Contract
Exhibit
10.14
WELLCARE
HOLDINGS, LLC
This
Subscription Agreement (this “Agreement”)
is
made and entered into as of _______________ by and between WellCare Holdings,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”),
and
________________ (“Director”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined are defined in Section
10 hereof.
WHEREAS,
Director serves as a director of the Company and/or one or more of its
subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS,
the Company and Director desire to enter into this Agreement (i) to provide
for the issuance of Class A Common Units and Class C Common Units to
Director pursuant to the terms contained herein and (ii) to provide certain
rights and obligations with respect to Director’s ownership of Director
Units.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and
other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Purchase,
Sale and Grant of Common Units.
Upon
execution of this Agreement and satisfaction of the other conditions contained
herein, Director will purchase, and the Company will sell ____________
Class A Common Units (the “Investment
Units”),
in
exchange for an aggregate cash purchase price of $_____________, which
represents a purchase price of $________ per Class A Common Unit. As a
result of the Director’s purchase of the Class A Common Units described in
the immediately preceding sentence, the Company hereby grants to the Director
__________ Class C Common Units (the “Incentive
Units”).
It is
a condition precedent to the Company’s sale of the Investment Units and the
grant of the Incentive Units that the Director shall have executed and delivered
to the Company a joinder to the LLC Agreement.
2. Representations
and Warranties; Acknowledgments and Agreements.
(a) Representations
and Warranties by Director.
In
connection with the issuance of Director Units to Director pursuant to this
Agreement, Director hereby represents and warrants to the Company that:
(i) The
Director Units acquired or to be acquired by Director will be acquired for
Director’s own account and not with a view to, or intention of, distribution
thereof in violation of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
“Securities
Act”),
or
any applicable state securities laws, and no Director Units will be disposed
of
in contravention of the Securities Act or any applicable state securities
laws.
(ii) Director
is a director of the Company or one of its subsidiaries, is sophisticated
in
financial matters and is able to evaluate the risks and benefits of the
investment in Director Units.
(iii) Director
is able to bear the economic risk of his investment in Director Units for
an
indefinite period of time because the Director Units have not been registered
under the Securities Act and, therefore, cannot be sold unless subsequently
registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration
is
available.
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(iv) Director
has had an opportunity to ask questions and receive answers concerning the
terms
and conditions of the offering of Director Units and has had full access
to such
other information concerning the Company and its subsidiaries as he has
requested. Director acknowledges and agrees that this Agreement is a legal
document which is a binding obligation of Director and that Director has
been
provided with ample opportunity to consult with independent legal counsel
regarding the terms, conditions and nature of this Agreement.
(v) This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of Director,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, and the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement by Director does not and will not conflict
with,
violate or cause a breach of any agreement, contract or instrument to which
Director is a party or any judgment, order or decree to which Director is
subject.
(b) Acknowledgment
by Director.
Director acknowledges and agrees that neither the issuance of any Director
Units
to Director nor any provision contained herein will entitle Director to continue
to serve as a director of the Company or its subsidiaries.
(c) Section
83(b) Election.
Director hereby agrees that, by no later than 30 days after the date hereof,
Director will file an Election to include Property in Gross Income pursuant
to
Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (a “Section
83(b) Election”)
with
the Internal Revenue Service regarding the Director Units, which Section
83(b)
Election shall be in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company and August
result in Director recognizing taxable income during the current calendar
year.
3. Vesting
of Director Incentive Units.
(a) The
Director Incentive Units shall “vest” as provided in this Section 3. As of any
date the total number of Director Incentive Units which will be “Vested
Director Incentive Units”
as
of
such date shall equal the product of the total number of Director Incentive
Units multiplied
by
the then
Applicable Percentage (as herein defined); provided,
however,
that
upon the Director’s Termination Date (the “Director
Termination Date”),
all
vesting of Director Incentive Units shall immediately cease, with the effect
that from and after the Director Termination Date the total number of Director
Incentive Units which will be “Vested
Director Incentive Units”
shall
equal the number of Director Incentive Units which were “Vested
Director Incentive Units”
as
of
the Director Termination Date.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 3, the “Applicable
Percentage”
shall
equal, as of any date, (x) if the Number of Months (as herein defined) as
of
such date is less than 12, then zero percent (0%) and (y) if the Number of
Months as of such date is greater than or equal to 12, then “Q”%,
where
“Q”
is
determined by multiplying the Number of Months as of such date by 2.08333333;
provided
that in
no event shall the “Applicable
Percentage”
be
greater than 100%.
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(c) For
purposes of this Section 3, the “Number
of Months”
shall
equal, as of any date, the number of full calendar months during the period
beginning on _______________ and ending on either (i) such date of calculation
or (ii) the Director Termination Date if the Director Termination Date occurred
prior to such date (in all cases rounded down to the nearest whole
number).
(d) As
of any
date, the term “Unvested
Director Incentive Units”
means
the Director Incentive Units that are not Vested Director Incentive Units
as of
such date.
4. Forfeiture
of Unvested Director Incentive Units upon the Director Termination
Date.
If the
Director Termination Date occurs for any reason, then, effective as of the
Director Termination Date and without any further action by the Company,
Director or any of Director’s Affiliates or any other Person, all then Unvested
Director Incentive Units (whether owned by Director, any of Director’s
Affiliates or any other Person) shall immediately be forfeited to the Company
and shall cease to be issued and outstanding.
5. Distributions
on Unvested Director Incentive Units.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if at any time
the
Company makes any distribution (other than “Tax
Advances”
(as
such term is defined in the LLC Agreement)) or any other payment is made
by any
Person with respect to any Unvested Director Incentive Units which, but for
the
provisions of this Section 5, the holder of such Unvested Director Incentive
Units (an “Unvested
Holder”)
would
be entitled to receive, then such distribution or payment shall be made into
an
escrow account (the “Escrow
Account”)
rather
than to such Unvested Holder. The Escrow Account shall provide (i) that the
property distributed or paid into such Escrow Account as well as all earnings
thereon (the “Escrow
Property”)
shall
be held for the benefit of such Unvested Holder and for the benefit of the
Company’s other holders of Common Units as of the time of such distribution or
payment, (ii) that any such Escrow Property that is cash August be invested
in
the discretion of the Company (or such other representative of the holders
of
the Company’s Common Units as of the time of such distribution or payment as
August be appropriate) in short-term fixed income investments, (iii) that
so long as Director remains a director of a WellCare Company, such Unvested
Holder’s interest in the Escrow Property shall continue to “vest” in the same
manner as the “vesting” of such Holder’s Unvested Director Incentive Units
pursuant to the terms hereof and, subject to any applicable transfer
restrictions on the Escrow Property, upon the “vesting” of any Escrow Property,
ownership and control of such vested Escrow Property shall be transferred
to
such Unvested Holder no later than 10 business days after the vesting of
such
Escrow Property, (iv) that if the Director Termination Date occurs prior
to the
“full vesting” of the Escrow Property, then, subject to any applicable transfer
restrictions on the Escrow Property, all “unvested” Escrow Property shall be
appropriately distributed to the other holders of the Company’s Common Units as
of the time of such distribution or payment, and all of the “vested” Escrow
Property which has not previously been distributed to such Unvested Holder
shall
be distributed to such Unvested Holder, (v) that any WellCare Company (or
such
other representative of the holders of the Company’s Common Units as of the time
of such distribution or payment as August be appropriate) August be the escrow
agent, and (vi) such other terms as the Board (or such other representative
of
the holders of the Company’s Common Units as of the time of such distribution or
payment as August be appropriate) August deem appropriate and which are,
in all
material respects, consistent with the intent of this Agreement (including
Section 3 and this Section 5).
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6. Right
to Purchase Units Upon Director Termination Date.
(a) Repurchase
Option.
If a
Director Termination Date occurs, then the Director Units (whether held by
Director or one or more transferees and including any Director Units acquired
subsequent to such Termination Date) will, at the Company’s election, be subject
to repurchase by the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in
this Section 6 (the “Repurchase
Option”)
at a
price per Director Unit equal to the Fair Market Value per Director Unit
determined as of the Valuation Date, less the amount of any cash distributed
by
the Company with respect to such Director Unit between the applicable Valuation
Date and the closing of the applicable repurchase.
(b) Repurchase
Procedures.
The
Repurchase Option is exercisable by the Company delivering written notice
(the
“Repurchase
Notice”)
to the
holder or holders of the applicable Director Units at any time during the
six-month period beginning on the Director Termination Date. The Repurchase
Notice will set forth the number of Director Units to be acquired from such
holder(s), an estimate of the aggregate consideration to be paid for such
holder’s Director Units and the time and place for the closing of the
transaction.
(c) Closing
of Repurchase.
The
closing of the transactions contemplated by this Section 6 will take place
on the date designated by the Company in the Repurchase Notice, which date
shall
not be more than 60 days after the delivery of such notice. The amount of
the
repurchase price to be paid for any Director Units to be purchased by the
Company pursuant to a Repurchase Option shall be determined pursuant to
Section 6(a) hereof and the aggregate amount of such repurchase price shall
be referred to herein as the “Aggregate
Repurchase Price.”
The
Company will pay the applicable Aggregate Repurchase Price for any Director
Units to be purchased by the Company pursuant to a Repurchase Option by delivery
of a check payable to or by wire transfer to an account or account(s) designated
by the holder(s) of such Director Units in an aggregate amount equal to the
applicable Aggregate Repurchase Price for such Director Units. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, all repurchases of
Director Units by the Company pursuant to this Repurchase Option will be
subject
to applicable restrictions contained under applicable law (including Delaware
law) and in the Company’s and the other WellCare Companies’ debt and equity
financing agreements. If any such restrictions prohibit the repurchase of
Director Units pursuant to this Section 6 which the Company is otherwise
entitled to make, the Company August make such repurchases as soon as it
is
permitted to do so under such restrictions. The Company will receive from
each
seller regarding the sale of Director Units the representation that such
seller
has good and marketable title to such Director Units and that such Director
Units will be transferred to the Company free and clear of all liens, claims
and
other encumbrances.
7. Restrictions
on Transfer of Director Units.
(a) Neither
any Director nor any Permitted Transferee (as herein defined) August directly
or
indirectly, sell, pledge, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (a
“Transfer”)
any
interest in any Director Units, except (i) to the Company, (ii) in
Public Sales or in an Approved Sale (as herein defined), (iii) pursuant to
applicable laws of descent and distribution, or (iv) among Director’s
Family Group but only if such Transfer is for valid estate planning purposes
and
has been approved by the Board; provided
that the
restrictions contained in this
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will continue to be applicable to the Director Units after any Transfer of
the
type referred to in clause (iii) or (iv) above and, as a condition to
any such Transfer, the transferees of such Director Units must agree in writing
(which writing must be delivered to the Company) to be bound by the provisions
of this Agreement (unless such Transfer is pursuant to applicable laws of
descent and distribution, in which case, such writing shall be entered into
and
delivered to the Company as soon as reasonably possible after such Transfer).
Any transferee of Director Units pursuant to a Transfer in accordance with
clause (iii) or (iv) above is herein referred to as a “Permitted
Transferee.”
Upon
the proposed Transfer of any Director Units pursuant to clause (iii)
or (iv) above, Director or such Permitted Transferee transferring such
Director Units will deliver a written notice (a “Transfer
Notice”)
to the
Company, which discloses in reasonable detail the identity of the Permitted
Transferee(s).
(b) All
Director Units shall constitute “restricted securities,” as that term is defined
in Rule 144 promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant
to the Securities Act, and August not be Transferred except in compliance
with
the registration requirements of the Securities Act or an exemption
therefrom.
(c) Any
certificates representing Director Units will bear the following legend,
or a
substantially similar legend:
“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), AND AUGUST NOT BE SOLD OR
TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
ACT
OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREUNDER.
THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE ALSO SUBJECT TO ADDITIONAL
RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, CERTAIN REPURCHASE OPTIONS AND CERTAIN OTHER
AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ISSUER
AND _________________, A COPY OF WHICH AUGUST BE OBTAINED BY THE HOLDER HEREOF
AT THE ISSUER’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE.”
The
legend set forth above regarding this Agreement shall be removed from any
certificates evidencing any securities which cease to be Director
Units.
(d) No
holder
of Director Units August Transfer any Director Units (except pursuant to
an
effective registration statement under the Securities Act) without first
delivering to the Company an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable in
form
and substance to the Company (which counsel will be reasonably acceptable
to the
Company) that registration under the Securities Act is not required in
connection with such Transfer. If such opinion of counsel, reasonably acceptable
in form and substance to the Company, further states that no subsequent Transfer
of such Director Units will require registration under the Securities Act,
if
applicable, the Company will promptly upon such Transfer deliver new
certificates for such securities which do not bear the Securities Act legend
set
forth above.
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8. Approved
Sale of the Company.
(a) If
the
Board or the holders of a majority of the number of voting Common Units then
outstanding approve a sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets
determined on a consolidated basis or a sale of all (or, for accounting,
tax or
other reasons, substantially all) of the outstanding Common Units (whether
by
merger, recapitalization, consolidation, reorganization, combination or
otherwise) to third party or parties (each such sale, an “Approved
Sale”),
then
each holder of Director Units will vote for, consent to and raise no objections
against such Approved Sale. If the Approved Sale is structured as (i) a
merger or consolidation, each holder of Director Units will waive any
dissenters’ rights, appraisal rights or similar rights in connection with such
merger or consolidation or (ii) a sale of equity securities, each holder of
Director Units will agree to sell all of his or her Director Units on the
terms
and conditions approved by the Board or the holders of a majority of the
voting
Common Units then outstanding, as the case August be. Each holder of Director
Units will take all necessary or desirable actions in connection with the
consummation of the Approved Sale as requested by the Company. Each holder
of
Director Units hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Company the
true
and lawful attorney of such holder, with full power of substitution, in the
name
of such holder or the Company to give effect to this Section 8, including
the execution of any documentation necessary to transfer ownership of Director
Units pursuant to an Approved Sale. Each holder of Director Units hereby
agrees
that the powers granted to the Company in the immediately preceding sentence
are
coupled with an interest and are irrevocable by any holder of Director
Units.
(b) If
the
Company or the holders of the Company’s securities enter into any negotiation or
transaction for which Rule 506 (or any similar rule then in effect)
promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission August be available
with respect to such negotiation or transaction (including a merger,
consolidation or other reorganization), the holders of Director Units will,
at
the request of the Company, appoint a purchaser representative (as such term
is
defined in Rule 501) reasonably acceptable to the Company. If any holder of
Director Units appoints a purchaser representative designated by the Company,
the Company will pay the fees of such purchaser representative, but if any
holder of Director Units declines to appoint the purchaser representative
designated by the Company, such holder will appoint another purchaser
representative, and such holder will be responsible for the fees of the
purchaser representative so appointed.
(c) Each
holder of Director Units will bear their pro rata share (based upon the amount
of consideration received) of the costs of any sale of Director Units pursuant
to an Approved Sale to the extent such costs are incurred for the benefit
of all
holders of Common Units and are not otherwise paid by the Company or the
acquiring party. Costs incurred by any holder of Director Units on his or
her
own behalf will not be considered costs of the transaction
hereunder.
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9. Holdback
Agreement.
No
holder of Director Units will effect any sale or distribution of Director
Units
during the seven days prior to or the 180-day period beginning on the effective
date of any underwritten Public Offering (except as part of such underwritten
registration), unless the underwriters managing such underwritten Public
Offering otherwise agree.
10. Definitions.
The
following terms are defined as follows:
“Affiliate”
means,
when used with reference to a specified Person, any Person that directly
or
indirectly controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the
specified Person. As used in this definition, “control” (including, with its
correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall
mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the
direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities
or
partnership or other ownership interests, by contract or otherwise). With
respect to any Person who is an individual, “Affiliate”
shall
also include, without limitation, any member of such individual’s Family
Group.
“Board”
means
the Company’s Board of Directors.
“Class A
Common Units”
means
the Company’s Class A Common Units (as such term is defined in the LLC
Agreement).
“Class B
Common Units”
means
the Company’s Class B Common Units (as such term is defined in the LLC
Agreement).
“Class C
Common Units”
means
the Company’s Class C Common Units (as such term is defined in the LLC
Agreement).
“Common
Units”
means
collectively the Class A Common Units, the Class B Common Units, the
Class C Common Units and any other equity securities of the Company (or its
successors) which are not limited to a fixed sum or percentage of par value
or
stated value in respect of the rights of the holders thereof to participate
in
dividends or other distributions or in the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the issuer
of
such securities, including any common equity securities of any successor
entity
of the Company issued pursuant to a transaction of the type described in
Section 12.16 of the LLC Agreement.
“Director
Incentive Units”
means
(i) all Class C Common Units issued hereunder and (ii) all equity securities
issued with respect to the equity referred to in clause (i) above by way
of a
unit or stock dividend or distribution or stock or unit split in connection
with
any conversion, merger, consolidation or recapitalization or other
reorganization affecting Class C Common Units.
“Director
Investment Units”
means
(i) all Class A Common Units issued hereunder and (ii) all equity securities
issued with respect to the equity referred to in clause (i) above by way
of a
unit or stock dividend or distribution or stock or unit split in connection
with
any conversion, merger,
consolidation or recapitalization or other reorganization affecting Class
A
Common Units.
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“Director
Units”
means
the Director Incentive Units and the Director Investment Units. Unless otherwise
provided herein, except in connection with an Approved Sale or a Public Sale,
Director Units will continue to be Director Units in the hands of any holder
of
Director Units (except for the Company), and each transferee thereof will
succeed to the rights and obligations of a holder of Director Units hereunder.
“Fair
Market Value”
per
Class A Common Unit, Class C Common Unit or of any other security as of any
given date shall be as determined by the Board based on such factors as the
members thereof, in the exercise of their business judgment, consider
relevant.
“Family
Group”
means,
with respect to any Person who is an individual, (i) such Person’s spouse,
former spouse, descendants (whether natural or adopted), parents and their
descendants and any spouse of the foregoing persons (collectively, “relatives”),
(ii)
the trustee, fiduciary or personal representative of such Person and any
trust
solely for the benefit of such Person and/or such Person’s relatives or (iii)
any limited partnership or limited liability company the governing instruments
of which provide that such Person shall have the exclusive, nontransferable
power to direct the management and policies of such entity and of which the
sole
owners of partnership interests, membership interests or any other equity
interests are, and will remain, limited to such Person and such Person’s
relatives.
“LLC
Agreement”
means
the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the
Company, as amended from time to time.
“Person”
means
an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company,
an
association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated
organization, a governmental entity or any department, agency or political
subdivision thereof or any other entity or organization.
“Public
Sale”
means
the sale of Director Units to the public pursuant to an offering registered
under the Securities Act or, after the consummation of an initial public
offering, to the public pursuant to the provisions of Rule 144 (or any similar
rule or rules then in effect) under the Securities Act.
“Termination
Date”
means
the date that the Director ceases to serve as a director of any of the WellCare
Companies for any reason.
“Units”
means
the Company’s Units (as such term is defined in the LLC Agreement).
“Valuation
Date”
means,
with respect to the Repurchase Option, the date, if any, that the Company
delivers a Repurchase Notice to Director.
“WellCare
Companies”
means
the Company and its subsidiaries whether currently existing or hereafter
acquired or formed.
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11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Severability.
Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in
such
manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision
of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect
under any applicable law or rule in any jurisdiction, such invalidity,
illegality or unenforceability will not affect any other provision or the
effectiveness or validity of any provision in any other jurisdiction, and
this
Agreement will be reformed, construed and enforced in such jurisdiction as
if
such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained
herein.
(b) Notices.
Any
notice hereunder to the Company shall be addressed to the Company’s principal
executive office, Attention: General Counsel, and any notice hereunder to
Director shall be addressed to Director at Director’s last address on the
records of the Company, subject to the right of either party to designate
at any
time hereafter in writing some other address. Any notice shall be deemed
to have
been duly given when delivered personally, one day following dispatch if
sent by
reputable overnight courier, fees prepaid, or three days following mailing
if
sent by registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid and addressed
as set forth above.
(c) Counterparts.
This
Agreement August be executed in separate counterparts, each of which will
be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together will constitute
one and
the same agreement.
(d) Binding
Effect.
This
Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of any successors
and
assigns to the Company and all persons lawfully claiming under
Director.
(e) Governing
Law.
This
Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws
of the
State of Delaware, without giving effect to any rules, principles or provisions
of choice of law or conflict of laws (whether of the State of Delaware or
any
other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.
(f) Remedies.
The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that money damages August not be an
adequate remedy for any breach of the provisions of this Agreement and that
any
party hereto will have the right to injunctive relief, in addition to all
of its
other rights and remedies at law or in equity, to enforce the provisions
of this
Agreement.
(g) Complete
Agreement.
This
Agreement embodies the complete agreement and understanding among the parties
and supersedes and preempts any prior understandings, agreements or
representations by or among the parties, written or oral, which August have
related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
(h) Amendments
and Waivers.
Any
provision of this Agreement August be amended or waived only with the prior
written consent of the Company (with approval of the Board) and
Director.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Subscription Agreement
as
of the date first written above.
WELLCARE
HOLDINGS, LLC
By:______________________________
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