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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report: April 14, 1997
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
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(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
Delaware 001-11239 75-2497104
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File No.) (I.R.S. Employer
or corporation) Identification No.)
One Park Plaza
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
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(Address of Principal (Zip Code)
Executive Offices)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (615) 344-9551
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N/A
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS
On April 14,1997, Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation ("Columbia"), CVH
Acquisition Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia ("Sub"), and
Value Health, Inc. ("Value Health") entered into an Amended and Restated
Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Amended Merger Agreement") pursuant to which
Sub will be merged with and into Value Health (the "Merger"). The Amended Merger
Agreement amends and restates that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
as of January 15, 1997, among Columbia, Sub and Value Health. Under the Amended
Merger Agreement, upon consummation of the Merger, Value Health will become a
wholly owned subsidiary of Columbia, and each issued and outstanding share of
common stock of Value Health will be converted into $20.50 in cash.
Consummation of the Merger is subject to satisfaction of certain
conditions, including approval of the Merger by the stockholders of Value Health
and receipt of certain regulatory approvals. A copy of the Amended Merger
Agreement has been filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 2, and is hereby
incorporated by reference.
On April 14, 1997, Columbia's Board of Directors authorized a $1
billion common stock repurchase program. Columbia will repurchase shares of its
common stock in the open market, from time to time, depending upon market
conditions. Repurchased shares will be held as treasury stock and will be
used for purposes of issuance in connection with employee stock benefit plans,
issuance to holders of convertible stock or debt, and use in future
acquisitions.
A copy of the press release issued by Columbia, dated April 15, 1997,
has been filed with this Form 8-K as Exhibit 99, and is hereby incorporated by
reference.
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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired: None
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(b) Pro Forma Financial Information: None
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(c) Exhibits:
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2 Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of April 14, 1997, among Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation,
CVH Acquisition Corporation and Value Health, Inc.
99 Press Release, dated April 15, 1997, issued by Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
Date: April 22, 1997 By: /s/ STEPHEN T. BRAUN
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Stephen T. Braun
Senior Vice President and
General Counsel
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EXHIBIT 2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN
OF MERGER
DATED AS OF
APRIL 14, 1997
AMONG
COLUMBIA/HCA HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
CVH ACQUISITION CORPORATION
AND
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
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ARTICLE I. THE MERGER......................................................
Section 1.1. The Merger..............................................
Section 1.2. Effective Date of the Merger............................
ARTICLE II. THE SURVIVING CORPORATION......................................
Section 2.1. Certificate of Incorporation............................
Section 2.2. By-Laws.................................................
Section 2.3. Board of Directors; Officers............................
Section 2.4. Effects of Merger.......................................
ARTICLE III. CONVERSION OF SHARES..........................................
Section 3.1. Merger Consideration....................................
Section 3.2. Payment Procedures......................................
Section 3.3. Dissenting Shares.......................................
Section 3.4. [Reserved]..............................................
Section 3.5. Stock Options...........................................
Section 3.6. Stockholders' Meetings..................................
Section 3.7. Closing of the Company's Transfer Books.................
Section 3.8. Assistance in Consummation of the Merger................
Section 3.9. Closing.................................................
Section 3.10. Transfer Taxes..........................................
ARTICLE IV. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT.......................
Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification..........................
Section 4.2. Authority Relative to this Agreement....................
Section 4.3. Reports and Financial Statements........................
Section 4.4. Parent Action...........................................
Section 4.5. Financial Advisor.......................................
Section 4.6. Parent Ownership of Stock...............................
Section 4.7. No Material Adverse Effect..............................
Section 4.8. Financial Capability....................................
ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY...................
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification..........................
Section 5.2. Capitalization..........................................
Section 5.3. Subsidiaries............................................
Section 5.4. Authority Relative to this Agreement....................
Section 5.5. Reports and Financial Statements........................
Section 5.6. Absence of Certain Changes or Events....................
Section 5.7. Litigation..............................................
Section 5.8. Employee Benefit Plans..................................
Section 5.9. Labor Matters...........................................
Section 5.10. Company Action..........................................
Section 5.11. Financial Advisor.......................................
Section 5.12. Compliance with Applicable Laws.........................
Section 5.13. Liabilities.............................................
Section 5.14. Taxes...................................................
Section 5.15. Certain Agreements......................................
Section 5.16. Patents, Trademarks, Etc................................
Section 5.17. No Material Adverse Effect..............................
Section 5.18. Representations Under Purchase Agreements...............
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Section 5.19. Absence Of Certain Business Practices...............
Section 5.20. Payments Under CCN Agreement........................
Section 5.21. Billing Practices...................................
Section 5.22 Conduct of Business by the Company..................
ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING SUB................
Section 6.1. Organization........................................
Section 6.2. Capitalization......................................
Section 6.3. Authority Relative to this Agreement................
ARTICLE VII. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS PENDING THE MERGER.....................
Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the
Section 7.1. Merger..............................................
Section 7.2. Conduct of Business by Parent Pending the Merger....
Section 7.3. Conduct of Business of Sub..........................
ARTICLE VIII. ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS.....................................
Section 8.1. Access and Information..............................
Section 8.2. Proxy Statement.....................................
Section 8.3. Employee Matters....................................
Section 8.4. Indemnification.....................................
Section 8.5. HSR Act.............................................
Section 8.6. Additional Agreements...............................
Section 8.7. Alternative Proposals...............................
Section 8.8. Advice of Changes; SEC Filings......................
Section 8.9. Restructuring of Merger.............................
Section 8.10. Other Matters.......................................
ARTICLE IX. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT........................................
Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the
Section 9.1. Merger..............................................
Conditions to Obligation of the Company to Effect
Section 9.2. the Merger..........................................
Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Sub to
Section 9.3. Effect the Merger...................................
ARTICLE X. TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER............................
Section 10.1. Termination by Mutual Consent.......................
Section 10.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company.........
Section 10.3. Termination by the Company..........................
Section 10.4. Termination by Parent...............................
Section 10.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment...............
Section 10.6. Extension; Waiver...................................
ARTICLE XI. GENERAL PROVISIONS..........................................
Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and
Section 11.1. Agreements..........................................
Section 11.2. Notices.............................................
Section 11.3. Fees and Expenses...................................
Section 11.4. Publicity...........................................
Section 11.5. Specific Performance................................
Section 11.6. Assignment; Binding Effect..........................
Section 11.7. Entire Agreement....................................
Section 11.8. Amendment...........................................
Section 11.9. Governing Law.......................................
Section 11.10. Counterparts........................................
Section 11.11. Headings and Table of Contents......................
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Section 11.12. Interpretation.........................................
Section 11.13. Waivers................................................
Section 11.14. Incorporation of Exhibits..............................
Section 11.15. Severability...........................................
Section 11.16. Subsidiaries...........................................
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (the "Amended and
Restated Agreement"), dated as of April 14, 1997, by and among Columbia/HCA
Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), CVH Acquisition
Corporation, a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent
("Sub"), and Value Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"):
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, on January 15, 1997, Parent, Sub and the Company entered into an
agreement and plan of merger (the "Initial Agreement") to effect a business
combination by means of the merger of Sub with and into the Company (the
"Merger");
WHEREAS, the Initial Agreement provided for the exchange of the outstanding
shares of common stock, no par value, of the Company ("Company Common Stock")
for shares of common stock, $.01 par value, of Parent ("Parent Common Stock")
pursuant to the Merger;
WHEREAS, Parent, Sub and the Company desire to amend and restate the Initial
Agreement to, among other things, provide that the outstanding shares of
Company Common Stock be exchanged for cash rather than Parent Common Stock;
WHEREAS, the Boards of Directors of Parent, Sub and the Company have
approved the Merger as modified by the terms of this Amended and Restated
Agreement, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the
representations, warranties and agreements contained herein the parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
The Merger
Section 1.1. The Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions
hereof, on the Effective Date (as defined in Section 1.2), Sub shall be merged
into the Company and the separate existence of Sub shall thereupon cease, and
the Company, as the corporation surviving the Merger (the "Surviving
Corporation"), shall by virtue of the Merger continue its corporate existence
under the laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 1.2. Effective Date of the Merger. The Merger shall become effective
at the date and time (the "Effective Date") when a properly executed
Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State
of Delaware, which filing shall be made as soon as practicable following
fulfillment of the conditions set forth in Article IX hereof, or at such time
thereafter as is provided in such Certificate of Merger.
ARTICLE II.
The Surviving Corporation
Section 2.1. Certificate of Incorporation. Subject to Section 8.4(a), the
Certificate of Incorporation of Sub shall be the Certificate of Incorporation
of the Surviving Corporation after the Effective Date, and thereafter may be
amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by law and this Amended
and Restated Agreement.
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Section 2.2. By-Laws. The By-laws of Sub as in effect on the Effective Date
shall be the By-laws of the Surviving Corporation, and thereafter may be
amended in accordance with its terms and as provided by law and this Amended
and Restated Agreement.
Section 2.3. Board of Directors; Officers. The directors of Sub immediately
prior to the Effective Date shall be the directors of the Surviving
Corporation, and the officers of the Company immediately prior to the
Effective Date shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation, in each
case until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
Section 2.4. Effects of Merger. The Merger shall have the effects set forth
in Section 259 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL").
ARTICLE III.
Conversion of Shares
Section 3.1. Merger Consideration. On the Effective Date, by virtue of the
Merger and without any action on the part of any holder of any Company Common
Stock:
(a) All shares of Company Common Stock which are held by the Company or
any subsidiary of the Company, and any shares of Company Common Stock owned
by Parent, Sub or any other subsidiary of Parent, shall be canceled.
(b) Each remaining outstanding share of Company Common Stock shall be
converted into and represent the right to receive $20.50 in cash (the
"Merger Consideration") in accordance with Section 3.2.
(c) In the event of any stock dividend, stock split, reclassification,
recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares with respect to, or
rights issued in respect of, Company Common Stock after the date hereof,
the Merger Consideration shall be adjusted accordingly.
(d) Each issued and outstanding share of capital stock of Sub shall be
converted into and become one fully paid and nonassessable share of common
stock of the Surviving Corporation.
Section 3.2. Payment Procedures.
(a) Prior to the Effective Date, Parent shall select a Payment Agent, which
shall be Parent's Transfer Agent or such other person or persons reasonably
satisfactory to the Company, to act as Payment Agent for the Merger (the
"Payment Agent").
(b) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (but in no event more
than five days thereafter), Parent shall instruct the Payment Agent to mail to
each holder of a certificate or certificates evidencing shares of Company
Common Stock (other than Dissenting Shares, as defined in Section 3.3)
("Certificates") (A) a letter of transmittal (which shall include a Substitute
Form W-9 and shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss
and title to the Certificates shall pass, only upon proper delivery of such
Certificates to the Payment Agent) and (B) instructions to effect the
surrender of the Certificates in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Each
holder of Company Common Stock, upon surrender to the Payment Agent of such
holder's Certificates with the letter of transmittal, duly executed, and such
other customary documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions,
shall be paid the amount to which such holder is entitled, pursuant to this
Amended and Restated Agreement, of cash as payment of the Merger Consideration
(without any interest accrued thereon). Until so surrendered, each Certificate
shall after the Effective Date represent for all purposes only the right to
receive the Merger Consideration. In the event any Certificate shall have been
lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the
person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if
required by the Surviving Corporation, the posting by such person of a bond in
such reasonable amount as the Surviving Corporation may direct as indemnity
against any claim that may be made against it with respect to
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such Certificate, the Paying Agent will deliver in exchange for such lost,
stolen or destroyed Certificate the Merger Consideration payable in respect
thereof pursuant to this Amended and Restated Agreement.
(c) At the Closing of the transactions contemplated by this Amended and
Restated Agreement (the "Closing"), Parent shall deposit in trust with the
Payment Agent, for the ratable benefit of the holders of Company Common Stock,
the appropriate amount of cash to which such holders are entitled pursuant to
this Amended and Restated Agreement for payment of the Merger Consideration
(the "Payment Fund"). The Payment Agent shall, pursuant to irrevocable
instructions, make the payments to the holders of Company Common Stock as set
forth in this Amended and Restated Agreement.
(d) If any delivery of the Merger Consideration is to be made to a person
other than the registered holder of the Certificates surrendered in exchange
therefor, it shall be a condition to such delivery that the Certificate so
surrendered shall be properly endorsed or be otherwise in proper form for
transfer and that the person requesting such delivery shall (i) pay to the
Payment Agent any transfer or other taxes required as a result of delivery to
a person other than the registered holder or (ii) establish to the
satisfaction of the Payment Agent that such tax has been paid or is not
payable.
(e) Any portion of the Payment Fund that remains undistributed to the
holders of Company Common Stock as of the first anniversary of the Effective
Date shall be delivered to Parent upon demand, and any holder of Company
Common Stock who has not theretofore complied with the exchange requirements
of this Section shall have no further claim upon the Payment Agent and shall
thereafter look only to Parent for payment of the Merger Consideration.
(f) If a Certificate has not been surrendered prior to the date on which any
receipt of Merger Consideration would otherwise escheat to or become the
property of any governmental agency, such Certificate shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, be deemed to be canceled and no money or other
property will be due to the holder thereof.
(g) The Payment Agent may invest cash in the Payment Fund, as directed by
Parent, on a daily basis, provided that all such investments shall be in
obligations of or guaranteed by the United States of America with remaining
maturities not exceeding 180 days, in commercial paper obligations receiving
the highest rating from either Moody's Investors Services, Inc. or Standard &
Poor's Corporation, or in certificates of deposit or banker's acceptances of
commercial banks with capital exceeding $500 million (collectively, "Permitted
Investments"). The maturities of Permitted Investments shall be such as to
permit the Payment Agent to make prompt payment to former stockholders of the
Company entitled thereto as contemplated by this Section. Parent shall
promptly replenish the Payment Fund to the extent of any losses incurred as a
result of Permitted Investments. Any interest and other income resulting from
such investments shall be paid to Parent. If for any reason (including losses)
the Payment Fund is inadequate to pay the amounts to which holders of Company
Common Stock shall be entitled under this Amended and Restated Agreement,
Parent shall in any event be liable for payment thereof. The Payment Fund
shall not be used for any purpose not specifically provided for in this
Amended and Restated Agreement.
Section 3.3. Dissenting Shares. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Amended and Restated Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Common
Stock that are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date and which
are held by holders who shall have not voted in favor of the Merger or
consented thereto in writing and who shall have demanded properly in writing
appraisal for such shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and who
shall not have withdrawn such demand or otherwise have forfeited appraisal
rights (collectively, the "Dissenting Shares") shall not be converted into or
represent the right to receive the Merger Consideration. Such holders shall be
entitled to receive payment of the appraised value of such shares, except that
all Dissenting Shares held by holders who shall have failed to perfect or who
effectively shall have withdrawn or lost their rights to appraisal of such
shares under such Section 262 shall thereupon be deemed to have been converted
into and to have become exchangeable, as of the Effective Date, for the right
to receive, without any interest thereon, the Merger Consideration, upon
surrender of the Certificates evidencing such shares.
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(b) The Company shall give Parent (i) prompt notice of any demands for
appraisal received by the Company, withdrawals of such demands, and any other
instruments served pursuant to the DGCL and received by the Company and (ii)
the opportunity to direct all negotiations and proceedings with respect to
demands for appraisal under the DGCL. The Company shall not, except with the
prior written consent of Parent, make any payment with respect to any demands
for appraisal, or offer to settle, or settle, any such demands.
Section 3.4. [Reserved].
Section 3.5. Stock Options. (a) Each of the Company's stock option plans,
each of which is set forth in Section 3.5(a) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule (as defined in Section 5.1) (the "Option Plans"), and each option to
acquire shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the Effective
Date thereunder, whether vested or unvested (each, an "Option" and
collectively, the "Options"), shall be assumed by the Parent at the Effective
Date, and each such Option shall become an option to purchase a number of
shares of Parent Common Stock (a "Substitute Option") (rounded to the nearest
whole share, with 0.5 shares being rounded up) equal to the number of shares
of Company Common Stock subject to such Option multiplied by the Option
Exchange Ratio (as defined below). The per share exercise price for each
Substitute Option shall be the current exercise price per share of Company
Common Stock divided by the Option Exchange Ratio (rounded up to the nearest
full cent), and each Substitute Option otherwise shall after the Effective
Date be subject to all of the other terms and conditions of the original
Option to which it relates (including, without limitation, all provisions
relating to acceleration of vesting). Prior to the Effective Date, the Company
shall take such additional actions as are necessary under applicable law and
the applicable agreements and Option Plans to ensure that each outstanding
Option shall, from and after the Effective Date, represent only the right to
purchase, upon exercise, shares of Parent Common Stock. Except as set forth in
Section 3.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the vesting of no Option
shall be accelerated by reason of the Merger unless the agreement or
arrangement under which it was granted or by which it is otherwise governed
specifically provides for such acceleration. For avoidance of doubt, it is the
intention of Parent and the Company that the Substitute Options be identical
in all respects to the Options (except for the number and type of shares for
which they shall be exercisable and the exercise price thereof) and that,
without limitation, (i) all terms of the plans under which such Options were
issued and (ii) all policies set forth in Sections 3.5 and 5.8 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, shall apply thereto from and after the Effective Date.
(b) For purposes of this Amended and Restated Agreement, the term "Option
Exchange Ratio" shall mean the ratio of (x) $20.50 to (y) the average of the
closing prices per share of the Parent Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange, as reported in the Wall Street Journal, for each of the ten trading
days immediately preceding the Effective Date.
(c) As soon as practicable after the Effective Date, Parent shall cause to
be included under a registration statement on Form S-8 of Parent all shares of
Parent Common Stock which are subject to Substitute Options, and shall
maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement until all Substitute
Options have been exercised, expired or forfeited.
Section 3.6. Stockholders' Meetings. The Company shall take all action
necessary, in accordance with applicable law and its Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws, to convene a special meeting of the holders of
Company Common Stock (the "Company Meeting") as promptly as practicable for
the purpose of considering and taking action upon this Amended and Restated
Agreement. Subject to the exercise of its good faith judgment as to its
fiduciary duties to its stockholders imposed by law, as advised by outside
counsel, the Board of Directors of the Company will recommend that holders of
Company Common Stock vote in favor of and approve the Merger and the adoption
of the Amended and Restated Agreement at the Company Meeting. At the Company
Meeting, all of the shares of Company Common Stock then owned by Parent, Sub,
or any other subsidiary of Parent, or with respect to which Parent, Sub, or
any other subsidiary of Parent holds the power to direct the voting, will be
voted in favor of approval of the Merger and adoption of this Amended and
Restated Agreement.
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Section 3.7. Closing of the Company's Transfer Books. At the Effective Date,
the stock transfer books of the Company shall be closed and no transfer of
shares of Company Common Stock shall be made thereafter. In the event that,
after the Effective Date, Certificates are presented to the Surviving
Corporation, they shall be canceled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration
as provided in Sections 3.1(b) and 3.2.
Section 3.8. Assistance in Consummation of the Merger. Each of Parent, Sub
and the Company shall provide all reasonable assistance to, and shall
cooperate with, each other to bring about the consummation of the Merger as
soon as possible in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Amended
and Restated Agreement. Parent shall cause Sub to perform all of its
obligations in connection with this Amended and Restated Agreement.
Section 3.9. Closing. The Closing shall take place (i) at the offices of
Willkie Farr & Gallagher, One Citicorp Center, 153 East 53rd Street, New York,
New York 10022, at 9:00 A.M. local time on the day which is at least one
business day after the day on which the last of the conditions set forth in
Article IX (other than those that can only be fulfilled on the Effective Date)
is fulfilled or waived or (ii) at such other time and place as Parent and the
Company shall agree in writing.
Section 3.10. Transfer Taxes. Parent and Company shall cooperate in the
preparation, execution and filing of all returns, applications or other
documents regarding any real property transfer, stamp, recording, documentary
or other taxes (including, without limitation, any New York State Real Estate
Transfer Tax) and any other fees and similar taxes which become payable in
connection with the Merger other than transfer or stamp taxes payable in
respect of transfers pursuant to Section 3.2(d)(i) (collectively, "Transfer
Taxes"). From and after the Effective Date, Parent shall pay or cause to be
paid, without deduction or withholding from any amounts payable to the holders
of Company Common Stock, all Transfer Taxes.
ARTICLE IV.
Representations and Warranties of Parent
Parent represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
Section 4.1. Organization and Qualification. Parent is a corporation duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has the corporate power to carry on its business as it is now
being conducted or currently proposed to be conducted.
Section 4.2. Authority Relative to this Agreement. Parent has the corporate
power to enter into this Amended and Restated Agreement and to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Amended and Restated
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been
duly authorized by Parent's Board of Directors. The Amended and Restated
Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of Parent enforceable in
accordance with its terms except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights
generally and except that the availability of equitable remedies, including
specific performance, is subject to the discretion of the court before which any
proceeding therefor may be brought. No other corporate proceedings on the part
of Parent are necessary to authorize the Amended and Restated Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. Except as disclosed in Section 4.2 of the
disclosure schedule delivered by Parent to the Company in connection with this
Amended and Restated Agreement (the "Parent Disclosure Schedule"), Parent is not
subject to or obligated under (i) any charter, by-law, indenture or other loan
document provision or (ii) any other contract, license, franchise, permit,
order, decree, concession, lease, instrument, judgment, statute, law, ordinance,
rule or regulation applicable to Parent or any of its subsidiaries or their
respective properties or assets, which would be breached or violated, or under
which there would be a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or
both), or under which there would arise a right of termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of a material
benefit, by its
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executing and carrying out this Amended and Restated Agreement other than, in
the case of clause (ii) only, (A) any breaches, violations, defaults,
terminations cancellations, modifications, accelerations or losses which,
either singly or in the aggregate, has not had, or would not reasonably be
expected to have, a material adverse effect on the business, properties,
assets, condition (financial or otherwise), liabilities or results of
operations of Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Parent Material
Adverse Effect") or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and (B) the laws and regulations referred to in the next sentence.
Except as disclosed in Section 4.2 of the Parent Disclosure Schedule, or in
connection, or in compliance, with the provisions of the Hart-Scott-Rodino
Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the "HSR Act"), the Exchange
Act, and the corporation, securities or blue sky laws or regulations of the
various states, no filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or
approval of, any public body or authority is necessary for the consummation by
Parent of the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Amended
and Restated Agreement other than filings, registrations, authorizations,
consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain has not had, or
would not reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect or
prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
Section 4.3. Reports and Financial Statements. Parent has previously
furnished the Company with true and complete copies of its (i) Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995
and December 31, 1996, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the "Commission"), (ii) proxy statements related to all meetings of its
shareholders (whether annual or special) since January 1, 1996, and (iii) all
other reports or registration statements filed by Parent with the Commission
since December 31, 1996, except for preliminary material (in the case of
clauses (ii) and (iii) above) and except for registration statements on Form
S-8 relating to employee benefit plans (clauses (i) through (iii) being
referred to herein collectively as the "Parent SEC Reports"). As of their
respective dates, the Parent SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The financial
statements included in the Parent SEC Reports: have been prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a
consistent basis (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto);
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Parent and
its subsidiaries as at the dates thereof and the results of their operations
and cash flows for the periods then ended; and are in all material respects,
in accordance with the books of account and records of the Parent and its
subsidiaries.
Section 4.4. Parent Action. The Board of Directors of Parent (at a meeting
duly called and held) has by the requisite vote of all directors present
determined that the Amended and Restated Agreement is advisable and in the
best interests of Parent and its stockholders.
Section 4.5. Financial Advisor. Parent represents and warrants that, except
for Furman Selz LLC, no broker, finder or investment banker is entitled to any
brokerage, finder's or other fee or commission in connection with the Merger
or the transactions contemplated by this Amended and Restated Agreement based
upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent.
Section 4.6. Parent Ownership of Stock. As of the date hereof Parent does
not beneficially own any shares of Company Common Stock.
Section 4.7. No Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Amended and
Restated Agreement, except as disclosed in the Parent SEC Reports, Parent is
not aware of any fact which, alone or together with another fact, has had, or
would reasonably be expected to have, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.
Section 4.8. Financial Capability. Parent has, or has available, sufficient
funds to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration payable to the Company's
stockholders on the terms and the subject to the conditions contemplated by
this Amended and Restated Agreement.
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ARTICLE V.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
The Company represents and warrants to Parent and Sub as follows:
Section 5.1. Organization and Qualification. The Company is a corporation
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware and has the corporate power to carry on its business as it
is now being conducted or currently proposed to be conducted. The Company is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business, and is in good
standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties owned or
held under lease or the nature of its activities makes such qualification
necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified will not have a
material adverse effect on the business, properties, assets, condition
(financial or otherwise), liabilities or results of operations of the Company
and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a "Company Material Adverse Effect").
Complete and correct copies as of the date hereof of the Certificate of
Incorporation and By-laws of the Company and each of its Significant
Subsidiaries (as defined in Section 5.3) are attached to Section 5.1 of the
disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to Parent prior to execution and
delivery of this Amended and Restated Agreement (the "Company Disclosure
Schedule"). The Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company are in
full force and effect. The Company is not in violation of any provision of its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws.
Section 5.2. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of the Company
consists of 100,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, no par value, and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value. As of March 31, 1997,
54,632,577 shares of Company Common Stock were validly issued and outstanding,
fully paid and nonassessable, and no shares of preferred stock were
outstanding and (except for issuances upon the exercise of outstanding
options) there have been no changes in such numbers of shares through the date
hereof. As of the date hereof, there are no bonds, debentures, notes or other
indebtedness having the right to vote on any matters on which the Company's
shareholders may vote issued or outstanding. As of April 12, 1997, except for
(i) options to acquire 5,379,705 shares of Company Common Stock, (ii) shares
of Company Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Company's Employee Stock
Purchase Plan, (iii) preferred stock purchase rights issued pursuant to the
Rights Agreement, dated as of February 24, 1994, between the Company and Bank
of Boston, N.A., as rights agent, as amended (the "Rights Agreement"), and
(iv) as set forth in Section 5.2 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are
no options, warrants, calls or other rights, agreements or commitments
presently outstanding obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell shares
of its capital stock or debt securities, or obligating the Company to grant,
extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call or other such right,
agreement or commitment, and there have been no changes in such numbers
through the date hereof. After the Effective Date, the Surviving Corporation
will have no obligation to issue, transfer or sell any shares of capital stock
of the Company or the Surviving Corporation pursuant to any Company Employee
Benefit Plan (as defined in Section 5.8).
Section 5.3. Subsidiaries. The only Subsidiaries (as defined in Section
11.16) of the Company are disclosed in Section 5.3 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule; provided that there may be excluded from such Schedule any
Subsidiaries that are currently not actively engaged in any business and which
do not, individually and in the aggregate, have material liabilities or
obligations. Each Significant Subsidiary (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02
of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act")) ("Significant Subsidiary") of the Company has been named in
the Company SEC Reports (as hereinafter defined). Each Subsidiary of the
Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (except where the failure
to be validly existing and in good standing would not be material to the
business of such Subsidiary) and has the corporate power to carry on its
business as it is now being conducted or currently proposed to be conducted.
Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to
do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character
of its properties owned or held under lease or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification necessary except where the failure to be so
qualified, when taken together with all such failures, has not had, or would
not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Section
5.3 of the Company
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Disclosure Schedule contains, with respect to each Subsidiary of the Company,
its name and jurisdiction of incorporation and, with respect to each
Subsidiary that is not wholly owned, the number of issued and outstanding
shares of capital stock and the number of shares of capital stock owned by the
Company or a Subsidiary. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of each
Subsidiary of the Company are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and those owned by the Company or by a Subsidiary of the Company are owned
free and clear of any liens, claims or encumbrances. Except as set forth in
Section 5.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there are no existing options,
warrants, calls or other rights, agreements or commitments of any character
relating to the issued or unissued capital stock or other securities of any of
the Subsidiaries of the Company. Except as set forth in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996, or as
disclosed in Section 5.3 of the Company Disclosure Schedule and except for
wholly owned subsidiaries which are formed after the date hereof in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company does
not directly or indirectly own any interest in any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture or other business association or entity.
Section 5.4. Authority Relative to this Agreement. The Company has the
corporate power to enter into this Amended and Restated Agreement and to carry
out its obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Amended and
Restated Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby have been duly authorized by the Company's Board of Directors. This
Amended and Restated Agreement constitutes a valid and binding obligation of
the Company enforceable in accordance with its terms except as enforcement may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights generally and except that the availability of
equitable remedies, including specific performance, is subject to the
discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought.
Except for the approval of the holders of a majority of the shares of Company
Common Stock, no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are
necessary to authorize this Amended and Restated Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby. Except as set forth in Section 5.4 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not subject to or obligated under
(i) any charter, by-law, indenture or other loan document provision or (ii)
any other contract, license, franchise, permit, order, decree, concession,
lease, instrument, judgment, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation
applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or their respective
properties or assets which would be breached or violated, or under which there
would be a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or
under which there would arise a right of termination, cancellation,
modification or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of a material
benefit, by its executing and carrying out this Amended and Restated
Agreement, other than, in the case of clause (ii) only, (A) any breaches,
violations, defaults, terminations, cancellations, modifications,
accelerations or losses which, either singly or in the aggregate, have not
had, or would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
(B) the laws and regulations referred to in the next sentence. Except as
disclosed in Section 5.4 of the Company Disclosure Schedule or, with respect
to the Merger or the transactions contemplated thereby, in connection, or in
compliance, with the provisions of the HSR Act, the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act, and the corporation, securities or blue sky laws or regulations
of the various states, no filing or registration with, or authorization,
consent or approval of, any public body or authority is necessary for the
consummation by the Company of the Merger or the other transactions
contemplated hereby, other than filings, registrations, authorizations,
consents or approvals the failure of which to make or obtain has not had, or
would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect or
prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 5.5. Reports and Financial Statements. The Company has previously
furnished Parent with true and complete copies of its (i) Annual Reports on
Form 10-K for the fiscal years ended December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and
December 31, 1996, as filed with the Commission, (ii) proxy statements related
to all meetings of its shareholders (whether annual or special) since January
1, 1996 and (iii) all other reports or registration statements filed by the
Company with the Commission since December 31, 1996, except for preliminary
material (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above) and except for
registration statements on Form S-8 relating to employee benefit plans, which
are all the documents that the Company was required to file with the
Commission since that date (clauses (i) through (iii) being referred to herein
collectively as the "Company
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SEC Reports"). As of their respective dates, the Company SEC Reports complied
as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities
Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations of
the Commission thereunder applicable to such Company SEC Reports. As of their
respective dates, the Company SEC Reports did not contain any untrue statement
of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited
consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the Company SEC
Reports comply as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting
requirements and with the published rules and regulations of the Commission
with respect thereto. The financial statements included in the Company SEC
Reports: have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles applied on a consistent basis (except as may be indicated therein
or in the notes thereto); present fairly, in all material respects, the
financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates thereof
and the results of their operations and cash flow for the periods then ended;
and are in all material respects, in accordance with the books of account and
records of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Section 5.6. Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as disclosed in
the Company SEC Reports or as disclosed in Section 5.6 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule, since December 31, 1996, there has not been (i) any
transaction, commitment, dispute or other event or condition (financial or
otherwise) of any character (whether or not in the ordinary course of
business) individually or in the aggregate that has had, or would reasonably
be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) any damage,
destruction or loss, whether or not covered by insurance, which has had, or
would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iii)
any entry into any commitment or transaction material to the Company and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole (including, without limitation, any borrowing or
sale of assets) except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice; (iv) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend or
distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) with respect to its capital
stock; (v) any material change in its accounting principles, practices or
methods; (vi) any repurchase or redemption with respect to its capital stock;
(vii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company's
capital stock or the issuance or authorization of any issuance of any other
securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for, shares of the
Company's capital stock; (viii) any grant of or any amendment of the terms of
any option to purchase shares of capital stock of the Company; (ix) any
granting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any director, officer or
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of (A) any increase in
compensation (other than in the case of employees in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice) or (B) any increase in severance or
termination pay; (x) any entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into
any employment, severance, bonus or termination agreement with any director,
officer or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; or (xi) any
agreement (whether or not in writing), arrangement or understanding to do any
of the foregoing.
Section 5.7. Litigation. Except as disclosed in the Company's Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1996 or as disclosed in Section
5.7 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, there is no suit, action or proceeding
pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries which, either alone or in the aggregate, has had or
would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, nor is
there any judgment, decree, injunction, rule or order of any court,
governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or arbitrator
outstanding against the Company or any of its subsidiaries having, or which
would reasonably be expected to have, either alone or in the aggregate, any
such Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.8. Employee Benefit Plans. (a) Section 5.8 of the Company
Disclosure Schedule hereto sets forth a list of all "employee benefit plans",
as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, and all other material employee benefit
arrangements or payroll practices, including, without limitation, any such
arrangements or payroll practices providing severance pay, sick leave,
vacation pay, salary continuation for disability, retirement benefits,
deferred compensation, bonus pay, incentive pay, stock options (including
those held by Directors, employees, and consultants), hospitalization
insurance, medical insurance, life insurance, scholarships or tuition
reimbursements, that are maintained by the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or any Company ERISA
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Affiliate (as defined below) or to which the Company, any Subsidiary of the
Company or any Company ERISA Affiliate is obligated to contribute thereunder
for current or former employees, independent contractors, consultants and
leased employees of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Company
ERISA Affiliate (the "Company Employee Benefit Plans").
(b) None of the Company Employee Benefit Plans is a "multiemployer plan", as
defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA (a "Multiemployer Plan"), and neither
the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate presently maintains such a plan.
None of the Company, any Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate (subject to the
knowledge of the Company, in the case of any Subsidiary or Company ERISA
Affiliate acquired by the Company, for periods prior to such acquisition), has
withdrawn in a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan, nor
has any of them incurred any material liability due to the termination or
reorganization of such a Multiemployer Plan.
(c) No Company Benefit Plan nor the Company has incurred any material
liability or penalty under Section 4975 of the Code or Section 502(i) of
ERISA.
(d) Except as set forth in Section 5.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Company does not maintain or contribute to any plan or arrangement which
provides or has any liability to provide life insurance or medical or other
employee welfare benefits to any employee or former employee upon his
retirement or termination of employment, and the Company has never
represented, promised or contracted (whether in oral or written form) to any
employee or former employee that such benefits would be provided.
(e) Except as set forth on Section 5.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the execution of, and performance of the transactions contemplated in, this
Amended and Restated Agreement will not, either alone or upon the occurrence
of subsequent events, result in any payment (whether of severance pay or
otherwise), acceleration, forgiveness of indebtedness, vesting, distribution,
increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any
employee. The only severance agreements or severance policies applicable to
the Company or its Subsidiaries in the event of a change of control of the
Company are the agreements and policies specifically referred to in Section
5.8 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (and, in the case of such agreements,
the form of which is attached to the Company Disclosure Schedule). Each
executive officer of the Company (as such term is defined in Rule 3b-7 under
the Exchange Act) and each of the individuals identified on Section 5.8(e) of
the Company Disclosure Schedule is a party to a non-competition agreement with
the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, and copies of the
forms of such non-competition agreements are attached to Section 5.8 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule.
(f) None of the Company Employee Benefit Plans is a "single employer plan",
as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of
ERISA, and neither the Company nor any Company ERISA Affiliate presently
maintains such a plan. None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate has any material liability under Section 4062 of ERISA to the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or to a trustee appointed under Section
4042 of ERISA. None of the Company, any Subsidiary, or any Company ERISA
Affiliate (subject to the knowledge of the Company, in the case of any
Subsidiary or Company ERISA Affiliate acquired by the Company, for periods
prior to such acquisition) has engaged in any transaction described in Section
4069 of ERISA.
(g) Each Company Employee Benefit Plan that is intended to qualify under
Section 401 of the Code, and each trust maintained pursuant thereto, has been
determined to be exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501 of the
Code by the IRS, and, to the Company's knowledge, nothing has occurred with
respect to the operation or organization of any such Company Employee Benefit
Plan and there have been no amendments to any such Company Employee Benefit
Plan that would cause the loss of such qualification or exemption or the
imposition of any material liability, penalty or tax under ERISA or the Code.
(h) Except as set forth on Section 5.8(h) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, all contributions (including all employer contributions and employee
salary reduction contributions) required to have been made under any
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of the Company Employee Benefit Plans to any funds or trusts established
thereunder or in connection therewith have been made by the due date thereof
and no contributions have been made to the Company Employee Benefit Plans that
would be considered non-deductible under the Code.
(i) There has been no material violation of ERISA or the Code with respect
to the filing of applicable reports, documents and notices regarding the
Company Employee Benefit Plans with the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of
the Treasury or the furnishing of required reports, documents or notices to
the participants or beneficiaries of the Company Employee Benefit Plans.
(j) True, correct and complete copies of the following documents, with
respect to each of the Company Benefit Plans, have been delivered or made
available to the Parent by the Company: (i) all plans and related trust
documents and any other instruments or contracts under which the Company
Employee Benefit Plans are operated, and amendments thereto; (ii) the Forms
5500 for the past three years and (iii) summary plan descriptions.
(k) There are no pending actions, claims or lawsuits which have been
asserted, instituted or, to the Company's knowledge, threatened, against the
Company Employee Benefit Plans, the assets of any of the trusts under such
plans or the plan sponsor or the plan administrator, or, to the Company's
knowledge, against any fiduciary of the Company Employee Benefit Plans with
respect to the operation of such plans (other than routine benefit claims).
(l) The Company Employee Benefit Plans have been maintained, in all material
respects, in accordance with their terms and with all provisions of ERISA and
the Code (including rules and regulations thereunder) and other applicable
federal and state laws and regulations.
For purposes of this Amended and Restated Agreement, "Company ERISA
Affiliate" means any business or entity which is a member of the same
"controlled group of corporations," under "common control" or an "affiliated
service group" with an entity within the meanings of Sections 414(b), (c) or
(m) of the Code, or required to be aggregated with the entity under Section
414(o) of the Code, or is under "common control" with the entity, within the
meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA, or any regulations promulgated or
proposed under any of the foregoing Sections.
Section 5.9. Labor Matters. Except as set forth in Section 5.9 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
is a party to, or bound by, any collective bargaining agreement, contract or
other agreement or understanding with a labor union or labor organization.
There is no unfair labor practice or labor arbitration proceeding pending or,
to the knowledge of the executive officers of the Company, threatened against
the Company or its Subsidiaries relating to their business, except for any
such proceeding which has not had, or would not reasonably be expected to
have, a Company Material Adverse Effect. To the best knowledge of the Company,
there are no organizational efforts with respect to the formation of a
collective bargaining unit presently being made or threatened involving
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There is no labor strike,
material slowdown or material work stoppage or lockout actually pending or, to
the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company
or its Subsidiaries and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has experienced
any strike, material slowdown or material work stoppage or lockout since
August 1, 1995.
Section 5.10. Company Action. The Board of Directors of the Company (at a
meeting duly called and held) has by the requisite vote of all directors
present (a) determined that the Merger is advisable and fair and in the best
interests of the Company and its shareholders, (b) approved the Merger in
accordance with the provisions of Section 251 of the DGCL, (c) recommended the
approval of this Amended and Restated Agreement and the Merger by the holders
of the Company Common Stock and directed that the Merger be submitted for
consideration by the Company's shareholders at the Company Meeting and (d)
taken all necessary steps to ensure that a Distribution Date (as defined in
the Rights Agreement) has not occurred and will not occur as a result of the
execution and delivery of the Amended and Restated Agreement, the consummation
of the Merger and the
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other transactions contemplated hereby nor will the Rights Agreement otherwise
be applicable or any redemption or other fees be payable in respect thereof.
Section 5.11. Financial Advisor. The Company has received the opinion of
Merrill Lynch & Co. to the effect that, as of the date hereof, the Merger
Consideration is fair to the holders of Company Common Stock from a financial
point of view. The Company represents and warrants that, (i) except for
Merrill Lynch & Co. and Lazard Freres & Co. LLC, no broker, finder or
investment banker is entitled to any brokerage, finder's or other fee or
commission in connection with the Merger or the transactions contemplated by
this Amended and Restated Agreement based upon arrangements made by or on
behalf of the Company, and (ii) the fees and commissions payable to the
Company's financial advisors, as contemplated by this Section, will not exceed
the aggregate amount set forth in those certain letters, dated December 4,
1996, from Merrill Lynch & Co., and dated as of November 19, 1996, from Lazard
Freres & Co. LLC, in each case to the Company, a copy of each of which is
attached to the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 5.12. Compliance with Applicable Laws. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries hold all permits, licenses, variances, exemptions, orders and
approvals of all courts, administrative agencies or commissions or other
governmental authorities or instrumentalities, domestic or foreign (each, a
"Governmental Entity"), material to the business of the Company or such
Subsidiary, as the case may be, including, without limitation, applicable
state insurance and health commissions, and other Governmental Entities
regulating exclusive provider organizations, preferred provider organizations,
medical utilization review organizations or third-party administrators (the
"Company Permits"). The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all
material respects with the terms of the Company Permits, except for such
failures to comply which, singly or in the aggregate, would not be material to
the business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except as
disclosed in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Amended
and Restated Agreement or in Section 5.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material
respects with all laws, including applicable Medicare and Medicaid laws,
ordinances and regulations of any Governmental Entity, including, without
limitation, applicable state insurance and health commissions, and other
Governmental Entities regulating exclusive provider organizations, preferred
provider organizations, medical utilization review organizations or third-
party administrators, except where the failure to comply would not be material
to the business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be. Except
as disclosed in Section 5.12 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to the
knowledge of the Company, no investigation or review by any Governmental
Entity, including, without limitation, applicable state insurance and health
commissions, with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
pending, or threatened, nor has any Governmental Entity, including, without
limitation, applicable state insurance and health commissions, indicated an
intention to conduct the same, other than those the outcome of which would not
be material to the business of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may
be.
Section 5.13. Liabilities. As of the date hereof, except as disclosed in
Section 5.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, since the date of the latest
balance sheet of the Company contained in the Company SEC Reports neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred any material liabilities or
obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the type that is
required to be disclosed in the Company SEC Reports (including the financial
statements contained therein), other than liabilities incurred in the ordinary
course of business and liabilities which are disclosed or provided for in the
most recent Company SEC Reports. To the best knowledge of the Company, as of
December 31, 1996, there was no basis for any claim or liability of any nature
against the Company or its Subsidiaries, whether absolute, accrued, contingent
or otherwise, which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect, other than as reflected in the Company SEC
Reports or disclosed in Section 5.13 of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 5.14. Taxes. (a) For the purposes of this Amended and Restated
Agreement, the term "Tax" shall include all Federal, state, local and foreign
income, profits, franchise, gross receipts, payroll, sales, employment, use,
property, withholding, excise and other taxes, duties and assessments of any
nature whatsoever together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed
with respect to such amounts. Each of the Company
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and its subsidiaries has filed all material Tax returns required to be filed
by any of them and has paid (or the Company has paid on its behalf), or has
set up an adequate reserve for the payment of, all Taxes required to be paid
in respect of the periods covered by such returns. The information contained
in such Tax returns is true, complete and accurate in all material respects.
Except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the Company Disclosure Schedule,
neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company is delinquent in the
payment of any material Tax, assessment or governmental charge, except where
such delinquency has not had, or would not reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Section 5.14 of the
Company Disclosure Schedule, no deficiencies for any taxes have been proposed,
asserted or assessed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that have
not been finally settled or paid in full, and no requests for waivers of the
time to assess any such Tax are pending. Except as set forth in Section 5.14
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, none of the Company and its Subsidiaries
is obligated, or is reasonably expected to be obligated, to make any payments,
or is a party to any agreement that under certain circumstances would obligate
it, or reasonably be expected to obligate it, to make any payments that will
not be deductible under Code (S) 280G.
Section 5.15. Certain Agreements. Except as disclosed in the Company SEC
Reports filed prior to the date of this Amended and Restated Agreement or in
Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any
of its Subsidiaries is a party to any oral or written contract, agreement or
commitment that would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material
Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in Section 5.15 of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (or
would be in default with notice or lapse of time, or both) under any
indenture, note, credit agreement, loan document, lease, license or other
agreement including, but not limited to, any Company Benefit Plan, whether or
not such default has been waived, which default, alone or in the aggregate
with other such defaults, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. The Company has made available to Parent true
and complete copies of all contracts, agreements and understandings relating
to those clients, the loss of any one of which has had, or would reasonably be
expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.16. Patents, Trademarks, Etc. Except as set forth in Section 5.16
of the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company and its Subsidiaries owns or
has valid rights to use all patents, trademarks, trade names, service marks,
trade secrets, copyrights and licenses and other proprietary intellectual
property rights and licenses as are material to the businesses of the Company
and its subsidiaries (the "Intellectual Property"), and the Company does not
have any knowledge of any conflict with the rights of the Company and its
Subsidiaries therein or any knowledge of any conflict by them with the rights
of others therein which have had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a
Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Merger nor the transactions
contemplated hereby will materially adversely affect the rights of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries in respect of any of the Intellectual Property.
Section 5.17. No Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the
Company SEC Reports or in the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Company is not
aware of any fact which, alone or together with another fact, which has had,
or would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.18. Representations Under Purchase Agreements. The Company has
made available to Parent copies of all purchase agreements relating to
acquisitions, including the related disclosure schedules, pursuant to which
the Company has purchased the assets and operations of any other business, in
each such case for a purchase price of in excess of $100 million, within the
three-year period immediately preceding the date hereof ("Purchase
Agreements"). Except with respect to any Purchase Agreements set forth in
Section 5.18 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (for which no representation
or warranty is made under this Section 5.18), to the best knowledge of the
Company, such Purchase Agreements (and the acquisitions of assets and
operations of businesses thereunder), when taken as a whole, have not had, and
would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.19. Absence Of Certain Business Practices. During the past five
years, none of the Company's officers, employees or agents, nor any other
person acting on behalf of any of them or the Company, has, directly
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or indirectly, given or agreed to give any gift or similar benefit to any
customer, supplier, governmental employee or other person that has had, or
would reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.20. Payments Under CCN Agreement. The maximum amount of payment
obligations of the Company under Article I of that certain Acquisition
Agreement, dated as of May 18, 1994, by and among the Company, Community Care
Network, Inc., Alliance Healthcare Foundation and the other individuals named
therein, including any payments made thereunder through the date hereof, will
not exceed $120,000,000. The Company has made payments under Article I of such
agreement through December 31, 1996 in the amount of $58,600,000.
Section 5.21. Billing Practices. The Company has timely complied with its
billing obligations under those contractual arrangements with pharmaceutical
manufacturers pursuant to which it receives payments based upon the volume of
pharmaceuticals the Company manages or purchases from such manufacturers,
except in cases where the failure to timely bill in the past has not affected
in any meaningful manner the Company's ability to collect amounts owed to it
under such contractual arrangements and except as set forth in Section 5.21 of
the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 5.22. Conduct of Business by the Company. Except as set forth on
Section 5.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, from January 15, 1997 through
the date hereof, the Company has complied with Section 7.1 of the Initial
Agreement.
ARTICLE VI.
Representations and Warranties Regarding Sub
Parent and Sub jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company as
follows:
Section 6.1 Organization. Sub is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Sub has
not engaged in any business since it was incorporated other than in connection
with its organization and the transactions contemplated by this Amended and
Restated Agreement.
Section 6.2. Capitalization. The authorized capital stock of Sub consists of
1,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, 1,000 shares of which
are validly issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable and are owned
by Parent free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances.
Section 6.3. Authority Relative to this Agreement. Sub has the corporate
power to enter into this Amended and Restated Agreement and to carry out its
obligations hereunder. The execution and delivery of this Amended and Restated
Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have
been duly authorized by its Board of Directors and sole shareholder, and no
other corporate proceedings on the part of Sub are necessary to authorize this
Amended and Restated Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Except as referred to herein or in connection, or in compliance, with the
provisions of the HSR Act, the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the
environmental, corporation, securities or blue sky laws or regulations of the
various states, no filing or registration with, or authorization, consent or
approval of, any public body or authority is necessary for the consummation by
Sub of the Merger or the transactions contemplated by this Amended and
Restated Agreement, other than filings, registrations, authorizations,
consents or approvals the failure to make or obtain would not prevent the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
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ARTICLE VII.
Conduct of Business Pending the Merger
Section 7.1. Conduct of Business by the Company Pending the Merger. Prior to
the Effective Date, unless Parent shall otherwise agree in writing:
(i) Except as set forth in Section 7.1(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, carry on
their respective businesses in the usual, regular and ordinary course in
substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted, and shall, and shall
cause its Subsidiaries to, use their reasonable efforts to preserve intact
their present business organizations and preserve their relationships with
customers, suppliers and others having business dealings with them to the
end that their goodwill and on-going businesses shall be unimpaired at the
Effective Date. The Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, (a)
maintain insurance coverages and its books, accounts and records in the
usual manner consistent with prior practices; (b) comply in all material
respects with all laws, ordinances and regulations of Governmental Entities
applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries; (c) maintain and keep its
properties and equipment in good repair, working order and condition,
ordinary wear and tear excepted; and (d) perform in all material respects
its obligations under all material contracts and commitments to which it is
a party or by which it is bound;
(ii) Except as set forth in Section 7.1(i) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule and except as required by this Amended and Restated Agreement, the
Company shall not and shall not propose to (A) sell or pledge or agree to
sell or pledge any capital stock owned by it in any of its subsidiaries
(subject to the fiduciary duties of the Company's Board of Directors, as
advised by outside counsel), (B) amend its Certificate of Incorporation or
By-laws, (C) split, combine or reclassify its outstanding capital stock or
issue or authorize or propose the issuance of any other securities in
respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for shares of capital stock of
the Company, or declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other
distribution payable in cash, stock or property, or (D) directly or
indirectly redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire or agree to redeem,
purchase or otherwise acquire any shares of Company capital stock;
(iii) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, (A) issue, deliver or sell or agree to issue, deliver or sell any
additional shares of, or rights of any kind to acquire any shares of, its
capital stock of any class, any indebtedness having the right to vote on
which the Company's shareholders may vote or any option, rights or warrants
to acquire, or securities convertible into, shares of capital stock other
than issuances of Company Common Stock pursuant to employment agreements as
in effect on the date hereof, the exercise of stock options outstanding on
the date hereof or granted prior to the Effective Date under (x) automatic
grants under the Company's 1991 Non Employee Director Stock Option Plan or
(y) the Company's Employee Stock Purchase Plan; (B) acquire, lease or
dispose or agree to acquire, lease or dispose of any capital assets or any
other assets other than in the ordinary course of business; (C) incur
additional indebtedness or encumber or grant a security interest in any
asset or enter into any other material transaction other than in each case
in the ordinary course of business; (D) acquire or agree to acquire by
merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial equity
interest in, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation,
partnership, association or other business organization or division
thereof, except that the Company may create new wholly owned Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; or (E)
enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement with respect
to any of the foregoing;
(iv) except as disclosed in Section 7.1(iv) of the Company Disclosure
Schedule, the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its
Subsidiaries to, except as required to comply with applicable law and
except as provided in Section 3.5 or Section 8.3 hereof, enter into any new
(or amend any existing) Company Benefit Plan or any new (or amend any
existing) employment, severance or consulting agreement, grant any general
increase in the compensation of directors, officers or employees (including
any such increase pursuant to any bonus, pension, profit-sharing or other
plan or commitment) or grant any increase in the compensation payable or to
become payable to any director, officer or employee, except in any of the
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foregoing cases in accordance with pre-existing contractual provisions or
in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; and
(v) the Company shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Subsidiaries
to, make any investments in non-investment grade securities exceeding
$1,000,000 in the aggregate; provided, however, that the Company will be
permitted to create new wholly owned Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business;
provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company from paying cash
bonuses or awards, or making other awards to the extent set forth in Section
7.1A of the Company Disclosure Schedule, to its employees as compensation for
services rendered to the Company in 1996 under the Company Benefit Plans
consistent with past practice.
Section 7.2. Conduct of Business by Parent Pending the Merger. Prior to the
Effective Date, unless the Company shall otherwise agree in writing or except
as otherwise required by this Amended and Restated Agreement, Parent shall,
and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, carry on their respective businesses in
the usual, regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as
heretofore conducted except where the failure to so act would not adversely
affect Parent's ability to pay the aggregate Merger Consideration payable to
the Company's stockholders.
Section 7.3. Conduct of Business of Sub. During the period from the date of
this Amended and Restated Agreement to the Effective Date, Sub shall not
engage in any activities of any nature except as provided in or contemplated
by this Amended and Restated Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII.
Additional Agreements
Section 8.1. Access and Information. Each of the Company and Parent and
their respective subsidiaries shall afford to the other and to the other's
accountants, counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal
business hours (and at such other times as the parties may mutually agree)
throughout the period prior to the Effective Date to all of its properties,
books, contracts, commitments, records and personnel and, during such period,
each shall furnish promptly to the other (i) a copy of each report, schedule
and other document filed or received by it pursuant to the requirements of
federal or state securities laws, and (ii) all other information concerning
its business, properties and personnel as the other may reasonably request.
Each of the Company and Parent shall hold, and shall cause their respective
employees and agents to hold, in confidence all such information in accordance
with the terms of the Confidentiality Agreements dated November 8, 1996
between Parent and the Company.
Section 8.2. Proxy Statement. Parent and the Company shall cooperate and
promptly prepare, and the Company shall file with the Commission as soon as
practicable, a proxy statement with respect to the Company Meeting (the "Proxy
Statement"), which shall comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations
thereunder. The Company shall use all reasonable efforts, and Parent will
cooperate with the Company, to have the Proxy Statement cleared by the
Commission as promptly as practicable. The Company shall, as promptly as
practicable, provide copies of any written comments received from the
Commission with respect to the Proxy Statement to Parent and advise Parent of
any oral comments with respect to the Proxy Statement received from the
Commission. Parent agrees that none of the information supplied or to be
supplied by Parent for inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy
Statement and each amendment or supplement thereto, at the time of mailing
thereof and at the time of the Company Meeting, will contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company agrees
that none of the information supplied or to be supplied by the Company for
inclusion or incorporation by reference in the Proxy Statement and each
amendment or supplement thereto, at the time of mailing thereof and at the
time of the Company Meeting, will contain an untrue statement
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of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. For purposes of the
foregoing, it is understood and agreed that information concerning or related
to Parent will be deemed to have been supplied by Parent and information
concerning or related to the Company and the Company Meeting shall be deemed
to have been supplied by the Company. The Company will provide Parent with a
reasonable opportunity to review and comment on any amendment or supplement to
the Proxy Statement prior to filing such with the Commission, and will provide
Parent with a copy of all such filings made with the Commission. No amendment
or supplement to the information supplied by Parent for inclusion in the Proxy
Statement shall be made without the approval of Parent, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
Section 8.3. Employee Matters. As of the Effective Date, the employees of
the Company and each Subsidiary shall continue employment with the Surviving
Corporation and the Subsidiaries, respectively, in the same positions and at
the same level of wages and/or salary and without having incurred a
termination of employment or separation from service; provided, however,
except as may be specifically required by applicable law or any contract, the
Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries shall not be obligated to continue
any employment relationship with any employee for any specific period of time.
Except with respect to the Option Plans to be terminated by the Company as
provided by Section 3.5(a) hereof, as of the Effective Date, the Surviving
Corporation shall be the sponsor of the Company Employee Benefit Plans
sponsored by the Company immediately prior to the Effective Date, and Parent
shall cause the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries to satisfy all
obligations and liabilities under such Company Employee Benefit Plans. As soon
as practicable after the Effective Date, Parent shall provide benefits to
employees of Company and its Subsidiaries which are substantially similar to
the benefits provided to similarly situated employees of Parent and its
Subsidiaries. To the extent any employee benefit plan, program or policy of
the Parent or its affiliates is made available to the employees of the
Surviving Corporation or its Subsidiaries: (i) service with the Company and
the Subsidiaries by any employee prior to the Effective Date shall be credited
for eligibility and vesting purposes under such plan, program or policy, but
not for benefit accrual purposes, and (ii) with respect to any welfare benefit
plans to which such employees may become eligible, Parent shall cause such
plans to provide credit for any co-payments or deductibles by such employees
and waive all pre-existing condition exclusions and waiting periods, other
than limitations or waiting periods that have not been satisfied under any
welfare plans maintained by the Company and the Subsidiaries for their
employees prior to the Effective Date.
Section 8.4. Indemnification. (a) From and after the Effective Date, Parent
shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the officers, directors and
employees of the Company and its subsidiaries who were such at any time prior
to the Effective Date (the "Indemnified Parties") from and against all losses,
expenses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of the transactions
contemplated by this Amended and Restated Agreement to the fullest extent
permitted or required under applicable law, including without limitation the
advancement of expenses. Parent agrees that all rights to indemnification
existing in favor of the directors, officers or employees of the Company as
provided in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws, as in
effect as of the date hereof, with respect to matters occurring through the
Effective Date, shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and
effect for a period of not less than six years from the Effective Date. Parent
agrees to cause the Surviving Corporation to maintain in effect for not less
than three years after the Effective Date the current policies of directors'
and officers' liability insurance maintained by the Company with respect to
matters occurring on or prior to the Effective Date; provided, however, that
the Surviving Corporation may substitute therefor policies of at least the
same coverage (with carriers comparable to the Company's existing carriers)
containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous to the
Indemnified Parties; and provided, further, that Parent shall not be required
in order to maintain or procure such coverage to pay an annual premium in
excess of 200% of the current annual premium paid by the Company for its
existing coverage (the "Cap"); and provided, further, that if equivalent
coverage cannot be obtained, or can be obtained only by paying an annual
premium in excess of the Cap, Parent shall only be required to obtain as much
coverage as can be obtained by paying an annual premium equal to the Cap.
(b) In the event that any action, suit, proceeding or investigation relating
hereto or to the transactions contemplated by this Amended and Restated
Agreement is commenced, whether before or after the Effective
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Date, the parties hereto agree to cooperate and use their respective
reasonable efforts to vigorously defend against and respond thereto.
Section 8.5. HSR Act. The Company and Parent shall use their best efforts to
file as soon as practicable notifications required under the HSR Act (and not
heretofore obtained) in connection with the Merger and the transactions
contemplated hereby, and to respond as promptly as practicable to any
inquiries received from the Federal Trade Commission (the "FTC") and the
Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (the "Antitrust Division") for
additional information or documentation and to respond as promptly as
practicable to all inquiries and requests received from any State Attorney
General or other governmental authority in connection with antitrust matters.
Section 8.6. Additional Agreements. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions
herein provided, each of the parties hereto agrees to use all reasonable
efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be
done, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and
regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by
this Amended and Restated Agreement, including using all reasonable efforts to
obtain all necessary waivers, consents and approvals, to effect all necessary
registrations and filings (including, but not limited to, filings under the
HSR Act and with all applicable Governmental Entities) and to lift any
injunction to the Merger (and, in such case, to proceed with the Merger as
expeditiously as possible).
(b) In case at any time after the Effective Date any further action is
necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Amended and Restated
Agreement, the proper officers and/or directors of Parent, the Company and the
Surviving Corporation shall take all such necessary action.
Section 8.7. Alternative Proposals. Prior to the Effective Date, the Company
agrees (a) that neither it nor any of its Subsidiaries shall, and it shall
direct and use its best efforts to cause its officers, directors, employees,
agents and representatives (including, without limitation, any investment
banker, attorney or accountant retained by it or any of its Subsidiaries) not
to, initiate, solicit or encourage, directly or indirectly, any inquiries or
the making or implementation of any proposal or offer (including, without
limitation, any proposal or offer to its stockholders) with respect to a
merger, acquisition, consolidation or similar transaction involving, or any
purchase of all or any significant portion of the assets or any equity
securities of, the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries (any such
proposal or offer being hereinafter referred to as an "Alternative Proposal")
or engage in any negotiations concerning, or provide any confidential
information or data to, or have any discussions with, any person relating to
an Alternative Proposal, or release any third party from any obligations under
any existing standstill agreement or arrangement relating to any Alternative
Proposal, or otherwise facilitate any effort or attempt to make or implement
an Alternative Proposal; (b) that it will immediately cease and cause to be
terminated any existing activities, discussions or negotiations with any
parties conducted heretofore with respect to any of the foregoing, and it will
take the necessary steps to inform the individuals or entities referred to
above of the obligations undertaken in this Section 8.7; and (c) that it will
notify Parent immediately if any such inquiries or proposals are received by,
any such information is requested from, or any such negotiations or
discussions are sought to be initiated or continued with, it; provided,
however, that nothing contained in this Section 8.7 shall prohibit the Board
of Directors of the Company from (i) furnishing information to or entering
into discussions or negotiations with, any person or entity that makes an
unsolicited bona fide proposal to acquire the Company pursuant to a merger,
consolidation, share exchange, purchase of a substantial portion of assets,
business combination or other similar transaction, if, and only to the extent
that, (A) the Board of Directors of the Company determines in good faith that
such action is required for the Board of Directors to comply with its
fiduciary duties to stockholders imposed by law, (B) prior to furnishing such
information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations with, such person
or entity, the Company provides written notice to Parent to the effect that it
is furnishing information to, or entering into discussions or negotiations
with, such person or entity and (C) the Company keeps Parent promptly informed
of the status and all material terms and conditions of any such discussions or
negotiations (including identities of parties) and, if any such proposal or
inquiry is in writing, furnishes a copy of such proposal or inquiry to Parent
as soon as practicable after the receipt thereof; and (ii) to the extent
applicable, complying with Rule 14e-2 promulgated
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under the Exchange Act with regard to an Alternative Proposal. Nothing in this
Section 8.7 shall (x) permit the Company to terminate this Amended and
Restated Agreement (except as specifically provided in Article X hereof), (y)
permit the Company to enter into any agreement with respect to an Alternative
Proposal during the term of this Amended and Restated Agreement (it being
agreed that during the term of this Amended and Restated Agreement, the
Company shall not enter into any agreement with any person that provides for,
or in any way facilitates, an Alternative Proposal (other than a
confidentiality agreement in customary form)), or (z) affect any other
obligation of the Company under this Amended and Restated Agreement.
Section 8.8. Advice of Changes; SEC Filings. The Company shall confer on a
regular basis with Parent on operational matters. Parent and the Company shall
promptly advise each other orally and in writing of any change or event that
has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse
Effect or a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as the case may be. The Company
and Parent shall promptly provide each other (or their respective counsel)
copies of all filings made by such party with the Commission or any other
state or federal Governmental Entity in connection with this Amended and
Restated Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 8.9. Restructuring of Merger. Upon the mutual agreement of Parent
and the Company, the Merger shall be restructured in the form of a forward
subsidiary merger of the Company into Sub, with Sub being the surviving
corporation, or as a merger of the Company into Parent, with Parent being the
surviving corporation. In such event, this Amended and Restated Agreement
shall be deemed appropriately modified to reflect such form of merger.
Section 8.10. Other Matters. The Company hereby agrees that its covenants,
representations and warranties (including the Company Disclosure Schedule to
the extent it relates thereto) in this Amended and Restated Agreement, insofar
as they relate to its Subsidiaries, are made as though Value Oncology
Sciences, Inc. ("VOS") were a Subsidiary; provided that (i) this Section 8.10
shall not be deemed to require the Company to cause VOS to take any action or
to refrain from taking any action and (ii) the representations and warranties
made in this Amended and Restated Agreement, insofar as they would relate to
VOS, shall be deemed to be made to the best knowledge of the Company.
ARTICLE IX.
Conditions PRecedent
Section 9.1. Conditions to Each Party's Obligation to Effect the Merger. The
respective obligations of each party to effect the Merger shall be subject to
the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Date of the following conditions:
(a) This Amended and Restated Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby shall have been approved and adopted by the requisite vote of the
holders of the Company Common Stock.
(b) The waiting period applicable to the consummation of the Merger under
the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated.
(c) No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order by any federal
or state court in the United States of competent jurisdiction which
prevents the consummation of the Merger shall have been issued and remain
in effect (each party agreeing to use its reasonable efforts to have any
such injunction lifted).
(d) All consents, authorizations, orders and approvals of (or filings or
registrations with) any governmental commission, board or other regulatory
body required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of
this Amended and Restated Agreement shall have been obtained or made,
except for filings in connection with the Merger and any other documents
required to be filed after the Effective Date and except where the failure
to have obtained or made any such consent, authorization, order, approval,
filing or registration would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the
business of Parent and the Company (and their respective Subsidiaries),
taken as a whole, following the Effective Date.
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(e) All consents, authorizations, orders and approvals required under
insurance holding company statutes or similar statutes regulating managed
care or insurance organizations required in connection with the execution,
delivery and performance of this Amended and Restated Agreement shall have
been obtained.
Section 9.2. Condition to Obligation of the Company to Effect the
Merger. The obligation of the Company to effect the Merger shall be subject to
the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Date of the condition, unless
waived by the Company, that Parent and Sub shall have performed in all
material respects their agreements contained in this Amended and Restated
Agreement required to be performed on or prior to the Effective Date, and the
representations and warranties of Parent and Sub contained in this Amended and
Restated Agreement shall be true in all material respects when made and on and
as of the Effective Date as if made on and as of such date (except to the
extent they relate to a particular date), except as expressly contemplated or
permitted by this Amended and Restated Agreement, and the Company shall have
received a certificate of the President or Chief Executive Officer or a Vice
President of Parent and Sub to that effect.
Section 9.3. Conditions to Obligations of Parent and Sub to Effect the
Merger. The obligations of Parent and Sub to effect the Merger shall be
subject to the fulfillment at or prior to the Effective Date of the additional
following conditions, unless waived by Parent:
(a) The Company shall have performed in all material respects its
agreements contained in this Amended and Restated Agreement required to be
performed on or prior to the Effective Date, and the representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Amended and Restated Agreement
shall be true in all material respects when made and on and as of the
Effective Date as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent they
relate to a particular date), except as expressly contemplated or permitted
by this Amended and Restated Agreement, and Parent and Sub shall have
received a certificate of the President or Chief Executive Officer or a
Vice President of the Company to that effect; provided, however, that a
representation and warranty shall be deemed to be true and correct as of
the Effective Date if such representation and warranty would have been true
and correct as of such date but for the occurrence of an event referred to
in Section 9.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule.
(b) From the date of this Amended and Restated Agreement through the
Effective Date, there shall not have occurred any change (other than a
change resulting from events referred to in Section 9.3(a) of the Company
Disclosure Schedule), individually or together with other changes, that has
had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a material adverse change in
the financial condition, business, results of operations or prospects of
the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
ARTICLE X.
Termination, Amendment and Waiver
Section 10.1. Termination by Mutual Consent. This Amended and Restated
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior
to the Effective Date, before or after the approval of this Amended and
Restated Agreement by the stockholders of the Company, by the mutual consent
of Parent and the Company.
Section 10.2. Termination by Either Parent or the Company. This Amended and
Restated Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned by action
of the Board of Directors of either Parent or the Company if (a) the Merger
shall not have been consummated by August 31, 1997, or (b) the approval of the
Company's stockholders required by Section 3.6 shall not have been obtained at
a meeting duly convened therefor or at any adjournment or postponement
thereof, or (c) a United States federal or state court of competent
jurisdiction or United States federal or state governmental, regulatory or
administrative agency or commission shall have issued an order, decree or
ruling or taken any other action permanently restraining, enjoining or
otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Amended and
Restated Agreement and such order, decree, ruling or other action shall have
become final and non-appealable; provided, that the party seeking to
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terminate this Amended and Restated Agreement pursuant to this clause (c)
shall have used all reasonable efforts to remove such injunction, order or
decree; and provided, in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (a)
above, that the terminating party shall not have breached in any material
respect its obligations under this Amended and Restated Agreement in any
manner that shall have proximately contributed to the failure to consummate
the Merger by August 31, 1997.
Section 10.3. Termination by the Company. This Amended and Restated
Agreement may be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior
to the Effective Date, before or after the adoption and approval by the
stockholders of the Company referred to in Section 3.6, by action of the Board
of Directors of the Company, if (a) in the exercise of its good faith judgment
as to fiduciary duties to its stockholders imposed by law, the Board of
Directors of the Company determines that such termination is required by
reason of an Alternative Proposal being made, or (b) there has been a breach
by Parent or Sub of any representation or warranty contained in this Amended
and Restated Agreement which would have or would be reasonably likely to have
a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or (c) there has been a material breach of
any of the covenants or agreements set forth in this Amended and Restated
Agreement on the part of Parent, which breach is not curable or, if curable,
is not cured within 30 days after written notice of such breach is given by
the Company to Parent.
Section 10.4. Termination by Parent. This Amended and Restated Agreement may
be terminated and the Merger may be abandoned at any time prior to the
Effective Date, by action of the Board of Directors of Parent, if (a) the
Board of Directors of the Company shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner
adverse to Parent its approval or recommendation of this Amended and Restated
Agreement or the Merger or shall have recommended an Alternative Proposal to
the Company stockholders, (b) there has been a breach by the Company of any
representation or warranty contained in this Amended and Restated Agreement
which has had, or would be reasonably expected to have, a Company Material
Adverse Effect, (c) there has been a material breach of any of the covenants
or agreements set forth in this Amended and Restated Agreement on the part of
the Company, which breach is not curable or, if curable, is not cured within
30 days after written notice of such breach is given by Parent to the Company
or (d) a change or changes having the effect specified in Section 9.3(b) shall
have occurred.
Section 10.5. Effect of Termination and Abandonment. (a) In the event that
(x) any person shall have made an Alternative Proposal and thereafter this
Amended and Restated Agreement is terminated either by the Company pursuant to
Section 10.3(a) or by either party pursuant to Section 10.2(b), (y) the Board
of Directors of the Company shall have withdrawn or modified in a manner
adverse to Parent its approval or recommendation of this Amended and Restated
Agreement or the Merger or shall have recommended an Alternative Proposal to
the Company stockholders and Parent shall have terminated this Amended and
Restated Agreement pursuant to Section 10.4(a) or (z) any person shall have
made an Alternative Proposal and thereafter this Amended and Restated
Agreement is terminated for any reason other than those set forth in clauses
(x) or (y) above and within 12 months thereafter any Alternative Proposal
shall have been consummated, then the Company shall promptly, but in no event
later than two days after such termination, pay Parent a fee of $45,000,000,
which amount shall be payable by wire transfer of same day funds. The Company
acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 10.5(a) are an
integral part of the transactions contemplated in this Amended and Restated
Agreement, and that, without these agreements, Parent and Sub would not enter
into this Amended and Restated Agreement; accordingly, if the Company fails to
promptly pay the amount due pursuant to this Section 10.5(a), and, in order to
obtain such payment, Parent or Sub commences a suit which results in a
judgment against the Company for the fee set forth in this Section 10.5(a),
the Company shall pay to Parent its costs and expenses (including attorneys'
fees) in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of
the fee at the rate of 12% per annum.
(b) In the event of termination of this Amended and Restated Agreement and
the abandonment of the Merger pursuant to this Article X, all obligations of
the parties hereto shall terminate, except the obligations of the parties
pursuant to this Section 10.5 and Section 11.3 and except for the provisions
of Sections 11.5, 11.6,
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11.7, 11.9, 11.11, 11.12 and 11.15. Moreover, in the event of termination of
this Amended and Restated Agreement pursuant to Section 10.2, 10.3 or 10.4,
nothing herein shall prejudice the ability of the non-breaching party from
seeking damages from any other party for any breach of this Amended and
Restated Agreement, including without limitation, attorneys' fees and the
right to pursue any remedy at law or in equity; provided that following
termination of this Amended and Restated Agreement upon the occurrence of any
of the events described in clauses (x), (y) or (z) of Section 10.5, and
provided that the fee payable pursuant to Section 10.5 shall after such
termination be paid, neither Parent nor Sub shall (i) have any rights
whatsoever in respect of or in connection with the representations and
warranties of the Company, (ii) assert or pursue in any manner, directly or
indirectly, any claim or cause of action based in whole or in part upon
alleged tortious or other interference with rights under this Amended and
Restated Agreement against any entity or person submitting an Acquisition
Proposal or (iii) assert or pursue in any manner, directly or indirectly, any
claim or cause of action against the Company or any of its officers or
directors based in whole or in part upon its or their receipt, consideration,
recommendation, or approval of an Acquisition Proposal.
Section 10.6. Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Effective Date,
any party hereto, by action taken by its Board of Directors, may, to the
extent legally allowed, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (b) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party
contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (c) waive
compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such
party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any
such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in
writing signed on behalf of such party.
ARTICLE XI.
General Provisions
Section 11.1 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements. All
representations and warranties set forth in this Amended and Restated
Agreement shall terminate at the Effective Date. All covenants and agreements
set forth in this Amended and Restated Agreement shall survive in accordance
with their terms.
Section 11.2. Notices. All notices or other communications under this
Amended and Restated Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given (and
shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) by delivery in person,
by cable, telegram, telex or other standard form of telecommunications, or by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested,
addressed as follows:
If to the Company:
Value Health, Inc.
22 Waterville Road
Avon, CT 06001
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopy No.: (203) 676-8695
With a copy to:
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
One Citicorp Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022
Attention: Michael A. Schwartz, Esq.
Telecopy No.: (212) 821-8111
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If to Parent or Sub:
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
One Park Plaza
Nashville, TN 37203
Attention: General Counsel
Telecopy No.: (615) 320-2496
With a copy to:
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 10004
Attention: Jeffrey Bagner
Telecopy No.: (212) 859-4000
or to such other address as any party may have furnished to the other parties
in writing in accordance with this Section.
Section 11.3. Fees and Expenses. Whether or not the Merger is consummated,
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amended and Restated
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Amended and Restated
Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses, whether or not
the Merger is consummated except as expressly provided herein and except that
(a) the filing fee in connection with the HSR Act filing, (b) the filing fee
in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as
contemplated by the Initial Agreement) (the "Form S-4") or Proxy Statement
with the Commission and (c) the expenses incurred in connection with printing
and mailing the Proxy Statement and printing the Form S-4, shall be shared
equally by the Company and Parent.
Section 11.4. Publicity. So long as this Amended and Restated Agreement is
in effect, Parent, Sub and the Company agree to consult with each other in
issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statement with
respect to the transactions contemplated by this Amended and Restated
Agreement, and none of them shall issue any press release or make any public
statement prior to such consultation, except as may be required by law or by
obligations pursuant to any listing agreement with any national securities
exchange. The commencement of litigation relating to this Amended and Restated
Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or any proceedings in
connection therewith shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 11.4.
Section 11.5. Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that
irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this
Amended and Restated Agreement were not performed in accordance with their
specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the
parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches
of this Amended and Restated Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms
and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having
jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are
entitled at law or in equity.
Section 11.6. Assignment; Binding Effect. Neither this Amended and Restated
Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be
assigned by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of law or
otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to
the preceding sentence, this Amended and Restated Agreement shall be binding
upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Amended and
Restated Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Amended and Restated
Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to confer on any person other
than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights,
remedies, obligations or liabilities under or by reason of this Amended and
Restated Agreement; provided that the Indemnified Parties shall be third-party
beneficiaries of Parent's agreement contained in Section 8.4 hereof.
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Section 11.7. Entire Agreement. This Amended and Restated Agreement, the
Exhibits, the Company Disclosure Schedule, the Parent Disclosure Schedule, the
Confidentiality Agreement dated November 8, 1996, between the Company and
Parent and any documents delivered by the parties in connection herewith and
therewith constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to
the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings among the parties with respect thereto. No addition to or
modification of any provision of this Amended and Restated Agreement shall be
binding upon any party hereto unless made in writing and signed by all parties
hereto.
Section 11.8. Amendment. This Amended and Restated Agreement may be amended
by the parties hereto, by action taken by their respective Boards of
Directors, at any time before or after approval of matters presented in
connection with the Merger by the stockholders of the Company, but after any
such stockholder approval, no amendment shall be made which by law requires
the further approval of stockholders without obtaining such further approval.
This Amended and Restated Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument
in writing signed on behalf of each of the parties hereto.
Section 11.9. Governing Law. This Amended and Restated Agreement shall be
governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware, without regard to its rules of conflict of laws.
Section 11.10. Counterparts. This Amended and Restated Agreement may be
executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so
executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such counterparts shall
together constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist
of a number of copies hereof each signed by less than all, but together signed
by all of the parties hereto.
Section 11.11 Headings and Table of Contents. Headings of the Articles and
Sections of this Amended and Restated Agreement and the Table of Contents are
for the convenience of the parties only, and shall be given no substantive or
interpretive effect whatsoever.
Section 11.12 Interpretation. In this Amended and Restated Agreement, unless
the context otherwise requires, words describing the singular number shall
include the plural and vice versa, and words denoting any gender shall include
all genders and words denoting natural persons shall include corporations and
partnerships and vice versa.
Section 11.13 Waivers. At any time prior to the Effective Date, the parties
hereto, by or pursuant to action taken by their respective Boards of
Directors, may (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the
obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any
inaccuracies in the representations and warranties contained herein or in any
documents delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any of the
agreements or conditions contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a
party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid if set forth in an
instrument in writing signed on behalf of such party. Except as provided in
this Amended and Restated Agreement, no action taken pursuant to this Amended
and Restated Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or
on behalf of any party, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party
taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties,
covenants or agreements contained in this Amended and Restated Agreement. The
waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision hereunder shall not
operate or be construed as a waiver of any prior or subsequent breach of the
same or any other provision hereunder.
Section 11.14. Incorporation of Exhibits. The Company Disclosure Schedule,
the Parent Disclosure Schedule and all Exhibits attached hereto and referred
to herein are hereby incorporated herein and made a part hereof for all
purposes as if fully set forth herein.
Section 11.15 Severability. Any term or provision of this Amended and
Restated Agreement which is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such
invalidity or unenforceability without rendering invalid or unenforceable the
remaining terms and provisions of this Amended and Restated Agreement or
affecting the validity or enforceability of any of the terms or provisions
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of this Amended and Restated Agreement in any other jurisdiction. If any
provision of this Amended and Restated Agreement is so broad as to be
unenforceable, the provision shall be interpreted to be only so broad as is
enforceable.
Section 11.16 Subsidiaries. As used in this Amended and Restated Agreement,
the word "Subsidiary" when used with respect to any party means any
corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, of
which such party directly or indirectly owns or controls at least a majority
of the securities or other interests having by their terms ordinary voting
power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing
similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization, or
any organization of which such party is a general partner.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Parent, Sub and the Company have caused this Amended and
Restated Agreement to be signed by their respective officers thereunder duly
authorized all as of the date first written above.
Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
/s/ Richard L. Scott
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By: Richard L. Scott
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
CVH Acquisition Corporation
/s/ Stephen T. Braun
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By: Stephen T. Braun
Title: Vice President
Value Health, Inc.
/s/ Robert E. Patricelli
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By: Robert E. Patricelli
Title: Chairman of the Board and
Chief Executive Officer
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EXHIBIT 99
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COLUMBIA/HCA NEWS
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HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
http://www.columbia.net
INVESTOR CONTACT: MEDIA CONTACT:
Victor L. Campbell Eve Hutcherson
615/344-2053 615/344-2737
COLUMBIA ANNOUNCES $1 BILLION STOCK REPURCHASE PROGRAM AND
AMENDMENT OF VALUE HEALTH AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR A
$20.50 PER SHARE CASH MERGER
NASHVILLE, TN, APRIL 14, 1997 -- Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation
(NYSE:COL) today announced that Columbia's Board of Directors has authorized a
$1 billion stock repurchase program and that Columbia and Value Health, Inc.
(NYSE:VH) have signed an amended and restated merger agreement whereby Columbia
will pay $20.50 in cash for each Value Health common share.
"It is the company's intention to repurchase $1 billion of its common
stock from time to time in the open market," said Richard L. Scott, Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of Columbia. "The time-frame for the stock repurchase
program will depend upon market conditions." Repurchased shares will be held as
treasury stock and be available for general corporate purposes.
A $1 billion share repurchase at current trading prices would represent
approximately 5% of the company's $21 billion market capitalization.
"With Columbia's strong cash flow and the company's balance sheet in its
strongest position ever--total debt currently represents approximately 40% of
total capitalization--we can repurchase $1 billion in stock and pay
approximately $1.1 billion in cash to purchase Value Health shares while
continuing our ongoing program of reinvesting significant amounts of capital in
our local communities through modernization and expansion of services at
existing healthcare facilities and networks, and the acquisition, joint venture
and construction of additional hospitals and other healthcare entities," Scott
said.
On January 15, 1997, Columbia and Value Health announced a definitive
agreement to merge the companies in a stock-for-stock transaction accounted for
as a pooling-of-interests. Each Value Health stockholder would have received
.58 shares of Columbia common stock in exchange for each Value Health share
held. Under the terms of the original agreement, Columbia would have issued
approximately 32 million shares of its common stock in exchange for Value Health
shares.
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Today's announced amended and restated merger agreement provides for each
Value Health stockholder to receive $20.50 in cash in exchange for each Value
Health share held. The proposed merger will be accounted for as a purchase
transaction.
Scott said, "The amendment of the merger agreement to provide for a cash
transaction allows us to go forward with the Value Health merger which
represents an important component of Columbia's comprehensive healthcare
solution, while not issuing an additional 32 million shares of Columbia common
stock at current levels."
The merger of Columbia and Value Health requires the approval of Value
Health stockholders, certain regulatory approvals, and other customary
conditions. It is still anticipated that the merger will be completed in the
second quarter of 1997.
Columbia, with its 343 hospitals, 136 outpatient surgery centers, more than
550 homecare locations and extensive ancillary healthcare services, is committed
to the following quality operating principles: measure and improve clinical
outcomes; measure and improve patient satisfaction; measure and improve costs;
provide service with compassion.
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Columbia's address on the World Wide Web is http://www.columbia.net
