STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT
Exhibit 99.7
STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
SXC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
CORP.,
NEW MOUNTAIN PARTNERS,
L.P.,
AND
NATIONAL MEDICAL HEALTH CARD SYSTEMS,
INC.
DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 25,
2008
INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS
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Agreement
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Beneficial
Ownership
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Beneficially
Own
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Beneficially
Owned
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Claims
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Company
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Company Common
Stock
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Company Convertible
Preferred Stock
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Company Stock
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Covered Shares
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Depositary
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Encumbrance
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Existing
Shares
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Fundamental
Amendment
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Grantees
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Lock-Up Period
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Meeting Right
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Merger
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Merger
Agreement
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Merger Sub
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Offer
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Operative Date
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Other
Stockholder
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Parent
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Prohibited
Activity
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Registration Rights
Agreement
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Releasees
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Section 3.1(a)
Matters
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Stockholder
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Tender
Documents
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Traded
Securities
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Transfer
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US Corp.
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Valuation
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STOCKHOLDER
AGREEMENT
STOCKHOLDER
AGREEMENT, dated as of February 25, 2008 (this “Agreement”), by and
among SXC Health Solutions Corp., a corporation organized under the laws of
Yukon Territory, Canada (“Parent”), New
Mountain Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Stockholder”), and
National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS,
concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent, SXC Health Solutions,
Inc., a Texas corporation (“US Corp.”), Comet
Merger Corporation, a newly-formed Delaware corporation that is wholly-owned by
US Corp. and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the
Company are entering into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date
hereof (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “Merger
Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will
commence an exchange offer (the “Offer”) to acquire
all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
the Company (“Company
Common Stock”), and following the consummation of the Offer (or, subject
to certain conditions, in lieu thereof), Merger Sub will merge with and into the
Company (the “Merger”) and each
outstanding share of Company Common Stock and each outstanding share, if any, of
the Company’s Series A 7% Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.10 per
share (“Company
Convertible Preferred Stock”, and together with the Company Common Stock,
“Company
Stock”), will be converted into the right to receive the merger
consideration specified therein.
WHEREAS,
as of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the record and beneficial owner, in
the aggregate, of 6,790,797 outstanding shares of the Company Convertible
Preferred Stock;
WHEREAS,
as a material inducement to Parent entering into the Merger Agreement, Parent
has required that the Stockholder agree, and the Stockholder has agreed, to
enter into this agreement and abide by the covenants and obligations with
respect to the Covered Shares (as hereinafter defined) set forth herein.
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations,
warranties, covenants and agreements herein contained, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
GENERAL
1.1. Defined Terms . The
following capitalized terms, as used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings
set forth below. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Merger Agreement.
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“Beneficial Ownership”
by a Person of any securities includes ownership by any Person who, directly or
indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or
otherwise, has or shares (i) voting power which includes the power to vote,
or to direct the voting of, such security; and/or (ii) investment power
which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition, of such
security; and shall otherwise be interpreted in accordance with the term
“beneficial ownership” as defined in Rule 13d-3 adopted by the Securities
and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;
provided that
for purposes of determining Beneficial Ownership, a Person shall be deemed to be
the Beneficial Owner of any securities which such Person has, at any time during
the term of this Agreement, the right to acquire pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange
rights, warrants or options, or otherwise (irrespective of whether the right to
acquire such securities is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of
time, including the passage of time in excess of 60 days, the satisfaction
of any conditions, the occurrence of any event or any combination of the
foregoing). The terms “Beneficially Own” and
“Beneficially
Owned” shall have a correlative meaning.
“Covered Shares”
means, with respect to the Stockholder, the Stockholder’s Existing Shares,
together with any shares of Company Stock or other voting capital stock of the
Company and any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for
shares of Company Stock or other voting capital stock of the Company, in each
case, that the Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership of on or after the date
hereof.
“Encumbrance” means
any security interest, pledge, mortgage, lien (statutory or other), charge,
option to purchase, lease or other right to acquire any interest or any claim,
restriction, covenant, title defect, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement or other encumbrance of any kind or any preference, priority or
other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature
whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement),
excluding restrictions under securities laws and excluding any Encumbrance set
forth in the Certificate of Designations.
“Existing Shares”
means, with respect to the Stockholder, the number of shares of Company Stock
Beneficially Owned and owned of record by the Stockholder, as set forth in the
recitals.
“Operative Date” means
the Acceptance Date, if the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement
are effected by means of the Offer followed by the Second Step Merger, and means
the Closing, if the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are
effected as a One Step Merger.
“Other Stockholder”
means New Mountain Affiliated Investors, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
and the holder of the outstanding shares of Company Convertible Preferred Stock
not held by the Stockholder.
“Transfer” means,
directly or indirectly, to sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate
or similarly dispose of (by merger (including by conversion into securities or
other consideration), by tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by
operation of law or otherwise), either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter
into any contract, option or other
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arrangement or
understanding with respect to the voting of or sale, transfer, assignment,
pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of (by merger, by
tendering into any tender or exchange offer, by operation of law or otherwise)
(but does not include any conversion of the Company Convertible Preferred Stock
into Company Common Stock after the Certificate of Amendment has become
effective).
ARTICLE II
TENDERING
2.1. Agreement to Tender.
(a) The
Stockholder hereby agrees that, within five business days after commencement of
the Offer, the Stockholder shall validly tender or cause to be tendered in the
Offer all of the shares of Company Stock represented by the Stockholder’s
Covered Shares pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Offer, by
delivering to the depositary designated in the Offer (the “Depositary”)
(i) an executed letter of transmittal with respect to the Covered Shares,
(ii) a certificate or certificates representing the Covered Shares,
(iii) all other documents or instruments required to be delivered pursuant
to the terms of the Offer, and (iv) a letter of instruction signed by the
Stockholder instructing the Company to convert the Covered Shares into Company
Common Stock effective upon receipt of a certificate from an executive officer
of Parent stating that (1) all of the conditions to the Offer (other than
the Minimum Condition) have been satisfied or waived, (2) upon the
conversion by the Stockholder of its Covered Shares into Company Common Stock
and the conversion by the Other Stockholder of the shares of Company Stock owned
by it into Company Common Stock, the Minimum Condition will have been satisfied,
and (3) Merger Sub stands ready to, and will, immediately following such
conversion by the Stockholder and the Other Stockholder, accept for payment all
shares of Company Common Stock validly tendered in the Offer and not theretofore
withdrawn (all of the foregoing documents, the “Tender Documents”).
(b) The
Stockholder hereby agrees that once the Tender Documents shall have been
delivered to the Depositary, the Stockholder will not withdraw, nor permit the
withdrawal of, any Tender Documents from the Offer, unless and until
(i) the Offer shall have been terminated by Merger Sub in accordance with
the terms of the Merger Agreement, or (ii) this Agreement shall have been
terminated in accordance with Section 6.1.
(c) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Sections 2.1(a) and 2.1(b), in the event of a Change in
Recommendation made in compliance with the Merger Agreement, the obligation of
the Stockholder to tender and not withdraw its Covered Shares in the manner set
forth in this Section 2.1 shall only apply to an aggregate number of
Covered Shares that is equal to 30% of the total number of shares of Company
Stock outstanding on the Acceptance Date, and the Stockholder may or may not
tender the balance of its Covered Shares in the Offer, and may withdraw from the
Offer all or any portion of such balance of its Covered Shares that it may
previously have tendered, as the Stockholder, in its sole discretion,
determines.
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ARTICLE III
VOTING
3.1. Agreement to Vote.
(a) The
Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that during the period
beginning on the date hereof and ending on the earliest of (x) the
Operative Date, (y) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance
with its terms or (z) the termination of this Agreement in accordance with
its terms, at the Company Stockholders Meeting and at any other meeting of the
stockholders of the Company, however called, including any adjournment or
postponement thereof, and in connection with any written consent of the
stockholders of the Company, the Stockholder shall, in each case, to the fullest
extent that such matters are submitted for the vote or written consent of the
Stockholder and that the Covered Shares are entitled to vote thereon or consent
thereto:
(i)
appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause the Covered Shares as to which
the Stockholder controls the right to vote to be counted as present thereat for
purposes of calculating a quorum; and
(ii) vote
(or cause to be voted), in person or by proxy, or deliver (or cause to be
delivered) a written consent covering, all of the Covered Shares as to which the
Stockholder controls the right to vote (or, if applicable, only such portion of
the Covered Shares as is provided in Section 3.1(b)) (i) in favor of
the adoption of the Merger Agreement and any related proposal in furtherance
thereof, as reasonably requested by Parent, submitted for the vote or written
consent of stockholders; (ii) against any action or agreement submitted for
the vote or written consent of stockholders that the Stockholder knows is in
opposition to, or competitive or materially inconsistent with, the Offer or the
Merger or that the Stockholder knows would result in a breach of any covenant,
representation or warranty or any other obligation or agreement of the Company
contained in the Merger Agreement, or of the Stockholder contained in this
Agreement; and (iii) against any Acquisition Proposal and against any other
action, agreement or transaction submitted for the vote or written consent of
stockholders that the Stockholder knows would impede, interfere with, delay,
postpone, discourage, frustrate the purposes of or adversely affect the Offer,
the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or
this Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations under the
Merger Agreement or by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement,
including, but not limited to: (A) any extraordinary corporate transaction,
such as a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (B) any sale, lease or transfer
of a material amount of assets of the Company (including capital stock or other
equity interest in its Subsidiaries) or any subsidiary of the Company;
(C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or liquidation of the
Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (D) any change in a majority of
the board of directors of the Company; (E) any amendment to the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (except for any amendment to increase the
authorized capital stock); and (F) any change in the capitalization of the
Company or the Company’s corporate structure.
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The obligations of the
Stockholder specified in this Section 3.1(a) shall apply whether or not the
Offer, the Merger or any action described above is recommended by the Board of
Directors of the Company. Any such vote shall be cast (or consent shall be
given) by the Stockholder in accordance with such procedures relating thereto so
as to ensure that it is duly counted, including for purposes of determining
whether a quorum is present.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of Section 3.1(a), in the event of a Change in
Recommendation made in compliance with the Merger Agreement, the obligation of
the Stockholder to vote (or cause to be voted), or to deliver (or cause to be
delivered) a written consent with respect to, the Covered Shares in the manner
set forth in this Section 3.1 shall, with respect to any combined vote of
holders of Company Common Stock and Company Convertible Preferred Stock, only
apply to an aggregate number of Covered Shares entitled to vote in respect of
such matter that is equal to 30% of the total vote of the shares of Company
Stock entitled to vote in respect of such matter, and shall terminate, together
with the authority of each of the proxies set forth in Section 3.3, with
respect to the balance of the Covered Shares, and the Stockholder may vote (or
cause to be voted), or deliver (or cause to be delivered) a written consent with
respect to, such balance of its Covered Shares as the Stockholder, in its sole
discretion, determines.
3.2. No Inconsistent
Agreements. The Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that, except for
this Agreement or as set forth in Section 7 of the Certificate of
Designations, and except as may be permitted by Section 5.4(b), it
(a) has not entered into, and shall not enter into at any time while this
Agreement remains in effect, any voting agreement or voting trust with respect
to the Covered Shares with respect to any of the matters described in
Section 3.1(a)(ii) (the “Section 3.1(a)
Matters”), (b) has not granted, and shall not grant at any time
while this Agreement remains in effect (except pursuant to Section 3.3), a
proxy, consent or power of attorney with respect to the Covered Shares with
respect to any of the Section 3.1(a) Matters and (c) has not knowingly
taken and shall not knowingly take any action that would make any representation
or warranty of the Stockholder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the
effect of preventing or disabling the Stockholder from performing any of its
obligations under this Agreement.
3.3. Proxy. Without in any
way limiting the Stockholder’s right to vote the Covered Shares in its sole
discretion on any matters other than the Section 3.1(a) Matters that may be
submitted to a stockholder vote, consent or other approval, the Stockholder
hereby irrevocably appoints as its proxy and attorney-in-fact, Xxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, pursuant to a proxy to be delivered to Parent substantially in the
form attached hereto as Annex A, in their respective capacities as officers of
Parent, and any individual who shall hereafter succeed to any such officer of
Parent, and any other Person designated in writing by Parent (collectively, the
“Grantees”),
each of them individually, with full power of substitution, to vote or execute
written consents with respect to the Covered Shares as to which the Stockholder
controls the right to vote in accordance with Section 3.1 (or, if
applicable, only such portion of the Covered Shares as is provided in
Section 3.1(b)) and, in the discretion of the Grantees, with respect to any
proposed postponements or adjournments of any annual or special meeting of the
stockholders of the Company at which any of the Section 3.1(a) Matters was
to be considered. This proxy is coupled with an interest and shall be
irrevocable until the earliest of (i) the Operative Date, (ii) the
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, or
(iii) the termination of
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this Agreement in
accordance with its terms, in which event this proxy shall automatically be
revoked without any further action by any party. The Stockholder will take such
further action or execute such other instruments as may be necessary to
effectuate the intent of this proxy and hereby revokes any proxy previously
granted by it with respect to the Covered Shares with respect to any of the
Section 3.1(a) Matters. So long as the proxy granted under this
Section 3.3 is a valid uncontested proxy that is effective to deliver the
votes of the Covered Shares (or, if applicable, only such portion of the Covered
Shares as is provided in Section 3.1(b)), the Stockholder shall be deemed
to be fulfilling its obligations under Section 3.1. If Parent believes that
such proxy is not a valid proxy or if Parent otherwise does not wish to utilize
the proxy, Parent will so notify the Stockholder in writing so that the
Stockholder will be able to perform its obligations under Section 3.1.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
4.1. Representations and
Warranties of the Stockholder. The Stockholder hereby represents and
warrants to Parent as follows:
(a) Organization; Authorization;
Validity of Agreement; Necessary Action . The Stockholder is duly
organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
jurisdiction of its formation. The Stockholder has full power and authority to
execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery by
the Stockholder of this Agreement, the performance by it of its obligations
hereunder and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly and validly authorized by the Stockholder and no other actions or
proceedings on the part of the Stockholder or any stockholder thereof are
necessary to authorize the execution and delivery by it of this Agreement, the
performance by it of its obligations hereunder or the consummation by it of the
transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Stockholder and, assuming this Agreement constitutes a valid
and binding obligation of the other parties hereto, constitutes a legal, valid
and binding obligation of the Stockholder, enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors
generally and the availability of equitable remedies (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(b) Ownership. The
Stockholder’s Existing Shares are, and all of the Covered Shares owned by the
Stockholder from the date hereof through and on the Operative Date will be,
Beneficially Owned and owned of record by the Stockholder, except that, in the
case of the Offer, the Company Convertible Preferred Stock will have been
converted into Company Common Stock in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement. The Stockholder has good and marketable title to the Stockholder’s
Existing Shares, free and clear of any Encumbrances. As of the date hereof, the
Stockholder’s Existing Shares constitute all of the shares of Company Stock
Beneficially Owned or owned of record by the Stockholder. Except for the rights
granted to Parent hereby, the Stockholder has and will have at all times through
the Operative Date sole voting power (including the right to control such vote
as contemplated herein) with respect to the Section 3.1(a) Matters, sole power
of disposition, sole power to issue instructions with respect to
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the Section 3.1(a)
Matters, and sole power to agree to all of the matters set forth in this
Agreement, in each case, with respect to all of the Stockholder’s Existing
Shares and with respect to all of the Covered Shares owned by the Stockholder at
all times through the Operative Date.
(c) No Violation. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Stockholder does
not and will not (whether with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) (i)
violate any provision of the certificate of formation or bylaws or other
comparable governing documents, as applicable, of the Stockholder,
(ii) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms or
conditions of, result in any (or the right to make any) modification of or the
cancellation or loss of a benefit under, require any notice, consent or action
under, or otherwise give any Person the right to terminate, accelerate
obligations under or receive payment or additional rights under, or constitute a
default under, any Contract to which the Stockholder is a party or by which it
is bound or (iii) violate any Law applicable to the Stockholder or by which
any of the Stockholder’s assets or properties is bound, except for any of the
foregoing as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, impair the
ability of the Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.
(d) Consents and
Approvals. Other than compliance with applicable securities laws and Laws
relating to competition (including any filing under the HSR Act), the execution
and delivery of this Agreement by the Stockholder does not, and the performance
by the Stockholder of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, require the Stockholder
to obtain any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or to make any
filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except where the
failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to
make such filings or notifications, would not, either individually or in the
aggregate, prevent or delay the performance by the Stockholder of any of its
obligations under this Agreement.
(e) Absence of
Litigation. As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending or, to the
knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against the Stockholder or any of its
Affiliates before or by any Governmental Entity that would impair the ability of
the Stockholder to perform its obligations hereunder or to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby on a timely basis.
(f) Finder’s Fees. Except
as disclosed pursuant to the Merger Agreement, no investment banker, broker,
finder or other intermediary is entitled to a fee or commission from Parent, US
Corp., Merger Sub or the Company in respect of this Agreement based upon any
arrangement or agreement made by or at the direction of the Stockholder.
(g) Reliance by Parent, US Corp.
and Merger Sub. The Stockholder understands and acknowledges that Parent,
US Corp. and Merger Sub are entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon
the Stockholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
representations and warranties of the Stockholder contained herein.
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ARTICLE V
OTHER COVENANTS
5.1. Prohibition on Transfers,
Other Actions.
(a) Except
as permitted by Section 5.4(b), the Stockholder hereby agrees not to
(i) Transfer any of the Covered Shares, Beneficial Ownership thereof or any
other interest specifically therein (including by tendering into another tender
or exchange offer), except to participate in the Offer or the Merger;
(ii) enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any Person
(other than Parent, US Corp. or Merger Sub), or knowingly take any other action,
that violates or conflicts with the Stockholder’s representations, warranties,
covenants and obligations under this Agreement; or (iii) knowingly take any
action that could restrict or otherwise affect the Stockholder’s legal power,
authority and right to comply with and perform its covenants and obligations
under this Agreement. Any Transfer in violation of this provision shall be void.
(b) The
Stockholder hereby covenants and agrees that for a period of one year following
the Operative Date (the “Lock-Up Period”), the
Stockholder shall not Transfer, or consent to any Transfer of, any shares of
Parent Common Stock, or any interest therein, or enter into any Contract, option
or other arrangement (including any profit sharing or other derivative
arrangement) with respect to the Transfer of, any shares of Parent Common Stock
or any interest therein to any person; provided that the
Stockholder may participate during the Lock-Up Period with respect to its shares
of Parent Common Stock in any merger, tender offer or other business combination
or other transaction, in each case, which the Board of Directors of Parent has
recommended to Parent’s stockholders. The Stockholder hereby agrees that, in
order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, Parent may
issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent in respect
of the Stockholder’s Parent Common Stock. Parent agrees that it will cause any
stop transfer instructions imposed pursuant to this Section 5.1(b) to be
lifted, and any legended certificates of Parent Common Stock delivered to the
Stockholder pursuant to the Merger Agreement to be replaced with certificates
not bearing such legend, promptly following the termination of the Lock-Up
Period. The restrictions on transfer provided in this Section 5.1(b) shall
be in addition to any restrictions on transfer of the Parent Common Stock
imposed by any applicable Laws.
5.2. Registration Rights
Agreement. Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Parent and
the Stockholder are entering into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”).
5.3. Stock Dividends, etc.
In the event of a stock split, stock dividend or distribution, or any change in
the Company Stock by reason of any split-up, reverse stock split,
recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange of shares or the like,
the terms “Existing Shares” and “Covered Shares” shall be deemed to refer to and
include such shares as well as all such stock dividends and distributions and
any securities into which or for which any or all of such shares may be changed
or exchanged or which are received in such transaction.
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5.4. No
Solicitation.
(a) The
Stockholder hereby agrees that during the term of this Agreement, except as
permitted by Section 5.4(b), it shall not, and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to ensure that any of its Affiliates or Representatives do not,
directly or indirectly, (i) solicit, initiate, knowingly encourage or
facilitate (including by way of furnishing non-public information) the
submission of an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, offer or inquiry that may
reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, (ii) participate
or enter into or engage in negotiations or discussions with, or provide any
non-public information or data to, any person (other than Parent or any of its
affiliates or representatives) relating to any Acquisition Proposal or any
proposal, offer or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to lead to an
Acquisition Proposal, (iii) make or participate in, directly or indirectly,
a “solicitation” of “proxies” (as such terms are used in the rules of the SEC)
or powers of attorney or similar rights to vote, or seek to advise or influence
any Person with respect to the voting of, any shares of Company Stock in
connection with any vote or other action on any of the Section 3.1(a)
Matters, other than to recommend that stockholders of the Company vote in favor
of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and as otherwise expressly provided in
this Agreement or to otherwise vote or consent with respect to Covered Shares in
a manner that would not violate Section 3.1, (iv) vote, approve, adopt
or recommend, or publicly propose to approve, adopt or recommend, any letter of
intent, memorandum of understanding, agreement, option agreement or other
agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal or any proposal, offer or inquiry
that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal, or
(v) agree to do any of the foregoing. The Stockholder hereby agrees
immediately to cease and cause to be terminated all existing solicitations,
discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any Acquisition
Proposal or any offer, proposal or inquiry that may reasonably be expected to
lead to an Acquisition Proposal, and will inform its Affiliates and
Representatives of the obligations undertaken by the Stockholder pursuant to
this Agreement, including this Section 5.4(a). If any of the Stockholder’s
Affiliates or Representatives takes any action that the Stockholder is not
permitted to take under this Section 5.4, it shall be deemed to be a breach
of this Section 5.4 by the Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement (including the immediately preceding sentence) to the contrary, no
action taken by the Company or any of its Affiliates or Representatives in
compliance with Section 6.2 of the Merger Agreement shall be a violation by
the Stockholder of this Section 5.4(a).
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in the event that the
Company Board of Directors exercises its rights under Section 6.2 of the
Merger Agreement to (i) furnish information concerning, and provide access
to, the Company’s business, properties, employees and assets to any Person or
Persons (and their Representatives acting in such capacity), and/or
(ii) participate, engage or assist in discussions and negotiations with any
Person or Persons (and their Representatives acting in such capacity), in each
case, in compliance with Section 6.2 of the Merger Agreement, then
(x) the Stockholder and its Representatives likewise may furnish any such
information to such Person or Persons, provide such Person or Persons with any
such access, and/or participate, engage or assist in any such discussions and
negotiations with such Person or Persons; provided that any
action taken by the Stockholder shall be taken only in coordination with the
Company Board of Directors, and (y) in connection with the Company’s
termination of the Merger Agreement pursuant to Section 9.1(f) thereof in
order to enter into a transaction which is a Superior Proposal, the Stockholder
shall be
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entitled to enter into
a voting or other support agreement with the Person making the Superior
Proposal, provided that the
effectiveness of such agreement shall be conditioned on the termination of the
Merger Agreement in compliance with Section 6.2(c) thereof.
5.5. Notice of Acquisitions;
Proposals Regarding Prohibited Transactions. The Stockholder hereby
agrees to notify Parent in writing (a) as promptly as practicable (and in
any event within one business day following such acquisition by the Stockholder)
of the number of any additional shares of Company Stock or other securities of
the Company of which the Stockholder acquires Beneficial Ownership on or after
the date hereof and (b) as promptly as practicable (and in any event within
the earlier of (i) one business day or (ii) 48 hours) after receipt by
the Stockholder of any Acquisition Proposal or any offer, proposal or inquiry
that may reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal or after any
request for information is sought from or initiated with the Stockholder, and
shall disclose the material terms of such Acquisition Proposal, proposal, offer
or inquiry, including the identity of the Person or Persons making such
Acquisition Proposal, proposal, offer or inquiry (unless prohibited by the
confidentiality agreement with such Person) and provide a copy thereof if in
writing and any related available material documentation or correspondence. The
Stockholder will keep Parent informed on a prompt basis of the status and any
material discussions or negotiations (including material amendments and proposed
material amendments) relating to any Acquisition Proposal or any such offer,
proposal or inquiry.
5.6. Stockholder Profit.
(a) In
the event that the Merger Agreement shall have been terminated under
circumstances in which a Termination Fee is payable or may be payable by the
Company to Parent with respect to such termination upon the occurrence of
certain events specified in the Merger Agreement, but in each case, subject to
such Termination Fee actually becoming payable under the Merger Agreement, the
Stockholder shall pay to Parent an amount equal to 50% of the Stockholder’s
profit (determined in accordance with Section 5.6(b) below) from the sale
or other Transfer of any Covered Shares pursuant to an Acquisition Proposal
(including a Superior Proposal) so long as the agreement with respect to such
Acquisition Proposal is entered into or such Acquisition Proposal is consummated
within 12 months of the termination of this Agreement. Payment shall be
made promptly upon the receipt by the Stockholder of the proceeds from such sale
or other disposition and shall only be required to be paid if such sale or other
disposition is completed or, if later, when the Termination Fee is paid.
(b) For
purposes of this Section 5.6, the profit of the Stockholder shall equal
(A) the aggregate consideration for or on account of the Covered Shares
that were sold or otherwise Transferred as described in Section 5.6(a)
including extraordinary distributions directly or indirectly made in connection
with any Acquisition Proposal, valuing any non-cash consideration (including any
residual interest in the Company) at its fair market value on the date of such
consummation, less (B) the product of (x) $11.50 and (y) the number of
Covered Shares so sold or otherwise Transferred by the Stockholder.
(c) For
purposes of this Section 5.6, the fair market value of any non-cash
consideration consisting of:
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(i)
securities listed on a national securities exchange or traded or quoted on the
Nasdaq (“Traded
Securities”) shall be equal to the average closing price per share of
such security as reported on the composite trading system of such exchange or by
Nasdaq for the five trading days ending on the trading day immediately prior to
the date of the value determination (the “Valuation Period”);
and
(ii)
consideration which is other than cash or Traded Securities shall be determined
by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm mutually agreed
upon by Parent and the Stockholder within ten business days of the event
requiring selection of such banking firm; provided, however, that if the
parties are unable to agree within two business days after the date of such
event as to the investment banking firm, then the parties shall each select one
firm, and those firms shall select a third investment banking firm, which third
firm shall make such determination; provided, further, that the
fees and expenses of such investment banking firm shall be borne equally by
Parent and the Stockholder. The determination of the investment-banking firm
shall be binding upon the parties.
(d) Any
payment of profit under this Section 5.6 shall be paid in the same
proportion of cash and non-cash consideration as the aggregate consideration
received by the Stockholder in the Acquisition Proposal or other disposition.
(e) In
the event that the Merger Agreement shall have been terminated under
circumstances in which a Termination Fee is payable or may be payable by the
Company to Parent with respect to such termination upon the occurrence of
certain events specified in the Merger Agreement, then the Stockholder shall
not, until the 12-month anniversary of the termination of this Agreement,
Transfer any of the Covered Shares (i) to its limited partners or
(ii) to any of its Affiliates unless such Affiliate agrees in writing to be
bound by the provisions of this Section 5.6.
(f) Neither
the Stockholder nor Parent shall, and each shall use its reasonable best efforts
to ensure that its respective Affiliates do not, engage in any Prohibited
Activity with respect to any subject Traded Securities during an applicable
Valuation Period. “Prohibited Activity”
means any acquisition or disposition, in open market transactions, private
transactions or otherwise, during the Valuation Period of any of the subject
Traded Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for or
derivative of the subject Traded Securities or any other action, in the case of
any of the foregoing, taken intentionally for the purpose of manipulating the
price of the subject Traded Securities during the Valuation Period.
5.7. Release. From and
after the Effective Time, the Stockholder finally and forever releases Parent
and the Company, and their respective successors, assigns, officers, directors,
employees and all affiliates and Subsidiaries, past and present, of Parent and
the Company (the “Releasees”) from each
and every agreement, commitment, indebtedness, obligation and claim of every
nature and kind whatsoever, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected (each, a
“Claim” and
collectively, the “Claims”) that
(A) the Stockholder may have had in the past, may have as of the date
hereof or, to the extent arising from or in connection with any act, omission or
state of facts taken or existing on or prior to the date hereof, may have after
the date hereof against any of the Releasees and (B) has arisen or arises
directly out of the Stockholder’s interest
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as a stockholder of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries; except with respect to any such Claims
arising under this Agreement, the Merger Agreement, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and any Claim by
the Stockholder for failure by the Company to pay all accrued and unpaid
dividends on the Company Convertible Preferred Stock prior to the Operative
Date.
5.8. Waiver of Appraisal
Rights. The Stockholder agrees not to exercise any rights of appraisal or
any dissenters’ rights that the Stockholder may have (whether under applicable
Law or otherwise) or could potentially have or acquire in connection with the
Merger.
5.9. Further Assurances.
From time to time, at Parent’s request and without further consideration, the
Stockholder shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take all
such further action as may be reasonably necessary to effect the actions and
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
5.10. Disclosure. Neither
Parent, the Company nor the Stockholder will issue any press release or make any
other public statement, and shall not authorize or permit any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any of its or their Representatives to issue any
press release or make any other public statement with respect to the Merger
Agreement, this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, this Agreement or the
Registration Rights Agreement without the prior written consent of the other
parties hereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed), except as may be required by Law or by any listing requirement with
the Nasdaq or the Toronto Stock Exchange, including any filings required under
the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
5.11. Meeting Rights.
During the Lock-Up Period, the Stockholder shall be entitled to meet one time in
each calendar quarter with the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial
Officer of Parent (the “Meeting Right”). The
Stockholder may exercise the Meeting Right by providing written notice to Parent
at least ten business days in advance of any such meeting. The time, place and
method of each meeting shall be as reasonably agreed by the parties. The Other
Stockholder shall be entitled to attend any such meeting.
5.12. Rule 144. Parent
agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to file all reports required to be
filed by it under the Exchange Act to the extent required to enable the
Stockholder, after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, to sell the Parent
Common Stock pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144.
5.13. Affiliate Agreements.
The Stockholder shall take all actions necessary to cause (a) the
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2004, by and among the
Company, the Stockholder, the Other Stockholder, and such other persons who
became signatories thereto as provided therein and (b) the Management
Rights Letter, dated as of March 19, 2004, by and between the Stockholder
and the Company to be terminated (without any payment), effective as of and
contingent upon the earlier to occur of the Acceptance Date and the Effective
Time, such that such agreements shall be of no further force or effect
immediately thereafter. The Stockholder has approved the Certificate of
Amendment. The Stockholder hereby waives its right of first offer under the
Amended and Restated Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement, dated
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as of November 26,
2003, by and between the Company and the Stockholder, in connection with the
Merger Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.
ARTICLE VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1. Termination. This
Agreement shall remain in effect until the earliest to occur of (i) the
termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, and
(ii) the delivery of written notice of termination by the Stockholder to
Parent following any Fundamental Amendment effected without the prior written
consent of the Stockholder, and upon the occurrence of the earliest of such
events this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force; provided, however, that the
provisions of Section 5.6, this Section 6.1, the last sentence of
Section 6.2(a) and Sections 6.4 through 6.13 shall survive any
termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 6.1 and no
termination of this Agreement shall relieve or otherwise limit any party of
liability for willful breach of this Agreement. “Fundamental
Amendment” means the execution by the Company, Parent, US Corp. and
Merger Sub of an amendment to, or waiver by the Company, Parent, US Corp. or
Merger Sub of any provision of, the Offer or the Merger Agreement that reduces
the amount of the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration, changes the form of
the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration to include or substitute therefor a
form other than cash and Parent Common Stock, or decreases the ratio of cash to
Parent Common Stock included in the Offer Price or the Merger Consideration. If
the Stockholder does not exercise the termination right described above within
five business days following the date the Stockholder is notified that such
Fundamental Amendment is effected, then this Agreement shall give effect to any
modified terms incorporated from the Merger Agreement and, except as so
modified, shall continue in full force and effect.
6.2. Legends; Stop Transfer
Order.
(a) In
furtherance of this Agreement, the Stockholder hereby authorizes and instructs
the Company to instruct its transfer agent to enter a stop transfer order with
respect to all of the Covered Shares held of record by the Stockholder and to
legend the share certificates. The Company agrees that as promptly as
practicable after the date of this Agreement it shall give such stop transfer
instructions to the transfer agent for the Company Stock and to legend the share
certificates. The Company agrees that, (i) if this Agreement is terminated
in accordance with Section 6.1, then, promptly following the termination of
this Agreement, (ii) if Merger Sub accepts the Covered Shares for payment
pursuant to the terms of the Offer, then, concurrently with such acceptance (and
in any event within such time as would not delay receipt by the Stockholder of
the Offer Price), or (iii) if the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement are effected as a One Step Merger, then, immediately following the
Closing (and in any event within such time as would not delay receipt by the
Stockholder of the Merger Consideration), the Company will cause any stop
transfer instructions imposed pursuant to this Section 6.2 to be lifted and
any legended certificates delivered pursuant to this Section 6.2 to be
replaced with certificates not bearing such legend.
(b) Each
certificate representing Covered Shares held of record by the Stockholder shall
bear the following legend on the face thereof:
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“THE
SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON
VOTING, TRANSFER AND CERTAIN OTHER LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN THAT CERTAIN
STOCKHOLDER AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 25, 2008, AMONG SXC HEALTH SOLUTIONS
CORP., NEW MOUNTAIN PARTNERS, L.P. AND NATIONAL MEDICAL HEALTH CARD SYSTEMS,
INC., AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, COPIES OF WHICH STOCKHOLDER
AGREEMENT ARE ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF NATIONAL MEDICAL HEALTH CARD
SYSTEMS, INC.”
The
Stockholder will cause all of its Existing Shares held of record by the
Stockholder and any securities that become Covered Shares held of record by the
Stockholder after the date hereof to be delivered to the Company for the purpose
of applying such legend (if not so endorsed upon issuance). The Company shall
return to the delivering party, as promptly as possible, any securities so
delivered. The delivery of such securities by the delivering party shall not in
any way affect such party’s rights with respect to such securities.
6.3. No Ownership
Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in
Parent any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with
respect to any Covered Shares, except as otherwise provided herein. All rights,
ownership and economic benefits of and relating to the Covered Shares shall
remain vested in and belong to the Stockholder, and Parent shall have no
authority to direct the Stockholder in the voting or disposition of any of the
Covered Shares, except as otherwise provided herein.
6.4. Notices.
(a) All
notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed given if delivered personally, by facsimile (upon telephonic confirmation
of receipt), on the first business day following the date of dispatch if
delivered by a recognized next day courier service or on the third business day
following the date of mailing if delivered by registered or certified mail,
return receipt requested, post prepaid. All notices hereunder shall be delivered
as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated
in writing in accordance with this Section 6.4 by the party to receive such
notice.
(i) | if to Parent, to: |
SXC
Health Solutions Corp.
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
with a copy to: |
Sidley
Austin LLP
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
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Attention: Xxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
(ii) | if to the Company, to: |
National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxx, Esq.
00 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxx XxXxxx, Esq.
with a copy to: |
Bass,
Xxxxx & Xxxx PLC
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: J. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Esq.
Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Esq.
(iii) | if to the Stockholder, to: |
New
Mountain Partners, L.P.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
with a copy to: |
Fried,
Frank, Harris, Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
(b) A
copy of all notices and other communications from Parent or Merger Sub to the
Company (and vice versa) under the Merger Agreement shall be sent at the same
time to the Stockholder at the above address, with a copy to its counsel at the
above address, and the provisions of this Section 6.4 shall apply to such
notices and communications; provided that no
failure to provide such notice to the Stockholder shall relieve the Stockholder
of its obligations under this Agreement.
6.5. Interpretation. The
words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used
in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement, and Section references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified. Whenever the words “include,” “includes”
or “including” are used in this
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Agreement, they shall
be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The meanings given
to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and
plural forms of such terms. The table of contents and headings contained in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. This Agreement is the product of
negotiation by the parties having the assistance of counsel and other advisers.
It is the intention of the parties that this Agreement not be construed more
strictly with regard to one party than with regard to the others.
6.6. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed by facsimile and in counterparts, all of which shall
be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when
counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other
parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same
counterpart.
6.7. Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and, to the extent referenced
herein, the Merger Agreement, together with the several agreements and other
documents and instruments referred to herein or therein or annexed hereto or
thereto, embody the complete agreement and understanding among the parties
hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede and preempt any
prior understandings, agreements or representations by or among the parties,
written and oral, that may have related to the subject matter hereof in any way.
6.8. Governing Law; Consent to
Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial. (a) This Agreement, and all
claims or causes of action (whether at law, in contract or in tort) that may be
based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement or the negotiation,
execution or performance hereof, shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the Laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any
choice or conflict of Law provision or rule (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. The parties agree that
irreparable damage would occur and that the parties would not have any adequate
remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not
performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It
is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or
injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically
the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Court of Chancery of the State
of Delaware (and any appellate court of the State of Delaware) and the Federal
courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware, this
being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in
equity. Each of the parties hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert,
by way of motion, as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any Action with
respect to this Agreement, (a) any claim that it is not personally subject to
the jurisdiction of the above-named courts for any reason other than the failure
to lawfully serve process, (b) that it or its property is exempt or immune
from jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such
courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment,
attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise),
and (c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, that
(i) the Action in any such court is brought in an inconvenient forum,
(ii) the venue of such Action is improper or (iii) this Agreement, or
the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced in or by such courts.
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(b) Each
party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law,
any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any Action arising out of
or relating to this Agreement. Each party hereto (i) certifies that no
representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly
or otherwise, that such party would not, in the event of any Action, seek to
enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other
parties hereto have been induced to enter into this Agreement, by, among other
things, the mutual waiver and certifications in this Section 6.8.
6.9. Amendment; Waiver;
Expenses.
(a) This
Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each
of the parties hereto. Each party may waive any right of such party hereunder by
an instrument in writing signed by such party and delivered to Parent, the
Company and the Stockholder.
(b) The
Stockholder agrees that it is solely responsible (without reimbursement from the
Company) for all costs and expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel)
incurred by the Stockholder in connection with this Agreement and the
Registration Rights Agreement.
6.10. Remedies. All rights,
powers and remedies provided under this Agreement or otherwise available in
respect hereof at law or in equity shall be cumulative and not alternative, and
the exercise or beginning of the exercise of any thereof by any party shall not
preclude the simultaneous or later exercise of any other such right, power or
remedy by such party.
6.11. Severability. Any
term or provision of this Agreement which is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or
unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the remaining terms
and provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of
any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement in any other jurisdiction, and
if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is
enforceable, in all cases so long as neither the economic nor legal substance of
the transactions contemplated hereby is affected in any manner adverse to any
party or its stockholders or partners, as applicable. Upon any such
determination, the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to agree
upon a suitable and equitable substitute provision to effect the original intent
of the parties as closely as possible and to the end that the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be fulfilled to the maximum extent possible.
6.12. Successors and Assigns;
Third Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights
or obligations of any party under this Agreement shall be assigned, in whole or
in part (by operation of law or otherwise), by any party without the prior
written consent of the other parties hereto. Subject to the foregoing, this
Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the
parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Nothing in
this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer on any Person other
than the parties hereto or their respective successors and permitted assigns any
rights, remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this
Agreement.
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6.13. Stockholder Capacity.
The restrictions and covenants of the Stockholder hereunder shall not be
binding, and shall have no effect, in any way with respect to any director or
officer of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in such Person’s capacity as
such a director or officer, nor shall any action taken by any such director or
officer in his or her capacity as such be deemed a breach by the Stockholder of
this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be signed (where applicable, by their respective
officers or other authorized Person thereunto duly authorized) as of the date
first written above.
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ANNEX A
IRREVOCABLE PROXY
Dated as of
February 25, 2008
The undersigned Stockholder (the “Stockholder”) of
National Medical Health Card Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), hereby
irrevocably (to the fullest extent permitted by law) appoints Xxxxxx Xxxxx and
Xxxxxxx Xxxx, as the sole and exclusive attorneys and proxies of the
undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, to vote and
exercise all voting and related rights (to the full extent that the undersigned
is entitled to do so) with respect to all of the shares of capital stock of the
Company that now are or hereafter may be beneficially owned by the undersigned,
and any and all other shares or securities of the Company issued or issuable in
respect thereof on or after the date hereof (collectively, the “Covered Shares”), in
accordance with the terms of this Proxy. The Covered Shares beneficially owned
by the Stockholder as of the date of this Proxy are listed on the signature page
of this Proxy, along with the number(s) of the stock certificate(s) representing
such Covered Shares. Upon the Stockholder’s execution of this Proxy, any and all
prior proxies given by the undersigned with respect to any Covered Shares are
hereby revoked and terminated, and the Stockholder agrees not to grant any
subsequent proxies with respect to the Covered Shares, with respect to any of
the matters referred to in any of clauses (a) through (c) below until
after the Expiration Time (as defined below).
This Proxy is irrevocable (to the
fullest extent permitted by law), is coupled with an interest and is granted
pursuant to that certain Stockholder Agreement of even date herewith (the “Stockholder
Agreement”) by and among SXC Health Solutions Corp., a corporation
organized under the laws of Yukon Territory, Canada (“Parent”), the Company
and the undersigned Stockholder of the Company, and is granted in consideration
of Parent entering into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger of even date
herewith (as it may hereafter be amended from time to time in accordance with
the provisions thereof, the “Merger Agreement”) by
and among Parent, SXC Health Solutions, Inc., a Texas corporation (“US Corp.”), Comet
Merger Corporation, a newly-formed Delaware corporation that is wholly-owned by
US Corp. and an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and the
Company. The Merger Agreement provides that Merger Sub will commence an exchange
offer (the “Offer”) to acquire
all of the outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of
the Company (“Company
Common Stock”), and following the consummation of the Offer (or, subject
to certain conditions, in lieu thereof), Merger Sub will merge with and into the
Company (the “Merger”) and the
Stockholder will be entitled to receive the merger consideration specified
therein. The term “Expiration Time”, as
used in this Proxy, shall mean the earliest to occur of (i) the Operative
Date, (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its
terms, and (iii) the termination of the Stockholder Agreement in accordance
with its terms.
The attorneys and proxies named above,
and each of them, are hereby authorized and empowered by the Stockholder, at any
time prior to the Expiration Time, to act as the Stockholder’s attorney and
proxy to vote all of the Covered Shares (or, if applicable, only such portion of
the Covered Shares as is provided in Section 3.1(b) of the Stockholder
Agreement), and to exercise all voting, consent and similar rights of the
undersigned with respect to all of the
Covered Shares (or, if
applicable, only such portion of the Covered Shares as is provided in
Section 3.1(b) of the Stockholder Agreement) (including, without
limitation, the power to execute and deliver written consents) at every annual
or special meeting of stockholders of the Company (and at every adjournment or
postponement thereof), and in every written consent in lieu of such meeting:
(a) in favor of the adoption of
the Merger Agreement and any related proposal in furtherance thereof, as
reasonably requested by Parent, submitted for the vote or written consent of
stockholders;
(b) against any action or
agreement submitted for the vote or written consent of stockholders that the
Stockholder knows is in opposition to, or competitive or materially inconsistent
with, the Offer or the Merger or that the Stockholder knows would result in a
breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or any other obligation or
agreement of the Company contained in the Merger Agreement, or of the
Stockholder contained in the Stockholder Agreement; and
(c) against any Acquisition
Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement) and against any other action,
agreement or transaction submitted for the vote or written consent of
stockholders that the Stockholder knows would impede, interfere with, delay,
postpone, discourage, frustrate the purposes of or adversely affect the Offer or
the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or the
Stockholder Agreement or the performance by the Company of its obligations under
the Merger Agreement or by the Stockholder of its obligations under the
Stockholder Agreement, including, but not limited to: (A) any extraordinary
corporate transaction, such as a merger, consolidation or other business
combination involving the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (B) any
sale, lease or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company (including
capital stock or other equity interests in its Subsidiaries) or any subsidiary
of the Company; (C) any reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution or
liquidation of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (D) any change
in a majority of the board of directors of the Company; (E) any amendment
to the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws (except for any
amendment to increase the authorized capital stock); and (F) any change in
the capitalization of the Company or the Company’s corporate structure.
Any term or provision of this Proxy
that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction shall not
affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions
hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in
any other situation or in any other jurisdiction. If the final judgment of a
court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision hereof is
invalid or unenforceable, the Stockholder agrees that the court making such
determination shall have the power to limit the term or provision, to delete
specific words or phrases, or to replace any invalid or unenforceable term or
provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes
closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or
provision, and this Proxy shall be enforceable as so modified. In the event such
court does not exercise the power granted to it in the prior sentence, the
Stockholder agrees to replace such invalid or unenforceable term or provision
with
a valid and enforceable
term or provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic,
business and other purposes of such invalid or unenforceable term.
The restrictions and covenants of the
Stockholder hereunder shall not be binding, and shall have no effect, in any way
with respect to any director or officer of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in such Person’s capacity as such a director or officer, nor shall
any action taken by any such director or officer in his or her capacity as such
be deemed a breach by the Stockholder of this Proxy.
Any obligation of the Stockholder
hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Stockholder.
This Proxy shall terminate, and be of
no further force and effect, automatically upon the Expiration Time.
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COUNTERPART
SIGNATURE PAGE
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Stockholder has
caused this Irrevocable Proxy to be duly executed as of the day and year first
above written.
NEW MOUNTAIN PARTNERS, L.P. | ||||||
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By: | New Mountain Investments, L.P., | ||||
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its general partner | |||||
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By: | New Mountain GP, LLC, | ||||
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its general partner | |||||
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By: |
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Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
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Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
NUMBER OF OUTSTANDING SHARES OF
COMPANY STOCK BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY THE STOCKHOLDER:
SERIES A 7% CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED STOCK
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6,790,797 | |
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COMMON STOCK
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6,790,797 (upon conversion) |
Stockholder Address:
New Mountain Partners,
L.P.
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xx. Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Fax: (000) 000-0000
with a copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx LLP
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000
Xxx Xxx Xxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, Esq.
Fax: (000) 000-0000