TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
(REORGANIZATIONS)
Dated as of August 17,
2009
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II
DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED TAX BENEFIT
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Pre-IPO Basis
Adjustment
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Tax Benefit
Schedule
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Procedures,
Amendments
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ARTICLE III TAX
BENEFIT PAYMENTS
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Payments
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No Duplicative
Payments
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Pro Rata
Payments; Coordination of Benefits With Other Tax Receivable
Agreements
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ARTICLE IV
TERMINATION
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Early
Termination and Breach of Agreement
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Early
Termination Notice
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Payment upon
Early Termination
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ARTICLE V
SUBORDINATION AND LATE PAYMENTS
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Subordination
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Late Payments
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ARTICLE VI NO
DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION
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Participation
in the Corporate Taxpayer’s and EBS#146;s Tax
Matters
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Consistency
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Cooperation
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ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
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Notices
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Counterparts
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Entire
Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries
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Governing
Law
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Severability
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Successors;
Assignment; Amendments; Waivers
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Titles and
Subtitles
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Resolution of
Disputes
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Reconciliation
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Withholding
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Admission of
the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of
Corporate Assets
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Confidentiality
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Change in
Law
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Representations
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TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT
(REORGANIZATIONS)
This
TAX RECEIVABLE AGREEMENT (REORGANIZATIONS) (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of August 17, 2009, is hereby
entered into by and among Emdeon Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“ Corporate Taxpayer ”), H&F ITR Holdco,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ HF ITR
Entity ”), GA ITR Holdco, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the “ GA ITR Entity ”), GA-H&F
ITR Holdco L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “ ITR
Entity ”), and each of the successors and assigns
thereto.
WHEREAS,
the Members (as defined below) hold or held member interests in EBS
Master LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
EBS ”), which is classified as a partnership for
United States federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS,
the Corporate Taxpayer is the managing member of EBS, and holds and
will hold, directly and/or indirectly, member interests in
EBS;
WHEREAS,
EBS Acquisition II LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“ GA Corporate Member ”) and H&F Harrington
Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ HF Corporate
Member” ) are classified as associations taxable as
corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to that certain Reorganization Agreement, dated as of
August 4, 2009, among the Corporate Taxpayer and the parties
named therein, the GA Corporate Member and the HF Corporate Member
will become wholly owned subsidiaries of or will merge with
Affiliates of the Corporate Taxpayer (the “
Reorganization ”);
WHEREAS,
as a result of the Reorganization, the GA Corporate Member and the
HF Corporate Member will become or will merge with members of the
consolidated group of which the Corporate Taxpayer is the parent
and the Corporate Taxpayer will be entitled to utilize certain net
operating losses and capital losses of the GA Corporate Member and
the HF Corporate Member generated before the IPO (as defined below)
(the “ NOLs ”);
WHEREAS,
the income, gain, loss, expense and other Tax (as defined below)
items of the Corporate Taxpayer may be affected by
(i) adjustments to the tax basis of the IPO Date Assets (as
defined below) attributable to the purchase of interests in EBS in
connection with the transactions described in the Purchase
Agreement (as defined below) or the Merger Agreement (as defined
below) (the “ Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments ”),
(ii) NOLs, and (iii) the Imputed Interest (as defined
below);
WHEREAS,
the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements
with respect to the effect of the NOLs, the Pre-IPO Basis
Adjustments and Imputed Interest on the liability for Taxes of the
Corporate Taxpayer;
WHEREAS,
the existing shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer and the
existing shareholders of the GA Corporate Member before the
Reorganization (the “ Existing GA
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Owners ”), HFCP VI Domestic AIV, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (“ HFCP” ), Hellman &
Friedman Capital Associates VI, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ HFCA ”), Hellman & Friedman
Capital Executives VI, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership
(“ HFCE ”), Hellman & Friedman Investors VI,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ H&F GP
” and together with HFCP, HFCA and HFCE, the “ HF
Non-Corporate Members ”), and H&F Harrington AIV II,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ HF Harrington
” and together with HF Non-Corporate Members, the “
HF Members ”) own (directly or indirectly) certain
entities or have or will enter into certain transactions that will
result in various tax benefits to the Corporate Taxpayer, and the
Existing GA Owners and the HF Members previously agreed that any
and all payments in respect of such tax benefits will be made 50%
to the Existing GA Owners and 50% to the HF Members (such agreement
being reflected in the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited
Liability Company Agreement of EBS dated as of May 21,
2008);
WHEREAS,
the Existing GA Owners have contributed all of their rights to
receive payments of Tax savings related to the effect of the NOLs,
the Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest attributable to
the Corporate Taxpayer and the GA Corporate Member to the GA ITR
Entity in exchange for ownership interests in the GA ITR Entity,
and HF Harrington has contributed all of its rights to receive
payments of Tax savings related to the effect of the NOLs, the
Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest attributable to the
HF Corporate Member to the HF ITR Entity in exchange for ownership
interests in the HF ITR Entity;
WHEREAS,
the GA ITR Entity and the HF ITR Entity have contributed all of
their rights (including their rights under this Agreement) to
receive such payments of Tax savings attributable to the effect of
the NOLs, the Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest from
the Corporate Taxpayer to the ITR Entity in exchange for ownership
interests in the ITR Entity; and
WHEREAS,
as a result of such contributions, the ITR Entity shall be a party
to this Agreement.
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective
covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
Section 1.1
Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth
in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such
meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural
forms of the terms defined).
“
Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any
other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more
intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common
Control with, such first Person.
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Agreed Rate ” means LIBOR plus 100 basis
points.
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Agreement ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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Amended Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.3(b)
of this Agreement.
A
“ Beneficial Owner ” of a security is a Person
who directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement,
understanding, relationship or otherwise, has or shares:
(i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to
direct the voting of, such security and/or (ii) investment
power, which includes the power to dispose of, or to direct the
disposition of, such security. The terms “ Beneficially
Own ” and “ Beneficial Ownership ”
shall have correlative meanings.
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Board ” means the Board of Directors of the Corporate
Taxpayer.
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Business Day ” means Monday through Friday of each
week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the
government of the United States of America or the State of New York
shall not be regarded as a Business Day.
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Change in Tax Law ” is defined in Section 7.13 of
this Agreement.
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Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following events:
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Person or any group of Persons acting together which would
constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, or any successor
provisions thereto, excluding a group of Persons which includes one
or more Affiliates of Hellman & Friedman LLC and one or more
Affiliates of GA LLC, is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly
or indirectly, of securities of the Corporate Taxpayer representing
more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Corporate
Taxpayer’s then outstanding voting securities; or
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(ii)
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following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority
of the number of directors of the Corporate Taxpayer then serving:
individuals who, on the IPO Date, constitute the Board and any new
director whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination
for election by the Corporate Taxpayer’s shareholders was
approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of
the directors then still in office who either were directors on the
IPO Date or whose appointment, election or nomination for election
was previously so approved or recommended by the directors referred
to in this clause (ii); or
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(iii)
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there is consummated a merger or
consolidation of the Corporate Taxpayer with any other corporation
or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such
merger or consolidation, either (x) the Board immediately
prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a
majority of the board of directors of the company surviving
the
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merger or, if
the surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof,
or (y) the voting securities of the Corporate Taxpayer
immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue
to represent or are not converted into more than 50% of the
combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of
the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the
surviving company is a Subsidiary, the ultimate parent thereof;
or
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(iv)
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shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer approve a plan of complete
liquidation or dissolution of the Corporate Taxpayer or there is
consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the
sale or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by the Corporate
Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the Corporate
Taxpayer’s assets, other than such sale or other disposition
by the Corporate Taxpayer of all or substantially all of the
Corporate Taxpayer’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the
combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned
by shareholders of the Corporate Taxpayer in substantially the same
proportions as their ownership of the Corporate Taxpayer
immediately prior to such sale.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, except with respect to clause (ii) and clause
(iii)(x) above, a “Change of Control” shall not be
deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any
transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately
following which the record holders of the shares of the Corporate
Taxpayer immediately prior to such transaction or series of
transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate
ownership in, and own substantially all of the shares of, an entity
which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporate
Taxpayer immediately following such transaction or series of
transactions.
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Code ” means the United States Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.
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Control ” means the possession, direct or indirect, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
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Corporate Taxpayer ” is defined in the Recitals of
this Agreement.
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Corporate Taxpayer Return ” means the federal and/or
state and/or local Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporate
Taxpayer filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable
Year.
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Cumulative Net Realized Tax Benefit ” for a Taxable
Year means the cumulative amount of Realized Tax Benefits for all
Taxable Years of the Corporate Taxpayer, up to and including such
Taxable Year, net of the cumulative amount of Realized Tax
Detriments for the same period. The Realized Tax Benefit and
Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year shall be determined
based on the most recent Tax Benefit Schedule or Amended Schedule,
if any, in existence at the time of such determination.
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Default Rate ” means LIBOR plus 500 basis
points.
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Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of
state and local tax law, as applicable, or any other event
(including the execution of IRS Form 870-AD) that finally and
conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for
Tax.
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Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.8(a) of this Agreement.
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Early Termination Date ” means the date of an Early
Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early
Termination Payment.
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Early Termination Effective Date ” is defined in
Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
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Early Termination Notice ” is defined in
Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
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Early Termination Schedule ” is defined in
Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
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Early Termination Payment ” is defined in
Section 4.3(b) of this Agreement.
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Early Termination Rate ” means the lesser of
(i) 6.5% per annum, compounded annually, and (ii) LIBOR
plus 100 basis points.
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Existing GA Owners ” is defined in the Recitals of
this Agreement.
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Expert ” is defined in Section 7.9 of this
Agreement.
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GA Corporate Member ” is defined in the Recitals of
this Agreement.
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GA ITR Entity ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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HF Corporate Member ” is defined in the Recitals of
this Agreement.
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H&F GP ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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HF Harrington ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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HF ITR Entity ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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HF Members ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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HF Non-Corporate Members ” is defined in the Recitals
of this Agreement.
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Hypothetical Tax Liability ” means, with respect to
any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of (i) the Corporate
Taxpayer and (ii) without duplication, EBS, but only with
respect to Taxes imposed on EBS and allocable to the Corporate
Taxpayer or to the other members of the consolidated group of which
the Corporate Taxpayer is the parent, in each case using the same
methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the
relevant Corporate Taxpayer Return, but (i) using the
Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis, (ii) without taking into account the
use of available NOLs, if any, and (iii) excluding any
deduction attributable to Imputed Interest; provided , that
the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis and NOLs shall be based on
the
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IPO Date Asset
Disclosure Letter including amendments thereto. For the avoidance
of doubt, Hypothetical Tax Liability shall be determined without
taking into account the carryover or carryback of any Tax item (or
portions thereof) that is attributable to the NOLs, the Pre-IPO
Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest.
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Imputed Interest ” shall mean any interest imputed
under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code
and any similar provision of state and local tax law with respect
to the Corporate Taxpayer’s payment obligations under this
Agreement.
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Independent Director ” means Dinyar S. Devitre, Jim D.
Kever, Philip M. Pead and any other member of the Board who is not
affiliated with any of the principal stockholders of the Corporate
Taxpayer and who is neither a current officer nor a former officer
of the Corporate Taxpayer or any of its Subsidiaries.
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Investors Tax Receivable Agreement (Exchanges) ” means
the Tax Receivable Agreement (Exchanges), dated as of
August 17, 2009, by and among the Corporate Taxpayer, HF ITR
Entity, GA ITR Entity and the ITR Entity.
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IPO ” means the initial public offering of
Class A common stock by the Corporate Taxpayer.
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IPO Date ” means the closing date of the
IPO.
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IPO Date Asset ” means an asset that is held by EBS,
or by any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries treated as a
partnership or disregarded entity for purposes of the applicable
Tax, immediately prior to the IPO Date (“ IPO Date
Asset ”). An IPO Date Asset also includes any asset that
is “substituted basis property” under
Section 7701(a)(42) of the Code with respect to an IPO Date
Asset.
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IPO Date Asset Disclosure Letter ” is defined in
Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
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IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue
Service.
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ITR Entity ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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LIBOR ” means during any period, an interest rate per
annum equal to the one-year LIBOR reported, on the date two days
prior to the first day of such period, on the Telerate Page 3750
(or if such screen shall cease to be publicly available, as
reported on Reuters Screen page “LIBOR01” or by any
other publicly available source of such market rate) for London
interbank offered rates for United States dollar deposits for such
period.
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LLC Agreement ” means, with respect to EBS, the Sixth
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of
EBS.
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Management Tax Receivable Agreement ” means the Tax
Receivable Agreement (Management), dated as of August 17,
2009, by and among the Corporate Taxpayer and certain members of
the senior management of EBS.
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Material Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
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Members ” means the HF Non-Corporate Members, the HF
Corporate Member and the GA Corporate Member.
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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, EBS Acquisition
LLC (the predecessor of the Corporate Taxpayer) and certain other
parties.
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NOLs ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis ” means, with respect to any
IPO Date Asset at any time, the Tax basis that such asset would
have had at such time if no Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments had been
made.
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Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
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Payment Date ” means any date on which a payment is
required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.
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Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm,
partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate,
trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or
other entity.
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Purchase Agreement ” means the Securities Purchase
Agreement, dated as of February 8, 2008, by and among HLTH,
EBS, the GA Corporate Member, H&F Harrington AIV I, L.P., HFCP,
HFCA, HFCE and certain other parties.
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Qualified Tax Advisor ” means Paul, Weiss, Rifkind,
Wharton & Garrison LLP, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP,
Deloitte Tax LLP, or any other law or accounting firm that is
nationally recognized as being expert in Tax matters and that is
reasonably acceptable to the Corporate Taxpayer.
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Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments ” is defined in the Recitals
of this Agreement.
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Realized Tax Benefit ” means, for a Taxable Year, the
excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the actual
liability for Taxes of (i) the Corporate Taxpayer and
(ii) without duplication, EBS, but only with respect to Taxes
imposed on EBS and allocable to the Corporate Taxpayer or to the
other members of the consolidated group of which the Corporate
Taxpayer is the parent for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion
of the actual liability for such Taxes for the Taxable Year arises
as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any
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Taxable Year,
such liability shall not be included in determining the Realized
Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a
Determination.
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Realized Tax Detriment ” means, for a Taxable Year,
the excess, if any, of the actual liability for Taxes of
(i) the Corporate Taxpayer and (ii) without duplication,
EBS, but only with respect to Taxes imposed on EBS and allocable to
the Corporate Taxpayer or to the other members of the consolidated
group of which the Corporate Taxpayer is the parent for such
Taxable Year, over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable
Year. If all or a portion of the actual liability for such Taxes
for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing
Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included
in determining the Realized Tax Detriment unless and until there
has been a Determination.
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Reconciliation Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.9 of this Agreement.
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Reconciliation Procedures ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.
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Reorganization ” is defined in the Recitals of this
Agreement.
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Schedule ” means any of the following: (i) the
IPO Date Asset Disclosure Letter, (ii) a Tax Benefit Schedule, or
(iii) the Early Termination Schedule.
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Senior Obligations ” is defined in Section 5.1 of
this Agreement.
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Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, as
of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such
Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more
than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole
general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of
such Person.
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Subsidiary Stock ” means any stock or other equity
interest in any subsidiary entity of EBS that is treated as a
corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes.
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Tax Benefit Payment ” is defined in
Section 3.1(b) of this Agreement.
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Tax Benefit Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.2
of this Agreement.
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Tax Receivable Agreements ” shall mean this Agreement,
the Investors Tax Receivable Agreement (Exchanges) and the
Management Tax Receivable Agreement.
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Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report or
similar statement required to be filed with respect to Taxes
(including any attached schedules), including, without limitation,
any information return, claim for refund, amended return and
declaration of estimated Tax.
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Taxable Year ” means a taxable year of the Corporate
Taxpayer as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable
section of state or local tax law, as applicable (and,
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therefore, for
the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than
12 months for which a Tax Return is made), ending on or after
the IPO Date.
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Taxes ” means any and all United States federal, state
and local taxes, assessments or similar charges that are based on
or measured with respect to net income or profits, and any interest
related to such Tax.
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Taxing Authority ” shall mean any domestic, federal,
national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any
subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any
quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any
other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.
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Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary and
proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time
(including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as
in effect for the relevant taxable period.
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Valuation Assumptions ” shall mean, as of an Early
Termination Date, the assumptions that (1) in each Taxable
Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporate
Taxpayer will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize
(i) the NOLs that have not been previously utilized in
determining a Tax Benefit Payment under this Agreement, subject to
all applicable limitations on the use of such NOLs and to
assumption (3) below, and (ii) deductions arising from
the Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest during such
Taxable Year or future Taxable Years in which such deductions would
become available, (2) the United States federal income tax
rates and state and local income tax rates that will be in effect
for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such
Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early
Termination Date, (3) any NOLs or loss carryovers generated by
any Pre-IPO Basis Adjustment or Imputed Interest and available as
of the date of the Early Termination Schedule will be utilized by
the Corporate Taxpayer on a pro rata basis from the date of the
Early Termination Schedule through the scheduled expiration date of
such NOLs or loss carryovers, (4) any non-amortizable assets
(other than any Subsidiary Stock) will be disposed of on the
fifteenth anniversary of the applicable Pre-IPO Basis Adjustment;
provided , that in the event of a Change of Control, such
non-amortizable assets shall be deemed disposed of at the time of
sale of the relevant asset (if earlier than such fifteenth
anniversary), and (5) any Subsidiary Stock will be deemed
never to be disposed of; provided , that, except in respect
of a termination payment pursuant to Section 7.13(b), if
(i) the ITR Entity delivers to the Corporate Taxpayer a
written opinion of a Qualified Tax Advisor to the effect that as a
result of a certain transaction (or series of transactions), it is
more likely than not that the tax basis in the amortizable or
depreciable assets of the Corporate Taxpayer will be increased by
reference to the tax basis in such Subsidiary Stock and the tax
basis in such Subsidiary Stock will decrease accordingly, and
(ii) the Corporate Taxpayer determines that it is commercially
reasonable to effectuate such transaction (or series of
transactions), then the Valuation Assumptions will take into
account such increased tax basis in the amortizable or depreciable
assets of the Corporate Taxpayer.
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DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN REALIZED
TAX BENEFIT
Section 2.1
Pre-IPO Basis Adjustment . The letter dated the date of this
Agreement from the ITR Entity to the Corporate Taxpayer shows, in
reasonable detail necessary to perform the calculations required by
this Agreement, including a breakdown by each party to which
Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments or NOLs are attributable, for purposes of
Taxes, estimates of (i) the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis,
(ii) the Pre-IPO Basis Adjustments, calculated in the
aggregate, (iii) the period (or periods) over which the IPO
Date Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable, (iv) the
period (or periods) over which each Pre-IPO Basis Adjustment is
amortizable and/or depreciable, (v) the NOLs that are
attributable to the Corporate Taxpayer, the GA Corporate Member and
the HF Corporate Member as of the date of the Reorganization or the
IPO Date, as the case may be, using the closing-the-books
methodology, and (vi) the scheduled expiration date (or dates)
of the NOLs (the “ IPO Date Asset Disclosure Letter
”). As promptly as practicable, the ITR Entity and the
Corporate Taxpayer shall agree on a replacement IPO Date Asset
Disclosure Letter that reflects any adjustments necessary as a
result of the IPO.
Section 2.2
Tax Benefit Schedule .
(a)
Tax Benefit Schedule . Within 90 calendar days after the
filing of the United States federal income tax return of the
Corporate Taxpayer for any Taxable Year in which there is a
Realized Tax Benefit or Realized Tax Detriment, the Corporate
Taxpayer shall provide to the ITR Entity a schedule showing, in
reasonable detail, the calculation of the Realized Tax Benefit or
Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year (a “ Tax
Benefit Schedule ”). The Tax Benefit Schedule will become
final as provided in Section 2.3(a) and may be amended as
provided in Section 2.3(b) (subject to the procedures set forth
in
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