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.,
HELLMAN & FRIEDMAN INVESTORS VI, L.P.,
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,
GAP COINVESTMENTS IV, LLC,
(solely for the purposes of
Article I, Article V, Section 6.1, Section 6.2,
Section 6.3,
Section 6.4, Section 6.5 and Article VII)
THE MANAGEMENT STOCKHOLDERS NAMED HEREIN
(solely for the purposes of
Article I, Article V, Section 6.1, Section 6.2,
Section 6.3,
Section 6.4, Section 6.5 and Article VII)
THE ERX STOCKHOLDERS NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of August 5,
2009
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Certain
Definitions
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Interpretive
Provisions
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ARTICLE II
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
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Board of
Directors
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Conflicting
Charter Provisions
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Controlled
Company
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ARTICLE III
INFORMATION RIGHTS; VCOC RIGHTS
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Information
Rights; VCOC Rights
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ARTICLE IV
PRIORITIES UPON TRANSFER
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Order of
Priorities Among the Institutional Stockholders
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ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
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Demand
Rights
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Piggyback
Registration Rights
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Form S-3
Registration
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Shelf Take
Downs
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Selection of
Underwriters
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Withdrawal
Rights; Expenses
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Registration
and Qualification
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Underwriting;
Due Diligence
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Indemnification
and Contribution
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Cooperation;
Information by Selling Holder
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Rule
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Holdback
Agreement
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Suspension of
Sales
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Third Party
Registration Rights
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ARTICLE VI
TRANSFERS
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Restrictions on
Transfer
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Transferee
Stockholders
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Tag-Along
Right
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Legend
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Further Limits
on Transfer or Issuance of Class B Shares
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ARTICLE VII
GENERAL
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Certificate of
Incorporation
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(i)
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Covenants with
respect to EBS Master
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Amendments;
Waivers
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Termination
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Further
Assurances
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Binding Effect;
Assignment
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Entire
Agreement
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Rights of
Stockholders Independent
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Confidentiality
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Governing
Law
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Jurisdiction
and Venue
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Specific
Enforcement
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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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Indemnification
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No Third Party
Beneficiaries
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Exhibit A Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company
Exhibit B By-laws of the Company
Exhibit C Form of Joinder to
Stockholders’ Agreement
Exhibit D Specified Value and
Target
(ii)
This
STOCKHOLDERS’ AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented or restated
from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is
entered into as of August 5, 2009, by and among Emdeon Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), Hellman
& Friedman Capital Associates VI, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ HF Stockholder 1 ”), Hellman
& Friedman Capital Executives VI, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (“ HF Stockholder 2 ”), HFCP VI
Domestic AIV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ HF
Stockholder 3 ”), H&F Harrington AIV II, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“ HF Stockholder 4
”), Hellman & Friedman Investors VI, L.P., a Delaware
limited partnership (“ HF Stockholder 5 ” and,
together with HF Stockholder 1, HF Stockholder 2, HF Stockholder 3
and HF Stockholder 4 and their respective Permitted Transferees,
the “ HF Stockholders ”), General Atlantic
Partners 83, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ GA
Stockholder 1 ”), General Atlantic Partners 84, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership (“ GA Stockholder 2
”), GAP-W,LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
GA Stockholder 3 ”), GapStar, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ GA Stockholder 4 ”), GAPCO
GmbH & Co. KG, a Germany Gesellshaft mit beschränkter
Haftung (“ GA Stockholder 5 ”), GAP
Coinvestments CDA, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“
GA Stockholder 6 ”), GAP Coinvestments III, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ GA Stockholder 7
”), and GAP Coinvestments IV, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ GA Stockholder 8 ” and,
together with GA Stockholder 1, GA Stockholder 2, GA Stockholder 3,
GA Stockholder 4, GA Stockholder 5, GA Stockholder 6, GA
Stockholder 7 and their respective Permitted Transferees, the
“ GA Stockholders ” and, together with the HF
Stockholders, the “ Institutional Stockholders
”), (solely for the purposes of Article I,
Article V, Section 6.1, Section 6.2,
Section 6.3, Section 6.4, Section 6.5 and
Article VII and without any rights or remedies under any other
section hereof) the persons listed on the signature pages hereof
under “Management Stockholders” (together with their
respective Permitted Transferees, the “ Management
Stockholders ”), and (solely for the purposes of
Article I, Article V, Section 6.1, Section 6.2,
Section 6.3, Section 6.4, Section 6.5 and
Article VII and without any rights or remedies under any other
section hereof) the persons listed on the signature pages hereof
under “eRx Stockholders” (together with their
respective Permitted Transferees, the “ eRx
Stockholders ”), on the following terms and conditions.
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have
the respective meanings set forth in Section 1.1.
WHEREAS , EBS Master LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company of which the Company is managing member (“ EBS
Master ”), the HF Stockholders, certain Affiliates of the
GA Stockholders and the eRx Stockholders are parties to the Fifth
Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of EBS
Master, dated as of July 2, 2009, as amended by Amendment
No. 1, dated as of August 5, 2009 (the “
Existing EBS Master LLC Agreement ”);
WHEREAS , Section 7.4 of the Existing EBS Master LLC
Agreement requires the parties to take certain actions in order to
effect an initial public offering by
the Company,
including the execution of this Agreement, Amendment No. 2 to
the Existing EBS Master LLC Agreement, and the Sixth Amended and
Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of EBS Master (in the
form attached as an exhibit to the Reorganization Agreement, and as
executed and delivered by the parties thereto and as may
subsequently be amended, supplemented or restated from time to
time, the “ Amended EBS Master LLC Agreement
”);
WHEREAS , in accordance with Section 7.4 of the
Existing EBS Master LLC Agreement, the parties hereto wish to enter
into this Agreement to restrict the transfer of the Shares by, and
to provide certain rights, including registration rights,
priorities upon transfer and the right to nominate certain
directors of the Company, for the Institutional Stockholders;
and
WHEREAS , the parties hereto wish to enter into this
Agreement to restrict the transfer of the Shares by, and to provide
certain rights, including registration rights, for the Management
Stockholders and the eRx Stockholders.
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 Certain Definitions . As used in
this Agreement and any Schedules and Exhibits that may be attached
to this Agreement, the following definitions shall
apply:
“
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, (i) the GA Stockholders, GA LLC
and GAP-W shall each be deemed to be Affiliates of one another,
(ii) the HF Stockholders, 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, (iii) no
portfolio company of GA LLC (or its Affiliates) shall be deemed or
treated as an Affiliate of the Company, EBS Master or the GA
Stockholders and (iv) no portfolio company of H&F (or its
Affiliates) shall be deemed or treated as an Affiliate of the
Company, EBS Master or the HF Stockholders.
“
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Amended EBS Master LLC Agreement ” has the meaning set
forth in the recitals.
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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.
“
Board ” means the Board of Directors of the
Company.
“
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.
“
Charter ” means the Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation and By-laws of the Company, as the same may be
amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time, copies of
which (as in effect on the IPO Date) are attached hereto as
Exhibit A and Exhibit B ,
respectively.
“
Class A Shares ” means the shares of Class A
common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, or any
other Equity Securities of the Company into which such stock is
reclassified or reconstituted.
“
Class B Shares ” means the shares of Class B
common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of the Company, or any
other Equity Securities of the Company into which such stock is
reclassified or reconstituted (other than by Exchange).
“
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.
“
Company Securities ” means Other Securities sought to
be included in a registration for the Company’s
account.
“
Confidential Information ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 7.9.
“
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 (i) 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, EBS Master, 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
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same may be
further amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to time and
(ii) 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, EBS
Master, 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
further be amended, supplemented and/or restated from time to
time.
“
Demand ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).
“
Demand Registration ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(a).
“
DGCL ” means the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware, as amended from time to time (or any corresponding
provisions of succeeding law).
“
Director ” means any of the individuals elected or
appointed to serve on the Board.
“
Disclosure Package ” means (i) the preliminary
prospectus, (ii) each Free Writing Prospectus and
(iii) all other information that is deemed, under
Rule 159 under the Securities Act, to have been conveyed to
purchasers of securities at the time of sale (including a contract
of sale).
“
EBS Master ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Equity Securities ” means (i) 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 (ii) 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.
“
eRx Permitted Transferee ” means any of (i) a
trust established by or for the benefit of an eRx Stockholder of
which only such eRx Stockholder and his or her immediate family
members are beneficiaries, (ii) any Person established for the
benefit of, and beneficially owned solely by, an entity eRx
Stockholder or the sole individual direct or indirect owner of an
entity eRx Stockholder, (iii) upon an individual eRx
Stockholder’s death, an executor, administrator or
beneficiary of the estate of the deceased eRx Stockholder,
(iv) with respect to Class A Shares 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
(v) with respect to
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Class A
Shares 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.
“
eRx Shares ” means any Shares held by an eRx
Stockholder or eRx Permitted Transferee.
“
eRx Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Escrow Agreement ” means the Escrow Agreement, dated
as of July 2, 2009, by and among Longhorn Members
Representative, LLC, EBS Master, Envoy LLC, and U.S. Bank National
Association, as escrow agent.
“
Escrowed Shares ” means Shares held in accordance with
the Escrow Agreement.
“
Exchange ” means an exchange of Shares pursuant to
Section 3.7 of the Amended EBS Master LLC
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).
“
Existing EBS Master LLC Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in the recitals.
“
FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, or any successor self-regulatory
organization.
“
Form S-3 ” means such form under the Securities
Act as is in effect on the date hereof or any successor form under
the Securities Act subsequently adopted by the SEC which permits
inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference
to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
“
Form S-3 Registration Statement ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.3(c).
“
Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.3(c).
“
Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “free
writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the
Securities Act.
“
GA LLC ” means General Atlantic LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“
GA Permitted Transferee ” means any investment fund
Affiliated with a GA Stockholder that was formed to make or hold
multiple investments and not formed
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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 or operating agreement of such fund would
permit.
“
GA Registration Party ” means, collectively, those
persons listed in clause (i) of the definition of
“Registration Party.”
“
GA Stockholder 1 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 2 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 3 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 4 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 5 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 6 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 7 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholder 8 ” has the meaning as set forth in the
preamble.
“
GA Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
GAAP ” means United States generally accepted
accounting principles and practices in effect from time to
time.
“
GAP-W ” means GAP-W, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“
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.
“
H&F ” means Hellman & Friedman LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company.
“
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 or Affiliates of 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 or Affiliates of 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 or Affiliates of 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 or Affiliates of 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 or Affiliates of 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 or Affiliates of 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 Permitted Transferee ” means any investment fund
Affiliated with an HF Stockholder that was formed to make or hold
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.
“
HF Registration Party ” means, collectively, those
persons listed in clause (ii) of the definition of
“Registration Party.”
“
HF Stockholder 1 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
HF Stockholder 2 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
HF Stockholder 3 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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“
HF Stockholder 4 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
HF Stockholder 5 ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
HF Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“
Holder ” means any Person owning or having the right
to acquire Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in
accordance with Section 5.1(c).
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.19.
“
Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.19.
“
Independent Director ” means a Director who is, as of
the date of such Director’s election or appointment and as of
any other date on which the determination is being made, an NYSE
Independent Director and an SEC Independent Director.
“
Initial Post-IPO Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(d)(i).
“
Initiating Shelf Holder ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.4(a).
“
Institutional Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth
in the preamble and shall also include any Person that executes
this Agreement as an Institutional Stockholder, and any other
Person who shall become a party to or bound by this Agreement as an
additional or substituted Institutional Stockholder as set forth
herein, that has not made a disposition of all Shares held by such
Person.
“
IPO ” means the first Public Offering of Class A
Shares in a firm commitment underwriting.
“
IPO Date ” means the date on which the IPO is
consummated.
“
IPO Registration Statement ” means the initial
registration statement filed under the Securities Act with respect
to the IPO.
“
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 7.11.
“
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 attributed to
such term in the Amended EBS Master LLC Agreement.
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Management Permitted Transferee ” means any of
(i) a trust established by or for the benefit of a Management
Stockholder of which only such Management Stockholder and his or
her immediate family members are beneficiaries, (ii) any
Person established for the benefit of, and beneficially owned
solely by, an entity Management Stockholder or the sole individual
direct or indirect owner of an entity Management Stockholder, and
(iii) upon an individual Management Stockholder’s death,
an executor, administrator or beneficiary of the estate of the
deceased Management Stockholder.
“
Management Shares ” means any Shares held by a
Management Stockholder or a Management Permitted
Transferee.
“
Management Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in
the preamble.
“
Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“
Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 5.4(c).
“
Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(d).
“
NYSE ” means the New York Stock Exchange or other
stock exchange or securities market on which the Class A
Shares are at any time listed or quoted.
“
NYSE Independent Director ” means a Director who
qualifies, as of the date of such Director’s election or
appointment to the Board and as of any other date on which the
determination is being made, as an “Independent
Director” under the listing requirements of the NYSE, as
amended from time to time, as determined by the Board without the
vote of such Director.
“
Ordinary S-3 Registration Statement ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.3(e).
“
Other Securities ” means securities of the Company
sought to be included in a registration other than Registrable
Securities.
“
Other Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(a).
“
Permitted Transferees ” means, collectively, the GA
Permitted Transferees, HF Permitted Transferees, Management
Permitted Transferees and eRx Permitted Transferees.
“
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.
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Piggyback Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2(a).
“
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.
“
Pro Rata Commencement Time ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 4.1(a)(i)(A).
“
Pro Rata Take-Down Portion ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.4(f).
“
Public Offering ” means a public offering of
Class A Shares pursuant to an effective registration statement
(other than on Form S-4, Form S-8 or their respective equivalents)
filed by the Company under the Securities Act.
“
Registrable Securities ” means Class A Shares
owned by the Institutional Stockholders, Management Stockholders
and eRx Stockholders, including any Class A Shares issuable or
issued upon conversion or exchange of other securities of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including, for the avoidance of
doubt, any Class A Shares issuable upon exchange of Units and
the corresponding Class B Shares), until (i) a
registration statement covering such Class A Shares has been
declared effective by the SEC and such Class A Shares have
been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration statement,
(ii) such Class A Shares are sold under circumstances in
which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any
similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act are met
or (iii) such Class A Shares are otherwise Transferred,
the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of
ownership for such Class A Shares not bearing the legend
required pursuant to this Agreement and such Class A Shares
may be resold without limitation or subsequent registration under
the Securities Act; provided , that Registrable Securities
shall not include restricted securities that have not yet vested or
Escrowed Shares.
“
Registration Expenses ” means any and all expenses
incident to performance of or compliance with any registration of
securities pursuant to Article V, including (i) the fees,
disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and
accountants, including for special audits and comfort letters;
(ii) all expenses, including filing fees, in connection with
the preparation, printing and filing of the registration statement,
any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus, any other offering
document and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and
delivering of copies thereof to any underwriters and dealers;
(iii) the cost of printing or producing any underwriting
agreements and blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any other
documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the
securities to be disposed of; (iv) all expenses in connection
with the qualification of the securities to be disposed of for
offering and sale under state securities laws, including the fees
and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters and the Selling
Holders in connection with such qualification and in connection
with any blue sky and legal investment surveys; (v) the filing
fees incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms
of the
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sale of the
securities to be disposed of; (vi) transfer agents’ and
registrars’ fees and expenses and the fees and expenses of
any other agent or trustee appointed in connection with such
offering; (vii) all security engraving and security printing
expenses; (viii) all fees and expenses payable in connection
with the listing of the securities on any securities exchange or
automated interdealer quotation system or the rating of such
securities; (ix)all expenses with respect to road shows that the
Company is obligated to pay pursuant to Section 5.7(o);
(x) the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for each of
the Registration Parties participating in the registration incurred
in connection with any such registration; and (xi) any other
fees and disbursements of underwriters customarily paid by the
Selling Holders, but excluding underwriting discounts and
commissions and transfer taxes, if any (which underwriting
discounts and commissions and transfer taxes shall be borne by the
Selling Holders and, if selling securities in such offering, the
Company, pro rata in accordance with the total amount of
securities sold in such offering by each such Person in accordance
with Section 5.6(b)).
“
Registration Party ” means any of: (i) any GA
Stockholder or any of its respective Transferees under
Section 5.1(c) holding Registrable Securities, (ii) any
HF Stockholder or any of its respective Transferees under
Section 5.1(c) holding Registrable Securities, (iii) any
Management Stockholder or Management Permitted Transferee holding
Registrable Securities and (iv) and any eRx Stockholder or eRx
Permitted Transferee holding Registrable Securities.
“
Reorganization Agreement ” means the Reorganization
Agreement, dated as of August 4, 2009, by and among the
Company, EBS Acquisition II, LLC, Hellman & Friedman Capital
Associates VI, L.P., Hellman & Friedman Capital 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 Stockholders and EBS Master, as it may be
amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.
“
Sale Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(b).
“
SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or
any successor agency.
“
SEC Independent Director ” means a Director who
qualifies, as of the date of such Director’s election or
appointment to the Board and as of any other date on which the
determination is being made, as an “Independent
Director” under Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act as
well as any other requirement of the U.S. securities laws which is
then applicable to the Company, as determined by the Board without
the vote of such Director.
“
Second Post-IPO Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(d)(i).
“
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).
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Selling Holders ” means, with respect to any
registration statement, any Registration Party whose Registrable
Securities are included therein.
“
Shares ” means any shares of common stock of the
Company, including the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares
and any Shares issued in exchange for shares of any Subsidiaries of
the Company, and shall also include any Equity Security issued in
respect of or in exchange for Shares, whether by way of dividend or
other distribution, split, recapitalization, merger, rollup
transaction, consolidation, conversion or
reorganization.
“
Shelf Holder ” means any holder of Registrable
Securities that are included in the Form S-3 Shelf Registration
Statement.
“
Shelf Take-Down ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.4(a).
“
Stockholders ” means, collectively, the Institutional
Stockholders, Management Stockholders and eRx
Stockholders.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any other Person with respect to which such specified
Person (i) has, directly or indirectly, the power, through the
ownership of securities or otherwise, to elect a majority of
directors or similar managing body or (ii) beneficially owns,
directly or indirectly, a majority of such Person’s Equity
Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBS Master will be
considered a Subsidiary of the Company for as long as the Company
directly or indirectly owns any Units of EBS Master.
“
Tag-Along Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(b).
“
Tag-Along Right ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(a).
“
Tag-Along Sale Transaction ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 6.3(a).
“
Tag-Along Seller ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 6.3(a).
“
Tax Distribution ” has the meaning attributed to such
term in the Amended EBS Master LLC Agreement.
“
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 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 GA LLC
or H&F among the individual officers, directors, managers,
partners or other
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individual
controlling persons of GA LLC or H&F, as applicable (in each
case, as compared to the relative equity ownership thereof as of
the Effective Date), shall not of itself constitute a
“Transfer,” (ii) a pledge by GAP LP, GA LLC, GAP
Coinvestments III, GAP Coinvestments IV, GapStar, Gmbh Coinvestment
or GAP-W (collectively, the “ GA Entities ”) or
their controlled Affiliates of Equity Securities of the Company
under any credit facility of a GA Entity shall not of itself
constitute a “Transfer,” and (iii) a pledge by any
HF Stockholder or its controlled Affiliates of Common Stock under
any credit facility of an HF Stockholder shall not of itself
constitute a “Transfer.” For the avoidance of doubt,
(a) any Transfer, directly or indirectly, of any Equity
Securities of any GA Stockholder to any Person that is not a
partner or member of a GA Entity shall be considered a Transfer by
the GA Stockholder, (b) any Transfer, directly or indirectly,
of any Equity Securities of any HF Stockholder to any Person that
is not a partner in HF Fund VI shall be considered a Transfer by
the HF Stockholder, (c) any assignment of Equity Securities of
any of the GA Entities or HF Fund VI that results in a Person
holding directly or indirectly Equity Securities in a GA
Stockholder or an HF Stockholder will not be considered a Transfer,
and (d) any assignment of Equity Interests of NHS among Ken
Hill and his family members will not be considered a Transfer. The
terms “ Transferee ,” “ Transferor
,” “ Transferred ,” and other forms of the
word “ Transfer ” shall have the correlative
meanings.
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Underwritten Shelf Take-Down ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.4(b).
“
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.4(b).
“
VCOC Equityholder ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(c).
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Voting Power ” means the aggregate number of votes
authorized by the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate
of Incorporation, as it may be amended, supplemented or restated
from time to time, to be cast in the election of directors by the
holders of all outstanding securities of the Company entitled to
vote in the election of a majority of the directors of the
Company.
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 the United States generally accepted accounting
principles and practices in effect from time to time;
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(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) the
word “or” is not exclusive and 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) pronouns
of either gender or neuter shall include, as appropriate, the other
pronoun forms;
(g) 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;
(h) if
any GA Stockholder shall hereafter Transfer any of its Shares to
any of the GA Permitted Transferees in accordance with
Section 6.1, the term “GA Stockholder” shall mean
the GA Stockholders and such GA Permitted Transferees, taken
together, and any right, obligation or action that may be exercised
or taken at the election of the GA Stockholders may be exercised or
taken at the election of the GA Stockholders and such GA Permitted
Transferees who, collectively, hold a majority of all of the Voting
Power held by the GA Stockholders and the GA Permitted
Transferees;
(i) if
any HF Stockholder shall hereafter Transfer any of its Shares to
any of the HF Permitted Transferees in accordance with
Section 6.1, the term “HF Stockholder” shall mean
the HF Stockholders and such HF Permitted Transferees, taken
together, and any right, obligation or action that may be exercised
or taken at the election of the HF Stockholders may be exercised or
taken at the election of the HF Stockholders and such HF Permitted
Transferees who, collectively, hold a majority of all of the Voting
Power held by the HF Stockholders and the HF Permitted
Transferees;
(j) if
any Management Stockholder shall hereafter Transfer any of its
Shares to any of the Management Permitted Transferees in accordance
Section 6.1, the term “Management Stockholder”
shall mean the Management Stockholders and such Management
Permitted Transferees, taken together, and any right, obligation or
action that may be exercised or taken at the election of the
Management Stockholders may be exercised or taken at the election
of the Management Stockholders and such Management Permitted
Transferees who, collectively, hold a majority of all of the Voting
Power held by the Management Stockholders and the Management
Permitted Transferees; and
(k) if
any eRx Stockholder shall hereafter Transfer any of its Shares to
any of the eRx Permitted Transferees in accordance
Section 6.1, the term “eRx Stockholder” shall mean
the eRx Stockholders and such eRx Permitted Transferees, taken
together, and any right, obligation or action that may be exercised
or taken at the election
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of the eRx
Stockholders may be exercised or taken at the election of the eRx
Stockholders and such eRx Permitted Transferees who, collectively,
hold a majority of all of the Voting Power held by the eRx
Stockholders and the eRx Permitted Transferees.
ARTICLE II
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Section 2.1 Board of Directors .
(a)
Size . On and after the IPO Date, the Board shall consist of
nine Directors; provided , that the Board shall further
increase the number of Independent Directors to the extent
necessary to comply with applicable Law and the NYSE rules. If the
number of Directors on the Board is increased pursuant to the
proviso of the immediately preceding sentence, then the GA
Stockholders and the HF Stockholders shall agree to proportionate
increases to the number of Directors that each is entitled to
nominate as set forth in Section 2.1(b) after giving effect to
all such increases to the size of the Board.
(b)
Composition. Subject to Section 2.1(a), the rights of
the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders to nominate Directors
shall be as follows:
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long as the GA Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own a
number of Class A Shares equal to (x) more than 40% of the
aggregate number of Class A Shares outstanding immediately
prior to the consummation of the IPO (excluding Management Shares
and eRx Shares but including all Class A Shares issuable to
the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and Units),
they shall be entitled to nominate three Directors, (y) not
more than 40% but more than 20% of the aggregate number of
Class A Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
consummation of the IPO (excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares
but including all Class A Shares issuable to the HF
Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and Units), they
shall be entitled to nominate two Directors and (z) not more than
20% but more than 5% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO
(excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all
Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for
Class B Shares and Units), they shall be entitled to nominate
one Director.
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So
long as the HF Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own a
number of Class A Shares (including Class A Shares
issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and
Units) equal to (x) more
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than 20% of the aggregate number of
Class A Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
consummation of the IPO (excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares
but including all Class A Shares issuable to the HF
Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and Units), they
shall be entitled to nominate two Directors and (y) not more than
20% but more than 5% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO
(excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all
Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for
Class B Shares and Units), they shall be entitled to nominate
one Director. Unless otherwise agreed by the HF Stockholders, the
Board nomination rights provided in this Section 2.1(b)(ii) will be
exercised by the HF Stockholders as follows: HF Stockholder 3 will
nominate the first Director and HF Stockholder 4 will nominate the
second Director.
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In
connection with each election of directors, the HF Stockholders and
the GA Stockholders will have the right to jointly nominate one
Director who must be an Independent Director and will cooperate and
take all reasonable actions necessary to jointly nominate such
Independent Director; provided , that at any time after the
date hereof (A) if the HF Stockholders are no longer entitled
to nominate at least one Director pursuant to this
Section 2.1(b) but the GA Stockholders are entitled to
nominate at least one Director pursuant to this
Section 2.1(b), then the GA Stockholders shall have the sole
right to nominate such Independent Director by delivering a written
notice to the Company and the HF Stockholders, (B) if the GA
Stockholders are no longer entitled to nominate at least one
Director pursuant to this Section 2.1(b) but the HF
Stockholders are entitled to nominate at least one Director
pursuant to this Section 2.1(b), then the HF Stockholders
shall have the sole right to nominate such Independent Director by
delivering a written notice to the Company and the GA Stockholders,
and (C) if neither the GA Stockholders, on the one hand, nor
the HF Stockholders, on the other hand, are entitled to nominate at
least one Director pursuant to this Section 2.1(b), then
neither the GA Stockholders nor the HF Stockholders shall have the
right to nominate an Independent Director.
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The
Company hereby agrees (A) to include the nominees of the GA
Stockholders and the HF Stockholders nominated
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pursuant to this Section 2.1(b)
as the nominees to the Board on each slate of nominees for election
of the Board proposed by management of the Company, (B) to
recommend the election of such nominees to the shareholders of the
Company and (C) without limiting the foregoing, to otherwise
use its reasonable best efforts to cause such nominees to be
elected to the Board.
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(c)
Nominations . The initial Director nominees of the GA
Stockholders are Mark Dzialga, Jonathan Korngold, and Tracy Bahl.
The initial Director nominees of the HF Stockholders are Philip
Hammarskjold and Allen Thorpe. The initial Independent Director
jointly nominated by the HF Stockholders and the GA Stockholders in
accordance with Section 2.1(b)(iii) is James Kever. The
remaining initial directors of the Company are Dinyar Devitre,
George Lazenby and Philip Pead, none of whom are nominees of either
the GA Stockholders or the HF Stockholders. With respect to any
Director to be nominated by the Institutional Stockholders other
than the initial Directors listed above, an Institutional
Stockholder shall nominate its Director or Directors by delivering
to the Company its written statement at least 30 days prior to
the one-year anniversary of the preceding annual meeting nominating
its Director or Directors and setting forth such Director’s
or Directors’ business address, telephone number, facsimile
number and e-mail address; provided , that if an
Institutional Stockholder shall fail to deliver such written
notice, such Institutional Stockholder shall be deemed to have
nominated the Director(s) previously nominated (or designated
pursuant to this Section 2.1(c)) by such Institutional
Stockholder who is/are currently serving on the Board. The
Independent Director nominated in accordance with
Section 2.1(b)(iii) shall be nominated by the GA Stockholders
and the HF Stockholders delivering to the Company a written
statement nominating such Independent Director.
(d)
Right to Delegate; Committees . The Company shall establish
and maintain an audit committee, a compensation committee and a
nominating committee of the Board, as well as such other Board
committees as the Board deems appropriate from time to time or as
may be required by applicable Law or the NYSE rules. The committees
shall have such duties and responsibilities as are customary for
such committees, subject to the provisions of this Agreement and
shall be composed as follows:
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The
audit committee shall be composed as follows: (A) during the
90-day period that will commence on the date of effectiveness of
the IPO Registration Statement (the “ Initial Post-IPO
Period ”), the audit committee shall consist of the
following three Directors: one Independent Director (who shall
satisfy the “audit committee financial expert”
requirements as such term is defined by Item 407(d)(5) of
Regulation S-K), one Director nominated by the GA Stockholders
(but only if the GA Stockholders are then entitled to nominate
Directors) and one Director nominated by the HF Stockholders (but
only if the HF Stockholders
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then entitled to nominate Directors); (B) upon the completion
of the Initial Post-IPO Period and until one year from the date of
effectiveness of the IPO Registration Statement (the “
Second Post-IPO Period ”), the audit committee shall
consist of the following three Directors: two Independent Directors
(at least one of whom shall satisfy the “audit committee
financial expert” requirements as such term is defined by
Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K) and one Director nominated
by the GA Stockholders (but only if the GA Stockholders are then
entitled to nominate Directors) or one Director nominated by the HF
Stockholders (but only if the HF Stockholders are then entitled to
nominate Directors) as determined by mutual agreement of the GA
Stockholders and the HF Stockholders; and (C) upon the
completion of the Second Post-IPO Period, the audit committee shall
consist of at least three Independent Directors (at least one of
whom shall satisfy the “audit committee financial
expert” requirements as such term is defined by
Item 407(d)(5) of Regulation S-K).
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The
compensation committee shall consist of: an NYSE Independent
Director, a Director nominated by the GA Stockholders (but only if
the GA Stockholders are then entitled to nominate Directors) and a
Director nominated by the HF Stockholders (but only if the HF
Stockholders are then entitled to nominate Directors) and,
following such time as the (x) GA Stockholders in the
aggregate beneficially own a number of Class A Shares equal to
less than 10% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO
(excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all
Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for
Class B Shares and Units) and (y) HF Stockholders
in the aggregate beneficially own a number of Class A Shares
(including all Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders
in exchange for Class B Shares and Units) equal to less than
10% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO (excluding
Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all Class A
Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B
Shares and Units), such additional members as determined by the
Board.
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nominating committee shall consist of: an NYSE Independent
Director, a Director nominated by the GA
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Stockholders are then entitled to nominate Directors) and a
Director nominated by the HF Stockholders (but only if the HF
Stockholders are then entitled to nominate Directors) and,
following such time as the (x) GA Stockholders in the
aggregate beneficially own a number of Class A Shares equal to
less than 10% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares
outstanding immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO
(excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all
Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for
Class B Shares and Units) and (y) HF Stockholders
in the aggregate beneficially own a number of Class A Shares
(including all Class A Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders
in exchange for Class B Shares and Units) equal to less than
10% of the aggregate number of Class A Shares outstanding
immediately prior to the consummation of the IPO (excluding
Management Shares and eRx Shares but including all Class A
Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B
Shares and Units), such additional members as determined by the
Board.
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Any
other committee of the Board shall consist of at least one Director
nominated by the GA Stockholders (but only if the GA Stockholders
are then entitled to nominate Directors) and at least one Director
nominated by the HF Stockholders (but only if the HF Stockholders
are then entitled to nominate Directors) and, following such time
as the (x) GA Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially own a
number of Class A Shares equal to less than 10% of the
aggregate number of Class A Shares outstanding immediately
prior to the consummation of the IPO (excluding Management Shares
and eRx Shares but including all Class A Shares issuable to
the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and Units)
and (y) HF Stockholders in the aggregate beneficially
own a number of Class A Shares (including all Class A
Shares issuable to the HF Stockholders in exchange for Class B
Shares and Units) equal to less than 10% of the aggregate number of
Class A Shares outstanding immediately prior to the
consummation of the IPO (excluding Management Shares and eRx Shares
but including all Class A Shares issuable to the HF
Stockholders in exchange for Class B Shares and Units), such
additional members as determined by the Board; provided that, in
the event that no Director nominated by either of the HF
Stockholders or the GA Stockholders is eligible to serve on a
special committee, the
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members of such committee shall be
determined by the Board.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Board (upon the recommendation of the nominating
committee of the Board) shall, only to the extent necessary to
comply with applicable Law and the NYSE rules, modify the
composition of any such committee to the extent required to comply
with such applicable Law and the NYSE rules. If any vacant Director
position on any committee of the Board results from an
Institutional Stockholder no longer being entitled to nominate
Directors, then such vacant position shall be filled by the Board
in accordance with the last sentence of
Section 2.1(f).
(e)
Removal . Directors shall serve until their resignation or
removal or until their successors are nominated; provided ,
that if the number of Directors that any Institutional Stockholder
is entitled to nominate pursuant to Section 2.1(b) is reduced
by one or more Directors, then the GA Stockholders or HF
Stockholders, as the case may be, shall, to the extent requested by
the HF Stockholders or GA Stockholders, as applicable, promptly
cause such number of its then-nominated Directors equal to the
number by which the number of its nominated Directors has been so
reduced as aforesaid to resign from the Board. Each Institutional
Stockholder agrees that if, at any time, it is then entitled to
vote for the removal of Directors, it will not vote any of its
Shares in favor of the removal of any Director who shall have been
nominated in accordance with this Section 2.1, unless the
Person or Persons entitled to nominate such Director shall have
consented to such removal in writing, provided that if the
Person or Persons entitled to nominate any Director pursuant to
this Section 2.1 shall request in writing the removal, with or
without cause, of such Director, each Institutional Stockholder
shall vote its Shares in favor of such removal. Each Institutional
Stockholder shall cause any Director nominated by it (including any
Independent Director that such Institutional Stockholder may have
jointly nominated) to resign from the Board, or from service on any
committee of the Board, and all Institutional Stockholders then
entitled to vote for the removal of Directors shall vote their
Shares in favor of the removal of such Director, if at any time
such Director does not satisfy any applicable requirements of
applicable Law or the NYSE rules for service on the Board or such
committee.
(f)
Vacancies . If any Director dies or is unwilling or unable
to serve as such or is otherwise removed or resigns from office
(other than pursuant to the proviso to the first sentence of
Section 2.1(e) regarding a reduction in the size of the Board
due to a reduction in the number of Directors an Institutional
Stockholder is entitled to nominate pursuant to
Section 2.1(b)), then the Institutional Stockholder or
Institutional Stockholders whose previously nominated Director
shall have been removed or shall have resigned shall promptly
nominate a successor to such Director, in accordance with this
Section 2.1. Each Institutional Stockholder then entitled to
vote for the election of such successor as a Director agrees that
it will vote its Shares, or execute a proxy or written consent, as
the case may be, and each Institutional Stockholder and the Company
agree to take such other actions as may be necessary, in each case,
in order to ensure that such successor is elected to the Board as
promptly as practicable. If neither the GA Stockholders nor the HF
Stockholders are entitled to participate in the nomination of any
vacant Director position(s), such vacant Director position(s) shall
be filled by the Board
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(upon the
recommendation of the nominating committee of the Board, if then
existing) in accordance with the Charter and this
Agreement.
(g)
Expense Reimbursement . The Company shall reimburse each
Director for all necessary and proper costs and expenses (including
travel expenses) incurred in connection with such Director’s
attendance and participation at meetings of the Board, or any
committee thereof.
(h)
Actions by Institutional Stockholders . Each Institutional
Stockholder shall, at any time it is then entitled to vote for the
election of Directors to the Board, vote all of its Shares or
execute proxies or written consents, as the case may be, and take
all other necessary action in order to ensure that the composition
of the Board complies with (and includes all of the requisite
nominees in accordance with) this Section 2.1.
Section 2.2 Conflicting Charter Provisions .
Each Institutional Stockholder shall vote its Shares or execute
proxies or written consents, as the case may be, and shall take all
other actions necessary, to ensure that the Company’s Charter
(a) facilitates, and does not at any time conflict with, any
provision of this Agreement and (b) permits each Institutional
Stockholder to receive the benefits to which each such
Institutional Stockholder is entitled under this
Agreement.
Section 2.3 Controlled Company .
(a) The
Institutional Stockholders agree and acknowledge that,
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by
virtue of this Agreement, they are acting as a “group”
within the meaning of the NYSE rules as of the date hereof,
and
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(ii)
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by
virtue of the combined Voting Power of the Institutional
Stockholders of more than 50% of the total Voting Power outstanding
as of the IPO Date, the Company qualifies as of the IPO Date as a
“controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE
rules.
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(b) For
so long as the Company qualifies as a “controlled
company” for purposes of the NYSE rules, the Company will
elect to be a “controlled company” for purposes of the
NYSE rules, and will disclose in its annual meeting proxy statement
that it is a “controlled company” and the basis for
that determination. If the Company ceases to qualify as a
“controlled company” for purposes of the NYSE rules,
the Institutional Stockholders and the Company will take whatever
action may be reasonably necessary, if any, to cause the Company to
comply with the NYSE rules as then in effect.
ARTICLE III
INFORMATION RIGHTS; VCOC RIGHTS
Section 3.1 Information Rights; VCOC Rights
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(a)
Information Rights . At the request of any Institutional
Stockholder, the Company shall deliver to such Institutional
Stockholder the following:
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As
soon as available after the end of each monthly accounting period,
a copy of the unaudited monthly management report, which shall
include the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and income
statement of the Company and its Subsidiaries, if any, after the
end of such month.
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(ii)
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As
soon as practicable following Board approval, a copy of the annual
strategic plan and budget of the Company.
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(iii)
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With reasonable promptness, such
other information and data with respect to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries as from time to time may be reasonably requested
by such Institutional Stockholder.
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(iv)
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The
Company will (and will cause its Subsidiaries to) give
(x) each such Institutional Stockholder, and its respective
employees and contract personnel primarily engaged by such
Institutional Stockholder and (y) with the reasonable advance
notice to, and the reasonable consent of, the Company (such consent
not to be reasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), such
Institutional Stockholder’s outside accountants, auditors,
legal counsel and other authorized representatives and agents, (A)
reasonable access during reasonable business hours to the
properties, assets, books, contracts, commitments, reports and
records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and furnish to them
all such documents, records and information with respect to the
properties, assets and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries
and copies of any work papers relating thereto as such
Institutional Stockholder shall from time to time reasonably
request; and (B) reasonable access during reasonable business
hours to the Company, its Subsidiaries and their respective
employees as may be necessary or useful to such Institutional
Stockholder in its reasonable judgment in connection with their
review of the properties, assets and business of the Company and
its Subsidiaries and the above-mentioned documents, records and
information.
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(b)
Credit Facility Reports . The Company shall also furnish to
each of the Institutional Stockholders at their request a copy of
any periodic reports required to be provided by the Company
pursuant to the Credit Facilities.
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(c)
VCOC Equityholder . With respect to each HF Stockholder and,
at the request of an HF Stockholder, each Affiliate thereof that
indirectly has an interest in the Company and that acknowledges and
agrees to be bound by Section 7.9, in each case that is
intended to qualify as a “venture capital operating
company” as defined in the Plan Asset Regulations (each, a
“ VCOC Equityholder ”), for so long as the VCOC
Equityholder, directly or through one or more conduit Subsidiaries,
continues to hold any Equity Securities of the Company, in each
case without limitation or prejudice of any the rights provided to
any of the HF Stockholders hereunder, the Company shall, with
respect to each such VCOC Equityholder:
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Provide such VCOC Equityholder or
its designated representative with the following:
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(A)
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the
right to visit and inspect any of the offices and properties of the
Company and its Subsidiaries and inspect and copy the books and
records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, at such times as the
VCOC Equityholder shall reasonably request;
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(B)
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as
soon as available and in any event within 60 days after the
end of each of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of the
Company, consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of such period, and consolidated
statements of income and cash flows of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the period then ended prepared in conformity with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except as otherwise noted
therein, and subject to the absence of footnotes and to year-end
adjustments;
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(C)
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as
soon as available and in any event within 120 days after the
end of each fiscal year of the Company, a consolidated balance
sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such
year, and consolidated statements of income and cash flows of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for the year then ended prepared in
conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis, except as
otherwise noted therein, together with an auditor’s report
thereon of a firm of established national reputation;
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(D)
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to
the extent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is required by
law or pursuant to the terms of any outstanding indebtedness of the
Company or such Subsidiary to prepare such reports, any
annual
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reports, quarterly reports and other
periodic reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act, actually prepared by the Company or such Subsidiary
as soon as available; and
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(E)
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subject to Section 3.1(c)(iii)
below, copies of all materials provided to the Board at
substantially the same time as provided to the Board and, if
requested, copies of the materials provided to the board of
directors (or equivalent governing body) of any Subsidiary of the
Company; provided that the Company or such Subsidiary shall be
entitled to exclude portions of such materials to the extent
providing such portions would be reasonably likely to result in the
waiver of attorney-client privilege;
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Make the Board and appropriate
officers of the Company and its Subsidiaries available periodically
and at such times as reasonably requested by such VCOC Equityholder
for consultation with such VCOC Equityholder or its designated
representative with respect to matters relating to the business and
affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including significant
changes in management personnel and compensation of employees,
introduction of new products or new lines of business, important
acquisitions or dispositions of plants and equipment, significant
research and development programs, the purchasing or selling of
important trademarks, licenses or concessions or the proposed
commencement or compromise of significant litigation;
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To
the extent consistent with applicable law (and with respect to
events which require public disclosure, only following the
Company’s public disclosure thereof through applicable
securities law filings or otherwise), inform the VCOC Equityholder
or its designated representative in advance with respect to any
significant Company actions, including extraordinary dividends,
mergers, acquisitions or dispositions of assets, issuances of
significant amounts of debt or equity and material amendments to
the organizational documents of the Company, and provide the VCOC
Equityholder or its designated representative with the right to
consult with the Company with respect to such actions;
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Give such VCOC Equityholder the
right to designate one non-voting board observer who will be
entitled to attend all
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meetings of the Board and
participate in all deliberations of the Board, provided that such
observer shall have no voting rights with respect to actions taken
or elected not to be taken by the Board, and provided, further,
that the Company shall be entitled to exclude such observer from
such portions of a Board meeting to the extent such
observer’s presence would be reasonably likely to result in
the waiver of attorney-client privilege; and
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Provide such VCOC Equityholder or
its designated representative with such other rights of
consultation which such VCOC Equityholder’s counsel may
determine to be reasonably necessary under applicable legal
authorities promulgated after the date hereof to qualify its
investment in the Company as a “venture capital
investment” for purposes of the Plan Assets
Regulation.
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The
Company agrees to consider, in good faith, the recommendations of
each VCOC Equityholder or its designated representative in
connection with the matters on which it is consulted as described
above, recognizing that the ultimate discretion with respect to all
such matters shall be retained by the Company. The obligations of
the Company set forth in Section 3.1(c) and Section 3.1(d) are
expressly intended to create third party beneficiary rights of each
VCOC Equityholder.
(d) In
the event that the Company ceases to qualify as an “operating
company” (within the meaning of the first sentence of 29
C.F.R. § 2510.3-101(c)(1) of the Plan Asset Regulations), then
the Company and each party hereto will cooperate in good faith to
take all reasonable action necessary to provide that the investment
(or at least 51% of the investment valued at cost) of each VCOC
Equityholder shall continue to qualify as a “venture capital
investment” (as defined in 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-101(d) of
the Plan Asset Regulations).
ARTICLE IV
PRIORITIES UPON TRANSFER
Section 4.1 Order of Priorities Among the
Institutional Stockholders .
(a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, unless otherwise agreed
by the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders, any Transfer of the
Company’s Equity Securities (including Transfers effected by
secondary sales of the Company’s Equity Securities in all
Public Offerings and whether or not initiated by the Company,
Transfers made pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act,
and Transfers effected by any other sales, hedging transactions or
other dispositions) by the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders
other than Transfers to their respective Permitted Transferees or
pursuant to an Exchange, in each case as permitted by Section 6.1,
shall be made in accordance with Article V and Article VI
and the following order of priorities:
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if
the IPO is consummated on or before September 30, 2009,
then:
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(A)
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if
and only if the Specified Value (as defined in
Exhibit D ) is equal to or greater than the Target (as
defined in Exhibit D ), then (1) first , in any
proposed Transfer by the GA Stockholders or the HF Stockholders,
the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders shall be entitled to
Transfer their Equity Securities on a 70%/30% basis (i.e., the GA
Stockholders, 70%, and the HF Stockholders, 30%, of the total
amount of Equity Securities included in such Transfer by the GA
Stockholders and the HF Stockholders) until such time as the
aggregate portion of the Voting Power held by the GA Stockholders
equals or is less than the aggregate portion of the Voting Power
held by the HF Stockholders (such time, the “ Pro Rata
Commencement Time ”); and (2) second , following
the Pro Rata Commencement Time, the GA Stockholders and the HF
Stockholders shall be entitled to Transfer their Equity Securities
on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective
portions of the Voting Power held by the GA Stockholders on the one
hand and the HF Stockholders on the other hand; and
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if
and only if the Specified Value is less than the Target, then in
any proposed Transfer by the GA Stockholders or the HF
Stockholders, the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders shall be
entitled to Transfer their Equity Securities on a pro rata
basis in accordance with the respective portions of the Voting
Power held by the GA Stockholders on the one hand and the HF
Stockholders on the other hand; and
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if
the IPO is not consummated on or before September 30, 2009,
then:
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first , in any proposed Transfer by the GA
Stockholders or the HF Stockholders, the GA Stockholders and the HF
Stockholders shall be entitled to Transfer their Equity Securities
on an 80%/20% basis (i.e., the GA Stockholders, 80%, and the HF
Stockholders, 20%, of the total amount of Equity Securities
included in such Transfer by
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GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders) until the Pro Rata
Commencement Time; and
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second , following the Pro Rata
Commencement Time, the GA Stockholders and the HF Stockholders
shall be entitled to Transfer their Equity Securities on a pro
rata basis in accordance with the respective portions of the
Voting Power held by the GA Stockholders on the one hand and the HF
Stockholders on the other hand.
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For the
avoidance of doubt, to the extent that the number of the
Company’s Equity Securities being Transferred in any Transfer
will result in the Pro Rata Commencement Time occurring, then
clause (1) of Section 4.1(a)(i)(A) or
Section 4.1(a)(ii)(A), as the case may be, will be applicable
to such Transfer up to the point of such Transfer where the Pro
Rata Commencement Time occurs and clause (2) of
Section 4.1(a)(i)(A) or Section 4.1(a)(ii)(B), as the
case may be, will be applicable to the remainder of the
Company’s Equity Securities being Transferred in such
Transfer.
(b) For
the avoidance of doubt, the priorities upon Transfer of the
Company’s Equity Securities in this Article IV shall not
restrict any Institutional Stockholder from initiating a Transfer
of the Company’s Equity Securities in accordance with this
Agreement; provided , that such Institutional Stockholder
complies with the provisions of this Agreement and that the other
Institutional Stockholders are afforded the priorities and other
rights specified herein. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in
this Article IV shall obligate an Institutional Stockholder to
participate in any Transfer or proposed Transfer, and no failure by
an Institutional Stockholder to participate in a Transfer to the
extent entitled to participate shall impair the right of such
Institutional Stockholder to participate in any future Transfers
pursuant to this Article IV based on the relative ownership of
Equity Securities of the Institutional Stockholders at the time of
any such future Transfer.
ARTICLE V
REGISTRATION RIGHTS
Section 5.1 Demand Rights .
(a)
Demand Rights . Subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement (including Section 5.1(b)), upon written notice delivered
by a GA Registration Party or HF Registration Party (a “
Demand ”) at any time requesting that the Company
effect the registration (a “ Demand Registration
”) under the Securities Act (including a registration to be
made on a delayed or continuous basis under Rule 415 under the
Securities Act) of any or all of the Registrable Securities held by
such Registration Party, which Demand shall specify the number and
type of such Registrable Securities to be registered and the
intended method or methods of disposition of such Registrable
Securities, the Company shall promptly give written notice of such
Demand to all other Registration Parties and other Persons who may
have piggyback registration
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rights with
respect to such Demand Registration and shall promptly file the
appropriate registration statement and use its reasonable best
efforts to effect the registration under the Securities Act and
applicable state securities laws of (i) the Registrable
Securities which the Company has been so requested to register by
such Registration Party in the Demand, and (ii) all other
Registrable Securities which the Company has been requested to
register by the Holders thereof (other than, with respect to the
IPO only, the eRx Stockholders) by written request given to the
Company within 30 days after the giving of such written notice
by the Company (which request shall specify the intended method of
disposition of such Registrable Securities), in each case subject
to Section 5.1(f), all to the extent required to permit the
disposition (in accordance with such intended methods of
disposition) of the Registrable Securities to be so
registered.
(b)
Limitations on Demand Rights . Each GA Registration Party
shall be entitled to make five Demands under Section 5.1(a)
(and is hereby deemed to have made one of its five Demands for the
IPO) and each HF Registration Party shall be entitled to make four
Demands under Section 5.1(a); provided , that the GA
Registration Parties and the HF Registration Parties shall only be
entitled to make a Demand pursuant to Section 5.1(a) if such
Registration Party, together with all other Registration Parties
delivering the Demand, are requesting the registration of
Registrable Securities with an aggregate estima
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