1
EXHIBIT 2.1
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
by and among
PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE, INC.,
PHC MERGING COMPANY
and
THE ADMAR GROUP, INC.
October 27, 1995
2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
----
ARTICLE I THE MERGER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.1 Effective Time of the Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1.2 Closing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.3 Effects of the Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
1.4 Effect on Capital Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
1.5 Exchange of Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.6 No Further Ownership Rights in Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1.7 Transfer Taxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.1 Organization, Standing and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2.2 Subsidiaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.3 No Breach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2.4 Title to Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.5 Governmental Authorization and Compliance with Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
2.6 Leasehold Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2.7 Accounts Receivable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.8 Capital Structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.9 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.10 No Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.11 SEC Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.12 Information Supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.13 Absence of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.14 Trademarks, Patents and Other Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
2.15 Proprietary Information of Third Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.16 Actions and Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
2.17 Tax Matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
2.18 Employee Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.19 Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2.20 Provider Relationships, Contracts and Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2.21 Conflicts of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2.22 Medicare/Medicaid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.23 Activities of Providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.24 Employee Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.25 Construction in Progress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
2.26 No Liability For The Cost of Health Care Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION SUB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.1 Organization, Standing and Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.2 Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
3.3 No Breach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
i.
3
3.4 No Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.5 Information Supplied . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
3.6 Company Common Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
3.7 Financing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
ARTICLE IV COVENANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.1 Covenants of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
(a) Ordinary Course . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
(b) Dividends; Changes in Stock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
(c) Issuance of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
(d) Governing Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
(e) No Other Bids . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
(f) No Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
(g) No Dispositions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
(h) Indebtedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
(i) Benefit Plans, Etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
(j) Employee Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
(k) Lease Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
(l) Litigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
(m) Provider and Payor/Customer Arrangements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
(n) Other Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
(o) Legal Fee Billing Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
(p) Business Activity Involving Certain Provider
Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4.2 Covenants of Parent and Acquisition Sub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
ARTICLE V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
5.2 Shareholder Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
5.3 Legal Conditions to Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
5.4 Options, Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
5.5 Break-Up Fee; Fees and Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
5.6 Brokers or Finders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.7 Access to Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.8 Additional Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
5.9 Solicitation and Hiring Employees of the Company. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
5.10 Directors and Officers Liability Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
ARTICLE VI CONDITIONS PRECEDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
6.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
(a) Shareholder Approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
(b) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
(c) Other Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
(d) No Injunctions or Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
6.2 Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Acquisition
Sub to Effect the Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
ii.
4
(a) Representations and Warranties and Performance of Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
(b) Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
(c) Secretary's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
(d) Consents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
(f) Additional Certificates and Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(g) Resignations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(h) Limited Dissenting Shares . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(i) Employment Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(j) Escrow Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(k) Surrender of Options and Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
(l) Waiver of Humana Right of First Refusal and Surrender of Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
(m) Receipt of Interim Financial Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
(n) Absence of Certain Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
(o) No Acquisitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
(p) DISCorp License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(q) Sunwest Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(r) Amended Provider Contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
(s) Release of Security Interest in Image Financial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
(t) Florida Qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
(u) Louisiana Qualification. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
6.3 Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
(a) Representations and Warranties and Performance of Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
(b) Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
(c) Secretary's Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
(d) Additional Certificates and Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
(e) Opinion of Counsel for Parent and Acquisition Sub . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
(f) Ancillary Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
7.1 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
7.2 Effect of Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.3 Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
7.4 Extension; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
7.5 Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or
Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.1 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.2 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
8.3 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
iii.
5
8.4 Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.5 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.6 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.7 Publicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
8.8 Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.9 Gross Adverse Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
8.10 Knowledge of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
SCHEDULE OF EXHIBITS
A-1 ESCROW AGREEMENT I
A-2 ESCROW AGREEMENT II
B MANAGEMENT LEVEL EMPLOYEES
C EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (XXXXXXX XXXXX)
X-0 XXXXXXX (XXXXXX XXXXXXX)
X-0 OPINION (XXXXXXXXX XXXXXXX)
E OPINION (XXXXXX XXXXXX)
iv.
6
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "AGREEMENT"), dated as of
October 27, 1995, among PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE, INC., an Iowa corporation
("PARENT"), PHC MERGING COMPANY, a Florida corporation ("ACQUISITION SUB") and
THE ADMAR GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation (the "COMPANY").
R E C I T A L
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Acquisition Sub and
the Company have approved the merger of Acquisition Sub with and into the
Company (the "MERGER"), on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
A G R E E M E N T
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
THE MERGER
1.1 Effective Time of the Merger. The Merger shall become
effective upon the filing of articles of merger of Acquisition Sub and the
Company (the "ARTICLES OF MERGER") with the Department of State of the State of
Florida (the "EFFECTIVE TIME"). Acquisition Sub and the Company shall execute,
and if necessary re-execute, the Articles of Merger (which shall be in form and
substance reflective of the terms of this Agreement and reasonably acceptable to
the Company, Parent and Acquisition Sub and approved by the Company's Florida
counsel as consistent with the opinion set forth in Section 6.2(e)) and such
other certificates and documents as are necessary to effect the filing of the
Articles of Merger with the Department
7
of State of Florida. Promptly after the Closing described in Section 1.2, Parent
and Acquisition Sub shall cause the Articles of Merger to be filed with the
Department of State of Florida as provided in Section 607.1105 of the Florida
1989 Business Corporation Act.
1.2 Closing. The closing of the Merger (the "CLOSING") shall
take place at 10:00 a.m. on the second business day after the date on which all
of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3 shall have been
satisfied or waived, at the offices of Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Green, P.C., 0000 00xx
Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000, or at such other place and time or on such
other date, as the parties shall mutually agree in writing (the "CLOSING DATE").
Subject to the provisions of Article VII hereof, the failure to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby on the dates and times or at the places
indicated in this Section 1.2 will not result in the termination of this
Agreement and will not relieve any party of any of its obligations hereunder.
1.3 Effects of the Merger.
(a) At the Effective Time, (i) Acquisition Sub shall
be merged with and into the Company (which shall hereinafter sometimes be
referred to as the "SURVIVING CORPORATION"), with the Articles of Incorporation
of Acquisition Sub becoming the Articles of Incorporation of the Surviving
Corporation, amended to provide that Article First shall read in its entirety,
"FIRST: The name of the corporation is The Admar Group, Inc.," (ii) the By-Laws
of Acquisition Sub in effect immediately before the Effective Time shall be the
By-Laws of the Surviving Corporation and (iii) the directors and officers of
Acquisition Sub holding such positions immediately before the Effective Time
shall be the directors and officers of the Surviving Corporation.
(b) From and after the Effective Time, the Merger
shall have all the effects provided by applicable law.
2.
8
1.4 Effect on Capital Stock. (a) At the Effective Time, by
virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the holder of any
shares of Common Stock, $.005 par value, of the Company ("COMMON STOCK"),
(i) each share of Common Stock owned directly
or indirectly by Parent or the Company or by any subsidiary of Parent (including
Acquisition Sub) or the Company shall be canceled and no consideration shall be
paid for such Common Stock;
(ii) each issued and outstanding share of the
capital stock of Acquisition Sub shall be converted into one fully paid and
nonassessable share of the same class and series of capital stock of the
Surviving Corporation; and
(iii) subject to Sections 1.4(b) and 1.4(c),
each issued and outstanding share of Common Stock (other than shares to be
canceled or issued in accordance with Sections 1.4(a)(i)or 1.4(a)(ii)) shall be
converted into the right to receive $2.25 per share in cash, in immediately
available funds, without interest.
(b) If, between the date of this Agreement and the
Effective Time, the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into a
different number of shares or a different class by reason of any
reclassification, recapitalization, split-up, combination, exchange of shares or
readjustment, or a dividend on the Common Stock shall be declared and payable in
Common Stock, the conversion ratio of Section 1.4(a)(iii) shall be
correspondingly adjusted.
(c) Any issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock
held by a shareholder of the Company who duly objects to the Merger and demands
payment of the fair value of his Common Stock and otherwise duly perfects his
dissenters' rights under Section 607.1320 of the 1989 Florida Business
Corporation Law or Chapter 13 under the California General Corporation Law (a
"DISSENTING SHAREHOLDER") shall not be converted as described in Section
2.4(a)(iii) but shall become the right to receive such consideration as may be
determined
3.
9
to be due to such Dissenting Shareholder pursuant to the laws of the State of
Florida or California. If a Dissenting Shareholder shall, after the Effective
Time, withdraw his demand for appraisal or lose his right of appraisal, his
shares of Common Stock shall be converted, as of the Effective Time, into the
right to receive the amount specified in Section 1.4(a)(iii).
1.5 Exchange of Certificates. At the Closing, Parent shall
enter into an agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Parent
and the Company (the "PAYING AGENT AGREEMENT"), with a paying agent reasonably
acceptable to the Company (the "PAYING AGENT"). As soon as practicable after the
Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation shall mail to each holder of record of
Common Stock other than the Company, Parent and any subsidiary of the Company or
Parent, including Acquisition Sub, (i) a letter of transmittal which shall
specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the
certificates representing such holder's Common Stock (the "CERTIFICATES") shall
pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates to the Paying Agent, which letter
of transmittal shall be in such form and have such other provisions as shall be
required for the surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the amount of
cash specified in Section 1.4(a)(iii). Upon surrender of a Certificate(s) for
cancellation to the Surviving Corporation or the Paying Agent, together with
such letter of transmittal, duly executed, and/or such other documents as may be
required by the Paying Agent, the holder of such Certificate(s) shall be
entitled to receive in exchange the amount of cash into which the shares of
Common Stock theretofore represented by the Certificate(s) shall have been
converted, and the Certificate(s) so surrendered shall be canceled. No interest
will be paid or will accrue on the cash payable upon surrender of any
Certificate(s). If a transfer of ownership of Common Stock is not registered in
the transfer records of the Company, payment of the proper amount of cash may be
issued to a transferee if the Certificate(s) representing such Common Stock is
presented to the Paying Agent, accompanied by all
4.
10
documents required to evidence and effect such transfer and by evidence that any
applicable stock transfer taxes have been paid. Until surrendered as
contemplated by this Section, each Certificate shall at any time after the
Effective Time represent only the right to receive upon such surrender the
amount of cash specified in Section 1.4(a)(iii). Any funds deposited with the
Paying Agent that remain unclaimed by the former shareholders of the Company one
year after the Effective Time shall be paid to the Surviving Corporation upon
demand to be held for the benefit of the former shareholders of the Company
until they surrender their respective certificates in accordance with this
Section 1.5, or until such funds shall otherwise escheat pursuant to applicable
laws, whichever shall first occur.
1.6 No Further Ownership Rights in Common Stock. After the
Effective Time, the shareholders of the Company shall cease to have any further
rights as holders of such shares of Common Stock, other than the right to
payment from the Paying Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement upon the
surrender of their Certificate(s). There shall be no further registration of
transfers on the stock transfer books of the Surviving Corporation of the shares
of Common Stock which were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.
1.7 Transfer Taxes. At the Effective Time, any transfer taxes,
stamp duties, filing fees, registration fees, recordation expenses, escrow fees
or other similar taxes, fees, charges or expenses, related to the securities of
the Company and incurred by the Company or its shareholders and necessary to
effect the Merger shall be borne and paid exclusively by Parent, except as
otherwise provided by the escrow agreements annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1 and
A-2 ("ESCROW AGREEMENT I" and "ESCROW AGREEMENT II", respectively, or the
"ESCROW AGREEMENTS", collectively) or the Paying Agent Agreement.
ARTICLE II
5.
11
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Subject to Section 6.2(a) of this Agreement, the following
enumerated provisions of this Article II constitute representations and
warranties made by the Company to Parent and Acquisition Sub, as modified by the
documents delivered contemporaneously herewith, each of which is initialed and
dated by the representatives of Parent and Acquisition Sub executing this
Agreement, and each of which is labelled as a "Schedule" which is further
identified by a number corresponding to the section number of the representation
and warranty it is intended to modify (the "COMPANY SCHEDULES(S)"). Company
Schedules initialled and dated as of the date of this Agreement (the "ORIGINAL
SCHEDULES"), may be amended, and additional Schedules incorporated in this
Agreement as Company Schedules (all such amendments and additional Company
Schedules to be hereinafter referred to as "SUBSEQUENT COMPANY SCHEDULES"), only
by the written consent of Parent and Acquisition Sub. Parent and Acquisition Sub
agree to give such written consent, provided that the Closing Date shall be
delayed for such time as may be requested by Parent to allow Parent and
Acquisition Sub a reasonable period of time before the Closing in which to
evaluate the effect of the proposed Subsequent Company Schedules and their
compliance with Section 6.2(a), below, and provided further that no proposed
Subsequent Company Schedule, individually, or when aggregated with all
previously adopted Subsequent Company Schedules, if treated as inaccuracies or
omissions in the Company's representations and warranties, as modified by the
Original Company Schedules, would result in a breach under Section 6.2(a).
Unless the representations and warranties of the Company which are set forth
below expressly provide to the contrary, they shall be deemed given as of the
date of this Agreement.
6.
12
2.1 Organization, Standing and Power. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 2.2 hereof) (a) is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of
incorporation, has all requisite power and authority under corporate law to own,
lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being
conducted, and (b) is duly qualified and in good standing in each and every
jurisdiction in which the operation of its business or the ownership or leasing
of its properties makes such qualification necessary, and (c) has delivered to
Parent and Acquisition Sub complete and correct copies of the Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws of the Company and each of its Subsidiaries as amended
to the date hereof, and (d) conducts its business(es) only within states of the
United States of America.
2.2 Subsidiaries. Schedule 2.2 identifies each subsidiary of
the Company, its State of incorporation, the States in which it is qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation and the percentage ownership by the Company
thereof (each a "SUBSIDIARY" and together, the "SUBSIDIARIES") and, except as
set forth in Schedule 2.2, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary (i) owns of
record or beneficially, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or
securities convertible into capital stock of any other corporation or any
participating interest in any partnership, joint venture or other business
enterprise; or (ii) controls, directly or indirectly, any other entity.
2.3 No Breach. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.3, the
execution and delivery of this Agreement do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with the provisions hereof will
not, (i) violate any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or by-laws of
the Company or any Subsidiary; (ii) violate, conflict with or result in the
breach or termination of, or constitute an amendment to, or otherwise give any
person or entity the right to terminate, or constitute (or with due notice or
lapse of time or both
7.
13
would constitute) a default (by way of substitution, novation or otherwise)
under the terms of, any contract, mortgage, lease, bond, indenture, agreement,
franchise or other instrument or obligation to which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a party or by which the Company or any Subsidiary or any of their
respective assets or properties are bound or affected; (iii) result in the
creation of any lien, mortgage, claim, charge, security interest, encumbrance,
restriction or limitation upon the properties or assets of the Company or any
Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any contract, mortgage, lease, bond,
indenture, agreement, franchise or other instrument or obligation; (iv) violate
any judgment, order, injunction, decree or award of any court, administrative
agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality,
domestic or foreign (a "GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY"), or any arbitrator, against, or
binding upon, the Company; (v) constitute a violation by the Company or any
Subsidiary of any statute, law, rule or regulation of any jurisdiction as such
statute, law, rule or regulation relates to the Company or any Subsidiary or any
of their respective securities, properties, assets or business or to any of
their respective securities, properties, assets or businesses; or (vi) violate
any Permit (as defined in Section 2.5).
2.4 Title to Properties. The Company and its Subsidiaries have
good and marketable title to their respective properties and assets reflected as
owned by them on the unaudited consolidated financial statements included in the
Company's Form 10-QSB for the quarter ended July 31, 1995 (the "SECOND QUARTER
10-QSB") or acquired since the date of such financial statements (other than
properties and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business since the
date of such financial statements and individually having a value or sales price
of less than $25,000), and all such properties and assets are free and clear of
any and all liens, mortgages, claims, charges, security interests or other
encumbrances, except for liens reflected in the Second Quarter 10-QSB and liens
for current taxes not yet due and payable (collectively,
8.
14
"LIENS"). Schedule 2.4 sets forth a list of all items of real and personal
property owned by the Company and each Subsidiary having a net book value of
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) or more.
2.5 Governmental Authorization and Compliance with Laws. Except
as set forth in Schedule 2.5, to the Company's knowledge the businesses of the
Company and its Subsidiaries have been operated in compliance with all laws,
ordinances, regulations and orders of all Governmental Entities, including
without limitation, state insurance and other laws regulating preferred provider
organizations and third party administrators. Except as set forth in Schedule
2.5, to the Company's knowledge the Company and its Subsidiaries have all
permits, certificates, licenses, approvals and other authorizations necessary
for the operation of their businesses as currently conducted (collectively,
"PERMITS"), all of which are listed on Schedule 2.5, including without
limitation, Permits required under state insurance and other laws regulating
exclusive provider organizations, preferred provider organizations, medical
utilization review organizations, third party administrators, insurance
agencies, brokers and telemarketers, and no notice has been received, no
investigation or review is pending and, to the knowledge of the Company, no
investigation or review is threatened explicitly by any Governmental Entity (i)
with respect to any alleged violation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
of any law, ordinance, regulation, order, published policy or guideline of any
Governmental Entity, or (ii) with respect to any alleged failure to have all
Permits. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.5 hereto, no proceeding is pending
or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened explicitly, which can be reasonably
expected to result in a suspension, revocation or denial to renew any Permit. To
the Company's knowledge, all of the outstanding shares of the Company and its
Subsidiaries have been issued in compliance with the registration requirements
(or exemptions therefrom) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all
applicable state securities laws. The parties
9.
15
hereto agree that should Parent learn of and inform any of the Management Level
Employees of the Company identified in Exhibit B, prior to the Effective Time,
of a fact previously not known by the Company and relevant to this
representation and warranty, the Company shall be deemed to have knowledge of
such fact for purposes of this representation and warranty as of the date it was
so informed by Parent. Should a Governmental Entity, prior to the Effective
Time, explicitly assert to the Company or any Subsidiary that an act or omission
has occurred, or a fact exists, which would otherwise constitute a breach of
this representation and warranty, then the Company shall be deemed to have
knowledge thereof for purposes of this Section 2.5 as of the time of such
notification. Should the Company acquire knowledge from any third party source,
regarding information that is relevant to the accuracy of this representation
and warranty, then the Company shall be deemed to have knowledge of such
information for purposes of this Section 2.5 as of the date of such receipt.
With respect to matters as to which the Company obtains knowledge (as the
Company's knowledge is defined in Section 8.10, below) subsequent to the date of
this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, as described above, application
of the knowledge standard in this Section 2.5 is not intended to give the
Company a defense against a claim of breach hereof merely because the Company
did not have such knowledge at the time of this Agreement's execution.
2.6 Leasehold Interests. Schedule 2.6 sets forth a list
identifying all real and personal property leased by the Company and each
Subsidiary. Each lease or agreement to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a
party under which it is a lessee of any property, real or personal, is a valid
and subsisting agreement without any default of the Company or any Subsidiary
and, to the knowledge of the Company, without any default thereunder of any
other party thereto. No event has occurred and is continuing which, with due
notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or event of default
by the Company or any Subsidiary under
10.
16
any such lease or agreement or, to the knowledge of the Company, by any other
party thereto. The possession by the Company or its Subsidiaries of such
property is not being disturbed and no claim is being asserted against the
Company or any Subsidiary adverse to their respective rights in such leasehold
interests.
2.7 Accounts Receivable. The accounts receivable of the Company
reflected on its consolidated balance sheet dated July 31, 1995 set forth in the
Second Quarter 10-QSB are actual and bona fide accounts receivable which arose
in the ordinary and usual course of the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, and represent valid obligations due to the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
2.8 Capital Structure. The authorized capital stock of the
Company consists solely of 20,000,000 shares of Common Stock. At the close of
business two (2) business days preceding the date of this Agreement, 8,762,602
shares of Common Stock were outstanding (exclusive of treasury shares), and
there were no other shares of capital stock or any bonds, debentures, notes or
other indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which the
Company's shareholders may vote ("VOTING DEBT") issued or outstanding. All
outstanding shares of Common Stock are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable and free of preemptive rights. Except for (i) employee stock
options to purchase 436,136 shares of Common Stock, (ii) warrants to purchase
1,300,000 shares of Common Stock held by Humana Inc. and expiring ratably from
December 17, 1995 through December 17, 1996, (iii) warrants to purchase 338,580
shares of Common Stock held by persons or entities other than Humana Inc., (iv)
Humana Inc.'s right of first refusal to purchase 3,181,986 shares of Common
Stock held by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx (the "RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL") and (v) the
outstanding rights to purchase Common Stock under the Company's Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, there are no options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments of
agreements of any character to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party
11.
17
or by which it is bound obligating the Company or any Subsidiary to issue,
deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional shares of
capital stock or any Voting Debt of the Company or of any Subsidiary obligating
the Company or any Subsidiary to grant, extend or enter into any such option,
warrant, call, right, commitment or agreement. Schedule 2.8 sets forth a true
and complete list, as of the date immediately preceding the date of this
Agreement, of the holders of outstanding options or warrants (exclusive of
publicly traded options or warrants), together with the exercise prices and
expiration dates thereof. The outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary are validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable and free of preemptive
rights and are owned by the Company free and clear of any liens, claims,
encumbrances, security interests, equities, charges and options of any nature
whatsoever. No shares of Common Stock or warrants or options to purchase Common
Stock are in escrow or held as security for any obligation of the Company or, to
the Company's knowledge, any beneficial owner thereof.
2.9 Authority. The Company has all requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into this Agreement and, subject to approval of this
Agreement by the shareholders of the Company, to consummate the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and, subject to such approval by the shareholders of the Company,
constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company enforceable against
the Company in accordance with its terms except as enforcement may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of equitable
remedies, including specific performance, is subject to the discretion of the
court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
2.10 No Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization
of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is
required by or with respect
12.
18
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Company or the consummation by the Company of
the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (i) the filing of a proxy
statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") in connection
with the Merger and (ii) the consents and/or filings set forth on Schedule 2.10.
2.11 SEC Documents. The Company has furnished Parent and
Acquisition Sub with a true and complete copy of each report, schedule,
registration statement and definitive proxy statement filed by the Company with
the SEC since February 1, 1994 (the "SEC DOCUMENTS"), which are all the
documents (other than preliminary materials) that the Company was required to
file with the SEC since that date. The SEC Documents, as of their respective
dates, complied in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "EXCHANGE ACT") and the rules
and regulations of the SEC thereunder and did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents comply as to form in all
material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the rules and
regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis
during the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or,
in the case of the unaudited statements, for the absence of notes thereto or as
permitted by Form 10-QSB of the SEC) and fairly present (subject, in the case of
the unaudited statements, to normal, recurring audit adjustments) the Company
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and the consolidated
results of their operations and cash flows for the periods then ended. The
Company has not received any management letters or draft
13.
19
management letters from its independent accountants regarding the internal
operations of the Company with respect to any fiscal year since 1990.
2.12 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied by
the Company for inclusion in the proxy statement to its shareholders for the
adoption of the Merger (the "PROXY STATEMENT") will, at the date such
information is filed with the SEC or mailed to holders of Common Stock or at the
time of the shareholder vote on the Merger or at the Effective Time, contain any
untrue statement of a material fact, and the Proxy Statement will not omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading. The Proxy Statement will comply as to form in all material
respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder, and shall otherwise comply with all applicable federal and state
law.
2.13 Absence of Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.13,
since the date of the financial statements contained in the Second Quarter
10-QSB, (i) no customer or payor agreements have terminated or failed to renew,
nor has any explicit notice been received by the Company or given by the Company
that terminations or failures to renew will occur, which, singly or in the
aggregate, have, had or can reasonably be expected to have, the effect of
causing any single month's revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken
as a whole, to decline five percent (5%) or more below the average monthly
revenue reflected in the Second Quarter 10-QSB; (ii) neither within any of the
counties of San Diego, Los Angeles or Orange of the State of California, nor
within the aggregate of the remaining jurisdictions in which the Company or its
Subsidiaries do business, has the Company's and its Subsidiaries', taken as a
whole, roster of participating primary care physicians decreased by five percent
(5%) or more, or by any number of primary care physicians who singly or in the
aggregate generated more than five
14.
20
percent (5%) of the dollar amount of claims submitted by all participating
primary care physicians within the applicable area during the first two quarters
of the Company's current fiscal year, nor has the Company or any Subsidiary
received explicit notice that either of such decreases is likely to occur; (iii)
neither within any of the counties of San Diego, Los Angeles or Orange of the
State of California, nor within the aggregate of the remaining jurisdictions in
which the Company or its Subsidiaries do business, has the Company's and its
Subsidiaries', taken as a whole, roster of participating specialists decreased
by ten percent (10%) or more, or by any number of specialist physicians who
singly or in the aggregate generated more than ten percent (10%) of the dollar
amount of claims submitted by all participating specialist physicians within the
applicable area during the first two quarters of the Company's current fiscal
year, nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received explicit notice that either
of such decreases is likely to occur; (iv) neither within any of the counties of
San Diego, Los Angeles or Orange of the State of California, nor within the
aggregate of the remaining jurisdictions in which the Company or its
Subsidiaries do business, has the Company's and its Subsidiaries', taken as a
whole, roster of participating hospitals decreased by any number of hospitals
which singly or in the aggregate generated more than five percent (5%) of the
dollar amount of claims submitted by all participating hospitals within the
applicable area during the first two quarters of the Company's current fiscal
year, nor has the Company or any Subsidiary received explicit notice that any
such decrease is likely to occur; and (v) none of the Company's or any
Subsidiary's provider contracts ("PROVIDER CONTRACTS") have been amended except
consistent with past practices and in the ordinary course of business. For the
purposes of this Agreement, the term "Provider Contracts" shall mean any and all
agreements, including oral agreements known to the Company, by and between the
Company or any Subsidiary and health care providers, including, but not limited
to, physicians, hospitals, professional corporations, independent
15.
21
practice associations, medical groups, preferred provider organizations,
physician-hospital organizations or provider networks, by which such health care
providers agree to provide their services at negotiated rates to the Company's
or any of its Subsidiary's customers or customer's covered individuals. The
Company may avoid a breach under items (ii) through (iv), above, by
demonstrating to the reasonable satisfaction of Parent that the loss of primary
care physicians, specialist physicians or hospitals surpassing the limits set
forth above have been offset by the addition of like providers who will, on
terms equally advantageous to the Company or its Subsidiaries, serve the same
geographic areas and population as the terminated providers and are reasonably
likely to produce substantially the same dollar value of claims as those
produced by the terminated providers.
2.14 Trademarks, Patents and Other Rights. Neither the Company
nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any patents or patent applications. Schedule
2.14 sets forth a list of all trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
service xxxx applications, trade names and copyrights, and all applications for
such which are in the process of being prepared, are owned by, or are registered
in the name of the Company and each Subsidiary, or of which the Company or any
Subsidiary is a licensor or licensee (except for "off-the-shelf" computer
software available at retail consumer stores), or in which the Company or any
Subsidiary has any right, and in each case a brief description of the nature of
such right. The Company and each Subsidiary owns or possesses adequate licenses
or other rights to use all trademarks, trademark applications, service marks,
service xxxx applications, trade names, copyrights, trade secrets, and know how
necessary to the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted
(collectively, "INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY"). No claim is pending or, to the
Company's knowledge, threatened explicitly, to the effect that the operations of
the Company or any Subsidiary infringe upon or conflict with the asserted rights
of any other person under any
16.
22
Intellectual Property, and, to the Company's knowledge, there is no basis for
any such claim (whether or not pending or threatened). To the knowledge of the
Company, there is no infringement by others of the Intellectual Property of the
Company or any Subsidiary. No claim is pending or, to the Company's knowledge,
threatened, to the effect that any such Intellectual Property owned or licensed
by the Company or any Subsidiary or which the Company or any Subsidiary
otherwise has the right to use, is invalid or unenforceable by the Company or
any Subsidiary, and the Company knows of no basis for any such claim (whether or
not pending or threatened). Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has granted
or assigned to any other person or entity any right to sell or produce the
products or proposed products or provide the services or proposed services of
the Company or any Subsidiary. No officer, director, shareholder, or employee of
the Company or any Subsidiary has an ownership interest in any of the trademarks
or other rights set forth in Schedule 2.14.
2.15 Proprietary Information of Third Parties. To the Company's
knowledge, no third party has claimed or has any reason to claim that any person
employed by or serving as a consultant to the Company or any Subsidiary has: (i)
violated or is violating any of the terms or conditions of his or her
employment, non-competition, or non-disclosure agreement with such third party;
(ii) disclosed or is disclosing or utilized or is utilizing any trade secret or
proprietary information or documentation of such third party; or (iii)
interfered or is interfering in the employment relationship between such third
party and any of its current or former employees. To the Company's knowledge, no
third party has stated explicitly to the Company or any Subsidiary that such a
claim is being contemplated. To the Company's knowledge, no person employed by
or serving as a consultant to the Company or any Subsidiary has employed or
proposes to employ any trade secret or any information or documentation
proprietary to any former employer, client, or other person to whom he/she owed
a duty of confidentiality, in
17.
23
connection with the development or sale of any product or proposed product or
the development or sale of any service or proposed service of the Company or any
Subsidiary.
2.16 Actions and Proceedings. Except as provided on Schedule
2.16, there are no claims, actions, suits, arbitrations, proceedings,
investigations or inquiries, whether at law or in equity and whether or not
before any Governmental Entity or arbitrator (collectively, "ACTIONS"), pending
or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened explicitly against, the Company
or any Subsidiary or any of their respective officers, directors or employees in
connection with their acts or omissions as employees, directors or officers,
whether or not fully or partially covered by insurance, or which would give any
person a right to indemnification by the Company or any Subsidiary, and there
are no outstanding orders, writs, injunctions, awards, sentences or decrees of
any Governmental Entity or arbitrator against the Company or any Subsidiary.
Except as set forth on Schedule 2.16, there is no action or suit by the Company
or any Subsidiary pending or contemplated against others. Other than as they
relate to explicit threats that derive from customer complaints that were, at
the time, subject only to the Company's or Subsidiaries' internal review and
resolution process, the representations and warranties of this Section 2.16 are
given as of July 31, 1995 and as of the date of this Agreement.
2.17 Tax Matters. The Company and each Subsidiary have timely
filed all federal, state, county and local tax returns, estimates and reports
(collectively, "RETURNS") required to be filed by them through the date hereof,
copies of which have been delivered to Parent, which Returns accurately reflect
the taxes the Company, based upon the advice of its tax experts, believes to
have been due for the periods indicated, and have paid in full all income, gross
receipts, value added, excise, property, franchise, sales, use, employment,
payroll and other taxes of any kind whatsoever (collectively, "TAXES") shown to
be due by such Returns,
18.
24
or adequate reserves have been established with respect to any liabilities for
Taxes accrued through July 31, 1995 and are reflected on the Company's unaudited
consolidated balance sheet contained in the Second Quarter 10-QSB. The Company
has no knowledge of any deficiency for Taxes proposed or threatened against the
Company or any Subsidiary, and no taxing authority has raised any issue in
writing with respect to the Company or any Subsidiary which, if adversely
determined, would result in a liability for any Tax which has not been reserved
against on the balance sheet contained in the Second Quarter 10-QSB for 1995.
There are not in force any extensions with respect to the dates on which any
Return was or is due to be filed by the Company or any Subsidiary or any waivers
or agreements by the Company or any Subsidiary for the extension of time for the
assessment or payment of any Taxes. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is
currently being audited by any federal, state or local tax authority. The
representations and warranties of this Section 2.17 are given as of July 31,
1995 and as of the date of this Agreement.
2.18 Employee Compensation. Schedule 2.18 lists all employees of the
Company and each Subsidiary who receive an annual salary of $50,000 or more,
setting forth their respective titles and/or job classifications, salaries,
deferred or bonus compensation arrangements, employee benefit plan enrollments,
whether they are employed under contract or at will, and listing all employment
contracts, including all oral employment contracts known to the Company,
together with their respective expiration dates. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary has at any time during the past five years nor, to the Company's
knowledge, is there now threatened, a strike, picket, work stoppage, work
slowdown, or other labor trouble or dispute, and the Company has no knowledge of
any "Management Level Employee's" proposed resignation, as "Management Level
Employee" is defined in Section 8.10, below. No employees are subject to any
collective bargaining agreement with the Company or any Subsidiary. The
19.
25
representations and warranties of this Section 2.18 are given as of July 31,
1995 and as of the date of this Agreement.
2.19 Insurance. Schedule 2.19 lists all policies of property, theft,
fire, liability, workers' compensation, title, professional liability or life
insurance or reinsurance or any other insurance owned or maintained by the
Company or any Subsidiary or in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a named
insured or on which the Company or any Subsidiary is paying any premiums, and
also sets forth the coverage level, expiration date, premium and name of insurer
and agent/broker. All such policies, except as set forth on Schedule 2.19, are
in full force and effect at the date hereof and were, without lapse, in full
force and effect on July 31, 1995 and as of the date of this Agreement, and each
of the insured parties thereunder is not in default with respect to any
provision contained in any such insurance policy nor failed to give any notice
or present any claim thereunder in due and timely fashion for an event of loss
not fully reflected on the Second Quarter 10-QSB. Schedule 2.19 sets forth a
summary of the claims history for the Company and each Subsidiary under such
policies since January 1, 1993 and, except as set forth on Schedule 2.19, there
are no claims outstanding under any such policies.
2.20 Provider Relationships, Contracts and Agreements.
(a) Schedule 2.20(a) lists all physicians, hospitals and
ancillary health care providers ("PROVIDERS") that have generated claims for
payment pursuant to a Provider Contract during the first two quarters of the
fiscal year ending January 31, 1996. The list comprises both Providers that
contract directly with the Company and Providers that generate claims pursuant
to a contract between the Company and an intermediary entity.
(b) Schedule 2.20(b) lists all contracts (including oral
contracts of which the Company has knowledge), agreements and commitments to
which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or is bound, in the following
categories: customer or payor contracts,
20.
26
management agreements, third party administrator agreements, services contracts,
joint venture agreements, guarantees and indemnifications, consulting agreements
and instruments of indebtedness, excluding Provider Contracts and recurring
purchase orders for routine office supplies (collectively and, together with the
Provider Contracts pursuant to which the claims referred to in (a), above, were
made, the "CONTRACTS").
(c) True and correct copies of the Contracts have been made
available to Parent. All Contracts constitute legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Company or the Subsidiary, as applicable, and, to the
knowledge of the Company, of the other parties thereto, and are in full force
and effect as of the date of this Agreement, except as enforcement may be
limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
equitable remedies is subject to the discretion of the court. The Company and
the Subsidiaries have paid in full all amounts due thereunder which are due and
payable as of the date of this Agreement, and are not in default under any of
such Contracts, nor, to the Company's knowledge, is any other party to such
Contract in default thereunder, nor does any condition exist that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or event of default
thereunder by the Company or any Subsidiary or, to the Company's knowledge, by
any other person or entity. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.20, no Contract
requires the consent or approval of a third party in connection with the
performance by the Company of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement to be performed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
2.21 Conflicts of Interest. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.21 or as
reflected in the SEC Documents, to the best of the Company's knowledge, no
director or officer of the Company or any Subsidiary (i) is a lessor, lessee,
competitor, Provider or customer of the Company or any Subsidiary or otherwise
has business dealings with the Company or any
21.
27
Subsidiary or (ii) controls or is an employee, officer, director, agent, 5%
stockholder or partner (except such ownership as may arise through ownership of
mutual equity or bond funds or similar funds which do not make investments at
the direction or vote of their owners) of any corporation, firm, association,
partnership or other business entity which is a lessor, lessee, competitor,
Provider or customer of the Company or any Subsidiary or which otherwise has
business dealings with the Company or any Subsidiary.
2.22 Medicare/Medicaid. Neither the Company, nor any Subsidiary
conducts any business activity that involves payments to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries from the Federal Medicare Program or the combined Federal/State
Medicaid Program.
2.23 Activities of Providers. Providers and organizations of providers
of hospital and/or medical services with whom the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries contract are not, to the best of the Company's knowledge,
attempting to organize any entity (whether or not incorporated) for the purpose
of bargaining or otherwise dealing with the Company or any Subsidiary on a
collective basis, other than to the extent such providers and organizations
represented a collective of individual providers as disclosed at the time of
their respective contracts with the Company or its Subsidiaries.
2.24 Employee Benefits. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Employee Plan" includes any pension, retirement, savings, disability, medical,
dental or other health plan, life insurance (including any individual life
insurance policy as to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes
premium payments whether or not either the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
the owner, beneficiary or both of such policy) or other death benefit plan,
profit sharing, deferred compensation, stock option, bonus or other incentive
plan, vacation benefit plan, severance plan or other employee benefit plan,
including any employee pension benefit plan ("PENSION PLAN") as defined in
Section 3(2) of the Employee Retirement Income Security
22.
28
Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), and any employee welfare benefit plan as
defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA ("WELFARE PLAN"), whether or not any of the
foregoing is funded, (i) to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or by
which the Company or any Subsidiary (or any of their respective rights,
properties or assets) is bound or (ii) with respect to which the Company or any
Subsidiary has made payments, contributions or commitments or may otherwise have
any liability (including any such plan or arrangement formerly maintained by the
Company or any Subsidiary).
(a) There are no Employee Plans other than those listed in
Schedule 2.24.
(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, no Pension Plan is a
"defined benefit plan" as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA or a "multi-employer
plan" as defined in Section 4001(a) of ERISA.
(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, each Employee Plan,
the Company and each Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, the
administrator and fiduciaries of each Employee Plan when other than the Company
or a Subsidiary, have at all times complied with the applicable requirements of
ERISA, as it relates to them, including, but not limited to the fiduciary
responsibilities imposed by Part 4 of Title 1, Subtitle B of ERISA, and any
other applicable law (including regulations and rulings thereunder) governing
each Employee Plan, including, without limitation, the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended (the "CODE"), and each Employee Plan has at all times been
properly administered in accordance with all such requirements of law, and in
accordance with its terms and the terms of any applicable collective bargaining
agreement to the extent consistent with all such requirements of law. No
lawsuits or formal complaint proceedings to, or by, any person or Governmental
Entity have been filed or are pending and, to the Company's knowledge, no state
of facts known to the
23.
29
Company or event contemplated by the Company is reasonably likely to give rise
to any such lawsuit or formal complaint proceeding with respect to any Employee
Plan. Without limiting the foregoing and except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24,
the following are true, with respect to each Employee Plan:
(i) the Company and each Subsidiary have filed or
caused to be filed on a timely basis each and every return, report, statement,
notice, declaration and other document required by any government agency,
federal, state and local (including, without limitation, the Internal Revenue
Service and the Department of Labor), with respect to each Employee Plan.
(ii) the Company and each Subsidiary have delivered
or caused to be delivered to every participant, beneficiary and other party
entitled to such material, all plan descriptions, returns, reports, schedules,
notices, statements and similar materials, including, without limitation,
summary descriptions and reports, as are required under Title 1 of ERISA or the
Code, or under both.
(iii) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is now,
and neither, at any time since September 2, 1974, has been, a "substantial
employer" as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA in a multiple-employer plan.
(iv) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has
contributed at any time to any multi-employer pension plan, as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, and the Company is not presently a party to any
multi-employer pension plan. The Company is not liable for any withdrawal
liability under the Multi-employer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (the
"MPPA ACT"), after application of any de minimis rule under the MPPA Act.
(d) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, the benefits under
each Employee Plan that is a Welfare Plan are provided exclusively from the
assets of the Company
24.
30
or a Subsidiary, through insurance contracts or through employee contributions.
Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, each insurance contract through which
benefits under a Welfare Plan are provided provides benefits only for employees
and dependents covered under that Welfare Plan, except to the extent otherwise
required to comply with the Code. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, the
assets of each Pension Plan are held in a separate trust exempt from tax under
Section 501(a) of the Code, under insurance contracts, or are provided
exclusively through the assets of the Company or a Subsidiary.
(e) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, with respect to each
Employee Plan, there has not occurred, nor is any person or entity contractually
bound to enter into, any transaction giving rise to any tax or liability under
Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 or Section 502(i) of ERISA.
(f) the Company has delivered to Parent true and correct
copies of all financial statements, if any, and annual reports on Form 5500 for
each Employee Plan, if any, and, except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, no change
which has an adverse effect on the financial condition of the Company or any
Employee Plan has occurred with respect to the financial condition or funding of
the Employee Plans since the date of such financial statements.
(g) the Company and all of the Subsidiaries have in all
material respects complied with the requirements, to the extent applicable, of
the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA") with
respect to the continuation of employer-provided health benefits following a
"qualifying event' which would otherwise terminate such benefits, as provided in
Section 4980(b) of the Code and applicable regulations and Internal Revenue
Service rulings, notices, and other pronouncements.
(h) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, neither the Company
nor any Subsidiary has any unfunded obligation with respect to any Employee
Plan.
25.
31
(i) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.24, and except for the
requirements of any applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code, COBRA, and any
regulations promulgated thereunder, there is no agreement or other promise
(including, to the knowledge of the Company, oral agreements or promises), of
the Company or any Subsidiary, to the effect that any Employee Plan may not be
terminated at the Company's discretion at any time.
(j) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has ever offered,
or currently offers, retiree medical coverage to any employee of the Company or
any Subsidiary, except to the extent required by COBRA.
2.25 Construction in Progress. There are no material construction
projects or construction in progress at the Company.
2.26 No Liability For The Cost of Health Care Services. No Provider
Contract or other contract requires the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
compensate health care providers or to otherwise assume any obligation or
liability to pay for the cost of health care services, other than pursuant to
the health benefit plan covering the employees of the Company and its
Subsidiaries. The representations and warranties of this Section 2.26 are given
as of July 31, 1995 and as of the date of this Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND ACQUISITION SUB
Parent and Acquisition Sub, jointly and severally, represent and
warrant to the Company as follows:
3.1 Organization, Standing and Power. Each of Parent and Acquisition
Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of its state
26.
32
of incorporation and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted.
3.2 Authority. Each of Parent and Acquisition Sub has all requisite
corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Paying Agent
Agreement, the Escrow Agreements and the employment agreement with Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
annexed hereto as Exhibit C (the "EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT"), and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. This Agreement, the Paying Agent
Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the Escrow Agreements have been duly
executed and delivered by each of Parent and Acquisition Sub and constitute the
valid and binding obligations of each of Parent and Acquisition Sub enforceable
against them in accordance with their respective terms except as enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
equitable remedies, including specific performance, is subject to the discretion
of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
3.3 No Breach. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Paying
Agent Agreement, the Employment Agreement and the Escrow Agreements do not, and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and the
compliance with the provisions hereof and thereof will not (i) violate any
provision of the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of Parent or Acquisition
Sub; (ii) violate any judgment, order, injunction, decree or award of any court,
arbitrator, administrative agency or governmental or regulatory body against, or
binding upon, Parent or Acquisition Sub; or (iii) constitute a violation by
Parent or Acquisition Sub of any statute, law, rule or regulation of any
jurisdiction as such statute, law, rule or regulation relates to Parent or
Acquisition Sub.
27.
33
3.4 No Consent. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or
registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by
or with respect to Parent or Acquisition Sub in connection with the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the Paying Agent Agreement, the Employment
Agreement and the Escrow Agreements by Parent or Acquisition Sub or the
consummation by Parent or Acquisition Sub of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby.
3.5 Information Supplied. None of the information supplied by Parent or
Acquisition Sub regarding Parent or Acquisition Sub for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement will, at the date such information is filed with the SEC or mailed to
holders of Common Stock or at the time of the Shareholder vote on the Merger or
at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
3.6 Company Common Stock. None of Parent or Acquisition Sub (or any
other subsidiary or affiliate of Parent, with Parent's knowledge) owns, directly
or indirectly, or has any right to acquire (except such rights as may arise
pursuant to this Agreement) any shares of Common Stock of the Company.
3.7 Financing. Parent and Acquisition Sub have available internal
corporate funds sufficient to pay the consideration payable in the Merger, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in respect of all of the
outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, as well as all outstanding
options and warrants up to a maximum amount of $20,000,000, and to pay
anticipated expenses in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby.
28.
34
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
4.1 Covenants of the Company. During the period from the date of this
Agreement and continuing until the Effective Time, the Company agrees (except as
expressly otherwise provided by this Agreement, or to the extent that Parent
shall otherwise consent in writing) as follows:
(a) Ordinary Course. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall
carry on their respective businesses in the usual, regular and ordinary course
in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and, to the extent
consistent with such businesses, use all reasonable efforts to preserve intact
their present business organizations, keep available the services of their
present officers and employees and preserve their relationships with customers,
suppliers and others having business dealings with them.
(b) Dividends; Changes in Stock. The Company shall not and
shall not propose to (i) declare or pay any dividends on or make other
distributions in respect of any of its capital stock, (ii) split, combine or
reclassify any of its capital stock or issue or authorize or propose the
issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution
for shares of capital stock of the Company or (iii) repurchase or otherwise
acquire, or permit any subsidiary of the Company to purchase or otherwise
acquire any shares of its capital stock.
(c) Issuance of Securities. The Company shall not, nor shall
it permit any Subsidiary to, issue, deliver or sell, or authorize or propose the
issuance, or delivery or sale of, any shares of its capital stock of any class,
any Voting Debt or any securities convertible into, or any rights, warrants or
options to acquire, any such shares, Voting Debt or convertible securities,
except upon exercise of rights under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan of May 15,
1995 (such rights not to exceed 21,700 shares), options and warrants outstanding
on the date of
29.
35
this Agreement or shares issued in connection with the rounding of fractional
shares otherwise issuable in connection with the Company's stock split effected
in 1991.
(d) Governing Documents. The Company shall not amend or
propose to amend the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries.
(e) No Other Bids. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit
any Subsidiary to, nor shall it authorize or permit any officer, director or
employee of or any investment banker, attorney, accountant or other
representative retained by the Company or any Subsidiary to solicit, encourage
or otherwise induce any proposal which constitutes, or may reasonably be
expected to lead to, any "Takeover Proposal" (as defined below). The Company
shall immediately advise Parent orally and in writing of any such inquiries or
Takeover Proposals, including all of the terms thereof. As used in this
Agreement, "TAKEOVER PROPOSAL" means any proposal (except a proposal by the
Parent, any of its shareholders or any of their affiliates) for a merger or
other business combination involving the Company or any Subsidiary or any
proposal or offer to acquire in any manner a substantial equity interest in the
Company or any Subsidiary or a substantial portion of the assets of the Company
or any Subsidiary. A Takeover Proposal received by the Company that did not
result from or involve a breach of the foregoing prohibition may be given
consideration by the Company's Board of Directors as necessary to fulfill its
fiduciary duties under applicable law to determine whether it is a Superior
Proposal. As used in this Agreement, "SUPERIOR PROPOSAL" means a Takeover
Proposal that the Board of Directors of the Company, in good faith, in the
exercise of their fiduciary duty, and based upon the advice of the Company's
outside financial advisors, determines is more favorable to the Company's
shareholders than the Merger. In the event a Takeover Proposal is deemed a
Superior Proposal by the Company's Board of Directors, its acceptance shall be
subject to the same fiduciary duty conditions as is the Company's acceptance and
execution of this Agreement.
30.
36
Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent or restrict the Company or the
Board of Directors from engaging in discussions or negotiations with, or
furnishing or causing to be furnished any information (other than documents
produced by Parent or other confidential information provided by Parent under
the Non-Disclosure Agreement) relating to the Company or any Subsidiary or
affording access to the properties, books or records of the Company or any
Subsidiary to, any person or entity relating to a Takeover Proposal, or
endorsing, approving or recommending or entering into a letter of intent or
other agreement with respect to a "Superior Proposal" (as defined below);
provided that such Takeover Proposal or Superior Proposal did not result from a
breach of the foregoing prohibition.
(f) No Acquisitions. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, acquire or agree to acquire by merging or
consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or
by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association
or other business organization or division thereof.
(g) No Dispositions. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of, or agree to sell,
lease or otherwise dispose of, any of its assets equal to or in excess of
$25,000 per transaction.
(h) Indebtedness. The Company shall not, and shall not permit
any Subsidiary to, incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any
such indebtedness or issue or sell any debt securities of the Company or any
Subsidiary or guarantee any debt of others; provided, however, that the Company
is permitted to draw on its existing bank lines of credit of $800,000 with
Sunwest Bank in amounts and for purposes consistent with past practices if
Parent is notified in writing prior to each such proposed draw.
(i) Benefit Plans, Etc. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, adopt or amend any collective bargaining agreement or
Employee Plan.
31.
37
(j) Employee Compensation and New Hires. Except for regularly
scheduled increases consistent with an existing compensation program and past
practices (which program or practices are set forth in Schedules 2.18 or 2.20)
for non-Management Level Employees (as defined in Section 8.10), or as may be
required under employment or termination agreements in effect on the date of
this Agreement and set forth in Schedule 2.18 or 2.20, the Company shall not,
and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, increase the compensation of any
director, officer or employee. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any
Subsidiary to, hire employees with annual salaries of $50,000 or more. Parent
shall not unreasonably withhold its consent to the Company or a Subsidiary
requesting permission to hire an individual at an annual salary of $50,000 or
more, when it is for the purpose of replacing an employee whose employment ended
after the date of this Agreement and who performed services and received
compensation comparable to that of the proposed new hire.
(k) Lease Obligations. The Company shall not, and shall not
permit any Subsidiary to, execute, renew or extend any lease obligations which
individually or in the aggregate equal or exceed $25,000 per annum.
(l) Litigation. The Company shall not, and shall not permit
any Subsidiary to, settle any litigation or arbitration, including any
administrative agency matter. Parent shall not unreasonably withhold its consent
to any such settlement.
(m) Provider and Payor/Customer Arrangements. The Company
shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, (i) amend any Provider
Agreement, or (ii) enter into any new customer or payor agreement or renew any
existing customer or payor agreement, except, in either case, as is consistent
with the past practices of the Company or its Subsidiaries.
(n) Other Actions. The Company shall not, and shall not permit
any Subsidiary to, take any deliberate action (other than an action expressly
permitted or required
32.
38
by this Agreement) that would result in any of the representations and
warranties of the Company set forth in Article II of this Agreement becoming
untrue, or in any of the conditions of the Merger set forth in Article VI of
this Agreement not being satisfied.
(o) Legal Fee Billing Reports. The Company shall provide
Parent with copies of all monthly billing reports submitted by the law firm of
Xxxxxx Godward Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx ("COOLEY GODWARD") that are not
otherwise reflected on the Second Quarter 10-QSB. Such billing reports shall be
forwarded to Parent as soon as reasonably practical after receipt by the
Company, and may be reviewed by the Company to redact descriptions of services
(but not charges therefor) that may reasonably be determined to contain
attorney-client privileged information.
(p) Business Activity Involving Certain Provider Contracts.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to, engage in any
business which involves the use of Provider Contracts that require the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries to compensate health care providers or to otherwise
assume any obligation or liability to pay for the cost of health care services.
4.2 Covenants of Parent and Acquisition Sub.
(a) Neither Parent nor Acquisition Sub shall take any action
(other than an action required expressly by this Agreement) that would result in
any of the representations and warranties of Parent or Acquisition Sub set forth
in Article III of this Agreement becoming untrue, or in any of the conditions of
the Merger set forth in Article VI of this Agreement not being satisfied.
(b) Parent shall promptly furnish to the Company all
information concerning Parent and Acquisition sub as may be required and
requested in connection with the Proxy Statement to be furnished to the
Company's shareholders and shall otherwise reasonably
33.
39
cooperate with the Company in the Company's preparation and filing with the SEC
of such Proxy Statement.
(c) Prior to the Effective Time, none of Parent or Acquisition
Sub (or any of its or their affiliates or representatives at Parent's or
Acquisition Sub's direction) will, in any manner, directly or indirectly,
acquire beneficial ownership of any securities of the Company.
(d) Parent will provide benefits to employees of the Company
who continue to be employed by Parent or the Surviving Corporation or any of
their affiliates immediately following the Effective Time, which benefits shall
be generally comparable to the benefits which Parent and its affiliates provide
to their other employees holding like positions and performing like duties. Such
former Company employees will be credited with a maximum of three (3) years of
time during which they were employed by the Company or Subsidiaries for the
purpose of determining the nature and the extent of such benefits, including
full coverage under health insurance policies for pre-existing conditions
covered by policies currently applicable to employees of the Company and
Subsidiaries.
(e) Parent and Acquisition Sub shall comply in all respects
with the provisions of the Nondisclosure Agreement between the Company and
Parent, dated as of May 10, 1995 (the "NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENT"), which shall
continue in full force and effect.
(f) In conducting its investigation of the business,
operations and legal affairs of the Company, Parent shall cooperate with the
Company to avoid disruption of the business or operations of the Company or the
performance of any of the Company's employees.
(g) Parent shall take all steps necessary to provide to the
Paying Agent immediately prior to the Effective Time, funds necessary to pay for
the shares of Company Common Stock as part of the Merger pursuant to Section
1.4.
34.
40
(h) Provided that Humana Inc., at the Closing, surrenders all
warrants of the Company held by Humana Inc. and waives its Right of First
Refusal to purchase the Common Stock held by Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Parent shall, at
Closing, repay, or cause the repayment of, the outstanding loan amount of One
Million Dollars ($1,000,000) plus all interest accrued as of the Closing Date
owed by the Company to Humana Inc. pursuant to that certain loan agreement dated
August 31, 1992.
ARTICLE V
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS
5.1 Preparation of Proxy Statement. As promptly as practicable after
the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and in accordance with the
Exchange Act, the Company will (a) prepare and file a preliminary Proxy
Statement with the SEC and (b) will use its best efforts to respond to any
comments of the SEC and to cause the Proxy Statement to be mailed to the
Company's shareholders. The Company will notify Parent promptly of the receipt
of any comments from the SEC or its staff and of any request by the SEC or its
staff for amendments or supplements to the Proxy Statement or for additional
information and will supply Parent with copies of all correspondence between the
Company or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC or its
staff, on the other hand, with respect to the Proxy Statement or the Merger;
provided, however, that Xxxx Brothers & Company shall not be required to provide
Parent with a copy of its presentation to the Company's Board of Directors as it
relates to the Xxxx Brothers & Company fairness opinion. If at any time before
the Effective Time any event shall occur which should be set forth in an
amendment of, or a supplement to, the Proxy Statement, the Company will promptly
prepare and mail such an amendment or supplement. The Company will not mail the
Proxy Statement, or any amendment thereof or supplement
35.
41
thereto, to the Company's shareholders unless it has first provided Parent with
a reasonable opportunity to review such documents, and obtained the consent of
Parent to such mailing, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the
event the Proxy Statement, or any amendment or supplement thereto, reflects a
recommendation by the Company's Board of Directors to abandon the Merger or to
pursue a Superior Proposal, the Company shall have no obligation to provide
Parent with a copy for review or to obtain Parent's consent prior to mailing.
5.2 Shareholder Approval. If the conditions set forth in Sections
6.1(b) and 6.1(c) are satisfied or waived, then the Company shall promptly call
a meeting of its shareholders for the purpose of approving the Merger and
adopting this Agreement and approving related matters. The Board of Directors of
the Company shall recommend to the shareholders of the Company approval of the
Merger and adoption of this Agreement, except that if the Board of Directors of
the Company determines, after receiving a Superior Proposal and upon
consultation with counsel and financial advisors that, given the receipt of the
Superior Proposal, such recommendation of approval is not consistent with the
Board's fiduciary duties to the Company, the Board of the Company may determine
not to recommend approval, or to withdraw such recommendation if already given,
without such action being deemed a breach of this Agreement, provided that the
Company complies with Section 5.5.
5.3 Legal Conditions to Merger. The Company will take all commercially
reasonable actions necessary to comply promptly with all legal requirements
which may be imposed on the Company with respect to the Merger and will promptly
cooperate with and furnish information to Parent in connection with any such
requirements imposed upon Parent and its Subsidiaries in connection with the
Merger. The Company will take, and will cause its Subsidiaries to take, all
commercially reasonable actions necessary to obtain, and will cooperate
36.
42
with Parent and its Subsidiaries in obtaining, any consent, authorization, order
or approval of, or any exemption by, any Governmental Entity, or other third
party, required to be obtained or made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(or by Parent) in connection with the Merger or the taking of any action
contemplated thereby or by this Agreement.
Parent and Acquisition Sub will take all actions necessary to
comply promptly with all legal requirements which may be imposed on it with
respect to the Merger and will promptly cooperate with and furnish information
to the Company in connection with all such requirements imposed upon the Company
or any subsidiary of the Company in connection with the Merger. Parent and
Acquisition Sub will take all actions necessary to obtain, and will cooperate
with the Company and its subsidiaries in obtaining, any consent, authorization,
order or approval of, or exemption by, any Governmental Entity, or third party,
required to be obtained or made by Parent or Acquisition Sub (or by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries) in connection with the Merger or the taking of any
action contemplated thereby or by this Agreement.
5.4 Options, Warrants and Employee Stock Purchase Rights.
(a) Options. The Board of Directors of the Company shall cause
the acceleration of the vesting, conditioned upon the Closing of the Merger, of
each outstanding option to purchase shares of the Company's Common Stock under
the Company's 1992 Non-Employee Director's Stock Option Plan, the 1992 Officers'
Stock Option Plan, the 1992 Stock Option Plan, and any other stock option plan
adopted by the Company (collectively, the "OPTION PLANS"). Each holder of an
outstanding option under the Option Plans shall, immediately prior to the
Effective Time, be entitled to exercise such option in full, which exercise may
be conditioned upon the Closing of the Merger. All options outstanding under
such Plans shall terminate at the Effective Time if not exercised prior thereto.
In lieu of issuing stock certificates
37.
43
representing the shares acquired upon exercise, the Paying Agent shall be
authorized to deliver to such holder the full cash amount to which such holder
would otherwise be entitled under this Agreement with respect to such shares.
(b) Warrants. In lieu of any and all rights to acquire Common
Stock of the Company which a holder of an outstanding warrant may have upon
exercise of such warrant prior to the Effective Time, at and after the Effective
Time, each such holder shall be entitled to receive, upon exercise thereof, for
the remaining term of such warrant, nothing other than the product of (i) the
number of shares subject to such warrant and (ii) the positive difference
between $2.25 less the exercise price per share of such warrant. Such amount
shall be payable upon delivery to the Paying Agent of the warrant and
appropriate exercise documents, properly executed and otherwise completed.
(c) Employee Stock Purchase Rights. Pursuant to the Company's
1995 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "PURCHASE PLAN"), at the Effective Time,
(i) each Purchase Plan participant may use such participant's payroll deductions
that have accumulated as of the Effective Time to purchase shares of the
Company's Common Stock and (ii) any remaining rights held by such participant
under the ongoing offering, as defined in the Purchase Plan, shall be
terminated. In lieu of issuing stock certificates representing the shares
acquired upon such purchase, the Paying Agent shall be authorized to deliver to
such participant the full cash amount to which such participant would be
entitled under this Agreement with respect to such shares.
5.5 Break-Up Fee; Fees and Expenses. In the event the Company
accepts a Takeover Proposal that constitutes a Superior Offer, and such was not
obtained or received in violation of Section 4.1(e) of this Agreement, then,
provided that the Company pays Parent the break-up fee set forth below, such
event shall be deemed a termination by mutual consent pursuant to Section
7.1(a), below. The break-up fee to be paid by the Company to Parent shall
38.
44
equal the Parent's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including but not limited
to attorneys' fees) incurred in connection with all negotiations with the
Company and the investigation and analysis of the legal, financial and business
affairs of the Company and Subsidiaries and other activities related to
consummating the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however,
that such break-up fee shall not exceed $250,000 and shall not include fees paid
or owed to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx. Except as provided in this Section, all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expense.
5.6 Brokers or Finders. Each of Parent, Acquisition Sub and
the Company represents that it has not and will not employ any broker or finder
or incur any liability for any brokerage fee, commission or finder's fee in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement except that Xxxx
Brothers & Company, Incorporated shall be entitled to fees and expenses payable
by the Company, pursuant to the contract between such parties dated February 24,
1995 and previously provided to Parent.
5.7 Access to Information. Prior to Closing, following notice
to the Company of at least 24 hours, the Company shall permit Parent and its
counsel, accountants, and other representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours to all of the properties, books, contracts, commitments, and
records of the Company and its Subsidiaries and the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall furnish such statements (financial and otherwise), records, reports,
documents and other information concerning the operations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as Parent and its counsel reasonably request from time to time. To
the extent reasonably requested by Parent, the Company and its Subsidiaries
shall request its accountants, attorneys and other representatives to cooperate
with the representatives of Parent in connection with the right of access
granted hereby.
39.
45
5.8 Additional Agreements. If at any time after the Effective
Time any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of
this Agreement or to vest the Surviving Corporation with full title to all
properties, assets, rights, approvals, immunities and franchises of either
Acquisition Sub or the Company, the officers and directors of each corporation
that is a party to this Agreement shall take all such necessary action.
5.9 Solicitation and Hiring Employees of the Company.
(a) Parent hereby agrees that, for a period of three (3)
years from the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any subsidiary of
Parent shall directly, or indirectly through an agent, solicit or induce away
from the Company any person who is now an officer, manager, or other employee of
the Company (each an "EMPLOYEE") whether or not such person would commit a
breach of any employment contract by reason of leaving service; provided,
however, that neither Parent nor any subsidiary of Parent shall be considered to
have breached this Section if an Employee approaches Parent or any subsidiary of
Parent, or their agent, for the purpose of seeking employment.
(b) The foregoing provisions shall be null and void and of no
further force and effect in the event that the Merger is consummated in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Parent and Company recognize that each Employee's
services and knowledge are special, unique and of extraordinary character, and
that any breach of this Section at any time would result in irreparable damage
to the Company in an amount difficult to ascertain. Accordingly, in addition to
any other relief to which the Company may be entitled, the Company shall be
entitled, if it so elects, to institute and prosecute proceedings in any court
of competent jurisdiction, either in law or in equity, to obtain damages for
such breach of this Section, to enforce the specific performance of the terms
and conditions of this Section by
40.
46
Employee, or to enjoin Employee from performing services for any such person,
firm or corporation.
5.10 Directors and Officers Liability Insurance. On commercially
reasonable terms, the specific aspects of which shall require the review and
consent of Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), the
Company may secure policies of insurance from reputable licensed insurers to
cover the costs and expenses that may be incurred by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers or directors, in connection
with claims against such officers or directors which may be brought on or after
the Effective Time, but which arise from actions or omissions alleged to have
occurred prior to the Effective Time.
ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
6.1 Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger.
The obligation of each party to effect the Merger is subject to the
satisfaction, or waiver by it, prior to the Closing Date of all the following
conditions:
(a) Shareholder Approval. The Merger shall have been validly
approved and adopted by the affirmative vote or consent of the holders of at
least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company.
(b) Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act. The waiting period applicable to
the Merger under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act shall have expired or shall have been
terminated, or the Merger shall be found, by counsel for each of the parties
hereto, to not require governmental review under the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Act.
(c) Other Approvals. All other permits, approvals and
consents of any Governmental Entity described in Section 2.10 shall have been
filed or obtained which are
41.
47
necessary to consummate this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
herein, or necessary to continue the operation of the businesses of the Company
and Subsidiaries (subject to the standards of Section 6.2(a)).
(d) No Injunctions or Restraints. After a commercially
reasonable effort by the party(ies) to whom it applies to have it rescinded, a
temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other order
issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other legal restraint or
prohibition preventing the consummation of the Merger shall be in effect.
6.2 Conditions to Obligation of Parent and Acquisition Sub to
Effect the Merger. The obligation of each of Parent and Acquisition Sub to
effect the Merger is further subject to the satisfaction or waiver by it prior
to or on the Closing Date of all of the following conditions:
(a) Representations and Warranties and Performance of
Agreements. The representations and warranties of the Company contained in
Article II shall be true in all respects as of the Closing Date as though made
on and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that, except for
representations and warranties set forth in Sections 2.1(a), (c) and (d); 2.2;
2.3(i) and (iv); 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.21; 2.22; and 2.23, the
inaccuracy of a representation or warranty set forth in Article II hereof, on
the date given originally or on the Closing Date, shall not constitute a breach
of this Agreement unless such inaccuracy(ies) consist of items or matters
omitted or stated inaccurately
(i) which would result in the violation of any law or
order of a Governmental Entity for which there is a substantial risk of a
criminal penalty,
(ii) which could reasonably be expected to invalidate
this Agreement or any of its contemplated transactions, or
42.
48
(iii) which can reasonably be expected to have both an
individual Gross Adverse Effect (as defined in Section 8.9) of $25,000 or more
and a cumulative Gross Adverse Effect of $500,000 or more when combined with
other inaccuracies individually having a Gross Adverse Effect of $25,000 or
more, in any of which events (i) through (iii), above, absent fraud by the
Company, the sole remedy of Parent and Acquisition Sub shall be the right to
terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b), below. Likewise,
notwithstanding any provision hereof to the contrary, absent fraud by the
Company, the sole remedy of Parent and Acquisition Sub in the event of a breach
by the Company of any of its representation and warranties in Sections 2.1(a),
(c) and (d); 2.2; 2.3(i) and (iv); 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.21; 2.22;
or 2.23; or in the event of a breach by the Company of any of the covenants
contained in Section 4.1(a), (g) or (k), shall be the right to terminate this
Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1(b), below. The following examples demonstrate
how the parties intend for the Gross Adverse Effect of inaccuracies in the
representations and warranties to be calculated:
Example (A) - A contract with a five (5) year term
remaining and requiring a payment by the Company or a
Subsidiary of $5,000 per year would be deemed to have a
Gross Adverse Effect of $25,000, regardless of the value
of goods or services received for such payments.
Example (B) - A contract with a customer of the Company
or a Subsidiary that provides revenue to the Company or a
Subsidiary would have a Gross Adverse Effect only if such
contract had been listed or scheduled by the Company as
being in effect, when, in fact, it was not, and only to
the extent of the cumulative gross revenue that would
accrue over the remaining term of such contract.
Example (C) - The failure to have a license or other
governmental consent that can reasonably be expected to
require the cessation of a current business activity of
the Company or Subsidiary would have a Gross Adverse
Effect equal to the
43.
49
loss of gross revenue attributable to such business
activity, plus the cost of obtaining the required license
or consent.
Example (D) - Failure to disclose a pending or threatened
termination of a Permit when disclosure is required by a
representation and warranty under Article II, above,
shall be deemed a failure to disclose the termination of
such Permit for purposes of determining the Gross Adverse
Effect of the inaccuracy, as described in Example (C),
above, but only to the extent that it can be reasonably
expected that such Permit will be terminated.
In calculating the term of a contract for purposes of determining
its Gross Adverse Effect, a contract that can be terminated with some notice
period of less than one year, and that has no specific expiration date, will be
deemed to have a remaining term of one year in calculating the Gross Adverse
Effect of its loss. A contract with a specific term will be deemed to have the
remainder of such term to expiration.
The Company shall have duly performed and complied, in all
material respects, with all agreements and covenants contained in Articles IV
and V of this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it prior to or at
the Closing Date.
(b) Officers' Certificate. The Company shall have delivered
to Parent a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date and signed by Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx (in their capacities as officers of the Company), to
the effect that, subject to the limitations established for breach by Section
6.2(a), the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article
II are true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as though made on
and as of the Closing Date, and that the Company has duly performed and
complied, in all material respects, with all agreements, covenants and
conditions required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it
prior to or at the Closing Date.
44.
50
(c) Secretary's Certificate. The Company shall have delivered
to Parent a Certificate of the Secretary of the Company, dated as of the Closing
Date, certifying (i) that the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock
of the Company (including capital stock held in its treasury) on the Closing
Date is as set forth in Section 2.8 of the Agreement (except for changes which
are attributable to issuance of shares of Company Common Stock upon the exercise
of options or warrants, which issuances shall be identified and described in
detail in such certificate), which certification may be based on a certificate
of the Company's transfer agent which the Secretary has no reason to believe to
be inaccurate, (ii) that the attached copies of the Company's and each of its
Subsidiaries' Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws are true and correct and
(iii) as to the names and genuine signatures of the officers of the Company
authorized to execute this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby. Such
Certificate of the Secretary of the Company shall not indicate a number of
outstanding shares of capital stock, options or warrants of the Company which,
at the rate of $2.25 per share, would require Parent or Acquisition Sub, taken
together, to pay an aggregate of more than $20,000,000 to the Paying Agent, or
to holders of such shares, options and warrant to consummate the Merger.
(d) Consents. All consents specified in Sections 2.10 and
2.20, as necessary to prevent a breach within the limits described in Section
6.2(a), shall have been obtained.
(e) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. The Parent shall have
received from the law firm of Xxxxxx Godward Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx ("XXXXXX
GODWARD"), counsel for the Company, an opinion dated as of the Closing Date,
which shall state, without change as to substance, the opinions set forth in
Exhibit D-1, annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and such opinion shall be,
in its complete form, without change as to
45.
51
substance, as set forth in the draft dated October 26, 1995 and initialled, for
purposes of identification only, by Parent and the Company and provided to
Parent.
The Parent shall have received from the law firm of Xxxxxxxxx
Traurig Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, P.A. ("XXXXXXXXX TRAURIG"), counsel for
the Company, an opinion dated as of the Closing Date, which shall state, without
change as to substance, the opinions set forth in Exhibit D-2, annexed hereto
and made a part hereof, and such opinion shall be, in its complete form, without
change as to substance, as set forth in the draft dated October 26, 1995 and
initialled, for purposes of identification only, by Parent and the Company and
provided to Parent.
In rendering such opinions, unless such counsel has actual
knowledge to the contrary, such counsel may rely as to matters of fact to the
extent specified therein upon certificates of officers of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, public officials and the Company's transfer agent, copies of
which shall be attached to such opinion, without further inquiry as to such
matters of fact.
(f) Additional Certificates and Documents. The Company shall
have furnished to Parent such additional certificates and other documents as
Parent may have reasonably requested; provided that such certificates or
documents shall not impose covenants or conditions, or require representation or
warranties beyond those provided in this Agreement.
(g) Resignations. Parent shall have received the resignation,
effective as of the Effective Time, of each director of the Company and
Subsidiaries.
(h) Limited Dissenting Shares. The Company shall not have
received written notice from shareholders representing more than seven and
one-half percent (7 1/2%) of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock
immediately prior to the Effective Time, indicating an intention to exercise
dissenters' rights of appraisal.
46.
52
(i) Employment Agreement. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx shall have
executed and delivered the Employment Agreement with the Company, (a copy of
which is annexed hereto as Exhibit C).
(j) Escrow Agreements. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx shall have executed
and delivered Escrow Agreement I and Escrow Agreement II with the Company
(copies of which are annexed hereto as Exhibits A-1 and A-2, respectively) and
an independent escrow agent.
(k) Surrender of Options and Warrants. All outstanding
warrants and options shall have been duly surrendered or exercised for a net
payment to holders of no more than $2.25 per share represented by such options
and warrants, or deemed by the opinion of counsel for the Company not to be
entitled after the Effective Time and until their expiration to anything other
than cash, such cash not to exceed a positive net payment of $2.25 per share
represented by such options and warrants.
(l) Waiver of Humana Right of First Refusal and Surrender of
Warrants. Humana Inc. shall have waived its Right of First Refusal and
surrendered all warrants held by Humana Inc. to purchase Common Stock.
(m) Receipt of Interim Financial Statements. Parent shall
have received from the Company unaudited financial statements for the Company
and Subsidiaries for the period ending the last day of the month immediately
preceding the month of the Closing Date.
(n) Absence of Certain Changes. From the date of this
Agreement through the Effective Time, there shall not have been any material
adverse change in the business condition (financial and otherwise) or results of
operation or liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
This provision is intended only to supplement and complement Section 6.2(a), and
shall under no circumstances be interpreted to contradict or diminish the terms
set forth therein. It shall not be deemed a failure to satisfy this Section
47.
53
6.2(n) if a material adverse change is (a) the consequence of any action or
inaction by Parent or its affiliates, (b) the consequence of actions or
inactions contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or matters referred to in
the Schedules hereto, (c) the consequence of actions or inactions to which
Parent consents, (d) the consequence of expenses of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (e) is otherwise reflected in the Second
Quarter 10-QSB.
(o) No Acquisitions. Prior to the Effective Time, the
Company, any of its executive officers, its Board of Directors or any committee
of its Board of Directors shall not have approved, authorized or endorsed any
Takeover Proposal (other than this Agreement), or have withdrawn its approval of
the Merger, nor shall the Company have entered into any agreement, letter of
intent, memorandum or other understanding relating to any Takeover Proposal.
(p) DISCorp License. The Company shall have provided written
confirmation from Digital Insurance Systems Corporation ("DISCORP") that the
Company's subsidiary, Admar Corporation, has a perpetual non-exclusive license
to use the management information system known as Health Claims Processing
System ("HCPS"), including all modifications and enhancements thereto (whether
designed and installed by DISCorp or the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and
that the HCPS can be used by the Company, Admar Corporation, or any of their
respective subsidiaries or affiliates or successors by virtue of merger,
consolidation or other form of acquisition.
(q) Sunwest Waiver. The Company shall have provided a written
waiver or consent, as appropriate, from Sunwest Bank, to the effect that
consummation of the Merger shall not result in a default under any of the
outstanding lines of credit from Sunwest Bank.
48.
54
(r) Amended Provider Contracts. The Company shall have
provided written amendments to contracts between the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries and each of Corporate Health Services, Inc., Cleveland Clinic
Florida Health Plan, Florida Health Choice, Inc., Managed Care, Inc. and
Universal Health Network, to the effect that, from and after the original date
of such contracts, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will have any
obligation to compensate such organizations or to have any liability or
obligation to pay such organizations for health care services pursuant to any of
such contracts. As to the contract between Admar Corporation and Arizona Health
Care Alliance, Inc., the President of the Company shall certify in writing to
Parent that neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has engaged in any
business involving the performance of such contract.
(s) Release of Security Interest in Image Financial. The
Company shall have provided written evidence reasonably satisfactory to Parent
of the release of the security interest of Xxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx in the
issued and outstanding stock of Image Financial & Insurance Services, Inc.
(t) Florida Qualification. The Company shall provide written
certification from the State of Florida to the effect that Admar Corporation is
authorized to transact business in Florida.
(u) Louisiana Qualification. The Company shall provide
written certification from the State of Louisiana to the effect that Admar
Corporation is licensed to transact business in Louisiana and that Admar
Corporation is in compliance with the Office of Workers Compensation
Administration.
6.3 Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect the Merger.
The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger is further subject to the
satisfaction or waiver by it prior to or on the Closing Date of all of the
following conditions:
49.
55
(a) Representations and Warranties and Performance of
Agreements. The representations and warranties of the Parent and Acquisition Sub
contained in Article III shall be true in all respects as of the Closing Date as
though made on and as of the Closing Date, and the Parent and Acquisition Sub
shall have duly performed and complied, in all material respects, with all
agreements and covenants contained in Articles IV and V of this Agreement to be
performed or complied with by it prior to or at the Closing Date.
(b) Officers' Certificate. The Parent and Acquisition Sub
shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date
and signed by their respective Presidents and CEOs, to the effect that the
representations and warranties of the Parent and Acquisition Sub contained in
Article III are true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date as
though made on and as of the Closing Date, and that the Parent and Acquisition
Sub have duly performed and complied, in all material respects, with all
agreements, covenants and conditions required by this Agreement to be performed
or complied with by them prior to or on the Closing Date.
(c) Secretary's Certificate. The Parent and Acquisition Sub
shall each have delivered to the Company Certificates of their respective
Secretaries, dated as of the date Closing Date, certifying the names and genuine
signatures of the officers of the Parent and Acquisition Sub authorized to
execute this Agreement and the documents contemplated hereby.
(d) Additional Certificates and Documents. The Parent and
Acquisition Sub shall have furnished to the Company such additional certificates
and other documents as the Company may have reasonably requested; provided that
such certificates or documents shall not impose covenants or conditions, or
require representation or warranties beyond those provided in this Agreement.
50.
56
(e) Opinion of Counsel for Parent and Acquisition Sub. The
Company shall have received from Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Vice President and Counsel,
Principal Health Care, Inc., an opinion dated as of the Closing Date, which
shall state, without change as to substance, the opinions set forth in Exhibit
E, annexed hereto and made a part hereof, and such opinion shall be, in its
complete form, without change as to substance, as set forth in the draft dated
October 26, 1995 and initialled, for purposes of identification only, by Parent
and the Company and provided to the Company.
(f) Ancillary Agreements. Parent and/or Acquisition Sub, as
necessary and appropriate, shall have executed the Paying Agent Agreement, the
Employment Agreement, and the Escrow Agreements annexed hereto, all to be
effective at the Effective Time.
(g) Payment of Purchase Price. Parent shall have transferred
cash, in immediately available funds, to the Paying Agent in an amount
sufficient to pay for the Common Stock pursuant to Section 1.4, and to pay for
all options and warrants, but in no event shall such amount be required to
exceed $20,000,000.
(h) Satisfaction of Humana Inc. Loan. Parent shall have
fulfilled its obligation under Section 4.2(h).
(i) Waiver of Right of First Refusal. Humana Inc. shall have
waived the Right of First Refusal referenced in Section 2.8.
(j) Payment of Certain Transaction Costs. Xxxx Brothers &
Company shall have received payment of the fees and expenses to which it is
entitled under its contract with the Company dated February 24, 1995.
51.
57
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER
7.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time
before the Effective Time, whether before or after approval of matters presented
in connection with the Merger by the shareholders of the Company:
(a) by mutual consent of Parent, Acquisition Sub and the
Company;
(b) by Parent or Acquisition Sub, by notice to the Company,
if the Company shall breach this Agreement and such breach shall not have been
cured within ten (10) days (or within 45 days in the case of a breach of Section
2.5) after written notice of such breach;
(c) by the Company, by notice to Parent and Acquisition Sub,
if Parent or Acquisition Sub shall breach this Agreement and such breach shall
not have been cured within ten (10) days after written notice of such breach;
(d) automatically upon the payment of the Break-Up Fee
pursuant to the requisite conditions set forth in Section 5.5 of this Agreement;
or
(e) by any party to this Agreement if the Merger has not been
effected by June 30, 1996.
7.2 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement shall be terminated
as provided in Section 7.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and there
shall be no liability or obligation on the part of Parent, or Acquisition Sub or
the Company or their respective officers or directors, except as may apply by
the terms of Sections 4.2(e), 5.5 (relating to fees and expenses), and 5.9, and
except to the extent that such termination results from the willful breach by a
party hereto of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements
set forth in this Agreement.
52.
58
7.3 Amendment. This Agreement may be amended by the parties
hereto, by action taken by their Boards of Directors (subject to Section 7.5),
at any time before or after any required approval by the shareholders of the
Company of matters presented in connection with the Merger but, after any such
approval, no amendment shall be made which by law requires further approval by
the shareholders of the Company 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.
7.4 Extension; Waiver. At any time before the Effective Time, the
parties hereto, by action taken by their Boards of Directors (subject to Section
7.5), may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the
performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto,
(ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained
herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance
with any of the agreements or conditions 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.
7.5 Procedure for Termination, Amendment, Extension or Waiver. An
effective termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1, an effective
amendment of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3 or an effective extension or
waiver pursuant to Section 7.4 shall require, for each party, action by its
Board of Directors.
53.
59
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1 Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements.
None of the representations, warranties and agreements in this Agreement or in
any instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Effective
Time. This Section 8.1 shall not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties
that by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time.
8.2 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall
be in writing and shall be effective when received at the address of the party
set forth below (or at such other address as such party shall specify by
notice):
(a) If to Parent, to
Principal Health Care, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
(b) If to PHC Merging Company, Inc., to
PHC Merging Company
c/o Principal Health Care, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esquire
(c) If to the Company, to
The Admar Group, Inc.
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
(d) Copies of all notices and other communications hereunder
shall be received by:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Green, P.C.
54.
60
0000 00xx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxx Godward Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
8.3 Interpretation. The headings contained in this Agreement are
for reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this
Agreement. The words "include," "includes," or "including" are without
limitation.
8.4 Counterparts. The parties may execute this Agreement on
separate counterparts, all of which shall be considered one agreement.
8.5 Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto which are incorporated
herein by reference thereto, and the Nondisclosure Agreement, constitute the
entire agreement and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, written
and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This
Agreement does not confer upon any person other than the parties hereto any
rights or remedies hereunder.
8.6 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Florida.
8.7 Publicity. The Company and Parent (and Acquisition Sub) shall
consult with each other before issuing or causing the publication of any press
release or any public announcement with respect to the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement. So long as this Agreement shall be in effect, neither the
Company nor Parent shall, or shall permit any of its subsidiaries (including
Acquisition Sub) to issue or cause the publication of any such press
55.
61
release or other public announcement before such consultation, except as may be
required by law.
8.8 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights,
interests and obligations hereunder shall be assigned by either party without
the prior written consent of the other. Subject to the preceding sentence, this
Agreement shall bind, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties
and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
8.9 Gross Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, "Gross
Adverse Effect" shall mean the cost, expense or loss of revenue actually
suffered or incurred, or which can be reasonably expected to be suffered or
incurred, by the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole (less any
recovery reasonably expected from insurance policies) as a consequence of the
facts or circumstances which constitute such omission or inaccuracy, without
accounting for offsetting benefits or savings related to such consequence,
except as otherwise expressly stated herein. An omission or inaccuracy shall not
constitute a Gross Adverse Effect if it is (a) the consequence of any action or
inaction by Parent or its affiliates, (b) the consequence of actions or
inactions contemplated or permitted by this Agreement or matters referred to in
the Schedules hereto, (c) the consequence of actions or inactions to which
Parent consents, (d) the consequence of expenses of this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, or (e) is otherwise reflected in the Second
Quarter 10-QSB.
8.10 Knowledge of the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, the
Company shall be deemed to have knowledge of a fact to the extent that any of
the "Management Level Employees" (which term refers to those persons and their
corresponding titles listed on Exhibit B, annexed hereto and made a part hereof)
have actual knowledge of such fact.
56.
62
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Acquisition Sub and the Company have
caused this Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunto duly
authorized, all as of the date first written above.
Attest: PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE, INC.
By:
----------------------------- -----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: PHC MERGING COMPANY
By:
----------------------------- -----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: President and Chief Executive
Officer
Attest: THE ADMAR GROUP, INC.
By:
----------------------------- -----------------------------------
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Chief Executive Officer
57.
63
DRAFT 10/25/95
ESCROW AGREEMENT I
ESCROW AGREEMENT I made this _____ day of November, 1995, by and
among XXXXXXX X. XXXXX ("Toral"), PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE, INC. ("Principal") and
____________________, as Escrow Agent (the "Escrow Agent"). [THE ESCROW AGENT
SHALL BE AN INSTITUTION SELECTED BY TORAL, SUBJECT TO PRINCIPAL'S APPROVAL,
WHICH APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.]
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, to induce Principal to consummate a cash-out merger with
The Admar Group, Inc. (hereinafter, together with any successor entity thereto,
"Admar"), Toral, the principal shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of Admar,
has agreed to deposit from the merger proceeds receivable by Toral an aggregate
of $1,084,675.00 in an escrow account with the Escrow Agent, subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent has agreed to act as escrow agent with
respect to the escrow account on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Escrow Deposit.
Toral has given written irrevocable instructions to
______________ (the "Paying Agent") to pay to the Escrow Agent from the merger
proceeds receivable by Toral, the sum of $1,084,675.00, (which amount, together
with any income earned or accrued thereon and any accretions thereto, less any
expenses and annual tax disbursements therefrom, constitutes the "Escrowed
Amount" hereunder). The Escrowed Amount shall be held by the Escrow Agent
1
64
in an escrow account (the "Escrow Account") and disbursed in accordance with
the provisions hereof.
2. Investments and Taxes.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall, unless otherwise directed by
Toral and Principal in writing, promptly invest and reinvest the Escrowed Amount
in one or more mutual funds managed by The Principal Financial Group as Toral
shall, from time to time, direct. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable or
responsible for any losses incurred in connection with investments made by the
Escrow Agent in accordance with this Section 2.
(b) Toral personally shall be responsible for and pay all
income taxes due and payable with respect to any and all income realized on or
with respect to the Escrowed Amount and all investment and other accounts
established with respect to the Escrowed Amount shall be provided with Toral's
social security number for tax identification purposes. The Escrow Agent shall
disburse to Toral from the Escrowed Amount annually an amount equal to the
maximum combined federal and state tax rate multiplied by the income realized
with respect to the Escrowed Amount as reflected on the Form 1099s or similar
forms relating thereto and shall sell sufficient mutual fund shares or
investments to effect such disbursement in cash.
3. Disbursement of Escrowed Amount.
(a) The Escrowed Amount, as it shall then be constituted,
shall be disbursed and paid over in its entirety
(i) to Toral, or his estate, committee or legal
representative, as the case may be, in the event Toral shall
continuously have been employed by Admar through December
31, 2000; or
2
65
(ii) to Toral, or his estate, committee or legal
representative, as the case may be in the event Toral's
employment with Admar is terminated without cause prior to
December 31, 2000 (a "Termination Without Cause").
"Termination Without Cause" shall mean termination for any
reason other than as a result of (i) Toral's willful refusal
to perform the duties of his employment; or (ii) Toral's
gross negligence in the performance of the duties of his
employment which results in material detriment to Admar; or
(iii) any breach by Toral of the provisions of Section 5 or
Section 6 of his Employment Agreement with Admar during his
employment; or (iv) Toral's conviction of a felony involving
personal dishonesty or moral turpitude. A Termination
Without Cause also shall include a resignation by Toral of
his employment with Admar which is caused by a substantial
reduction in Toral's responsibilities, duties, or position;
a change in his work location to outside of Orange County;
or any downward change in his base compensation or
non-compensation benefits, except for compensation and
benefit changes which are consistent with downward changes
for all PHC Vice Presidents (an "Involuntary Resignation");
or
(iii) to Toral, or his estate, committee or legal
representative, as the case may be, in the event that Toral
dies or is terminated as a result of his disability. For
purposes hereof, Toral shall be deemed disabled if he is
unable to perform his employment duties for a period of 120
days in any twelve-month period; or
3
66
(iv) to Principal, in the event Toral resigns or
voluntarily leaves the employ of Admar prior to December 31,
2000, (other than as a result of an Involuntary Resignation
as set forth in subparagraph (ii) above); or
(v) to Principal, in the event Toral's employment with
Admar is terminated for "cause" prior to December 31, 2000
(a "Termination for Cause"). "Termination For Cause" shall
mean termination as a result of (i) Toral's willful refusal
to perform the duties of his employment, or (ii) Toral's
gross negligence in the performance of the duties of his
employment which results in material detriment to Admar; or
(iii) any breach by Toral of the provisions of Section 5 or
Section 6 of his Employment Agreement with Admar during his
employment; or (iv) Toral's conviction of a felony involving
personal dishonesty or moral turpitude.
(b) To receive the Escrowed Amount, Toral (or his estate,
committee or legal representative) or Principal, as the case may be, shall
execute a certificate in the form of Exhibit A to the effect that such party is
entitled to the Escrowed Amount and setting forth the basis therefor and shall
deliver such certificate by overnight or express delivery to the Escrow Agent.
The certificate shall contain the representation therein set forth by the party
seeking the funds that a copy of the certificate was delivered to the other
party. The Escrow Agent shall deliver the certificate to the other party by
overnight or express delivery. At the close of business on the thirtieth
business day following delivery of the certificate by the Escrow Agent to the
other party, the Escrow Agent shall distribute the Escrowed Amount to the party
executing the certificate unless the Escrow Agent shall have received a written
objection from the other
4
67
party within the 30 business-day period. In the event the Escrow Agent
receives a written objection within such 30 business-day period, the Escrow
Agent shall comply with the terms of Section 4 of this Escrow Agreement I.
(c) In distributing the Escrowed Amount, the Escrow Agent
shall cause to be redeemed or shall sell all mutual fund shares and shall
distribute the proceeds therefrom to the party entitled thereto.
4. Disputes Concerning Disbursement of Escrowed Amount.
If a controversy arises between Toral and Principal as evidenced by the
written objection to disbursement of the Escrowed Amount by either Toral or
Principal, as the case may be, the Escrow Agent shall not be permitted or
required to resolve such controversy or take any action, including but not
limited to, disbursing the Escrowed Amount, but shall await resolution of the
controversy by (i) a final non-appealable court order of a court of competent
jurisdiction directing delivery of the Escrowed Amount to Toral or Principal, as
the case may be, accompanied by a legal opinion by counsel for the presenting
party satisfactory to the Escrow Agent to the effect that the statutory time to
appeal the court order has elapsed and no notice of appeal has been filed with
the court, or (ii) a written agreement executed by Toral and Principal directing
delivery of the Escrowed Amount, in which event the Escrow Agent shall make such
disbursements from the Escrowed Amount in accordance with such order or
agreement.
5. Duties, etc. of Escrow Agent.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall not be under any duty to give the
property held by it hereunder any greater degree of care than it gives its own
similar property and shall not be required to invest any funds held hereunder
except as directed in this Escrow Agreement I. Uninvested funds held hereunder
shall not earn or accrue interest.
5
68
(b) This Escrow Agreement I expressly sets forth all the
duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to any and all matters pertinent hereto.
No implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Escrow Agreement I
against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by the provisions
of any agreement among the other parties hereto except this Escrow Agreement I.
(c) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable, except for its own
negligence or willful misconduct and, except with respect to claims based upon
such negligence or willful misconduct that are successfully asserted against the
Escrow Agent, the other parties hereto shall severally indemnify and hold
harmless the Escrow Agent (and any successor Escrow Agent) from and against any
and all losses, liabilities, claims, actions, damages and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees and disbursements, arising out of and in connection
with this Escrow Agreement I attributable to acts of the indemnifying party.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall in no event be liable in
connection with its investment or reinvestment of any cash held by it hereunder
in good faith, in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation
any liability for any delays (not resulting from its gross negligence or willful
misconduct) in the investment or reinvestment of the Escrowed Amount, or any
loss of interest incident to any such delays.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any
order, judgment, certification, demand, notice, instrument or other writing
delivered to it hereunder without being required to determine the authenticity
or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity or
the service hereof. The Escrow Agent may act in reliance upon any instrument or
signature believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any person purporting
6
69
to give notice or receipt or advice or make any statement or execute any
document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to
do so.
(e) The Escrow Agent may act pursuant to the advice of
counsel with respect to any matter relating to this Escrow Agreement I and shall
not be liable for any action taken or omitted in accordance with such advice.
(f) The Escrow Agent shall not have any interest in the
Escrowed Amount hereunder but is serving as escrow holder only, having only
possession thereof. Any payments of income from the escrow account shall be
subject to withholding regulations then in force with respect to United States
taxes. The parties hereto will provide the Escrow Agent with appropriate W-9
forms for tax identification number certification or non-resident alien
certifications. This paragraph and paragraph (c) shall survive notwithstanding
any termination of this Escrow Agreement I or the resignation of the Escrow
agent.
(g) The Escrow Agent makes no representation as to the
validity, value, genuineness or the collectibility of any security or other
document or instrument held by or delivered to it.
(h) The Escrow Agent shall not be called upon to advise any
party as to the wisdom in selling or retaining or taking or refraining from any
action with respect to any securities or other property deposited hereunder.
(i) The Escrow Agent (and any successor Escrow Agent) may at
any time resign as such by delivering the Escrow Account to any successor Escrow
Agent jointly designated by the other parties hereto in writing, or to any court
of competent jurisdiction, whereupon the Escrow Agent shall be discharged of and
from any and all further obligations arising in connection with this Escrow
Agreement. The resignation of the Escrow Agent will
7
70
take effect on the earlier of (i) the appointment of a successor (including a
court of competent jurisdiction) or (ii) the day which is 30 days after the
date of delivery of its written notice of resignation to the other parties
hereto. If at that time the Escrow Agent has not received a designation of a
successor Escrow Agent, the Escrow Agent's sole responsibility after that time
shall be to safekeep the Escrowed Amount until receipt of a designation of
successor Escrow Agent or a joint written disposition, instruction by the other
parties hereto or a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(j) No printed or other matter in any language (including
without limitation prospectuses, notices, reports and promotional material)
which mentions the Escrow Agent's name or the rights, powers, or duties of the
Escrow Agent shall be issued by the other parties hereto or on such parties'
behalf unless the Escrow Agent shall first have given its specific written
consent thereto.
6. Termination. This Escrow Agreement shall continue in effect
until the final resolution of any dispute with respect to the disbursement of
the Escrowed Amount as provided in Section 4 hereof and shall terminate upon
distribution of the Escrowed Amount by the Escrow Agent.
7. Compensation of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be
entitled to compensation with respect to its activities hereunder in accordance
with its published fee for such service as of the date of this Escrow Agreement
and to be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Escrow Agent in performing its duties under this Escrow
Agreement (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of its
counsel). Such compensation, costs and expenses shall be payable by Toral and,
in the event
8
71
of non-payment, may be withdrawn from the Escrowed Amount by the Escrow Agent,
in which event Toral shall repay the amount withdrawn to Principal.
8. Notices. All notices, consents, demands, requests, approvals
and other communications which are required or may be given hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) in respect of Toral
and Principal when and if delivered by hand or by certified first class mail,
postage prepaid and (b) in respect of the Escrow Agent when received and
receipted for by its Escrow Administration Unit:
(a) If to Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Godward
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
(b) If to Principal Health Care, Inc.
Principal Health Care, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President and CEO
with copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Green, P.C.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
(c) If to the Escrow Agent:
9
72
or at such other address as may be designated by written notice hereunder in
the manner herein provide.
9. Entire Agreement. This Escrow Agreement I constitutes the
entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and no document referred to herein constitutes a part of this Escrow Agreement I
unless appended hereto. No waiver or modification of the terms hereof shall be
valid unless in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.
10. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Escrow
Agreement I shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. This
Section 10 shall not be construed to imply that the Escrow Agent is doing
business in California. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of any Orange County, California state or federal court
and any action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a state or
federal court. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant to any such court
jurisdiction over the persons of such parties and over the subject matter of any
such dispute and agree that delivery or mailing of process or other papers in
connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided herein
above, or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and
sufficient service thereof.
11. Binding Effect. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
10
73
12. No Rights of Set-Off. The Escrow Agent agrees that it will
not assert any right of set-off or similar right it may have with respect to the
Escrowed Amount other than as provided in Section 7 hereof.
13. Counterpart. This Escrow Agreement I may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this
Escrow Agreement I the day and year first above written.
--------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Principal Health Care, Inc.
By:
-----------------------------------
--------------------------------------
as Escrow Agent
By:
-----------------------------------
11
74
Exhibit A to Escrow Agreement I
Disbursement Certificate
[Date]
__________________________________ as Escrow
Agent Attention: Escrow Administration Unit
Re: Escrow Agreement dated October __, 1995 by and among,
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx ("Toral"), Principal Health Care,
Inc. ("Principal") and ______________ as escrow agent
("Escrow Agent")
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to and in accordance with the above-captioned Escrow
Agreement I (the "Escrow Agreement"), request is hereby made that you, as Escrow
Agent under the Escrow Agreement, on the thirtieth business day after delivery
by you of this Certificate to [TORAL OR PRINCIPAL, AS THE CASE MAY BE] disburse
to the undersigned the total amount held in escrow by you unless you shall have
received a written objection to such payment within thirty business days
following such delivery as provided in Section 3(b) of the Escrow Agreement.
The undersigned is entitled to disbursement of the total amount
held in escrow as a result of the occurrence of _________________ as
contemplated in Section 3(a) of the Escrow Agreement.
12
75
The undersigned represents that a copy of this Disbursement
Certificate has been delivered to [TORAL OR PRINCIPAL, AS APPROPRIATE] and
counsel to such party, by certified mail to the address for notices set forth in
Section 8 of the Escrow Agreement and that such copy was received by such party
or parties as evidenced by the return receipts, photocopies of which are
attached hereto.
-------------------------------
13
76
DRAFT 10/25/95
ESCROW AGREEMENT II
ESCROW AGREEMENT II made this _____ day of December, 1995, by and
among XXXXXXX X. XXXXX ("Xxxxx"), PRINCIPAL HEALTH CARE, INC. ("Principal") and
____________________, as Escrow Agent (the "Escrow Agent"). [THE ESCROW AGENT
SHALL BE AN INSTITUTION SELECTED BY TORAL, SUBJECT TO PRINCIPAL'S APPROVAL,
WHICH APPROVAL SHALL NOT BE UNREASONABLY WITHHELD.]
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, to induce Principal to consummate a cash-out merger with
The Admar Group, Inc. (hereinafter, together with any successor entity thereto,
"Admar"), Toral, the principal shareholder and Chief Executive Officer of Admar,
has agreed to deposit from the merger proceeds receivable by Toral an aggregate
of $1,084,675.00 in an escrow account with the Escrow Agent, subject to the
terms and conditions herein set forth; and
WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent has agreed to act as escrow agent with
respect to the escrow account on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Escrow Deposit.
Toral has given written irrevocable instructions to
______________ (the "Paying Agent") to pay to the Escrow Agent from the merger
proceeds receivable by Toral, the sum of $1,084,675.00, (which amount, together
with any income earned or accrued thereon and any accretions thereto, less any
expenses and annual tax disbursements therefrom, constitutes
-1-
77
the "Escrowed Amount" hereunder). The Escrowed Amount shall be held by the
Escrow Agent in an escrow account (the "Escrow Account") and disbursed in
accordance with the provisions hereof.
2. Investments and Taxes.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall, unless otherwise directed by
Toral and Principal in writing, promptly invest and reinvest the Escrowed Amount
in one or more mutual funds managed by The Principal Financial Group as Toral
shall, from time to time, direct. The Escrow Agent shall not be liable or
responsible for any losses incurred in connection with investments made by the
Escrow Agent in accordance with this Section 2.
(b) Toral personally shall be responsible for and pay all
income taxes due and payable with respect to any and all income realized on or
with respect to the Escrowed Amount and all investment and other accounts
established with respect to the Escrowed Amount shall be provided with Toral's
social security number for tax identification purposes. The Escrow Agent shall
disburse to Toral from the Escrowed Amount annually an amount equal to the
maximum combined Federal and state tax rate multiplied by the income realized
with respect to the Escrowed Amount as reflected on the Form 1099s or similar
forms relating thereto and shall sell sufficient mutual fund shares or
investments to effect such disbursement in cash.
3. Disbursement of Escrowed Amount.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall pay to Toral seventy-five percent
(75%) of the Escrowed Amount on December 31, 2000. This amount shall be paid to
Toral regardless of: (i) the length of Toral's employment with Admar; (ii)
whether Toral is employed by Admar
-2-
78
on December 31, 2000; and (iii) the reason for the termination of Toral's
employment with Admar, if any.
(b) With regard to the remaining 25% of the Escrowed Amount
(the "Equity At Risk"), the Company and Toral shall mutually agree upon and
establish a revenue growth target as a percentage of the growth in net revenue
over the immediately preceding year (the "Revenue Growth Target"), a membership
growth target as a percentage of the growth in the number of members over the
immediately preceding year (the "Membership Growth Target") and an earnings
growth target as a percentage of the growth in the earnings before income taxes,
depreciation, and amortization over the immediately preceding year (the "EBITDA
Target") for the lines of the Company's business divided into three components,
as follows: "Exclusive Health," "Other Operations" and businesses not part of
the Company's operations as at the date of this Agreement ("New Business").
The Company's independent auditors shall calculate annually
the percentage of each target achieved for each of the three lines of business
and shall thereafter determine an overall annual percentage therefor, weighted
as follows:
Revenue Growth Target
Exclusive Health - 12%
Other Operations - 9%
New Business - 9%
Membership Growth Target
Exclusive Health - 12%
Other Operations - 9%
-3-
79
New Business - 9%
EBITDA Target
Exclusive Health - 16%
Other Operations - 12%
New Business - 12%
----
Total - 100%
If no New Business is acquired by Admar during the term
of this Agreement, then the relative weights attributed to Exclusive Health and
Other Operations shall be adjusted pro rata. Similarly, if any lines of business
are sold off during the term of the Agreement, the relative weights attributable
to the remaining lines of business shall be adjusted pro rata.
(b) Following the calculation of the overall annual
percentage for the year ended December 31, 2000, the Company's independent
auditors shall average the weighted annual percentages for the five years ended
December 31, 2000 and shall determine the Equity At Risk to be disbursed to
Toral and to Principal in accordance with the following:
(i) In the event the average of the weighted annual
five-year percentages is 100% or greater, the Equity
At Risk as then constituted, shall be disbursable and
distributable in its entirety to Toral (or his estate,
committee or legal representative, as the case may be)
and no part thereof shall be disbursable and
distributable to Principal.
-4-
80
(ii) In the event the average of the weighted annual
five-year percentages is less than 100%, an amount
equal to the Equity At Risk as then constituted
multiplied by the number of percentage points by which
the average of the weighted annual five-year
percentages is less than 100% (reflected as a
percentage of 100%), up to a maximum amount of 25% of
the Equity At Risk as then constituted shall be
disbursable and distributable to Principal.
(c) The independent auditors performing the calculation
shall deliver a certificate setting forth the calculations and the Equity At
Risk to be disbursed to Toral (or his estate, committee or legal representative,
as the case may be) and to Principal, with copies thereof to Toral, Principal
and their respective counsel. This certificate shall contain a representation by
the independent auditors that a copy of the certificate was delivered to each
party. At the close of business on the thirtieth business day following receipt
of the certificate from the independent auditors, the Escrow Agent shall
disburse the Equity At Risk in accordance with such certificate unless the
Escrow Agent shall have received a written objection from either Toral or
Principal within such 30 business-day period, in which event the Escrow Agent
shall comply with the terms of Section 4 hereof.
(d) In distributing the Escrowed Amount, the Escrow Agent
shall cause to be redeemed or shall sell all mutual fund shares and shall
distribute the proceeds therefrom to the party entitled thereto.
4. Disputes Concerning Disbursement of Escrowed Amount.
If a controversy arises between Toral and Principal as evidenced by the
written objection
-5-
81
to disbursement of the Escrowed Amount by either Toral or Principal, as the case
may be, the Escrow Agent shall not be permitted or required to resolve such
controversy or take any action, including but not limited to, disbursing the
Escrowed Amount, but shall await resolution of the controversy by (i) a final
non-appealable court order of a court of competent jurisdiction directing
delivery of the Escrowed Amount to Toral or Principal, as the case may be,
accompanied by a legal opinion by counsel for the presenting party satisfactory
to the Escrow Agent to the effect that the statutory time to appeal the court
order has elapsed and no notice of appeal has been filed with the court, or (ii)
a written agreement executed by Toral and Principal directing delivery of the
Escrowed Amount, in which event the Escrow Agent shall make such disbursements
from the Escrowed Amount in accordance with such order or agreement.
5. Duties, etc. of Escrow Agent.
(a) The Escrow Agent shall not be under any duty to give the
property held by it hereunder any greater degree of care than it gives its own
similar property and shall not be required to invest any funds held hereunder
except as directed in this Escrow Agreement II. Uninvested funds held hereunder
shall not earn or accrue interest.
(b) This Escrow Agreement II expressly sets forth all the
duties of the Escrow Agent with respect to any and all matters pertinent hereto.
No implied duties or obligations shall be read into this Escrow Agreement II
against the Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall not be bound by the provisions
of any agreement among the other parties hereto except this Escrow Agreement II.
(c) The Escrow Agent shall not be liable, except for its own
negligence or willful
-6-
82
misconduct and, except with respect to claims based upon such negligence or
willful misconduct that are successfully asserted against the Escrow Agent, the
other parties hereto shall severally indemnify and hold harmless the Escrow
Agent (and any successor Escrow Agent) from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, claims, actions, damages and expenses, including reasonable
attorneys' fees and disbursements, arising out of and in connection with this
Escrow Agreement II attributable to acts of the indemnifying party. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Escrow Agent shall in no event be liable in
connection with its investment or reinvestment of any cash held by it hereunder
in good faith, in accordance with the terms hereof, including without limitation
any liability for any delays (not resulting from its negligence or willful
misconduct) in the investment or reinvestment of the Escrowed Amount, or any
loss of interest incident to any such delays.
(d) The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to rely upon any
order, judgment, certification, demand, notice, instrument or other writing
delivered to it hereunder without being required to determine the authenticity
or the correctness of any fact stated therein or the propriety or validity or
the service hereof. The Escrow Agent may act in reliance upon any instrument or
signature believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any person purporting
to give notice or receipt or advice or make any statement or execute any
document in connection with the provisions hereof has been duly authorized to do
so.
(e) The Escrow Agent may act pursuant to the advice of
counsel with respect to any matter relating to this Escrow Agreement II and
shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted in accordance with such
advice.
(f) The Escrow Agent shall not have any interest in the
Escrowed Amount hereunder but is serving as escrow holder only, having only
possession thereof. Any payments
-7-
83
of income from the escrow account shall be subject to withholding regulations
then in force with respect to United States taxes. The parties hereto will
provide the Escrow Agent with appropriate W-9 forms for tax identification
number certification or non-resident alien certifications. This paragraph and
paragraph (c) shall survive notwithstanding any termination of this Escrow
Agreement II or the resignation of the Escrow agent.
(g) The Escrow Agent makes no representation as to the
validity, value, genuineness or the collectibility of any security or other
document or instrument held by or delivered to it.
(h) The Escrow Agent shall not be called upon to advise any
party as to the wisdom in selling or retaining or taking or refraining from any
action with respect to any securities or other property deposited hereunder.
(i) The Escrow Agent (and any successor Escrow Agent) may at
any time resign as such by delivering the Escrow Account to any successor Escrow
Agent jointly designated by the other parties hereto in writing, or to any court
of competent jurisdiction, whereupon the Escrow Agent shall be discharged of and
from any and all further obligations arising in connection with this Escrow
Agreement. The resignation of the Escrow Agent will take effect on the earlier
of (i) the appointment of a successor (including a court of competent
jurisdiction) or (ii) the day which is 30 days after the date of delivery of its
written notice of resignation to the other parties hereto. If at that time the
Escrow Agent has not received a designation of a successor Escrow
-8-
84
Agent, the Escrow Agent's sole responsibility after that time shall be to
safekeep the Escrowed Amount until receipt of a designation of successor Escrow
Agent or a joint written disposition, instruction by the other parties hereto or
a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
(j) No printed or other matter in any language (including
without limitation prospectuses, notices, reports nd promotional material) which
mentions the Escrow Agent's name or the rights, powers, or duties of the Escrow
Agent shall be issued by the other parties hereto or on such parties' behalf
unless the Escrow Agent shall first have given its specific written consent
thereto.
6. Termination. This Escrow Agreement shall continue in effect
until the final resolution of any dispute with respect to the disbursement of
the Escrowed Amount as provided in Section 4 hereof and shall terminate upon
distribution of the Escrowed Amount by the Escrow Agent.
7. Compensation of Escrow Agent. The Escrow Agent shall be
entitled to compensation with respect to its activities hereunder in accordance
with its published fee for such service as of the date of this Escrow Agreement
and to be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses disbursements and advances
incurred or made by the Escrow Agent in performing its duties under this Escrow
Agreement (including reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of its
counsel). Such compensation, costs and expenses shall be paid by Toral and, in
the event of nonpayment, may be withdrawn from the Escrowed Amount by the Escrow
Agent, in which event Toral shall repay the amount withdrawn to Principal.
8. Notices. All notices, consents, demands, requests, approvals
and other communications which are required or may be given hereunder shall be
in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) in respect of Toral
and Principal when and if delivered by
-9-
85
hand or by certified first class mail, postage prepaid and (b) in respect of the
Escrow Agent when received and receipted for by its Escrow Administration Unit:
(a) If to Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Xxxxx Xxx, XX 00000
with a copy to:
Xxxxxx Godward
Xxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
(b) If to Principal Health Care, Inc.
Principal Health Care, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President and CEO
with copy to:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx & Green, P.C.
0000 00xx Xxxxxx, X.X., Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx, X.X. 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
(c) If to the Escrow Agent:
or at such other address as may be designated by written notice hereunder in
the manner herein provide.
-10-
86
9. Entire Agreement. This Escrow Agreement II constitutes the
entire understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and no document referred to herein constitutes a part of this Escrow Agreement
II unless appended hereto. No waiver or modification of the terms hereof shall
be valid unless in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.
10. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Escrow
Agreement II shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of
California without giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws. This
Section 10 shall not be construed to imply that the Escrow Agent is doing
business in California. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably submit to the
exclusive jurisdiction of any Orange County, California state or federal court
and any action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such a state or
federal court. The parties hereto hereby consent to and grant to any such court
jurisdiction over the persons of such parties and over the subject matter of any
such dispute and agree that delivery or mailing of process or other papers in
connection with any such action or proceeding in the manner provided herein
above, or in such other manner as may be permitted by law, shall be valid and
sufficient service thereof.
11. Binding Effect. This Escrow Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective legal
representatives, successors and assigns.
12. No Rights of Set-Off. The Escrow Agent agrees that it will
not assert any right of set-off or similar right it may have with respect to the
Escrowed Amount other than as provided in Section 7 hereof.
-11-
87
13. Counterpart. This Escrow Agreement II may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties hereto has executed this
Escrow Agreement II the day and year first above written.
-----------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Principal Health Care, Inc.
By:
--------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
as Escrow Agent
By:
--------------------------------------
-12-
88
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made this ___ day of November 1995, by and between THE
ADMAR GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation with offices at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (the "Company"), and XXXXXXX X. XXXXX
("Toral"), residing at 00000 Xxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxx, Xxxxxxxxxx.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company is desirous of employing Toral as its
President and Chief Executive Officer and Toral is desirous of being so employed
by the Company;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the Company and Toral hereby agree, as follows:
1. Employment.
(a) The Company hereby employs Toral as its President and Chief
Executive Officer to perform such duties and responsibilities as the Company's
Board of Directors may from time to time direct, provided such duties and
responsibilities are commensurate with Toral's position as President and Chief
Executive Officer.
(b) Toral hereby accepts said employment and agrees to devote all
of his time, energy and skill during regular business hours to the affairs of
the Company and to perform and discharge his duties and responsibilities
faithfully, diligently and to the best of his ability; provided, however, that
Toral, with the Company's written consent, may serve as a director of up to two
corporations whose activities are not competitive with those of the Company or
its affiliates, or which do not have a business relationship with the Company or
its affiliates.
2. Compensation.
(a) As compensation for all services to be rendered by Toral
hereunder, the Company shall pay to Toral:
(i) a base salary of $210,000.00 per annum, payable in
arrears in equal bi-weekly installments, or in such
other installments as may be agreed upon between the
parties;
89
(ii) an annual success sharing bonus as the Board of
Directors shall determine which is commensurate with
such bonus for vice presidents of Principal Health
Care, Inc. ("PHC"). For the calendar year 1996, Toral
shall be given a success sharing bonus of at least 25%
of his base salary.
(iii) provided Toral shall be employed by the Company on
December 31, 2000, a special bonus, not to exceed
$271,170.00, based on the Company's performance for
the five years ended December 31, 2000, calculated as
follows:
The Company and Toral shall mutually agree upon
and establish a revenue growth target as a
percentage of the growth in net revenue over the
immediately preceding year (the "Revenue Growth
Target"), a membership growth target as a
percentage of the growth in the number of members
over the immediately preceding year (the
"Membership Growth Target") and an earnings growth
target as a percentage of the growth in the
earnings before income taxes, depreciation, and
amortization over the immediately preceding year
(the "EBITDA Target") for the lines of the
Company's business divided into three components,
as follows: "Exclusive Health", "Other Operations"
and businesses not part of the Company's
operations as at the date of this Agreement ("New
Business").
The Company's independent auditors shall calculate
annually the percentage of each target achieved
for each of the three lines of business and shall
thereafter determine an overall annual percentage
therefor, weighted as follows:
Revenue Growth Target
Exclusive Health - 12%
Other Operations - 9%
New Business - 9%
Membership Growth Target
Exclusive Health - 12%
Other Operations - 9%
New Business - 9%
2
90
EBITDA Target
Exclusive Health - 16%
Other Operations - 12%
New Business - 12%
---
Total - 100%
If no New Business is acquired by Admar during the
term of this Agreement, then the relative weights
attributed to Exclusive Health and Other
Operations shall be adjusted pro rata. Similarly,
if any lines of business are sold off during the
term of the Agreement, the relative weights
attributable to the remaining lines of business
shall be adjusted pro rata.
The Company's independent auditors shall average
the weighted annual percentage as determined above
for the five years ended December 31, 2000 and
shall calculate the amount, if any, of the special
bonus by multiplying the excess over 100% of the
five-year average so obtained by $1,084,675.00 up
to a maximum of $271,170.00.
The special bonus, if any, as so determined, shall
be paid to Toral provided he shall be employed by
the Company on December 31, 2000.
(iv) The ownership of USAA Life Insurance Policy No.
10458348U2, insuring the life of Xxxxxxx Xxxxx with
his spouse as the beneficiary thereof, with a cash
surrender value of approximately $35,000 shall be
transferred from the Company to Toral without
consideration on the effective date of this Agreement.
(b) Toral shall also be entitled to
(i) participate, to the extent that he qualifies, in any
employee benefit program adopted by the Company;
(ii) four weeks of vacation each calendar year as business
conditions permit; provided, however, that once unused
vacation time totalling four weeks has been
accumulated, no additional vacation time shall
accumulate thereafter (nor shall the Company be
obligated to make any additional payment to Toral
therefor) until the total accumulated unused vacation
time shall be reduced to less than four weeks, in
which event the unused vacation time will
3
91
begin again to accrue up to a maximum of four weeks of
unused vacation time. It is the intention of the
parties that Toral shall not be entitled to accumulate
in excess of four weeks of unused vacation time or be
entitled to compensation for the excess or any portion
thereof not so accumulated; and
(iii) reimbursement for all reasonable and documented
business expenses incurred in connection with
performing his duties hereunder.
3. Term.
(a) The term of employment hereunder shall commence on the date
hereof and shall continue until December 31, 2000, unless sooner terminated (i)
by either party, without cause, upon 30 days written notice of termination to
the other (a "Termination Without Cause"); (ii) by the Company at any time for
"cause" (as defined in subsection (b) below) by giving Toral written notice of
termination for such reason (a "Termination For Cause"); or (iii) as a result of
the disability (as defined in subsection (c) below) or death of Toral.
(b) For purposes hereof, Termination For Cause shall mean
termination as a result of (i) Toral's wilful refusal to perform the duties of
his employment; or (ii) Toral's gross negligence in the performance of the
duties of his employment which results in material detriment to the Company; or
(iii) any breach by Toral of the provisions of Section 5 or Section 6 hereof, or
(iv) Toral's conviction of a felony involving personal dishonesty or moral
turpitude.
(c) A Termination Without Cause shall include a termination by the
Company for any reason other than a Termination for Cause. It also shall include
a resignation by Toral of his employment which is caused by a substantial
reduction in Toral's responsibilities, duties, or position; a change in his work
location to outside of Orange County; or any downward change in his base
compensation or non-compensation benefits, except for compensation and benefit
changes which are consistent with downward changes for all PHC vice presidents.
(d) For purposes hereof, Toral shall be deemed disabled if he is
unable to perform his duties for a period of 120 days in any twelve-month
period.
4. Effect of Termination.
Upon termination of this Agreement, all compensation to Toral
under Section 2(a) hereof and all benefits to Toral under Section 2(b) hereof
shall cease as at the date of termination; provided, however, that Toral shall
be entitled to participate in any severance program adopted by PHC.
4
92
5. Non-Compete.
Toral shall not, within the continental United States, directly or
indirectly, during the term of his employment hereunder and until expiration of
two years after he ceases to be so employed by the Company, without the prior
written consent of the Company, own, manage, operate, join, control or become
employed by, or render any services of an advisory nature or otherwise, or
participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of,or otherwise
be involved in any manner with, any business competitive with the business of
the Company; provided, however,that nothing herein shall prohibit Toral from
owning stock or other securities of a competitor corporation whose securities
are publicly traded so long as his aggregate holdings in any one such
corporation shall not exceed 1% of either the voting or capital stock of such
corporation. The Company may apply for an injunction restraining the breach or
threatened breach of any of the covenants hereof.
6. Non-Disclosure and Non-Enticement of Employees.
Toral expressly covenants and agrees that (i) he will not, unless
required by law as advised by his counsel, at any time during or following his
employment by the Company, knowingly reveal, divulge or make known to any
person, firm or corporation any secrets or confidential information whatsoever
in connection with the Company or its business or anything connected therewith,
or (ii) at any time during his employment with the Company and for the two-year
period following such employment, solicit from the Company's employment any
employee of the Company. The Company may apply for an injunction restraining the
breach or the threatened breach of any of the covenants hereof.
7. Life Insurance.
The Company may, at its discretion, apply for and procure in its
own name and for its own benefit insurance in any amount or amounts considered
advisable on the life of Toral, and Toral agrees that he shall have no right,
title or interest therein and further agrees to submit to any medical or other
examination and to execute and deliver any application or other instruments in
writing reasonably necessary to effectuate such insurance.
8. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement contains the entire understanding between the
parties and may not be modified, altered or terminated except by an instrument
in writing signed by the parties.
9. Binding Agreement.
This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
successors.
5
93
10. Construction.
The Agreement shall be construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of California.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their
hands as of the day and year first above written.
THE ADMAR GROUP, INC.
By:
-------------------
----------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
6