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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 13, 1999 (May 10, 1999)
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HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
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(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
DELAWARE 0-21425 58-1844418
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(State or Other Jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of Incorporation) File Number) Identification No.)
2 WISCONSIN CIRCLE, FOURTH FLOOR, CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND 20815
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (301) 961-1640
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NOT APPLICABLE
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(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS.
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On April 19, 1999, HealthCare Financial Partners, Inc. ("HFP") entered into an
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Heller Financial,
Inc. ("Heller") and its wholly-owned subsidiary, HF5, Inc. ("Subsidiary"). The
Merger Agreement provides for the acquisition of HFP by Heller pursuant to the
merger of HFP with and into Subsidiary. A copy of the Merger Agreement has been
filed as Exhibit 99.1 to HFP's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 23, 1999.
On May 10, 1999, HFP, Heller and Subsidiary amended the Merger Agreement as of
April 19, 1999 to clarify provisions in the Merger Agreement.
A copy of the amendment to the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit
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99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. The foregoing discussion does not
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purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
amendment to the Merger Agreement.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS
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(c) Exhibits
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99.1 Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of
April 19, 1999, by and among HealthCare Financial Partners,
Inc., Heller Financial, Inc. and HF5, Inc.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
Date: May 12, 1999 By: /s/ Edward P. Nordberg, Jr.
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Edward P. Nordberg, Jr.
Chief Financial Officer
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION
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99.1 Amendment to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of April 19,
1999, by and among HealthCare Financial Partners, Inc., Heller
Financial, Inc. and HF5, Inc.
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EXHIBIT 99.1
AMENDMENT TO
AGREEMENT AND
PLAN OF MERGER
AMONG
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.,
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL PARTNERS, INC.
AND
HF5, INC.
DATED AS OF APRIL 19, 1999
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AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
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This Amendment ("this Amendment") to the Agreement and Plan of Merger among
the parties hereto (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as of April 19,
1999 by and among Heller Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Heller"),
HealthCare Financial Partners, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("HFP"), and HF5,
Inc. ("Merger Co."), a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Heller.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered the Agreement as of April 19, 1999; and
WHEREAS, Section 2.9 of the Agreement does not correctly state the intention
of the parties hereto with respect to the conversion of employee stock options
to purchase shares of HFP Common Stock; and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend Section 2.9 of the Agreement to
correctly state the intent of the parties and to amend (i) Section 2.1 of the
Agreement to change the ten NYSE trading days used to compute the Average NYSE
Closing Price and (ii) Section 2.2 of the Agreement to revise the timing for the
mailing of the Election Form to holders of HFP Common Stock and the Election
Deadline and to make certain other changes to such section;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements herein contained, and
intending to be legally bound thereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Amendment to Section 2.1. Section 2.1(a)(iii) is hereby amended to read
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in full as follows:
"Average NYSE Closing Price" shall mean the arithmetic mean (carried to
four decimal places) of the closing prices per share of Heller Common
Stock as reported on the NYSE Common Tape (as reported in The Wall
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Street Journal or, if not reported therein, in another mutually agreed
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upon authoritative source) for the ten NYSE trading days ending on
(and including) the trading day immediately preceding the date of the
Stockholders Meeting."
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2. Amendment to Section 2.2.
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(a) Section 2.2(b) is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
"(b) Such number of election forms as the parties hereto may mutually agree
prior to the Mailing Date (as defined herein) and other appropriate and
customary transmittal materials (which shall specify that delivery shall be
effected, and risk of loss and title to the certificates theretofore
representing HFP Common Stock ("Old Certificates") shall pass, only upon
proper delivery of such Old Certificates to an exchange agent designated by
Heller and reasonably acceptable to HFP (the "Exchange Agent")) in such form
as Heller and HFP shall mutually agree ("Election Form") shall be mailed at
least 25 days prior to the anticipated Effective Time (the "Mailing Date") to
each holder of record of HFP Common Stock as of the record date set for
determining the holders of HFP Common Stock entitled to notice of and to vote
at the Stockholders Meeting ("Election Form Record Date"). Each Election Form
shall permit a holder (or the beneficial owner through appropriate and
customary documentation and instructions) of HFP Common stock to elect to
receive the Per Share Stock Consideration with respect to all of such holder's
HFP Common Stock listed on such Election Form ("Stock Election Shares"), to
elect to receive the Per Share Cash Consideration with respect to all of such
holder's HFP Common Stock listed on such Election Form ("Cash Election
Shares") or to indicate that such holder makes no election with respect to all
of such holder's HFP Common Stock listed on such Election Form ("No Election
Shares")."
(b) Section 2.2(c) is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
"(c) Any shares of HFP Common Stock with respect to which the holders (or the
beneficial owner, as the case may be) shall not have submitted to the Exchange
Agent an effective, properly completed Election Form on or before 5:00 p.m. on
the NYSE trading day immediately preceding the date of the Stockholders
Meeting (or such other time and date as Heller and HFP may mutually agree)
(the "Election Deadline") shall be deemed to be No Election Shares."
(c) Section 2.2(f) is hereby amended to read in full as follows:
"(f) Within five business days after the Election Deadline, unless the
Effective Time has not yet occurred, in which case as soon after the Effective
Time as practicable, Heller shall cause the Exchange Agent to effect the
allocation among the holders of HFP Common Stock in accordance with the
Election Forms as follows:
(i) Stock Elections Less Than the Stock Amount. If the number of
shares of Heller Common Stock that would be issued, upon conversion in the
Merger of the Stock Election Shares, is less than the product of (A) 0.41, (B)
the Exchange Ratio as determined according to Section 2.1 and (C) the number
of shares of HFP Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the trading day
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immediately preceding the Closing Date (the "Target Share Number"), then:
1. all Stock Election Shares shall be converted into the
right to receive the Per Share Stock Consideration,
2. the Exchange Agent shall allocate pro rata first among the
holders of No Election Shares (based upon the number of No
Election Shares held by each of such holders) and then (if
necessary) pro rata among the holders of the Cash Election
Shares (based upon the number of Cash Election Shares held
by each of such holders) (such No Election Shares and Cash
Election Shares, if any, being referred to as the "Stock
Designated Shares") a sufficient number of shares of
Heller Common Stock such that the number of shares of
Heller Common Stock that will be issued in the Merger
equals as closely as practicable, but in no event less
than, the Target Share Number, and all Stock Designated
Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the
Per Share Stock Consideration pursuant to the procedures
applicable to Stock Election Shares, and
3. the Cash Election Shares and the No Election Shares which
are not Stock Designated Shares shall be converted into
the right to receive the Per Share Cash Consideration.
(ii) Stock Elections More Than the Stock Amount. If the number of
shares of Heller Common Stock that would be issued upon the conversion in the
Merger of the Stock Election Shares is greater than the Target Share Number,
then:
1. all Cash Election Shares and No Election Shares shall be
converted into the right to receive the Per Share Cash
Consideration,
2. the Exchange Agent shall allocate pro rata among the
holders of the Stock Election Shares (based upon the
number of Stock Election Shares held by each of such
holders) a sufficient number of Stock Election Shares
(such Stock Election Shares being referred to as the "Cash
Designated Shares") such that the number of shares of
Heller Common Stock that will be issued in the Merger
shall be reduced to the Target Share Number, and all Cash
Designated Shares shall be converted into the right to
receive the Per Share Cash Consideration pursuant to the
procedures applicable to Cash Election Shares, and
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3. the Stock Election Shares which are not Cash Designated
Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the
Per Share Stock Consideration.
(iii) Stock Elections Equal to the Stock Amount. If the number of
shares of Heller Common Stock that would be issued upon conversion in the
Merger of the Stock Election Shares equals the Target Share Number, all Stock
Election Shares shall be converted into the right to receive the Per Share
Stock Consideration and all Cash Election Shares and No Election Shares shall
be converted into the right to receive the Per Share Cash Consideration."
3. Amendment to Section 2.9. Section 2.9 of the Agreement is hereby amended
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to read in full as follows:
"Section 2.9 Options. Except with respect to those HFP Options (as
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defined herein) described in Section A of the schedule attached hereto (the
"HFP Schedule"), at the Effective Time, all employee stock options to purchase
shares of HFP Common Stock (each, a "HFP Option"), which are then outstanding
and unexercised, shall cease to represent a right to acquire shares of HFP
Common Stock and shall be converted automatically into options to purchase
shares of Heller Common Stock, and Heller shall assume each such HFP Option
subject to the terms of any of the stock option plans listed under Section 3.6
of the HFP Schedule (collectively, the "HFP Stock Plans"), and the agreements
evidencing grants thereunder, including but not limited to the accelerated
vesting of such options which shall occur in connection with and by virtue of
the Merger as and to the extent required by such plans and agreements;
provided, however, that from and after the Effective Time, (i) the number of
shares of Heller Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of such HFP Option
shall be equal to the number of shares of HFP Common Stock that were
purchasable under such HFP Option immediately prior to the Effective Time
multiplied by the Exchange Ratio, and rounding to the nearest whole share, and
(ii) the per share exercise price under each such HFP Option shall be adjusted
by dividing the per share exercise price of each such HFP Option by the
Exchange Ratio, and rounding down to the nearest cent, and (iii) each HFP
Option that is so assumed by Heller shall be converted automatically into non-
incentive options to purchase shares of Heller Common Stock, from options that
are intended to be "incentive stock options" (as defined in Section 422 of the
Code). The terms of each HFP Option shall, in accordance with its terms, be
subject to further adjustment as appropriate to reflect any stock split, stock
dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction with respect to Heller
Common Stock on or subsequent to the Effective Date. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, each HFP Option which is intended to be an "incentive stock option"
(as defined in Section 422 of the Code) shall be adjusted in accordance with
the requirements of Section 424 of the Code. Accordingly, with respect to any
incentive stock options, fractional shares shall be rounded down to the
nearest whole number of shares and where necessary the per share exercise
price shall be rounded down to the nearest cent. All options to purchase
shares of HFP Common Stock, which are then outstanding under the 1996 Director
Stock Option Plan and unexercised (each a "HFP Director Option"), shall be
canceled and each holder of a canceled HFP Director Option shall be entitled
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to receive, in consideration for the cancellation of such HFP Director Option,
an amount in cash equal to the product of (x) the number of shares of HFP
Common Stock previously subject to such Option and (y) the excess, if any, of
the Per Share Consideration Value over the exercise price per share previously
subject to such HFP Director Option."
4. Authorizations; Construction. Each of the parties to this Amendment
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represents and warrants that this Amendment has been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of such party and upon execution and
delivery hereof by such party, this Amendment will be binding up and enforceable
against such party. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined in this
Amendment, shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
[Signatures appear on next page]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Heller, HFP and Merger Co. have caused this Amendment to
be signed on May 10, 1999, to be effective as of the date first above written.
HEALTHCARE FINANCIAL
PARTNERS, INC.
By: /s/ Edward P. Nordberg, Jr.
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Name: Edward P. Nordberg, Jr.
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
HELLER FINANCIAL, INC.
By: /s/ Robert E. Radway
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Name: Robert E. Radway
Title: Executive Vice President
HF5, INC.
By: /s/ Robert E. Radway
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Name: Robert E. Radway
Title: Executive Vice President
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