PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Exhibit 1.1
EXECUTION VERSION
PURCHASE AGREEMENT
November 5, 2015
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC.
As Representative of the Initial Purchasers
303 Peachtree Street, 10th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Molina Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), proposes to issue and sell to SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (SunTrust) and the other several Initial Purchasers named in Schedule A attached hereto (collectively, the Initial Purchasers), acting severally and not jointly, the respective amounts set forth in such Schedule A of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 5.375% Senior Notes due 2022 (the Notes) which will be unconditionally guaranteed on a senior basis as to principal, premium, if any, and interest (the Guarantees) by the subsidiaries of the Company listed on the signature pages hereto (each individually, a Guarantor and collectively, the Guarantors). The Notes and the Guarantees attached thereto are herein collectively referred to as the Securities. The Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture, to be dated as of Closing Date (as defined below) (the Indenture), among the Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). SunTrust has agreed to act as the representative of the several Initial Purchasers (the Representative) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
The holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) will be entitled to the benefits of a registration rights agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date (the Registration Rights Agreement), among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will be required to file with the Commission (as defined below), under the circumstances set forth therein, one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) providing for the registration under the Securities Act (as defined below) of the Securities or the Exchange Securities referred to (and as defined) in the Registration Rights Agreement (the Exchange Offer). All references herein to the Exchange Securities and the Exchange Offer are only applicable if the Company and the Guarantors are in fact required to consummate the Exchange Offer pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.
The issuance and sale of the Notes, the issuance of the Guarantees and the payment of transaction costs are referred to herein collectively, as the Transactions.
This Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange Securities and the Indenture are referred to herein as the Transaction Documents.
The Securities are to be offered and sold to or through the Initial Purchasers without being registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended, the Securities Act, which term, as used herein, includes the
rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder), in reliance upon exemptions therefrom. Pursuant to the terms of the Securities and the Indenture, investors who acquire Securities shall be deemed to have agreed that Securities may only be resold or otherwise transferred, after the date hereof, if such Securities are registered for sale under the Securities Act or if an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act is available (including the exemptions afforded by Rule 144A under the Securities Act (Rule 144A) or Regulation S under the Securities Act (Regulation S)). The Company agrees that the Initial Purchasers may resell, subject to the conditions set forth herein, all or a portion of the Securities to purchasers (the Subsequent Purchasers) on the terms set forth in the Pricing Disclosure Package (as defined below).
In connection with the sale of the Notes, the Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser copies of a Preliminary Offering Memorandum, dated November 2, 2015 (the Preliminary Offering Memorandum). Prior to the time when the sales of the Notes were first made (the Time of Sale), the Company has prepared and delivered to each Initial Purchaser a Pricing Supplement, dated November 5, 2015 (the Pricing Supplement), describing the terms of the Securities, each for use by such Initial Purchaser in connection with its solicitation of offers to purchase the Securities. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Pricing Supplement are herein referred to as the Pricing Disclosure Package. Promptly after this Agreement is executed and delivered, the Company will prepare and deliver to each Initial Purchaser a final offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the Final Offering Memorandum).
The Company hereby confirms its agreements with the Initial Purchasers as follows:
SECTION 1. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of the Securities.
(a) Each of the Company and the Guarantors agrees to issue and sell to the several Initial Purchasers, all of the Securities, and subject to the conditions set forth herein and on the basis of the representations, warranties, terms and agreements herein, the Initial Purchasers agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company and the Guarantors the aggregate principal amount of the Notes set forth opposite their names on Schedule A, at a purchase price of 98.875 % of the principal amount thereof payable on the Closing Date.
(b) One or more certificates for the Securities in definitive form to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers shall be delivered to, and payment therefor shall be made at, the offices of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and SunTrust) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on November 10, 2015, or such other time and date as SunTrust shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the Closing Date). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which SunTrust may provide notice to postpone the Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are in no way limited to, any determination by the Company or the Initial Purchasers to recirculate to investors copies of an amended or supplemented Offering Memorandum or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 15 hereof.
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(c) The Company shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to SunTrust for the accounts of the several Initial Purchasers certificates for the Securities at the Closing Date against the irrevocable release of a wire transfer of immediately available funds for the amount of the purchase price therefor. The certificates for the Securities shall be in such denominations and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of The Depository Trust Company (the Depositary), and shall be made available for inspection on the business day preceding the Closing Date at a location in New York City, as SunTrust may designate. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified in this Agreement is a further condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers.
(d) Each Initial Purchaser severally and not jointly represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company that:
(i) it will solicit offers for such Securities only from, and will offer such Securities only (a) to persons who it reasonably believes are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A (Qualified Institutional Buyers) in transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b) upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I to this Agreement;
(ii) it is an institutional accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act; and
(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer to sell Securities in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby represents, warrants and covenants to each Initial Purchaser that, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date (references in this Section 2 to the Offering Memorandum are to (x) the Pricing Disclosure Package in the case of representations and warranties made as of the date hereof and (y) the Final Offering Memorandum in the case of representations and warranties made as of the Closing Date):
(a) The Pricing Disclosure Package and Offering Memorandum. Neither the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, nor the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or (as amended or supplemented in accordance with Section 3(b), as applicable) as of the Closing Date, contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided the Company and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Final Offering Memorandum or amendment or supplement thereto, as the case may be, it being understood and agreed that only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.
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(b) No Registration Required. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 1 hereof and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with the procedures set forth in Section 5 hereof, it is not necessary in connection with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and to each Subsequent Purchaser in the manner contemplated by this Agreement and the Offering Memorandum to register the Securities under the Securities Act or, until such time as the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to an effective registration statement, to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (as amended, the Trust Indenture Act, which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder).
(c) Eligibility for Resale Under Rule 144A. The Securities are eligible for resale pursuant to Rule 144A and will not be, at the Closing Date, of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended, the Exchange Act, which term, as used herein, includes the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder) or quoted in a U.S. automated interdealer quotation system.
(d) No Integration of Offerings. None of the Company, its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act) (each, an Affiliate), or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has, directly or indirectly, solicited any offer to buy or offered to sell, or will, directly or indirectly, solicit any offer to buy or offer to sell, in the United States or to any United States citizen or resident, any security which is or would be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the Securities to be registered under the Securities Act.
(e) No General Solicitation. None of the Company, its Affiliates, or any person acting on its or any of their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage, in connection with the offering of the Securities, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502 under the Securities Act other than by means of a Permitted General Solicitation (as defined below). With respect to those Securities sold in reliance upon Regulation S, (i) none of the Company, its Affiliates or any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S and (ii) each of the Company and its Affiliates and any person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company makes no representation or warranty) has complied and will comply with the offering restrictions set forth in Regulation S.
(f) Company Additional Written Communications; Permitted General Solicitations. The Company has not prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or distributed and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or distribute any (x) written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Pricing Disclosure Package, (ii) the Final Offering Memorandum and (iii) any electronic road show or other written communications other than any Permitted General Solicitation, in each case used in accordance with Section 3(b) or (y) any general solicitation other than any such solicitation (i) listed on Schedule B hereto or (ii)
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in accordance with Section 3(j) hereof (each such solicitation referred to in clause (i) and (ii), a Permitted General Solicitation). Each such communication or Permitted General Solicitation by the Company or its agents and representatives pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence (each, a Company Additional Written Communication), when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package, did not as of the Time of Sale, and at the Closing Date will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not apply to statements in or omissions from each such Company Additional Written Communication made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Company in writing by any Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Company Additional Written Communication.
(g) [Reserved].
(h) The Purchase Agreement. This Purchase Agreement (this Agreement) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.
(i) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and the Guarantors and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(j) The Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized and, on the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by, and will constitute a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and except as rights to indemnification may be limited by applicable law.
(k) The Notes and the Guarantees. The Notes have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture and, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by the Company and, when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. The Guarantees of the Notes on the Closing Date when issued will be in the respective forms contemplated by the
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Indenture and have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to this Agreement and the Indenture; the Guarantees of the Notes, at the Closing Date, will have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and issued and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, the Guarantees of the Notes will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(l) The Exchange Securities. The Exchange Securities (including the related Guarantees) have been duly and validly authorized for issuance by the Company, and when issued and authenticated in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Exchange Offer, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of creditors or by general principles of equity and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(m) [Reserved].
(n) [Reserved].
(o) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Offering Memorandum.
(p) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto), (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock, long-term debt, notes payable or current portion of long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in each case as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto).
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(q) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who has issued its opinion with respect to the audited financial statements (including the related notes thereto) included in the Offering Memorandum is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.
(r) Preparation of the Financial Statements. The financial statements included in the Offering Memorandum, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the United States (GAAP) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Offering Memorandum present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included therein.
(s) Incorporation and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantors of its obligations under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (a Material Adverse Effect); other than the subsidiaries listed on Schedule C to this Agreement, the Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity or 5% or more of the shares of capital stock or any other equity interest in any firm, partnership, joint venture, association or other entity.
(t) Capitalization. As of June 30, 2015, on a consolidated basis, after giving effect to the Transactions, the Company would have an authorized and outstanding capitalization as set forth in the section of the Offering Memorandum entitled Capitalization; all of the outstanding shares of capital stock, including the common stock (the Common Stock), of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, have been issued in compliance with all applicable securities laws and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in the Offering Memorandum, there are no outstanding rights (including, without
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limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or any such subsidiary, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of each subsidiary owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or any other claim of any third party.
(u) No Termination of Agreements. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any subsidiary has sent or received any communication regarding termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements referred to or described in the Offering Memorandum, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by the Company or any subsidiary or, to the Companys knowledge, any other party to any such contract or agreement, except in each such case for any termination or non-renewal that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(v) No Material Actions or Proceedings. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, to the knowledge of the Company no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority.
(w) Solvency. Each of the Company and the Guarantors is, and immediately after the Closing Date will be, Solvent. As used herein, the term Solvent means, with respect to any person on a particular date, that on such date (i) the fair market value of the assets of such person is greater than the total amount of liabilities (including contingent liabilities) of such person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liabilities of such person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such person is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities, including contingent obligations, as they mature and (iv) such person does not have unreasonably small capital.
(x) Non-Contravention; No Authorizations or Approvals. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter, bylaws or similar organizational document; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which
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any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors party thereto, and the issuance and delivery of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors to the extent a party thereto, or the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Offering Memorandum, other than as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada and except such as may be required by the securities laws of the several states of the United States or provinces of Canada with respect to the Companys obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement.
(y) Related Party Transactions. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be disclosed in a registration statement on Form S-1 which is not so disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.
(z) Intellectual Property. The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use or can acquire on reasonable terms all material patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, licenses and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses; and the Company and its subsidiaries have not received any notice of any claim of infringement of or conflict with any such rights of others.
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(aa) All Necessary Permits, etc. The Company and each subsidiary possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to possess or make the same could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization.
(bb) Title to Properties. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, the Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(cc) Tax Law Compliance. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes which are due and payable (except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken in good faith and as to which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP) and filed all U.S. federal and material state, local and foreign tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets except for any tax deficiencies that could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(dd) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, nor after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof, will be, required to register as an investment company or an entity controlled by an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
(ee) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.
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(ff) No Stabilization or Manipulation. None of the Company or any of the Guarantors has taken and none will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that might be reasonably expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.
(gg) Sarbanes-Oxley. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Companys directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.
(hh) Internal Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including, but not limited to internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with managements general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with managements general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. There are no material weaknesses in the Companys internal controls. The Companys auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Companys internal controls over financial reporting.
(ii) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Company has established and maintains and evaluates disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act); such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Companys Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer by others within those entities, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; the Companys independent registered public accountants and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies, if any, in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Companys ability to record, process,
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summarize and report financial data; and (ii) all fraud, if any, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in the Companys internal controls; all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses (as such terms are defined in Rule 1-02(a)(4) of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act) of the Company, if any, have been identified to the Companys independent registered public accountants and are disclosed in the Offering Memorandum; since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses; the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Company have made all certifications required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and any related rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, and the statements contained in each such certification are complete and correct; the Company, the subsidiaries and the Companys directors and officers are each in compliance in all material respects with all applicable effective provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission and the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE) promulgated thereunder.
(jj) Margin Regulations. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities will not violate Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.
(kk) Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, (i) the Company and its subsidiaries (A) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, Environmental Laws), (B) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, and (C) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, or cost or liability, as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, (A) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (B) the Company and its subsidiaries are not aware of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or
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wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) none of the Company and its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, there has been no storage, generation, transportation, handling, treatment, disposal, discharge, emission, or other release of any kind of toxic wastes or hazardous substances, including, but not limited to, any naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, drilling mud, crude oil, natural gas liquids and other petroleum materials, by, due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the Companys knowledge, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) upon any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or upon any other property, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or to a location that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability under the Environmental Laws, except for any violation or liability which could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ll) ERISA. Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (ERISA), for which the Company or any member of its Controlled Group (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code)) would have any liability (each, a Plan) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code except for any noncompliance which could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; (i) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (ii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, there has been no failure to satisfy the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, and none is reasonably expected to occur; (iii) the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (iv) no reportable event (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (v) neither the Company nor any member of the Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a multiemployer plan, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA).
(mm) No Labor Disturbance. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except, in each case, as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
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(nn) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the FCPA), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any foreign official (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA and the Company and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(oo) No Conflict with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws); and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator or non-governmental authority involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened.
(pp) No Conflict with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majestys Treasury or any other relevant sanctions authority; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities contemplated hereby, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any sanctions administered or enforced by such authorities.
(qq) Forward-Looking Information. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act or Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.
(rr) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company that has caused the Company to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.
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(ss) USA Patriot Act. The Company acknowledges that, in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, the Initial Purchasers are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Initial Purchasers to properly identify their respective clients.
(tt) No Restrictive Agreements. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiarys capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiarys properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.
(uu) Health Care Law Filings and Licensure. Except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum, all reports, documents, claims, notices or approvals required to be filed, obtained, maintained or furnished pursuant to any Health Care Law (as defined below) or as otherwise required by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, any Government Program (as defined below), or applicable state departments of insurance, health and/or public health or any other governmental authority, have been so filed, obtained, maintained or furnished, and all such reports, documents, claims and notices were complete and correct in all material respects on the date filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a subsequent filing), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries which is licensed to conduct the business of health insurance or of a health maintenance organization is in current compliance with applicable deposit, reserve, risk based or other capital requirements imposed by each applicable state department of insurance. Additionally, the Company and each such subsidiary of the Company currently maintains all cash, marketable securities or other assets required to be retained by the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to any applicable Health Care Laws, including any state statutory capital reserve requirements. None of the Company, its subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any officer, director, employee or other agent of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has engaged on behalf of the Company or such subsidiary in any of the following: (i) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false statement or representation of a material fact in any applications for any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid or similar state program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties); (ii) knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid or similar state program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties); (iii) knowingly and willfully failing to disclose knowledge by a claimant of the occurrence of any event affecting the initial or continued right to any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid or similar state program or from any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to
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third parties) on its own behalf or on behalf of another, with intent to secure such benefit or payment fraudulently; (iv) knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash or in kind (A) in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare, Medicaid, similar state program or plan or any third party (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties), or (B) in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of any good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare, Medicaid, similar state program or plan or any third (where applicable federal or state law prohibits such payments to third parties).
(vv) Government Programs and Health Care Laws. To the extent required in connection with their respective businesses, each of the Company and its subsidiaries is in compliance with each of its contracts and all other conditions of participation in the Medicare program and the Medicaid programs in the state or states in which such entity operates (collectively, the Government Programs) except where failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is subject to any pending, or, to the Companys knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, audit or investigation which could reasonably be expected to result in a revocation, suspension, termination, restriction or non-renewal of any third party payor participation agreement or the Companys or any significant subsidiarys participation in any Government Program; and the Company and each significant subsidiary has been in compliance with all applicable Health Care Laws, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Offering Memorandum and except to the extent that failure to be in compliance could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this Agreement, Health Care Laws shall mean all federal, state and local laws governing managed care organizations, health maintenance organizations, health insurance or other risk bearing entity, for the payment of health care services, including, without limitation: (i) Titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act, governing the Medicare and Medicaid programs and regulations pertaining thereto, and all state laws and regulations governing the Medicaid programs; (ii) Sections 1320a-7, 1320a-7a and 1320a-7b of Title 42 of the United States Code; (iii) the False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. Sections 3729-3733; (iv) the Stark law, 42 U.S.C. § 1395nn; (v) the Federal Criminal False Claims Act, 18 U.S.C. § 287; (vi) the False Statements Relating to Health Care Matters statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1035; (vii) the Health Care Fraud statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1347; (viii) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act and applicable state health care privacy and security laws; (ix) any fee-splitting statutes and corporate practice of medicine laws and regulations in the states in which the Company and each significant subsidiary operates a community clinic; and (x) any and all other similar laws, the regulations promulgated pursuant to each of (i) through (x), each as amended from time to time. The Company and each subsidiary have taken reasonable actions designed to ensure that they do not allow any individual with an ownership or control interest (as defined in 42
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U.S.C. § 1320a-3(a)(3)) in the Company or any subsidiary or any officer, director or managing employee (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-5(b)) of the Company or any subsidiary who would be a person excluded from participation in any federal health care program (as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a-7b(f)) as described in 42 U.S.C. § 1320a- 7(b)(8) to participate in any such federal health care program maintained by the Company or any significant subsidiary; and the Company and its significant subsidiaries have structured their respective business practices in a manner reasonably designed to comply with the federal and state laws regarding physician ownership of (or financial relationship with), and the referral to entities providing, healthcare related goods or services, and laws requiring disclosure of financial interests held by physicians in entities to which they may refer patients for the provisions of health care related goods and services, and the Company reasonably believes that it is in material compliance with such laws. There are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known by the Company to be contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Health Care Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company, nor any of its subsidiaries, has any material outstanding overpayments or refunds due under the Government Program contracts.
(ww) Business with Cuba. The Company has complied with all provisions of Section 517.075, Florida Statutes (Chapter 92-198, Laws of Florida) relating to doing business with the Government of Cuba or with any person or affiliate located in Cuba.
(xx) Regulation S. The Company, the Guarantors and their respective affiliates and all persons acting on their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to whom the Company and the Guarantors make no representation) have complied with and will comply with the offering restrictions requirements of Regulation S in connection with the offering of the Securities outside the United States and, in connection therewith, the Offering Memorandum will contain the disclosure required by Rule 902 under the Securities Act. The Company is a reporting issuer, as defined in Rule 902 under the Securities Act.
Any certificate signed by an officer of the Company or any Guarantor and delivered to the Initial Purchasers or to counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Company or such Guarantor to each Initial Purchaser as to the matters set forth therein.
SECTION 3. Covenants of the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, further covenants and agrees with each Initial Purchaser as follows:
(a) Copies of the Offering Memorandum. The Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, without charge, as many copies of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and any amendments and supplements thereto as they shall reasonably request.
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(b) Final Offering Memorandum; Amendments and Supplements. The Company will prepare and deliver to the Initial Purchasers the Final Offering Memorandum in the form approved by the Representative. The Company will not amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum prior to the Closing Date unless the Representative shall previously have been furnished a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement a reasonable period of time prior to the proposed use or filing, and shall not have reasonably objected to such amendment or supplement. Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or distributing any Company Additional Written Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representative a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or distribute any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.
(c) Amendments and Supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum and Other Securities Act Matters.
At any time prior to the Closing Date, if (i) any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, as then amended or supplemented, would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it should be necessary to amend or supplement any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, to comply with applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors will immediately notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and will prepare and (subject to Section 3(a) hereof) provide to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Pricing Disclosure Package so that the statements in any of the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with all applicable law.
Prior to the completion of the placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers with the Subsequent Purchasers, if any event occurs or condition exists as a result of which it is necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum, as then amended or supplemented, in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Final Offering Memorandum is delivered to a Subsequent Purchaser, not misleading, or if in the judgment of the Representative or counsel for the Initial Purchasers it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Final Offering Memorandum to comply with applicable law, the Company and the Guarantors agree to promptly prepare (subject to this Section 3) and provide at its own expense to the Initial Purchasers, amendments or supplements to the Final Offering Memorandum so that the statements in the Final Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances at the Closing Date and at the time of sale of Securities, be misleading or so that the Final Offering Memorandum, as amended or supplemented, will comply with all applicable law.
Following the consummation of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of an applicable shelf registration statement and for so long as the Securities are outstanding, if, in the judgment of the Representative, the Initial Purchasers or any of their affiliates (as
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such term is defined in the Securities Act) are required to deliver a prospectus in connection with sales of, or market-making activities with respect to, the Securities, the Company and the Guarantors agree to periodically amend the applicable registration statement so that the information contained therein complies with the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act, to amend the applicable registration statement or supplement the related prospectus or the documents incorporated therein when necessary to reflect any material changes in the information provided therein so that the registration statement and the prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing as of the date the prospectus is so delivered, not misleading and to provide the Initial Purchasers with copies of each amendment or supplement filed and such other documents as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request.
The Company hereby expressly acknowledges that the indemnification and contribution provisions of Section 7 hereof are specifically applicable and relate to each offering memorandum, registration statement, prospectus, amendment or supplement referred to in this Section 3.
(d) Use of Proceeds. The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under the caption Use of Proceeds in the Pricing Disclosure Package.
(e) The Depositary. The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of the Depositary.
(f) Additional Information. So long as any of the Securities are restricted securities within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, at any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, for the benefit of holders and beneficial owners from time to time of the Securities, the Company shall furnish, at its expense, upon request, to holders and beneficial owners of Securities and prospective purchasers of Securities information satisfying the requirements of Rule 144A(d).
(g) No Other Securities. During the period of 90 days following the date hereof, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of SunTrust (which consent may be withheld at the sole discretion of SunTrust), directly or indirectly, sell, offer, contract or grant any option to sell, pledge, transfer or establish an open put equivalent position within the meaning of Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act, or otherwise dispose of or transfer, or announce the offering of, or file any registration statement under the Securities Act in respect of, any debt securities of the Company or securities exchangeable for or convertible into debt securities of the Company, except (i) as contemplated by this Agreement and to register the Exchange Securities, (ii) for the vesting of or removal or lapse of restrictions on restricted stock or other awards under any employee benefit plan or agreement disclosed in the Offering Memorandum in accordance with the terms of such plan or agreement, and (iii) for the filing of any registration statement in respect of securities offered pursuant to the terms of any existing employee benefit plan or agreement disclosed in the Offering Memorandum, in each case without SunTrusts prior written consent.
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(h) Blue Sky Compliance. Each of the Company and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers to qualify or register (or to obtain exemptions from qualifying or registering) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or any other jurisdictions designated by the Representative, shall comply with such laws and shall continue such qualifications, registrations and exemptions in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities. None of the Company or any of the Guarantors shall be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not presently qualified or where it would be subject to taxation as a foreign corporation. The Company will advise the Representative promptly of the suspension of the qualification or registration of (or any such exemption relating to) the Securities for offering, sale or trading in any jurisdiction or any initiation or threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, and in the event of the issuance of any order suspending such qualification, registration or exemption, each of the Company and the Guarantors shall use its best efforts to obtain the withdrawal thereof at the earliest possible moment.
(i) No Integration. The Company agrees that it will not and will cause its Affiliates, directly or through any agent, not to make any offer or sale of securities of the Company of any class if, as a result of the doctrine of integration referred to in Rule 502 under the Securities Act, such offer or sale would render invalid the sale of Securities pursuant hereto.
(j) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. The Company agrees that it will not and will not permit any of its Affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) to (i) solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D without the prior written consent of the Representative or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities within the meaning of Regulation S, and the Company will and will cause all such persons to comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S with respect to the Securities.
(k) Legended Securities. Each certificate for a Security will bear the legend contained in Notice to Investors in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum for the time period and upon the other terms stated in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.
(l) No Resales. The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Affiliates to, resell any of the Notes that have been acquired by any of them, other than pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act or in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
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The Representative on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers, may, in its sole discretion, waive in writing the performance by the Company or any Guarantor of any one or more of the foregoing covenants or extend the time for their performance.
SECTION 4. Conditions of the Obligations of the Initial Purchasers. The obligations of the several Initial Purchasers to purchase and pay for the Notes shall be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company in Section 2 hereof, in each case as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as if made on and as of the Closing Date and to the timely performance by the Company of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional conditions:
(a) Comfort Letters. The Initial Purchasers shall have received on each of the date hereof and the Closing Date a letter, dated the date hereof or the Closing Date, as the case may be, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, from Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Final Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter shall use a cut-off date within three days of the date of such letter and that their procedures shall extend to financial information in the Final Offering Memorandum not contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package. References to the Final Offering Memorandum in this paragraph with respect to either letter referred to above shall include any amendment or supplement thereto at the date of such letter.
(b) No Material Adverse Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, no event or condition of a type described in Section 2(p) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum.
(c) No Ratings Agency Change. For the period from and after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date, there shall not have occurred any downgrading, nor shall any notice have been given of any intended or potential downgrading or of any review for a possible change that does not indicate the direction of the possible change, in the rating accorded the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their securities or indebtedness by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization as such term is defined for purposes of Rule 436 under the Securities Act.
(d) Opinion of Counsel for the Company. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion dated the Closing Date, of Boutin Jones Inc., counsel for the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A hereto.
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(e) Opinion of Chief Legal Officer. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion dated the Closing Date, of Jeffrey D. Barlow, the Companys Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and counsel to the Initial Purchasers, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto.
(f) Opinion of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received the favorable opinion, dated as of the Closing Date, of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as may be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers.
(g) Officers Certificate. On the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company and each Guarantor, to the effect set forth in Sections 4(b) and 4(c) hereof, and further to the effect that: (i) the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Guarantors set forth in Section 2 hereof were true and correct as of the date hereof and are true and correct as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though expressly made on and as of the Closing Date; and (iii) each of the Company and the Guarantors has complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date.
(h) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company, each of the Guarantors and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.
(i) Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors.
(j) Additional Documents. On or before the Closing Date, the Initial Purchasers and counsel for the Initial Purchasers shall have received such information, documents and opinions as they may reasonably request.
If any condition specified in this Section 4 is not satisfied or waived by the Representative when and as required to be satisfied, this Agreement may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date, which termination shall be without liability on the part of any party to any other party, subject to survival of the provisions referenced in Section 8 hereof.
SECTION 5. Offer and Sale Procedures. Each of the Initial Purchasers, on the one hand, and the Company and each of the Guarantors, on the other hand, hereby agree to observe the following procedures in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities:
(a) Offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by the Initial Purchasers or Affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales
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are made. Each sale of Securities shall be made only to persons whom the seller reasonably believes to be Qualified Institutional Buyers or non-U.S. persons outside the United States to whom the offeror or seller reasonably believes offers and sales of the Securities may be made in reliance upon Regulation S upon the terms and conditions set forth in Annex I hereto, which Annex I is hereby expressly made a part hereof.
(b) Upon original issuance by the Company, and until such time as the same is no longer required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Securities (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than the Exchange Securities) shall bear the following legend:
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 (THE SECURITIES ACT), AND THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER.
THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) THIS NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (I) TO THE ISSUER, (II) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (III) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), (7) AND (8) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE NOTE FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $250,000 (IV) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (V) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER (IF AVAILABLE) OR (VI) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, IN EACH OF CASES (I) THROUGH (VI) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES, AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE FROM IT OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO IN (A) ABOVE.
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Following the sale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers to Subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, except as expressly set forth in Sections 7(b) and 7(d) hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Company for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Company for any reason, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any Security.
SECTION 6. Payment of Expenses.
(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and the Guarantors will pay or cause to be paid all costs, fees and expenses incident to the performance of its and the Guarantors obligations under this Agreement and in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, (i) all expenses incident to the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Securities, (ii) all costs and expenses related to the issuance and delivery of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers, including any transfer or other taxes payable thereon, (iii) all fees, disbursements and expenses of the Companys counsel and the Companys accountants in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities and all other fees or expenses in connection with the preparation of the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Permitted General Solicitation and the Final Offering Memorandum and all amendments and supplements thereto, and the Transaction Documents, including all printing costs associated therewith, and the delivering of copies thereof to the Initial Purchasers, in the quantities herein above specified, (iv) the fees and expenses of the Trustee, including the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture, the Securities and the Exchange Securities, (v) all filing fees, attorneys fees and expenses incurred by the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers in connection with qualifying or registering (or obtaining exemptions from the qualification or registration of) all or any part of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities laws of the several states of the United States, the provinces of Canada or other jurisdictions designated by the Initial Purchasers (including, without limitation, the cost of preparing, printing and mailing preliminary and final blue sky or legal investment memoranda and any related supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum), (vi) any fees payable in connection with the rating of the Securities or the Exchange Securities with the ratings agencies, (vii) any filing fees incident to, and any reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers in connection with the review by FINRA, if any, of the terms of the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities and (viii) all costs and expenses relating to investor presentations, including any road show presentations undertaken in connection with the marketing of the offering of the Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives (including the Initial Purchasers) and officers of the Company and any such consultants, and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show. It is understood, however, that except as provided in this Section 6 and Section 8 hereof, the Initial Purchasers shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel.
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(b) If the sale of the Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5 hereof is not satisfied, because this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8 hereof or because of any failure, refusal or inability on the part of the Company to perform all obligations and satisfy all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder other than by reason of a default by any of the Initial Purchasers, the Company will reimburse the Initial Purchasers upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, fees and disbursements of counsel, printing expenses, travel expenses, postage, facsimile and telephone charges) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities.
SECTION 7. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company and the Guarantors. Each of the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors, officers and employees, and each person, if any, who controls (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) any Initial Purchaser against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, joint or several, to which such Initial Purchaser, affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Company), insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Permitted General Solicitation or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and will reimburse each Initial Purchaser and each such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel chosen by SunTrust) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by such Initial Purchaser or such affiliate, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to such Initial Purchaser and furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto). The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 7(a) shall be in addition to any liabilities that the Company may otherwise have.
(b) Indemnification by the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor, each of their respective affiliates, directors, officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company
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or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as incurred, to which the Company, any Guarantor or any such affiliate, director, officer or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, or at common law or otherwise (including in settlement of any litigation, if such settlement is effected with the written consent of such Initial Purchaser), insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense (or actions in respect thereof as contemplated below) arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication, any Permitted General Solicitation or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to such Initial Purchaser and furnished to the Company by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein; and to reimburse the Company, any Guarantor and each such director or controlling person for any and all expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) as such expenses are reasonably incurred by the Company, any Guarantor or such director or controlling person in connection with investigating, defending, settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby acknowledges that the only information that the Initial Purchasers through the Representative have furnished to the Company expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Pricing Supplement, any Company Additional Written Communication or the Final Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) are the statements set forth in the fourth paragraph, the third sentence of the sixth paragraph and the eighth paragraph under the caption Plan of Distribution in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum. The indemnity agreement set forth in this Section 7(b) shall be in addition to any liabilities that each Initial Purchaser may otherwise have.
(c) Notices and Procedures. Promptly after receipt by any person to whom indemnity may be available under this Section 7 (the indemnified party) of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any person from whom indemnity may be sought under this Section 7 (the indemnifying party), notify such indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided that the failure to so notify such indemnifying party will not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability which it may have to such indemnified party under this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure (through the forfeiture of substantive rights and defenses) and shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability that such indemnifying party may have to such indemnified party other than under this Section 7. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and such indemnified party notifies the relevant indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, such indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, to assume the defense thereof, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to
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such indemnified party; provided, however, if the defendants in any such action (including impleaded parties) include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have concluded that a conflict may arise between the positions of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party in conducting the defense of any such action or that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel to assume such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by the indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 7 for any legal or other expenses other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (together with local counsel (in each jurisdiction)), which shall be selected by SunTrust (in the case of counsel representing the Initial Purchasers or their related persons), representing the indemnified parties who are parties to such action), (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action or (iii) such indemnifying party has authorized the employment of counsel for such indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from an indemnifying party to an indemnified party, such indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the written consent of such indemnifying party. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by (i), (ii) or (iii) of the third sentence of this paragraph, the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (x) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request and (y) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party or any other person that may be entitled to indemnification hereunder is a party to such claim, action, suit or proceeding) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party and such other persons from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include any statements as to or any findings of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 is held to be unavailable to or otherwise insufficient, for any reason, to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount paid or payable by such indemnified party, as incurred, as a result of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities
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or expenses referred to therein (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, and the total discount received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate initial offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, or the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the parties relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to above shall be deemed to include, any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim. The provisions set forth in subclauses (a) and (b) of this Section 7 with respect to notice of commencement of any action shall apply if a claim for contribution is to be made under this Section 7; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under Section 7(c) hereof for purposes of indemnification. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 7. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Initial Purchaser shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the discount received by such Initial Purchaser in connection with the Securities distributed by it. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several, and not joint, in proportion to their respective commitments as set forth opposite their names in Schedule A. For purposes of this Section 7, each affiliate, director, officer and employee of an Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as such Initial Purchaser, and each director of the Company or any Guarantor, and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Guarantors.
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SECTION 8. Termination of this Agreement. The Representative may terminate this Agreement with respect to the Notes by notice to the Company at any time on or prior to the Closing Date in the event that the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable to perform in any material respect all obligations and satisfy in any material respect all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior thereto or if, at any time: (i) trading or quotation in any of the Companys securities shall have been suspended or limited by the Commission or by the NYSE, or trading in securities generally on either the Nasdaq Stock Market or the NYSE shall have been suspended or limited, or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any of such quotation system or stock exchange by the Commission or FINRA; (ii) there has been a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States; (iii) a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal or New York authorities; (iv) there shall have been (A) an outbreak or escalation of hostilities between the United States and any foreign power, (B) an outbreak or escalation of any other insurrection or armed conflict involving the United States, (C) the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis involving the United States or (D) any change in general economic, political or financial conditions which has an effect on the U.S. financial markets that, in the case of any event described in this clause (iv), in the sole judgment of the Representative, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offer, sale and delivery of the Securities as disclosed in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum, exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto; or (v) in the judgment of the Representative there shall have occurred or exist any event or condition a type described in Section 2(p) hereof or any other loss, event or other calamity of such character as in the judgment of the Representative may interfere materially with the conduct of the business and operations of the Company regardless of whether or not such loss shall have been insured. Any termination pursuant to this Section 8 shall be without liability on the part of (i) the Company or any Guarantor to any Initial Purchaser, except that the Company and the Guarantors shall be obligated to reimburse the expenses of the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6 hereof, (ii) any Initial Purchaser to the Company, or (iii) any party hereto to any other party except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination.
SECTION 9. Notices. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if sent to any of the Initial Purchasers, shall be delivered or sent by mail or transmitted and confirmed in writing by any standard form of telecommunication to SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., 3333 Peachtree Road, 10th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30326, Facsimile: 404 ###-###-####, Attention: High Yield Syndicate, with a copy to Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005, Attention: Stuart Downing, Esq. and if sent to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission and confirmed in writing to the Company at 200 Oceangate, Suite 100, Long Beach, California 90802, Facsimile: 562 ###-###-####, Attention: Joseph White, Chief Accounting Officer, with a copy to Boutin Jones Inc., 555 Capitol Mall, Suite 1500, Sacramento, California 95814, Facsimile: 916 ###-###-####, Attention: Iain Mickle.
SECTION 10. Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates of each Initial Purchaser referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No Subsequent Purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.
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SECTION 11. Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by SunTrust on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by SunTrust shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.
SECTION 12. Partial Unenforceability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.
SECTION 13. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED IN SUCH STATE WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby (Related Proceedings) may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the City and County of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the City and County of New York (collectively, the Specified Courts), and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction (except for suits, actions, or proceedings instituted in regard to the enforcement of a judgment of any Specified Court in a Related Proceeding, as to which such jurisdiction is non-exclusive) of the Specified Courts in any Related Proceeding. Service of any process, summons, notice or document by mail to such partys address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court. The parties irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any Specified Proceeding in the Specified Courts and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any Specified Court that any Related Proceeding brought in any Specified Court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
SECTION 14. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the Company and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives trial by jury in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement.
SECTION 15. Defaulting Initial Purchasers. If any of the several Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities that it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date, and the aggregate number of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase does not exceed 10% of the aggregate number of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall be obligated to purchase the Securities that such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date (the Remaining Securities) in the respective proportions that the principal amount of the Notes set opposite the name of each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser in Schedule A hereto bears to the total number of the Securities set opposite the names of all the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers in Schedule A, or in such other proportions as
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may be specified by the Initial Purchasers with the consent of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers; provided, however, that the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Securities on the Closing Date if the total amount of Securities which the defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 10% of the total amount of Securities to be purchased on the Closing Date, and no non-defaulting Initial Purchaser shall be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the amount of Notes that it agreed to purchase on the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers, or those other purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers who so agree, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Remaining Securities. If the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or other Initial Purchasers satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers do not elect to purchase the Remaining Securities, this Agreement shall terminate without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Sections 6 and 8 hereof shall at all times be effective and shall survive such termination. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, as the case may be, but in no event for longer than seven days in order that the required changes, if any, to the Final Offering Memorandum or any other documents or arrangements may be effected.
As used in this Agreement, the term Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to include any person substituted for a defaulting Initial Purchaser under this Section 15. Any action taken under this Section 15 shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.
SECTION 16. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility. Each of the Company and the Guarantors acknowledges and agrees that: (i) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arms-length commercial transaction between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the several Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and the Company and the Guarantors are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with each transaction contemplated hereby and the process leading to such transaction each Initial Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of the Company, the Guarantors or their respective affiliates, stockholders, creditors or employees or any other party; (iii) no Initial Purchaser has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company and the Guarantors with respect to any of the transactions contemplated hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Initial Purchaser has advised or is currently advising the Company and the Guarantors on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company and the Guarantors except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement; (iv) the several Initial Purchasers and their respective affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantors, and the several Initial Purchasers have no obligation to disclose any of such interests by virtue of any fiduciary or advisory relationship; and (v) the Initial Purchasers have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated hereby, and the Company and the Guarantors have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate.
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This Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company, the Guarantors and the several Initial Purchasers, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. The Company and the Guarantors hereby waive and release, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company and the Guarantors may have against the several Initial Purchasers with respect to any breach or alleged breach of fiduciary duty.
SECTION 17. Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Guarantors, their respective officers and the several Initial Purchasers set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser, the Company, any Guarantor or any of their partners, officers or directors or any controlling person, as the case may be, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities sold hereunder and any termination of this Agreement.
SECTION 18. Miscellaneous.
(a) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties to this Agreement and supersedes all prior written or oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter hereof.
(b) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each one of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
(c) Amendments and Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.
(d) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.
Very truly yours,
MOLINA HEALTHCARE, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ John C. Molina | |
Name: | John C. Molina | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
MOLINA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, LLC, | ||
as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ John C. Molina | |
Name: | John C. Molina | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
MOLINA MEDICAL MANAGEMENT, INC., | ||
as Guarantor | ||
By: | /s/ Joseph W. White | |
Name: | Joseph W. White | |
Title: | Vice President and Chief Financial Officer/Treasurer |
The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted by the Initial Purchasers as of the date first above written.
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC. | ||
Acting on behalf of itself and as the Representative of the several Initial Purchasers | ||
By: | SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | |
By: | /s/ Ronald B. Caldwell | |
Name: | Ronald B. Caldwell | |
Title: | Managing Director |
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SCHEDULE A
Aggregate Principal Amount of Notes to be Purchased | ||||
Initial Purchasers | ||||
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. | $ | 245,000,000 | ||
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated | 157,500,000 | |||
UBS Securities LLC | 157,500,000 | |||
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC | 49,000,000 | |||
Barclays Capital Inc. | 35,000,000 | |||
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc. | 28,000,000 | |||
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. | 28,000,000 | |||
Total | $ | 700,000,000 |
SCHEDULE B
1. Press release of the Company dated November 2, 2015 relating to the announcement of the offering of Securities.
2. Press release of the Company dated November 5, 2015 relating to the pricing of the offering of Securities.
SCHEDULE C
SUBSIDIARIES
NAME | JURISDICTION | |
March Holdings, Inc.* | California | |
Molina Healthcare of North Carolina, Inc. | North Carolina | |
Molina Healthcare of South Carolina, Inc. | South Carolina | |
Molina Healthcare of California Partner Plan, Inc. | California | |
Molina Healthcare of Puerto Rico, Inc. | Puerto Rico | |
Molina Healthcare of Florida, Inc. | Florida | |
Molina Healthcare of Ohio, Inc. | Ohio | |
Molina Healthcare of Illinois, Inc. | Illinois | |
Molina Information Systems, LLC d/b/a Molina Medicaid Solutions | California | |
Molina Youth Academy | California | |
Molina Healthcare of Michigan, Inc. | Michigan | |
Molina Healthcare of Utah, Inc. | Utah | |
Molina Healthcare of Maryland, Inc. | Maryland | |
Molina Healthcare of New Mexico, Inc. | New Mexico | |
Molina Healthcare of California | California | |
Molina Healthcare Data Center, Inc. | New Mexico | |
Molina Healthcare of Georgia, Inc. | Georgia | |
Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc. | Mississippi | |
Molina Healthcare of Washington, Inc. | Washington | |
Molina Healthcare of Virginia, Inc. | Virginia | |
Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin, Inc. | Wisconsin | |
Molina Healthcare of Arizona, Inc. | Arizona | |
Molina Healthcare of New York, Inc. | New York | |
Molina Health Plan Management, Inc. | New York | |
Molina Healthcare of Iowa, Inc. | Iowa | |
Molina Pathways, LLC | Delaware | |
Molina Pathways of Ohio, LLC** | Ohio | |
Molina Personal Care of South Carolina, Inc.** | South Carolina | |
Molina Pathways of Texas, Inc.** | Texas | |
Molina Personal Care of Texas, Inc.** | Texas |
NAME | JURISDICTION | |
Molina Hospital Management, Inc. | California | |
Molina Medical Management, Inc. | California | |
Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. | Texas | |
BW MHM Holdings, LLC*** | Delaware | |
Easy Care MSO, LLC**** | California | |
Molina Healthcare of Texas Insurance Company***** | Texas |
* | Molina Healthcare, Inc. owns approximately 26% of the outstanding equity interests. |
** | Molina Pathways, LLC owns 100% of the outstanding equity interests. |
*** | Molina Hospital Management, Inc. owns approximately 20% of the outstanding equity interests. |
**** | Molina Medical Management, Inc. owns approximately 50.23% of the outstanding equity interests. |
***** | Molina Healthcare of Texas, Inc. owns 100% of the outstanding equity interests. |
EXHIBIT A
Opinion of counsel for the Company to be delivered pursuant to Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement.
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. The Company has full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(ii) Each Guarantor has been duly formed/organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its formation/organization, has corporate or limited liability company, as applicable, power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and to enter into and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(iii) The Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor.
(iv) The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and is a valid and binding agreement of, the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and except as rights to indemnification may be limited by applicable law.
(v) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Guarantor and (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Trustee) is a valid and binding agreement of the Company and each Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and each Guarantor in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles.
(vi) The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture, have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture and, when executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner provided in the Indenture (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee) and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting enforcement of the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
Exhibit A-1
(vii) The Guarantees are in the respective forms contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture. The Guarantees have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors and, when the Notes have been authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and delivered against payment of the purchase price therefor, will constitute valid and binding agreements of the Guarantors, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors or by general equitable principles and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.
(viii) The statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the captions Description of Notes, Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences and Exchange Offer; Registration Rights, insofar as such statements constitute matters of law, summaries of legal matters, documents or legal proceedings, or legal conclusions, have been reviewed by such counsel and fairly present and summarize, in all material respects, the matters referred to therein.
(ix) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court or other governmental or regulatory authority or agency, is required for the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors to the extent a party thereto, or the issuance and delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities, or consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, except such as have been obtained or made by the Company and are in full force and effect under the Securities Act, applicable state securities or blue sky laws and except such as may be required by federal and state securities laws with respect to the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under the Registration Rights Agreement.
(x) The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the Guarantors and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors to the extent a party thereto of their obligations thereunder (other than performance under the indemnification sections of the Purchase Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, as to which no opinion need be rendered): (i) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary; (ii) will not constitute a breach of, or Default or a breach under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2015, by and among the Company, the other loan parties party thereto, the lenders party thereto and SunTrust Bank, as administrative agent, or any other existing debt instrument that has been filed by the Company with the Commission; or (iii) will not result in any violation of any law, administrative regulation or administrative or court decree applicable to the Company or any subsidiary.
(xi) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is, or after receipt of payment for the Securities will be, an investment company within the meaning of Investment Company Act.
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(xii) Assuming the accuracy of the representations, warranties and covenants of the Company and the Initial Purchasers contained herein, no registration of the Notes or the Guarantees under the Securities Act, and no qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act with respect thereto, is required in connection with the purchase of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers or the initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by the Purchase Agreement and the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum other than any registration or qualification that may be required in connection with the Exchange Offer contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum or in connection with the Registration Rights Agreement. Such counsel need express no opinion, however, as to when or under what circumstances any Notes initially sold by the Initial Purchasers may be reoffered or resold.
In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to matters involving the application of laws of any jurisdiction other than the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, the laws of the State of California or the federal law of the United States, to the extent they deem proper and specified in such opinion, upon the opinion (which shall be dated the Closing Date shall be satisfactory in form and substance to the Initial Purchasers, shall expressly state that the Initial Purchasers may rely on such opinion as if it were addressed to them and shall be furnished to the Initial Purchasers) of other counsel of good standing whom they believe to be reliable and who are satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers; provided, however, that such counsel shall further state that they believe that they and the Initial Purchasers are justified in relying upon such opinion of other counsel, and as to matters of fact, to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials; provided, further, that in rendering the enforceability opinions set forth in paragraphs (iv) through (vii) above, such counsel may assume that the outcome of the matters covered by such opinions shall be the same under the laws of the State of California as under the laws of the State of New York.
In addition, such counsel shall state that they have participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, representatives of the independent public or certified public accountants for the Company and with representatives of the Initial Purchasers at which the contents of the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum (other than as specified above), on the basis of the foregoing, nothing has come to their attention which would lead them to believe that the Pricing Disclosure Package, as of the Time of Sale, or that the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its date or at the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (it being understood that such counsel need express no belief as to the financial statements or other financial data derived therefrom, included in the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Final Offering Memorandum or any amendments or supplements thereto).
Exhibit A-3
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF OPINION OF JEFFREY D. BARLOW, CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER AND SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY
November 10, 2015
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
303 Peachtree Street, 10th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30308
as Representative of the several Initial Purchasers
named in Schedule A to the Purchase Agreement
Re: | Molina Healthcare, Inc. Issuance of $700,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.375% Senior Notes due 2022 |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am acting Chief Legal Officer and Secretary of Molina Healthcare, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company). This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Purchase Agreement, dated November 5, 2015 (the Purchase Agreement), among the Company, the Guarantors party thereto and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. (the Representative), as representative of the Initial Purchasers named therein (the Initial Purchasers), with respect to the Initial Purchasers purchase of the Securities from the Company as provided in Section 1 of the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall be used herein as defined in the Purchase Agreement.
In connection with rendering the opinions set forth herein, I have examined and relied on originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to my satisfaction, of such corporate and other records, documents and other papers as I have deemed necessary or appropriate to examine for the purpose of this opinion.
In my examination I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures (including endorsements), the legal capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to me as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. In making my examination of documents executed by parties other than the Company or a Guarantor, I have assumed that such parties had the power, corporate or other, to enter into and perform all obligations under such documents and have also assumed the due authorization by all requisite action, corporate or other, and execution and delivery by such parties of such documents and the validity and binding effect thereof. As to any facts material to this opinion which I did not independently establish or verify, I have relied upon statements and representations of the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective officers and other representatives and of public officials.
Exhibit B
Whenever a statement is qualified by to my knowledge or a similar phrase, it refers to my current actual knowledge after reasonable inquiry.
I am admitted to the Bar in the State of California. I express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than (i) the laws of the State of California, (ii) the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and (iii) the federal laws of the United States of America to the extent specifically referred to herein.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the limitations, qualifications, exceptions and assumptions set forth herein, I am of the opinion that:
(i) The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each of the Guarantors has been duly formed/organized and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the State of California.
(ii) Each of the Company and the Guarantors has corporate or limited liability company power and authority, as the case may be, necessary to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum and to execute and deliver the Transaction Documents to which it is a party and perform its obligations thereunder.
(iii) Each of the Company and the Guarantors is duly qualified to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(iv) Each of the Purchase Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Guarantors.
(v) The Notes are in the form contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized by the Company for issuance and sale pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture. The Notes have been duly executed and delivered by the Company.
(vi) The Guarantees are in the respective forms contemplated by the Indenture and have been duly authorized for issuance pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture. The Guarantees have been duly executed by each of the Guarantors.
(vii) To my knowledge, except as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, there are not any legal, governmental, or regulatory investigation, action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation, pending to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party, or to which the property of the Company or any subsidiary is subject, before or brought by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, which, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the properties or assets thereof or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Purchase Agreement or the performance by each of the Company and the Guarantors of its obligations thereunder or under any other
Exhibit B-2
Transaction Document to which it is a party; and to my knowledge, no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others.
(viii) The information in the Final Offering Memorandum under Description of Notes and Exchange Offer; Registration Rights, to the extent that it constitutes matters of law, summaries of legal matters, legal proceedings or legal conclusions, and the information in the Final Offering Memorandum under Numerous risks associated with the Affordable Care Act and its implementation, and changes to health care regulatory laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations., Changes to health care regulatory laws under the Affordable Care Act, including the recently proposed Medicaid managed care rule, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations., There are performance risks related to medical cost expenditure floors and corridors, administrative cost and profit ceilings, premium stabilization programs, cost plus reimbursement and performance based revenue associated with a large portion of our premium revenues., We are subject to extensive fraud and abuse laws that may give rise to lawsuits and claims against us, the outcome of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, cash flows, or results of operations., Our management of a portion of a hospital owned by College Health Enterprises in Long Beach, California has generated, and could continue to generate, losses. and Our use and disclosure of individually identifiable information, including health information, is subject to federal and state privacy and security regulations, and our failure to comply with those regulations or to adequately secure the information we hold could result in significant liability or reputational harm., in each case under the caption Risk FactorsRisks Related to Our Health Plans Segment; Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of OperationsHealth Care Reform; and BusinessContracting and Regulatory Compliance has been reviewed by me and is correct in all material respects.
(ix) All descriptions in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum of contracts and other documents to which the Company or its subsidiaries are a party are accurate in all material respects.
(x) No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any court or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign is necessary or required in connection with the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents or for the offering, issuance, sale or delivery of the Securities or the Exchange Securities (other than under the Securities Act, which have been obtained, or as may be required under the securities or blue sky laws of the various states, as to which I need express no opinion, and such as may be required by federal and state securities laws (as to which, in the case of such state securities laws, I need express no opinion) with respect to the issuance, sale or delivery of the Exchange Securities).
(xi) The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum (including the issuance and sale of the Securities and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described in the Pricing Disclosure
Exhibit B-3
Package and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption Use Of Proceeds) and compliance by each of the Company and the Guarantors with its obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary pursuant to any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or any other agreement or instrument, known to me, to which the Company or any subsidiary is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any subsidiary is subject (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not have a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws of the Company or any subsidiary, or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree, known to me, of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company or any subsidiary or any of their respective properties, assets or operations.
(xii) Neither the Company nor any Guarantor is required, and upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Final Offering Memorandum, will be required, to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
The Company is currently involved in the following legal matters:
State of Louisiana. On June 26, 2014, the state of Louisiana filed a Petition for Damages against Molina Medicaid Solutions, Molina Healthcare, Inc., Unisys Corporation, and Paramax Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Unisys, in the Parish of Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District, versus number 631612. The Petition alleges that between 1989 and 2012, the defendants utilized an incorrect reimbursement formula for the payment of pharmaceutical claims. We believe we have several meritorious defenses to the claims of the state, and any liability for the alleged claims is not currently probable or reasonably estimable.
USA and State of Florida ex rel. Charles Wilhelm. On July 24, 2014, Molina Healthcare, Inc. and Molina Healthcare of Florida, Inc. were served with a Complaint filed under seal on December 5, 2012 in District Court for the Southern District of Florida by relator, Charles C. Wilhelm, M.D., Case No. 12-24298. The Complaint alleges that in late 2008 and early 2009, in connection with the acquisition of Florida NetPass under which Molina Healthcare of Florida, Inc. began conducting business in the state of Florida, the defendants failed to adequately staff the plan and provide other services, resulting in a disproportionate number of sicker beneficiaries of Florida NetPass moving back into the Florida fee-for-service Medicaid program. This alleged conduct purportedly resulted in a violation of the federal False Claims Act. Both the United States of America and the state of Florida have declined to intervene. The District Court dismissed this case with prejudice. The Relator filed a motion for rehearing, which we opposed and which we believe has little chance of success. Should the motion for rehearing be denied, this case will be over. Should the motion for rehearing be granted, we believe we have several meritorious defenses to the claims of the relator, and any liability for the alleged claims is not currently probable or reasonably estimable.
Exhibit B-4
United States of America, ex rel., Anita Silingo v. Mobile Medical Examination Services, Inc., et al. On or around October 14, 2014, Molina Healthcare of California, Molina Healthcare of California Partner Plan, Inc., Mobile Medical Examination Services, Inc. (MedXM), and other health plan defendants were served with a Complaint previously filed under seal in the Central District Court of California by relator, Anita Silingo. Case No. SACV13-1348-FMO(SHx). The Complaint alleges that MedXM improperly modified medical records and otherwise took inappropriate steps to increase members risk adjustment scores, and that the defendants, including Molina Healthcare of California and Molina Healthcare of California Partner Plan, Inc., purportedly turned a blind eye to these unlawful practices. The Department of Justice has declined to intervene. The District Court dismissed this action as to Molina without leave to amend as to some allegations and with leave to amend as to other allegations. On October 22, 2015, the Relator filed a third amended complaint. We believe that we have several meritorious defenses to the claims of the Relator, and any liability for the alleged claims is not currently probable or reasonably estimable.
Hospital Management Contract. Our subsidiary, Molina Hospital Management, Inc. (MHM), manages a portion of a hospital owned by College Health Enterprises (College) in Long Beach, California pursuant to the terms of a Management Services Agreement dated as of August 30, 2013 (the MSA) by and between MHM and CHLB, LLC, an affiliate of College. MHMs management services pursuant to the MSA have generated a financial loss each month since the inception of this arrangement, and could continue to generate losses. On August 27, 2015, MHM delivered to College a notice of immediate termination for cause of the MSA by reason of alleged material breaches by CHLB, LLC of various duties, obligations and covenants in the MSA. On September 8, 2015, College notified us that it disputes the validity of our notice of termination in its entirety and, if the parties are unable to resolve their differences, College will commence binding arbitration. It is not possible to accurately predict or determine the eventual outcome of this matter.
Nothing has come to my attention that would lead me to believe that the Pricing Disclosure Package (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I make no statement), at the Time of Sale, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or that the Final Offering Memorandum (except for financial statements and schedules and other financial data included therein or omitted therefrom, as to which I make no statement), at its date and at the date hereof, included or includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
In rendering this opinion, I have relied as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent I have deemed proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Company and public officials.
Very truly yours, | ||||
Jeff D. Barlow |
Exhibit B-5
ANNEX I
Each Initial Purchaser understands that:
Such Initial Purchaser agrees that it has not offered or sold and will not offer or sell the Securities in the United States or to, or for the benefit or account of, a U.S. person (other than a distributor), in each case, as defined in Rule 902 of Regulation S (i) as part of its distribution at any time and (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities pursuant hereto and the Closing Date, other than in accordance with Regulation S or another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, during such 40-day restricted period, it will not cause any advertisement with respect to the Securities (including any tombstone advertisement) to be published in any newspaper or periodical or posted in any public place and will not issue any circular relating to the Securities, except such advertisements as are permitted by and include the statements required by Regulation S.
Such Initial Purchaser agrees that, at or prior to confirmation of a sale of Securities by it to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration during the 40-day restricted period referred to in Rule 903 of Regulation S, it will send to such distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:
The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and may not be offered and sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of your distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the date the Securities were first offered to persons other than distributors in reliance upon Regulation S and the Closing Date, except in either case in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (or in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act or to accredited investors in transactions that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act), and in connection with any subsequent sale by you of the Securities covered hereby in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act during the period referred to above to any distributor, dealer or person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration, you must deliver a notice to substantially the foregoing effect. Terms used above have the meanings assigned to them in Regulation S under the Securities Act.
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