SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF AUGUST 17,
2009
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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Interpretive
Provisions
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ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
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Formation
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Filing
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Name
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Registered
Office; Registered Agent
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Principal Place
of Business
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Purpose;
Powers
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Term
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Intent
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Independent
Activities
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ARTICLE III
OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
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Authorized
Units; General Provisions With Respect to Units
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Voting
Rights
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Capital
Contributions; Unit Ownership
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Capital
Accounts
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Member
Loans
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Other
Matters
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Exchange of
Units
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Tender Offers
and Other Events with Respect to the Managing Member
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ARTICLE IV
ALLOCATIONS OF PROFITS AND LOSSES
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Profits and
Losses
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Section 754
Election
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Regulatory and
Curative Allocations; Other Allocations
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Allocations for
Tax Purposes
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Other
Allocation Rules
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ARTICLE V
DISTRIBUTIONS
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Amount and Time
of Distributions
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Tax
Distributions
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Distribution
Upon Withdrawal
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(i)
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ARTICLE VI
MANAGEMENT
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The Managing
Member; Fiduciary Duties
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Officers
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Warranted
Reliance by Officers on Others
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Indemnification
of the Managing Member, Officers and the Tax Matters
Member
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Maintenance of
Insurance or Other Financial Arrangements
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Resignation or
Termination of Managing Member
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No Inconsistent
Obligations
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Reclassification Events of Pubco
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Managing Member
Dividends and Distributions
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ARTICLE VII
ROLE OF MEMBERS
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Rights or
Powers
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Voting
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Various
Capacities
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ARTICLE VIII
TRANSFERS OF INTERESTS
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Restrictions on
Transfer
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Notice of
Transfer
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Transferee
Members
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Legend
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ARTICLE IX
ACCOUNTING
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Books of
Account
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VCOC
Rights
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Fiscal
Year
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Tax Returns;
Information
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Tax Matters
Member
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Withholding Tax
Payments and Obligations
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ARTICLE X
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION
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Liquidating
Events
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Bankruptcy
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Procedure
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Rights of
Members
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Notices of
Dissolution
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Reasonable Time
for Winding Up
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No Deficit
Restoration
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ARTICLE XI
GENERAL
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Amendments;
Waivers
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Further
Assurances
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Successors and
Assigns
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Entire
Agreement
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Rights of
Members Independent
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Confidentiality
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Governing
Law
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Jurisdiction
and Venue
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Headings
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Counterparts
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Notices
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Representation
By Counsel; Interpretation
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Severability
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Expenses
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Schedule I
Members
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Exhibit A
Members, IPO Date Capital Account Balance and Interests
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(iii)
SIXTH AMENDED AND
RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
This
SIXTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT (as
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time, this “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of August 17,
2009, by and among EBS MASTER LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “ Company ”), and the Persons
listed on Schedule I from time to time, pursuant to the
provisions of the Act, on the following terms and conditions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the
respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
WHEREAS , the Company was formed pursuant to a Certificate
of Formation filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on September 20, 2006 and is currently
governed by the Fifth Amended and Restated Limited Liability
Company Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2009, of the Company,
as amended by Amendment No. 1 and Amendment No. 2 thereto
(as so amended, the “ Fifth Amended LLC Agreement
”);
WHEREAS , pursuant to the terms of the Reorganization
Agreement, the parties thereto have agreed to consummate the
reorganization of the Company contemplated by Section 7.4 of
the Fifth Amended LLC Agreement and to take the other actions
contemplated in such Reorganization Agreement (collectively, the
“ Reorganization ”);
WHEREAS , in connection with the Reorganization, among other
things:
(i) on
September 2, 2008, EBS Acquisition LLC was converted into a
Delaware corporation and changed its name to Emdeon Inc. (as so
converted, “ Pubco ”);
(ii) H&F
Harrington AIV I, L.P. was dissolved and distributed its Units to
Hellman & Friedman Investors VI, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ H&F GP ”), and H&F
Harrington, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Harrington
”);
(iii) Harrington
merged with and into EBS Holdco II, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of Pubco (“
HF Pubco Sub ”), and HF Pubco Sub succeeded to the
Units held by Harrington;
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(iv) EBS
Acquisition II LLC merged with and into EBS Holdco I, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned Subsidiary of
Pubco (“ GA Pubco Sub ”), and GA Pubco Sub
succeeded to the Units held by EBS Acquisition II LLC;
(v) the
Plan Member was liquidated and the Management Members received
Unvested Units and Vested Units in exchange for their interests in
the Plan Member; and
(vi) the
Company’s Amended and Restated EBS Incentive Plan and its
rights, authorities and obligations thereunder were transferred to
and assumed by Pubco, outstanding vested awards thereunder were
converted into shares of Class A Stock, and the unvested
awards thereunder were converted into unvested restricted stock
unit awards entitling the holder thereof to receive shares of
Class A Stock upon vesting;
WHEREAS , following the transactions set forth above, the
Members of the Company consist of those Persons listed on
Schedule I as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS , in connection with the Reorganization, Pubco is
issuing shares of Class A Stock to the public in the initial
underwritten public offering of shares of its stock (the “
IPO ”), and contributing a portion of the net proceeds
received by it from the IPO to the Company in exchange for a number
of Units equal to the number of shares of Class A Stock issued
in the IPO for such proceeds;
WHEREAS , in connection with the Reorganization, Pubco is
issuing shares of its Class B Stock to the H&F Continuing
Members, each of which shares of Class B Stock, together with
a corresponding Unit, may be exchanged with the Company for one
share of Class A Stock;
WHEREAS , in connection with the Reorganization, Pubco is
issuing shares of its Class B Stock to (i) the Management
Members, each of which shares of Class B Stock, together with
a corresponding Vested Unit, may be exchanged with the Company for
one share of Class A Stock and (ii) the eRx Members, each
of which shares of Class B Stock, together a corresponding
Unit, may be exchanged with the Company for one share of
Class A Stock;
WHEREAS , the Members of the Company desire that Pubco
continue as the sole managing Member of the Company (in its
capacity as managing Member as well as in any other capacity, the
“ Managing Member ”);
WHEREAS , the Members of the Company desire to amend and
restate the Fifth Amended LLC Agreement; and
WHEREAS , this Agreement shall supersede the Fifth Amended
LLC Agreement in its entirety as of the date hereof.
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NOW THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual covenants and
agreements contained herein, and other good and valuable
consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereby
agree as follows:
Section 1.1
Definitions (a) . As used in this Agreement and the
Schedules and Exhibits attached to this Agreement, the following
definitions shall apply:
“
Act ” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company
Act, 6 Del. C. § 18-101, et seq., as amended from time to time
(or any corresponding provisions of succeeding law).
“
Action ” means any claim, action, suit, arbitration,
inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental
Entity.
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Adjusted Basis ” has the meaning given such term in
Section 1011 of the Code.
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Adjusted Capital Account Deficit ” means the deficit
balance, if any, in such Member’s Capital Account at the end
of any Fiscal Year, with the following adjustments:
(a) credit
to such Capital Account any amount that such Member is obligated to
restore under Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), as well as any addition thereto
pursuant to the next to last sentences of the Treasury Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5) after taking into
account thereunder any changes during such year in Company Minimum
Gain and in the minimum gain attributable to any Member Nonrecourse
Debt; and
(b) debit
to such Capital Account the items described in Treasury Regulations
Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6).
This definition
of Adjusted Capital Account Deficit is intended to comply with the
provisions of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) of the Treasury
Regulations and shall be interpreted consistently
therewith.
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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one
or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with, such specified Person. The term “
affiliated ” shall have the correlative meaning. For
purposes of this Agreement, (a) the H&F Continuing
Members, H&F AIV II, HF Fund I, HF Fund II, HF Fund III, HF
Fund IV, HF Fund V, HF Fund VI, HF Fund VII and H&F shall each
be deemed to be Affiliates of one another, (b) no portfolio
company of GA LLC (or its Affiliates) shall be deemed or treated as
an
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Affiliate of
the Managing Member, GA LLC (or its Affiliates), or the Company and
(c) no portfolio company of H&F (or its Affiliates) shall
be deemed or treated as an Affiliate of the H&F Continuing
Members, H&F AIV II, the Managing Member or the
Company.
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Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Annual Target Tax Distribution ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.2(a).
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beneficially own ” and “ beneficial owner
” shall be as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the rules
promulgated under the Exchange Act.
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Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a
Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by
Law to be closed in the City of New York.
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Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Member,
the Capital Account maintained for such Member in accordance with
Section 3.4 of this Agreement.
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Capital Contributions ” means, with respect to any
Member, the amount of cash and the initial Gross Asset Value of any
property (other than cash) contributed to the Company with respect
to the Units held or purchased by such Member.
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Cash Amount ” has the meaning assigned to it in
Section 3.7(g).
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Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Managing Member, as in
effect on the date hereof and as the same may be amended or
restated from time to time.
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Class A Stock ” shall, as applicable,
(i) mean the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per
share, of the Managing Member or (ii) following any
consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event
involving the Managing Member, mean any shares or other securities
of the Managing Member or any other Person or cash or other
property that become payable in consideration for the Class A
Stock or into which the Class A Stock is exchanged or
converted as a result of such consolidation, merger,
reclassification or other similar event.
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Class B Stock ” shall, as applicable,
(i) mean the Class B Common Stock, par value $0.00001 per
share, of the Managing Member or (ii) following any
consolidation, merger, reclassification or other similar event
involving the Managing Member, mean any shares or other securities
of the Managing Member or any other Person or cash or other
property that become payable in consideration for the Class B
Stock or into which the Class B Stock is exchanged or
converted as a result of such consolidation, merger,
reclassification or other similar event.
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Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of
succeeding law.)
“
Company ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement.
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Company Minimum Gain ” has the meaning of
“partnership minimum gain” set forth in Treasury
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d). It is
further understood that Company Minimum Gain shall be determined in
a manner consistent with the rules of Regulations Section
1.702-2(b)(2) including the requirement that if the adjusted Gross
Asset Value of property subject to one or more Nonrecourse
Liabilities differs from its adjusted tax basis, Company Minimum
Gain shall be determined with reference to such Gross Asset
Value.
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Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 11.6.
“
Contract ” means any written agreement, contract,
lease, sublease, license, sublicense, obligation, promise or
undertaking.
“
control ” (including the terms “ controlled
by ” and “ under common control with
”), with respect to the relationship between or among two or
more Persons, means the possession, directly or indirectly or as
trustee, personal representative or executor, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as
trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit
arrangement or otherwise.
“
Credit Facilities ” means (a) the First Lien
Credit Agreement, dated as of November 16, 2006, by and among GA
EBS Merger, LLC, as borrower, Medifax-EDI Holding Company, as
additional borrower, the Company, as parent, the lenders party
thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, collateral agent,
Swingline Lender and Issuing Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as syndication agent and Bear
Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., as documentation agent, as amended
by Amendment No. 1 dated as of March 9, 2007 and
Amendment No. 2 dated as of July 7, 2009, and as the same
may be further amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time and (b) Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of
November 16, 2006, by and among GA EBS Merger, LLC, as
borrower, Medifax-EDI Holding Company, as additional borrower, the
Company, as parent, the lenders party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as
administrative agent, collateral agent, Swingline Lender and
Issuing Bank, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Deutsche Bank
Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as syndication agent and Bear Stearns Corporate
Lending Inc., as documentation agent, as amended by Amendment
No. 1 dated as of July 7, 2009, and as the same may be
further amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time.
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Depreciation ” means, for each Fiscal Year, an amount
equal to the depreciation, amortization, or other cost recovery
deduction allowable with respect to an asset for such Fiscal Year,
except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its
Adjusted Basis for federal income tax purposes at the beginning of
such Fiscal Year,
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Depreciation
shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning
Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation,
amortization, or other cost recovery deduction for such Fiscal Year
bears to such beginning Adjusted Basis; provided ,
however , that if the Adjusted Basis for federal income tax
purposes of an asset at the beginning of such Fiscal Year is zero,
Depreciation shall be determined with reference to such beginning
Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the Tax
Matters Member.
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Disposition Event ” means any merger, consolidation or
other business combination, whether effectuated through one
transaction or series of related transactions (including a tender
offer followed by a merger in which holders of Class A Stock
receive the same consideration per share paid in the tender offer),
unless, following such transaction, all or substantially all of the
holders of the voting power of all outstanding classes of Pubco
Common Stock and series of preferred stock of the Managing Member
that are generally entitled to vote in the election of directors
prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to
hold a majority of the voting power of the surviving entity (or its
parent) resulting from such transaction or series of transactions
in substantially the same proportions as immediately prior to such
transaction or series of transactions.
“
DGCL ” means the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding
provisions of succeeding law).
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EBS Business ” means: (a) the business of
operating an electronic data interchange clearinghouse for the
electronic routing of healthcare claims, encounters, eligibility
verification requests, electronic remittance advice, and other
administrative healthcare transactions between healthcare providers
and payers; (b) the business of printing, inserting and
mailing paper-based explanations of patient benefits forms,
explanation of healthcare provider payments forms and patient
statements of healthcare providers; and (c) such other
business as described in Amendment No. 3 to the Registration
Statement on Form S-1 of Pubco (File No. 333-153451) filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 9,
2009.
“
EBS LLC ” means Emdeon Business Services LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company.
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Equity Securities ” means (a) with respect to a
partnership, limited liability company or similar Person, any and
all units, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options or
other equivalents of, or other ownership interests in, any such
Person as well as debt or equity instruments convertible,
exchangeable or exercisable into any such units, interests, rights
or other ownership interests and (b) with respect to a
corporation, any and all shares, interests, participation or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock, including all
common stock and preferred stock, or warrants, options or other
rights to acquire any of the foregoing, including any debt
instrument convertible or exchangeable into any of the
foregoing.
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eRx Members ” means those Members listed under
“eRx Members” on the signature pages hereto and any eRx
Permitted Transferees to whom Units are Transferred.
“
eRx Merger Agreement ” means the Agreement and Plan of
Merger, dated as of July 2, 2009, by and among the Company,
Envoy LLC, Emdeon Merger Sub LLC, eRx Network, L.L.C. and the
Members’ Representative (as defined therein).
“
eRx Permitted Transferee ” means any of (a) a
trust established by or for the benefit of an eRx Member of which
only such eRx Member and his or her immediate family members are
beneficiaries, (b) any Person established for the benefit of,
and beneficially owned solely by, an entity eRx Member or the sole
individual direct or indirect owner of an entity eRx Member,
(c) upon an individual eRx Member’s death, an executor,
administrator or beneficiary of the estate of the deceased eRx
Member, (d) with respect to eRx Units held by Lyle Holdings,
LP, Mark Lyle (and upon his death, an executor, administrator or
beneficiary of his estate) or a trust established by or for the
benefit of Mark Lyle of which only Mark Lyle and his or her
immediate family members are beneficiaries, and (e) with
respect to eRx Units held by National Health Systems, Inc. (“
NHS ”) any controlled Affiliate of NHS, Ken Hill or
his immediate family members for so long as such Person remains a
controlled Affiliate of NHS, Ken Hill or his immediate family
members.
“
Escrow Agreement ” means the Escrow Agreement, dated
as of July 2, 2009, by and among Longhorn Members
Representative, LLC, the Company, Envoy LLC, and U.S. Bank National
Association, as escrow agent.
“
Escrowed Units ” means Units held in accordance with
the Escrow Agreement.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the
same may be amended from time to time (or any corresponding
provisions of succeeding law).
“
Exchange Date ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7(c).
“
Exchange Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7(b).
“
Fair Market Value ” means the fair market value of any
property as determined in good faith by the Managing Member after
taking into account such factors as the Managing Member shall deem
appropriate.
“
Fifth Amended LLC Agreement ” has the meaning set
forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“
Fiscal Year ” means (a) the period commencing on
the closing date of the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement and ending on December 31st, (b) any subsequent
12 month period commencing on January 1st and ending
on
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December 31st,
or (c) any portion of the period described in clause
(b) for which the Company is required to allocate Profits,
Losses and other items of Company income, gain, loss or deduction
pursuant to Article IV hereof.
“
GA LLC ” means General Atlantic LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“
GA Pubco Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles and practices in effect from time to
time.
“
Governmental Entity ” means any federal, national,
supranational, state, provincial, local, foreign or other
government, governmental, stock exchange, regulatory or
administrative authority, agency or commission or any court,
tribunal, or judicial or arbitral body.
“
Gross Asset Value ” means, with respect to any asset,
the asset’s Adjusted Basis for federal income tax purposes,
except as follows:
(a) the
initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to
the Company shall be the gross Fair Market Value of such
asset;
(b) the
Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal
their respective gross Fair Market Values as of the following
times: (i) the acquisition of an additional interest in the
Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a
de minimis Capital Contribution; (ii) the distribution
by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount
of Property as consideration for an interest in the Company;
(iii) the issuance by the Company of interests in the Company
that are profits interests; and (iv) the liquidation of the
Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); provided , however
, that adjustments pursuant to clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above shall be made only if the Managing Member
reasonably determines that such adjustments are necessary or
appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the
Members in the Company;
(c) the
Gross Asset Value of any Company asset distributed to any Member
shall be adjusted to equal the gross Fair Market Value of such
asset on the date of distribution; and
(d) the
Gross Asset Values of Company assets shall be increased (or
decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such
assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b),
but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account
in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)
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and subsection
(f) in the definition of “ Profits ” and
“ Losses ” below and Section 3.4 hereof;
provided , however , that Gross Asset Values shall
not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection to the extent the
Managing Member determines that an adjustment pursuant to
subsection (b) of this definition is necessary or appropriate
in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an
adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d).
If the Gross
Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to
subsections (a), (b) or (d) of this definition of Gross
Asset Value, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by
the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for
purposes of computing Profits and Losses.
“
H&F ” means Hellman & Friedman LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“
H&F AIV II ” means H&F Harrington AIV II,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership directly or indirectly
controlled by H&F.
“
H&F Continuing Members ” means, collectively, HF
GP, Hellman & Friedman Capital Associates VI, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership, Hellman & Friedman Capital Executives VI,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and HFCP VI Domestic AIV,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and their H&F Permitted
Transferees to whom Units are Transferred.
“
H&F GP ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.
“
H&F Permitted Transferee ” means any investment
fund Affiliated with an H&F Continuing Member or H&F AIV
II, that was formed to make multiple investments and not formed for
the specific purpose of making or facilitating an investment in the
Company (or, in the case of “alternative investment
vehicles” formed by, and that have the same partners with the
same proportionate interests as an HF Fund, the HF Fund was formed
to make multiple investments and not formed for the specific
purpose of making or facilitating an investment in the Company),
provided that the direct or indirect investment in the Company by
such fund will not constitute a larger percentage of such
fund’s aggregate investments than the agreement of limited
partnership of such fund would permit.
“
Harrington ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
to this Agreement.
“
HF Fund I ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners, L.P., a California limited partnership,
and the parallel funds and alternative investment vehicles related
thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly controlled by
H&F.
“
HF Fund II ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners II, L.P., a California limited
partnership, and the parallel funds and alternative investment
vehicles related thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly
controlled by H&F.
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“
HF Fund III ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners III, L.P., a California limited
partnership, and the parallel funds and alternative investment
vehicles related thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly
controlled by H&F.
“
HF Fund IV ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners IV, L.P., a California limited
partnership, and the parallel funds and alternative investment
vehicles related thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly
controlled by H&F.
“
HF Fund V ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners V, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
and the parallel funds and alternative investment vehicles related
thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly controlled by
H&F.
“
HF Fund VI ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership,
and the parallel funds and alternative investment vehicles related
thereto, all of which are directly or indirectly controlled by
H&F.
“
HF Fund VII ” means, collectively, Hellman &
Friedman Capital Partners VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted
limited partnership, and the parallel funds and alternative
investment vehicles related thereto, all of which are directly or
indirectly controlled by H&F or Affiliates of H&F and any
successor fund thereto so long as such successor fund is directly
or indirectly controlled by H&F or Affiliates of
H&F.
“
HF Funds ” means HF Fund I, HF Fund II, HF Fund III,
HF Fund IV, HF Fund V, HF Fund VI and HF Fund VII.
“
HF Pubco Sub ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
HLTH ” means HLTH Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“
Indebtedness ” means (a) all indebtedness for
borrowed money (including capitalized lease obligations,
sale-leaseback transactions or other similar transactions, however
evidenced), (b) any other indebtedness that is evidenced by a
note, bond, debenture, draft or similar instrument, (c) notes
payable and (d) lines of credit and any other agreements
relating to the borrowing of money or extension of
credit.
“
Indemnified Person ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.4(a).
“
Interest ” means the entire interest of a Member in
the Company, including the Units and all of such Member’s
rights, powers and privileges under this Agreement and the
Act.
“
Investors Tax Receivable Agreement (Exchanges) ” means
the Tax Receivable Agreement (Exchanges), dated as of
August 17, 2009, by and among Pubco,
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H&F ITR
Holdco, L.P., GA ITR Holdco, L.P. and GA-H&F ITR Holdco, L.P.,
as the same may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
“
Investors Tax Receivable Agreement (Reorganizations) ”
means the Tax Receivable Agreement (Reorganizations), dated as of
August 17, 2009, by and among Pubco, H&F ITR Holdco, L.P.,
GA ITR Holdco, L.P. and GA-H&F ITR Holdco, L.P., as the same
may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to
time.
“
IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“
IPO Date Capital Account Balance ” means, with respect
to any Member, the positive Capital Account balance of such Member
as of the date hereof, the amount or deemed value of which is set
forth on Exhibit A .
“
Law ” means any federal, national, supranational,
state, provincial, local or similar statute, law, ordinance,
regulation, rule, code, order, requirement or rule of law
(including common law).
“
Legal Action ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 11.8.
“
Liability ” means any liability or obligation, whether
known or unknown, asserted or unasserted, absolute or contingent,
accrued or unaccrued, liquidated or unliquidated and whether due or
to become due, regardless of when asserted.
“
Liquidating Events ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.1.
“
Loss ” means any and all losses, damages, claims,
costs and expenses, interest, awards, judgments and penalties
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, but
excluding any allocation of corporate overhead, internal legal
department costs and other internal costs and expenses).
“
Management Members ” means those Members listed under
“Management Members” on the signature pages hereto and
any Management Permitted Transferees to whom Units are
Transferred.
“
Management Permitted Transferee ” means any of
(a) a trust established by or for the benefit of a Management
Member of which only such Management Member and his or her
immediate family members are beneficiaries; (b) any Person
established for the benefit of, and beneficially owned solely by,
an entity Management Member or the sole individual direct or
indirect owner of an entity Management Member; and (c) upon an
individual Management Member’s death, an executor,
administrator or beneficiary of the estate of the deceased
Management Member.
“
Management Tax Receivable Agreement ” means the Tax
Receivable Agreement (Management), dated as of August 17,
2009, by and among Pubco and certain members of the senior
management of the Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented
or restated from time to time.
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“
Managing Member ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
Member ” means any Person that executes this Agreement
as a Member, and any other Person admitted to the Company as an
additional or substituted Member, that has not made a disposition
of such Person’s entire Interest.
“
Member Minimum Gain ” has the meaning ascribed to
“partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” set forth in
Treasury Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). It is further
understood that the determination of Member Minimum Gain and the
net increase or decrease in Member Minimum Gain shall be made in
the same manner as required for such determination of Company
Minimum Gain under Treasury Regulations Sections 1.704-2(d)
and -2(g)(3).
“
Member Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning of
“partner nonrecourse debt” set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(4) of the Treasury Regulations.
“
Member Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning of
“partner nonrecourse deductions” set forth in
Sections 1.704-2(i)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(2) of the Treasury
Regulations.
“
Merger Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of November 15, 2006,
among Emdeon Corporation (now known as HLTH), EBS Holdco, Inc., the
Company, EBS LLC, MEDIFAX-EDI Holding Company, EBS Acquisition LLC,
GA EBS Merger LLC and EBS Merger Co.
“
Non-Escrowed Units ” means Units held by the eRx
Members that are not subject to the Escrow Agreement.
“
Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(1) of the Treasury Regulations.
“
Nonrecourse Liability ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.704-2(b)(3) of the Treasury Regulations.
“
Nonrefundable Tax Distributions ” means the portion of
any Tax Distribution with respect to any of the Units that are
forfeited, cancelled, or terminated in accordance with the terms
and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable Vesting
Agreements or the Escrow Agreement.
“
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.3(d).
“
NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange.
“
Original Effective Date ” means November 16,
2006.
“
Other Similar Activities ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.9.
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“
Person ” means any individual, partnership, firm,
corporation, limited liability company, association, trust,
unincorporated organization or other entity, as well as any
syndicate or group that would be deemed to be a person under
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act.
“
Plan Asset Regulations ” means the regulations issued
by the U.S. Department of Labor at Section 2510.3-101 of
Part 2510 of Chapter XXV, Title 29 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, or any successor regulations as the same may be
amended from time to time.
“
Plan Member ” means EBS Executive Incentive Plan LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company.
“
President and Chief Executive Officer ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 6.2(b).
“
Prime Rate ” means, on any date of determination, a
rate per annum equal to the rate of interest most recently
published by The Wall Street Journal as the “prime
rate” at large U.S. money center banks.
“
Profits ” and “ Losses ” mean, for
each Fiscal Year or other period, an amount equal to the
Company’s taxable income or loss for such year or period,
determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this
purpose, all items of income, gain, loss or deduction required to
be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall
be included in taxable income or loss), with the following
adjustments:
(a) any
depreciation, amortization and/or cost recovery deductions with
respect to any asset shall be deemed to be equal to the
Depreciation available with respect to such asset;
(b) any
income or gain of the Company that is exempt from federal income
tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Profits or
Losses shall be added to such taxable income or loss;
(c) any
expenditures of the Company described in Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Treasury
Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise
taken into account in computing Profits or Losses, shall be
subtracted from such taxable income or loss;
(d) in the
event the Gross Asset Value of any Company asset is adjusted
pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) or the definition of
Gross Asset Value above, the amount of such adjustment shall be
taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such
asset for purposes of computing Profits or Losses;
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(e) gain
or loss resulting from any disposition of Company assets with
respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax
purposes shall be computed with reference to the Gross Asset Value
of the asset disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax
basis of such asset differs from its Gross Asset Value;
and
(f) any
items of income, gain, loss or deduction which are specifically
allocated pursuant to the provisions of Sections 4.3 through
4.5 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Profits and
Losses for any taxable year.
“
Property ” means all real and personal property owned
by the Company from time to time, including both tangible and
intangible property.
“
Pubco ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“
Pubco Common Stock ” means all classes and series of
common stock of the Managing Member, including the Class A
Stock and Class B Stock.
“
Pubco Offer ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.8.
“
Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2008, by and among HLTH,
SYN Business Holdings, Inc., the Company, Hellman & Friedman
Capital Associates IV, L.P., Hellman & Friedman Capital
Executives VI, L.P., HFCP VI Domestic AIV, L.P., H&F Harrington
AIV I, L.P., EBS Acquisition LLC and EBS Acquisition II
LLC.
“
Quarterly Tax Distribution ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.2(a).
“
Reclassification Event ” means any of the following:
(i) any reclassification or recapitalization of the Pubco
Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value
to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result
of a subdivision or combination or any transaction subject to
Section 3.1(g)), (ii) any merger, consolidation or other
combination involving the Managing Member, or (iii) any sale,
conveyance, lease, or other disposal of all or substantially all
the properties and assets of the Managing Member to any other
Person, in each of clauses (i), (ii) or (iii), as a result of
which holders of Pubco Common Stock shall be entitled to receive
cash, securities or other property for their shares of Pubco Common
Stock.
“
Regulatory Allocations ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3(g).
“
Reorganization ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“
Reorganization Agreement ” means the Reorganization
Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, by and among the
Managing Member, EBS Acquisition II, LLC, Hellman & Friedman
Capital Associates VI, L.P., Hellman & Friedman
Capital
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Executives VI,
L.P., HFCP VI Domestic AIV, L.P., H&F Harrington AIV I, L.P.,
H&F GP, Harrington, H&F AIV II, GA Pubco Sub, HF Pubco Sub,
Plan Member, the eRx Members and the Company, as it may be amended,
supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as the same may
be amended from time to time (or any corresponding provisions of
succeeding law).
“
Stockholders’ Agreement ” means the
Stockholders’ Agreement, dated as of August 5, 2009, by
and among the Managing Member, Hellman & Friedman Capital
Associates VI, L.P., Hellman & Friedman Capital Executives VI,
L.P., HFCP VI Domestic AIV, L.P., H&F Harrington AIV II, L.P.,
H&F GP, General Atlantic Partners 83, L.P., General Atlantic
Partners 84, L.P., GAP-W LLC, GapStar, LLC, GAPCO GmbH & Co.
KG, GAP Coinvestments CDA, L.P., GAP Coinvestments III, LLC, and
GAP Coinvestments IV, LLC, the Management Stockholders (as defined
therein) and the eRx Stockholders (as defined therein), as it may
be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Subsequent Effective Date ” means February 8,
2008.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any other Person with respect to which such specified
Person (a) has, directly or indirectly, the power, through the
ownership of securities or otherwise, to elect a majority of
directors or similar managing body or (b) beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, a majority of such Person’s Equity
Securities.
“
Tax Distributions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2(a).
“
Tax Matters Member ” means the “tax matters
partner” as defined in Code Section 6231(a)(7) and as
appointed in Section 9.5.
“
Tax Receivable Agreements ” means the Investors Tax
Receivable Agreement (Reorganizations), the Investors Tax
Receivable Agreement (Exchanges) and the Management Tax Receivable
Agreement.
“
Trading Day ” means a day during which trading
securities generally occurs on the NYSE or, if the shares of
Class A Stock are not listed on the NYSE, on the principal
national securities exchange on which the shares of Class A
Stock are then listed or, if the shares of Class A Stock are
not listed on a national securities exchange, on the automated
quotation system on which the shares of Class A Stock are then
authorized for quotation.
“
Transfer ” means, as a noun, any voluntary or
involuntary, direct or indirect (whether through a change of
control of the Transferor or any Person that controls the
Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity Securities of the
Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), transfer, sale,
pledge or hypothecation or other disposition
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and, as a verb,
voluntarily or involuntarily, directly or indirectly (whether
through a change of control of the Transferor or any Person that
controls the Transferor, the issuance or transfer of Equity
Securities of the Transferor or any Person that controls the
Transferor, by operation of law or otherwise), to transfer, sell,
pledge or hypothecate or otherwise dispose of; provided ,
that (i) a change in the relative equity ownership in H&F
among the individual officers, directors, managers, partners or
other individual controlling persons of H&F (in each case, as
compared to the relative equity ownership thereof as of the date
hereof), shall not of itself constitute a “Transfer”
and (ii) a pledge by any H&F Continuing Member or its
controlled Affiliates of the Equity Securities of the Company under
any credit facility of an H&F Continuing Member shall not of
itself constitute a “Transfer.” For the avoidance of
doubt, (a) any Transfer, directly or indirectly, of any Equity
Securities of any H&F Continuing Member to any Person that is
not a partner in HF Fund VI shall be considered a Transfer by the
H&F Continuing Member, (b) any assignment of Equity
Securities of HF Fund VI that results in a Person holding directly
or indirectly any Equity Securities in an H&F Continuing Member
will not be considered a Transfer, (c) any assignment of Equity
Interests of NHS among Ken Hill and his family members will not be
considered a Transfer and (d) any Transfer of Class A
Stock shall not be considered a Transfer by any Member. For the
avoidance of doubt, any distribution of Equity Securities of the
Company by any H&F Continuing Member to their respective
members, partners or unitholders will be considered a Transfer. The
terms “ Transferee ,” “ Transferor
,” “ Transferred ,” and other forms of the
word “ Transfer ” shall have the correlative
meanings.
“
Transfer Agent ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7(b).
“
Treasury Regulations ” means pronouncements, as
amended from time to time, or their successor pronouncements, which
clarify, interpret and apply the provisions of the Code, and which
are designated as “Treasury Regulations” by the United
States Department of the Treasury.
“
Units ” means the Units issued hereunder (including
the Unvested Units, the Vested Units, the Escrowed Units and the
Non-Escrowed Units) and shall also include any equity security
issued in respect of or in exchange for Units, whether by way of
dividend or other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger,
rollup transaction, consolidation, conversion or
reorganization.
“
Unvested Unit ” means, on any date of determination,
any Unit held by a Management Member that is not a Vested
Unit.
“
VCOC Equityholder ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.2(a).
“
Vested Unit ” means, on any date of determination, any
Unit held by a Management Member that is “vested” in
accordance with such Management Member’s applicable Vesting
Agreement.
“
Vesting Agreement ” means, with respect to each
Management Member, that certain Common Stock Subscription and EBS
Unit Vesting Agreement, by and
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among such
Management Member, the Company and the Managing Member, as the same
may be amended or restated from time to time.
“
Volume Weighted Average Price ” means, on any date of
determination, the volume weighted average sale price per share of
the Class A Stock on the NYSE on such date, or if the
Class A Stock is not listed on the NYSE, on the principal
national securities exchange on which the Class A Stock is
then listed or, if the Class A Stock is not listed on a
national securities exchange, an automated quotation system on
which the Class A Stock is then listed or authorized for
quotation, in each case as reported by Bloomberg Financial Markets
(or any successor thereto) through its “Volume at
Price” functions and ignoring any block trades (which, for
purposes of this definition means any transfer of more than 100,000
shares (subject to adjustment to reflect stock dividends, stock
splits, stock combinations and other similar events)).
“Winding-Up
Member” has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.3(a).
Section 1.2
Interpretive Provisions . For all purposes of this
Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(a) the
terms defined in Section 1.1 have the meanings assigned to
them in Section 1.1 and are applicable to the singular as well
as the plural forms of such terms;
(b) all
accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
assigned under GAAP;
(c) all
references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth
herein shall mean United States (U.S.) dollars and all payments
hereunder shall be made in United States dollars;
(d) when
a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section,
Exhibit or Schedule, such reference is to an Article or Section of,
or an Exhibit or Schedule to, this Agreement unless otherwise
indicated;
(e) whenever
the words “include”, “includes” or
“including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be
deemed to be followed by the words “without
limitation”;
(f)
“or” is not exclusive;
(g) pronouns
of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other
pronoun forms; and
(h) the
words “hereof”, “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
ORGANIZATION OF THE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
Section 2.1
Formation . The Company has been formed as a limited
liability company subject to the provisions of the Act upon the
terms, provisions and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
Section 2.2
Filing . The Company’s Certificate of Formation has
been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in
accordance with the Act. The Members shall execute such further
documents (including amendments to such Certificate of Formation)
and take such further action as is appropriate to comply with the
requirements of Law for the formation or operation of a limited
liability company in Delaware and in all states and counties where
the Company may conduct its business.
Section 2.3
Name . The name of the Company is “EBS MASTER
LLC” and all business of the Company shall be conducted in
such name or, in the discretion of the Managing Member, under any
other name.
Section 2.4
Registered Office; Registered Agent . The location of the
registered office of the Company in the State of Delaware is 1209
Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, or at such other place
as the Managing Member from time to time may select. The name and
address for service of process on the Company in the State of
Delaware are The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, Delaware 19801, or such other qualified Person as the
Managing Member may designate from time to time and its business
address.
Section 2.5
Principal Place of Business . The principal place of
business of the Company shall be located in such place as is
determined by the Managing Member from time to time.
Section 2.6
Purpose; Powers . The purpose of the Company shall be to
operate the EBS Business, together with all activities and
transactions that are necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, and to conduct any other business activities permitted
from time to time under the Act as such business activities may be
determined by the Managing Member. The Company has the power to do
any and all acts necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable,
incidental or convenient to or in furtherance of the purposes of
the Company set forth in this Section 2.6.
Section 2.7
Term . The term of the Company commenced on the date of
filing of the Certificate of Formation of the Company with the
office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in
accordance with the Act and shall continue indefinitely. The
Company may be dissolved and its affairs wound up only in
accordance with Article X hereof.
Section 2.8
Intent . It is the intent of the Members that the Company be
operated in a manner consistent with its treatment as a
“partnership” for federal and state income tax
purposes. It is also the intent of the Members that the Company not
be
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operated or
treated as a “partnership” for purposes of
Section 303 of the Federal Bankruptcy Code. Neither the
Company nor any Member shall take any action inconsistent with the
express intent of the parties hereto as set forth in this
Section 2.8.
Section 2.9
Independent Activities . Except as set forth in
Section 11.6 or any other written agreements with the Company
that may be in effect from time to time and by which an H&F
Continuing Member, an eRx Member or their respective Affiliates may
be bound restricting that Person’s activities (including, in
the case of the eRx Members, any restrictive covenant under, or
other agreement entered into pursuant to, the eRx Merger
Agreement), the Members acknowledge and understand that the H&F
Continuing Members, the eRx Members and/or one or more of their
respective Affiliates may hereafter (1) engage in business
activities or develop or market products, or invest or acquire
businesses or assets which may be the same as or similar to and may
compete with the business conducted by the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, (2) do business with any client or customer of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (3) invest or own
any interest publicly or privately or develop a business
relationship with, any Person engaged in the same or similar
activities or lines of business as, or otherwise in competition
with, the Company (“ Other Similar Activities
”). Without limiting Section 11.6 or any other written
agreements with the Company that may be in effect from time to time
and by which an H&F Continuing Member, an eRx Member or their
respective Affiliates may be bound restricting that Person’s
activities (including, in the case of the eRx Members, any
restrictive covenant under, or other agreement entered into
pursuant to, the eRx Merger Agreement), for purposes of the H&F
Continuing Members’, the eRx Members’ and their
respective Affiliates’ liability in such capacity under this
Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law,
neither this Agreement nor any activity undertaken pursuant hereto
shall prevent the H&F Continuing Members, the eRx Members or
any of their respective Affiliates from engaging in whatever
activities they choose, including Other Similar Activities, whether
the same are competitive with the Company or otherwise, and any
such activities may be undertaken (pursuant to an acquisition or
otherwise) without having or incurring any obligation to offer any
interest in such activities to the Company or any other Member or
consult with the Company, any officer or any other Member regarding
such activities, or require any Member to permit the Company or any
other Member, any officer or any of their respective Affiliates to
participate in any manner in such activities, and as a material
part of the consideration for the execution of this Agreement by
each H&F Continuing Member and eRx Member, the Company and each
other Member hereby waives, relinquishes, and renounces any such
right, expectancy or claim of participation. Except as set forth in
Section 6.1(b) with respect to the Managing Member, each
Member expressly disclaims any fiduciary duties to or from any
other Member due to such Member’s status as a
Member.
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ARTICLE III
OWNERSHIP AND CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS;
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS
Section 3.1
Authorized Units; General Provisions With Respect to Units
.
(a)
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, the Company shall be
authorized to issue from time to time up to an aggregate of
400,000,000 Units and such other Equity Securities as the Managing
Member shall determine in accordance with Section 3.3. Each
authorized Unit may be issued pursuant to such agreements as the
Managing Member shall approve, including pursuant to Vesting
Agreements, options and warrants. The Company may reissue any Units
that have been repurchased or acquired by the Company.
(b) Each
outstanding Unit shall be identical (except as provided in
Section 3.3).
(c) Initially,
none of the Units will be represented by certificates. If the
Managing Member determines that it is in the interest of the
Company to issue certificates representing the Units, certificates
will be issued and the Units will be represented by those
certificates, and this Agreement shall be amended as necessary or
desirable to reflect the issuance of certificated Units for
purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code. Nothing contained in this
Section 3.1(c) shall be deemed to authorize or permit any
Member to Transfer its Units except as otherwise permitted under
this Agreement.
(d) The
total number of Units issued and outstanding and held by the
Members is set forth on Exhibit A (as amended from time
to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) as of the
date set forth therein.
(e) If
at any time the Managing Member issues a share of its Class A
Stock (including in the IPO) or any other Equity Security of the
Managing Member (other than shares of Class B Stock), (i) the
Company shall issue to the Managing Member one Unit (if the
Managing Member issues a share of Class A Stock), or such
other Equity Security of the Company (if the Managing Member issues
Equity Securities other than Class A Stock) corresponding to
the Equity Securities issued by the Managing Member, and with
substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions
(including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic
rights as those of such Equity Securities of the Managing Member
and (ii) the net proceeds received by the Managing Member with
respect to the corresponding share of Class A Stock or other
Equity Security, if any, shall be concurrently transferred to the
Company; provided , however , that if the Managing
Member issues any shares of Class A Stock (including in the
IPO) or other Equity Securities some or all of the net proceeds of
which are to be used to fund expenses or other obligations of the
Managing Member for which the Managing Member would be permitted a
cash distribution pursuant to clause (ii) of
Section 5.1(c), then the Managing Member shall not be required
to transfer such net proceeds to the Company
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which are used
or will be used to fund such expenses or obligations;
provided , further , that if the Managing Member
issues any shares of Class A Stock in order to purchase or
fund the purchase from a Member of a number of Units (and shares of
Class B Stock) equal to the number of shares of Class A
Stock so issued, then the Company shall not issue any new Units in
connection therewith and the Managing Member shall not be required
to transfer such net proceeds to the Company (it being understood
that such net proceeds shall instead be transferred to such Member
as consideration for such purchase). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
this Section 3.1(e) shall not apply (A) to the issuance and
distribution to holders of shares of Pubco Common Stock of rights
to purchase Equity Securities of the Managing Member under a
“poison pill” or similar shareholders rights plan (it
being understood that upon exchange of Units for Class A
Stock, such Class A Stock will be issued together with a
corresponding right), or to the issuance under the Managing
Member’s employee benefit plans of any warrants, options,
other rights to acquire Equity Securities of the Managing Member or
rights or property that may be converted into or settled in Equity
Securities of the Managing Member, but shall in each of the
foregoing cases apply to the issuance of Equity Securities of the
Managing Member in connection with the exercise or settlement of
such rights, warrants, options or other rights or property and
(B) as otherwise determined by the Managing Member in
accordance with Section 3.1(h) with respect to issuances of
Equity Security other than Class A Stock. Except pursuant to
Section 3.7 or as otherwise determined by the Managing Member
in accordance with Section 3.1(h), (x) the Company may
not issue any additional Units to the Managing Member or any of its
Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously the Managing
Member or such Subsidiary issues or sells an equal number of shares
of the Managing Member’s Class A Stock to another
Person, and (y) the Company may not issue any other Equity
Securities of the Company to the Managing Member or any of its
Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously the Managing
Member or such Subsidiary issues or sells, to another Person, an
equal number of shares of a new class or series of Equity
Securities of the Managing Member or such Subsidiary with
substantially the same rights to dividends and distributions
(including distributions upon liquidation) and other economic
rights as those of such Equity Securities of the
Company.
(f) Except
as otherwise determined by the Managing Member in accordance with
Section 3.1(h), (i) the Managing Member or any of its
Subsidiaries may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire any
shares of Class A Stock (including upon forfeiture of any
unvested shares of Class A Stock or the acquisition of any
such shares deposited in escrow) unless substantially
simultaneously the Company redeems, repurchases or otherwise
acquires from the Managing Member an equal number of Units for the
same price per security and (ii) the Managing Member or any of
its Subsidiaries may not redeem or repurchase any other Equity
Securities of the Managing Member unless substantially
simultaneously the Company redeems or repurchases from the Managing
Member an equal number of Equity Securities of the Company of a
corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to
dividends and distributions (including distributions upon
liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity
Securities of the Managing Member for the same price per security.
Except pursuant to Section 3.7 or as otherwise determined by
the Managing Member in
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accordance with
Section 3.1(h): (A) the Company may not redeem,
repurchase or otherwise acquire any Units from the Managing Member
or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially simultaneously the
Managing Member or such Subsidiary redeems, repurchases or
otherwise acquires an equal number of shares of Class A Stock
for the same price per security from holders thereof, and
(B) the Company may not redeem, repurchase or otherwise
acquire any other Equity Securities of the Company from the
Managing Member or any of its Subsidiaries unless substantially
simultaneously the Managing Member or such Subsidiary redeems,
repurchases or otherwise acquires for the same price per security
an equal number of Equity Securities of the Managing Member of a
corresponding class or series with substantially the same rights to
dividends and distributions (including distribution upon
liquidation) and other economic rights as those of such Equity
Securities of the Managing Member. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
to the extent that any consideration payable to the Managing Member
in connection with the redemption or repurchase of any shares of
Class A Stock or other Equity Securities of the Managing
Member or any of its Subsidiaries consists (in whole or in part) of
shares of Class A Stock or such other Equity Securities
(including, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with the
cashless exercise of an option or warrant), then the redemption or
repurchase of the corresponding Units or other Equity Securities of
the Company shall be effectuated in an equivalent
manner.
(g) The
Company shall not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any
stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or
otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split,
reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding
Units unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or
combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Pubco Common Stock,
with corresponding changes made with respect to any other
exchangeable or convertible securities. The Managing Member shall
not in any manner effect any subdivision (by any stock split, stock
dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or
combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification,
recapitalization or otherwise) of the outstanding Pubco Common
Stock unless accompanied by an identical subdivision or
combination, as applicable, of the outstanding Units, with
corresponding changes made with respect to any other exchangeable
or convertible securities.
(h) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in Section 3.1(e) or
Section 3.1(f):
(i)
if at any time the Managing Member shall determine that either of
the Credit Facilities shall not permit the Managing Member or the
Company to comply with the provisions of Section 3.1(e) or
Section 3.1(f) in connection with the issuance, redemption or
repurchase of any shares of Class A Stock or other Equity
Securities of the Managing Member or any of its Subsidiaries or any
Units or other Equity Securities of the Company then, with the
prior written consent of the H&F Continuing Members (not to be
unreasonably withheld), the Managing Member may in good faith
implement an economically equivalent alternative arrangement
without complying with such provisions; and
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(ii)
if (a) the Managing Member incurs any indebtedness and desires
to transfer the proceeds of such indebtedness to the Company, and
(b) the Managing Member is unable to lend the proceeds of such
indebtedness to the Company on an equivalent basis because of
restrictions in either of the Credit Facilities, then
notwithstanding Section 3.1(e) or Section 3.1(f), with
the prior written consent of the H&F Continuing Members (not to
be unreasonably withheld), the Managing Member may in good faith
implement an economically equivalent alternative arrangement in
connection with the transfer of proceeds to the Company using
preferred Equity Securities of the Company without complying with
such provisions.
Section 3.2
Voting Rights . No Member has any voting right except with
respect to those matters specifically reserved for a Member vote
under the Act and for matters expressly requiring the approval of
Members under this Agreement; provided , that the eRx Units
shall have no voting rights and in no event will the eRx Members
have any voting rights with respect to the eRx Units except as
expressly and specifically set forth in Section 11.1. Except
as otherwise required by the Act, each Unit will entitle the holder
thereof to one vote on all matters to be voted on by the Members.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the
holders of Units having voting rights (which, for the avoidance of
doubt, excludes eRx Units) will vote together as a single class on
all matters to be approved by the Members.
Section 3.3
Capital Contributions; Unit Ownership .
(a)
Capital Contributions . Each Member named on
Exhibit A shall be credited with the IPO Date Capital
Account Balance set forth on Exhibit A in respect of
its Interest specified thereon. No Member shall be required to make
additional Capital Contributions.
(b)
Issuance of Additional Units or Interests . Except as
otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the Managing Member
shall have the right to authorize and cause the Company to issue on
such terms (including price) as may be determined by the Managing
Member (i) subject to the limitations of Section 3.1,
additional Units or other Equity Securities in the Company
(including creating preferred interests or other classes or series
of securities having such rights, preferences and privileges as
determined by the Managing Member), and (ii) obligations,
evidences of Indebtedness or other securities or interests
convertible or exchangeable into Units or other Equity Securities
in the Company; provided that, at any time following the
date hereof, in each case the Company shall not issue Equity
Securities in the Company to any Person unless such Person shall
have executed a counterpart to this Agreement and all other
documents, agreements or instruments deemed necessary or desirable
in the discretion of the Managing Member. In that event, the
Managing Member shall amend Exhibit A to reflect such
additional issuances and resulting dilution, which shall be borne
pro rata by all Members based on their Units and the
respective terms thereof.
(c)
Unvested Units and Vested Units . Each Management Member has
been issued the number of Units set forth on Exhibit A
, which identifies the number of
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such Management
Member’s Unvested Units and Vested Units as of the date
hereof. Except as set forth in Section 5.2, distributions
shall not be made in respect of Unvested Units. Unvested Units
shall be subject to the applicable Vesting Agreements and the
Managing Member shall have sole and absolute discretion to
interpret the Vesting Agreements and to adopt such amendments
thereto or otherwise determine the terms and conditions of such
Unvested Units in accordance with this Agreement and the applicable
Vesting Agreements. The Members and the Company shall comply with
the provisions of the Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedures
93-27 and 2001-43 with respect to all such Units.
(d)
Safe Harbor . Each of the Members agrees that (i) the
Company is authorized and directed to elect the safe harbor
described in the proposed Revenue Procedure contained in the
Internal Revenue Service Notice 2005-43 (such notice, as it may be
modified or supplemented, the “ Notice ”) and
(ii) the Company and each of its Members (including a Person
to whom a membership interest is transferred in connection with the
performance of services) agrees to comply with all of the
requirements of the safe harbor described in the proposed Revenue
Procedure with respect to all membership interests transferred in
connection with the performance of services while the election is
in effect. Each of the Members and the Company agrees not to report
the income tax effects of the Safe Harbor Partnership Interest (as
defined in the proposed Revenue Procedure Notice) to the U.S. tax
authorities in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of the
proposed Revenue Procedure, including the failure to provide
appropriate information returns. Each of the Members acknowledges
that the Notice contains a proposed Revenue Procedure and that the
Notice and Revenue Procedure may undergo changes prior to their
finalization. Each Member hereby irrevocably grants to the Managing
Member a power-of-attorney coupled with an interest to amend this
Agreement to conform to any changes to the Notice reflected in the
finalized Notice and/or Revenue Procedure in order to permit the
Company and its Members to qualify for the safe harbor
election.
Section 3.4
Capital Accounts . A Capital Account shall be maintained for
each Member in accordance with the provisions of Treasury
Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv) and, to the extent
consistent with such regulations, the other provisions of this
Agreement. The Capital Account balance of each of the Members as of
the date hereof is its respective IPO Date Capital Account Balance
set forth on Exhibit A . Thereafter, each
Member’s Capital Account shall be (a) credited with such
Member’s share of Profits, any individual items of income and
gain allocated to such Member pursuant to the provisions of
Article IV hereof, and the amount of additional cash, or the
value as determined by the Managing Member of any asset (net of any
Liabilities assumed by the Company and Liabilities to which the
asset is subject) contributed to the Company by such Member, and
(b) debited with the Member’s share of Losses, any individual
items of deduction and loss allocated to such Member pursuant to
the provisions of Article IV hereof, the amount of any cash
distributed to such Member and the value as determined by the
Managing Member of any asset distributed to such Member (net of any
Liabilities assumed by the Member and Liabilities to which the
asset is subject).
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Section 3.5
Member Loans . Any Member may, with the approval of the
Managing Member, lend or advance money to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries. Any such transaction shall be carried out on
customary terms and conditions and on an arm’s length basis.
If any Member shall make any loan or loans to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, the amount of any such loan or advance shall not
be treated as a Capital Contribution but shall be a debt due from
the Company, unless otherwise agreed by the Members. No Member
shall be obligated to make any loan or advance to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
Section 3.6
Other Matters .
(a) No
Member shall demand or receive a return on or of its Capital
Contributions or withdraw from the Company without the consent of
the Managing Member. Under circumstances requiring a return of any
Capital Contributions, no Member has the right to receive property
other than cash.
(b) No
Member shall receive any interest, salary, compensation, draw or
reimbursement with respect to its Capital Contributions or its
Capital Account, or for services rendered or expenses incurred on
behalf of the Company or otherwise in its capacity as a Member,
except as otherwise provided in or contemplated by this
Agreement.
(c) The
Liability of each Member shall be limited as set forth in the Act
and other applicable Law and, except as expressly set forth in this
Agreement or required by Law, no Member shall be personally liable
for any debt or Liability of the Company, whether arising in
contract, tort or otherwise, solely by reason of being a Member of
the Company.
(d) A
Member shall not be required to restore a deficit balance in its
Capital Account, to lend any funds to the Company or to make any
additional contributions or payments to the Company.
(e) The
Company shall not be obligated for the repayment of any Capital
Contributions of any Member.
Section 3.7
Exchange of Units .
(a) Subject
to adjustment as provided in Section 3.7(d) and subject to the
Managing Member’s rights described in Section 3.7(g),
each of the H&F Continuing Members, the Management Members and
the eRx Members shall be entitled to exchange with the Company, at
any time and from time to time, any or all of such Member’s
Units (other than any Unvested Units held by the Management
Members), as follows:
(i) in
the case of the H&F Continuing Members and the eRx Members, one
Unit together with one share of Class B Stock will be
exchangeable for one share of Class A Stock; and
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(ii) in
the case of the Management Members, one Vested Unit together with
one share of Class B Stock will be exchangeable for one share
of Class A Stock.
Each such
exchange of Units for Pubco Common Stock shall be treated for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a sale of the exchanging
Member’s Units to the Managing Member in exchange for Pubco
Common Stock.
(b) In
order to exercise the exchange right under Section 3.7(a), the
exchanging Member shall present and surrender the certificate or
certificates representing such Units and shares of Class B
Stock (in each case, if certificated) during usual business hours
at the principal executive offices of the Managing Member, or if
any agent for the registration or transfer of shares of Class B
Stock is then duly appointed and acting (the “ Transfer
Agent ”), at the office of the Transfer Agent,
accompanied by written notice (the “ Exchange Notice
”) to the Managing Member and the Transfer Agent stating that
the exchanging Member elects to exchange with the Company a stated
number of Units and shares of Class B Stock represented, if
applicable, by such certificate or certificates, to the extent
specified in such notice, and (if the Class A Stock to be
received is to be issued other than
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