions to the other Party’s business that may result from or
arise out of the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated
hereby;
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(iv)
BPOMS and HealthAxis shall promptly notify the other of any
material emergency or other material change in the condition (financial or
otherwise), business, properties, assets, liabilities or the normal course
of its businesses or in the operation of their properties, any material
governmental complaints, investigations or hearings (or communications
indicating that the same may be
contemplated);
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(v)
each Party shall promptly deliver to the other Party true and
correct copies of any report, statement or schedule filed with the SEC
subsequent to the date of this Agreement other than those reports,
statements or schedules that are available through the SEC’s website;
and
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(vi)
In the event either Party becomes aware that any of its respective
representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5 and 6 hereof will
not be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date as if
made at and as of the Closing Date, such Party shall give prompt written
notice thereof to the other Party, and shall give access to all
appropriate information related thereto that is in its possession or
control.
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(b)
Prior to the Closing Date, except as expressly provided in this
Agreement or unless BPOMS has first obtained written consent of
HealthAxis, BPOMS:
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(i)
Shall, and shall cause each BPOMS Subsidiary to, exercise its best
efforts to conduct its operations according to their usual, regular and
ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted,
preserve and protect the BPOMS Intellectual Property and keep available
the services of its officers and
employees;
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(ii)
Shall not amend BPOMS’ Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, and
shall cause each BPOMS Subsidiary not to amend its certificates of
incorporation, bylaws or equivalent organizational
documents;
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(iii)
Shall not, and shall cause each BPOMS Subsidiary not
to,
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(A)
issue or authorize for issue any BPOMS capital stock or security
convertible into or exercisable for any BPOMS capital stock (except for
(I) shares of BPOMS Series F Preferred Stock issued as part of
the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps, (II) shares of BPOMS Common Stock issued
upon the exercise of options or warrants outstanding as of the date of
this Agreement and (III) options issued as permitted under the
following clause (C));
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(B)
effect any share split, reverse share split, share dividend,
recapitalization or other similar transaction or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for BPOMS capital stock or capital stock of any BPOMS
Subsidiary, except for the BPOMS Pre-Merger
Steps;
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(C)
grant, confer or award any option, warrant, conversion right or
other right not existing on the date hereof to acquire, redeem or
repurchase any BPOMS capital stock except in connection with the BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps;
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(D)
increase any compensation or enter into or amend any employment
agreement with any of its present or future officers, directors or
employees except in the ordinary course of business and except for the
employment agreements contemplated by
Section 8.1(d) hereof;
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(E)
adopt any new Employee Plan or (except as contemplated in this
Agreement) amend any existing BPOMS Employee Plan or severance or
termination pay policies in any material respect, except as required by
applicable law or for changes which are less favorable to participants in
such plans;
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(F)
authorize, declare, set aside or pay any dividends or make any
other distribution or payments with respect to any BPOMS capital
stock, or directly or indirectly redeem, purchase or
otherwise acquire any BPOMS capital stock or capital stock of any of the
BPOMS Subsidiaries except in connection with the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps;
or
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make any commitment for any such
action;
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(iv)
Shall not, and shall not permit any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries to,
pay, discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations
(absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise),
other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their
terms, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in, or contemplated
by, the BPOMS SEC Documents or incurred after the date thereof in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
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(v)
Shall not, and shall not permit any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries to,
enter into or amend, modify or terminate any contract which is outside the
ordinary course of business and which may result in total fixed or
guaranteed payments or liability by or to it in excess of $100,000, other
than contracts for expenses of attorneys and accountants incurred in
connection with the Merger and office space leases on commercially
reasonable terms;
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(vi)
Shall not, and shall not permit any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries to,
enter into or amend any contract with any officer, trustee, director,
consultant or affiliate of BPOMS or any of the BPOMS Subsidiaries, other
than as contemplated by the BPOMS Pre-Merger
Steps;
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(vii)
Shall, and shall cause each BPOMS Subsidiary to, timely prepare, in
a manner consistent with past practice, and file all Tax Returns required
to be filed the due date of which (including reasonable extensions) occurs
on or before the Effective Time and pay all Taxes due with respect to any
such Tax Returns;
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(viii)
Shall not, and shall not permit any BPOMS Subsidiary to, amend any
Tax Returns, make any election relating to Taxes, change any election
relating to Taxes already made, adopt any accounting method relating to
Taxes, change any accounting method relating to Taxes unless required by
GAAP (as agreed with BPOMS’ independent public accountants) or a change in
the Code, enter into any closing agreement relating to Taxes, settle or
compromise any claim, suit, litigation, proceeding, investigation, audit
or controversy relating to Taxes (unless required by law), or consent to
the waiver of the statute of limitations for any claim or audit relating
to Taxes;
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(ix)
Shall not enter into, terminate or materially amend or renew any
contract other than with third parties in the ordinary course of operating
its business consistent with past practice and with
the employees referred to in Section 8.1(d) hereof;
and
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(x)
Shall not incur any indebtedness or other obligation for borrowed
money other than trade payables and other accruals made in the ordinary
course of business consistent with past
practice.
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(c)
Prior to the Closing Date, except as expressly provided in this
Agreement unless HealthAxis has first obtained written consent of BPOMS,
HealthAxis:
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(i)
Shall, and shall cause each HealthAxis Subsidiary to, exercise its
best efforts to conduct its operations according to their usual, regular
and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as heretofore
conducted, preserve and protect the HealthAxis Intellectual Property and
keep available the services of its officers and
employees;
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(ii)
Shall not amend HealthAxis’ Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation or By-laws, and shall cause each HealthAxis Subsidiary not
to amend its charters, bylaws or equivalent organizational documents
except in connection with the HealthAxis Pre-Merger
Steps;
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(iii)
Shall not, and shall cause each HealthAxis Subsidiary not
to,
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(A)
issue or authorize for issue any HealthAxis capital stock or
security convertible into or exercisable for any HealthAxis capital stock,
except for (i) the shares to be issued and stock options to be
granted as contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) upon the exercise
of any options and warrants outstanding as of the date of this
Agreement,
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(B)
effect any share split, reverse share split, share dividend,
recapitalization or other similar transaction or issue or authorize the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in
substitution for HealthAxis capital stock or capital stock of any
HealthAxis Subsidiary except in connection with the HealthAxis Pre-Merger
Steps,
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(C)
grant, confer or award any option, warrant, conversion right or
other right not existing on the date hereof to acquire, redeem or
repurchase any HealthAxis capital stock, except repurchases of stock in
connection with the payment of withholding taxes related to equity
compensation incentives which are on a set-off basis and do not involve
any cash outlay by HealthAxis other than to the
IRS,
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(D)
increase any compensation or enter into or amend any employment
agreement with any of its present or future officers, directors or
employees other than as contemplated by
Section 8.1(d) hereof,
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adopt any new Employee Plan or amend any existing HealthAxis
Employee Plan or severance or termination pay policies in any material
respect, except as contemplated by this Agreement or as required by
applicable law or for changes which are less favorable to participants in
such plans,
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(F)
authorize, declare, set aside or pay any dividends (except as
expressly provided in this Agreement) or make any other distribution or
payments with respect to any HealthAxis capital stock, or directly or
indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any HealthAxis capital
stock or capital stock of any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, except for
the nominal dividend relating to the HealthAxis Series A Preferred
Stock and any stock repurchased in connection with the payment of
withholding taxes associated with equity compensation incentives on a
set-off basis and not involving any cash outlay by HealthAxis other than
to the IRS, or
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make any commitment for any such
action;
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(iv)
Shall not, and shall not permit any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
to, pay, discharge or satisfy any claims, liabilities or obligations
(absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise),
other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course
of business consistent with past practice or in accordance with their
terms, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in, or contemplated
by, the HealthAxis SEC Documents or incurred after the date thereof in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
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Shall not, and shall not permit any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
to, enter into or amend, modify or terminate any contract which may result
in total fixed or guaranteed payments or liability by or to it in excess
of $150,000 other than contracts for expenses of financial advisors,
attorneys and accountants incurred in connection with the
Merger;
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Shall not, and shall not permit any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries
to, enter into any contract with any officer, trustee, director or
affiliate of HealthAxis or any of the HealthAxis Subsidiaries other than
as contemplated by the HealthAxis Pre-Merger
Steps;
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(vii)
Shall, and shall cause each HealthAxis Subsidiary to, timely
prepare, in a manner consistent with past practice, and file all Tax
Returns required to be filed the due date of which (including reasonable
extensions) occurs on or before the Effective Time and pay all Taxes due
with respect to any such Tax
Returns;
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Shall not, and shall not permit any HealthAxis Subsidiary to, amend
any Tax Returns, make any election relating to Taxes, change any election
relating to Taxes already made, adopt any accounting method relating to
Taxes, change any accounting method relating to Taxes unless required by
GAAP (as agreed with HealthAxis’ independent public accountants) or a
change in the Code, enter into any closing agreement relating to Taxes,
settle or compromise any claim, suit, litigation, proceeding,
investigation, audit or controversy relating to Taxes (unless required by
law), or consent to the waiver of the statute of limitations for any claim
or audit relating to Taxes;
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Shall not enter into, terminate or materially amend or renew any
contract other than with third parties in the ordinary course of operating
its business consistent with past practice;
and
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Shall not incur any indebtedness or other obligation for borrowed
money other than pursuant to the Loan and Security Agreement between the
Company and Silicon Valley Bank dated August 14, 2006 (as amended,
the “SVB Loan
Agreement”), and other than trade payables and other accruals made
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice.
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7.2
BPOMS Stockholders Meeting.
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(a)
BPOMS will take all action necessary in accordance with applicable
law and its respective Certificate of Incorporation, to convene an annual
or special meeting of its stockholders (the “BPOMS
Meeting”) as promptly as practicable to consider and vote upon the
adoption and approval of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby including the Merger and the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps. The Board of
Directors of BPOMS shall recommend that its stockholders adopt and approve
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and BPOMS shall
use its reasonable best efforts to obtain such approval; provided,
however, that nothing contained in this Section 7.2 shall prohibit
the directors of BPOMS from failing to make, withdrawing such
recommendation, modifying such recommendation or using their reasonable
best efforts to obtain such adoption and approval if BPOMS shall have
received an Acquisition Proposal (as hereinafter defined) and if such
directors have determined in good faith, after consulting with their
financial and legal advisors, that the Acquisition Proposal is a Superior
Offer (as hereinafter defined).
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As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, BPOMS shall
prepare and, following review and incorporation of reasonable comments by
HealthAxis (which review shall be as prompt as practicable), file with the
SEC a preliminary proxy statement and form of proxy, or preliminary
information statement, as permitted by Regulation 14A or 14C, as
applicable, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange
Act”) relating to the BPOMS Meeting and the vote of the
stockholders of BPOMS with respect to this Agreement,
the Merger, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and the BPOMS
Pre-Merger Steps. As soon as practicable and permitted under applicable
laws, BPOMS shall prepare the related final proxy statement or final
information statement (such final proxy statement or final information
statement, the “BPOMS
Proxy Statement”); mail the BPOMS Proxy Statement to its
shareholders and file the BPOMS Proxy Statement with the SEC. HealthAxis
shall promptly furnish all information about itself and its business and
operations and all necessary financial information to BPOMS as BPOMS may
reasonably request in connection with the preparation of the BPOMS Proxy
Statement, it being understood that prior to execution of this Agreement,
BPOMS has requested HealthAxis to provide BPOMS with all financial and
other information required by Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act to be
disclosed in the BPOMS Proxy Statement with regard to HealthAxis and its
business, operations and financial condition. HealthAxis shall
ensure that the financial statements to be included in the BPOMS Proxy
Statement (i) are prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a
consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be
indicated in the footnotes thereto and that the interim financial
statements may not have notes thereto and other presentation items that
may be required by GAAP and are subject to normal and recurring year-end
adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be material in amount),
and (ii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated
financial position and operating results and cash flows of HealthAxis as
of the dates and for the periods indicated
therein.
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As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, BPOMS shall
deliver to HealthAxis a draft of the preliminary proxy statement
containing all information required to be included therein, other than
such information as is to be provided by or is dependent upon information
provided by HealthAxis pursuant to
Section 7.2(b) above.
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Whenever BPOMS receives any comments from the SEC or its staff or
any other event occurs relating to this Agreement or the Merger which is
required to be set forth in a filing with the SEC by BPOMS, whether an
amendment or supplement to the BPOMS Proxy Statement or otherwise, BPOMS
shall (i) promptly inform HealthAxis of such occurrence,
(ii) provide reasonable advance notice to HealthAxis of such filing
(including without limitation an opportunity to provide comments thereto)
and (iii) cooperate with HealthAxis in such filing with the SEC or
its staff, including without limitation in completing any mailing to
Stockholders of BPOMS or any amendment or supplement to the BPOMS Proxy
Statement.
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7.3
HealthAxis Fairness Hearing; Stockholders
Meeting.
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(a)
As promptly as practicable following the execution of this
Agreement, HealthAxis shall prepare and file, with the full cooperation of
BPOMS, an application to obtain a permit (a “California
Permit”) from the Commissioner of Corporations of the State of
California after a hearing before such Commissioner (the “Fairness
Hearing”) pursuant to Section 25121 of the California
Corporate Securities Law of 1968, so that the issuance
of HealthAxis securities in the Merger shall be exempt from registration
under Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act. HealthAxis,
with the full cooperation of BPOMS, will use commercially reasonable
efforts to respond to any comments from the California Department of
Corporations and each of HealthAxis and BPOMS will use their commercially
reasonable efforts to have the California Permit granted as soon as
practicable after such filing, including without limitation, scheduling
the Fairness Hearing on the first practicable date after filing of the
application. As promptly as practical after the date of this
Agreement, HealthAxis and BPOMS shall prepare and make such filings as are
required under applicable Blue Sky laws relating to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement. BPOMS shall use reasonable and good
faith efforts to assist HealthAxis as may be necessary to cause the Permit
Application and any solicitation material sent to Stockholders of BPOMS to
comply with the securities and Blue Sky
laws.
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In the event the parties are not able to obtain a California
Permit, HealthAxis shall, at its election, use commercially reasonable
efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on
Form S-4 or other comparable form in which a proxy statement to
solicit and obtain the approval of BPOMS’ Stockholders as contemplated in
Section 7.2(b) above will be
included.
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As promptly as practicable following the receipt of the California
Permit, HealthAxis will take all action necessary in accordance with
applicable law and its respective Certificate of Incorporation, to convene
an annual or special meeting of its stockholders (the “HealthAxis
Meeting”) to consider and vote upon the approval of this Agreement
and the transactions and other matters contemplated hereby including the
issuance of HealthAxis stock in the Merger and the Reverse Split. The
Board of Directors of HealthAxis shall recommend that its stockholders
approve this Agreement and the transactions and other matters contemplated
hereby and HealthAxis shall use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and
obtain such approval; provided, however, that nothing contained in this
Section 7.3 shall prohibit the directors of HealthAxis from failing
to make, withdrawing such recommendation, modifying such
recommendation or using their reasonable best efforts to obtain such
approval if HealthAxis shall have received an Acquisition Proposal and if
such directors have determined in good faith, after consultation with
their financial and legal advisors, that the Acquisition Proposal is a
Superior Offer. The materials submitted to the BPOMS’ stockholders shall
be subject to review and approval by HealthAxis and include information
regarding BPOMS; the terms of the Merger; the Agreement and any related
agreements; and the unanimous recommendation of the Board of Directors of
BPOMS in favor of the Merger, this Agreement and any related
agreements.
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As promptly as practicable following the receipt of the California
Permit, HealthAxis shall prepare and, following review and incorporation
of reasonable comments by BPOMS (which review shall be as prompt as
practicable), file with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement and form of
proxy, or preliminary information statement, as permitted by Regulation
14A or 14C, as applicable, under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange
Act”) relating to the HealthAxis Meeting and the vote of the
stockholders of HealthAxis with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions and other matters contemplated by this Agreement. As soon as
practicable and permitted under applicable laws, HealthAxis shall prepare
the related final proxy statement or final information statement (such
final proxy statement or final information statement, the “HealthAxis
Proxy Statement”); mail the HealthAxis Proxy Statement to its
shareholders and file the HealthAxis Proxy Statement with the SEC. BPOMS
shall promptly furnish all information about itself and its business and
operations and all necessary financial information to HealthAxis as
HealthAxis may reasonably request in connection with the preparation of
the HealthAxis Proxy Statement, it being understood that prior to
execution of this Agreement, HealthAxis has requested BPOMS to provide
HealthAxis with all financial and other information required by Regulation
14A under the Exchange Act to be disclosed in the HealthAxis Proxy
Statement with regard to BPOMS and its business, operations and financial
condition. BPOMS shall ensure that the financial statements to be
included in the HealthAxis Proxy Statement (i) are prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods
involved (except as may be indicated in the footnotes thereto and that the
interim financial statements may not have notes thereto and other
presentation items that may be required by GAAP and are subject to normal
and recurring year-end adjustments that are not reasonably expected to be
material in amount), and (ii) fairly present in all material respects
the consolidated financial position and operating results and cash flows
of BPOMS as of the dates and for the periods indicated
therein.
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As promptly as practicable following the date hereof, HealthAxis
shall deliver to BPOMS a draft of the preliminary proxy statement
containing all information required to be included therein, other than
such information as is to be provided by or is dependent upon information
provided by BPOMS pursuant to
Section 7.3(b) above.
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(f)
Whenever HealthAxis receives any comments from the SEC or its staff
or any other event occurs relating to this Agreement or the Merger which
is required to be set forth in a filing with the SEC by HealthAxis,
whether an amendment or supplement to the HealthAxis Proxy Statement or
otherwise, HealthAxis shall (i) promptly inform BPOMS of such
occurrence, (ii) provide reasonable advance notice to BPOMS of such
filing (including without limitation an opportunity to provide comments
thereto) and (iii) cooperate with BPOMS in such filing with the SEC
or its staff, including without limitation in completing any mailing to
Stockholders of HealthAxis or any amendment or supplement to the
HealthAxis Proxy Statement.
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Approvals; Other Action.
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Subject
to the terms and conditions herein provided, BPOMS and HealthAxis shall:
(i) use best efforts to cooperate with one another in (x) determining
which filings are required to be made
prior to the Effective Time with, and which consents, approvals, permits or
authorizations are required to be obtained prior to the Effective Time from,
governmental or regulatory authorities of the United States, the several states
and any third parties in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement
and (y) timely making all such filings and timely seeking all such
consents, approvals, permits or authorizations; (ii) use best efforts to
obtain in writing any consents required from third parties to effectuate the
Merger, such consents to be in form reasonably satisfactory to BPOMS and
HealthAxis; and (iii) use best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
other actions and do, or cause to be done, all other things necessary, proper or
appropriate to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose of this Agreement, the proper
officers and directors HealthAxis and BPOMS shall take all such necessary
action.
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7.5
Access to Information;
Confidentiality.
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(a)
Upon reasonable notice and subject to the restrictions contained in
the Non-Disclosure Agreement referenced in Section 10.5 below, BPOMS
and HealthAxis shall (and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to)
afford to the officers, employees, accountants, counsel and other
representatives of the other reasonable access, during normal business
hours during the period prior to the Effective Time, to all their
properties, books, contracts, Tax Returns, commitments and records and
permit such Persons to make such inspections as they may reasonably
require and, during such period, each of BPOMS and HealthAxis shall (and
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly to the
other all information concerning its business, properties and Personnel as
the other may reasonably request; provided that if a Party is withholding
information because it is obligated to do so pursuant to a confidentiality
agreement by which it is bound, the Party shall give the other notice of
such withholding.
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(b)
In addition to any other obligations contained in the
Non-Disclosure Agreement, in the event of termination of this Agreement
for any reason each Party shall promptly return all such information
obtained from the other, and any copies made of, or reports or analyses
based on, such information, to the other and not use any such information
for any purpose that would be competitive with or cause material harm to
the other.
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7.6
Publicity.
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HealthAxis
and BPOMS shall consult with each other before issuing any press release or
otherwise making any public statements with respect to this Agreement or any
transaction contemplated herein and shall not issue any such press release or
make any such public statement without the prior consent of the other Party,
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that a
Party may, without the prior consent of the other Party, issue such press
release or make such public statement as may be required by law or the
rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market if it has used its reasonable best efforts
to consult with the other Party and to obtain such Party’s consent but has been
unable to do so in a timely manner.
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7.7
Listing of HealthAxis Common
Stock.
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Subject
to the terms of this Agreement and the impact of the transactions contemplated
hereby, prior to the Effective Time HealthAxis and BPOMS shall coordinate their
efforts with respect to the possible listing on the Nasdaq Capital Market of the
HealthAxis Common Stock.
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7.8
Further Action.
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Each
Party hereto shall, subject to Article 9 and subject to the fulfillment at
or before the Effective Time of each of the conditions of performance set forth
herein or the waiver thereof, perform such further acts and execute such
documents as may reasonably be required to effect the Merger.
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7.9
Tax Treatment.
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None of
HealthAxis, Merger Sub, or BPOMS shall, and they shall not permit any of their
respective Subsidiaries to, take any action prior to or following the Closing
that would reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a
reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the
Code.
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7.10
No Solicitation.
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(a)
For purposes of this Agreement, “Acquisition
Proposal” shall mean, with respect to a Party, any offer or
proposal (other than an offer or proposal made or submitted by BPOMS, on
the one hand or HealthAxis, on the other hand, to the other Party)
contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition Transaction with
such Party. “Acquisition
Transaction” shall mean any transaction or series of transactions
described in subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii) of this
paragraph (other than the BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps, HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps, and a private placement of shares of HealthAxis Common
Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of
HealthAxis Common Stock, which private placement would be for the purpose
of raising up to $3,000,000 of working capital for HealthAxis and would
close after the Effective Time, and would not require a stockholder vote
(the “Additional
Financing”), but the entry into which would be subject to the prior
written consent of HealthAxis pursuant to
Section 7.1(b) hereof):
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(i)
any merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business
combination, issuance of securities, acquisition of securities,
reorganization, recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other
similar transaction: (i) in which a Party or any of its affiliates is
a constituent corporation; (ii) in which a Person or “group”
(as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder)
of Persons directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership
of securities representing more than 15% of the outstanding securities of
any class of voting securities of a Party or any of its Subsidiaries;
(iii) in which a Party or any of its Subsidiaries issues securities
representing more than 15% of the outstanding securities of any class of
voting securities of such Party or any
of its Subsidiaries; or (iv) in which a Party or any of its
Subsidiaries would acquire a “significant
subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X
promulgated under the Exchange Act;
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(ii)
any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license, acquisition or
disposition of any business or businesses or assets that constitute or
account for: (i) 15% or more of the consolidated net revenues of a
Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, consolidated net income of a
Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or consolidated book value
of the assets of a Party and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; or
(ii) 15% or more of the fair market value of the assets of a Party
and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
or
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any liquidation or dissolution of a
Party.
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(b)
For purposes of this Agreement, “Superior
Offer” shall mean an unsolicited bona fide written offer made to a
Party or any of its Subsidiaries by a third party to enter into (i) a
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, share exchange, business combination,
issuance of securities, acquisition of securities, reorganization,
recapitalization, tender offer, exchange offer or other similar
transaction as a result of which either (A) the Party’s stockholders
prior to such transaction in the aggregate cease to own at least 50% of
the voting securities of the entity surviving or resulting from such
transaction (or the ultimate parent entity thereof) or (B) in which a
Person or “group”
(as defined in the Exchange Act and the rules promulgated thereunder)
directly or indirectly acquires beneficial or record ownership of
securities representing 50% or more of the Party’s capital stock or
(ii) a sale, lease, exchange transfer, license, acquisition or
disposition of any business or other disposition of at least 50% of the
assets of the Party or its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions that: (a) was not
obtained or made as a direct or indirect result of a breach of (or in
violation of) this Agreement; and (b) is on terms and conditions that
the board of directors of the Party determines, in its reasonable, good
faith judgment, after obtaining and taking into account such matters that
its board of directors deems relevant following consultation with its
outside legal counsel and financial advisor: (x) is reasonably likely
to be more favorable, from a financial point of view, to the Party’s
stockholders, than the terms of the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement; and (y) is reasonably capable of being consummated;
provided, however, that any such offer shall not be deemed to be a “Superior
Offer” if any financing required to consummate the transaction
contemplated by such offer is not committed and is not reasonably capable
of being obtained by such third
party.
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(c)
Each Party agrees that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries
shall, nor shall it nor any of its Subsidiaries authorize or permit any of
the officers, directors, investment bankers, attorneys or accountants
retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries to, and that it shall use
commercially reasonable efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’
non-officer employees and other agents not to (and shall not authorize any
of them to) directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, encourage,
induce
or knowingly facilitate the communication, making, submission or
announcement of any Acquisition Proposal; (ii) furnish any
information regarding such Party to any Person in connection with or in
response to an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) engage in discussions or
negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition Proposal;
(iv) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal; or
(v) execute or enter into any letter of intent or similar document or
any agreement contemplating or otherwise relating to any Acquisition
Transaction; provided, however,
that,
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(1)
nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent a Party or its
board of directors from complying with its disclosure obligations under
Sections 14d-9 and 14e-2 of the Exchange Act with regard to an Acquisition
Proposal; provided, further however, that, if such disclosure has the
substantive effect of withdrawing, modifying or qualifying the directors’
recommendation in a manner adverse to the other Party or the adoption of
this Agreement by the other Party’s Board of Directors, then BPOMS and
HealthAxis each shall have the right to terminate this Agreement as set
forth in Sections 9.1(f) and 9.1(g), respectively;
and
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(2)
at any time prior to the approval of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement by each Party’s stockholders, each Party may furnish
nonpublic information regarding itself or its Subsidiaries to, and enter
into discussions or negotiations with, any Person, and take any action
otherwise prohibited by this Section 7.10(c), in response to an
Acquisition Proposal that is submitted to such Party or any of its
Subsidiaries by such Person (and not withdrawn) if: (A) neither such
Party nor any Representative of such Party shall have breached this
Section; (B) the Board of Directors of such Party concludes in good
faith after consulting with its financial and legal advisors, that the
Acquisition Proposal is a Superior Offer or is reasonably likely to lead
to a Superior Offer; (C) at least two business days prior to
furnishing any such non-public information to, or entering into
discussions with, such Person, such Party gives the other Party written
notice of the identity of such Person and of such Party’s intention to
furnish non-public information to, or enter into discussions with, such
Person; (D) such Party receives from such Person an executed
confidentiality agreement containing provisions (including nondisclosure
provisions, use restrictions, non-solicitation provisions, no hire
provisions and
“standstill” provisions) at least as favorable to such Party as
those contained in the Non-Disclosure Agreement; and (E) concurrently
with furnishing any such nonpublic information to such Person, such Party
furnishes such nonpublic information to the other Party (to the extent
such nonpublic information has not been previously furnished). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Party acknowledges and
agrees that, in the event any officer, director, employee, controlling
stockholder, agent or representative (including, without limitation, any
investment banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its
Subsidiaries) of such Party (each, a “Representative”)
(whether or
not such Representative is purporting to act on behalf of such Party)
takes any action that, if taken by such Party, would constitute a breach
of this Section by such Party, the taking of such action by such
Representative shall be deemed to constitute a breach of this
Section by such Party for purposes of this
Agreement.
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(d)
If any Party or any Representative of such Party receives an
Acquisition Proposal at any time prior to the Closing Date, then such
Party shall promptly (and in no event later than one (l) business day
after such Party becomes aware of such Acquisition Proposal) advise the
other Party orally and in writing of such Acquisition Proposal (including
the identity of the Person making or submitting such Acquisition Proposal,
and the terms thereof). Such Party shall keep the other Party fully
informed with respect to the status and terms of any such Acquisition
Proposal and any modification or proposed modification
thereto.
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(e)
Each Party shall immediately cease and cause to be terminated any
existing discussions with any Person that relate to any Acquisition
Proposal as of the date of this
Agreement.
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(f)
Each Party shall not release or permit the release of any Person
from, or waive or permit the waiver of any provision of or right under,
any confidentiality, non-solicitation, no hire, “standstill”
or similar agreement (whether entered into prior to or after the date of
this Agreement) to which such Party is a party or under which such Party
has any rights, and shall enforce or cause to be enforced each such
agreement to the extent requested by the other Party. Each Party shall
promptly request each Person that has executed a confidentiality or
similar agreement in connection with its consideration of a possible
Acquisition Transaction or equity investment to return to such Party all
confidential information heretofore furnished to such Person by or on
behalf of such Party.
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7.11
Notice of Certain Events.
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Each of
BPOMS and HealthAxis shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify the
other of: (i) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging
that the consent of such Person (or another Person) is or may be required in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and/or that such
consent will or may be withheld or unobtainable on a timely basis or without
unreasonable effort or expense; (ii) any notice or other communication from
any governmental or regulatory agency or authority in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (iii) any actions, suits,
claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or threatened against, relating
to or involving or otherwise affecting such Party or any of its Subsidiaries
that, if pending on the date of this Agreement, would have been required to have
been disclosed pursuant to Section 5.9 or 6.9, as applicable, or which
relate to the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
and (iv) of any fact or occurrence between the date of this Agreement and
the Effective Time of which it becomes aware which makes any of its
representations and warranties contained in this Agreement untrue in any
material respect (without regard to any materiality qualification contained in
such representation
or warranty) or causes any breach of its obligations under this Agreement in any
material respect (without regard to any materiality qualification contained in
such obligation).
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7.12
Directors and Officers.
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HealthAxis
shall cause the Persons to be nominated for election to the HealthAxis
Board of Directors as BPOMS shall designate in writing prior to the filing of
the preliminary Proxy Statement (the “BPOMS
Designees”). The HealthAxis Proxy
Statement shall include a proposal that the BPOMS Designees be elected to serve
as directors of HealthAxis, subject to the condition that the Closing
Date occur within thirty (30) days of the HealthAxis Meeting. BPOMS
will ensure that all information required to be provided in the HealthAxis Proxy
Statement regarding the BPOMS Designees is true and correct and is timely
provided to HealthAxis. At or prior to the Effective Time, HealthAxis
shall obtain the resignations as officers (but not as employees) of all current
officers of HealthAxis, to be effective as of the Effective Time. Effective as
of the Effective Time, the Board of Directors of HealthAxis shall appoint each
of the individuals to serve as officers of HealthAxis as BPOMS shall designate
in writing prior to the filing of the preliminary Proxy Statement.
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7.13
Indemnification and
Insurance.
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(a)
The By-Laws and charter of each of HealthAxis and the Surviving
Corporation shall contain the provisions with respect to indemnification
set forth in the By-Laws and charter of each of HealthAxis and BPOMS
respectively, which provisions shall not be amended, repealed or otherwise
modified for a period of six (6) years from the Effective Time in any
manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder as of the
Effective Time of individuals who at the Effective Time were directors,
officers, employees or agents of HealthAxis or BPOMS, respectively, unless
such modification is required after the Effective Time by
law.
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(b)
Notwithstanding the foregoing, HealthAxis and the Surviving
Corporation do hereby agree, to the fullest extent permitted under
applicable law or under HealthAxis’ or the Surviving Corporation’s charter
or By-Laws, to indemnify and hold harmless, each present and former
director, officer or employee of HealthAxis or BPOMS, as applicable, or
any of their respective Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Indemnified
Parties”) against any costs or expenses (including attorneys’
fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts
paid in settlement in connection with any claim, action, suit, proceeding
or investigation, whether civil, criminal, administrative or
investigative, (x) arising out of or pertaining to the negotiation,
authorization, execution or performance of this Agreement or any document
or agreement contemplated hereby, or the transactions contemplated hereby
or thereby, or (y) otherwise with respect to any acts or omissions
occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, to the same extent as
provided in HealthAxis’ or BPOMS’ charter or By-Laws, as applicable, or
any applicable contract or agreement as in effect on the date hereof, in
each case for a period of six (6) years after the Effective Time. In
the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation
(whether arising before or after the Effective Time), (i) the
Indemnified Parties may retain any counsel reasonably satisfactory
to HealthAxis, (ii) after the Effective Time, HealthAxis shall
advance to the Indemnified Party the reasonable fees and expenses of such
counsel, and other reasonable costs incurred in the defense of such
matter, and (iii) HealthAxis and the Surviving Corporation will
cooperate in the defense of any such matter; provided, however, that
HealthAxis and/or the Surviving Corporation shall not be liable for any
settlement effected without its written consent (which consent shall not
be unreasonably withheld); and provided, further, that, in the event that
any claim or claims for indemnification are asserted or made within such
six (6).year period, all rights to indemnification in respect of any such
claim or claims shall continue until the disposition of any and all such
claims. The Indemnified Parties as a group may retain only one law firm to
represent them in each applicable jurisdiction with respect to any single
action unless there is, under applicable standards of professional
conduct, a conflict on any significant issue between the positions of any
two or more Indemnified Parties, in which case each Indemnified Person
with respect to whom such a conflict exists (or group of such Indemnified
Persons who among them have no such conflict) may retain one separate law
firm in each applicable
jurisdiction.
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(c)
This Section 7.13 shall survive the consummation of the Merger
at the Effective Time, is intended to benefit HealthAxis, BPOMS, the
Surviving Corporation and the Indemnified Parties, shall be binding on all
successors and assigns of the Surviving Corporation and HealthAxis and
shall be enforceable by the Indemnified Parties as third-party
beneficiaries to this Agreement.
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(d)
HealthAxis and BPOMS shall, until at least the sixth anniversary of
the Effective Time, cause to be maintained in effect, to the extent
available, the policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance
maintained by HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries as of the date
hereof (or policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing
terms that are not less advantageous to the insured parties) with respect
to claims arising from facts that occurred on or prior to the Effective
Time, including without limitation all claims based upon, arising out of,
directly or indirectly resulting from, in consequence of, or in any way
involving the Merger and any and all related events. In lieu of the
purchase of such insurance by HealthAxis, HealthAxis may purchase a six
(6) year non-cancellable extended reporting period endorsement (“Reporting
Tail Coverage”) under HealthAxis’ existing directors’ and officers’
liability insurance coverage, providing that such Reporting Tail Coverage
shall extend .the directors’ and officers’ liability coverage in force as
of the date hereof for a period of at least six years from the Effective
Time for any claim based upon, arising out of, directly or indirectly
resulting from, in consequence of, or any way involving acts or omissions
occurring or prior to the Effective Time, including without limitation all
claims based upon, arising out of, directly or indirectly resulting from,
in consequence of, or any way involving this Agreement, all agreements
contemplated hereby, the Merger or any and all related events. BPOMS shall
cooperate with HealthAxis in obtaining such insurance
coverage.
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Restrictions on Transfer.
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Subject
to the receipt of the California Permit and the continued listing of the
HealthAxis Common Stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market , each share of HealthAxis
Common or Preferred Stock to be issued hereunder shall be issued without any
legend restricting transfer of such shares except (i) as relates to
restrictions on the transfer by Affiliates of HealthAxis (following completion
of the Merger) pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, as applicable,
and (ii) any legend relating to BPOMS’ Restricted Stock while such shares
are subject to any repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other
condition.
ARTICLE
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CONDITIONS
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8.1
Conditions to Each Party’s Obligation to Effect the
Merger.
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The
respective obligation of each Party to effect the Merger and the other
transactions contemplated herein shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior
to the Closing Date of the following conditions, any or all of which may be
waived, in whole or in part by the parties hereto, to the extent permitted by
applicable law:
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(a)
This Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have
been approved by the requisite vote of stockholders of BPOMS and
HealthAxis.
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(b)
The BPOMS Pre-Merger Steps shall have been
completed.
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(c)
The HealthAxis Pre-Merger Steps shall have been
consummated.
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(d)
BPOMS shall have entered into mutually acceptable employment
agreements with the four (4) current senior management employees of
HealthAxis. Such employment agreements will become effective at the
Effective Time and may provide that they will be assumed by HealthAxis at
that time.
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8.2
Conditions to Obligations of BPOMS to Effect the
Merger.
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obligation of BPOMS to effect the Merger and to complete the BPOMS Pre-Merger
Steps shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing Date of the
following conditions, unless waived by BPOMS:
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Each of the representations and warranties of HealthAxis contained
in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the
Closing Date, except to the extent that any changes, circumstances or
events making such representations and warranties not true or correct
would not, individually or in the aggregate, constitute a HealthAxis
Material Adverse Effect (without regard to any materiality qualification
contained in such representation or warranty), and BPOMS shall have
received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of
HealthAxis by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of
HealthAxis to the foregoing effect.
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HealthAxis shall have performed or complied in all material
respects (without regard to any materiality qualification contained in the
covenants herein) with all agreements and covenants required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the
Closing Date, and BPOMS shall have received a certificate, dated the
Closing Date, signed on behalf of HealthAxis by the Chief Executive
Officer or Chief Financial Officer of HealthAxis to the foregoing
effect.
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(c)
From the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, there
shall not have occurred any change, circumstance or event concerning
HealthAxis and the HealthAxis Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that has had
a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect (it being agreed that none of the
matters referred to in Section 6.9 of the HealthAxis Disclosure
Letter shall be deemed to constitute a HealthAxis Material Adverse
Effect), and BPOMS shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing
Date, signed on behalf of HealthAxis by the Chief Executive Officer or
Chief Financial Officer of HealthAxis to the foregoing effect to such
officer’s knowledge.
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The BPOMS Designees shall have been duly elected as directors of
HealthAxis and the persons designated by BPOMS to serve as officers of
HealthAxis shall have been duly appointed, as of the Effective
Time.
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(e)
All third party consents required in order to enable HealthAxis to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained
on terms and conditions acceptable to
BPOMS.
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(f)
The HealthAxis/Tak Investor Rights Agreement, the HealthAxis/Tak
Registration Rights Agreement, the HealthAxis/Preferred Investor Rights
Agreement and the HealthAxis/Preferred Registration Rights Agreement shall
have been terminated without any liability to HealthAxis, effective as of
the Closing Date.
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HealthAxis shall not be in default under the terms of the SVB Loan
Agreement, HealthAxis shall be entitled to continue to draw on the working
capital credit facility under the SVB Loan Agreement and, to the extent
required, Silicon Valley Bank shall have consented to the consummation of
the transactions contemplated
hereby.
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8.3
Conditions to Obligations of HealthAxis and Merger Sub to Effect
the Merger.
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obligations of HealthAxis and Merger Sub to effect the Merger and the HealthAxis
Pre-Merger Steps shall be subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Closing
Date of the following conditions, unless waived by HealthAxis:
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(a)
Each of the representations and warranties of BPOMS contained in
this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement
and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date
except to the extent that any changes, circumstances or events making such
representations and warranties not true or correct would not, individually
or in the aggregate, constitute
a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect (without regard to any materiality
qualification contained in such representation or warranty), and
HealthAxis shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date,
signed on behalf of BPOMS by the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief
Financial Officer of BPOMS to the foregoing
effect.
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(b)
BPOMS shall have performed or complied in all material respects
(without regard to any materiality qualification contained in the
covenants herein) with all agreements and covenants required by this
Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the
Effective Time, and HealthAxis shall have received a certificate, dated
the Closing Date, signed on behalf of BPOMS by the Chief Executive Officer
or the Chief Financial Officer of BPOMS to the foregoing
effect.
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(c)
From the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time, there
shall not have occurred any change, circumstance or event, concerning
BPOMS and the BPOMS Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that has had a BPOMS
Material Adverse Effect and HealthAxis shall have received a certificate,
dated the Closing Date, signed on behalf of BPOMS by the Chief Executive
Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of BPOMS to the foregoing
effect.
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(d)
All third party consents required in order to enable BPOMS to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained
on terms and conditions acceptable to
HealthAxis.
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ARTICLE
9
TERMINATION
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9.1
Termination.
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This
Agreement may be terminated and abandoned at any time prior to the Effective
Time (whether before or after approval and adoption of this Agreement and/or
approval of the issuance of the HealthAxis Shares by the stockholders of
HealthAxis):
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by mutual written consent authorized by the Board of Directors of
HealthAxis and BPOMS;
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(b)
by either HealthAxis or BPOMS if any United States federal or state
court of competent jurisdiction or other governmental entity shall have
issued a final order, decree or ruling or taken any other action
permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such order, decree, ruling
or other action shall have become final and non-appealable, provided that
the Party seeking to terminate shall have used its commercially reasonable
efforts to appeal such order, decree, ruling or other
action;
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(c)
by HealthAxis upon a breach of any representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of BPOMS and
as a result of such
breach the conditions set forth in Section 8.3(a) or
Section 8.3(b), as the case may be, would not then be satisfied;
provided, that if such breach is capable of being cured by the Termination
Date and BPOMS diligently proceeds to cure the breach, then HealthAxis
shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement under this
Section 9.1(c) unless such breach has not been so cured by the
Termination Date;
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(d)
by BPOMS upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement on the part of HealthAxis or Merger
Sub and as a result of such breach the conditions set forth in
Section 8.2(a) or Section 8.2(b), as the case may be, would
not then be satisfied; provided, that if such breach is capable of being
cured by the Termination Date and HealthAxis diligently proceeds to cure
the breach, then BPOMS shall not have the right to terminate this
Agreement under this Section 9.1(d) unless such breach has not
been so cured by the Termination
Date;
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(e)
by BPOMS if any of the consents referred to in paragraph
8.2(e) hereof are not obtained prior to the Effective Time, or by
HealthAxis if any of the consents referred to in paragraph
8.3(d) hereof are not obtained prior to the Effective
Time;
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(f)
by BPOMS or HealthAxis if (i) the Board of Directors of
HealthAxis pursuant to Section 7.3(c) fails to make, withdraws
or modifies adversely to BPOMS its approval or recommendation of this
Agreement or (ii) HealthAxis enters into a definitive agreement
providing for the implementation of a Superior Offer in accordance with
the provisions of
Section 7.10;
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(g)
by BPOMS or HealthAxis if (i) the Board of Directors of BPOMS
pursuant to Section 7.2(a) fails to make, withdraws or modifies
adversely to HealthAxis its approval or recommendation of this Agreement
or (ii) BPOMS enters into a definitive agreement providing for the
implementation of a Superior Offer in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.10;
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(h)
by either HealthAxis or BPOMS, if the Merger shall not have been
consummated on or before December 31, 2008 (“Termination
Date”) (other than due to the failure of the Party seeking to
terminate this Agreement to perform its obligations under this Agreement
required to be performed by it at or prior to the Effective Time, a breach
by such Party of this Agreement or the failure of such Party to satisfy
the conditions precedent to the other Party’s obligation to effect the
Merger);
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(i)
by HealthAxis or BPOMS if this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall have failed to receive the requisite vote for
approval and adoption by the common stockholders of
HealthAxis or BPOMS upon the execution of a written consent or the holding
of a duly convened stockholders meeting and any adjournments
thereof;
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(j)
by HealthAxis if BPOMS suffers a BPOMS Material Adverse Effect, or
by BPOMS if HealthAxis suffers a HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect (it
being agreed that none of the matters referred to in Section 6.9 of
the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to constitute a
HealthAxis Material Adverse Effect);
or
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(k)
by either Party, if the other Party becomes unable to pay its
liabilities as they come due or seeks protection under any bankruptcy,
receivership, trust deed, creditors arrangement, composition or comparable
proceeding, or if any such proceeding is instituted against such other
Party (and not dismissed within sixty (60)
days).
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The right
of any Party hereto to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this
Section 9.1 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless
of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Party hereto, any Person
controlling any such Party or any of their respective employees, officers,
directors, agents, representatives or advisors, whether prior to or after the
execution of this Agreement.
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9.2
Effect of Termination.
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In the
event of the termination and abandonment of this Agreement pursuant to
Section 9.1 hereof, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no
effect, without any liability on the part of any Party hereto or its affiliates,
directors, officers or stockholders and all rights and obligations of any Party
hereto shall cease except for the agreements contained in this Section 9.2
(Effect of Termination), Section 9.3 (Expenses and Termination Fees),
Section 9.4 (Extension; Waiver) and Section 10.5 (Confidentiality);
provided, however, that nothing contained in this Section 9.2 shall relieve
any Party from liability for any breach of this Agreement.
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9.3
Expenses and Termination
Fee.
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(a)
Except as set forth in this Section 9.3, all fees and expenses
incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses,
whether or not the Merger is consummated and irrespective of the failure
of any closing condition set forth in Article 8 hereof to be
met.
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(b)
BPOMS shall pay as and when requested all fees and expenses
incurred by HealthAxis in listing the HealthAxis Shares on the Nasdaq
Capital Market in connection with the Merger and in connection with the
substitute listing for the Reverse
Split.
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(c)
HealthAxis shall pay BPOMS a termination fee of $500,000, upon the
termination of this Agreement by BPOMS pursuant to
Section 9.1(d) or upon termination of this Agreement by BPOMS or
HealthAxis pursuant to
Section 9.1(f).
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(d)
BPOMS shall pay HealthAxis a termination fee of $500,000 upon the
termination of this Agreement by HealthAxis pursuant to
Section 9.1(c) or upon termination of this Agreement by
HealthAxis or BPOMS pursuant to
Section 9.1(g).
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(e)
If either Party fails to pay when due any amount payable by such
Party under Section 9.3, then (i) such Party shall reimburse the
other Party for reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable fees
and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the collection
of such overdue amount and the enforcement by the other Party of its
rights under this Section 9.3, and (ii) such Party shall pay to
the other Party interest on such overdue amount (for the period commencing
as of the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and
ending on the date such overdue amount is actually paid to the other Party
in full) at a rate per annum equal to the “prime
rate” (as announced by Bank of America or any successor thereto) in
effect on the date such overdue amount was originally required to be
paid.
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(f)
Subject to Section 9.3(g), the remedy set forth in
Section 9.3(c) shall be BPOMS’ exclusive remedy in the event of
the termination of this Agreement on a basis specified therein, and the
remedy set forth in Section 9.3(d) shall be HealthAxis’
exclusive remedy in the event of the termination of this Agreement on a
basis specified therein.
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(g)
BPOMS, HealthAxis and Merger Sub each acknowledges that the
agreements contained in this Section 9.3 are an integral part of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and that the amounts payable
hereunder are not a penalty, but rather are liquidated damages in a
reasonable amount that will compensate the aggrieved party for the efforts
and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this
Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and for losses and
damages likely to be incurred or suffered as a result of termination in
the circumstances described in this Section 9.3, which amounts would
otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision. In the event that a
Party hereto shall fail to pay an amount specified under this
Section 9.3 when due, the costs and expenses actually incurred or
accrued by the Party entitled thereto shall also be paid by the Party
failing to pay the specified amount when due. Payment of the fees
and expenses described in this Section 9.3 shall not be in lieu of
any damages incurred in the event of willful breach of this
Agreement.
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9.4
Extension; Waiver.
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At any
time prior to the Effective Time, any Party hereto, by action taken by its Board
of Directors, may, to the extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for
the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party,
(b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to
such Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and
(c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the
benefit of such Party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a Party
hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of such Party.
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ARTICLE
10
GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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10.1
Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and
Agreements.
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The
representations and warranties of HealthAxis, Merger Sub, and BPOMS contained in
this Agreement or any certificate or instrument delivered pursuant to this
Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Time, and only the covenants that by
their terms survive the Effective Time and this Article 10 shall survive
the Effective Time.
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10.2
Notices.
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Any
notice required to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by
facsimile transmission (confirmed by any of the methods that follow), courier
service (with proof of service), hand delivery or certified or registered mail
(return receipt requested and first class postage prepaid) and addressed as
follows:
If to
BPOMS:
0000 X.
Xxxxxxx Xx.
Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
Tel.:
(000) 000.0000
Fax:
(000) 000.0000
With a
copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Xxxxxxx &
Xxxxxx
00000
XxxXxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Tel.:
(000) 000-0000
Fax:
(000) 000-0000
and
If to
HealthAxis and Merger Sub:
HealthAxis
Inc.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 000, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn:
Chief Executive Officer
Tel.:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
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With
copies to (which shall not constitute notice):
HealthAxis
Inc.
0000
Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx 000, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn:
General Counsel
Tel.:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
Xxxxx
Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
0000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 00000
Attn:
Xxxx X. XxXxxxxx, Esq.
Tel.:
000-000-0000
Fax:
000-000-0000
or to
such other address as any Party shall specify by written notice so given, and
such notice shall be deemed to have been delivered as of the date
received.
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10.3
Assignment; Binding Effect;
Benefit.
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Neither
this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall
be assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to
the preceding sentence, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, nothing in
this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other
than the parties hereto or their respective heirs, surviving corporations,
executors, administrators and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations or
liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement.
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10.4
Entire Agreement.
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This
Agreement, the BPOMS Disclosure Letter, the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter, the
Schedules, the Exhibits and any documents delivered by the parties in connection
herewith constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings
among the parties with respect thereto, except that the Non-Disclosure Agreement
(as hereinafter defined) shall remain in effect and shall be binding upon
HealthAxis and BPOMS in accordance with its terms. No addition to or
modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be binding upon any Party
hereto unless made in writing and signed by all parties hereto.
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10.5
Confidentiality.
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HealthAxis
and BPOMS understand and agree that they are and shall remain bound by and
subject to the terms of the non-disclosure agreement, dated as of
February 8, 2008, by and between HealthAxis and BPOMS (the “Non-Disclosure
Agreement”), regardless of any termination of this
Agreement.
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10.6
Amendment.
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This
Agreement may be amended by the parties hereto, by action taken by their
respective authorized Person, Persons or governing bodies, at any time before or
after approval of matters presented in connection with the Merger by the
stockholders of BPOMS and HealthAxis, but after any such stockholder approval,
no amendment shall be made which by law requires the further approval of
stockholders without obtaining such further approval. This Agreement may not be
amended except by an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the
parties hereto.
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10.7
Governing Law; Attorneys’
Fees.
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(a)
This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance
with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to its rules of
conflict of laws. Each of HealthAxis and BPOMS hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the
courts of the State of Delaware and the United States of America located
in the State of Delaware (the “Delaware
Courts”) for any litigation arising out of or relating to this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (and agree not to
commence any litigation relating thereto except in such courts), consent
to the service of process in such Delaware Courts, waive any objection to
the laying of venue of any such litigation in the Delaware Courts and
agree not to plead or claim in any Delaware Court that such litigation
brought therein has been brought in any inconvenient
forum.
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(b)
In any action at law or suit in equity to enforce this Agreement or
the rights of any Parties under this Agreement, the prevailing Party in
such action or suit shall be entitled to receive a reasonable sum for its
attorney’s fees and all other reasonable costs and expenses incurred in
such action or suit.
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10.8
Counterparts.
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This
Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each
of which so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Each
counterpart may consist of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than
all, but together signed by all of the parties hereto. In the event that any
signature is delivered by facsimile transmission, such signature shall create a
valid and binding obligation of the Party executing (or on whose behalf such
signature is executed) the same with the same force and effect as if such
facsimile signature were the original thereof.
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10.9
Headings.
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Headings
of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for the convenience of the
parties only, and shall be given no substantive or interpretive effect
whatsoever.
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10.10
Waivers.
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Except as
provided in this Agreement, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement,
including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any Party,
shall be deemed to
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constitute
a waiver by the Party taking such action of compliance with any representations,
warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement. The waiver by
any Party hereto of a breach of any provision hereunder shall not operate or be
construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach of the same or any other
provision hereunder.
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10.11
Incorporation.
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The BPOMS
Disclosure Letter and the HealthAxis Disclosure Letter and all Schedules
attached hereto and thereto and referred to herein and therein are hereby
incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all purposes as if fully set
forth herein.
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10.12
Severability.
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Any term
or provision of this Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable
the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity
or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any
other jurisdiction. If any provision of this Agreement is so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is
enforceable.
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10.13
Interpretation.
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(a)
In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, words
describing the singular number shall include the plural and vice versa,
and words denoting any gender shall include all
genders.
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(b)
As used in this Agreement, the word “Subsidiary”
or “Subsidiaries”
when used with respect to any Party means any corporation, partnership,
joint venture, business trust or other entity, of which such Party
directly or indirectly owns or controls at least a majority of the
securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting power
to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar
functions with respect to such corporation or other
organization.
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(c)
As used in this Agreement, the word “Person”
means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint
stock company, a trust, a limited liability company, any unincorporated
organization or any other entity.
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(d)
As used in this Agreement unless otherwise indicated, the word
“Affiliate”
shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act.
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10.14
Specific Performance.
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The
parties hereto agree that if any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached,
irreparable damage would occur, no adequate remedy at law would exist, and
damages would be difficult to determine, and that the parties shall be entitled
to specific performance of the terms hereof, without the posting of any bond
whatsoever in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
HEALTHAXIS,
INC.
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Per:
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Per:
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CEO
and President
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OUTSOURCING
MERGER SUB, INC.
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Per:
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/s/
Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
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Per:
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President
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BPO MANAGEMENT SERVICES,
INC.
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Per:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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Per:
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and CEO
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