STOCK AND INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC. and WELLPOINT, INC. DATED APRIL 9, 2009
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Exhibit
2.1
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BY
AND BETWEEN
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EXPRESS
SCRIPTS, INC.
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and
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WELLPOINT,
INC.
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DATED
APRIL 9, 2009
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TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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Section
1.2
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Construction
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Section
1.3
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Knowledge
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20
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ARTICLE
II
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SALE
OF LLC INTEREST, NEXTRX SHARES AND NEXTRX SERVICES
SHARE
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Section
2.1
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Sale
of LLC Interest
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Section
2.2
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Sale
of NextRx Shares and NextRx Services Share
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21
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Section
2.3
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Purchase
Price
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Section
2.4
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Closing;
Closing Deliverables
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22
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Section
2.5
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Working
Capital Adjustment
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24
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ARTICLE
III
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER
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Section
3.1
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Due
Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power of Seller and Selling
Entities
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27
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Section
3.2
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Authorization;
No Conflicts
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Section
3.3
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Ownership
of Shares and LLC Interest
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29
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Section
3.4
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Target
Companies
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29
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Section
3.5
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Capitalization
of Target Companies
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29
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Section
3.6
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Consents
and Approvals
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30
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Section
3.7
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Financial
Statements; Undisclosed Liabilities
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30
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Section
3.8
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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Section
3.9
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Compliance
with Laws; Permits
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32
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Section
3.10
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Litigation
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35
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Section
3.11
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Benefit
Plans
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35
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Section
3.12
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Labor
Matters
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36
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Section
3.13
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Tax
Matters
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Section
3.14
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Intellectual
Property
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39
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Section
3.15
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Broker's
or Finder's Fee
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40
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Section
3.16
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Material
Contracts
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40
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Section
3.17
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Environmental
Matters
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42
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Section
3.18
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Real
Property
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42
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Section
3.19
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Insurance
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43
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Section
3.20
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Investment
Intent; Risk; Ownership of Common Stock
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Section
3.21
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Sufficiency
of Assets
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44
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Section
3.22
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Indebtedness
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44
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Section
3.23
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Related
Party Transactions
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44
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Section
3.24
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Exclusivity
of Representation; No Limitation of Other Representations
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44
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ARTICLE
IV
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REPRESENTATIONS
AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
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Section
4.1
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Due
Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power
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45
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Section
4.2
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Capitalization
of Purchaser
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45
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Section
4.3
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Purchaser
Reports; Financial Statements
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46
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Section
4.4
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Authorization;
No Conflicts
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47
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Section
4.5
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Consents
and Approvals
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47
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Section
4.6
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Absence
of Certain Changes
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Section
4.7
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Compliance
with Laws; Permits
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Section
4.8
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Broker's
or Finder's Fee
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48
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Section
4.9
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Litigation
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48
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Section
4.10
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Sufficiency
of Funds
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49
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Section
4.11
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Investment
Intent; Risk
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49
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Section
4.12
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Absence
of Arrangements with Management
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50
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Section
4.13
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No
Stockholder Vote Required
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50
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Section
4.14
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Exclusivity
of Representations
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Section
4.15
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No
Limitation on Other Representations
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50
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ARTICLE
V
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COVENANTS
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Section
5.1
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Information
and Documents
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Section
5.2
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Conduct
of Target Companies Pending the Closing Date; Other
Matters
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51
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Section
5.3
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Conduct
of Purchaser Pending the Closing Date
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56
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Section
5.4
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Efforts
to Close; Cooperation
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Section
5.5
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Antitrust
Laws
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Section
5.6
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Employee
Matters
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Section
5.7
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Directors
and Officers
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Section
5.8
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Public
Announcements
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68
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Section
5.9
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Notification
of Certain Matters
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69
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Section
5.10
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Preservation
of Records; Audit Assistance
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Section
5.11
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Resignation
of Officers and Directors
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Section
5.12
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Insurance
Matters
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Section
5.13
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Marks
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70
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Section
5.14
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Supply
Agreement
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Section
5.15
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Conflicts;
Privileges
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Section
5.16
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Section
338 Election; Tax Treatment Matters
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Section
5.17
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Allocation
of Purchase Price
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Section
5.18
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Cooperation
with Financing
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Section
5.19
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Transition
Planning
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Section
5.20
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Financial
Statements
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78
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Section
5.21
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Sublease
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Section
5.22
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Transactions
During Valuation Period
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ARTICLE
VI
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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Section
6.1
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Each Party
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Section
6.2
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Purchaser
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Section
6.3
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Conditions
to the Obligations of Seller
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ARTICLE
VII
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TAX
MATTERS
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Section
7.1
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Tax
Returns
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Section
7.2
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Controversies
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Section
7.3
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Notification
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Section
7.4
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Indemnification
for Taxes
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83
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Section
7.5
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Carrybacks
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Section
7.6
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Post-Closing
Access and Cooperation
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84
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Section
7.7
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Refunds
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85
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Section
7.8
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Transfer
Taxes
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85
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Section
7.9
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Tax
Sharing Agreements
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86
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Section
7.10
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Coordination;
Survival
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ARTICLE
VIII
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TERMINATIONΒ AND
ABANDONMENT
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Section
8.1
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Termination
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Section
8.2
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Effect
of Termination
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ARTICLE
IX
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INDEMNIFICATION
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Section
9.1
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Survival
of Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities
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Section
9.2
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Indemnity
by Seller
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Section
9.3
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Indemnity
by Purchaser
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Section
9.4
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Limitations
on Indemnity
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Section
9.5
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Indemnification
Procedures
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Section
9.6
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Tax
Treatment
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Section
9.7
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Certain
Other Indemnity Matters
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95
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ARTICLE
X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section
10.1
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Joinder
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Section
10.2
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Fees
and Expenses
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Section
10.3
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Notices
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Section
10.4
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Entire
Agreement
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Section
10.5
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Binding
Effect; Benefit; Assignment
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Section
10.6
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Amendment
and Waiver
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Section
10.7
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Counterparts
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Section
10.8
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Governing
Law
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Section
10.9
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Litigation;
Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section
10.10
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Severability
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Section
10.11
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Specific
Enforcement
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Section
10.12
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Additional
Cooperation
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Section
10.13
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Rules
of Construction
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Section
10.14
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Headings;
Table of Contents
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit
A
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Form
of PBM Contract
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Exhibit
B
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Form
of Registration Rights Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form
of Transition Services Agreement
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Exhibit
D
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Form
of Joinder
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This
STOCK AND INTEREST PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement"),
dated April 9, 2009, by and between EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Purchaser")
and WELLPOINT, INC., an Indiana corporation ("Seller")
(each, a "Party"
and collectively, the "Parties").
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W I T N E S S E T
H:
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WHEREAS,
Purchaser desires to purchase NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company
("NextRx
LLC"), NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("NextRx")
and NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation ("NextRx
Services") (each, a "Target
Company" and collectively, the "Target
Companies") from Seller, and Seller desires to sell the Target Companies
to Purchaser;
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WHEREAS,
the purchase of the Target Companies by Purchaser shall be effected by (i) a
sale of all of the limited liability company interests of NextRx LLC by
Community Insurance Company ("Community
Insurance") to Purchaser, (ii) a sale of all of the outstanding capital
stock of NextRx by UNICARE Specialty Services, Inc. ("Unicare
Specialty") to Purchaser (Community Insurance and Unicare Specialty each
a, "Selling
Entity" and, collectively, the "Selling
Entities"), and (iii) a sale of all of the outstanding capital stock of
NextRx Services by Unicare Specialty to Purchaser, each on the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Agreement;
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WHEREAS,
in furtherance thereof, the respective Boards of Directors and Managers, as
applicable, of Purchaser, Seller, the Selling Entities, NextRx LLC, NextRx and
NextRx Services have approved this Agreement;
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WHEREAS,
at the Closing, the Parties shall enter into that certain Pharmacy Benefit
Management Services Agreement in the form of Exhibit A, with only such changes
as are mutually agreed to by Purchaser and Seller (the "PBM
Contract");
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WHEREAS,
at the Closing, the Parties shall enter into that certain Registration Rights
Agreement in the form of Exhibit B, with only such changes as are mutually
agreed to by Purchaser and Seller (the "Registration
Rights Agreement");
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WHEREAS,
at the Closing, the Parties shall enter into that certain Transition Services
Agreement in the form of Exhibit C, with only such changes as are mutually
agreed to by Purchaser and Seller (the "Transition
Services Agreement"); and
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants,
representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, the Parties,
intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.1Β Β Β Definitions.Β When used in this Agreement, the
following terms shall have the respective meanings specified therefor
below.
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"338
Valuations and Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.17(a).
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"1060
Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.17(a).
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"Action"
shall mean any action, claim, complaint, petition, suit, arbitration or other
proceeding, whether civil or criminal, at law or in equity, before any
Governmental Entity relating to this Agreement or any Other Transaction Document
or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
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"Affiliate"
of any Person shall mean any Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with, such Person; provided, that, for
the purposes of this definition, "control" (including, with correlative
meanings, the terms "controlled by" and "under common control with"), as used
with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of
such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract, or
otherwise.
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"Aggregate
Cash Consideration" shall mean the sum of the LLC Interest Cash
Consideration, the NextRx Cash Consideration and the NextRx Services Cash
Consideration.
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"Aggregate
Stock Consideration" shall mean the sum of the LLC Interest Stock
Consideration, the NextRx Stock Consideration and the NextRx Services Stock
Consideration.
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"Agreement"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
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"Antitrust
Authorities" shall mean the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust
Division of the United States Department of Justice, the attorneys general of
the several states of
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the
United States of America, and any other Governmental Entity having jurisdiction
with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby pursuant to applicable
Antitrust Laws.
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"Antitrust
Laws" shall mean the Xxxxxxx Act of 1890, as amended; the Xxxxxxx Act of
1914, as amended; the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914, as amended; the HSR
Act; and all other federal, state and foreign Laws or Orders in effect from time
to time that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions
having the purpose or effect of monopolization or restraint of
trade.
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"Audited
Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.20(a).
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"Auditor"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(e).
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"Balance
Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.7(a).
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"Balance
Sheet Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.7(a).
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"Balance
Sheet Time"Β shall have the meaning
set forth in Section 2.5(a).
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"Benefit
Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 3.11(a).
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"Board of
Directors" of any Person, shall mean the board of directors or similar
governing body of such Person.
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"Burdensome
Term or Condition" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 5.5(g).
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"Business
Day" shall mean any day except a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on
which commercial banks are required or authorized to close in New York, New
York.
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"Cap"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.4(a)(ii)
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"Cash and
Cash Equivalents" shall mean cash, checks, money orders, marketable
securities, short-term instruments and other cash equivalents, funds in time and
demand deposits or similar accounts, cash security deposits and other cash
collateral posted with
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vendors,
landlords, and other parties, and any evidence of indebtedness issued or
guaranteed by any Governmental Entity.
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"Claim
Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.5(a).
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"Closing"
shall have the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 2.4(a).
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"Closing
Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(c).
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"Closing
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 2.4(a).
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"CMS"
shall have the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 3.9(d)(iv).
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"CMS
Indemnity Matters" shall mean all matters described in that certain
letter dated January 12, 2009, from CMS to Seller, together with all actions,
conduct or omissions, or alleged actions, conduct or omissions, by Seller or any
of its Affiliates relating thereto.
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"Code"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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"Community
Insurance" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
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"Company
Employees" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(a).
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"Company
Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to the Target
Companies, any change, event, development, state of facts or effect which is
materially adverse to the results of operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), assets or business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that
changes, events, developments, states of facts or effects relating to: (i)
changes in general economic or political conditions or the financing, banking,
currency or capital markets in general; (ii)Β except for purposes of Section
3.9(a), Section 3.9(b), Section 3.9(c) and Section 3.9(d), changes in Laws,
rules, regulations or Orders of any Governmental Entity or interpretations
thereof or changes in accounting requirements or principles, in each case, only
to the extent occurring after the date of this Agreement; (iii) changes
affecting generally the pharmacy benefits management industry; (iv) except for
the purposes of Section 3.2(b) and Section 3.16(b), the announcement or pendency
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any communication by
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates of its plans or intentions (including in
respect of employees) with respect to any of the businesses of any Target
Company or any adverse change in customer, distributor, employee, supplier,
financing source, licensor, sub-licensor, stockholder or similar relationships,
including
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as
a result of the identity of Purchaser, directly resulting from any of the
foregoing, but, in each case, excluding any governmental litigation arising
therefrom; (v) except for the purposes of Section 3.2(b) and Section 3.16(b),
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Other
Transaction Document or any actions by any Party or any Target Company taken
pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement or any Other Transaction
Document; (vi) any natural disaster or any acts of terrorism, sabotage, military
action or war (whether or not declared) or any escalation or worsening thereof,
in each case, only to the extent occurring after the date of this Agreement;
(vii) any failure in and of itself by Seller or any of the Target Companies to
meet any internal projections or forecasts (it being agreed that the facts and
circumstances giving rise to such failure that are not otherwise excluded from
the definition of Company Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in
determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred) and normal
seasonal changes in their combined results of operations to the extent
consistent in timing and amounts to the prior comparable time periods; or (viii)
any change in and of itself in the price or trading volume of Seller's common
stock (it being agreed that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such
change that are not otherwise excluded from the definition of Company Material
Adverse Effect may be taken into account in determining whether a Company
Material Adverse Effect has occurred), in each case, shall be deemed to not
constitute a "Company Material Adverse Effect" and shall not be considered in
determining whether a "Company Material Adverse Effect" has
occurred.Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any matter described in
any of subclauses (i), (ii) or (iii) of this paragraph has had a
disproportionate effect on the results of operation, condition (financial or
otherwise), assets or business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole,
relative to other participants in the pharmacy benefits management industry,
then, the impact of such event on the Target Companies shall be taken into
account for purposes of determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect
has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur.
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"Company
Records" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.10(a).
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"Confidentiality
Agreement" shall mean that certain Mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement, dated
as of September 16, 2008, by and between Seller and Purchaser, as
amended.
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"Contract"
shall mean any legally binding agreement, deed, mortgage, lease, license,
instrument, note, commitment, undertaking, arrangement or contract, including
all amendments thereto.
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"Debt
Commitment Letter" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.10.
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"Dispute
Notice" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(d).
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"Divestiture"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.5(d)(i).
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"End
Date" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.1(b)(ii).
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"Environmental
Law" shall mean any Law, Order or other requirement of Law, relating to
the protection of the environment, or the manufacture, use, transport,
treatment, storage, disposal, release or threatened release of Hazardous
Substances.
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"ERISA"
shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended.
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"ERISA
Affiliate" shall mean any Person that, together with Seller or any of the
Target Companies, is treated as a single employer under Sections 414(b) or (c)
of the Code (and, for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and each "applicable
section" under Section 414(t)(2) of the Code, under Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or
(o) of the Code) or Section 4001 of ERISA.
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"Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(a).
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"Estimated
Working Capital Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(a).
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"Estimated
Working Capital Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(a).
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"Exchange
Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.
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"Federal
and Consolidated Income Taxes" shall mean all:Β Β (i) U.S.
federal income taxes of the Target Companies; and (ii) Income Taxes (other than
U.S. federal income taxes or Income Tax imposed by a taxing jurisdiction outside
of the United States) of the Target Companies for which any of the Target
Companies join with Seller or any Affiliate of Seller that is not a member of
the group comprised of the Target Companies to file Tax Returns on a
consolidated, unitary or combined basis.
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"Federal
and Consolidated Returns" shall mean all Tax Returns for Federal and
Consolidated Income Taxes.
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"Final 338
Valuations and Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.17(b).
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"Final
1060 Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.17(b).
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"Final
Indebtedness of Target Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(f).
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"Final
Working Capital Amount" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(f).
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"Financing"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.10.
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"Financing
Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.18.
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"Fundamental
Representations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.1
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"GAAP"
shall mean the generally accepted accounting principles of the United States of
America.
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"Governmental
Entity" shall mean any supranational, national, state, municipal, local
or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative
agency or commission or other authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental or
private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental
or quasi-governmental authority, including any of the Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, state Medicaid
agencies, state pharmacy boards, and other federal and state governmental
authorities with jurisdiction over the dispensing or distribution of
pharmaceutical products or over the provision of health care items or
services.
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"Hazardous
Substance" means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and
all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including
petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials,
polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes, toxic molds
and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law.
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"Xxxxx"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
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"HSR
Act" shall mean the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976,
as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
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"Income
Tax" shall mean U.S. federal income tax and any other income or franchise
tax imposed on or measured by net income.
Β
"Indebtedness"
of any Person shall mean, without double counting, all obligations contingent or
otherwise, in respect of: (a) borrowed money; (b) indebtedness evidenced by
notes, debentures or similar instruments; (c) capitalized lease obligations; (d)
the deferred purchase price of assets, services or securities (other than
ordinary trade accounts payable); (e) all obligations, under acceptance, letter
of credit or similar facilities; (f) all payment obligations under any interest
rate swap agreement or arrangement entered into for the purpose of limiting or
managing interest rate risk; (g) all obligations of others guaranteed directly
or indirectly in any manner by such Person; (h) stay, retention or other bonuses
or compensation payable in connection with or as a result of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and (i) interest, premium, penalties (include
prepayment and early termination penalties) and other amounts owing in respect
of the items described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (i); provided, however, that
Indebtedness shall not include indebtedness owing from a Target Company to
another Target Company.
Β
"Indemnified
Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 9.5(a).
Β
"Indemnified
Persons" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 5.7(a).
Β
"Indemnifying
Notice Period" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 9.5(b).
Β
"Indemnifying
Party" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 9.5(a).
Β
"Indemnity
Threshold" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.4(a)(i).
Β
"Initial
338 Valuations and Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.17(a).
Β
"Initial
1060 Allocations" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.17(a).
Β
"Initial
Security Work" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 5.19(c).
Β
"Intellectual
Property" shall mean any and all intellectual property throughout the
world, including the following: (i) inventions, patents and pending patent
applications, including all reissues, continuations, continuations-in-part,
divisionals, extensions, and re-examinations thereof; (ii) registered and
unregistered trademarks and service marks, including all
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logos,
slogans, trade dress, trade names, corporate names, Internet domain names and
all other source indicators, and all registrations and applications for any of
the foregoing and all goodwill associated with and symbolized by any of the
foregoing; (iii) original works of authorship, registered and unregistered
copyrights and copyrightable works and applications for registration of
copyrights and renewals thereof; (iv) trade secrets and other confidential or
proprietary information and know-how; and (v) rights in data, databases and
compilations.
Β
"Interim
Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.20(b).
Β
"IRS"
shall mean the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of
America.
Β
"Knowledge
of Purchaser" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 1.3(b).
Β
"Knowledge
of Seller" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 1.3(a).
Β
"Law"
shall mean any statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation of any Governmental
Entity.
Β
"Leased
Real Property" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 3.18(b).
Β
"Leases"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.18(b).
Β
"Licensed
Intellectual Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.2(d).
Β
"Lien"
shall mean any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance,
restriction on transfer, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, or any
restriction on the creation of any of the foregoing.
Β
"LLC
Interest" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Β
"LLC
Interest Cash Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 2.3.
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"LLC
Interest Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"LLC
Interest Stock Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 2.3.
Β
"Loss"
shall mean any and all damages, judgments, awards, liabilities, losses,
obligations, claims of any kind or nature, fines, and costs and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys, auditors, consultants and
other agents), including lost profits, lost revenues and consequential damages,
but excluding punitive damages (other than punitive damages actually paid in
connection with a third party claim).
Β
"Managers"
of any Person shall mean the managers or similar governing body of such
Person.
Β
"Marketing
Period" shall mean the first period of thirty (30) consecutive days,
commencing not less than thirty (30) days after the delivery of the Audited
Financial Statements, throughout which (A) Purchaser shall have the Required
Information that the Seller and the Target Companies are required to provide to
Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.18 and (B) the conditions set forth in Section
6.1 (other than any such conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied by
actions at the Closing, which shall be capable of being satisfied at the
Closing) have been satisfied and nothing has occurred and no condition exists
that would cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2 to fail to be
satisfied assuming the Closing were to be scheduled for any time during such
thirty (30) day period; provided that if the Marketing Period has not ended on
or prior to (i) August 23, 2009, then the Marketing Period shall commence no
earlier than September 8, 2009; or (ii) December 20, 2009, then the Marketing
Period shall commence no earlier than January 4, 2010; provided, further, that
the βMarketing Periodβ shall not be deemed to have commenced if, prior to the
completion of such thirty (30) day period, (1) Ernst & Young LLP shall have
withdrawn its audit opinion with respect to any of the Audited Financial
Statements, (2) Seller or any of the Target Companies shall have announced any
intention to restate any of its financial information included in the Required
Information or that any such restatement is under consideration or may be a
possibility, in which case the Marketing Period will not be deemed to commence
at the earliest unless and until such restatement has been completed and Seller
has amended its relevant filings with the SEC or Seller or the applicable Target
Company has determined that no restatement shall be required or (3) the
financial statements included in the Required Information that are available to
Purchaser on the first day of such thirty (30) day period would not be
sufficiently current to permit a registration statement using such financial
statements to be declared effective by the SEC on the last day of such period,
in which case, subject to clauses (i) and (ii) above, a new Marketing Period
shall commence when (x) Purchaser receives updated Required Information that
would be sufficiently current to permit a registration statement using the
financial statements contained therein to be declared effective by the SEC on
the last day of such new Marketing Period and (y) the conditions set forth in
clauses (A) and (B) of this definition are satisfied.
Β
"Market
Value" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
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"Material
Contract" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 3.16(a).
Β
"Nasdaq"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Β
"Necessary
Consents" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 6.3(d).
Β
"NextRx
LLC" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"NextRx"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"NextRx
Cash Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"NextRx
Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"NextRx
Services" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"NextRx
Services Cash Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"NextRx
Services Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"NextRx
Services Share" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.5.
Β
"NextRx
Services Stock Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"NextRx
Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.
Β
"NextRx
Stock Consideration" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"Non-PBM
Business" shall mean any other activities and operations that do not
comprise the PBM Business, including all assets and liabilities related to such
activities and operations, in each case, as conducted by Seller and its
Subsidiaries (other than the Target Companies) on the Closing Date.
Β
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"Ohio
State Insurance Approval" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.5(h).
Β
"Order"
shall mean any judgment, order, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, ruling,
determination, award, permit or license of any Governmental Entity or any
arbitrator.
Β
"Other
Insurance Approvals" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.4(a).
Β
"Other
Transaction Documents" shall mean the PBM Contract, the Registration
Rights Agreement and the Transition Services Agreement, and each is individually
referred to herein as an "Other
Transaction Document".
Β
"Owned
Real Property" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.18(a).
Β
"Party"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Β
"PBM
Business" shall mean the pharmacy benefits management business operated
by Seller and any of its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.
Β
"PBM
Contract" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"Permits"
shall have the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 3.9(e).
Β
"Permitted
Liens" shall mean: (i) Liens for Taxes, assessments and other
governmental charges that are not yet due and payable or that may be paid
thereafter without penalty or the amount or the validity of which is being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate
reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (ii) Liens arising under
original purchase price conditional sales Contracts and equipment leases with
third parties; (iii) with respect to Real Property, any easements, covenants,
conditions and restrictions which would be shown by (A) an investigation of
title of the extent and nature which a prudent buyer of property in the relevant
jurisdiction would carry out, or (B) a survey, title report or physical
inspection (whether or not made); (iv) any zoning or other governmentally
established restrictions or encumbrances (except with respect to Real Property,
only such restrictions or encumbrances that do not prevent the use of such Real
Property substantially as currently used by the Target Companies in their
business as currently conducted); (v) pledges or deposits to secure obligations
under workers or unemployment compensation Laws or similar legislation or to
secure public or statutory obligations; (vi) mechanic's, materialman's,
warehouse man's, supplier's, vendor's or similar Liens arising or incurred in
the ordinary course of business securing amounts (A) that are not yet due and
payable, or (B) the validity of which is being
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contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and for which adequate reserves under
GAAP have been established; and (vii) other Liens in respect of amounts which do
not exceed, individually $25,000, or, in the aggregate, $150,000, and with
respect to Real Property, that do not or would not be reasonably expected to
materially adversely effect the value, use or operation of the applicable Real
Property (including, without limitation, Liens disclosed on Schedule 3.18(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Letter).
Β
"Person"
shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability partnership, joint
venture, corporation, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization, association, Governmental Entity, or other entity.
Β
"Plano
Sublease" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.21.
Β
"Post-Closing
Adjustment" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.5(f)(i).
Β
"Post-Closing
Covenant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
Β
"Pre-Closing
Covenant" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.1.
Β
"Post-Closing
Taxable Period" shall mean any taxable year or other taxable period
ending after the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the
portion of such Straddle Period beginning on the day immediately following the
Closing Date.
Β
"Post-Closing
Tax Liability" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.4(a).
Β
"Pre-Closing
Taxable Period" shall mean any taxable year or other taxable period that
ends on or before the Closing Date or, with respect to any Straddle Period, the
portion of such Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing
Date.
Β
"Pre-Closing
Working Capital Adjustment" shall mean the absolute value of the
difference, if any, between the Estimated Working Capital Amount and the Working
Capital Target, as determined in accordance with Section 2.5.
Β
"Purchase
Price" shall mean the sum of the LLC Interest Consideration, the NextRx
Consideration and the NextRx Services Consideration.
Β
"Purchaser"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Β
Β
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"Purchaser
Affiliates" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.2(c).
Β
"Purchaser
Cafeteria Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(g).
Β
"Purchaser
Common Stock" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
2.3.
Β
"Purchaser
Disclosure Letter" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
Article IV.
Β
"Purchaser
Financial Statements" shall have the meaning set forth in
SectionΒ 4.3(a).
Β
"Purchaser
Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.2.
Β
"Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect" shall mean, with respect to Purchaser and its
Subsidiaries, any change, event, development, state of facts or effect which is
materially adverse to the results of operations, condition (financial or
otherwise), assets or business of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole; provided, however, that
changes, events, developments, states of facts or effects relating to: (i)
changes in general economic or political conditions or the financing, banking,
currency or capital markets in general; (ii)Β changes in Laws, rules,
regulations or Orders of any Governmental Entity or interpretations thereof or
changes in accounting requirements or principles, in each case, only to the
extent occurring after the date of this Agreement; (iii) changes affecting
generally the pharmacy benefits management industry; (iv) except for the
purposes of Section 4.4(b), the announcement or pendency of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or any communication by Purchaser of its plans
or intentions (including in respect of employees) with respect to any of the
businesses of Purchaser or any adverse change in customer, distributor,
employee, supplier, financing source, licensor, sub-licensor, stockholder or
joint venture partner or similar relationships, including as a result of the
identity of the Target Companies, directly resulting from any of the foregoing,
but, in each case, excluding any governmental litigation arising therefrom; (v)
except for the purposes of Section 4.4(b), the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or any Other Transaction Document or any actions
by any Party or any Target Company taken pursuant to its obligations under this
Agreement or any Other Transaction Document; (vi) any natural disaster or any
acts of terrorism, sabotage, military action or war (whether or not declared) or
any escalation or worsening thereof, in each case, only to the extent occurring
after the date of this Agreement; (vii) any failure in and of itself by
Purchaser to meet any internal projections or foreΒcasts (it being agreed
that the facts and circumstances giving rise to such failure that are not
otherwise excluded from the definition of Purchaser Material Adverse Effect may
be taken into account in determining whether a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect
has occurred) and normal seasonal changes in the results of operations of
Purchaser to the extent consistent in timing and amounts to the prior comparable
time periods; or (viii) any change in and of itself in the price or
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trading
volume of Purchaser Common Stock (it being agreed that the facts and
circumstances giving rise to such change that are not otherwise excluded from
the definition of Purchaser Material Adverse Effect may be taken into account in
determining whether a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect has occurred), in each
case, shall be deemed to not constitute a "Purchaser Material Adverse Effect"
and shall not be considered in determining whether a "Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect" has occurred.Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any matter
described in any of subclauses (i),(ii) or (iii) of this paragraph has had a
disproportionate effect on the results of operation, condition (financial or
otherwise), assets or business of Purchaser, taken as a whole, relative to other
participants in the pharmacy benefits management industry, then, the impact of
such event on Purchaser shall be taken into account for purposes of determining
whether a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is reasonably
expected to occur.
Β
"Purchaser
NQ Plans" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(e).
Β
"Purchaser
Permits" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(b).
Β
"Purchaser
Persons" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Β
"Purchaser
Savings Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(d).
Β
"Purchaser
SEC Documents" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
4.3(a).
Β
"Purchaser
Securities" shall mean any outstanding (i) shares of capital stock or
voting securities of Purchaser, (ii) securities of Purchaser convertible into or
exchangeable for shares of capital stock or voting securities of Purchaser or
(iii) options or other rights to acquire from Purchaser or other obligation of
Purchaser to issue, any capital stock, voting securities or securities
convertible into or exchangeable for capital stock or voting securities of
Purchaser.
Β
"Purchaser
Taxes" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.4(b).
Β
"Qualifying
Loss" shall mean any individual indemnifiable Loss or series of related
Losses in excess of $100,000.
Β
"Real
Property" shall mean the Owned Real Property and the Leased Real
Property.
Β
"Registration
Rights Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
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"Related
Party" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.23.
Β
"Representatives"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Confidentiality Agreement.
Β
"Required
Information" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.18.
Β
"Reverse
Termination Fee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
8.2(b).
Β
"Rights"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Rights Agreement.
Β
"Rights
Agreement" shall mean the agreement between Purchaser and American Stock
Transfer & Trust Company dated as of July 25, 2001, as amended.
Β
"Ropes"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Β
"Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx
Act" means the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended.
Β
"SEC"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3(a).
Β
"Section
338 Company" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.16(a).
Β
"Securities
Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Β
"Seller"
shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.
Β
"Seller
Cafeteria Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(g).
Β
"Seller
Damages" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2(c).
Β
"Seller
Disclosure Letter" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to
Article III.
Β
"Seller
Indemnified Parties" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.3.
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"Seller
Indemnitee" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.14.
Β
"Seller
Insurance Policies" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
3.19.
Β
"Seller's
Marks" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.13.
Β
"Seller
Persons" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
Β
"Seller
Savings Plan" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
5.6(d).
Β
"Selling
Entities" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"Separate
Returns" shall mean all Tax Returns for Separate Taxes.
Β
"Separate
Taxes" shall mean all Taxes other than Federal and Consolidated Income
Taxes.
Β
"Skadden"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Β
"SSA"
shall have the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 3.9(c)(i).
Β
"Straddle
Period" shall mean any taxable year or period beginning on or before the
Closing Date and ending after the Closing Date.
Β
"Subsidiary",
of any Person, shall mean any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust or estate of which (or in which) at least fifty percent
(50%) of (i) the issued and outstanding capital stock or other securities having
voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors (or others performing
similar functions) of such Person (irrespective of whether at the time capital
stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall or might have
voting power upon the occurrence of any contingency); (ii) the economic or
ownership interest in the capital or profits of such partnership, joint venture
or limited liability company; or (iii) the beneficial interest in such trust or
estate, is at the time directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such
Person, by such Person and one or more of its other Subsidiaries, or by one or
more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
Β
"Supply
Agreement" shall mean that certain Contract denoted with an
asteriskΒ (*) on Schedule 3.16(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Letter.
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"Target
Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
"Target
Companies' Closing Date Indebtedness" means the aggregate Indebtedness of
the Target Companies outstanding on the Closing Date.
Β
"Tax
Authority" shall mean any Governmental Entity responsible for the
collection of Taxes.
Β
"Taxes"
shall mean (i) all taxes, assessments, charges, customs, duties, fees, levies,
tariffs, imposts or other governmental charges of any kind whatsoever, including
all United States of America federal, state, local, foreign and other net or
gross income, franchise, profits, capital gains, capital stock, transfer, real
property transfer, recordation, sales, use, occupation, property, excise,
severance, ad valorem, valued added, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll,
withholding and other taxes, (whether payable directly or by withholding and
whether or not requiring the filing of a Return), all estimated taxes,
deficiency assessments, and (ii) any interest, penalty, or addition to any of
the foregoing.
Β
"Tax
Return" shall mean all returns, statements, forms and reports (including
elections, waivers or extensions, declarations, disclosures, schedules,
estimates and information returns) for Taxes required to be filed with the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service or any other federal, foreign, state, local or
provincial Tax Authority.
Β
"Transfer
Taxes" shall have the meaning set forth in SectionΒ 7.8.
Β
"Transition
Services Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Recitals.
Β
"Treasury
Regulation" shall mean the regulations promulgated under the Code by the
U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Β
"Unicare
Specialty" shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.
Β
βValuation
Periodβ shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.3.
Β
"W&C"
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.15(a).
Β
"WARN
Act" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.12(f).
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"Working
Capital" means (i) the combined current assets of the Target Companies
(consisting of asset account line items as specified on Schedule 2.5 of the
Seller Disclosure Letter) minus (ii) the combined current liabilities of the
Target Companies (consisting of liability account items as specified on Schedule 2.5 of the
Seller Disclosure Letter), in each case determined in accordance with the
accounting principles, policies and procedures consistently applied in the
preparation of the Balance Sheet; provided, however, that the
current assets and current liabilities of the Target Companies for purposes of
calculating Working Capital will exclude (a) all Cash and Cash Equivalents of
the Target Companies, (b) deferred Tax assets, deferred Tax liabilities and
income Taxes payable and (c) Indebtedness, including the current portion
thereof.
Β
"Working
Capital/Adjustments Statement" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 2.5(c).
Β
"Working
Capital Target" means $423,400,000.
Β
Section 1.2Β Β Construction.Β Β In
this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any reference to "writing" or comparable
expressions includes a reference to facsimile transmission, email or
comparable means of
communication;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β where used with respect to information,
the phrases "delivered" or "made available" shall mean that the information
referred to has been physically or electronically delivered prior to the date
hereof to the relevant parties or their respective Representatives
including, in the case of "made available" to Purchaser, material that has been
posted in the "data room" (virtual or otherwise) established by Seller and made
accessible to Purchaser and its Representatives prior to the date hereof;
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β words expressed in the singular number
shall include the plural and vice versa; words expressed in the masculine shall
include the feminine and neuter gender and vice versa;
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β references to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits, the Preamble and
Recitals are references to articles, sections, exhibits, the preamble and
recitals of this Agreement, and the descriptive headings of the several Articles
and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement, and shall not affect in
any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement;
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β reference to "day" or "days" are to
calendar days;
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β references to "the date hereof" shall
mean as of the date of this Agreement;
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the words "hereof", "herein", "hereto" and "hereunder",
and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any provision of this Agreement;
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β this "Agreement" or any other agreement
or document shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement or, as the case may be, such other
agreement or document as the same may have been, or may from time to time be,
amended, varied, novated or supplemented;
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β "include", "includes," and "including"
are deemed to be followed by "without limitation";
Β
(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β "ordinary course of business" is deemed
to be followed by "consistent with past practices";
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any reference to any Governmental Entity
includes any successor to the Governmental Entity;
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any reference to any statute or
regulation refers to the statute or regulation as amended, modified,
supplemented or replaced from time to time (and, in the case of statutes,
includes any rules and regulations promulgated under the statute) and any
reference to any section of any statute or regulation includes any
successor to the section;
and
Β
(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β references to dollars or "$" are to
United States of
America
dollars.
Β
Section
1.3Β Β Β Knowledge.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β When any representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement or other provision contained in this Agreement is expressly
qualified by reference to
the "Knowledge
of Seller" or words of
similar import, it shall mean the knowledge, within the scope of his or her
responsibility assuming reasonable inquiry of those employees known to such
persons to have specialized knowledge of the subject matter of the representationΒ and
warranty, of the individuals set forth on Schedule
1.3(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β When any representation, warranty,
covenant, agreement or other provision contained in this Agreement is expressly
qualified by reference to
the "Knowledge
of Purchaser" or words of
similar import, it shall mean the knowledge, within the scope of his or her
responsibility assuming reasonable inquiry of those employees known to such
persons to
Β
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Β
have
specialized knowledge of the subject matter of the representationΒ and
warranty, of the individuals set forth on ScheduleΒ 1.3(b)
of the Purchaser Disclosure Letter.
Β
ARTICLE II
Β
SALE OF LLC INTEREST, NEXTRX
SHARES AND NEXTRX SERVICES SHARE
Β
Section 2.1Β Β Sale of LLC
Interest.Β Β Seller
agrees to cause
Community
Insurance to sell, assign,
transfer and deliver to Purchaser on the Closing Date, and Purchaser agrees to
purchase from Community
Insurance on the Closing
Date, the LLC Interest, free and clear of all Liens (other than any transfer
restrictions under
applicable securities Laws).
Β
Section 2.2Β Β Sale of
NextRx Shares and
NextRx Services
Share.Β Β Seller
agrees to cause Unicare
Specialty to sell, assign,
transfer and deliver to Purchaser on the Closing Date, and Purchaser agrees to
purchase from Unicare Specialty on the Closing Date, the NextRx Shares and the NextRx Services Share, in each case, free and
clear of all Liens (other than any transfer restrictions under applicable
securities Laws).
Β
Section
2.3Β Β Β Purchase
Price.Β Β At the Closing, Purchaser shall pay (x) in consideration for the
purchase by Purchaser of the LLC Interest, $3,553,000,000 (the "LLC
Interest Consideration"), which will be delivered in the form
of $2,489,000,000 in cash (the "LLC
Interest Cash Consideration") and the remainder in shares of common stock, par value
$0.01, of Purchaser, together with the associated Rights ("Purchaser
Common Stock") to be issued to Community Insurance
(the "LLC
Interest Stock Consideration"), each share of Purchaser Common Stock
being valued at the average
of the closing price for a share of Purchaser Common Stock on the Nasdaq Global
Select Market ("Nasdaq") (as reported by the Wall Street
Journal (Northeast
edition), or, if not reported thereby, as reported by any other authoritative
source) for the sixty (60)
days immediately preceding the Closing Date (such period, the βValuation
Periodβ) (the "Market
Value"), (y) in consideration for the purchase
by Purchaser of the NextRx Shares, an aggregate amount of $841,500,000 (the "NextRx
Consideration"), which will be delivered in the form of
$589,500,000 in cash (the "NextRx
Cash Consideration") and the remainder in shares of
Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to Unicare Specialty (the "NextRx
Stock Consideration"), each share of Purchaser Common Stock
valued at the Market Value
and (z) in consideration for the purchase by Purchaser of the NextRx Services
Share, an aggregate amount of $280,500,000 (the "NextRx
Services Consideration"), which will be delivered in the form
of $196,500,000 in cash (the "NextRx
Services Cash Consideration") and the remainder in shares of
Purchaser Common Stock to be issued to Unicare Specialty (the "NextRx
Services Stock Consideration"), each share of Purchaser Common Stock
valued at the Market Value.Β Β The Aggregate Cash Consideration will be paid at the Closing by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the respective accounts
designated in writing by Seller no later than two (2) Business Days prior to the
Closing Date.Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) the Aggregate
Cash Consideration will be subject to
adjustment pursuant to Section 2.5 and (y) at the written election of Purchaser
(which election shall be delivered to Seller no less than three (3) Business
Days prior to the Closing Date), Purchaser may elect to pay all or part (as specified in the election)
of the value of any of the LLC
Β
Β
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Β
Β
Interest
Stock Consideration, NextRx Stock Consideration or NextRx Services Stock
Consideration in the form of cash, with any such cash amounts deemed to be added
to the Aggregate Cash Consideration.Β Β If Purchaser believes that the
amount of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be delivered at the Closing
pursuant to this Section 2.3 would otherwise be greater than 9.99% of the
aggregate number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock outstanding immediately
after the Closing (and after giving effect to the issuance of the shares
representing the Aggregate Stock Consideration), then Purchaser shall use its
commercially reasonable efforts to issue shares of Purchaser Common Stock in a
public offering for cash consideration, at a price reasonably acceptable to
Purchaser, prior to the Closing, so as to obtain sufficient cash proceeds to
replace a sufficient portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration to be
delivered at the Closing such that a number of whole shares of Purchaser Common
Stock as equal as practicable to, but not in excess of, 9.99% of the aggregate
number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock outstanding immediately following the
Closing (after giving effect to the issuance of such shares) would be delivered
at the Closing pursuant to this Section 2.3.
Section
2.4Β Β Β Closing;
Closing Deliverables.Β Β (a)Β Β Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the closing of the sales referred to in Section 2.1 and in
Section 2.2 (the "Closing") shall take place at 10:00 A.M. New
York time on the third (3rd) Business Day after the satisfaction or
waiver (subject to applicable Law) of the conditions set forth in
ArticleΒ VI (other than any such conditions which by their terms cannot be
satisfied until the Closing
Date, which shall be required to be so satisfied or waived (subject to
applicable Law) on the Closing Date) unless another time or date is agreed to in
writing by the Parties (the actual time and date of the Closing being
referred to herein as theΒ "Closing
Date");Β provided, however that, notwithstanding the satisfaction
or waiver of the conditions
set forth in Article VI, the Parties shall not be obligated to effect
the Closing prior to the second (2nd) Business Day following the
final day of the Marketing
Period, unless Purchaser shall request otherwise on two (2) Business Days prior written notice
(but, subject in such case, to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable
Law) of the conditions set forth in ArticleΒ VI (other than any such conditions which by their
terms cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, which shall be required to be
so satisfied or waived (subject to applicable Law) on Purchaser's requested
Closing Date)).Β Β The Closing shall be held at
the offices of White &
Case LLP, 1155 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At the Closing, Seller shall deliver or
cause to be delivered to Purchaser:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a duly executed certificate representing
the LLC Interest, duly endorsed in blank by Seller or the applicable Selling Entity for transfer to
Purchaser, with appropriate transfer stamps, if any,
affixed;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a duly executed stock certificate
representing the NextRx Shares, duly endorsed in blank by the
applicable Selling Entity or with a duly executed blank stock power, or other appropriate
instrument of transfer, affixed for transfer to Purchaser, with appropriate
transfer stamps, if any, affixed;
Β
Β
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Β
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a duly executed stock certificate
representing the NextRx Services Share, duly endorsed in blank
by the applicable Selling
Entity or with a duly executed blank stock power, or other appropriate
instrument of transfer, affixed for transfer to Purchaser, with appropriate
transfer stamps, if any, affixed;
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a counterpart of the PBM Contract, duly
executed by an authorized
officer of Seller;
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β a counterpart of the
Registration Rights Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of
Seller;
Β
(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β a counterpart of the
Transition Services Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of
Seller;
Β
(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a counterpart of the Plano Sublease, duly
executed by an authorized officer of Seller;
Β
(viii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a certificate from each Selling Entity,
dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that such Selling Entity is not a
foreign person within the meaning of Section of Section 1445(f)(3) of the Code,
substantially in the form of the sample certification set forth in Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1445-2(b)(2)(iv)(B); provided, however, that if any of the Selling Entities
fails to deliver such certificate on the Closing Date and Purchaser elects to proceed with
the Closing, then Purchaser shall be entitled to withhold any amounts required
pursuant to Section 1445 of the Code from the Aggregate Cash Consideration;
and
Β
(ix)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a certificate signed by Seller, dated as
of the Closing Date, to the
effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have been
satisfied.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β At the Closing, Purchaser shall deliver
or cause to be delivered to Seller:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
the Aggregate Cash
Consideration;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β (x) a duly executed stock
certificate representing
the LLC Interest Stock Consideration issued in the name of Community Insurance, (y) a duly executed stock certificate
representing the NextRx Stock Consideration issued in the name
of Unicare
Specialty and (z) a duly
executed stock certificate
Β
Β
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Β
representing
the NextRx Services Stock Consideration issued in the name of Unicare
Specialty;
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a counterpart of the PBM Contract, duly
executed by an authorized officer of Purchaser;
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
a counterpart of the Registration
Rights Agreement, duly
executed by an authorized officer of Purchaser;
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a counterpart of the Transition Services
Agreement, duly executed by an authorized officer of
Purchaser;
Β
(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a counterpart of the Plano Sublease,
duly executed by an authorized officer of Purchaser;
Β
(vii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β a certificate signed by Purchaser, dated
as of the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions set forth in Sections
6.3(a) and 6.3(b) have been satisfied; and
Β
(viii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the joinder required by Section
10.1.
Β
Section
2.5Β Β Β Working
Capital Adjustment.Β (a)Β Estimated Balance
Sheet.Β Β Seller will prepare or cause to be prepared in good faith and
delivered to Purchaser not later than five (5) Business Days prior to the
anticipated Closing Date, an estimated combined balance sheet of the
Target Companies (the
"Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet") as of 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on
the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the "Balance
Sheet Time"), together with a written statement
(such statement, the "Estimated
Working Capital Statement") of Seller, signed by an executive
officer of Seller with financial oversight responsibilities for the PBM
Business, setting forth in reasonable detail (and together with reasonable
supporting documentation) (i) Seller's good faith estimate of Working Capital (the "Estimated
Working Capital Amount") as reflected on the Estimated Closing
Balance Sheet and (ii) Seller's good faith estimate of the amount of the Target
Companies' Closing Date Indebtedness.Β Β The Estimated Closing Balance
Sheet and the Estimated
Working Capital Statement will be prepared in accordance with the accounting
principles, policies and procedures used in the preparation of the Balance Sheet
and the definition of Working Capital, respectively.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Pre-Closing
Working Capital Adjustment.
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
If the Estimated Working Capital
Amount is greater than the Working Capital Target, then the Aggregate Cash
Consideration payable at
Β
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Β
Closing
pursuant to Section 2.3 will be increased by the amount of the Pre-Closing
Working Capital Adjustment.
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β If the Estimated Working
Capital Amount is less than the Working Capital Target, then the Aggregate Cash
Consideration payable at Closing pursuant to Section 2.3 will be reduced by the
amount of the Pre-Closing Working Capital Adjustment.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Closing Balance
Sheet; Other Adjustments.Β Β As promptly as practicable
and in any event within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Purchaser will
prepare or cause to be prepared in good faith, and will provide to Seller, a
combined balance sheet of the Target Companies as of the Balance Sheet Time
(the "Closing
Balance Sheet"), together
with a written statement of Purchaser, signed by an officer of Purchaser with
financial oversight responsibilities with respect thereto, setting forth in
reasonable detail (and
together with reasonable documentation)Β Β (i) Working Capital as
derived from the Closing Balance Sheet and (ii) the amount of the Target
Companies' Closing Date Indebtedness (the "Working
Capital/Adjustments Statement").Β Β Following the Closing and
in connection with the
preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet and Working Capital/Adjustments
Statement, Purchaser will have reasonable access to (i) the employees and other
Representatives of Seller who assisted in the preparation of the Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet and the Estimated Working
Capital Statement, the auditors of Seller and their work papers, and the work
papers and other materials used by Seller in the preparation of the Estimated
Closing Balance Sheet and the Estimated Working Capital Statement and (ii) copies of the financial
information and records (or copies of portions thereof) of Seller to the extent
relating to the Target Companies (including such personnel and Representatives
of Seller who prepared or assisted in the preparation of such information) and relevant, in
Purchaser's good faith and reasonable judgment, to Purchaser's ability to
properly prepare the Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital/Adjustments
Statement.Β Β The Closing Balance Sheet and the Working
Capital/Adjustments Statement will be prepared in
accordance with the accounting principles, policies and procedures used in the
preparation of the Balance Sheet and the Estimated Working Capital/Adjustments
Statement.Β Β Following delivery of the Closing Balance Sheet and
the Working Capital/Adjustments Statement,
in connection with its review thereof, Seller will have reasonable access to the
employees and other Representatives of Purchaser who assisted in the preparation
of the Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital/Adjustments Statement, the auditors of
Purchaser and their work papers, and the work papers and other materials used by
Purchaser in the preparation of the Closing Balance Sheet and the Working
Capital/Adjustments Statement.Β Β To the extent that a Party
isΒ obligated to provide the other Party
access to its auditor (and/or its auditor's work papers) pursuant to this
Section 2.5(c), such Party shall be required to use
(and shall have satisfied such obligation to the extent that it has used) its
commercially reasonable
efforts to provide such access.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Dispute
Notice.Β Β The
Closing Balance Sheet and the Working Capital/Adjustments Statement will be
final, conclusive and binding on the Parties unless Seller provides a written
notice (a "Dispute
Notice") to
Purchaser no later than
forty-five (45) days
Β
Β
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Β
Β
after delivery of the Working
Capital/Adjustments Statement setting forth in reasonable detail any item on the
Closing Balance Sheet and/or the Working Capital/Adjustments Statement
(including any item described in Section 2.5(c) above) that Seller
believes has not been prepared correctly in accordance with the definition of
Working Capital.Β Β Any item to which no dispute is raised in the
Dispute Notice will be final, conclusive and binding on the
Parties.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Resolution of
Disputes.Β Β Purchaser and Seller will
attempt to resolve the items raised in a Dispute Notice in good faith for a
period of twenty-five (25) days following the delivery of a Dispute
Notice.Β Β Amounts resolved by such attempts within the twenty-five
(25) day period will be
deemed to have been finally resolved for purposes of the Dispute Notice and will
be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties.Β Β If Purchaser and
Seller are unable to resolve all or any disputed items in the Dispute Notice
during such twenty-five (25) day period,
Purchaser and Seller will submit, as promptly as practicable but not later than
ten (10) days after the expiration of the twenty-five (25) day period, the
unresolved disputed items (together with the Closing Balance Sheet,Β the Working Capital/Adjustments
Statement, the Dispute Notice (as modified to reflect any mutually agreed upon
resolution to any one or more items) and such other analysis and work papers as
each Party may believe is relevant to, or in support of, its position concerning the unresolved disputed
items (provided, that the Party submitting (or who
wishes to submit) such other analysis and work papers have made such analysis
and work papers reasonably available to the other Party for review prior to the
expiration of the
twenty-five (25) day period referred to above) for determination to Deloitte
& Touche LLP (the
"Auditor") or, if such firm is unable or
unwilling to act as Auditor, such other nationally recognized independent public
accounting firm selected by the mutual agreement of the Parties in
writing.Β Β Purchaser and Seller will use their respective reasonable
best efforts to cause the Auditor to render its decision within forty-five (45)
days (and in any event as soon as practicable) after the submission to the Auditor of the disputed items,
including by promptly complying with all reasonable requests by the Auditor for
access to working papers, information, books, records and similar items and
personnel and Representatives of the Parties and their Affiliates to the extent
practicable.Β Β The Auditor will review only those items and amounts
specifically submitted by Purchaser and Seller and shall resolve the unresolved
disputes by adopting a position that is either equal to Purchaser's proposed
position, Seller's proposed position, or between the
positions proposed by Seller and Purchaser.Β Β The Auditor's
determination will be (A) in writing, (B) furnished to each of the Parties
within forty-five (45) days, to the extent practicable, and in any event as
promptly as practicable, after the items or
amounts in dispute have been referred to the Auditor, (C) made in accordance
with this Section 2.5(e), and (D) final, conclusive and binding on the
Parties.Β Β Nothing herein will be construed as to authorize or permit
the Auditor to determine any question or
matter whatsoever under or in connection with this Agreement, except as set
forth in the immediately preceding sentence.Β Β The fees and expenses of
the Auditor with respect to the dispute referred to in this Section
2.5(e) shall be borne equally by each of
Seller and Purchaser.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Post-Closing
Purchase Price Adjustments.Β Promptly, and in any event no later than
the fifth (5th) Business Day, after final determination of each of the Working
Capital amount and Target Companies' Closing Date Indebtedness in
accordance with Section 2.5(d)
Β
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Β
Β
Β
and/or
Section 2.5(e) (respectively, the "Final
Working Capital Amount" and the "Final
Indebtedness of Target Companies") the Purchase Price shall be adjusted
as follows:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the sum of: (A) the Estimated Working Capital
Amount minus the Final Working Capital Amount, plus (B) Final Indebtedness of Target
Companies minus the Target Companies' Closing Date Indebtedness as set forth on
the Estimated Working Capital Statement (such calculation, the "Post-Closing
Adjustment") is a positive
number, then Seller shall pay to Purchaser the Post-Closing Adjustment by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by Purchaser;
or
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β If the Post-Closing Adjustment is a
negative number, then
Purchaser shall pay to Seller the absolute value of the Post-Closing Adjustment
by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account specified by
Seller.
Β
Β
ARTICLE III
Β
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF SELLER
Β
Β
Except
as set forth in the letter (the "Seller
Disclosure Letter") delivered by Seller to Purchaser concurrently with
the execution of this Agreement (it being understood that any matter disclosed
on any Schedule of the Seller Disclosure Letter will be deemed to be disclosed
on any other Schedule of the Seller Disclosure Letter only to the extent that it
is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is
applicable to such other Schedule or Schedules), Seller hereby represents and
warrants to Purchaser as follows:
Β
Section
3.1Β Β Β Due
Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power of Seller and Selling
Entities.Β Β Seller
is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under
the Laws of the State of Indiana and it has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on
its business as now being conducted.Β Β Community Insurance is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
Ohio and it has all requisite corporate
power and authority to
carry on its business as now being conducted.Β Β Unicare Specialty is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
Delaware and it has all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as now being
conducted.
Β
Section
3.2Β Β Β Authorization;
No Conflicts.Β (a)Β Seller and each of the Selling Entities
(if any) and each other Subsidiary of
Seller, if any,Β has, or solely in the case of each such other
Subsidiary of Seller will
have at or prior to the Closing Date, the requisite corporate power and
authority, and has, or solely in the case of each such
other Subsidiary of Seller will have at or prior to the Closing
Date, taken all corporate
action necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Other
Transaction Document to which it is, or shall become a party, to perform its
obligations hereunder and thereunder (including, if not a signatory hereto or
thereto,
Β
Β
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Β
Β
Β
but
actions are contemplated to be taken by such Person hereunder or thereunder),
and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby.Β Β The execution, delivery and performance (including, if not a
signatory hereto or thereto, but actions are contemplated to be taken by such
Person hereunder or thereunder) of this Agreement and each Other Transaction
Document by Seller and each of the Selling Entities and each other Subsidiary of
Seller, if applicable, and the consummation (including, if not a signatory
hereto or thereto, but actions are contemplated to be taken by such Person
hereunder or thereunder) by Seller, each of such Selling Entities and each such
other Subsidiary of Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby,
have been, or solely in the case of each such other Subsidiary of Seller will
have been at or prior to the Closing Date, duly authorized and approved by the
Boards of Directors or Managers, as applicable, of Seller, the Selling Entities
and such other Subsidiaries of Seller, and no other corporate action on the part
of Seller, the Selling Entities or such other Subsidiaries of Seller is, or
solely in the case of each such other Subsidiary of Seller will be at the
Closing,Β necessary
to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and, if
applicable, the Other Transaction Documents by Seller, each Selling Entity, and
each such other Subsidiary of Seller and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby.Β Β This Agreement and the Other
Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by Seller, each Selling Entity, if any,
and each such other Subsidiary of Seller, if any, which may be a party
to any Other Transaction Documents have been or, to the extent not executed as
of the date hereof, will be duly executed and delivered by Seller, any such Selling EntityΒ (if applicable) and any
such other Subsidiary of Seller, if applicable, and, assuming that this
Agreement and each of the Other Transaction Documents constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of Purchaser, constitutes, or solely in the case of each such
other Subsidiary of Seller will constitute as of the Closing Date, a valid and
binding obligation of Seller, each such Selling Entity (if
applicable)Β and
each such other Subsidiary of Seller, enforceable against
Seller, each such
Selling Entity (if
applicable) and each such other Subsidiary of Seller, in accordance with their
terms, except to the extent that their enforceability may be subject to
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar
Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general
equitable principles.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and each Other Transaction Document to be executed and delivered by
Seller and each Selling Entity, if any, which may be a party to any Other
Transaction Document as contemplated hereby do not, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Transaction Documents
will not, (i) conflict with any of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or
other equivalent charter documents, as applicable, of Seller, any Selling Entity
or any Target Company, (ii) conflict with or result in a breach of, or
constitute a default under, any Permit or Contract of Seller or any Selling Entity or Target Company, as
applicable or (iii) subject to the receipt or making of the consents, approvals,
authorizations, and filings referred to in Section 3.6, contravene any Law or
Order currently in effect, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or contraventions, which would not reasonably be expected to
(x)Β Β have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material
Adverse Effect or (y) impair or delay Seller's ability to consummate
the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Other Transaction Documents.
Β
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Β
Β
Β
Section
3.3Β Β Β Ownership of
Shares and LLC Interest.Β Β All of the NextRx Shares and the NextRx Services Share are beneficially and of
record owned by Unicare
Specialty, free
and clear of all
Liens.Β Β The LLC Interest is beneficially and of record owned by
Community
Insurance, free and clear
of all Liens.Β Β Each of the Selling Entities is an indirect,
wholly-owned Subsidiary of Seller.Β Β The consummation of the
transactions contemplated
by this Agreement will convey to Purchaser good title to the LLC Interest,
NextRx Shares and NextRx Services Share, free and clear of all
Liens, except for those created by Purchaser or arising out of ownership of the
LLC Interest, NextRx Shares and NextRx Services Share by Purchaser and other
than restrictions on transfer of unregistered securities arising under
applicable federal, state or foreign securities Laws.
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Section
3.4Β Β Β Target
Companies.Β Β (a)Β NextRx LLC is a limited liability
company validly existing
and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Ohio and has all requisite
limited liability company power and authority to carry on its business as now
being conducted, except where the failure to have such power and authority
would not reasonably be expected to have a
Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β NextRx is a corporation duly incorporated,
validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware
and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted,
except where the failure to have such power and authority would not reasonably
be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β NextRx Services is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of
New York and has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its
business as now being conducted, except where the failure to have such power and
authority would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse
Effect.Β Β Each Target Company is duly qualified or licensed to do
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which the character or
location of the properties owned, leased or operated by such Target Company or
the nature of the business conducted by it makes such
qualification necessary, except for such jurisdictions where the failure to be
so qualified or licensed and in good standing would not reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β Prior to
the execution of this Agreement, Seller has made available to Purchaser true,
complete and correct copies of the certificates of incorporation and bylaws (or
other similar governing documents) for each Target Company.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β None of the Target Companies has any
Subsidiaries.
Β
Section
3.5Β Β Β Capitalization
of Target Companies.Β Β The authorized capital
stock of NextRx consists of 1000 shares of common
stock, par value $0.01 per share, of which 1000 shares are issued and
outstanding (theΒ "NextRx
Shares").Β Β The NextRx Shares constitute all the issued and
outstanding equity interests of NextRx.Β Β The authorized capital
stock of NextRx Services consists of 200 shares of
common stock, without par value, of which 1 share is issued and
outstanding (the
"NextRx
Services Share").Β Β The NextRx Services Share constitutes all the
issued and outstanding equity interests of NextRx Services. The authorized capital of
NextRx LLC consists ofΒ 1 membership interest,
whichΒ is issued and outstanding (the "LLC
Interest").Β Β The LLC Interest
constitutes all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of NextRx LLC.Β Β The NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share and the LLC Interest
have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable, and were not
issued in violation of, and
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not subject to, any preemptive rights.Β Β There are no outstanding or
authorized options, warrants, rights, subscriptions, claims of any character,
agreements, obligations, convertible or exchangeable securities, or other
commitments contingent or otherwise, relating to the capital stock of, or other
equity or voting interest in, any Target Company, pursuant to which Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries, including any Target Company, is or may become
obligated to issue, deliver or sell or cause to be issued, delivered or sold,
shares of capital stock of or other equity or voting interests in, any Target
Company or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for, or evidencing the
right to subscribe for or acquire, any shares of the capital stock of or other
equity or voting interests in, any Target Company.Β Β There are no
outstanding or authorized stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit
participation or similar rights with respect to the capital stock of, or other
equity or voting interests in, any Target Company.Β Β No Target Company
has any authorized or outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other Indebtedness
the holders of which have the right to vote (or convertible into, exchangeable
for, or evidencing the right to subscribe for or acquire securities having the
right to vote) with the equityholders of any Target Company on any
matter.Β Β There are no proxies and no voting agreements or voting
trusts or other voting arrangements with respect to any capital stock of, or
other equity or voting interests in, any Target Company.
Β
Section
3.6Β Β Β Consents and
Approvals.Β Β Assuming all filings
required under the Antitrust Laws are made and any waiting periods thereunder
have been terminated or expired, no other consent, approval, authorization or filing of or with
any Governmental Entity (other than as may be required by any Contract with
Governmental Entities that are conducting business with Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries, including any Target Company, each of which is set forth on Schedule 3.6 of the Seller
Disclosure Letter), which has not been received or made, is necessary or
required by or with respect to Seller or the Selling Entities in connection with
the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Other Transaction Documents by Seller or any
Selling Entity which is a party thereto, if any, or the consummation by Seller
or any Selling Entity which is a party thereto, if any, of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Other Transaction Documents, except for any other consents,
approvals, authorizations or filings which, if not made or obtained, would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect.
Β
Section
3.7Β Β Β Financial
Statements; Undisclosed
Liabilities.Β Β (a)Β Β The unaudited combined
balance sheet of the Target Companies (the "Balance
Sheet") as at December 31, 2008 (such date being referred to
herein as the "Balance
Sheet Date"), and the related unaudited combined
income statement of the
Target Companies for the fiscal year then ended, were, and the Interim Financial
Statements, when delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.20(b), will be,
prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, and, in the case of the Interim
Financial Statements, in accordance with the methods, principles and
classifications used in preparing the Balance Sheet and the related unaudited
combined income statement, in each case, except as otherwise noted
therein.Β Β Prior to the date hereof,
true and complete copies of the Balance Sheet and the related unaudited combined
income statement of the Target Companies have been made available to
Purchaser.Β Β The Audited Financial Statements, when delivered to
Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.20(a), will be
prepared in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied throughout the periods
involved, and in accordance with the methods, principles and classifications
used in preparing the Balance Sheet and the
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related
unaudited combined income statement, except as otherwise noted therein, and the
requirements of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Exchange
Act.Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, revenue shall
be presented in the Audited Financial Statements and the Interim Financial
Statements on a "gross" basis as opposed to a "net" basis.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the date of such financial
statements, the Balance Sheet fairly presented, in all material respects, the
combined financial position of the Target Companies as at the Balance Sheet Date, and the related
unaudited combined income statement fairly presented, in all material respects,
the combined results of operations of the Target Companies for the fiscal year
then ended.Β Β Each of the Balance Sheet and the income
statementΒ was, the Audited Financial Statements,
when delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.20(a) will be, and the Interim
Financial Statements, when delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.20(b)
will be, prepared in all material respects in accordance with the books and records of each Target
Company, except for certain adjustments (that will not be, individually or in
the aggregate, material in amount) to present the Audited Financial Statements
and the Interim Financial Statements as if the combined operations of the Target Companies were
reflected on a stand-alone basis in accordance with Regulation
S-X.Β Β Each of the Audited Financial Statements, when delivered to
Purchaser pursuant to Section 5.20(a), and the Interim Financial Statements,
when delivered to Purchaser pursuant to Section
5.20(b), will fairly present, in all material respects, the combined financial
position and the combined results of operations of the Target Companies as of
the dates and for the periods presented therein.Β Β Each Target
Company maintains accurate books and
records reflecting its assets and liabilities and maintains, and has maintained
for all periods reflected in the Balance Sheet and the accompanying income
statement, the Interim Financial Statements and the Audited Financial Statements, proper and adequate
internal accounting controls that provide assurance that (i) transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit accurate preparation of its financial statements
and to maintain accurate accountability for its assets; (ii) the reporting of its assets is compared
with existing assets at regular intervals; and (iii) accounts, notes and other
receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate
procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely
basis.Β Β Neither Seller nor any Target Company nor, to the Knowledge of
Seller, any auditor, accountant or representative of Seller or any Target
Company has received or otherwise had or obtained Knowledge of any material
complaint, allegation, assertion or claim, whether
written or oral, regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures,
methodologies or methods of any Target Company or their respective internal
accounting controls, including any material complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that any Target
Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing
practices.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Seller is in compliance in all material
respects with the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act to the extent
such compliance is applicable to the Target
Companies.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, as of the
date of this Agreement, there are no SEC inquiries or investigations, other
governmental inquiries or investigations or internal investigations pending or
threatened, in each case regarding any accounting practices of
Seller
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relate to the Target Companies, except for such inquiries or investigations
which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Target Companies do not have any obligations
or liabilities (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except (i)
liabilities reflected on the Balance Sheet or disclosed in the notes thereto,
(ii) liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Balance Sheet Date and
which are not material to the Target Companies, (iii) liabilities that would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect, (iv) liabilities incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated
hereby or by the Other Transaction Documents or (v) performance obligations
incurred after the Balance Sheet Date pursuant to the terms of Contracts (1) in
effect as of the date hereof or (2) entered into after the date hereof not in violation of this
Agreement.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Target Companies (i) do not have any
material outstanding obligations or liabilities under escheat or similar laws;
and (ii) are not, and since January 1, 2007 have not been, subject to any
actions, audits or other
proceedings with any Governmental Entity with respect to escheat or similar
laws.
Β
Section
3.8Β Β Β Absence of
Certain Changes.Β Β Since the Balance Sheet
Date and to the date of this Agreement:Β Β (i) the businesses of the
Target Companies have been conducted in all material respects in the
ordinary course; and (ii) none of the Target Companies have taken any action
that would, after the date hereof, be prohibited (or for which Seller would be
required to seek Purchaser's consent) pursuant to Section 5.2(a) hereof.Β Β Since the Balance
Sheet Date there has not been any change in the results of operations, condition
(financial or otherwise), assets or business of the Target Companies, taken as a
whole, which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Β
Section
3.9Β Β Β Compliance
with Laws; Permits.Β Β (a)Β Β The Target Companies are
being operated, and since January 1, 2007 have been operated, in compliance with
all Laws and Orders applicable to the Target Companies,
except for any such non-compliances that would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.Β Β Since January 1, 2007, no Person has asserted in writing (and
to the Knowledge of Seller, no Person has
otherwise asserted or intends to assert) that any event has occurred or
circumstance exists that is reasonably likely to constitute or result in a
violation of or failure to comply with any term or requirement of any
Order or any Law, other than any such
violation or noncompliance as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of
clause (a) above, none of the Target Companies or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
their respective officers, directors, managing employees or agents has, except
in each case as does not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, engaged
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in
any activity, whether alone or in concert with one or more of their business
associates, which would constitute a violation of:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the federal Medicare and Medicaid
statutes, Public Contracts Anti-Kickback Act, 41 U.S.C. Β§ 51, et seq., the federal statutes relating to health
care fraud and abuse and kickbacks, including 42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7b, 42 U.S.C. Β§ 1320a-7a, 42 U.S.C. Β§ 1395nn and the federal Civil False
Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Β§
3729 et
seq., or related or similar
statutes pertaining to any
other federal health care program (as such term is defined in 42 U.S.C.
Β§ 1320a-7b(f)) or the
regulations promulgated pursuant to any of such statutes;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β state Laws pertaining to Medicaid or any
other state health care or health insurance programs;
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
state or federal Laws pertaining
to xxxxxxxx to or claims for reimbursement submitted to insurance companies,
health maintenance organizations, and other managed care plans or insurance
fraud; or
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β federal or state Laws relating to
fraudulent, abusive or
unlawful practices connected in any way with the provision of health care items
or services, or the billing for or claims for reimbursement for such items or
services provided to a beneficiary of any state, federal or other governmental
health care or health insurance program or any
non-governmental health care plan or health insurance
arrangement.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of
clause (a) above, none of the Target Companies or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
their respective officers, directors, managing employees, agents or
persons with direct or indirect ownership interests of any Target Company (as
those terms are used in 42 C.F.R. Β§ 1001.1001), except in each case as does
not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β has engaged in any
activities that are prohibited under, or are cause for civil penalties, other
sanctions or mandatory or permissive exclusion from any federal health care
program under Sections
1128, 1128A, 1128B or 1877 of the Social Security Act ("SSA") or related state or local Laws;
or
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
has knowingly and willfully
offered, paid, solicited or received any remuneration (including any kickback,
rebate or bribe) directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind
(i) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or
arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for
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which
payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any federal
health care program, or (ii) in return for the purchase, lease, or order or the
arranging for or recommending of the purchase, lease or order, of any item or
service for which payment may be made in whole or in part under Medicare,
Medicaid or any federal health care program.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of
clause (a) above, none of the Target Companies or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
their respective officers, directors, managing employees, agents or persons with
direct or indirect ownership interests of any Target Company (as those
terms are used in 42 C.F.R. Β§ 1001.1001), except in each case as does
not have, or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β has had a civil
monetary penalty assessed
against it under section 1128A of the SSA or any regulations promulgated
thereunder;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
has been excluded or suspended
from participation in any manner under the Medicare or Medicaid program or any
other federal health care program (as defined in SSA section 1128B(f)) or a
state health care program (as defined in SSA section 1128(h)) or any regulations
promulgated thereunder;
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β has been convicted of
any criminal offense relating to the delivery of an item or service under
Medicare, Medicaid, any
other federal health care program or state health care program or relating to
the unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription or dispensing of a
controlled substance (as defined in 42 C.F.R. Β§ 1001.2);
Β
(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β without limiting clauses (d)(i) through (iii) above, is a party to
or the subject of any sanctions imposed by, or other Order of, or investigation
or audit by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ("CMS"), including those described in that
certain letter from CMS to Seller dated January 12, 2009;
or
Β
(v)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
is a party to or the subject of
any action or proceeding concerning any of the matters described above in
clauses (d)(i) through (iii).
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Target Companies hold all material
federal, state, local and foreign permits, approvals, licenses, authorizations,
certificates, rights, exemptions and Orders from and Contracts with Governmental
Entities (collectively, the "Permits") that are necessary for the operation
of the businesses of the Target Companies as presently conducted, or that are necessary for the lawful
ownership of their respective properties and assets, except to the extent that
any such failure to hold any Permit or any such default would not reasonably be
expected to
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individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.Β Β Schedule 3.9(e) of
the Seller Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all Permits held by the Target
Companies.Β Β Each of the Permits is valid, subsisting and in full force
and effect, except when the failure to be valid, subsisting and in full force
and effect would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β To the Knowledge of
Seller, no written notice of cancellation of, revocation of, suspension of or
default under any Permit has been received since January 1, 2007 by any Target
Company.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Target Company has fulfilled and
performed in all material respects its respective obligations under each of the
Permits, and is not in material breach or violation of any Permit or terms and conditions
thereof.Β Β No written notice of cancellation of, revocation of,
suspension of or default under any Permit has been received since January 1,
2007 by any Target Company.
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no
acts that furnish a
reasonable basis for a warning letter or other regulatory letter, other adverse
regulatory communication or action, or civil or criminal investigation or
actionΒ involving or relating to the Target
Companies, except in each
case as does not have, or
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
representations and warranties contained in this Section 3.9 do not apply to
benefit plans and related matters, labor matters (other than those
expressly set forth above), taxes, intellectual property, and environmental laws
and environmental matters, which subject matters are addressed in their entirety
and exclusively in Sections 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14 andΒ 3.17, respectively.
Β
Section 3.10Β Β Litigation.Β Β There is no, and since
January 1, 2007, there has not been, any legal action, lawsuit, proceeding at
law or in equity, inspection, audit, arbitration, or administrative or other
proceeding or, to the Knowledge of Seller, any investigation, by or
before any Governmental Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller,
threatened, against or affecting any Target Company, or any of their respective
businesses, properties, assets, rights or Permits, other than any such actions, suits, proceedings at law or
in equity, arbitrations or administrative or other proceedings or investigation,
inspection or audit that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β As of the date hereof, there
is no Action pending, or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in writing,
against or affecting Seller or any of its Affiliates that challenges the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement or seeks to enjoin or
prohibit consummation of, or seek other material
equitable relief with respect to, the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or that would reasonably be expected to impair or delay Seller's
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Β
Section 3.11Β Β Benefit
Plans.Β Β (a)Β Β Each material employee
compensation or benefit plan, contract, policy or arrangement which is
sponsored, maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by Seller
in which Company Employees participate as of the
date
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(collectively, the "Benefit
Plans") is listed on Schedule 3.11(a) of the Seller Disclosure
Letter.Β Β The Target Companies have never sponsored, maintained or
contributed to (or been required to contribute to) any Benefit
Plan.Β Β Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect, neither
Seller nor any ERISA Affiliate has any liability under Title IV of ERISA or
Section 4980B of the Code which has not been satisfied in full, and no events
have occurred which are reasonably likely to result in such
liability.Β Β As of the date hereof, no Benefit Plan maintained by
Seller or its ERISA Affiliate and covered by Title IV of ERISA has been
terminated and no proceedings have been instituted to terminate or appoint a
trustee to administer any such plan.Β Β Copies of all Benefit Plans and
any amendments thereto, or, in either case, summaries thereof, have been
provided or made available to Purchaser.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Seller Savings Plan is "qualified" within the meaning of Section 401(a)
of the Code, the trust (if any) forming a part thereof is exempt from taxation
under Section 501(a) of the Code, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no event has
occurred that would adversely affect such qualification or tax-exempt
status.Β Β Each Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under
Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from
the IRS.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each individual who is classified by the
Target Company as an "employee" or as an "independent contractor" is properly so classified, and each
Company Employee has been properly classified as an "exempt" or "non-exempt" employee under applicable
law.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Seller has provided or made available to
Purchaser a list of each Company Employee, which list set forth such
employee's current annual compensation (including, where applicable, bonus or
incentive compensation opportunity), years of credited service, full or part
time status, exempt/nonexempt status (where applicable), hourly or salaried status, date of hire, work
location and job title.
Β
Section 3.12Β Β Labor
Matters.Β Β (a)Β Β Each Target Company is, and
since January 1, 2007 has been, in compliance with all applicable Laws
respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and
wages and hours, and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice, other than any
such non-compliance or unfair labor practice that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge
of Seller, no material unfair labor practice complaint against any Target
Company is pending before the National Labor Relations
Board.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β There is no, and since January 1, 2007
has not been, any labor
strike, dispute, slowdown or stoppage actually pending or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, threatened in
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against or involving any Target Company that would reasonably be expected to
have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the date hereof, no Target Company is,
and since January 1, 2007 has not been, party to or bound by any labor agreement
or collective bargaining agreement and, to the Knowledge of Seller, no employee
of any Target Company is, and since January 1, 2007 has not been, represented by any labor
organization with respect to his or her employment with any Target
Company.Β Β As of the date hereof, no union is currently certified, and
there is no union representation question and no union or other organizational
activity that would be subject to the
National Labor Relations Act (20 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.) existing or, to the Knowledge of
Seller, threatened, with respect to the operations of any Target
Company.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β With respect to any Target Company, no
grievance exists, and since
January 1, 2007 none has existed, and no arbitration proceeding arising out of
or under any collective bargaining agreement is, or since January 1, 2007 has
been, pending, other than any such grievance or arbitration proceeding that
would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Target Companies are, and since
January 1, 2007 have been, in compliance with all notice and other requirements
under the Workers' Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act and similar
applicable state, local and foreign Law relating to plant closings and layoffs
(the "WARN
Act"), and no Target
Company has any obligations pursuant to the WARN Act.Β Β On or before
the Closing Date, each Target Company shall provide a list of the name and site
of employment of any and all employees of any Target Company who had experienced
any employment loss or layoff, as defined by the WARN Act, within 90 days prior
to the Closing Date.Β Β The Target Companies shall update this list up to and including the
Closing Date.
Β
Section 3.13Β Β Tax
Matters.Β Β (a)Β Tax
Returns.Β Β The
Target Companies have timely filed or caused to be timely filed, or shall timely
file or cause to be timely filed, all material Tax Returns that are required to be filed by, or with
respect to, the Target Companies on or prior to the date hereof (taking into
account any applicable extension of time within which to file).Β Β All
such Tax Returns referred to in the preceding sentence, to the extent
such Tax Returns relate to the Target
Companies, are true, correct and complete in all material respects and except as
is not reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all
material consolidated, combined or unitary Tax Returns that include the Target Companies and that are
required to be filed on or prior to the date hereof (taking into account any
applicable extension of time within which to file) are true, correct and
complete.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payment of
Taxes.Β Β All
material Taxes and Tax liabilities of the Target Companies that are due
and payable on or prior to the date hereof (whether or not shown on a Tax Return
referred to in clause (a) of this Section 3.13) have been paid or accrued and
adequately disclosed on the Closing Balance Sheet.Β Β AllΒ material Taxes of any
combined,
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or unitary group of which the Target Companies are currently members that are
required to be paid on or prior to the date hereof have been paid or accrued on
the books and records of Seller or its Subsidiaries in accordance with
GAAP.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Withholding.Β Β All material Taxes which
the Target Companies were required to withhold (i) under Sections 1441 and 1442 of the
CodeΒ and (ii) by applicable LawΒ in connection with payments made to any
employee, independent contractor, creditor, shareholder, customer,
vendor, supplier or other third party have, in each case, been withheld and timely paid over to
the appropriate Tax Authority to the extent due and payable.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Disputes.Β Β No claims, written proposed
deficiencies, actions,
audits or other proceedings with any Tax Authority are presently pending, or
have been threatened in writing, for a material amount of unpaid Taxes asserted
against the Target Companies.Β Β During the past five years, no claim
has been made in writingΒ by any Tax Authority in a jurisdiction
where any Target Company does not file Tax Returns to the effect that such
Target Company may be subject to material taxation by that
jurisdiction.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Waivers.Β Β There are no outstanding
waivers of the statute of limitations applicable to any Separate
Return of the Target Companies or any outstanding extension of time with respect
to an assessment or deficiency for Separate Taxes related to the Target
Companies.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Liens.Β Β Except for Permitted Liens,
there are no material Liens
for Taxes against any of the assets or properties of the Target
Companies.
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Consolidated
Groups.Β Β None of
the Target Companies has been a member of an affiliated group filing a
consolidated United
States federal income Tax
Return (other than a group
the common parent of which is a Target Company or Seller).Β Β None of
the Target Companies has any liability for Taxes of another Person (other than
members of the consolidated group of which Seller is the parent) under Treasury
Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any corresponding provisions
of state, local or foreign Tax law).
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Tax
Agreements.Β Β None
of the Target Companies is a party to any Tax allocation, Tax sharing or other
similar agreement the subject of which is indemnification for Taxes with
any person other than
Seller or its Subsidiaries (including the Target Companies).
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Post-Closing
Inclusions.Β Β None
of the Target Companies will be required to include any item of income in or
exclude any item of deduction from, Taxable income for any Post-Closing Taxable Period as a result of
any (i) any request for a ruling, advance pricing agreement, "closing agreement" as defined in Section 7121 of the Code
(or any correspondingΒ Β or similar provision of state, local or foreign
Tax law), (ii) installment
sale or open transaction disposition made on or before the Closing Date; (iii)
adjustment pursuant to Section 481(a) of the
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or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Tax law; (iv) deferred
intercompany gain or excess loss account as described under Treasury Regulation
Section 1504 or any similar provision of state, local or other Tax law; or (v)
prepaid amount received on or prior to the Closing Date.
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Tax
Status.Β Β NextRx LLC has, at all times since its formation,
been treated as an entity
disregarded as separate from its owner for United States federal income tax
purposes.
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Section
355.Β Β None of the
Target Companies has been a "distributing corporation" or a "controlled corporation" in a distribution intended to qualify
under Section 355(a) of the
Code.
Β
(l)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Listed
Transactions; Certain Reportable Transactions.Β Β None of the Target Companies has
participated in a "listed
transaction" within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).Β Β During the
past three years, none of
the Target Companies has participated in a "reportable transaction" within the meaning of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).
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(m)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Non-Foreign
Person.Β Β No
Seller Entity is a foreign person within the meaning of Section 1445(f)(3) of
the Code.
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(n)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Seller has made available to Purchaser all
Separate Returns for Income Taxes filed by the Target Companies for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007.
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Section
3.14Β Β Β Intellectual
Property.Β Β (a)Β Schedule
3.14(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter contains
a list of all (i) registered and applied-for Intellectual Property (including
domain names) and (ii) material proprietary software, in each case, owned by the
Target Companies.Β Β As to the Intellectual Property listed on
Schedule
3.14(a) of the Seller
Disclosure
Letter, a Target Company is
the exclusive beneficial and, to the extent registered or applied-for, record
owner of all such listed Intellectual Property and all such listed Intellectual
Property is subsisting, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, valid and enforceable.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of the Target Companies owns,
licenses, or otherwise possesses the valid right to use, free and clear of all
Liens (except Permitted Liens), all of the Intellectual Property owned or used
in their respective businesses as currently conducted.Β Β The conduct
of the businesses of the Target Companies does not infringe, misappropriate, or
otherwise violate the Intellectual Property of any third party, and there are no
unresolved claims or written notices of any threatened claims alleging that any of the Target Companies
are infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise violating the Intellectual
Property of any third party, or challenging the use or ownership by any Target
Company of any Intellectual Property, except for claims that would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
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Effect.Β Β To
the Knowledge of Seller, no Person is infringing, misappropriating, or otherwise
violating any Intellectual Property owned by any of the Target Companies, and no
such claims have been asserted or threatened against any Person by any of the
Target Companies.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Target Company takes and has taken
commercially reasonable actions to protect the integrity and security, as
applicable, of the software, databases, systems, networks and
Internet websites that it owns or is licensed to use and all information stored
or contained therein or transmitted thereby from any unauthorized use, access,
interruption or modification by any other Person.Β Β Each Target Company has implemented
commercially reasonable back-up, security and disaster recovery
technology.Β Β Other than (i) the cessation of use of the Seller's
Marks as provided for under Section 5.13, (ii) plan, member, client and claims
information and data (and
any related rights) which will be provided as set forth under the PBM
Contract and the Transition
Services Agreement, and
(iii) the Licensed Intellectual Property (some
of which Licensed Intellectual Property is being provided pursuant to, and for
the time periods set forth
in, the Transition Services Agreement and any other Licensed Intellectual
Property material to the PBM Business is identified in Schedules
3.14(c) or 5.2(d) of the Seller Disclosure Letter), the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not
result in the loss or impairment of or payment of any additional amounts with
respect to, nor require the consent of any other Person in respect of, the
Target Companies' right to own or use any Intellectual PropertyΒ (including any member and claims data)
as owned or used in the conduct of their respective businesses as currently
conducted.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, since
January 1, 2007, the Target Companies have complied with all applicable Laws,
and their own rules,
policies, and procedures, relating to privacy, data protection, and the
collection and use of personal information, except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect.Β Β No writtenΒ claims have been asserted or threatened
against any of the Target Companies alleging a violation of any Person's privacy
rights, personal information, or data rights, and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not, to theΒ Knowledge of Seller, result in any such
violation.
Β
Section 3.15Β Β Broker's or
Finder's Fee.Β Β Except for the fees of Bank
of America Securities LLC or any of its Affiliates (the fees and expenses of
which, in all such cases, shall be paid by Seller), no agent, broker, Person or firm acting on
behalf of Seller is, or shall be, entitled to any broker's fees, finder's fees
or commissions from Seller in connection with this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
Β
Section 3.16Β Β Material
Contracts.Β Β (a)Β Β Schedule 3.16(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter contains a list, as of the date hereof, of the
following Contracts (each a "Material
Contract") to which a Target Company is a party,
or bound by, or under which their respective businesses or assets are bound and, in each case,
will continue to be a party to, bound by, or continue to have any obligation
under, or under which Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound or have
any obligations, following the Closing:Β Β (i) Contracts that contain restrictions with respect to
the payment of dividends or any other distribution in respect of the capital
stock or other equity interests of any Target Company; (ii) the top twenty (20)
external customer
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of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, based on sales for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008; (iii) the top six (6) retail pharmacy Contracts of the
Target Companies, taken as a whole, based on sales for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008; (iv) the top ten (10) commercial rebateΒ Β Contracts
of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, based on sales for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2008; (v) the top ten (10) Part D rebate Contracts of the
Target Companies, taken as a whole, based on sales for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008; (vi) Contracts between a Target Company and each vendor that
contain a minimum annual purchase requirement of $1,000,000 or more or under
which a Target Company annually spends more than $1,000,000 and that cannot be
cancelled without penalty on less than one hundred and twenty (120) days'
notice; (vii) Contracts that restrain, limit or impede the Target Companies' or
their Affiliates' ability to (A) compete with or conduct any business or line of
business (exclusive of Contracts by which Company Employees may be bound to
which no Target Company nor any of its Affiliates is bound), (B) solicit the
customers or employees of another Person or (C) disclose confidentiality or
proprietary information (other than customary language of a type ordinarily
present in Contracts related to the PBM Business); (viii) Contracts that contain
"most favored nation" or equivalent preferential pricing terms for the benefit
of any Person other than a Target Company; (ix) any letter of intent, letter of
understanding, memorandum of understanding, proposal, bid or other similar
document with regard toΒ Β any acquisition currently proposed or
contemplated (including by merger) of capital stock or assets (except for
ordinary course purchases of inventory or similar goods) of any other Person;
(x) Contracts containing any standstill or similar agreement pursuant to which
any Target Company (or, following the Closing, any Affiliate thereof, including
Purchaser and its Subsidiaries) has agreed not to acquire assets or securities
of another Person, or propose or offer to do so; (xi) all employment and
consulting Contracts of the Target Companies (other than those pursuant to which
the base compensation to be paid by the Target Companies collectively to the
offeree is less than $150,000 per year) and all bonus, pension, profit sharing
or other deferred compensation plans of the Target Companies; (xii) all
Contracts (or group of related Contracts) or options to sell or lease (as
lessor) any property or asset of the Target Companies in excess of $250,000 per
year, except for sales in the ordinary course of business; (xiii) all Contracts
(or group of related Contracts) pursuant to which any Target Company (A)
possesses or uses, or has agreed to acquire or lease, any property or asset and
(B) is required to make payments, accrue expenses or incur charges in excess of
$500,000 per year; (xiv) all Contracts (or group of related Contracts), plans or
programs pursuant to which material payments, or an acceleration of or material
increase in benefits, may be required upon a change of control of any Target
Company; (xv) all collective bargaining agreements; (xvi) written contracts by
which (A) any Target Company is granted or obtains any right to use any material
Intellectual Property of any other Person (other than readily commercially
available click-wrap or shrink wrap software licenses) or (B) any Target Company
is restricted in its right to use or register, or licenses or otherwise permits
any other Person to use or register, material Intellectual Property; and (xvii)
material Contracts between a Target Company and any Governmental
Entity.Β Β True and complete copies of all Material Contracts have been
made available to Purchaser, together with all material amendments, waivers or
changes thereto.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect, each Material Contract is in full force and effect
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is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Target Company which is party
thereto, and, to the Knowledge of Seller, of the other parties thereto
enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms, except to the
extent that its enforceability may be subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and by general equitable principles
(except those which are cancelled, rescinded or terminated after the date hereof
in accordance with their terms).Β Β Except as would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse
Effect, no Target Company is in default under, or in material breach or
violation of, nor has an event occurred that (with or without notice, lapse of
time or both) would constitute a material default by any Target Company under
any such Material Contract.Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, no other
party to any such Material Contract is in material default under any such
Material Contract.Β Β As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Seller,
no Target Company has received any notice in writing or claim of default under,
any Material Contract, or any written notice of any intent to terminate, not
renew or challenge the validity or enforceability of any Material
Contract.
Section 3.17Β Β Environmental
Matters.Β Β (a)Β Β Except as would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company
Material Adverse Effect: (i) the Target Companies are in compliance with all
applicable Environmental
Laws, and have obtained, and are in compliance with, all Permits required under
applicable Environmental Laws in connection with the operation of their
respective properties, assets and business; and (ii) there are no actions,
suits, investigations or other proceedings by any Governmental
Entity or other Person pending or, to the Knowledge of Seller, threatened in
writing with respect to a Target Company under any Environmental
Law.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, there are no
past or continuing releases
of any Hazardous Substance into the environment at any real property currently
or previously leased or owned by any Target Company, except for releases that
would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Company Material Adverse Effect.
Β
Section
3.18Β Β Β Real
Property.Β Β (a)Β Β ScheduleΒ 3.18(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter contains a list, as of the date hereof, of all real property
owned in whole or in part by a Target Company (collectively, the "Owned
Real Property").Β Β A Target Company has title in fee simple to the
Owned Real Property, free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens and
Liens that will be released at or prior to the Closing.Β Β There are no
outstanding options, rights of first offer, rights of reverter orΒ rights of first refusal to purchase the
Owned Real Property or any portion thereof or interest therein.Β Β None
of the Target Companies are a party to any agreement or option to purchase any
real property or interest therein unless otherwise disclosed on Schedule
3.18(a) of the
Seller Disclosure Letter.
Β
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(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β ScheduleΒ 3.18(b) of the Seller Disclosure Letter
contains a list, as of the date hereof, setting forth the street address of each
leased facility (the "Leased
Real Property") of the Target Companies (as
lessee, sublessee,
sublessor or lessor).Β Β Seller has made true and complete copies of all
leases of the Leased Real Property (the "Leases") available to
Purchaser.Β Β Except as would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a
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Material Adverse Effect, each Lease is in full force and effect and the legal,
valid and binding obligation of the Target Company party thereto, and, to the
Knowledge of Seller, of the other parties thereto, enforceable against each of
them in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that its enforceability
may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and by general equitable principles.Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, no
action has been taken or omitted by any Target Company and, no other event has
occurred or condition exists, that constitutes, or after notice or lapse of time
or both would constitute, a default by a Target Company under any of the Leases,
except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section
3.19Β Β Β Insurance.Β Β Set forth on ScheduleΒ 3.19 of the Seller Disclosure Letter is a
list, as of the date hereof, of each current material insurance
policy (the "Seller
Insurance Policies") that covers the Target Companies or
their businesses, properties, assets or employees (including a description of
any self-insurance program).Β Β There is no material claim
pending under any such
Seller Insurance Policy which relates to the PBM Business or any of the Target
Companies, as the case may be, as to which coverage has been questioned, denied
or disputed by the underwriter of such Seller Insurance
Policy.
Β
Section
3.20Β Β Β Investment
Intent; Risk; Ownership of Common Stock.Β Β (a)Β Β The Selling Entities are
acquiring the Purchaser Common Stock for their own account, for investment
purposes only, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection with, any
distribution thereof, nor
with any present intention of distributing or selling the Purchaser Common
Stock, in violation of the federal securities Laws.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Selling Entities qualify as
"accredited
investors", as such term is
defined in RuleΒ 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities
Act.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Selling Entities understand that the
Purchaser Common Stock to be acquired by them pursuant to this Agreement has not
been registered under the Securities Act.Β Β The Selling Entities
acknowledge that such securities may not be transferred, sold, offered
for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration
under the Securities Act and any other provision of applicable state securities
Laws or pursuant to an applicable exemption therefrom.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Selling Entities are informed and
sophisticated participants in the transactions contemplated hereby and have
sufficient knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical, commercial,
financial, legal and other risks associated with the acquisition by the Selling Entities of the Purchaser
Common Stock on the terms hereunder.Β Β The Selling Entities understand
that the acquisition of the Purchaser Common Stock to be acquired by them
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement involves substantial
risk.Β Β The Selling Entities can bear the economic
risk of their investment (which may be for an indefinite
period).
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Section 3.21Β Β Sufficiency
of Assets.Β Β The
Target Companies have good and valid title to all of their material owned
tangible properties and assets and a valid leasehold interest in all of
their material leased properties and assets, in each case, owned or leased by
them in connection with the operation of the PBM Business as presently
conducted, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted
Liens.Β Β Such properties and assets are in all
material respects in good operating condition and in all material respects free
from defects, in each case, subject to ordinary wear and tear.Β Β The
properties and assets owned and leased by the Target Companies
constitute all of the material properties and
assets used primarily in the PBM Business as currently conducted by the Target
Companies as of the date of this Agreement and, subject to the proviso below,
constitute assets sufficient to conduct the PBM Business immediately following the Closing in
substantially the same manner as conducted by the Target Companies as of the
date of this Agreement; provided, however, that Purchaser acknowledges and
agrees that (v) Purchaser will not acquire any assets or properties
sold or otherwise disposed of after the
date hereof and prior to the Closing in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, (w) Purchaser will not acquire ownership of any of the assets and
properties that the Parties have agreed will be retained by Seller and its Affiliates as necessary for the
provision of the services to be provided by Seller to Purchaser and the Target
Companies pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement or are necessary for the
provision of any other services (including, without limitation, finance, accounting, financial
planning and other related services, human resources, payroll and other related
services, tax and treasury services, and procurement services) provided by
Seller or any of its Affiliates to the PBM Business immediately prior to the Closing that will
terminate as of the Closing, (x) the Target Companies will not have Cash or Cash
Equivalents immediately following the Closing, (y) Purchaser and the Target
Companies will not acquire or have ownership of or any license from Seller or its Affiliates to use the
Seller's Marks (except to the extent a license is granted under Section 5.13 of
this Agreement or the PBM Contract), the plan, member, client and claims
information and data (and any related rights) of Seller and its Affiliates (except to the extent any
license is granted under the PBM Contract or the Transition Services Agreement)
or any Licensed Intellectual Property (except for the licenses granted under the
Transition Services Agreement) and (z) any actions taken byΒ the Parties with respect to assets or
properties in compliance with Section 5.5 shall not constitute a breach of this
Section 3.21.
Β
Section 3.22Β Β Indebtedness.Β Β Schedule
3.22Β of the Seller Disclosure Letter
correctly sets forth all
Indebtedness of the Target
Companies as of the date hereof, and for each item of Indebtedness set forth
thereon, identifies the debtor, the principal amount as of the date of this
Agreement, the creditor, the maturity date, and the collateral, if any, securing
the Indebtedness.Β Β At the Closing, the Target Companies will
not have any Indebtedness.
Β
Section 3.23Β Β Related
Party Transactions.Β Β No officer or director of
any Target Company (herein, a "Related
Party") is a party to any Contract with any
Target Company, including any Contract providing for or otherwise requiring
payments to, any Related Party.
Β
Section 3.24Β Β Exclusivity
of Representation; No Limitation of Other Representations.Β Β The representations and
warranties made by Seller in this Article III are the exclusive
representations and
warranties made by Seller with respect to itself, the Selling Entities and the
Target Companies, including the assets and liabilities of the Target
Companies.Β Β Seller hereby disclaims any other express or implied
representations or warranties withΒ respect to itself,
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Selling Entities, the Target Companies or any of their assets or
liabilities.Β Β Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, nothing in any representation or warranty in this Agreement shall in
any way limit or restrict the scope, applicability or meaning of any other
representation or warranty made by Seller herein.
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ARTICLE IV
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
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Except
as set forth in (i) the letter (the "Purchaser
Disclosure Letter") delivered by Purchaser to Seller prior to the
execution of this Agreement (it being understood that any matter disclosed on
any Schedule of the Seller Disclosure Letter will be deemed to be disclosed on
any other Schedule of the Seller Disclosure Letter only to the extent that it is
reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is
applicable to such other Schedule or Schedules) and (ii) the Purchaser SEC
Documents filed prior to the date hereof, Purchaser hereby represents and
warrants to Seller as follows:
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Section
4.1Β Β Β Β Due
Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power.Β Β Purchaser is a corporation
duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the
State of Delaware and it has all requisite corporate
power and authority to carry on its business as now being conducted.
Purchaser is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing
in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or
leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such
jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or licensed and in good
standing would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
Β
Section
4.2Β Β Β Β Capitalization
of Purchaser.Β Β (a)Β Β The authorized capital stock
of Purchaser consists of (i) 1,000,000,000 shares of Purchaser common
stock, par value $0.01 per share and (ii) 5,000,000 shares of preference stock,
par value $0.01 per share, of which 100,000 shares have been designated Series A Junior
Participating Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and which were
reserved for issuance upon exercise of Rights issued pursuant to the Rights
Agreement.Β Β As of March 31, 2009, there were outstanding 247,818,391 shares of Purchaser common stock (each
together with a Right), 186,013 shares of Purchaser restricted
stock with voting rights, employee stock options and stock-settled stock appreciation
rights to purchase an
aggregate of 9,380,001 shares of Purchaser common stock (of which
options and stock-settled
stock appreciation rights
to purchase an aggregate of 5,125,830 shares of Purchaser common stock were
exercisable), restricted stock units to purchase an aggregate of 155,140 shares of Purchaser common
stock (of which none were
vested), performance shares representing upon issuance 282,247 shares of
Purchaser common stock (if vested at target) and there were no shares of preferred
stock outstanding.Β Β All outstanding shares of capital stock of
Purchaser have been, and
all shares that may be issued after the date of this Agreement and prior to the
Closing will be, when issued in accordance with the respective terms thereof,
duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and
nonassessable.
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outstanding obligations of Purchaser or any of its Subsidiaries to repurchase,
redeem or otherwise acquire any Purchaser Securities.
Β
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser has reserved out of its
authorized capital stock, a sufficient number of shares of Purchaser Common Stock to
issue the LLC Interest Stock Consideration, the NextRx Stock Consideration and the
NextRx Service Stock Consideration at the
Closing.
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Section
4.3Β Β Β Β Purchaser
Reports; Financial Statements.Β Β (a)Β Β Since January 1, 2007, Purchaser has timely filed or
otherwise furnished (as applicable) all registration statements, prospectuses,
forms, reports, definitive proxy statements, schedules, statements and documents
required to be filed by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be,
together with all certifications required pursuant to the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
(such documents and any other documents filed by Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries with the Securities Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including exhibits and other information
incorporated therein, as they have been supplemented, modified or amended since
the time of filing, collectively, the "Purchaser
SEC Documents"). As of their respective filing dates
(or, if amended or superseded prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the
date of such filing), the Purchaser SEC Documents (except for the Purchaser
Financial Statements contained therein) (i) did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading and (ii) complied in all material respects
with the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the case may be,
the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder.Β Β As of the date of this Agreement, none of Purchaser's
Subsidiaries are required to make any filings with the SEC.Β Β All of
the audited consolidated financial statements
and unaudited consolidated interim financial statements of Purchaser and
Purchaser's Subsidiaries included in the Purchaser SEC Documents (together with
the related notes and schedules thereto, collectively, the "Purchaser
Financial Statements") (A) have been prepared from, and are
in accordance with, the books and records of Purchaser and Purchaser's
Subsidiaries in all material respects, (B) have been prepared in accordance with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may
be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of interim financial
statements, for normal and recurring year-end adjustments) and (C) fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial position
and the consolidated results of
operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders' equity of Purchaser and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods referred to
therein.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser is in compliance in all
material respects with (i) the applicable provisions of the Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act
and (ii) the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations
of the Nasdaq.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the date of this Agreement, there
are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from
the SEC staff with respect
to any Purchaser SEC Documents other than confidential treatment requests. To
the Knowledge of Purchaser, as of the
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of this Agreement, there are no SEC inquiries or investigations, other
governmental inquiries or investigations or internal investigations pending or
threatened, in each case regarding any accounting practices of Purchaser, except
for such inquiries or investigations which would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
Section
4.4Β Β Β Β Authorization;
No Conflicts.Β Β (a)Β Β Purchaser has the requisite
corporate power and authority, as applicable, and has taken all corporate action
necessary to execute and deliver this Agreement and each Other Transaction Document to which it is, or
shall become a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.Β Β The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each Other Transaction Document to be executed and
delivered by Purchaser, and the consummation by Purchaser of the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, have been duly authorized and approved by the
Board of Directors of Purchaser, and no other corporate action on the part of Purchaser is
necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and each Other Transaction Document by Purchaser and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.Β Β This Agreement
and the Other Transaction Documents to be
executed and delivered by Purchaser have been or will be duly executed and
delivered by Purchaser and, assuming that this Agreement and each of the Other
Transaction Documents constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Seller when executed and delivered
by Seller, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Purchaser enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with their terms, except to the extent that
their enforceability may be subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium
or other similar Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and by general equitable principles.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The execution and delivery of this
Agreement and each Other Transaction Document to be executed and delivered by Purchaser as
contemplated hereby do not, and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and by the Other Transaction Documents will
not:Β Β (i) conflict with any of the provisions of the certificate or
articles of incorporation or by-laws or other
equivalent charter documents, as applicable, ofΒ Β Purchaser; (ii)
conflict with, result in a breach of or default under (with or without notice or
lapse of time, or both) any (A) Permit of Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries or (B) Contract to which Purchaser or
any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of their assets are bound or
subject; or (iii) subject to the receipt or making of the consents, approvals,
authorizations and filings referred to in SectionΒ 4.5, contravene any Law or Order currently in
effect, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts,
breaches, defaults or contraventions which would not reasonably be expected to
(x) have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect or (y) impair or
delay Purchaser's ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or the Other Transaction Documents.
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4.5Β Β Β Β Β Consents and
Approvals.Β Β Assuming all filings
required under the Antitrust Laws are made and any waiting periods
thereunder have been terminated or expired, no other consent, approval,
authorization or filing of or with any Governmental Entity, which has not been
received or made, is necessary or required by or with respect to
Purchaser in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Purchaser and each Other
Transaction
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to which it is or may become a party or the consummation by Purchaser of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or by the Other Transaction
Documents, except for any other consents, approvals, authorizations or filings
which, if not made or obtained, would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
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4.6Β Β Β Β Β Absence of
Certain
Changes.Β Β Since
the Balance Sheet Date and to the date of this Agreement the businesses of
Purchaser and Purchaser's Subsidiaries have been conducted in all material
respects in the ordinary course.Β Β Since the Balance Sheet Date, there
has not been any change in
the results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise), assets or
business of Purchaser and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, which both (i) has had, or would reasonably be expected
to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) would have a material adverse effect on
Purchaserβs ability to perform in all material
respects its obligations
under the PBM Contract after the Closing Date.
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4.7Β Β Β Β Β Compliance
with Laws; Permits.Β Β (a)Β Β Purchaser and its
Subsidiaries are being operated, and since January 1, 2007 have been operated,
in compliance with all Laws and Orders applicable to it, except for any such
non-compliances that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually
or in the aggregate, a
Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser and its Subsidiaries hold all
material federal, state, local and foreign permits, approvals, licenses,
authorizations, certificates, rights, exemptions and Orders from and Contracts
with Governmental Entities
(collectively, the "Purchaser
Permits") that are necessary for the operation
of their business as presently conducted, or that are necessary for the lawful
ownership of their properties and assets, except to the extent that any such
failure to hold any
Purchaser Permit or any such default would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.Β Β Each of the Purchaser Permits is valid, subsisting and in
full force and effect, except when the failure to be valid,
subsisting and in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to
have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect.
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Section
4.8Β Β Β Β Β Broker's or
Finder's Fee.Β Β No
broker, finder or investment banker is or will be entitled to any brokerage,
finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of
Purchaser for which Seller or its Affiliates would be responsible.
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4.9Β Β Β Β Β Litigation.Β Β There
is no legal action, lawsuit, proceeding at law or in equity, inspection, audit,
arbitration or administrative or other proceeding or, to the Knowledge of
Purchaser, any investigation, by or before any Governmental Entity pending or,
to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened, against or
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Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, or any of their respective businesses,
properties, assets, rights or Purchaser Permits, other than any such actions,
suits, proceedings at law or in equity, arbitration or administrative or other
proceedings or investigation, inspection or audit that would not reasonably be
expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect. As of the date hereof, there is no Action pending, or, to the Knowledge
of Purchaser, threatened in writing, against or affecting Purchaser or any of
its Affiliates that challenges the validity or enforceability of this Agreement
or seeks to enjoin or prohibit consummation of, or seek other material equitable
relief with respect to, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or that
would reasonably be expected to impair or delay Purchaser's ability to
consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
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4.10Β Β Β Sufficiency of
Funds.Β Β Purchaser
has delivered to Seller true and complete fully executed copies of the Debt
Commitment Letter, dated as
of April 9, 2009 between
Purchaser, Credit Suisse, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc., JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Citibank, N.A., including all exhibits, schedules,
annexes and amendments to such letter in effect as of the date of this Agreement
(the "Debt
Commitment Letter"), pursuant to which and subject to
the terms and conditions
thereof each of the parties thereto (other than Purchaser) have severally agreed
to lend the amounts set forth therein (the provision of such funds as set forth
therein, the "Financing") for the purposes set forth in such
Debt Commitment
Letter.Β Β The Debt Commitment Letter has not been amended, restated or
otherwise modified or waived prior to the date of this Agreement, and the
respective commitments contained in the Debt Commitment Letter have not been
withdrawn, modified or rescinded in any respect prior to the date of
this Agreement.Β Β There are no conditions precedent or contingencies
related to the funding of the full amount of the Financing, other than as
described in the Debt Commitment Letter.Β Β Subject to the terms and
conditions of the Debt Commitment Letter,
assuming the accuracy of Seller's representations and warranties in the last
sentence of Section 3.22, the net proceeds contemplated from the Financing,
together with other financial resources of Purchaser including cash
on hand and marketable securities of
Purchaser on the Closing Date, will, in the aggregate, be sufficient for the
satisfaction of all of Purchaser's obligations under this Agreement, including
the payment of any amounts required to be paid pursuant to Article II, and the payment of all fees and
expenses reasonably expected to be incurred in connection
herewith.
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4.11Β Β Β Investment
Intent; Risk.Β Β (a)Β Β Purchaser is acquiring the
NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share and the LLC Interest for
its own account, for
investment purposes only, and not with a view toward, or for sale in connection
with, any distribution thereof, nor with any present intention of distributing
or selling the NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share or the LLC
Interest, in violation of
the federal securities Laws or any applicable foreign or state securities
Law.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser qualifies as an "accredited investor", as such term is defined in
RuleΒ 501(a) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser understands that the NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share and the LLC Interest to
be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement have not been registered under the
Securities Act.Β Β Purchaser acknowledges that such securities may not
be transferred, sold, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or
otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act and any
other provision of applicable state securities Laws or pursuant to an applicable
exemption therefrom.
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sophisticated participant
in the transactions contemplated hereby and has sufficient knowledge and
experience to evaluate the technical, commercial, financial, legal and other
risks associated with acquiring the NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share and the LLC Interest on the terms
hereunder.Β Β Purchaser understands that the acquisition of the
NextRx Shares, the NextRx Services Share and the LLC Interest to
be acquired by it pursuant to the terms of this Agreement involves substantial
risk.Β Β Purchaser can bear the economic risk of its investment (which
may be for an indefinite period).
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4.12Β Β Β Absence of
Arrangements with Management.Β Β As of the date hereof,
there are no Contracts, undertakings, commitments, agreements or obligations or
understandings between Purchaser or any of its Affiliates, on
the one hand, and any member of the management of any Target Company, on the
other hand, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
operations of the Target Companies after the Closing.
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Section 4.13Β Β Β No
Stockholder Vote Required.Β Β No vote or other action by
the stockholders of Purchaser is required by Law, Purchaser's certificate of
incorporation and by-laws, or the rules or regulations of any stock exchange on
which the Purchaser Common Stock is listed or quoted in order for Purchaser
to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Other
Transaction Documents.
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4.14Β Β Β Exclusivity
of Representations.Β Β The representations and
warranties made by Purchaser in this Article IV are the exclusive representations and
warranties made by Purchaser.Β Β Purchaser hereby disclaims any other
express or implied representations or warranties with respect to
itself.
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4.15Β Β Β No
Limitation on Other Representations.Β Β Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this
Agreement, nothing in any representation or warranty in this Agreement shall in
any way limit or restrict the scope, applicability or meaning of any other
representation or warranty made by Purchaser herein.
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COVENANTS
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5.1Β Β Β Β Β Information
and Documents.Β
(a)Β Β During the
period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earlier of (i) the
Closing Date and (ii) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
SectionΒ 8.1, Seller shall, and Seller shall cause the Target Companies
to, upon reasonable advance notice, afford Purchaser and its Representatives,
reasonable access during normal business hours to the personnel, properties,
books and records of the Target Companies (including reasonable access to the Separate Returns, Tax
provisions, and Tax basis records of the Target Companies, all work papers used in the preparation
of the Initial 1060 Allocations and the Initial 338 Valuations and
Allocations and, with
respect to NextRx
LLC, the apportionment data (i.e., property, payroll and sales
information) used in determining state income Taxes
in 2008), including for purposes of Purchaser
and its Representatives conducting audits, from time to time, of the Target
Companies practices and procedures pursuant to Medicare, Medicaid and any
other federal health care program (as such
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is defined in 42 U.S.C. Β§1320a-7b(f)) activities; provided, that such access
shall not unreasonably disrupt the operations of Seller or any Target
Company.Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, none of Seller or any Target Company shall be required to provide any
information or access that such Person reasonably believes could violate
applicable Law, including Antitrust Laws, or the terms of any confidentiality
agreement or confidentiality provision in any Contract, or impact any privilege,
including the attorney/client privilege; provided, that the
Parties shall cooperate in seeking to find a way to allow disclosure of such
information to the extent doing so would not (in the good faith belief of Seller
(after consultation with counsel)) reasonably be likely to result in the
violation of any such Contract or applicable Law, including Antitrust Laws, or
reasonably be likely to cause such privilege to be undermined with respect to
such information.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All information received by, or made
available to, Purchaser, its Affiliates and Representatives in connection with
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby will be held
by Purchaser, its
Affiliates and Representatives as "Confidential Information", as defined in, and pursuant to the
terms of, the Confidentiality Agreement, which is incorporated herein by
reference.Β Β All Confidential Information received by or made
available to Seller, its
Affiliates and Representatives in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby will be held by Seller and its Affiliates
confidential for the term of the Confidentiality Agreement.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β It is expressly understood and agreed that, without the prior
written consent of Seller, which consent may be granted or withheld in Seller's
sole and absolute discretion, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
grant Purchaser, any of its Affiliates or any Representative the right to perform any Phase I, Phase II
or other environmental testing on any of the properties of the Target Companies
prior to the Closing.
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5.2Β Β Β Β Β Conduct of
Target Companies Pending the Closing Date; Other Matters.Β Β (a)Β Β Seller agrees that, except as (A) set forth on
ScheduleΒ 5.2 of the Seller Disclosure Letter, (B)
may be expressly required by this Agreement, or (C) required by Law or by a
Governmental Entity, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending
at the earlier of (x) the
Closing Date and (y) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
SectionΒ 8.1, Seller shall (1) cause each Target Company to conduct the PBM
Business in the ordinary course of business and (2) use commercially reasonable
efforts, and cause each Target Company to use
commercially reasonable efforts, to preserve the PBM Business and operations of
the Target Companies substantially intact, including the assets and properties
of the Target Companies and relationships with customers, third parties with commercial relationships
and employees, and shall cause the Target Companies not to, without the prior
written consent of Purchaser (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or
delayed), permit any Target Company to do any of the following:
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
amend its certificate of
incorporation or its by-laws (or comparable governing documents) in any
manner;
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Β Β Β issue, deliver,
sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber or authorize to issue, deliver, sell,
pledge, dispose of or encumber, any shares of its capital stock or any other ownership
interests, or issue, deliver, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber, or authorize
to issue, deliver, sell, pledge, dispose of or encumber, any securities
convertible into or exchangeable for, or options, warrants orΒ rights to purchase or subscribe for, or
enter into any arrangement or Contract with respect to the issuance, delivery,
sale, pledging, disposal of or encumbrance of, any shares of its capital stock
or any other ownership interests;
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β split, combine, subdivide, redeem or reclassify, or
purchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital
stock or its other securities;
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(iv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β sell, lease, sublease, license,
transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or incur any
Liens on, any of its
properties or assets that are material to its business other than (1) sales of
assets in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed
$500,000, (2) non-exclusive licensing of
Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business and (3) Permitted
Liens;
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Β amend, modify or waive
performance under in any material respect or terminate any Material Contract or
enter into a Contract that, had such Contract been entered into prior to the
date hereof, would have been a Material Contract; provided, however, that the Target Companies may extend
or renew, on terms no less favorable in the aggregate to the applicable Target
Company, any Material Contract that has expired in accordance with its terms
prior to the date hereof or
is scheduled to expire in accordance with its terms within six (6) months after
the date hereof;
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(vi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (A) incur, assume, endorse or guaranty
any Indebtedness of any kind, (B) make any loans or advances to any other
Person, other than routine advances to employees in the ordinary course of
business, (C) make any changes in its cash management policies or accelerate
collection of any notes or accounts receivable or other amounts due from third
parties in advance of their regular due date in the ordinary course of business or (D) delay payment of
any note or account payable or other Indebtedness beyond its due date or the
date when such payment would have been paid in the ordinary course of
business;
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election not required by
Law that is likely to have a materially adverse consequence on the Target
Companies following the Closing Date, (B) prepare any Tax Return that includes
any of the Target Companies in a manner which is not consistent in all
material
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with the past practice with respect to the treatment of items relating to the
Target Companies on such Tax Returns, (C) file any amendment to a Tax Return
that is likely to materially increase the Tax liability of the Target Companies
after the Closing, or (D) settle any claim or assessment for Taxes that is
likely to have a materially adverse consequence on the Target Companies
following the Closing Date;
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(viii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (A) waive any rights of substantial
value, (B) cancel or forgive any Indebtedness owed to any Target Company, other than Indebtedness of a
Target Company owed to a another Target Company or (C) pay, settle or dismiss
any claim or litigation other than claims or litigation (or series of related
claims or related litigation) seeking solely monetary damages less than $250,000 in the aggregate;
Β
(ix)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except as required by applicable Law or
GAAP, make any change in the methods, principles and practices of accounting
used in preparing the Balance Sheet;
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Β except to the extent
required under any Benefit Plans, or as may be required by Law (including
in connection with the exercise of fiduciary duties under any Law) or GAAP, or
any Governmental Entity, (A) materially change any actuarial or other assumption
used to calculate funding obligations with respect to any Benefit Plan or materially change the
manner in which contributions to any Benefit Plan are made or the basis on which
such contributions are determined; (B) commit to or agree with any Governmental
Entity to abide by any funding arrangement or contribution schedule that would purport to be
binding on Purchaser or its Affiliates following the Closing with respect to any
Benefit Plan that is a pension plan; or (C) make any contribution to any Benefit
Plan other than in the ordinary course of business or as otherwise required by any Contract in
effect on the date hereof or as required by Law or any Governmental
Entity;
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(xi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β except to the extent required under the
terms of any Benefit Plan or as required by Law or any Governmental Entity, (A)
adopt any Benefit Plan; (B)
exercise any discretion to accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation
or benefit under any Benefit Plan; (C) increase or decrease the compensation,
bonus or fringe benefits of any Company Employee, except for routine increases
in accordance with past practice or any such
increases made in connection with the promotion of any Company Employee in the
ordinary course of business and in a manner consistent with past practice; (D)
pay any bonus to any Company Employee, or grant any severance or termination pay, in each case, as
not provided for under any Benefit Plan except for payments made in connection
with any settlement with terminating Company Employees in a
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consistent with past practice in exchange for a release of claims against the
Target Companies; (E) grant to any Company Employee any new equity-based award
prior to March 1, 2010; (F) cancel or forgive any loans to any Company
Employees; or (G)Β hire or terminate any officer of the Target Companies
other than a termination for cause;
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(xii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β make or commit to make any acquisitions
of any corporation, partnership, other business organization or any business,
division, assets (except for ordinary course purchases of inventory or similar
goods) or properties thereof (whether by merger, consolidation or acquisition of
stock or assets or otherwise), other than such acquisitions (A) for
consideration in the aggregate of less than $250,000 and (B) which, in each case, would not
reasonably be expected to: (1) impose any delay in the obtaining of, or increase the risk of
not obtaining, any consents of any Governmental Entity necessary to consummate
the transactions contemplated hereby or the expiration or termination of any
applicable waiting period; (2) increase the risk of any Governmental Entity entering an Order
prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (3)
increase the risk of not being able to remove any such Order on appeal or
otherwise; or (4) delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby;
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the voting of its capital stock;
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Β Β adopt a plan of
complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or
other reorganization or alter the corporate structure of any Target Company or merge or
consolidate with any Person;
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(xv)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β enter into any collective bargaining
agreement;
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(xvi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (A) make any capital expenditures,
capital additions or capital improvements, except (1) as provided in the annual
operating plan or budget
approved by the board of directors of such Target Company and (2) for changes
made to the capital expenditures, capital additions or capital improvements
provided in the annual operating plan or budget approved by the board of
directors of such Target Company that are contemplated by the
transition plan referenced in Section 5.19 and (B) such Target Company shall not
fail to make any of the budgeted capital expenditures, capital additions or
capital improvements and/or changes contemplated by subclause (A) of this Section
5.2(a)(xvi);
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insurance coverage provided by existing insurance policies that cover the PBM
Business or agree or permit any such material existing insurance policy to
lapse;
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(xviii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β subject to Section 5.5, fail to make any requested
filing, pay any required fee or respond to any request or action by any
Governmental Entity;
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(xix)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β transfer, dispose of, grant, obtain,
abandon or permit to lapse any rights to, any material Intellectual Property
owned or used by the Target
Companies in their respective businesses as currently conducted except in the
ordinary course of business, or disclose or agree to disclose to any Person,
other than representatives of Purchaser, any material trade
secret;
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Β Β subject to Section 5.2(c), declare, set aside
or pay any non-cash dividend or make any other non-cash distribution to Seller
or any of its Affiliates (other than non-cash dividends and distributions made
by any Target Company to another Target Company); or
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(xxi)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β authorize any of, or commit or agree to
take any of, the foregoing actions in respect of which it is restricted by the
provisions of this SectionΒ 5.2.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Section 5.19(d), except for
those listed on Schedule
5.2(b)(i) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter, each
Contract between Seller and/or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Target
Companies), on the one hand, and any Target Company, on the other hand, shall be
terminated or the applicable Target Company's participation in such Contract
shall be terminated, as the case may be, in
each case effective as of the Closing and all ongoing performance and payment
obligations thereunder shall be satisfied on the Closing Date, with the Target
Company not being subject to any ongoing performance and payment obligations with respect
thereto.Β Β To the Knowledge of Seller, each such Contract to be so
terminated in accordance with the previous sentence is listed on Schedule
5.2(b)(ii) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter.Β Β Notwithstanding anything contained in this
Agreement to the contrary,
Seller shall be permitted to assign to a Target Company, prior to or at the
Closing, each of the Contracts listed on Schedule
5.2(b)(iii) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Agreement to the
contrary, Seller, its Affiliates, and the Target Companies shall be permitted to
maintain through (but not beyond) the Closing Date the cash management system of
Seller, its Affiliates, and the Target Companies, maintain the cash management
procedures as currently conducted by Seller, its
Affiliates, and the Target Companies, and periodically settle intercompany
balances with respect to intercompany borrowings and intercompany receivables
and payables (including through
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and capital contributions) and Seller and its Affiliates shall use their
reasonable best efforts to settle all such intercompany balances, receivables
and payables on or prior to the Closing in accordance with their terms; it being
understood and agreed that any such balances, receivables and payables that have
not been settled on or prior to the Closing which arise from the pre-Closing
provision of pharmacy benefits management services by the Target Companies shall
be honored after the Closing in accordance with their terms and Section
5.19(d).Β Β Seller or its Affiliates are allowed to withdraw all Cash
and Cash Equivalents (other than any restricted Cash and Cash Equivalents) of
the Target Companies immediately prior to the Closing.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as expressly provided for
herein, to the extent that
any Intellectual Property, including, computer code, data or other content is
licensed to the Target Companies by either (i) Seller or one of Seller's
Affiliates (other than a Target Company) or (ii) by a third party to Seller or
its Affiliates for the benefit of Seller or
one or more of its Affiliates (not exclusively one or more of the Target
Companies)Β Β ("Licensed
Intellectual Property"),Β Β such licenses shall
immediately and automatically terminate as of the Closing Date as to the
Target Companies;
provided, that (i) Seller and its Affiliates
(other than the Target Companies) shall provideΒ Β the Target Companies
the continued right to use certain of the Intellectual Property included in the
Licensed Intellectual Property pursuant to, and for the time periods set forth in,
the Transition Services Agreement and (ii) any material Licensed Intellectual
Property not so provided to the Target Companies under the Transition Services
Agreement is set forth in Schedule
5.2(d) of the Seller
Disclosure
Letter.
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5.3Β Β Β Β Β Conduct of
Purchaser Pending the Closing Date.Β Β Purchaser agrees that,
except as (A) set forth on ScheduleΒ 5.3 of the Purchaser Disclosure Letter, (B)
may be expressly required by this Agreement, or (C) required by Law or by a
Governmental Entity, during
the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the earlier of (x) the
Closing Date and (y) the date on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
SectionΒ 8.1, Purchaser shall conduct its business in all material
respects in the ordinary course of business and
shall not, without the prior written consent of Seller (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed) do any of the following:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β amend its certificate of incorporation
or its by-laws (or comparable governing documents) in a manner that would
reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to Seller;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β split, combine or reclassify any shares
of Purchaser Common Stock; and
Β
(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β authorize any of, or commit or agree to
take any of, the foregoing actions in respect of which it is restricted by
the provisions of this SectionΒ 5.3.
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Section 5.4Β Β Β Β Efforts to
Close; Cooperation.Β Β (a)Β Β Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement (including Section 5.5), each Party will use its
reasonable best efforts to
prepare and file as promptly as practicable all documentation to effect all
necessary applications, notices, petitions, filings, tax ruling requests and
other documents and to obtain as promptly as practicable all consents, waivers,
licenses, Orders, registrations, approvals,
Permits, tax rulings and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained
from any third party and/or any Governmental Entity in order to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including any approval of, or consent to, the transactions contemplated hereby
of or from any and all applicable state departments of insurance or departments of managed
care under any applicable
state insurance, managed
care or similar
Laws, including with
respect to the termination
of existing intercompany agreements between Seller and/or or its Subsidiaries
and healthcare affiliates, on the one hand, and any of the Target Companies, on
the other hand (the
"Other
Insurance Approvals" (provided that such term shall not
include the Ohio State
Insurance Approval)).Β Β Subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein (including Section 5.5), and to applicable Law, each
Party agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken,
all actions necessary, and assist and cooperate with the other Parties
in doing, all things necessary proper or advisable, to consummate and make
effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable, the transactions
contemplated hereby, including the satisfaction of the respective conditions set forth in Article
VI.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event any consent, waiver,
license, Order, registration, approval, Permit, tax ruling or authorization is
necessary or advisable to be obtained from any Governmental Entity in order to
consummate the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, other than with respect to the matters covered
by Section 5.5 (which will be governed by Section 5.5), each of the Parties will
promptly notify the other Party of any written or, if not written, material,
communication made to or received by such Party from any
Governmental Entity regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and,
subject, in each case, to applicable Law, if practicable, permit the other Party
to review in advance any proposed written communication to any such Governmental Entity and
incorporate the other Party's reasonable comments, not agree to participate in
any substantive meeting or discussion with any such Governmental Entity in
respect of any filing, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby unless, to the extent reasonably practicable, it consults
with the other Party in advance and, to the extent permitted by such
Governmental Entity, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend, and
furnish the other Party upon request with
copies of all correspondence, filings and written communications between it and
its Affiliates and its respective Representatives on one hand and any such
Governmental Entity or its respective staff on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby.Β Β Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, subject to applicable Law, eachΒ Party shall provide to the
otherΒ Party (or their respective Representatives) upon request copies of
all correspondenceΒ between such Party
and anyΒ Governmental Entity and all productionsΒ by such Party
toΒ a Governmental Entity, in each case relating to theΒ transactions
described herein.Β In addition, to the extent reasonably practicable, all
discussions, telephone calls, and meetings with a
Governmental EntityΒ regarding theΒ transactions described
hereinΒ shall include Representatives ofΒ both
Parties.Β Β Subject to applicableΒ Law, theΒ Parties will
consult and cooperate with each other in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations,
memoranda, briefs, arguments, and
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made or submitted to any Governmental EntityΒ regarding
theΒ transactions described hereinΒ by or on behalf of
anyΒ Party.
Section
5.5Β Β Β Β Β Antitrust
Laws.Β (a)Β Β Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement each of Seller and Purchaser shall, and each of Seller and Purchaser
shall cause their respective Subsidiaries to, use its reasonable best efforts
to: (i) as promptly as practicable but in no event later than theΒ tenth (10th) Business Day following the
date hereof (or at such later time, not to exceed the twentieth (20th) Business Day, as may be requested by
Purchaser in writing to permit the occurrence of pre-filing conferences with any
applicable Governmental Entity), or on such other date as the
Parties may agree, take all actions necessary to file or cause to be filed the
filings required of it or any of its Affiliates under any applicable Antitrust
Laws in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; and (ii) at the
earliest practicable date comply with (or properly reduce the scope of) any
formal or informal request for additional information or documentary material
received by it or any of its Affiliates from any Antitrust Authority.Β Β Each of the Parties will
promptly notify the other Party of any written or, if not written, material,
communication made to or received by such Party from any Antitrust Authority
regarding any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and, subject, in
each case, to applicable Law, if
practicable, permit the other Party to review in advance any proposed written
communication to any such Antitrust Authority and incorporate the other Party's
reasonable comments, not agree to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion with any such
Antitrust Authority in respect of any filing, investigation or inquiry
concerning this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby unless, to the
extent reasonably practicable, it consults with the other Party in
advance and, to the extent permitted by
such Antitrust Authority, gives the other Party the opportunity to attend, and
furnish the other Party upon request with copies of all correspondence, filings
and written communications between it and its Affiliates and its respective Representatives on one
hand and any such Antitrust Authority or its respective staff on the other hand,
with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby.Β Β Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to
applicable Law, eachΒ Party shall
provide to the otherΒ Party (or its Representatives) upon request copies of
all correspondenceΒ between such Party and anyΒ Antitrust Authority and
all productionsΒ by such Party toΒ any AntitrustΒ Authority, in each
case relating to theΒ transactions described
herein.Β TheΒ Parties may, as they deem advisable and necessary,
designate any competitively sensitive materials provided to the other under this
Section 5.5(a) as "outside counsel only."Β Such materials and the
information contained therein shall be given only to
outside counsel of the recipient and will not be disclosed by such outside
counsel to employees, officers, or directors of the recipient without the
advance written consent of theΒ Party providing such materials.Β In
addition, to the extent reasonably
practicable, all discussions, telephone calls, and meetings with an Antitrust
AuthorityΒ regarding theΒ transactions described hereinΒ shall
include Representatives ofΒ both Parties.Β Β Subject to
applicableΒ Law, theΒ Parties will consult and cooperate with each other
in connection with any analyses, appearances, presentations, memoranda, briefs,
arguments, and proposals made or submitted to anyΒ Antitrust
AuthorityΒ regarding theΒ transactions described hereinΒ by or on
behalf of anyΒ Party.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each of Purchaser and Seller shall be
responsible for the payment of fifty percent (50%) of all filing fees under the
HSR Act.Β Β Each Party shall be responsible for the
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of its and its Affiliates' expenses, including reasonable legal fees and
expenses, in complying with any request for additional information or
documentary material from any Antitrust Authority or otherwise complying with
this Section 5.5, including Sections 5.5(d) and 5.5(e).
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser shall not, and shall cause its
Affiliates not to, acquire
or agree to acquire, by merging with or into or consolidating with, or by
purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other
manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or
otherΒ business organization or division
thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, if the entering
into of a definitive agreement relating to, or the consummation of such
acquisition, merger or consolidation would reasonably be expected
to:Β Β (i) impose any material delay in the
obtaining of, or materially increase the risk of not obtaining, any consents of
any Governmental Entity necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period; (ii) materially increase the
risk of any Governmental Entity entering an Order prohibiting the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) materially increase the risk of
not being able to remove any such Order on appeal or otherwise; or (iv) materially delay or
prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Section 5.5(f), Purchaser and
its Subsidiaries shall take any and all of the following actions requested by
any Antitrust Authority, or necessary to resolve any objections that may
be asserted by any Antitrust Authority with respect to the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement under any Antitrust Law:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β at Purchaser's
sole cost, comply with all restrictions and conditions, if any, imposed or requested by any Antitrust
Authority with respect to Antitrust Laws in connection with granting any
necessary clearance or terminating any applicable waiting period including (x)
agreeing to sell, divest, hold separate, license, cause a third
partyΒ to acquire, or otherwise dispose of, any
Subsidiary, operations, divisions, businesses, product lines, customers or
assets of any Target Company contemporaneously with or after the Closing (a
"Divestiture"), (y) taking or committing to take
such other actions that may
limit Purchaser's, its Affiliates' or any Target Company's freedom of action
with respect to, or its ability to retain, one or more of any Target Company's
operations, divisions, businesses, products lines, customers or assets, and (z)
entering into any Order, consent decree or
other agreement to effectuate any of the foregoing;
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β Β Β Β agree to terminate any Contract or other
business relationship of any Target Company as may be required to obtain any
necessary clearance of any Antitrust Authority or to obtain termination of any
applicable waiting period under any Antitrust Laws; and
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(iii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β oppose fully and vigorously any request
for, the entry of, and seek to have vacated or terminated, any Order or ruling
of any Antitrust Authority that could restrain, prevent or delay the Closing,
including by defending through litigation, any action asserted by any Person in
any court or before any Antitrust Authority and by exhausting all avenues of
appeal, including appealing properly any adverse decision or Order by any Antitrust Authority;
provided, that, subject to Section 5.5(g),
Seller and each of its Subsidiaries shall also be obligated, at the direction
of, and consultation with, Purchaser, to take each of the actions set forth in
this clause (iii).
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Section 5.5(g), Seller shall,
and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, agree, if, but solely if requested by
Purchaser, to take any of the actions set forth in Sections 5.5(d)(i) and
5.5(d)(ii) with respect to the business, assets and operations of the Target Companies; provided, that neither Seller nor any of its
Subsidiaries shall be obligated to agree to (1) any such action which is not
conditioned upon the Closing or (2) any term requiring post-Closing
indemnification of a third party by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (except
arising out of actions taken by Seller or any of its
Subsidiaries).Β Β Neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates shall have
any liability or obligation with respect to, and shall be indemnified and held
harmless by Purchaser from, against and in respect of any
Losses suffered, paid or incurred by Seller or any of its Affiliates as a result
of, in connection with or otherwise caused by, Seller's compliance with Sections
5.5(d)(i) or 5.5(d)(ii), including any claims for breach of contract or violation of any Order
entered into pursuant to such Sections, but, in each case, only insofar as it
relates to liabilities, obligations or Losses arising (i) prior to the earlier
of (x) the Closing or (y) the later of termination of this Agreement or the agreement in question
(without giving effect to any amendment thereof entered into without Purchaser's
consent) and (ii) other than under this Agreement.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, Purchaser shall not be required to propose, negotiate, commit
to, take or enter into (1) any of the actions set forth in Section 5.5(d), nor
offer to take or offer to commit to take any such action which (i) is not
conditioned upon the Closing and/or (ii) Purchaser determines in good faith (A) would, or would
reasonably be expected to, materially and adversely affect the Target Companies,
taken as a whole or (B) would, or would reasonably be expected to, materially
impair the benefits sought to be derived by Purchaser from the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement (taking into account, among other things, effects on the assets,
business and operations and relationships of both Purchaser and its Subsidiaries
(other than the Target Companies) and of the Target Companies and their Subsidiaries), (2) any action requested by any
Antitrust Authority, or necessary to resolve any objections that may be asserted
by any Antitrust Authority which involves any Subsidiary, operations, divisions,
businesses, product lines, customers or assets of Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than the Target Companies after the Closing (subject to
clause (1) of
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Section 5.5(f))), including agreeing to sell, divest, hold separate, license,
cause a third party to acquire, or otherwise dispose of any such Subsidiary,
operations, divisions, businesses, product lines, customers or assets, or any
other actions that may limit Purchaser's or any of its Subsidiaries' (other than
the Target Companies after Closing (subject to clause (1) of this Section
5.5(f))) freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any of its
Subsidiaries, operations, divisions, businesses, product lines, customers or
assets or (3) any action (either by itself or through any of its Subsidiaries
(including the Target Companies following the Closing)) in connection with the
Other Insurance Approvals or the Ohio State Insurance Approval that could
reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries (including the Target Companies following the
Closing).
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to Section 5.5(h), nothing contained in this
SectionΒ 5.5 or in any other provision of this Agreement shall be construed
as requiring Seller or any of its Subsidiaries to agree to any terms or
conditions as a condition
to, or in connection with, obtaining any necessary consent or approval of any
Antitrust Authority or other Governmental Entity or to obtain termination of any
applicable waiting period under any Antitrust Laws that would (i)Β impose
any limitations on Seller's ownership or operation of all or
any portion of its or any of its Subsidiaries' (other than the Target
Companies), businesses or assets, or compel Seller or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Target Companies after the Closing) to sell, divest,
hold separate, license, cause a third
party to acquire or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of its or any of its
Subsidiaries' (other than the Target Companies), businesses or assets,
(ii)Β impose any obligations on Seller or any of its Subsidiaries
(other than the Target Companies after the
Closing) in respect of or relating to Seller's or any of its Subsidiaries'
(other than the Target Companies) facilities, operations, places of business,
employment levels, products or businesses, (iii) require Seller or any of its Subsidiaries (other than
the Target Companies after the Closing) to make any payments or (iv) impose any
other obligation, restriction, limitation, qualification or other condition
(including any requirement to terminate any Contract or other business relationship) on Seller or
any of its Subsidiaries (other than the Target Companies) (any such term or
condition in (i) through (iv) being referred to herein as a "Burdensome
Term or Condition").
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subject to the proviso below, Seller shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries
(including the Target Companies prior to the Closing) to, take any and all
actions, and do all things necessary, proper or advisable (including, with the prior consent of
Purchaser (which shall not
be unreasonably withheld), re-allocating a portion of the
consideration to be paid in accordance with Section 2.3 to the LLC Interest) to obtain the approval of, or consent to, the
transactions contemplated hereby, by or from the Ohio State Department of Insurance
under any applicable state
insurance or similar Laws (the "Ohio
State
Insurance
Approval"); provided, however, that no such actions shall be taken that
could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on Purchaser or any
of its Subsidiaries
(including the Target Companies following the
Closing).
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5.6Β Β Β Β Β Employee
Matters.Β Β Β (a)Β Β (i) Within a reasonable
period of time (but not less than seven (7) calendar days) prior to the Closing
Date, Purchaser shall make an offer of employment to each current employee of Seller or its Affiliates
(other than those employees set forth on Schedule
5.6(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter that Seller will provide to Purchaser not less
than thirty (30)
calendar days following the
execution of this Agreement, which Schedule shall be subject to the mutual
agreement of Purchaser and Seller as set forth below) who
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services primarily for the Target Companies commencing as of the Closing Date in
the same job function and location as in effect immediately prior to the Closing
Date, and on the terms and conditions set forth below, and (ii) upon the Closing
Date, Purchaser will continue to employ, at will (unless otherwise specified by
contract), all persons who, as of the Closing Date, are employees of the Target
Companies, including employees not actively at work due to injury, vacation,
military duty, disability or other leave of absence, in each case as of the
Closing Date (the employees listed in (i) and (ii) above, collectively, the
"Company
Employees").Β Β For at least one (1) year following the Closing
Date, and assuming continued employment during such period, Purchaser shall
provide or cause to be provided to the Company Employees during their continued
employment (i) the same salary or wage level and (ii) benefits that are
substantially comparable in the aggregate to the benefits provided to similarly
situated employees of Purchaser; provided, however, that the aggregate of the
base pay, incentive opportunity and benefits provided by Purchaser to each
Company Employee during such one (1) year period (or such shorter period during
which such Company Employee remains employed) shall not be less than 70% of the
aggregate of the base pay, incentive opportunity and benefits provided to such
Company Employee by Seller or its Affiliates immediately prior to the Closing
Date.Β Β Nothing in this Agreement shall require Purchaser to retain any
Company Employee for any period of time after the Closing Date and, subject to
the requirements of applicable law, Purchaser reserves the right, at any time
after the Closing Date, to terminate such employment and, except as expressly
stated in this Agreement, to amend, modify or terminate any term or condition of
employment including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan, program,
policy, practice or arrangement or the compensation or working conditions of the
Company Employees.Β Β Purchaser shall provide Seller with written notice
of Purchaser's objections, if any, to the employees included on Schedule 5.6(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Letter within fifteen (15) calendar days after delivery of
such Schedule, after which Seller and Purchaser agree to work together, in good
faith, to reach a mutually agreeable list of employees included on Schedule 5.6(a) of
the Seller Disclosure Letter.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Following the Closing Date, Purchaser
shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to (i) assume the liabilities, obligations
and responsibilities to, or in respect of, each Company Employee set forth on
Schedule
5.6(b) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter arising under the terms of the WellPoint
Executive Agreement Plan,
in accordance with the terms thereof in effect on the Closing Date; and (ii)
assume, honor and be solely responsible for paying, providing or satisfying when
due all vacation, sick pay and other paid time off for Company Employees
accrued but unused as of the Closing Date, on terms and conditions not less
favorable than the terms and conditions in effect immediately prior to the
Closing Date.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing: (i) Purchaser
shall keep or cause to keep in effect for at least one (1) year following the
Closing Date severance and retention plans, practices and policies applicable to
Company Employees on the date hereof that are not less favorable than (A)
the benefits set forth on Schedule
5.6(c)Β of the Seller Disclosure Letter
or (B) such plans,
practices and policies that may be provided to such Company Employees under the
terms of a severance plan of Purchaser or its Affiliates, whichever is more
favorable to such Company
Employees on the date of termination of employment; provided,
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benefits referenced in clause (A) shall be more favorable than those referenced
in clause (B), Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for the incremental liabilities,
costs and expenses incurred by Purchaser in excess of $8,000,000 in connection
with providing benefits under clause (A) over the liabilities, costs and
expenses that would have been incurred by Purchaser in connection with providing
benefits under clause (B), up to a maximum aggregate contribution by Seller of
$8,000,000, such reimbursement to occur from time to time promptly after receipt
by Seller from Purchaser of reasonably detailed invoices relating thereto, and
(ii) all Company Employees who were notified of their target bonuses for the
current fiscal year shall (A) to the extent a Company Employee remains employed
by Purchasers or its Affiliates through the end of 2009, such Company Employee
shall receive a pro-rata portion of their unpaid quarterly and/or annual
bonuses, as applicable, determined based on the number of days in such quarterly
or annual period, as applicable, that have elapsed prior to the Closing Date
divided by the total number of days in the applicable period, such bonus to be
paid by Seller and (B) be eligible to participate in the applicable bonus plan
of Purchaser with a target bonus opportunity no less favorable than the target
bonus opportunity to which they were entitled immediately prior to the Closing
Date, with payment based on actual performance and pro rated based on the number
of days remaining in the applicable quarterly or annual period after the Closing
Date divided by the total number of days in such period.Β Β Purchaser
shall indemnify and hold Seller harmless from any Losses arising out of or
related to the bonus obligations of Purchaser under Section
5.6(c)(ii)(A).
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Each Company Employee who is a
participant in the WellPoint 401(k) Retirement Savings
Plan (the "Seller
Savings Plan") shall cease
to be an active participant
under such plan effective as of the Closing Date.Β Β Seller shall cause
each such Company Employee to become fully vested in any employer contributions
under such plan.Β Β Effective as of the Closing Date, Purchaser shall
have in effect or cause its Affiliate to have in effect a defined
contribution plan for the benefit of the Company Employees that is qualified
under Section 401(a) of the Code and that includes a qualified cash or deferred
arrangement within the meaning of Section 401(k) of the Code (the "Purchaser
Savings Plan").Β Β As soon as practicable
following the Closing Date, the Seller Savings Plan shall transfer to the
Purchaser Savings Plan, and Purchaser agrees to cause the Purchaser Savings Plan
to accept, the account balance (in the form of cash and promissory notes evidencing all
outstanding loans and subject to any qualified domestic relations orders
pursuant to Section 414(p) of the Code) of each employee of the Target Companies
under the Seller Savings Plan as of the valuation date next preceding the date of
transfer.Β Β Such transfer shall be subject to Seller's receipt of a
current determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that
the Purchaser Savings Plan is qualified under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the
Code andΒ Purchaser's receipt of a consent
determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service indicating that the
Seller Savings Plan is qualified under Sections 401(a) and 401(k) of the
Code.Β Β Following such transfer, Purchaser and its Affiliates shall
assume all liabilities of Seller and its
Affiliates under the Seller Savings Plan to provide benefits to or on behalf of
the employees of the Target Companies to the extent of the account balances so
transferred, and neither the Seller Savings Plan nor Seller or its Affiliates shall have any obligation
to Purchaser or any Affiliate of Purchaser or with respect to any employee of
the Target Companies with respect thereto.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Effective as of the Closing Date, if
Purchaser or any of its Affiliates have in effect non-qualified retirement plans
("Purchaser
NQ Plans"), Company
Employees who meet the eligibility requirements of Purchaser NQ Plans shall be
offered the opportunity to participate in the Purchaser NQ Plans.Β Β For
purposes of determining eligibility to participate in Purchaser NQ Plans, Purchaser
shall treat compensation paid to the Company Employees while employed by Seller
as compensation paid by Purchaser or its Affiliates.
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(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Following the Closing Date, (i)
Purchaser shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to, waive, or cause its health plan,
dental plan, and disability plan insurance carriers to waive, all limitations or
exclusions as to pre-existing conditions, evidence of insurability or good
health, waiting periods or actively-at-work exclusions or otherΒ limitations or restrictions on coverage,
if any, applicable to any Company Employees or their eligible spouses or
dependents or beneficiaries under any welfare benefit plans in which such
employees may be eligible to participate; provided that with respect to any particular Company Employee or
their eligible spouse or dependents, such waiver shall only apply to the extent
such restrictions did not apply to such Company Employee (or their eligible
spouse or dependents) on the Closing Date and (ii) PurchaserΒ shall, or shall cause its Affiliates to,
credit all costs or expenses incurred by Company Employees (and their eligible
spouses or dependents) under the Benefit Plans prior to the Closing Date, if
any, for the year in which the Closing Date occurs for purposes of satisfying applicable
deductible, co-payment, coinsurance, maximum out-of-pocket provisions and like
adjustments or limitations on coverage under any such welfare benefit
plans.Β Β Seller shall retain responsibility under its medical, dental,
visionΒ and life insurance plans for all amounts
payable by reason of claims incurred by Company Employees and their eligible
spouses and dependents prior to the Closing Date, and Purchaser shall be
responsible under its employee welfare benefit plans for all amounts payable by reason of claims incurred
by Company Employees by such employees and their eligible spouses and dependents
on or after the Closing Date.Β Β For these purposes, a claim shall be
deemed to be incurred: (i) in the case of medical, prescription drug, dental or vision benefits, at the
time professional services, equipment or prescription drugs covered by the
applicable plan are obtained; (ii) in the case of life insurance benefits, upon
death; and (iii) in the case of accidental death and dismemberment benefits, at the time of the
accident.
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser shall have in effect, or cause
to be in effect, as of the Closing Date, flexible spending reimbursement
accounts under a cafeteria plan qualifying under Section 125 of the Code (the
"Purchaser
Cafeteria
Plan") that provides
benefits to employees of the Target Companies substantially identical in all
material respects to those provided by the flexible spending reimbursement
accounts under the cafeteria plans in which such employees are eligible to
participate as of the date
hereof (the "Seller
Cafeteria Plan").Β Β As soon as practicable
following the Closing Date, Seller shall cause to be transferred to Purchaser or
its Affiliate an amount in cash equal to the excess of the aggregate accumulated
contributions to the
flexible spending reimbursement accounts under the Seller Cafeteria Plan made
prior to the Closing Date and during the year in which the Closing Date occurs
by the employees of the Target Companies over the aggregate reimbursement
payouts madeΒ prior to the Closing Date and for such
year from such accounts to such employees; provided, however, that, if the
aggregate payouts from the flexible spending reimbursement accounts made prior
to the Closing Date and during the year in
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the Closing Date occurs to employees of the Target Companies exceed the
aggregate accumulated contributions to such accounts prior to the Closing Date
and for such year by such employees, Purchaser shall cause such excess to be
transferred to Seller as soon as practicable following the Closing Date.
Purchaser shall cause such amounts to be credited to each such employee's
corresponding accounts under the Purchaser Cafeteria Plan in which such
employees participate following the Closing Date. On and after the Closing Date,
Purchaser shall assume and be solely responsible for all claims for
reimbursement by Company Employees, whether incurred prior to, on or after the
Closing Date, that have not been paid in full as of the Closing Date, which
claims shall be paid pursuant to and under the terms of the Purchaser Cafeteria
Plan, and Purchaser shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates
from any and all claims by or with respect to Company Employees for
reimbursement under the Seller Cafeteria Plan that have not been paid in full as
of the Closing Date.Β Β Purchaser agrees to cause the Purchaser
Cafeteria Plan to honor and continue through the end of the calendar year in
which the Closing Date occurs the elections made by each Company Employee under
the Seller Cafeteria Plan in respect of the flexible spending reimbursement
accounts that are in effect immediately prior to the Closing
Date.Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, Purchaser shall have no
obligation to honor Company Employees' claims for reimbursement unless and until
the transfer of assets contemplated by this Section 5.6(g) occurs.Β Β On
the date of the transfer of assets contemplated by this Section 5.6(g), Seller
shall provide Purchaser or its Affiliate with copies of all unpaid reimbursement
requests made by Company Employee and, thereafter, Seller shall provide to
Purchaser or its Affiliate such necessary records as Purchaser or its Affiliate
may reasonably request relating to its obligations under this Section
5.6(g).
Β
(h)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Periods of employment with
Seller or the Target
Companies (including any current or former Affiliate of Seller or the Target
Companies or any predecessor of Seller or the Target Companies) shall be taken
into account for purposes of determining, as applicable, the eligibility for
participation, vesting and the calculation of
benefits (other than with respect to (i) the 2009 annual bonus calculated by
Purchaser, and (ii) defined benefit plans or supplemental defined benefit plans
that, in either case, is not a cash balance plan) of any Company Employee under all employee
benefit plans, policies or practices to which Purchaser or its Affiliates
contributes (or has an obligation to contribute) or is a party for Company
Employees, including vacation plans and arrangements, 401(k) and other
retirement plans, paid time off plans, and
any severance and welfare plans.
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser and its Affiliates shall not
at any time prior to ninety (90) days after the Closing Date effectuate a
"plant closing" or "mass layoff" as those terms are defined in
the WARN Act or effectuate
any similar triggering event under any other applicable Law, affecting in whole
or in part any site of employment, facility, operating unit or Company
Employee.Β Β Purchaser agrees to provide any required notice under the
WARN Act and any other similar applicable Law and to otherwise comply
with any such statute with respect to any "plant closing" or "mass layoff" (as defined in the WARN Act) or any
similar triggering event under any other applicable Law occurring on or after
the Closing or arising as a
result of the transactions contemplated hereby.Β Β Purchaser shall
indemnify and hold Seller harmless from any Losses arising out of or related to
the obligations of Purchaser under this Section 5.6(i).
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(j)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Nothing contained herein,
express or implied (i)
shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any Benefit Plan or any other
benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement of Purchaser, (ii) is intended
to confer or shall confer upon any Company Employee any right to employment
or continued employment for any period of
time by reason of this Agreement, or any right to a particular term of
employment, (iii) is intended to confer or shall confer upon any individual or
any legal representative of any individual (including employees, retirees, or dependents or beneficiaries
of employees or retirees and including collective bargaining agents or
representatives) any right as a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement, or
(iv) shall be deemed to confer upon any such individual or legal representative any rights under or with
respect to any plan, program or arrangement described in or contemplated by this
Agreement, and each such individual or legal representative shall be entitled to
look only to the express terms of any such plans, program or arrangement for his or her rights
thereunder.
Β
(k)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the
extent Seller provides Purchaser with human resource related transition services
described in Annex-II of the Transition Services Agreement, references in
Sections 5.6(f) and 5.6(g)
to the Closing Date shall be deemed to refer, instead, to the date such
transition services end.
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Section
5.7Β Β Β Β Β Directors
and Officers.Β Β (a) Β For six (6) years after the
Closing the Target Companies shall, and Purchaser shall cause the Target Companies to,
(i)Β indemnify and hold harmless, and provide advancement of reasonable,
documented, out-of-pocket expenses to, any individual who, at or prior to the
Closing Date, was a director, officer, employee or agent of any Target
Company or who, at the request of any Target
Company, served as a director, officer, member, trustee or fiduciary of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, pension or other employee
benefit plan or enterprise (collectively, with such individual's heirs, executors or administrators,
the "Indemnified
Persons"), in each case to
the same extent such Persons are indemnified and have the right to advancement
of reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket expenses as of the date hereof by a
Target Company pursuant to
such Target Company's certificate of incorporation, by-laws (or similar
governing documents) and indemnification agreements listed on Schedule
5.7(a) of the Seller
Disclosure Letter and in existence on the date hereof with any current or former
directors or officers of
the Target Companies (but in any event to the fullest extent permitted by Law)
for acts or omissions occurring at or prior to the Closing (including for acts
or omissions occurring in connection with the approval of this Agreement
and the Other Transaction Documents and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby)
(provided that the rights
conferred by this Section 5.7 shall not apply to any Action brought by or on
behalf of Seller or any of its Affiliates against any individual who, at or prior to
the Closing Date, was a director or officer of any Target Company) and (ii)Β purchase as of the Closing
a tail policy to the current policy of directors' and officers' liability
insurance maintained by Seller, which tail policy shall be effective for a
period from the Closing through and including the date six (6) years after the
Closing Date with respect to claims arising from facts or events that occurred
on or before the Closing Date against each present or formerΒ director and officer of any Target
Company who was, as of the Closing Date covered by any Seller's officers' and
directors' liability insurance, and which tail policy shall contain
substantially the same coverage and amounts as, and contain terms and
conditions no less advantageous than, in the
aggregate, the coverage currently provided by such current
policy;
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event shall the Target Companies be required to expend, for the entire tail
policy, in excess of $2,000,000; and, provided,Β further, that, if the
premium of such insurance coverage exceeds such amount, the Target Companies
after consultation with Seller shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the
greatest coverage available for a cost not exceeding such amount.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any Indemnified Person wishing to claim
indemnification under SectionΒ 5.7(a), upon learning of any such claim,
action, suit, proceeding or investigation, shall promptly notify Purchaser and
the Target Companies thereof, but the failure to so notify shall not relieve Purchaser and the Target
Companies of any liability they may have to such Indemnified Person if such
failure does not actually and materially prejudice the indemnifying
party.Β Β In the event of any such claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether based on facts, events or
circumstances occurring before or after the Closing), (i)Β Purchaser or the
Target Companies shall have the right to assume the defense thereof and neither
Purchaser nor the Target Companies shall be liable to such Indemnified Persons for any legal expenses
of other counsel or any other expense subsequently incurred by such Indemnified
Persons in connection with the defense thereof, except that if Purchaser or the
Target Companies elect not to assume such defense or counsel or the Indemnified Persons advise
that there are issues that raise conflicts of interest between Purchaser or the
Target Companies and the Indemnified Persons, the Indemnified Persons may retain
counsel satisfactory to them, and Purchaser shall and shall cause the Target Companies to pay
all reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel for the Indemnified Persons
promptly as statements therefor are received;Β provided,Β however, the Target Companies shall be obligated
pursuant to this Section 5.7(b)Β to pay for only one firm of counsel for all
Indemnified Persons in any jurisdiction, (ii)Β the Indemnified Persons will
cooperate in the defense of any such matter and (iii)Β neither Purchaser nor
the Target Companies shall be liable for any settlement effectedΒ without its prior written consent;
andΒ provided,Β further, that neither Purchaser nor the Target
Companies shall have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnified Person if and
when a court of competent jurisdiction shall ultimately determine, and such
determination shall have
become final, that the indemnification of such Indemnified Person in the manner
contemplated hereby is prohibited by applicable Law.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, other than as set forth in Section 5.7(b) above, if any claim, action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether based on facts, events or circumstances occurring before,
at or after the Closing) is made against any Indemnified Persons on or prior to
the sixth (6th) anniversary of the Closing, the provisions of this SectionΒ 5.7 shall
continue in effect until the final disposition of such claim, action, suit,
proceeding or investigation.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The covenants contained in this
SectionΒ 5.7 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable
by, each of the Indemnified
Persons and their respective heirs and legal Representatives and shall not be
deemed exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnified Person is entitled,
whether pursuant to Law, Contract or otherwise.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event that Purchaser, any Target Company or any of their
respective successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other
Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of
such consolidation or merger or (ii) transfers or conveysΒ all or substantially all of its
properties or assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper
provision shall be made so that the successors or assigns of Purchaser or such
Target Company, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations
setΒ forth in this Section
5.7.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The obligations of Purchaser under this
SectionΒ 5.7 shall survive the Closing and shall not be terminated or
modified in such a manner as to affect adversely any Indemnified Person to whom
this SectionΒ 5.7 applies without the consent of such affected Indemnified
Person (it being expressly agreed that the Indemnified Persons to whom this
SectionΒ 5.7 applies shall be third party beneficiaries of this
SectionΒ 5.7, each of whom may enforce the provisions of this
SectionΒ 5.7).
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(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β As of the Closing, Seller shall, and
shall cause the Selling Entities to, on behalf of themselves and any entity
controlled by them and their respective successors, assigns and heirs, release,
remise and discharge absolutely and forever, all other equityholders of the Target Companies and each
Target Company, and each of such parties' successors and assigns of and from any
and all manner of Actions, Losses, costs or expenses (other than in respect of the current
assets and current liabilities of the type referenced in clause (d) of the definition of βWorking Capitalβ)Β of any nature whatsoever, known or
unknown, fixed or contingent, relating to or arising out of the operation or
conduct of any business, assets (including activities performed thereat), or
operations managed or
operated by, or operationally related to, directly or indirectly, the PBM
Business, including any Actions relating to or arising out of the provision of
services by the Target Companies to Seller or any of its Affiliates or
affiliated health plans, in each case, that shall have
accrued theretofore based on any circumstances or state of fact existing or
arising on or prior to the Closing Date.
Β
Section
5.8Β Β Β Β Β Public
Announcements.Β Β Purchaser and Seller shall
develop a joint communications plan and each party shall (i)Β ensure
that all press releases and other public statements and public communications
with respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be
consistent with such joint communications plan and (ii)Β unless
otherwise required by applicable Law or by
obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with or rules of any securities
exchange, each party shall consult with the other for a reasonable time before
issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement or public communication, and
Purchaser and Seller shall mutually agree upon any such press release or any
such public statement or public communication, with respect to this Agreement or
the transactions contemplated hereby.Β Β In addition to the
foregoing, except as required by Law or by
obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with or rules of any securities
exchange, neither Purchaser nor Seller shall issue any press release or
otherwise make any public statement or public disclosure concerning the other party or the other Party's
business, financial condition or results of operations without the consent of
the other Party.Β Β The foregoing limitations of this Section 5.8 shall
not apply to any disclosure of any information concerning this Agreement or
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Other Transaction Documents in connection with any dispute between the Parties
regarding this Agreement or the Other Transaction Documents.
Β
Section
5.9Β Β Β Β Β Notification
of Certain Matters.Β Β Purchaser, on the one hand,
and Seller, on the other hand, will promptly notify each other of
(i) any Actions, commenced or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser or the Knowledge of
Seller, threatened, against Seller, any Target Company, Purchaser or any of
their respective Affiliates or Representatives and (ii) theΒ occurrence or non-occurrence of any fact
or event that, in either case, would be reasonably likely to cause any condition
set forth in Article VI not to be satisfied; provided, that no such notification, nor the
obligation to make such notification, shall affect the representations, warranties
or covenants or agreements of any Party or the conditions to the obligations of
any Party.Β Β Seller shall promptly notify Purchaser of its receipt of
any notice in writing or claim of default under, any Material Contract, or any written notice of any intent
to terminate, not renew or challenge the validity or enforceability of any
Material Contract.
Β
Section
5.10Β Β Β Preservation
of Records; Audit Assistance.Β Β xxv)Β Β For a period of seven (7)
years after the Closing
Date or such other period required by applicable Law, Purchaser and the Target
Companies shall preserve and retain, all corporate, accounting, legal, auditing,
human resources and other books and records of each Target Company (including
any documents relating to any governmental or
non-governmental claims, actions, suits, proceedings or investigations,
collectively the "Company
Records") relating to the conduct of the
business and operations of the Target Companies prior to the Closing
Date.Β Β During such seven (7) year period, none of
Purchaser and the Target Companies (or their respective successors and assigns)
shall destroy or dispose of or allow the destruction or disposition of any
Company Records, without first having offered in writing to deliverΒ such Company Records to
Seller.Β Β Purchaser and the Target Companies (or their respective
successors and assigns) shall be entitled to dispose of the Company Records if
Seller shall fail to request copies of such Company Records within one hundred
twenty (120) days after receipt of the notice
described in the preceding sentence.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After the Closing, Seller and its
Representatives (including its outside accountants) shall have reasonable
access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice, to
the Company Records and to
personnel of the Target Companies and to any other information or personnel that
Seller reasonably requests, solely in connection with Seller completing the
audit of its accounts for the 2009 fiscal year.Β Β In addition, in the
event the financial statements of the Target
Companies are audited for the period from the Balance Sheet Date through the
Closing Date, upon execution of a customary access letter if required by
Purchaser's or the Target Companies' outside accountants, Seller and its Representatives (including its
outside accountants) shall be granted access to all relevant work papers,
schedules, memoranda and other documents prepared by the Target Companies or
their Representatives (including its outside accountants) for suchΒ audit in connection with Seller
completing the audit of its accounts for the 2009 fiscal
year.
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Section
5.11Β Β Β Resignation
of Officers and Directors.Β Β At the request of
Purchaser, Seller shall cause each officer and member of the Boards of Directors
of each Target Company to
tender his resignation from such position effective as of the
Closing.Β Β No such requested
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resignation
of an officer of any Target Company shall be deemed a voluntary resignation for
purposes of any employment agreements and will not terminate, reduce or modify
any severance or other rights thereunder.
Section
5.12Β Β Β Insurance
Matters.Β Β Purchaser acknowledges that
coverage for the Target Companies under the Seller Insurance Policies will cease
as of the Closing Date, and that neither Seller nor any of its Affiliates will purchase
any "tail" policy or other additional or substitute coverage for the benefit of
Purchaser relating to the Seller Insurance Policies or the Target Companies
applicable in any period after the Closing Date.Β Β Following the Closing,Β Seller agrees to
cooperate with Purchaser and the Target Companies in making claims under
theΒ Seller Insurance Policies with respect to occurrences, accidents,
incidents or claims regarding the Target Companies that occurred prior to the
Closing Date, and shall use its reasonable
best efforts to obtain and remit promptly any recoveries (net of deductibles)
under such Seller Insurance Policies with respect thereto, to the extent
received by Seller or any of itsΒ Affiliates, to
Purchaser.
Β
Section 5.13Β Β Β Marks.Β Β Following the Closing Date and except as
otherwise expressly permitted hereunder or in writing by Seller, Purchaser shall
ensure that Purchaser, the Target Companies, and their respective Affiliates do
not, register, or attempt to register, and do not use, in any fashion, including
in signage, corporate letterhead, business cards, Internet web sites, marketing
material or content and the like, or seek to register, in connection with any
products or services anywhere in the world in any medium, any trademark, service xxxx, domain
name, corporate name, trade name or other indicia of origin that is confusingly
similar to any of the trademarks, service marks, domain names, corporate names,
trade names or other indicia of origin (including the termΒ "NextRx") that are owned as of the Closing Date
by Seller or any Affiliate of Seller (other than any Target Companies) and
listed onΒ Schedule
5.13 of the Seller Disclosure Letter
(collectively, "Seller's
Marks").Β Β The absence of any
trademarks, service marks,
domain names, corporate names, trade names or other indicia of origin of Seller
or any of its Affiliates from the aforementioned Schedule
5.13 shall not be deemed a
waiver of any rights therein that Seller or its Affiliates (other than the
Target Companies) may
possess and no license in favor of Purchaser or the Target Companies shall be
implied by such absence.Β Β Any provisions contained in any Contracts
between Seller or any Affiliate of Seller on the one hand and any Target Company
on the other hand relating to the use of the Seller's
Marks, including all name protection and license agreements, shall immediately
and automatically terminate as of the Closing Date.Β Β Except as
otherwise expressly permitted in writing by Seller, Purchaser shall ensure
that, as soon as practical (but in no event
more than six (6) months following the Closing Date with respect to materials
that publicly display Seller's Marks or are otherwise distributed to the public
(including letterhead, advertising materials, marketing brochures and the like)), any such
materials bearing Seller's Marks are either destroyed or otherwise permanently
altered to entirely remove Seller's Marks.Β Β Furthermore, unless
otherwise provided in the Transition Services Agreement, Purchaser shall
ensureΒ that, as soon as practical (but in no
event more than thirty (30) days following the Closing Date) any hypertext links
to Internet web sites operated by Seller or its Affiliates and any other use of
Seller's Marks are removed from any Internet web sites operated by the Target Companies;
provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
unless otherwise provided in the Transition Services Agreement, Purchaser shall
ensure such removal on or before the fifth (5th) Business Day after it or the Target
Companies become
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such links or use.Β Β For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this
Section 5.13 shall preclude any references to the Seller's Marks that are
required by Law, that constitute "fair use" under applicable Law, or that are in
historical, tax, and similar records.Β Β Except as otherwise expressly
permitted in writing by Purchaser or for purposes of licensing Purchaser, in
Seller's sole discretion, to use such marks during the transition period
following the Closing, after the Closing Date and for a period of five (5) years
thereafter, Seller agrees that neither Seller nor its Affiliates will transfer,
assign, use, license or authorize other Persons to use the trademarks "NEXTRX"
or "PRECISIONRX" in connection with a business that is directly competitive with
the PBM Business.Β Β After the Closing Date, Purchaser and its
Affiliates, including the Target Companies, shall not adopt or use the
trademarks "NEXTRX" or "PRECISIONRX" in connection with any goods or services,
except as expressly permitted in writing by Seller (for the avoidance of doubt,
nothing contained herein shall preclude Purchaser's and the Target Companies'
use of such trademarks in connection with the PBM Business for a period of up to
six (6) months following the Closing Date (or such further period as Seller may,
in its sole discretion, allow), solely in connection with phasing out use of
such trademarks and in a manner generally consistent with past practice and
quality standards in place as of the effective date of this
Agreement).
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Section
5.14Β Β Β Supply
Agreement.Β Β Purchaser shall be responsible for and
shall indemnify and hold harmless Seller and its Affiliates and their respective
stockholders, officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns
(other than the Target
Companies) (each aΒ "Seller
Indemnitee") from and against, and shall pay, any
Losses suffered, incurred or paid, directly or indirectly, by any Seller
Indemnitee after the Closing relating to any conduct or omissions by Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries (including the
Target Companies following the Closing)Β that occur after the Closing as a result of, in
connection with or arising out of the Supply Agreement.Β Β Following the
Closing, Purchaser shall and shall cause the Target Companies to pay all
reasonable fees and
expenses of the Seller Indemnitees in connection with the conduct and
omissions referenced in the preceding sentence promptly as statements therefor are
received.Β Β The obligations to indemnify and hold harmless and pay fees
and expenses pursuant to
this Section 5.14 shall survive the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement until final resolution
thereof.Β Β Purchaser shall have the sole and exclusive
right to defend with counsel of its choosing and settle (with the prior
written consent of
Seller, not to be unreasonably withheld) any
action brought against any Seller Indemnitee as a result of, in connection with
or arising out of the Supply Agreement and with respect to which
indemnification under this Section 5.14 is sought; provided, that Seller shall be permitted to participate in
the defense of any such litigation at its sole cost and expense on issues
relating to Seller, the direct and indirect Subsidiaries
of Seller, and each of their respective
successors and assigns, Affiliates, officers, directors, current
and former employees, agents and attorneys (collectively, the "Seller
Persons"); and, provided, further, that Seller shall be permitted to control the
defense of any such action on issues relating to any Seller Person if Seller has been advised in writing by
counsel that a reasonable likelihood exists of a conflict of interest between
Seller and Purchaser in connection with the defense of such
issues.Β Β In the event any Seller Person remains (or is later named) as
a defendant or co-defendant
in such action, neither
Purchaser nor Seller shall
enter into any settlement of such action without the consent of the other unless
such settlement provides for a complete and unconditional release of
Purchaser, the direct and
indirect Subsidiaries of
Purchaser, and each of their respective successors and
assigns,
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Affiliates,
officers, directors, current and former employees, agents and attorneys
(collectively, the "Purchaser
Persons") or all Seller Indemnitees, as the case may be, of all liability
with respect to such action, the terms thereof do not otherwise impose any
injunctive or other equitable or nonmonetary remedies on any Purchaser Person or
Seller Indemnitee, as the case may be, or include in such settlement any penalty
or exemplary or punitive damages, and in the case of the Seller Indemnitees,
Purchaser agrees to pay (or reimburse Seller, as the case may be) all Losses
suffered, incurred or paid by the Seller Indemnitees.Β Β Seller shall,
and shall cause each of its Affiliates to, and shall use appropriate efforts to
cause each other Seller Person to, cooperate fully with Purchaser in connection
with any such action.Β Β This cooperation will include, but not be
limited to, the following: (i) if requested by Purchaser, requiring employees to
appear for interviews, at reasonable times and locations and upon reasonable
advance notice; (ii) requiring employees to answer all questions truthfully
concerning any Seller Person or concerning their work for any Seller Person;
(iii) producing all records relating to any Seller Indemnitee within the
possession, custody or control of such Person which they are requested to
produce by Purchaser; (iv) upon reasonable advance notice from Purchaser,
requiring employees to appear for depositions and/or at trial related to any
claim, Action or litigation in which any Seller Indemnitee is, or may become, a
party, that is in any manner related to any such litigation; and (v) upon
reasonable advance notice requiring employees to meet with Representatives of
Purchaser to assist Purchaser in preparation for such depositions and/or trials.
Purchaser shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including reasonable
attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by any Seller Person in connection with
such assistance.Β Β Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement, Purchaser shall have no obligations under this Section 5.14 unless,
and until, the Closing shall have occurred.
Section
5.15Β Β Β Conflicts;
Privileges.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Services.Β Β The Parties agree and
acknowledge that legal and
other professional services have been or will be provided which have been or
will be rendered solely for the benefit of Purchaser or the Target Companies, on
the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, as the case may be.Β Β With
respect to such services, the parties agree
that Purchaser and the Target Companies, on the one hand, and Seller, on the
other hand, shall be entitled, in perpetuity, to control the assertion or waiver
of all privileges in connection with such privileged information which relates solely to (x) the
PBM Business or any claims related thereto, in the case of Purchaser and the
Target Companies and (y) the Non-PBM Business or any claims related thereto, in
the case of Seller, whether or not the privileged information is in the possession of or under the
control of the parties that control the assertion or waiver of such privileges;
provided, however, that, from and after the Closing,
Purchaser will not waive, and will cause the Target Companies not to waive, any
privilege attaching as a
result of legal counsel representing any Target Company prior to the Closing in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby without the prior written
consent of Seller.Β Β It is further acknowledged by each of the Parties
thatΒ Seller has retained each of White &
Case LLP ("W&C") and Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx LLP
("Xxxxx") to act as its counsel, and that
Purchaser has retained each
of Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Xxxxxxx & Xxxx LLP ("Skadden") and Ropes & Xxxx LLP (βRopesβ) to act as its counsel, in each case, in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby and that none of Skadden, W&C,Β Ropes or Xxxxx has acted as counsel for any
other Person in connection with the transactions
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hereby and that no other Party or Person has the status of a client of Skadden,
W&C, Ropes or Xxxxx for conflict of interest or any other purposes as a
result thereof.Β Β Purchaser hereby waives, on its own behalf and, after
the Closing, agrees to cause the Target Companies to waive, any conflicts that
may arise in connection with (a) W&C and/or Xxxxx representing Seller after
the Closing and (b) the communication by W&C and/or Xxxxx to Seller, in any
such representation, of any fact known to W&C and/or Xxxxx, in each case
including in connection with (x) a dispute with Purchaser, or any of its
Affiliates following the Closing or (y) the defense of any third party claim
giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder by Purchaser Indemnified
Parties.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Shared
Privilege.Β Β The
Parties agree that they shall have a shared privilege, with
equal right to assert or waive, subject to the restrictions in this Section
5.15, with respect to all privileges not allocated pursuant to the terms of
Section 5.15(a).Β Β Except as provided in Section 5.15(c), no party
may waive any privilege that could be
asserted under any applicable Law and in which another party has a shared
privilege without obtaining the prior written consent of the other party (not to
be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Disputes. In the event of any action, suit, claim,
investigation or proceeding between or among any of the parties, Purchaser and
the Target Companies, on the one hand, or Seller, on the other hand, may waive a
privilege in which the other has a shared privilege, without obtaining consent; provided, that
such waiver of a shared privilege shall be effective only as to the use of
information with respect to the action, suit, claim, investigation or proceeding
between the parties and shall not operate as a waiver of the shared privilege with respect to third
parties.
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Section
5.16Β Β Β Section 338
Election; Tax Treatment Matters.Β Β (a)Β Β Seller
and Purchaser shall jointly complete and make an election under Section
338(h)(10) of the Code (with respect to NextRx and NextRx Services (each, a
"Section
338 Company")) on Form 8023 or in such other manner as may be required by
rule or regulation of the IRS, and shall jointly make an election in the manner
required under any analogous provisions of state or local Law as Purchaser shall
designate or as shall be required, concerning the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Purchaser shall, with the assistance and cooperation of Seller,
prepare all such Section 338(h)(10) forms required as attachments to IRS Form
8023 (and all forms under analogous provisions of state or local Law) in
accordance with applicable Tax Laws, and Purchaser shall deliver such forms and
related documents to Seller at least ninety (90) days prior to the due date of
filing. Seller shall deliver to Purchaser at least seventy-five (75) days prior
to the due date of filing such completed forms as are required to be filed under
Section 338(h)(10) of the Code (and analogous provisions of state or local
Law).
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The Parties will treat the purchase
by Purchaser of the LLC
Interest contemplated hereunder as a purchase of assets by Purchaser from
Community
Insurance for federal,
state and local income tax purposes unless otherwise required by applicable
Law.Β Β Purchaser and Seller will file all Tax Returns in a manner consistent with such
treatment, and
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take no position inconsistent with that characterization for federal, state or
local income tax purposes, including in any audit or judicial or administrative
proceeding.
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β This Agreement shall constitute the plan of complete liquidation
of each Section 338 Company for purposes of Section 332 of the
Code.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as provided in Section 5.16(a),
Purchaser shall not make any election under Section 338 of the Code with respect
to the Target Companies.
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Section
5.17Β Β Β Allocation
of Purchase Price.Β Β (a)Β Within thirty (30) days after the
date hereof, Seller shall provide to Purchaser:Β Β (i) as required by
Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (and any
similar provision of state,
local or foreign Law, as appropriate), a proposed allocation of the LLC Interest
Consideration among the assets of NextRx LLC (the "Initial
1060 Allocations"); (ii) as required by Section 338 of
the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (and any similar provision of state,
local or foreign Law, as appropriate), a proposed allocation of the NextRx Consideration and the liabilities of
NextRx among the assets of NextRx; and (iii) as required by Section 338
of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (and any similar
provision of state, local or foreign Law, as appropriate), a proposed allocation
of the NextRx Services Consideration and the
liabilities of NextRx Services among the assets of
NextRx Services ((ii) and (iii)
collectively, the
"Initial
338 Valuations and Allocations").Β Β If Purchaser does not
object to the Initial 1060 Allocations and Initial 338 Valuations and
Allocations within thirty (30) days of receipt,Β Β such valuations and
allocations shall be deemed to have been accepted and agreed upon, and subject to
Section 5.17(b) below, final and conclusive, for all purposes of this
Agreement.Β Β If Purchaser objects to the Initial 1060 Allocations or
Initial 338 Valuations and Allocations, it shall notify Seller of such disputed
item (or items) and the basis for its
objection, and Purchaser and Seller shall resolve any such dispute prior to the
Closing Date (whether pursuant to this sentence or the immediately preceding
sentence, such agreed upon Initial 1060 Allocations, the "1060
Allocations" and such agreed upon Initial 338
Valuations and Allocations, the "338
Valuations and Allocations").
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Within 30 days of the Post-Closing
Adjustment, Seller and Purchaser agree to adjust the 1060 Allocations and 338
Valuations and Allocations
solely to reflect (i) any differences between the Class I assets, Class II
assets, Class III assets, Class IV assets and Class V assets, each as defined in
Treasury Regulation Section 1.338-6, shown on the Balance Sheet as at the
Balance Sheet Date and the Closing Balance Sheet and (ii) any
purchase price adjustment under Section 2.5 (which adjustment shall be allocated
to the Target Company to which such adjustment relates, and shall be further
allocated to the assets to which such adjustment relates) (such adjusted 1060 Allocations, the
"Final
1060
Allocations" and such
adjusted 338 Valuations and Allocations, the "Final
338
Valuations and Allocations").Β Β The Final 1060
Allocations and Final 338 Valuations and Allocations determined pursuant to this
Section 5.17(b) (as
adjusted by the Parties in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.338-4
or 1.338-5, as applicable, to account for their respective costs) shall be used
for purposes of all relevant Tax Returns, reports and filings (including the
preparation of IRS Form 8594 and IRS Forms
8883 as such
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relate to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement), and neither Seller
nor Purchaser shall take any position that is inconsistent therewith unless
required pursuant to a final determination of a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, Purchaser and Seller acknowledge and agree that for purpose of the
purchase price allocations prepared under this Section 5.17, (i) the Balance
Sheet as at the Balance
Sheet Date shall be used as a starting point and (ii) the amount paid (including
the LLC Interest Consideration, the NextRx Consideration, and the NextRx Services Consideration) for the
NextRx LLC Interests, NextRx Shares and NextRx Services Shares, respectively, as adjusted, together
with the liabilities assumed by Purchaser in each case shall be separately
allocated among the assets of NextRx LLC, NextRx, and NextRx Services, respectively , based on the
following methodology, all in accordance with Section 338 of the Code or Section 1060
of the Code, as applicable, and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder
or other applicable law:Β Β (A)Β Β the Class I assets, Class II
assets, Class III assets, Class IV assets and Class V assets, each as
defined in Treasury Regulation Section
1.338-6, shall be treated as having a fair market value equal to the net book
value of such asset on the Closing Date; (B) any remaining amount after
allocation to the assets in Classes I through V shall be allocated to
the assets constituting Class VI or VII
assets, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Β§1.338-6; and (C) where the net book
value of an asset is used in the allocation methodology set forth above, the
Parties acknowledge and agree that such net book value is representative of the asset's fair
market value.
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Section
5.18Β Β Β Cooperation
with Financing.Β Β Seller
and the Target Companies shall provide, and shall cause their respective
Subsidiaries, and shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause
each of its and their respective Representatives, including legal, tax,
regulatory and accounting, to provide all cooperation reasonably requested by
Purchaser in connection with the Financing (provided that such requested
cooperation does not unreasonably interfere with the ongoing operations of
Seller or any of the Target Companies), including (i) as promptly as reasonably
practicable providing information (financial or otherwise) relating to the
Target Companies to the Persons providing the Financing (the "Financing
Parties") (including information to be used in the preparation of an
information package regarding the business, operations, financial projections
and prospects of Purchaser and the Target Companies customary for such Financing
or reasonably necessary for the completion of the Financing) to the extent
reasonably requested by Purchaser to assist in preparation of customary offering
or information documents to be used for the completion of the Financing, (ii)
participating in a reasonable number of meetings (including customary one-on-one
meetings with the lead arrangers for the Financing), presentations, road shows,
drafting sessions, due diligence sessions (including accounting) and sessions
with the rating agencies, (iii) reasonably assisting in the preparation of (A)
any customary offering documents, bank information memoranda, prospectuses and
similar documents, which contain all financial statements and other data
required to be included therein (which shall have been reviewed by the
independent accountants for the Target Companies as provided in the procedures
specified by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in AU 722) and all
appropriate pro forma financial statements prepared in accordance with, or
reconciled to, GAAP and prepared in accordance with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act), and all other data (including selected financial
data)
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the SEC would require in a registered offering or that would be necessary for an
investment bank to receive customary βcomfortβ (including βnegative assuranceβ
comfort) from independent accountants in connection with a registered offering
and (B) materials for rating agency presentations, (iv) reasonably cooperating
with the marketing efforts for any of the Financing, (v) executing and
delivering (or using reasonable best efforts to obtain from its advisors)
customary certificates (including a certificate of the principal financial
officer of Seller with respect to solvency of Target Companies), accounting
comfort letters (including consents of accountants for use of their reports in
any materials relating to the Financing), legal opinions or other documents and
instruments relating to guarantees and other matters ancillary to the Financing
as may be reasonably requested by Purchaser, (vi) providing authorization
letters to the Financing Parties authorizing the distribution of information to
prospective lenders and containing a representation to the Financing Parties
that the public side versions of such documents, if any, do not include material
non-public information about the Target Companies or their respective Affiliates
or securities, (vii) providing audited combined financial statements of the
Target Companies covering the three (3) fiscal years immediately preceding the
Closing, unaudited financial statements (excluding footnotes) for any interim
period or periods of the Target Companies ended after the date of the most
recent audited financial statements and at least forty-five (45) days prior to
the Closing Date, and (viii) cooperating reasonably with Financing Parties' due
diligence, to the extent customary and reasonable and to the extent not
unreasonably interfering with the business of the Target Companies; provided, that until
the Closing occurs, none of the Target Companies shall (i) have any liability or
any obligation under any agreement or document related to the Financing or (ii)
be required to incur any other liability in connection with the Financing unless
reimbursed or reasonably satisfactorily indemnified by
Purchaser.Β Β Without limitation to the foregoing, Seller and the Target
Companies shall provide, and shall cause their respective Subsidiaries, and
shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause each of its and
their respective Representatives, including legal, tax, regulatory and
accounting to provide, all other information and cooperation reasonably
requested by the Financing Parties pursuant to the terms of the Debt Commitment
Letter (the information referenced in this sentence, together with the
information, documents and materials referenced in clauses (i), (iii)(A) and
(vii) in this Section 5.18, the "Required
Information"); provided, that (A)
the delivery of any information deemed confidential by Seller or the Target
Companies, to the extent such information does not constitute Required
Information, will be held by the Financing Parties as βConfidential Informationβ
as defined in, and pursuant to the terms of, the Confidentiality Agreement, (B)
Seller shall have no liability or obligation under any agreement or document
related to the Financing or be required to incur any other liability in
connection with the Financing and (C) until the Closing occurs none of the
Target Companies shall (i) have any liability or any obligation under any
agreement or document related to the Financing or (ii) be required to incur any
other liability in connection with the Financing unless reimbursed or reasonably
satisfactorily indemnified by Purchaser.
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Section
5.19Β Β Β Transition
Planning.Β Β (a)Β Β Promptly
following execution of this Agreement and prior to Closing, subject to
applicable Law, the Parties shall form the Transition Steering Committee and
appoint their respective PMOs as provided for in the Transition Services
Agreement (each as defined in the Transition Services
Agreement).Β Β Β It is understood and agreed that the Parties shall
(i) take all actions reasonably necessary to form the services teams described
in Section 4.3 of the Transition Services Agreement and (ii) prepare the
Transition
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(as defined in the Transition Services Agreement) described in Section 4.4 of
the Transition Services Agreement, in order to implement the Transition Services
Agreement and PBM Contract at Closing.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser and Seller shall work in good
faith, devote necessary resources and, subject to applicable Law,
share all data and other information necessary to complete the following systems
work (including all required programming and testing) as promptly as practical
after the date hereof: (1) build out the capability ofΒ Sellerβs systems such that Purchaser can
adjudicate pharmacy claims in accordance with Purchaserβs pricing terms and ensures that no
intellectual technology systems or issues void that ability pre- or
post-adjudication; (2) develop interfaces to integrate
Seller and Purchaser
fulfillment routing systems; (3) design, develop, test, and conduct quality
assurance testing of such systemsβ capability; (4) build out of
Sellerβs and Purchaserβs claim adjudication systems to capture
Seller and Purchaserβs margin and ASO margin capabilities and (5) build
out of Purchaserβs systemsβ capability to process claims files on a
daily basis to provide Seller contracted rates back to Seller (such systems
capabilities, collectively the βIntegrated
Service Delivery Modelβ).Β Β Completion of the Integrated Service
Delivery Model shall occur when Purchaser and Seller have executed a joint user
acceptance test for margin and ASO margin capability and fulfillment capability
on Sellerβs systems, have verified the accuracy of
the upload of Purchaserβs pharmacy provider pricing database
onto Sellerβs systems have executed a systems
sign-off memoranda for each component of the Integrated Service Delivery Model
and the efficacy thereof for the operation of the PBM Business is reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser.Β Β Such
memoranda shall be executed within ten (10) days of completion of each component
of the Integrated Service Delivery Model to the reasonable satisfaction of
Purchaser.Β Β Each of Purchaser and Seller shall use its respective
commercially reasonable efforts to implement
the Integrated Service Delivery Model and complete the build out of its system as
promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, and in any event,
prior to December 31, 2009, (it being understood that if, after using its commercially
reasonable efforts, the Integrated Service Delivery Model is not completed by
such time, the parties
shall amend Annex A-1 to the Transition Services Agreement to reflect the work
necessary to complete the Integrated Service Delivery Model as a Service (as defined in the
Transition Services Agreement) under the Transition Services Agreement,
following the Closing).Β Β Purchaser shall reimburse
Seller promptly upon its request (but on no less than a monthly basis) for its
reasonable documented costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the Integrated Service Delivery
Model.Β Β In the event the foregoing transition projects are not
completed prior to the Closing, and the Closing occurs, Purchaser shall also
reimburse Seller promptly upon its request for its
reasonable documented costs and expenses incurred after the Closing in
connection with the completion of the foregoing transition projects to the
extent such post-Closing costs and expenses are not otherwise included in
theΒ fees payable to Seller by Purchaser as
set forth on Annex A-1 of the Transition Services Agreement.Β Β In no
event shall the reimbursement of Sellerβs reasonable documented costs and
expenses under this Section 5.19(b) and any Service added to Annex A-1 of
the Transition Services Agreement as a
result of the operation of this Section 5.19(b) exceed $5,000,000 in the
aggregate.
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make arrangements to provide initial security for the processing and
transference of data under
the Transition Services Agreement, which shall include: (i) as necessary, PBM
Business associates will be removed from existing human resource applications as
of Closing Date or by an otherwise agreed upon date, (ii) as of the Closing Date
or by an otherwise agreed upon date, User IDs and
passwords will be converted to "contractor" status, (iii) access to Seller's
applications will be firewall defined, (iv) new PBM Business hires will be
provisioned through Seller's external access process and (v) work-at-home support for the existing
population of work-at-home associates at the current configuration
(collectively, the "Initial
Security Work").Β Β Purchaser shall reimburse
Seller promptly upon its request for its reasonable documented costs and
expenses incurred in
connection with the Initial Security Work.
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(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After the Closing, Seller shall,
in the ordinary course
consistent with past practice under the applicable Contract deliver to Purchaser any payments that
were accrued and payable to the Target Companies prior to or as of the Closing
Date pursuant to the Contracts set forth on Schedule
5.19(d)Β of the Seller Disclosure Letter
and were not previously
satisfied as of the Closing.Β Β After the Closing, Purchaser shall,
in the ordinary course
consistent with past
practice under the applicable Contract deliver to Seller any payments that were
accrued and payable to Seller by the Target Companies prior to or as of the
Closing Date pursuant to the Contracts set forth on Schedule
5.19(d)Β of the Seller Disclosure Letter and were not previously satisfied as of
the Closing.
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(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β The covenants in Sections 5.19(b) and
5.19(c) shall survive the Closing until the build-out and Initial
Security Work is
completed.
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Section
5.20Β Β Β Financial
Statements.Β Β (a)Β Β Seller
shall cause to be delivered to Purchaser, (i) as soon as practicable following
the date of this Agreement, and in any event not later than May 7, 2009, true
and complete copies of (x) an audited combined balance sheet of the Target
Companies as at December 31, 2008, an audited combined statement of income of
the Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2008 and an audited
combined statement of cash flows of the Target Companies for the year ended
December 31, 2008; (y) an audited combined balance sheet of the Target Companies
as at December 31, 2007, an audited combined statement of income of the Target
Companies for the year ended December 31, 2007 and an audited combined statement
of cash flows of the Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2007; and
(z) an audited combined balance sheet of the Target Companies as at December 31,
2006, an audited combined statement of income of the Target Companies for the
year ended December 31, 2006 and an audited combined statement of cash flows of
the Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2006; and (ii) if the
Closing shall not have occurred prior to March 1, 2010, on March 1, 2010, an
audited combined balance sheet of the Target Companies as at December 31, 2009,
an audited combined statement of income of the Target Companies for the year
ended December 31, 2009 and an audited combined statement of cash flows of the
Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2009 (the audited financial
statements set forth in this Section 5.20(a), collectively, the "Audited
Financial Statements"); in the case of subclause (i) of this paragraph,
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financial statements set forth in (x), (y) and (z) above, and in the case of
subclause (ii) of this paragraph, together with a report without qualification
or exception of Ernst & Young LLP, Seller's independent accountants, with
respect thereto.
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2009 and on or before the date that is forty-five (45) days prior to the Closing
Date, Seller shall cause to be delivered within thirty (30) days after the last
day of such fiscal quarter to Purchaser an unaudited comparative combined balance sheet at the
last day of such fiscal quarter, unaudited comparative combined
statements of income and
unaudited comparative statements of cash flows, for such quarter and the year-to-date
period then ended (including for the comparable quarter and the comparable
year-to-date periods for the prior year) (collectively, the "Interim
Financial Statements").
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Section
5.21Β Β Β Sublease.Β Β At
the Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall enter into a sublease with respect to
the office space currently occupied by the associates of the PBM Business
employed at Seller's facility in Plano, Texas (the "Plano
Sublease").Β Β The Plano Sublease will be on substantially the
same terms and conditions as the master lease for the Plano facility (it being
understood that Seller will have the right, in its sole discretion, to exercise
the early termination option set forth in the master lease, which will equally
apply to the Plano Sublease).Β Β The rental charge payable by Purchaser
to Seller will be an allocation of the rent and other amounts payable under the
master lease to the landlord by Seller, which allocation will be based on the
number of associates of the PBM Business employed at the Plano facility on the
Closing Date as compared to the total number of Purchaser and Seller associates
employed at the Plano facility on the Closing Date.
Section
5.22Β Β Β Transactions During
Valuation Period.Β Β Each of Seller and Purchaser, from the
date of this Agreement until the Closing Date in the case of Seller, and during
the Valuation Period only
in the case of Purchaser, shall not, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not
to, in any manner, directly or indirectly (whether through brokers,
Representatives, nominees or otherwise) (i) acquire, offer to acquire, agree
or commitΒ to acquire or announce anyΒ intention to acquire, or direct any
person to acquire, offer to acquire or announce anyΒ intention to acquire, by purchase or
otherwise, any shares of Purchaser Common Stock or other securities of Purchaser
or any successor to or person in control of
PurchaserΒ or
enter into, agree or commit to enter into or announce any intention to enter
into, any Hedging Transaction (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement)
that is equivalent thereto, except, in the case of Purchaser, in connection with
the settlement of equity related-awards in the ordinary course of business; (ii) solely in the case of Seller and
its Affiliates, sell, pledge or dispose of, or offer to, agree or commit to, or
announce any intention to,
sell, pledge or dispose of
any shares of Purchaser Common Stock or other securities of Purchaser or any
successor to or person in control of Purchaser, which are owned (beneficially or
of record) by such PersonΒ or enter into, agree or
commit to enter into or announce any intention to enter into, any Hedging
Transaction that is equivalent thereto; or (iii) enter into, agree or commit to
enter into or announce any intention to enter into, any other Hedging
Transaction.
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CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
Β
Section
6.1Β Β Β Β Β Conditions
to the
Obligations of Each Party.Β Β The
respective obligations of each Party to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby are subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Law) by
Purchaser or Seller, as appropriate, at or before the Closing Date, of each of
the following conditions:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Injunctions;
Illegality.Β Β No
Governmental Entity or federal or state court of competent jurisdiction shall
have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule,
regulation, or Order (whether temporary, preliminary or
permanent), in any case which is in effect and that prevents or prohibits
consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and no
Governmental Entity shall have instituted any Action (which remains
pending at what would otherwise be the
Closing Date) before any United States court or Governmental Entity of competent
jurisdiction seeking to enjoin, restrain or otherwise prohibit consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β HSR.Β Β The waiting period (and any extension
thereof) applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the
HSR Act shall have been terminated or shall have expired or, if applicable, any
agreement with the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission, as the case may be, not
to consummate the transactions shall have been terminated.
Β
Section
6.2Β Β Β Β Β Conditions
to the Obligations of Purchaser.Β Β The
obligations of Purchaser to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Law) by Purchaser
on or prior to the Closing Date of the following further
conditions:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Performance.Β Β All of the agreements and
covenants of Seller set forth in Section 5.20(a) shall have been duly
performed in all
respects.Β Β All of the agreements and covenants of Seller (other than
those set forth in the preceding sentence) to be performed prior to the Closing
pursuant to this Agreement shall have been duly performed in all material
respects.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Representations and
Warranties.Β Β Each
of the representations and warranties of Seller contained in Section 3.1,
Section 3.2(a), Section 3.3, Section 3.4(a), Section 3.5, Section 3.7(a), the
first, second, third and last sentences of Section 3.7(b), the second
sentence of Section 3.8,
Section 3.21 and Section 3.24 shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date
as if made at the Closing Date (other than those made as of a specified date, in
which case as of such specified date).Β Β Each of the representations
and warranties of Seller contained in Article
III other than those set forth in the preceding sentence shall be true and
correct, determined for this purpose (except for the defined term "Permit" as used in the second sentence of
Section 3.9(e), the first sentence of Section 3.11(a), Section
3.14(a)(ii), Section 3.16(a) and
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first sentence of Section 3.19) without giving effect to any "material,"
"materiality" or "Company Material Adverse Effect" qualifications, as of the
Closing Date as if made at the Closing Date (other than those made as of a
specified date, in which case as of such specified date), except for such
failures to be true and correct that do not have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.Β Β Purchaser shall have
received a certificate, signed by Seller, dated as of the Closing Date, to the
effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 6.2(a) and 6.2(b) have been
satisfied.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Other
Transaction Documents.Β Β Purchaser shall have
received a copy of each of the Other Transaction Documents executed and
delivered by each of the other Parties thereto.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Necessary
Consents.Β Β Each
necessary consent, approval, Order or authorization of, or registration or
filing with, any Governmental Entity or expiry of any related
waiting period required by
or with respect to the Parties in connection with the execution and delivery of
this Agreement by the Parties or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement shall have been obtained or made, except for such
consents, approvals, Orders, authorizations,
registrations, filings and expirations the failure of which to be obtained or
made would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Target
Companies, taken as a whole.
Β
(e)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Financial
Statements.Β Β Purchaser shall have received from Seller, in
accordance with Section 5.20(a), Audited Financial Statements
relating to the year 2008, and the financial condition of the Target Companies
presented in such Audited Financial Statements must not be materially worse, in the aggregate, than the financial
condition of the Target Companies presented in the Balance Sheet and the related
unaudited combined income statement of the Target Companies.
Β
(f)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Insurance
Approvals.Β Β (i)
The Ohio State Insurance Approval shall have been obtained; and (ii) the Other
Insurance Approvals shall have been obtained, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii),Β to the extent that consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby without such Ohio State Insurance Approval or
Other Insurance Approvals would violate
Law, with no adverse effect on Purchaser or any of its
Subsidiaries (including the
Target Companies following the Closing) or any of their respective pharmacy
benefits management operations following the Closing.
Β
(g)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Integrated
Service
Delivery Model.Β Β The Integrated Service
Delivery Model shall have been completed in accordance with the terms of Section
5.19(b) to Purchaserβs reasonable satisfaction; provided, that this condition shall be deemed to
be satisfied from and after December 31, 2009.
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Section
6.3Β Β Β Β Β Conditions
to the Obligations of Seller.Β Β The
obligations of Seller to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are
subject to the satisfaction or waiver (subject to applicable Law) by Seller on
or prior to the Closing Date of the following further conditions:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Performance.Β Β All of the agreements and
covenants of Purchaser to be performed prior to the Closing pursuant to this
Agreement shall have been duly performed in all material respects.Β Β It is hereby understood
and agreed that this
Section 6.3(a) shall not apply to the agreements and covenants of Purchaser set
forth in Section 5.19(b).
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Representations
and Warranties.Β Β Each of the representations
and warranties of Purchaser contained in the last sentence of Section 4.1, the last sentence of 4.3(a),
Section 4.4(a), the second sentence of Section 4.6, and Section 4.13 shall be
true and correct as of the Closing Date as if made at the Closing Date (other
than those made as of a specified date, in which case as ofΒ such specified date).Β Β Each of
the representations and warranties of Purchaser contained in Article IV other
than those set forth in the preceding sentence shall be true and correct
(determined for this purpose (except for the final sentence of Section
4.3(a)) without giving effect to any
"material," "materiality" or "Purchaser Material Adverse
Effect" qualifications) as
of the Closing Date as if made at the Closing Date (other than those made as of
a specified date, in which case as of such specified date), except for such failures to be true
and correct that do not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Purchaser
Material Adverse Effect.Β Β Seller shall have received a certificate,
signed by Purchaser, dated as of the Closing Date, to the effect that
theΒ conditions set forth in Sections 6.3(a)
and 6.3(b) have been satisfied.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Other
Transaction Documents.Β Β Seller shall have received
a copy of each of the Other Transaction Documents executed and delivered by each
of the other Parties thereto.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Necessary
Consents.Β Β Each
necessary consent, approval, Order or authorization of, or registration or
filing with, any Governmental Entity or expiry of any related waiting period
required by or with respect to the Parties in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement
by the Parties or the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement shall have been obtained or made and shall be in full force and
effect, except for such consents, approvals, Orders, authorizations,
registrations, filings and expirations the failure of
which to be obtained or made would not reasonably be expected to, individually
or in the aggregate, (x) materially adversely affect the Non-PBM Business or (y)
result in the incurrence by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries of any penalty, liability or expense
which would be material to the Non-PBM Business (for purposes of this Section
6.3(d) only, the "Necessary
Consents"), and the
Necessary Consents shall not, individually or in the aggregate, impose any
Burdensome Term or
Condition.
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Β
TAX
MATTERS
Β
Section
7.1Β Β Β Β Β Tax
Returns.Β Β Seller
shall have the exclusive obligation and authority to file or cause to be filed
all Tax Returns that are required to be filed by or with respect to the income,
assets, properties and operations of the Target Companies for all Pre-Closing
Taxable Periods, including the short-period ending on the Closing
Date.Β Β Except as provided in the preceding sentence, Purchaser shall
have the exclusive obligation and authority to file or cause to be filed all
federal, state, local, foreign and other Tax Returns that are required to be
filed by or with respect to the income, assets, properties and operations of the
Target Companies or any successor thereto for any taxable year or other taxable
period.
Β
Section
7.2Β Β Β Β Β Controversies.Β Β (a)Β Β Seller
shall have the exclusive authority to control any audit or examination by any
Tax Authority, initiate any claim for refund, amend any Tax Return, and contest,
resolve and defend against any assessment for additional Taxes, notice of Tax
deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes of or relating to any Tax liability of
the Target Companies for which Seller is obligated to indemnify Purchaser under
Section 7.4(a); provided, that Purchaser shall be entitled to participate at its
sole expense in any audit or examination by any Tax Authority related to the
elections made under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code pursuant to this
Agreement.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Except as provided in Section 7.2(a),
Purchaser shall have the exclusive authority to control any audit or
examination by any Tax Authority, initiate any claim for refund, amend any Tax
Return, and contest, resolve and defend against any assessment for additional
Taxes, notice of Tax deficiency or other adjustment of Taxes ofΒ or relating to any Tax liability of the
Target Companies.
Β
Section
7.3Β Β Β Β Β Notification.Β Β Purchaser,
the Target Companies and their respective Affiliates shall promptly forward to
Seller all written notifications and other communications from any Tax authority
received by the Target Companies or any Affiliate thereof relating to any Tax
audit or other proceeding relating to the Tax liability of the Target Companies
with respect to a Pre-Closing Taxable Period.Β Β The failure of
Purchaser to give Seller such written notice shall not excuse Seller from its
obligations under Section 7.4(a) with respect to any increased Tax liability
directly or indirectly attributable to any such written notification or other
communication except to the extent such failure to provide such written notice
adversely affected the ability of Seller to contest any claim arising from such
Tax audit or other proceeding.
Β
Section
7.4Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification
for Taxes.Β Β (a)Β Β Seller
shall be responsible for and shall indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser from
and against, and shall pay, (i) all Taxes of the Target Companies attributable
to any Pre-Closing Taxable Period; (ii) any Losses of the Purchaser Indemnified
Parties incurred as a result of any breach by Seller of any covenant in this
Article VII; (iii) all Taxes of any other Person imposed on the Target Companies
pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or a comparable provision of
state, local or foreign Law) by virtue of the Target Companies being or having
been a member of a consolidated, combined, affiliated, unitary or other Tax
group on or prior to the Closing Date (without duplication of
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described in clause (i) of this Section 7.4(a)); and (iv) all Taxes of any
Person (other than the Target Companies) imposed on the Target Companies under a
Tax sharing agreement or other similar Contract the subject of which is
indemnification for Taxes (without duplication of amounts described in clauses
(i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of this Section 7.4(a)); provided, however, that Seller
shall not be liable for, and shall not indemnify, Purchaser for any liability
for Taxes resulting from transactions or actions taken by Purchaser or the
Target Companies on the Closing Date that are taken after the Closing, except
for transactions or actions undertaken in the ordinary course of business on the
Closing Date (any such liability for Taxes, other than Taxes with respect to
transactions or actions undertaken in the ordinary course of business on the
Closing Date, a "Post-Closing
Tax Liability").
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Purchaser shall be responsible for and
shall pay or cause to be paid, all Taxes relating to the Target Companies,
excluding Taxes for which Seller is responsible under SectionΒ 7.4(a) (such
non-excluded Taxes, "Purchaser
Taxes").Β Β Purchaser and the Target Companies shall indemnify and
hold harmless Seller against, and shall pay, (i) all Purchaser Taxes; (ii) all
Post-Closing Tax Liabilities; and (iii) any Losses of the Seller Indemnified
Parties incurred as a result of any breach by Purchaser ofΒ any covenant in this Article
VII.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β All Taxes and Tax liabilities with
respect to the income, property or operations of the Target Companies that
relate to the Straddle Period shall be apportioned between Seller and Purchaser
as follows: (i) in the case of Taxes other than income, sales and
use and withholding Taxes, on a per diem basis, and (ii) in the case of income,
sales and use and withholding Taxes, as determined from the books and records of
the Target Companies as though the taxable year of the Target Companies terminated at the close
of business on the Closing Date
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Payments by Seller or Purchaser of any
amount due under this Section 7.4 shall be made within thirty (30) Business Days
following written notice that payment of related Taxes to the appropriate Tax Authority is due;
provided that each of Seller and Purchaser shall not be required to make any
payment earlier than five (5) Business Days before the related Taxes are due to
the appropriate Tax Authority.Β Β In the case of a Tax that is
contested in accordance with the provisions
of Section 7.2, payment of the Tax to the appropriate Tax Authority shall be
considered to be due no earlier than the date a final determination to such
effect is made by the appropriate Governmental Entity.
Β
Section
7.5Β Β Β Β Β Carrybacks.Β Β None
of Purchaser or the Target Companies shall carry back any net operating loss or
other item or attribute from a Post-Closing Taxable Period to a Pre-Closing
Taxable Period.
Β
Section
7.6Β Β Β Β Β Post-Closing
Access and Cooperation.Β Β (a)Β Β After
the Closing Date, Seller shall retain all books, records and other documents
pertaining to any Federal and Consolidated Return for a Pre-Closing Taxable
Period.Β Β Except as provided in the preceding sentence and to the
extent reasonably separable, the Target Companies shall retain or, if relevant,
Seller will make available for the Target Companies to transport, at the Target
Companies sole
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all books, records and other documents pertaining to the business of the Target
Companies.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β After the Closing Date, Purchaser and
the Target Companies, on the one hand, and Seller, on the other hand, agree to
furnish or cause to be furnished to each other, upon reasonable request, as
promptly as practicable, such information and assistance (including access to books, records, work
papers and Tax Returns for Pre-Closing Taxable Periods) relating to the Target
Companies as is reasonably necessary for the preparation of any Tax Return,
claim for refund or audit, and the prosecution or defense of any claim, suit or proceeding relating to
any proposed Tax adjustment.Β Β Upon reasonable notice, each of Seller
and Purchaser shall make its, or shall cause the Target Companies, as
applicable, to make their, employees and facilities available on a mutually
convenient basis to provide reasonable
explanation of any documents or information provided
hereunder.
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Any request for information or documents
pursuant to this Section 7.6 shall be made by the requesting party in writing.
The other party hereto shall promptly (and in no event later than
thirty (30) days after receipt of the request) provide the requested
information.Β Β Β The requesting party shall indemnify the other
party for any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such party in connection with
providingΒ any information or documentation
pursuant to this Section 7.6. Any information obtained under this Section 7.6
shall be kept confidential, except as otherwise reasonably may be necessary in
connection with the filing of Tax Returns or claims for refund orΒ in conducting any Tax audit, dispute or
contest.
Β
Section
7.7Β Β Β Β Β Refunds.Β Β Any
Tax refund (including any interest in respect thereof) received by Purchaser or
the Target Companies, and any amounts of overpayments of Tax credited against
Taxes which Purchaser or the Target Companies otherwise would be or would have
been required to pay that relate to Taxes for which Seller is obligated to
indemnify Purchaser under Section 7.4(a) shall be for the account of Seller, and
Purchaser shall pay over to Seller any such refund or the amount of any such
credit within thirty (30) days after receipt or the application of any such
refund or credit to reduce a Tax liability of Purchaser, the Target Companies or
any Affiliate thereof.
Β
Section
7.8Β Β Β Β Β Transfer
Taxes.Β Β All
Tax Returns with respect to all stamp, transfer (including real property
transfer), recordation, documentary, sales and use, value added, registration
and other similar Taxes and fees together with any interest and penalties with
respect thereto (collectively, "Transfer
Taxes") incurred in connection with, or as a consequence of, this
Agreement (including Transfer Taxes incurred as a result of the deemed sale of
assets under Section 338(h)(10) of the Code) or any other transaction
contemplated hereby shall be timely filed by the Party responsible for such
filing under applicable Law, and all such Transfer Taxes (and all reasonable
out-of-pocket costs for preparation of such Tax Returns) shall be borne equally
by Purchaser and Seller.Β Β Purchaser and Seller shall reasonably
cooperate to reduce or eliminate any Transfer Taxes to the extent permitted by
applicable Law.Β Β If Seller or Purchaser pays a Transfer Tax at the
Closing or pursuant to a post-Closing assessment by a Tax Authority, the other
party will reimburse the paying party for fifty percent (50%) of the amount of
such Transfer Tax within thirty (30) days of the paying party's written demand
therefor.
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7.9Β Β Β Β Β Tax Sharing
Agreements.Β Β Any
Tax-sharing agreement or similar arrangement between Seller or any Affiliate of
Seller which is not a Target Company, on the one hand, and a Target Company on
the other hand, shall be terminated as of the Closing Date and none of the
Target Companies shall have any rights or obligations under any such terminated
agreement.
Β
Section
7.10Β Β Β Coordination;
Survival.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all matters relating
to indemnification for Taxes (other than with respect to indemnification for
Losses (i) resulting from the breach of, or inaccuracy, of the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.13 or (ii) arising under Section
9.2(d)(i), which, in each case, shall be governed solely by Article IX) shall be
governed solely by this Article VII, and in the event of any conflict between
the provisions of this Article VII and any other provision of this Agreement,
this Article VII shall control.
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ARTICLE VIII
Β
TERMINATION AND
ABANDONMENT
Β
Section
8.1Β Β Β Β Β Termination.Β Β This
Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be
abandoned, at any time prior to the Closing:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β by mutual consent of Seller and
Purchaser; or
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β either by Purchaser or by Seller,
if:
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β any court or other
Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued, enacted,
entered, promulgated or
enforced any Law or Order (that has not been vacated, withdrawn or overturned)
or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise
prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Law or
Order is or shall have become final and nonappealable;
or
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β Β the Closing Date shall
not have occurred on or
prior to January 9, 2010
(the "End
Date"); provided, however, that if on the End Date the conditions
to Closing set forth in Section 6.1(b) and/or Section 6.2(d) shall not have been satisfied but all other
conditions to Closing set forth in Article VI shall be satisfied or by their
terms cannot be satisfied until or immediately preceding the Closing, but which
conditions would be satisfied if the Closing Date were the End Date, then the End Date shall be extended to April
9, 2010 if Purchaser or
Seller notifies the other on or prior to the End Date of its election to
extend the End Date to
April 9, 2010;
or
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Date there shall have been
a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of
Seller contained in this Agreement or any representation or warranty of Seller
shall have become untrue after the date of this Agreement, which such breach or
untrue representation or warranty (A)Β would,
individually or in the aggregate with all other such breaches and untrue
representations and warranties, give rise to the failure of a condition set
forth in SectionsΒ 6.2(a) or 6.2(b) and (B) is incapable of being cured
priorΒ to the Closing Date by Seller or is not
cured within thirty (30) days of notice of such breach; or
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β by Seller, if prior to the Closing Date
there shall have been a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement on the part of Purchaser contained in this Agreement or any
representation or warranty of Purchaser shall have become untrue after the date
of this Agreement, which such breach or untrue representation or warranty (A)
would, individually or in the aggregate with all other such breaches and untrue representations and
warranties, give rise to the failure of a condition set forth in Sections 6.3(a)
or 6.3(b) and (B) is incapable of being cured prior to the Closing Date by the
relevant Party or is not cured within thirty (30) days of notice of such breach.
Β
Section
8.2Β Β Β Β Effect of
Termination.Β Β (a)Β Β In
the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to SectionΒ 8.1(b),
8.1(c) or 8.1(d), written notice thereof shall forthwith be given by the
terminating Party to the other Party specifying the provision hereof pursuant to
which such termination is made.Β Β In the event of the termination of
this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1, this Agreement shall be terminated and
become void and have no effect, and there shall be no liability hereunder on the
part of Seller, any Seller Entity, Purchaser or any Target Company, except that
SectionΒ 5.5(b), Article X (other than Section 10.12) and this
SectionΒ 8.2 shall survive any termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that nothing
in this SectionΒ 8.2 shall relieve any Party to this Agreement of liability
for its material breach of this Agreement, except as set forth in Section 8.2(c)
with respect to the rights of Seller.Β Β For avoidance of doubt, the
terms and conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement survive termination of
this Agreement for any reason.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event that this Agreement is
terminated by either Party pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) or 8.1(b)(ii) and, in
each of the foregoing cases, at such time all of the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI
(other than (A) any conditions in Section 6.1(b); (B) any conditions in Sections
6.1(a), 6.2(d) or 6.3(d), to the extent such conditions relate to Orders,
consents, approvals or authorizations of or issued under U.S. Antitrust Laws; and (C) any conditions
precedent that by their terms cannot be satisfied until or immediately preceding
the Closing, but in the case of clause (C), which conditions precedent would be
satisfied if the Closing Date were the date of such termination) have been satisfied or waived on
or prior to the date of such termination,Β Β Purchaser shall pay to
Seller a termination fee in cash equal to $50,000,000 (the "Reverse
Termination Fee"), which shall be paid within two (2)
Business Days after delivery of a written notice of termination
pursuant to Section 8.2(a); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing,
Purchaser shall not be obligated to pay the Reverse Termination Fee if either
(x) Seller's refusal to agree to any Burdensome Term or Condition or (y) Seller's
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of its obligations under Section 5.5 has been a material cause of the failure of
such conditions in Sections 6.1(a), 6.1(b), 6.2(d) or 6.3(d).Β Β All
payments under this Section 8.2(b) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to the account(s) designated in writing by Seller.Β Β If
Purchaser shall fail to pay the Reverse Termination Fee when due in accordance
with this Section 8.2(b), Purchaser shall reimburse Seller for all costs and
expenses incurred or accrued by Seller (including fees and expenses of counsel)
in connection with the collection under and enforcement of this Section 8.2(b)
from the date such payment was required to be made until the date of payment
plus interest on the Reverse Termination Fee and the amount of such costs and
expenses at the prime lending rate prevailing during such period as published in
The Wall Street Journal
plus five percent (5%).
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In the event that Seller shall have the
right to receive the Reverse Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.2(b), Seller's right to
receive payment of the Reverse Termination Fee (if any), any other amounts
specifically referred to in Section 8.2(b) and any other amounts contemplated by
Section 5.5(b) from Purchaser shall be the sole and exclusive remedy against Purchaser and any of
Purchaser's Subsidiaries or Affiliates for any and all Losses suffered in
connection with, or as a result of the failure, of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement or the Other Transaction Documents to be consummated (collectively, the "Seller
Damages") (except in the
case of willful and material breach by Purchaser), and upon payment of any and
all such amounts, as applicable, none of Purchaser, nor any of Purchaser's
Subsidiaries nor any of their respective former, current or future stockholders,
directors, officers, Affiliates or agents (collectively, the "Purchaser
Affiliates") shall have any
further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or
any of the Other Transaction Documents, or the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby and the only liability, in the aggregate, of Purchaser shall be the
Seller Damages (except in the case of willful and material breach by Purchaser),
and in no event shall Seller or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates seek any other recovery,
judgment or damages of any kind, including consequential, indirect or punitive
damages, against Purchaser or any Purchaser Affiliate through Purchaser or
otherwise, whether by or through a claim by or on behalf of Purchaser against any Purchaser Affiliate, by
the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, by
virtue of any statute, regulation or applicable Law, or otherwise, except (i)
for its rights to recover Seller Damages under and to the extent provided in this Section 8.2 and
(ii) in the case of willful and material breach by Purchaser.Β Β For
purposes of this Agreement, "willful
and material breach" shall
mean a material breach that is aΒ consequence of an act or omission
knowingly undertaken by the
breaching party with the primary intent of causing a breach of this
Agreement.
Β
Β
ARTICLE IX
Β
INDEMNIFICATION
Β
Section
9.1Β Β Β Β Β Survival of
Representations, Warranties, Covenants and Indemnities.Β Β Other
than with respect to matters relating to Taxes (provided that the foregoing
exclusion shall not apply to indemnification for Losses (i) resulting from the
breach of, or inaccuracy, of the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.13 or (ii) arising under
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Section
9.2(d)(i)), which shall be governed solely by Article VII, no claim may be made
or suit or other proceeding instituted seeking indemnification pursuant to
Sections 9.2 and 9.3 unless a written notice describing the matter subject to
indemnification in reasonable detail in light of the circumstances then known to
the Indemnified Party (as defined below) is provided to the Indemnifying Party
(as defined below) at any time prior to the expiration of the period ending on
the twenty first (21) month anniversary following the Closing Date, except for
(1) claims made pursuant to Section 9.2.(c) or Section 9.2(d), (2) claims made
with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.1
(Due Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power), 3.2(a) (Authorization),
3.3Β (Ownership of Shares and LLC Interest), 3.4(a) (Target Companies), 3.5
(Capitalization of Target Companies), 3.15 (Brokers' or Finders' Fee), 4.1 (Due
Organization, Good Standing and Corporate Power), 4.2 (Capitalization of
Purchaser), 4.4(a) (Authorization) and 4.8 (Brokers' or Finders' Fee)
(collectively, the "Fundamental
Representations") and any claim based on fraud which, in the case of
clause (1) and (2) above, will survive indefinitely, (3) claims made with
respect to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3.7(f), 3.11
(Benefit Plans), 3.13 (Tax Matters) and 3.17 (Environmental Matters), which will
survive until the thirtieth (30th) day
following the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, and (4)
claims made with respect to the representations and warranties set forth in
Section 3.9 (Compliance with Laws; Permits) which will survive until the twenty
fourth (24) month anniversary following the Closing Date.Β Β The
respective covenants and agreements of Seller and Purchaser contained in this
Agreement required to be performed or complied with prior to the Closing (each,
a "Pre-Closing
Covenant") shall survive the Closing Date hereunder solely for the
purpose of Sections 9.2 and 9.3 until the date that is eighteen (18) months from
the Closing Date, and all other respective covenants and agreements of Seller
and Purchaser contained in this Agreement (each, a "Post-Closing
Covenant"), as
well as Pre-Closing Covenants to the extent they contemplate performance
following the Closing,Β shall survive the
Closing Date hereunder indefinitely or for such lesser period of time as may be
specified therein, but not to exceed the applicable statute of limitations in
the event of a breach of such covenant or other agreement.
Β
Section
9.2Β Β Β Β Β Indemnity by
Seller.Β Β From
and after the Closing, subject to this Article IX, and other than with respect
to matters relating to Taxes (provided that the foregoing exclusion shall not
apply to indemnification for Losses (i) resulting from the breach of, or
inaccuracy, of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.13 or
(ii) arising under Section 9.2(d)(i)), which shall be governed solely by Article
VII, Purchaser and each of its Subsidiaries (including the Target Companies) and
Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, employees, agents,
successors and assigns (collectively, the "Purchaser
Indemnified Parties") will be indemnified and held harmless by Seller
from, against and in respect of all Losses of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties
resulting from:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any breach or default in performance by
Seller of any Post-Closing Covenant of Seller;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any
representation or warranty made as of the Closing Date, as if made on the
Closing Date, by Seller in
this Agreement and (ii) any
breach or default in performance by Seller of any Pre-Closing Covenant of
Seller;
Β
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(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Losses and Liabilities of the Target
Companies relating to (1) pre-Closing operations that do not arise out of or
relate to the PBM Business (including to the extent related to the
Non-PBM Business), (2) any Actions brought by any third
party arising out of, or relating to, the sales process undertaken by Seller to
dispose of the PBM Business, (3) Medicare and Medicaid billing
practices and procedures of
the Target Companies prior
to the Closing, (4)
the failure to obtain
the Ohio State Insurance
Approval and the Other
Insurance Approvals or the
terms of any such approvals if obtained or (5)Β any matters identified as the basis for
sanctions imposed by
Governmental Entities, identified by Governmental Entities as warranting a
corrective action plan or other remediation, or identified in audits by
Governmental Entities or by third parties or by the Target Companies, in each
case, arising out of, orΒ in connection with, the CMS Indemnity
Matters, including
any sanctions, corrective
action plans, other remediation or claims by third parties (including
clients) relating to any
such mattersΒ (but solely,Β in the case of clause (5), with respect to out-of-pocket Losses (provided that
"out-of-pocket" Losses shall include all payments to Governmental Entities and third parties, as well as any related fees and
expenses); and
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) all Taxes of any Person (other than the Target Companies)
imposed on the Target Companies as a result of transferee
liability or by operation of Law (without duplication of amounts described in
Section 7.4(a)) and (ii) Losses and Liabilities of the Target Companies arising
under escheat or similar Laws.
Β
Section
9.3Β Β Β Β Β Indemnity by
Purchaser.Β Β From
and after the Closing, subject to this Article IX, and other than with respect
to Taxes, which shall be governed solely by Article VII, Seller and each of its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers,
distributees, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, the
"Seller
Indemnified Parties") will be indemnified and held harmless by Purchaser
from, against and in respect of all Losses of the Seller Indemnified Parties
resulting from:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β (i) any breach of, or inaccuracy in, any
representation or warranty made as of the Closing Date, as if made on the
Closing Date, by Purchaser in this Agreement and (ii) any breach or default in
performance by Purchaser of any Pre-Closing Covenant of
Purchaser;
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β any breach or default in performance by
Purchaser of any Post-Closing Covenant of Purchaser; and
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β the ownership and operation of the PBM
Business by Purchaser and its Affiliates after the Closing.
Β
Section
9.4Β Β Β Β Β Limitations
on Indemnity.
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Limitations on Indemnity by
Seller.
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(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
No Purchaser Indemnified Party
will assert any claim for indemnification under Sections 9.2(b) or 9.2(d): (1)
in respect of any individual Loss incurred or suffered by Purchaser Indemnified
Parties that is not a Qualifying Loss and (2) until such time as the aggregate
of all Qualifying Losses that Purchaser Indemnified Parties may have under
Sections 9.2(b) and 9.2(d) exceeds $10,000,000 (the amount referred to in this
clause (a)(ii), the "Indemnity
Threshold"), and then only
for the aggregate amount of
all Qualifying Losses in excess of $5,000,000.
Β
(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β
Β The aggregate liability of
Seller in respect of claims for indemnification pursuant to Section 9.2(b) will
not exceed $150,000,000 (the "Cap").
Β
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Indemnity Threshold and the Cap
and the other provisions of this Section 9.4(a) will not apply to obligations of
Seller herein to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties in connection with
(1) a breach of, or inaccuracy in, any Fundamental Representation or any
representation or warranty under Section 3.13 (except that the limitations in
Section 9.4(a)(i) shall be applicable with respect to Section 3.13), (2)
Seller's obligation to indemnify in respect of Taxes (other than with respect to
indemnification for Losses (i) resulting from the breach of, or inaccuracy, of
the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.13 or (ii) arising
under Section 9.2(d)(i)), which shall be solely governed by Article VII, (3)
Losses covered under Section 9.2(a) and (4) Seller's obligation to indemnify in
respect of Losses covered under Section 9.2(c); provided, that,
subject to the following sentence, the aggregate liability of Seller under this
Article IX shall in no event exceed $1,000,000,000.Β Β Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the limitation set forth in the
proviso of the preceding sentence will not apply to obligations of Seller herein
to indemnify the Purchaser Indemnified Parties in connection with (A) any breach
of, or inaccuracy in, the representations and warranties set forth in Section
3.2(a), Section 3.3 or the first three sentences of Section 3.5, (B) obligations
to indemnify in respect of Taxes (other than with respect to indemnification for
Losses resulting from (i) the breach of, or inaccuracy, of the representations
and warranties set forth in Section 3.13 or (ii) arising under Section
9.2(d)(i)), which shall be solely governed by Article VII and (C) Losses covered
under Section 9.2(c).
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Limitations on
Indemnity by Purchaser.
Β
(i)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β No Seller Indemnified Party will assert
any claim for indemnification under Section 9.3(a): (1) in respect of any
individual Loss incurred or suffered by the Seller Indemnified Parties that is
not a Qualifying Loss and
(2) until such time as the aggregate of all Qualifying Losses that the Seller
Indemnified Parties may have under Section 9.3(a) exceeds the Indemnity
Threshold, and then only for the aggregate amount of all Qualifying Losses in
excess of $5,000,000.
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(ii)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β In no event will Purchaser be obligated
to indemnify any Seller Indemnified Party in respect of any claim for
indemnification under Section 9.3(a) for amounts in excess of the
Cap.
Β
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Indemnity Threshold and the Cap
and the other provisions of this Section 9.4(b) will not apply to obligations of
Purchaser herein to indemnify Seller Indemnified Parties in connection with (1)
a breach of, or inaccuracy in, any Fundamental Representation, (2) Purchaser's
obligations to indemnify in respect of Taxes, which shall be solely governed by
Article VII, (3) Purchaser's obligation to indemnify in respect of Losses
covered under Section 9.3(b), and (4) Purchaser's obligation to indemnify in
respect of Losses covered by Section 9.3(c); provided, that, subject to the
following sentence, the aggregate liability of Purchaser under this Article IX
shall in no event exceed $1,000,000,000.Β Β Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, the limitation set forth in the proviso of the
preceding sentence will not apply to obligations of Purchaser herein to
indemnify the Seller Indemnified Parties in connection with (1) any breach of,
or inaccuracy in, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.2 or
Section 4.4(a), (2) obligations to indemnify in respect of Taxes, which shall be
solely governed by Article VII and (3) Losses covered under Section
9.3(c).
Β
(c)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Calculation
of Losses; Mitigation.Β Β For purposes of determining
the amount of any Losses subject to indemnification under this
Article IX, the amount of such Losses will be determined net of (a) all related
reserves properly accrued and directly related to the specific matter subject of
indemnification on the Balance Sheet or reflected in the Final Working Capital Amount and (b) the
difference of (i) any amounts recovered by the Indemnified Party under insurance
policies with respect to such Losses minus (ii) the total of the cost of such
recovery and the reasonably expected increased cost of premiums for the insurance policy under
which the Indemnified Party recovered.
Β
(d)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Materiality;
Knowledge.Β Β For purposes of this Article IX only, a breach of a representation or
warranty shall be deemed to exist either if such representation or warranty is
actually inaccurate or
breached or would have been inaccurate or breached if such representation or
warranty had not contained any limitation or qualification as to βmaterialityβ, βMaterial Adverse Effectβ (which instead shall be read as any
adverse effect or
changeΒ other than with respect to the
representation and warranties contained in Section 3.7(e)(iii), and the second sentence of Section 3.8,
which shall continue to be
read as any Material Adverse Effect, and other than the third sentence of Section
3.7(b),Β the defined term "Permit" as used in the
second sentence of Section 3.9(e), the first sentence of Section
3.11(a), Section 3.14(a)(ii), Section 3.16(a)
and the first sentence of Section 3.19, which shall continue to be read with
βmaterialityβ and other similar language), "Knowledge" or similar language and the amount of
Losses in respect of any breach of representation or warranty, including any
deemed breach pursuant to this clause shall be determined without regard to any
such limitation or qualification as to βmaterialityβ, βMaterial Adverse Effectβ (which instead shall be read as any
adverse effect or change),
"Knowledge" or similar
language set forth in such representation or warranty.
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Section
9.5Β Β Β Β Β Indemnification
Procedures.
Β
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Notice of
Claims.Β Β Any Person entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Article IX (the "Indemnified
Party") shall notify any
other Person (or Persons) who is (are) obligated to provide indemnification
hereunder (the "Indemnifying
Party") promptly after
becoming aware of any
Losses which the Indemnified Party shall have determined has given or could give
rise to a claim for indemnification under Section 9.2 or Section
9.3.Β Β Such notice shall include an estimate of the Losses that the
Indemnified Party has determined may be incurred (the "Claim
Notice") and such Claim
Notice shall specify in reasonable detail, to the extent reasonably practicable
and to the extent within the Knowledge of the Indemnified Party, each individual
item of Loss included in the amount so stated, the date such item was paid, the basis
for any anticipated liability and the nature of the misrepresentation, and the
breach of warranty, breach of covenant or claim to which each such item is
related.Β Β It is agreed that no delay on the part of the
Indemnified Party in notifying any
Indemnifying Party of a claim (including any third party claim) will relieve the
Indemnifying Party thereby unless (and then only to the extent) said
Indemnifying Party is actually and materially prejudiced by such failure
toΒ give notice.Β Β It is agreed
that no Person shall be liable for any claim for indemnification pursuant to
this Article IX unless the Claim Notice is delivered by the Indemnified Party to
the Indemnifying Party prior to the expiration of the applicable
survival period.Β Β If the
Indemnifying Party notifies the Indemnified Party that it does not dispute the
claim or the estimated amount of Losses described in such notice, or fails to
notify the Indemnified Party within thirty (30) days after delivery of such
notice by the Indemnified Party whether the
Indemnifying Party disputes the claim or the estimated amount of Losses
described in such notice, the estimated Losses in the amount specified in the
Indemnified Party's notice will be conclusively deemed a liability of the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnifying Party shall pay the amount of such Losses to the Indemnified Party
within ten (10) Business Days after the expiration of such thirty (30) day
period.Β Β If the Indemnified Party has timely disputed its
liability with respect to such claim or the
estimated amount of Losses, and such dispute has not been resolved within sixty
(60) days, then the Indemnifying Party and the Indemnified Party may seek legal
redress in accordance with Section 10.8.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Matters
Involving Third
Parties.Β Β Other
than with respect to matters relating to Taxes, which shall be governed solely
by Article VII, if the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party of
any claim or demand for indemnification asserted by a third party (it
being agreed that no delay
on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying any Indemnifying Party of any
third party claim will relieve the Indemnifying Party thereby unless (and then
only to the extent) said Indemnifying Party is actually and materially
prejudiced by such failure to give
notice), the Indemnifying Party shall have the right (i) to employ counsel, at
its own expense, reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified Party to defend any
such claim or demand asserted against the Indemnified Party, (ii) to jointly control and conduct with the Indemnified Party any proceedings or negotiations in
connection therewith and necessary or appropriate to defend the Indemnified
Party, unless the
Indemnifying Party shall have agreed that the Indemnified Party is entitled to indemnification pursuant to
this Article IX with respect to such third party claim, in which case, the
Indemnifying Party shall have the sole right to control
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and
conduct any such proceedings or negotiations, and (iii) so long as the
Indemnifying Party shall have agreed that the Indemnified Party is entitled to
indemnification pursuant to this Article IX with respect to such third party
claim, to take all other steps or proceedings to settle or defend any such
claims; unless such third party claim (A) seeks an injunction or other equitable
remedies in respect of the Indemnified Party or its business; (B) may result in
liabilities which, taken with other then existing Losses under this Article IX,
would not be fully indemnified hereunder; (C) may have an adverse effect on the
business or financial condition of the Indemnified Party after the Closing Date
(including an effect on the Tax liabilities, earnings or ongoing business
relationships of the Indemnified Party) or (D) relates to the operation of the
PBM Business after the Closing Date.Β Β The Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party shall cooperate in the defense of such third party claims
(provided that the Indemnifying Party shall not be required to provide such
cooperation if there shall be any dispute between the Indemnifying Party and the
Indemnified Party regarding the Indemnified Party's right to indemnification
pursuant to this Article IX with respect to any such third party claim), with
such cooperation to include (x) the retention and the provision of the
Indemnified Party's records and information that are reasonably relevant to such
third party claim, and (y) the making available of employees on a mutually
convenient basis for providing additional information and explanation of any
material provided hereunder.Β Β In the case of any settlement that
provides for any relief other than the payment of monetary damages as to which
the Indemnified Party will be indemnified in full, such settlement shall include
a release of the Indemnified Party from any and all liability with respect to
such claim and shall only be made with the prior written consent of the
Indemnified Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.Β Β The Indemnifying Party shall notify the Indemnified Party in
writing, as promptly as possible after receipt of the notice of a third party
claim (but in any case within thirty (30) days of receipt by the Indemnifying
Party of a notice of a third party claim or such earlier time necessary to
reasonably allow a timely response to the claim (the "Indemnifying
Notice Period")) of its election to defend any such third party claim or
demand.Β Β In the event that the Indemnifying Party assumes the defense
as provided in the preceding two sentences, the Indemnified Party shall have the
right to participate in such defense (including with counsel of its choice), at
its sole expense, and the Indemnifying Party shall reasonably cooperate with the
Indemnified Party in connection with such participation.Β Β If the
Indemnifying Party does not deliver to the Indemnified Party written notice
within the Indemnity Notice Period that the Indemnifying Party will assume the
defense of any such claim or litigation resulting therefrom, the Indemnified
Party may defend against any such claim or litigation in such manner as it may
deem reasonably appropriate, at the cost of the Indemnifying Party, and the
Indemnified Party may settle such claim or litigation or agree to pay in full
such claim or demand, which shall only be made with the prior written consent of
the Indemnifying Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed.Β Β In the event that the Indemnifying Party does not assume the
defense as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, the Indemnifying
Party shall have the right to participate in such defense (including with
counsel of its choice), at its own expense, and the Indemnified Party shall
reasonably cooperate with the Indemnifying Party in connection with such
participation.Β Β In all cases the Indemnified Party and the
Indemnifying Party shall keep each other reasonably informed as to all matters
concerning any third party claim and shall promptly notify the other Party in
writing of any and all significant developments relating thereto.
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Section
9.6Β Β Β Β Β Tax
Treatment.Β Β Purchaser
and Seller will treat any payment received pursuant to Article VII or this
Article IX as an adjustment to purchase price for Tax and financial reporting
purposes.
Β
Section
9.7Β Β Β Β Β Certain
Other Indemnity Matters.Β Β Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement:
Β
(a)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Exclusive
Remedy.Β Β Following the Closing, the sole and
exclusive remedy of the Purchaser Indemnified Parties and the Seller Indemnified
Parties with respect to any and all claims arising out of, in
connection with or relating
to the subject matter of this Agreement will be pursuant to the indemnification
provisions set forth in Article VII and this Article IX.Β Β The
limitations of the foregoing sentence shall not apply to any claim based on
fraud. Nothing in this Section 9.7(a) will prohibit claims
for equitable relief made by an Indemnified Party.
Β
(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Subrogation.Β Β Upon making any payment to
any Indemnified Party for any indemnification claim pursuant to this Article IX,
the Indemnifying Party will be subrogated, to the extent of such payment, to
any rights that the Indemnified Party may have against other Persons with
respect to the subject matter of such indemnification claim.
Β
ARTICLE X
Β
MISCELLANEOUS
Β
Section
10.1Β Β Β Joinder.Β Β At
Closing, each of the Target Companies shall execute a joinder to this Agreement
in the form of Exhibit D pursuant to which the Target Companies will assume, and
will be obligated with Purchaser and each other on a joint and several basis,
each of Purchaser's obligations pursuant to Sections 5.6, 5.7, 5.10, 5.13, 5.14,
5.15, and 5.16 and as set forth in Article VII, Article IX and this Article
X.
Β
Section
10.2Β Β Β Fees and
Expenses.Β Β Other
than as set forth herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with
this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be paid by the Party incurring such costs and expenses, including the fees
and expenses of its counsel and financial advisers.
Β
Section
10.3Β Β Β Notices.Β Β All
notices, consents, requests, demands, waivers and other communications required
or permitted to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if delivered in person or sent by overnight air
express, or sent by facsimile (upon confirmation of receipt), as
follows:
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If
to Seller, to:
Β
WellPoint,
Inc.
000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
Attention:Β Β Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
Fax:Β Β (000)
000-0000
Β
with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Β
White
& Case LLP
0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:Β Β Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
Β Β Β Β Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
Fax:Β Β (000)
000-0000; or
Β
if
to Purchaser, to:
Β
Express
Scripts, Inc.
Xxx
Xxxxxxx Xxx
Xx.
Xxxxx, XX 00000
Attention:Β Β Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, General Counsel
Fax:Β Β (000)
000-0000;
Β
with
a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
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Attention:Β Β Xxx
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to such other Person or address as any Party shall specify by notice in writing
in accordance with this SectionΒ 10.3 to each of the other
parties.Β Β All such notices, requests, demands, waivers and
communications shall be deemed to have been received on the date of actual
delivery, except for a notice of a change of address, which shall be effective
only upon receipt thereof.
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10.4Β Β Β Entire
Agreement.Β Β This
Agreement (including the Seller Disclosure Letter, the Purchaser Disclosure
Letter and the Exhibits hereto) constitutes the entire understanding of the
Parties with respect to the subject matter contained herein and supersedes all
prior agreements and understandings, oral and written, with respect thereto,
other than the Confidentiality Agreement.
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Effect; Benefit; Assignment.Β Β This
Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and,
with respect to the provisions of Section 5.7 shall inure to the benefit of the
Persons benefiting from the provisions thereof all of whom are intended to be
third party beneficiaries thereof.Β Β The representations and warranties
in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the Parties and are for
the sole benefit of the Parties, in accordance with and subject to the terms of
this Agreement, and are not necessarily intended as characterizations of actual
facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other
date.Β Β Accordingly, without limiting anything else in this Section,
the representations and warranties made herein are not intended to, and do not
confer upon any Person (other than, to the extent expressly permitted, such
Person's assigns) any rights or remedies hereunder.Β Β Neither this
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any Party without the prior written consent of the other Party,
except that Purchaser may transfer or assign to any of its Subsidiaries, in
whole or from time to time in part, its rights and obligations under the terms
of this Agreement (other than pursuant to Sections 2.3 and 2.4(c)(iii));
provided, that in no event shall any such transfer or assignment relieve
Purchaser of its obligations hereunder or thereunder.
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10.6Β Β Β Amendment
and Waiver.Β Β Any
provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such
amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by
Purchaser and Seller, or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the
waiver is to be effective.Β Β No failure or delay by any Party in
exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.Β Β The rights and remedies herein provided shall be
cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
Law.
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10.7Β Β Β Counterparts.Β Β This
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed
to be an original, and all of which together shall be deemed to be one and the
same instrument.
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10.8Β Β Β Governing
Law.Β Β This
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and all disputes between the
Parties under or related to this Agreement or the facts and circumstances
leading to its execution, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the internal Laws of the State of
NewΒ York (except for Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General
Obligations Laws of the State of New York), applicable to Contracts executed in
and to be performed entirely within the State of NewΒ York.
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10.9Β Β Β Litigation;
Waiver of Jury Trial.Β Β (a)Β Β Any
dispute, controversy or claim among the Parties that arises out of, relatΒes
to or is in any manner connected with this Agreement, including any question
regarding the validity, termiΒnation of, or performance or non-performance
under, this Agreement, any breach of this Agreement, or any other claim
(including tort claims) that arises out of, relates to or is in any manner
connected with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be
referred exclusively to the United States District Court for the Southern
District of NewΒ York or the state courts located in the State of New York,
and, by execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Parties accepts
the exclusive
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of such courts, and irrevocably agrees to be bound by any judgment rendered
thereby in connection with this Agreement.Β Β The foregoing consents to
jurisdiction and appointments of agents to receive service of process shall not
constitute general consents to service of process in the State of New York for
any purpose except as provided above and shall not be deemed to confer rights on
any Person other than the Parties.Β Β The prevailing party or parties in
any such litigation shall be entitled to receive from the losing party or
parties all costs and expenses, including reasonable counsel fees, incurred by
the prevailing party or parties.
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(b)Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β Β EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES, AND AGREES TO CAUSE ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES TO WAIVE, ALL RIGHT TO A
TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
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Section 10.10Β Severability.Β Β If
any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held
by a court of competent jurisdiction or other authority to be invalid, void,
unenforceable or against its regulatory policy, the remainder of the terms,
provisions, covenants and restrictions contained in this Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or
invalidated, and this Agreement shall be reformed, construed and enforced in
such jurisdiction as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable term, provision,
covenant or restriction or any portion thereof had never been contained
herein.
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Section 10.11Β Β Specific
Enforcement.Β Β The
Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the
provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached.Β Β Accordingly, 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 addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or
in equity.
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Section 10.12Β Β Additional
Cooperation.Β Β Following
the date of this Agreement, Purchaser and Seller agree to adopt and implement,
as promptly as practicable, procedures, consistent with applicable antitrust
Laws, to provide reasonable assurances that (i) Purchaser will not directly or
indirectly control or direct the operations of the Target Companies prior to the
Closing and (ii) Seller will not directly or indirectly control or direct the
operations of Purchaser or its Affiliates, in both cases in violation of
applicable antitrust Laws.Β Β The Parties shall reasonably consult in
connection with the development of such procedures and such procedures shall be
subject to the consent of the other Party (such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed) prior to adoption and implementation thereof.
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Section 10.13Β Β Rules of
Construction.Β Β The
Parties agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation
and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any
Law, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement
or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or
document.
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Table of Contents.Β Β The
descriptive headings contained in this Agreement and the table of contents are
provided for convenience of reference only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party has caused this Agreement to be executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, all as of the date first above
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