sc14d9
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 14D-9
(RULE 14d-101)
SOLICITATION/RECOMMENDATION STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(4)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
HEALTH FITNESS CORPORATION
(Name of Subject Company)
HEALTH FITNESS CORPORATION
(Name of Person Filing Statement)
COMMON STOCK, $0.01 PAR VALUE PER SHARE
(Title of Class of Securities)
42217V201
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Wesley W. Winnekins
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
1650 West
82nd
Street, Bloomington, MN 55431
(952) 831-6830
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices
and communications on behalf of the person filing statement)
Copies to:
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A.
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 492-7000
Attention: John A. Satorius, Esq.
Alexander Rosenstein, Esq.
o Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary
communications made before the commencement of a tender
offer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1. Subject Company Information.
The name of the subject company is Health Fitness Corporation, a Minnesota
corporation (the Company). The address of the principal executive offices of the
Company is 1650 West 82nd Street, Bloomington, Minnesota 55431.
The telephone number of the Company at its principal executive offices is (952)
831-6830.
The title of the class of equity securities to which this
Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 (together with the exhibits and
annexes hereto, this Statement) relates is the common stock of the Company, par value
$0.01 per share (the Shares). As of January 25, 2010, there were 10,210,315 Shares
issued and outstanding.
Item 2. Identity and Background of Filing Person.
The filing person of this Statement is the subject company, Health Fitness
Corporation. The Companys name, business address and business telephone number are set
forth in Item 1 above, which information is incorporated herein by reference. The
Companys website is www.hfit.com. The information on the Companys website should not
be considered part of this Statement.
The Offer
This Statement relates to the tender offer commenced by Trustco Minnesota, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation (Purchaser) and wholly owned subsidiary of Trustco Holdings,
Inc., a Delaware corporation (Parent) and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of
Trustmark Mutual Holding Company, an Illinois mutual insurance holding company
(Ultimate Parent), disclosed in a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, dated as of
January 26, 2010 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Schedule
TO), to purchase all of the outstanding Shares at a price of $8.78 per Share in cash,
without interest and less any required withholding taxes (the Offer Price), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Purchasers offer to purchase, dated
as of January 26, 2010 (as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer
to Purchase) and in the related Letter of Transmittal that accompanies the offer to
purchase (the Offer to Purchase together with the Letter of Transmittal shall be
referred to as the Offer).
The Offer was commenced by Purchaser on January 26, 2010 and expires at 12:00
midnight, New York City time, on Wednesday, February 24, 2010, unless it is extended or
terminated in accordance with its terms.
The Offer is being made pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as
of January 20, 2010, by and among Parent, the Purchaser, and the Company (as may be
amended or supplemented from time to time, the Merger Agreement). The Offer is
conditioned upon, among other things, (i) the satisfaction of the Minimum Condition (as
defined below), and (ii) the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period
under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR
Act).
The Offer is not subject to a financing condition.
The term Minimum Condition generally requires, among other things, that the
number of outstanding Shares that have been validly tendered and not validly withdrawn
prior to the expiration of the Offer (as it may be extended as provided by the Merger
Agreement), together with all Shares, if any, then owned by Parent or any of its
subsidiaries, represents at least a majority of the outstanding Shares on a fully
diluted basis on the date of purchase (which means, as of any time, the number of
Shares outstanding, together with all Shares that the Company would be required to
issue pursuant to the conversion or exercise of all options, warrants, rights and securities
convertible into or exercisable for Shares or otherwise, other than potential dilution
attributable to the unexercised portion of the Top-Up Option (as defined in Item 8
below)).
The Offer is also subject to other important conditions set forth in the Merger
Agreement (and summarized in the Offer to Purchase under Section 15 Certain
Conditions of the Offer).
The Merger Agreement provides that, subject to the conditions set forth in the
Merger Agreement (and summarized in the Offer to Purchase under Section 11 The
Merger Agreement), the Purchaser will be merged with and into the Company with the
Company surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (such merger will be referred
to as the Merger, and the company that survives the Merger will be referred to as the
Surviving Corporation). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of
the Merger, each Share outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the
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Merger
(other than (i) Shares owned directly or indirectly by the Company, Parent or
the Purchaser, or any of their respective subsidiaries, which will be cancelled and
will cease to exist, and (ii) Shares owned by the Companys shareholders who perfect
their dissenters rights under the Minnesota Business Corporation Act (the MBCA))
will be converted into the right to receive $8.78 in cash, without interest and less
any required withholding taxes (the Merger Consideration).
The Merger is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions,
including, if required, the adoption of the Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote of
the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares. The Company has agreed, if
necessary under applicable law to complete the Merger, to prepare and file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) a preliminary proxy statement as
promptly as reasonably practicable after the first time that the Purchaser accepts for
payment any Shares tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer (the
Acceptance Time), to use reasonable best efforts to clear the preliminary proxy
statement with the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing, and to mail the
proxy statement to the Companys shareholders as promptly as practicable after it has
been cleared with the SEC. Additionally, if necessary under applicable law to complete
the Merger, the Company has agreed to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a
meeting of its shareholders as promptly as reasonably practicable after the clearance
of the proxy statement by the SEC for the purpose of seeking to obtain shareholder
adoption and approval of the Merger Agreement and the Merger. Parent and the Purchaser
have agreed to vote all of the Shares then owned of record by them or any of their
subsidiaries in favor of the adoption of the Merger Agreement and approval of the
Merger. If
the Offer is successfully completed, Parent and the Purchaser will own
a number of Shares sufficient to cause the Merger Agreement to be adopted without the
affirmative vote or written consent of any other holder of Shares.
The Schedule TO states that the principal executive offices of Parent and
Purchaser are located at 400 Field Drive, Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 and that the
telephone number at such principal executive offices is (847) 615-1500.
A copy of the Merger Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit (e)(1) and is
incorporated by reference herein. A copy of the Offer to Purchase is filed herewith as
Exhibit (a)(1)(A) and is incorporated by reference herein, including the terms and
conditions of the Offer, related procedures and withdrawal rights, the description of
the Merger Agreement and other arrangements described and contained in the Offer to
Purchase. The Form of Letter of Transmittal is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1)(B) and
is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 3. Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.
Except as described in this Statement, including documents incorporated
herein by reference, to the knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Statement,
there exists no material agreement, arrangement or understanding, or any actual or
potential conflict of interest, between the Company or its affiliates, on the one hand,
and (i) the Company and any of the Companys executive officers, directors or
affiliates, or (ii) Parent, Purchaser or their respective executive officers, directors
or affiliates, on the other hand.
The Merger Agreement
The summary of the Merger Agreement and the descriptions of the terms and
conditions of the Offer, related procedures and withdrawal rights and other
arrangements described and contained in the Offer to Purchase, which is filed herewith
as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), are incorporated herein by reference. Such summary and
descriptions are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Merger Agreement,
which is filed herewith as Exhibit (e)(1) and is incorporated by reference herein.
The Merger Agreement is included as an exhibit to this Statement to provide
additional information regarding the terms of the transactions described herein and is
not intended to provide any other factual information or disclosure about the Company,
Parent or Purchaser. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in the
Merger Agreement were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of a specific
date, are solely for the benefit of the parties to such agreement (except as to
certain indemnification obligations), are subject to limitations agreed upon by the
contracting parties, including being qualified by disclosure letters made for the
purposes of allocating contractual risk between and among the parties thereto instead
of establishing these matters as facts, and may be subject to standards of materiality
applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors.
Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and
warranties may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent
information may or may not be fully reflected in the Companys public disclosures.
Investors are not third-party beneficiaries under the Merger Agreement and, in light of
the foregoing reasons, should not rely on the representations,
warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the
actual state of facts or condition of the Company, Parent or Purchaser or any of their
respective subsidiaries or affiliates.
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Interests of the Companys Executive Officers
The Companys executive officers are as follows:
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Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Director |
John E. Griffin
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Chief Operations Officer |
Wesley W. Winnekins
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
Jeanne C. Crawford
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Chief Human Resources Officer and Secretary |
David T. Hurt
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Vice President Account Services |
Katherine M. Meacham
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Vice President Account Services |
Brian J. Gagne
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Senior Vice President Account Management |
John F. Ellis
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Chief Information Officer |
J. Mark McConnell
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Senior Vice President Business and Corporate Development |
James O. Reynolds, M.D.
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Chief Medical Officer |
Each of the aforementioned executive officers (collectively, the Executive
Officers) will benefit from the following arrangements with the Company in connection
with the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.
Employment Agreements
Between
February 2001 and December 2008, the Company entered into written employment agreements with each of the
Executive Officers (collectively, as amended, the Employment Agreements). Pursuant to
the Employment Agreements, each Executive Officer receives a minimum base salary and
certain other benefits, such as the ability to participate in the Companys employee
benefit plans, including commission or bonus programs as applicable. The Merger
Agreement provides that following the Merger, the Surviving Corporation will honor the
terms of the Employment Agreements.
Severance Payments
The Employment Agreements each provide for a severance payment under certain
circumstances in the event that the employment of an Executive Officer is terminated
without cause. As described below, certain of the Employment
Agreements also provide for a severance payment if the Executive
Officer is terminated in connection with a change in control; where
the change in control provision is implicated in those Employment
Agreements, the severance payments described here are not applicable. Mr. Lehman would be entitled to a severance payment consisting of a cash
payment equal to his annual base salary in effect at the time of such termination,
which would be paid in installments in accordance with the Companys regular payroll
practices. The other Executive Officers would each be entitled to a severance payment
consisting of a cash payment equal to the number of months of his or her base salary in
effect at the time of termination and in the form shown in the table:
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Payment form |
John E. Griffin
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9 months
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Lump sum |
Wesley W. Winnekins
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9 months
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Lump sum or installments |
Jeanne C. Crawford
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9 months
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Lump sum or installments |
David T. Hurt
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4 months
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Lump sum or installments |
Katherine M. Meacham
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4 months
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Lump sum or installments |
Brian J. Gagne
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6 months
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Lump sum or installments |
J. Mark McConnell
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6 months
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Lump sum |
James O. Reynolds, M.D.
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9 months
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Lump sum |
John F. Ellis would be entitled to a severance payment consisting of a cash
payment equal to 4 months base salary if his employment is terminated under certain
circumstances by the Company without cause. Additionally, Mr. Ellis would be entitled
to a severance payment consisting of a cash payment equal to three months of his base
salary in effect at the time of such termination if he resigns employment for good
reason, such as a permanent relocation of his office outside of Dallas, Texas, without
his permission; under certain conditions, an assignment of material job duties
inconsistent with his education, experience, and skills; or, under certain conditions,
an uncured material breach by the Company.
In addition to the severance payment described above, Mr. Lehman would be
entitled to receive any bonus, or pro rata portion thereof, earned for the calendar
year in which his employment is terminated without cause, and all of Mr. Lehmans
outstanding and unvested stock options and restricted stock awards would immediately
become fully vested.
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Change in Control Payments
Certain of the Employment Agreements also provide for a severance payment if the
Executive Officer is terminated in connection with, or within a
certain period of time following, a change in control, subject to the
following terms and certain other restrictions. The consummation of
the Offer and the Merger will constitute a change in control under
the Employment Agreements.
If Mr. Lehman is terminated by the Company in connection with and upon a change in
control, he would be entitled to a severance payment consisting of a cash payment equal
to two times his base annual salary, payable in equal installments over a twenty-four
month period, in accordance with the Companys standard payroll practices. If Mr.
Lehman resigns his employment upon a change in control for the reason that he is not
offered the opportunity to continue as Chief Executive Officer of the
Companys business as incorporated into the Surviving
Corporation, he would be entitled to
a severance payment consisting of a cash payment equal to his base annual salary,
payable in equal installments over a twelve-month period, in accordance with the
Companys standard payroll practices.
If Mr. Winnekins, Ms. Crawford or Mr. Gagne is terminated by the Company or
resigns his or her employment for good reason (defined as a reduction in his or her job
responsibilities or compensation in connection with the change in control), which the
Company has not cured within a 30 day period, within six months after a change in
control, he or she would be entitled to a severance payment consisting of a cash
payment equal to nine months (or six months for Mr. Gagne) of his or her base salary in
effect at the time of such termination, payable in a lump sum or installments. If Mr.
Griffin, Dr. Reynolds or Mr. McConnell is terminated by the Company within six months
after a change in control, he would be entitled to a severance payment consisting of a
cash payment equal to nine months (or six months for Mr. McConnell) of his base salary
in effect at the time of such termination, payable in a lump sum.
In addition to the severance payments described above, outstanding and unvested
options held by each of Mr. Griffin and Dr. Reynolds will immediately vest if either is
terminated in connection with and within a specified number of months
after a change in
control in accordance with his Employment Agreement. All of the outstanding and
unvested options and restricted stock awards held by Mr. Lehman, other than options
granted to him when he joined the Companys Board of Directors prior to becoming the
President and Chief Executive Officer, will immediately vest upon a change in control.
Treatment of Equity Awards
The Merger Agreement provides that each stock option with respect to the Shares
that is outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, whether
vested or unvested, will be canceled and, in exchange therefor, the Surviving
Corporation shall pay, and Parent shall cause the Surviving Corporation to pay, to each
person who was holding such canceled option, an amount in cash (without interest and
subject to deduction for any required withholding taxes) equal to the product of (i)
the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over the exercise price per Share of
such stock option and (ii) the number of Shares subject to such option. However, if the
exercise price per Share under any such option is equal to or greater than the Merger
Consideration, then such option shall be canceled without any cash payment being made
in respect thereof. Any such payments will be made as soon as practicable following the
effective time of the Merger.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the
Merger, all unvested restricted stock granted under the Companys equity plans
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, other than shares of
unvested restricted stock subject to performance-based vesting for which the
performance objectives have not been achieved and which relate to 2007 and 2008
performance periods (the Forfeited Restricted Stock), will vest and will be treated in accordance with the treatment of
Shares issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger. Each share of
Forfeited Restricted Stock will be forfeited and cancelled and none of the holders
thereof shall receive or be entitled to receive any consideration in connection
therewith.
Performance Bonuses
Any unvested performance cash bonus award granted to an Executive Officer under
the Companys Cash Incentive Plan will automatically vest at the effective time of the
Merger to the same extent as the unvested restricted stock and will be accelerated and
paid in connection with the closing of the Merger. Ms. Crawford is the only Executive
Officer to whom this provision applies.
Under
the Companys 2009 Executive Bonus Program, the Executive
Officers are
eligible to receive non-equity incentive compensation based on achievement of
performance targets and such bonuses would be earned by Executive Officers following
the completion of the 2009 annual audit. If the Merger closes prior to the conclusion
of the Companys annual audit, the bonuses will be paid out on the basis of the
Companys unaudited financial statements available at such time.
The 2009 Bonus Program provides for cash payouts to Dr. Lehman, Mr. Winnekins, Dr.
Reynolds, Mr. Griffin, Ms. Crawford, Mr. Gagne, Mr. Ellis, Mr. Hurt, and Ms. Meacham
based on the Company achieving between 80% to 120% of budgeted revenue objectives and
of budgeted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and stock-based
compensation (EBITDA) objectives. Dr. Lehman is eligible to receive non-equity
incentive compensation of between 1.8%
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and 67.5% of his base salary, Mr. Winnekins, Dr. Reynolds, Mr. Griffin and Ms.
Crawford are each eligible to receive non-equity incentive compensation of between 1.2%
and 45% of their base salary, Mr. Gagne and Mr. Ellis are each eligible to receive
non-equity incentive compensation of between 1% and 37.5% of their base salary, and Mr.
Hurt and Ms. Meacham are each eligible to receive non-equity incentive compensation of
between 0.88% and 33% of their base salary. No awards will be earned on financial
objectives for which the Company achieves less than 80% of the planned revenue target
and less than 80% of the planned EBITDA target.
Under the 2009 Bonus Program, Mr. McConnell is eligible to receive non-equity
incentive compensation of between 1.25% and 18.75% of his base salary based on the
Company achieving between 80% and 120% of budgeted revenue objectives. Mr. McConnell
is also eligible to receive non-equity incentive compensation of between 9.69% and
18.75% of his base salary based on achieving between 95% and 120% of new client 2009
annualized revenue objectives.
Quantitative Summary
The table below sets forth, as of January 19, 2010, the last business day before
the Company entered into the Merger Agreement, the amounts payable to each of the
Executive Officers if the Executive Officers (1) tendered all of the Shares (other than
unvested restricted stock) that the Executive Officers own, (2) received remuneration
for the cash-out of unvested restricted stock at the time of the Merger, (3) received
remuneration for the cash-out of stock options at the time of the Merger, (4) received
remuneration for cash bonus awards under the Cash Incentive Plan and 2009 Executive
Bonus Program at the time of the Merger, and (5) were terminated without cause at the
time of the Merger in a way that entitled them to change of control payments described above.
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Cash-out of |
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restricted stock |
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stock options |
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control or |
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shares of |
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Value of |
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Value of |
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bonus |
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severance |
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of shares |
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shares |
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restricted |
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restricted |
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of stock |
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stock |
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awards |
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payment |
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Current Executive Officers |
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owned |
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owned(1) |
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stock |
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stock(2) |
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options |
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options(2) |
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Total |
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Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D. |
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31,667 |
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$ |
278,036 |
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68,681 |
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$ |
603,019 |
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162,500 |
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$ |
583,668 |
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$ |
196,816 |
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$ |
691,748 |
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$ |
2,353,287 |
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John E. Griffin |
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$ |
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37,978 |
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$ |
333,447 |
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25,000 |
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$ |
95,500 |
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$ |
84,007 |
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$ |
166,088 |
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$ |
679,042 |
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Wesley W. Winnekins |
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59,048 |
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$ |
518,441 |
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40,734 |
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$ |
357,645 |
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77,250 |
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$ |
318,345 |
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$ |
77,178 |
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$ |
152,587 |
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$ |
1,424,196 |
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Jeanne C. Crawford |
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15,175 |
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$ |
133,237 |
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3,803 |
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$ |
33,390 |
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63,750 |
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$ |
250,485 |
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$ |
226,225 |
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$ |
120,570 |
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$ |
763,907 |
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David T. Hurt |
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15,000 |
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$ |
131,700 |
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31,409 |
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$ |
275,771 |
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33,750 |
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$ |
117,055 |
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$ |
38,419 |
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$ |
46,034 |
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$ |
608,979 |
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Katherine M. Meacham |
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20,139 |
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$ |
176,820 |
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32,254 |
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$ |
283,190 |
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32,500 |
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$ |
107,125 |
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40,483 |
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$ |
48,508 |
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$ |
656,126 |
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Brian J. Gagne |
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32,248 |
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$ |
283,137 |
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32,254 |
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$ |
283,190 |
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32,500 |
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$ |
107,125 |
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$ |
50,984 |
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$ |
80,636 |
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$ |
805,072 |
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John F. Ellis |
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176,731 |
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$ |
1,551,698 |
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32,254 |
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$ |
283,190 |
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15,000 |
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$ |
48,000 |
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$ |
54,611 |
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$ |
57,581 |
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$ |
1,995,080 |
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J. Mark McConnell |
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2,451 |
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$ |
21,520 |
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6,667 |
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$ |
58,536 |
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25,000 |
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$ |
157,504 |
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$ |
71,307 |
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$ |
115,000 |
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$ |
423,867 |
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James O. Reynolds, M.D. |
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1,000 |
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$ |
8,780 |
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37,978 |
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333,447 |
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25,000 |
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$ |
95,500 |
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$ |
97,683 |
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$ |
193,125 |
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728,535 |
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Based on the Offer Price of $8.78 per share. Amounts reflected do not take into consideration any reductions for applicable tax withholdings. |
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Based on the Offer Price of $8.78 per share and calculated as described above under Treatment of Equity Awards. Amounts reflected do not take into consideration any reductions for applicable tax withholdings. |
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Estimated as of January 19, 2010. |
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Reflects the value of payments due upon terminations in connection with a
change of control to which each Executive Officer may be entitled under the terms
of the applicable Employment Agreement. In the event the applicable Employment
Agreement does not provide for such payment, this column reflects the value of the
severance payment to which the Executive Officer may be entitled. |
Interests of Non-Employee Directors
The non-employee directors of the Board are as follows:
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David F. Durenberger
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Director |
K. James Ehlen, M.D.
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Director |
Linda Hall Keller
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Director |
Wendy Lynch
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Director |
Robert J. Marzec
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Director |
John C. Penn
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Director |
Curtis M. Selquist
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Director |
Mark W. Sheffert
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Director |
Rodney A. Young
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Director |
Treatment of Equity Awards
Any stock options or unvested restricted stock held by the non-employee directors
will be treated in accordance with the Merger Agreement. The Merger Agreement provides
that each stock option with respect to the Shares that is outstanding
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immediately prior
to the effective time of the Merger, whether vested or unvested, will be canceled and,
in exchange therefor, the Surviving Corporation shall pay, and Parent shall cause the
Surviving Corporation to pay, to each person who was holding such canceled option, an
amount in cash (without interest and subject to deduction for any required withholding
taxes) equal to the product of (i) the excess, if any, of the Merger Consideration over
the exercise price per Share of such stock option and (ii) the number of Shares subject
to such option. However, if the exercise price per Share under any such option is equal
to or greater than the Merger Consideration, then such option shall be canceled without
any cash payment being made in respect thereof. Any such payments will be made as soon
as practicable following the effective time of the Merger.
Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the
Merger, all unvested restricted stock granted under the Companys equity plans
outstanding immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, other than the
Forfeited Restricted Stock, will vest and, along with all other vested restricted
stock, will be treated in accordance with the treatment of Shares issued and
outstanding at the effective time of the Merger. Each share of Forfeited Restricted
Stock will be forfeited and cancelled and none of the holders thereof shall receive or
be entitled to receive any consideration in connection therewith.
Quantitative Summary
The table below sets forth, as of January 19, 2010, the last business day before
the Company entered into the Merger Agreement, the amounts payable to each of the
non-employee directors if the directors (1) tendered all of the
Shares (other than unvested restricted stock) that the directors own, (2) received remuneration for the
cash-out of unvested restricted stock at the time of the Merger, and (3) received
remuneration for the cash-out of stock options at the time of the Merger.
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Accelerated vesting of |
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Cash-out of |
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Tendered shares |
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restricted stock |
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stock options |
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Number of |
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Number of |
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Value of |
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shares of |
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Value of |
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Number of |
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Value of stock |
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Non-Employee Directors |
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shares owned |
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shares owned(1) |
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restricted stock |
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restricted stock(2) |
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stock options |
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options(2) |
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Total |
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David F. Durenberger |
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10,000 |
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$ |
87,800 |
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$ |
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22,500 |
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$ |
91,900 |
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$ |
179,700 |
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K. James Ehlen, M.D. |
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28,000 |
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$ |
245,840 |
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$ |
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41,250 |
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$ |
185,925 |
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$ |
431,765 |
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Linda Hall Keller |
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28,000 |
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$ |
245,840 |
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$ |
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45,000 |
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$ |
197,857 |
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$ |
443,697 |
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Wendy Lynch |
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$ |
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10,000 |
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$ |
87,800 |
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7,500 |
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$ |
34,049 |
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$ |
121,849 |
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Robert J. Marzec |
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27,500 |
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$ |
241,450 |
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$ |
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37,500 |
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$ |
159,901 |
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$ |
401,351 |
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John C. Penn |
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35,500 |
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$ |
311,690 |
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$ |
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45,000 |
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$ |
197,857 |
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$ |
509,547 |
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Curtis M. Selquist |
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15,000 |
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$ |
131,700 |
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|
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|
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$ |
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22,500 |
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$ |
89,266 |
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$ |
220,966 |
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Mark W. Sheffert |
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47,298 |
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$ |
415,276 |
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$ |
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45,000 |
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$ |
197,857 |
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$ |
613,133 |
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Rodney A. Young |
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28,000 |
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$ |
245,840 |
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$ |
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45,000 |
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$ |
197,857 |
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$ |
443,697 |
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(1) |
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Based on the Offer Price of $8.78 per Share. Amounts reflected
do not take into consideration any reductions for applicable tax
withholdings. |
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(2) |
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Based on the Offer Price of $8.78 per Share and calculated as
described above under Treatment of Equity Awards.
Amounts reflected do not take into consideration any reductions for applicable tax
withholdings. |
Indemnification
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Parent has agreed to, and has
agreed to cause the Surviving Corporation to:
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indemnify and hold harmless each of the Companys and its subsidiaries
current and former officers, directors and employees, for six years following
the effective time of the Merger, from certain liabilities and costs incurred
in connection with actions arising out of the fact that he or she was an
officer, director, employee or fiduciary of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries prior to the effective time of the Merger; |
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maintain all indemnification and exculpation rights under the Companys
organizational documents and indemnification agreements for six years
following the effective time of the Merger; and |
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either (i) maintain for six years following the effective time of the
Merger, for the persons who, as of January 20, 2010 are covered by the
Companys and its subsidiaries directors and officers liability insurance
policy, directors and officers liability insurance with terms and conditions
at least as favorable as provided in the Companys and its subsidiaries
policies as of January 20, 2010 or (ii) obtain a tail insurance policy for
the persons covered by the Companys and its subsidiaries existing directors
and officers insurance policies covering a period of at least six years
following the effective time of the Merger with annual premiums not in excess
of 200% of the annual premium for the directors and officers insurance
policies for the Companys and its subsidiaries current fiscal year. |
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger
Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit (e)(1), and is incorporated herein by
reference.
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Representation on the Companys Board of Directors
The Merger Agreement provides that, after Purchaser has caused payment
to be made for Shares pursuant to the Offer representing at least such number of Shares
as will satisfy the Minimum Condition (the Election Time)
by depositing such amount with the Depositary and Paying Agent, Parent will be entitled to
elect or designate the number of directors on the Companys
Board of Directors (the Company Board), rounded up to the
next whole number, as is equal to the product of the total number of directors on the
Company Board (giving effect to the directors elected or designated by Parent pursuant
to this sentence) multiplied by the percentage that the aggregate number of Shares
beneficially owned by Parent, Purchaser and their affiliates (including Shares so
accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer and any Top-Up Shares (as defined in Item 8
below)) bears to the total number of Shares then outstanding (disregarding any
outstanding Company stock options or warrants or other rights to acquire Shares). Upon
Parents request, the Company is required to promptly (and in any event no later than
one business day after such request by Parent) (i) take all such actions as are
necessary or desirable to appoint to the Company Board the individuals so designated by
Parent, including promptly filling vacancies or newly created directorships on the
Company Board, promptly increasing the size of the Company Board (including by action
of the Company Board and by the amendment of the bylaws of the Company, if necessary)
and/or promptly seeking the resignations of such number of incumbent directors as is
necessary or desirable to enable Parents designees to be elected to the Company Board
and (ii) cause Parents designees to be elected to the Company Board. The Company is
also required, upon Parents request at any time after the Election Time, to use
reasonable best efforts to cause persons elected or designated by Parent to constitute
at least the same percentage (rounded up to the next whole number) as is on the Company
Board of (A) each committee of the Company Board (including, without limitation, the
audit committee), (B) the board of directors of each subsidiary of the Company and (C)
each committee (or similar body) of each such board, in each case to the extent
permitted by applicable law. In connection with the foregoing, the Company will
furnish to its shareholders and file with the SEC an Information Statement pursuant to
Section 14(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act),
and Rule 14f-1 thereunder at least ten days prior to the
Acceptance Time.
The Merger Agreement provides that the Company will use its reasonable best
efforts to ensure that at least three of the members of the Board as of January 20,
2010, who are independent (the Independent Directors) for purposes of Rule 10A-3
under the Exchange Act and the rules of the NYSE Amex, and are eligible to serve on the
Companys audit committee under the rules of the Exchange Act and the NYSE Amex, and at
least one of whom is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item
407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K, remain on the Board until the Merger has been
consummated. The Board has selected Mark W. Sheffert, Robert J. Marzec and John C. Penn
as the Independent Directors, and they have agreed to so act. If there are fewer than
three Independent Directors on the Board for any reason, the Board will cause a person
designated by the remaining Independent Directors that meets the above requirements to
fill such vacancy, and the person so designated will be deemed an Independent Director
for all purposes of the Merger Agreement.
The foregoing summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Merger
Agreement, which is filed herewith as Exhibit (e)(1) and is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 4. The Solicitation or Recommendation.
At a meeting held on January 20, 2010, the Board and a special committee of
disinterested directors of the Board (the Special Committee) each unanimously (i)
determined and declared that the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions
contemplated by the Merger Agreement are advisable and fair to, and in the best
interests of, the Company and its shareholders; (ii) adopted and approved the Merger
Agreement and approved the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement,
including the Offer and the Merger, and declared the advisability of the Merger
Agreement and the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement; and (iii)
recommended that the Companys shareholders tender their shares of common stock in the
Offer.
THE COMPANYS BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS
ACCEPT THE OFFER AND TENDER THEIR SHARES PURSUANT TO THE OFFER.
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Background of the Offer
The following chronology summarizes the key meetings, conversations and events that led to the
signing of the Merger Agreement. This chronology covers only key events leading up to the Merger
Agreement and does not purport to catalogue every conversation between representatives of
Purchaser, Parent, Ultimate Parent, the Company and other parties.
For purposes of this section,
references to Trustmark, unless otherwise specified, are to Ultimate Parent, Parent, Purchaser and each
of their respective employees and representatives.
Section 10 of the Offer to Purchase contains Trustmarks
description of the key meetings, conversations and events involving Trustmark and its representatives that led to
the signing of the Merger Agreement.
During recent years, the Companys strategic plan has been to utilize its nation-wide platform
of on-site fitness center management services to leverage the Companys expansion into the
fast-growing market for health management services. During this period it has been the business
judgment of the Companys Board of Directors that the best means to enhance shareholder value is
for the Companys management (Management) to concentrate on the successful implementation of this
strategic plan. On occasion since 2006 the Company has received unsolicited inquiries about its
interest in being acquired, but the Board of Directors reiterated in each such case that the
Company was not for sale and would not be sold absent an offer so compelling as to preempt any need
to auction the Company in a public sale process. It has been the business judgment of the Board of
Directors that any such public auction process would risk jeopardizing the stability of the
Companys customer base and would distract Management from its continued successful implementation
of the strategic plan. The Board of Directors determined in its business judgment that none of
these unsolicited inquiries was likely to lead to such a compelling offer.
In June 2009, a company with which the Company has an important business relationship and with
which the Company was discussing an expansion of this relationship (Party A) indicated to
Management that in the near future Party A may desire to open discussions about the possible
acquisition of the Company. Management informed Party A that the Companys Board of Directors had
specifically determined that the Company was not for sale and that any indication of interest to
open acquisition discussions would need to go through proper processes with the Companys Finance
Committee (which consists of independent directors Mark Sheffert, Robert Marzec and John Penn) and
the Board of Directors. Party A continued to indicate its interest in exploring the potential
acquisition. The Company and Party A executed a confidentiality agreement on June 18, 2009 in
connection with their discussions to expand their business relationship, and portions of the
confidential information to which Party A was given access for this limited purpose also would have
been useful to Party A in determining whether to seek to open such acquisition discussions. Since
this time, representatives of Management have continued to meet with representatives of Party A
regarding expansion of their business relationship under the terms of this confidentiality
agreement.
Management informed the Companys Board of Directors about Party As interest in acquisition
discussions at a regular Board meeting held on August 6, 2009. A representative of Fredrikson &
Byron, P.A. (Fredrikson), the Companys outside legal counsel, reviewed with the Board the
fiduciary duties of directors in connection with such unsolicited indications of interest.
Fredrikson reviewed these matters with the Board and the Finance Committee at all of their
subsequent meetings described below. At the August 6 meeting, the Board reaffirmed that the
Company was not for sale, that Management should continue to successfully pursue the strategic
plan, and that being put in play could risk damaging the Companys customer relationships and
on-going business opportunities. The Board therefore reiterated that it would not consider any
offer unless it was sufficiently preemptive to avoid having to take the Company to a public auction
process. The Board authorized Management to continue to provide due diligence
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information to Party A in the context of the regular business discussions with Party A
concerning expansion of their relationship.
At a special Board meeting held on September 17, 2009, Management informed the Board that
Party A had informed Management that it expected to submit an indication of interest to acquire the
Company.
On October 2, 2009, another company with which the Company had held strategic discussions in
the past (Party B), contacted Gregg Lehman, the Companys President and Chief Executive Officer.
On October 20, 2009, a representative of Party B met with Mr. Lehman and Wes Winnekins, the
Companys Chief Financial Officer, at the Companys offices and expressed an interest in
potentially acquiring the Company. Management informed Party B that the Companys Board of
Directors had specifically determined that the Company was not for sale and that the Board
therefore would not consider any proposal that was not sufficiently compelling to avoid having to
take the Company to a public auction process. On October 23, 2009, the Company and Party B
executed a confidentiality agreement in order for Party B to conduct limited due diligence.
Following this time, representatives of the Company Management held periodic discussions with Party
B, and Party B began to conduct due diligence.
On September 22, 2009, representatives of Trustmark contacted an investment banker from Greene
Holcomb & Fisher LLC (GHF), which they understood had represented the Company in the past, to set
up an introductory conference call to discuss Trustmarks interest in pursuing acquisitions in the
health improvement and management areas. On October 8, 2009, representatives of Trustmark had a
conference call with the same investment banker to discuss companies that might be of interest to
Trustmark, including the Company. Subsequent to that call, Trustmark asked the banker to inquire
of the Company whether the Company had an interest in evaluating a potential transaction with
Trustmark. This inquiry resulted in a request by the Company that Trustmark enter into a
confidentiality agreement prior to any discussions between the parties.
On November 5, 2009, the Companys Board of Directors held a regular meeting and discussed the
status of the interests from Trustmark, Party A and Party B. The Board reaffirmed its position
that the Company was not for sale but authorized Management to continue these discussions on a
limited basis in an effort to determine the likelihood that any of such discussions would result in
a preemptive offer and to keep the Finance Committee of the Board informed of the process.
Following this meeting, Party A and Party B continued to perform due diligence on the Company
and engage in discussions with Management.
On November 9,
2009, the Company and Trustmark entered into a Confidentiality, Non-Disclosure and
Non-Solicitation Agreement. On the same day and the following day, conference calls were held
between executives of Trustmark and the Company to discuss Trustmarks preliminary interest in a
potential transaction and the scope of initial due diligence that Trustmark desired. Management
informed Trustmark that the Companys Board of Directors had specifically determined that the
Company was not for sale and that the Board therefore would not consider any proposal that was not
sufficiently compelling to avoid having to take the Company to a public auction process.
From November 9, 2009 through November 24, 2009, Trustmark conducted preliminary due diligence
on the Company, which included (i) certain management presentations regarding the parties respective
businesses, (ii) a meeting held at the Companys office on November 17, 2009 and attended by certain
executives of Trustmark and the Company and (iii) access to an electronic
data room created by the Company.
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On November 13, 2009, Party A submitted an unsolicited non-binding preliminary indication of
interest to acquire the Company for cash based on an enterprise value of between $77 million and
$84 million, based upon certain financial assumptions regarding the Company and subject to
adjustment following due diligence. This proposal was conditioned upon securing suitable
agreements with third party service providers to offer employment to the Companys approximately
2,300 part-time employees, none of whom Party A would permit to continue employment with the
Company following the closing of the proposed transaction; completion of due diligence; agreement
on other employee-related issues; receipt of required government and corporate approvals; and
execution of a definitive agreement. Party As proposal did not propose an exclusivity arrangement
or timeframe to complete a transaction. It was clear from information already known to the Company
that Party A could consummate such proposed transaction from Party As own internal cash resources.
On November 19, 2009, Party B submitted an unsolicited non-binding preliminary indication of
interest to acquire the Company for cash based on an enterprise value of between $72.5 million and
$82.5 million, based on certain financial assumptions about the Company. This indication of
interest was conditioned upon the Company entering into an exclusivity arrangement with Party B,
completion of Party Bs due diligence to submit a definitive letter of intent, which Party B
estimated would take several weeks. Party B indicated that it would finance the potential
acquisition through existing capital, with the potential to also use a limited amount of debt
financing and that it would consider roll-over of equity ownership held by Management.
Management had communicated to Trustmark that, if Trustmark desired to make a proposal to
acquire the Company, it should do so by November 24, 2009, which the Company believed was important
in light of the indications of interest from Party A and Party B and in order to limit the
potential distraction to Management that continued discussions with Trustmark could present if they
continued for an extended period of time. Management subsequently informed Trustmark that the
Companys Finance Committee was planning to meet on November 20, 2009, and that any information
Trustmark could provide before that meeting would be helpful to the Finance Committee. On November
20, 2009, representatives of Trustmark verbally communicated to the Company a preliminary
non-binding indication of interest in exploring a potential purchase of the Company for cash at a
total equity valuation of $90 million.
On November 20, 2009, the Companys Finance Committee met to discuss these unsolicited
indications of interest. The Finance Committee determined that, while the Board had decided that
the Company was not for sale and would not be subjected to a public auction process, these
unsolicited indications of interest were sufficiently intriguing that the Finance Committee should
undertake a deliberative process to determine whether further discussions with these parties might
result in a compelling offer sufficiently preemptive to foreclose the need for such a public
auction. The Finance Committee also decided to retain an investment bank to assist with this
evaluative process.
On November 20, 2009, Trustmark engaged Sidley Austin LLP (Sidley Austin) to serve as its
legal counsel in connection with the acquisition and to assist on acquisition-related matters,
including due diligence.
The Company executed an engagement letter dated November 20, 2009 with GHF, which had provided
financial advisory services to the Company in the past and was familiar with the Company and its
business, to act as the Companys financial advisor in connection with the three unsolicited cash
offers.
On November 24, 2009, Trustmark sent a preliminary non-binding indication of interest letter
to the Company confirming its interest in exploring a potential purchase of the Company for cash at
an equity value of $90 million. Trustmark proposed the deal structure reflected by the Offer and
the Merger,
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indicated that it had existing cash resources sufficient to pay the proposed acquisition
price, and expected to complete due diligence within 45 to 60 days. This proposal was conditioned
upon the completion of due diligence, negotiation of a definitive agreement, and receipt of
appropriate governmental and corporate approvals. Trustmark also proposed that its due diligence
would be conducted on an exclusive basis.
During November 2009 and through December 15, 2009, Party A, Party B and Trustmark conducted
additional due diligence on the Company.
On December 2, 2009, the Companys Finance Committee held a meeting. GHF discussed with the
Finance Committee an analysis and comparison of the three indications of interest received by the
Company. The Finance Committee determined that the indications of interest were sufficiently
intriguing to continue the deliberative process undertaken by the Finance Committee to determine
whether further discussions with these companies might result in an offer so compelling that the
Board could consider such offer without conducting a public auction. The Finance Committee
authorized GHF to request that the three parties provide revised indications of interest prior to
the next regularly-scheduled Board meeting on December 16, 2009.
On December 7, 2009, Trustmark engaged JMP Securities LLC (JMP) to serve as its financial
advisor in connection with its potential acquisition of the Company.
Between December 2, 2009 and December 15, 2009, representatives of GHF and Management held
discussions with representatives from Party A, Party B and Trustmark with respect to their
indications of interest, due diligence issues, transaction terms and conditions, and valuation of
the Company. The parties were each asked to provide revised indications of interest no later than December 15, 2009, as the Company Board had a regular meeting scheduled for December 16, 2009. In addition, the Company and GHF informed Party A, Party B and Trustmark that the Companys
Finance Committee had again reiterated that no proposal would be considered unless it was so
compelling that the Board could consider such offer without conducting a public auction. The
parties were informed that no exclusive due diligence period would be considered unless its
proposal met this threshold.
On
December 15, 2009, Party A sent a revised non-binding indication of interest letter to acquire the
Company for cash based on an enterprise value of $89 million, which GHF determined to be equivalent
to a total equity value of approximately $94.5 million when adjusted to reflect certain financial
assumptions contained in the letter, subject to adjustment following due diligence. This
indication of interest included the same conditions as Party As proposal on November 13, 2009,
including the requirement to secure agreements with third party service providers to employ the
Companys part-time employees. The letter did not suggest a timeline for concluding the proposed
transaction.
On
December 15, 2009, Party B sent a revised non-binding indication of interest letter to acquire the
Company for cash consideration of $7.87 per share, which Party B subsequently corrected to $7.99
per share, reflecting an enterprise value of approximately $82 million, which GHF determined to be
equivalent to a total equity value of approximately $87.5 million when adjusted to reflect certain
financial assumptions contained in the letter. This indication of interest included the same
conditions as Party Bs proposal on November 19, 2009. The letter did not suggest a timeline for
concluding the proposed transaction.
On December 15, 2009, Trustmark sent a letter to the Company setting forth its revised non-binding
indication of interest in exploring a potential purchase of the Company for cash at a preliminary
equity value of $95 million, with the proposal set to expire at 5:00 p.m. (Central time) on
Thursday, December 17, 2009. This proposal included the same
terms and conditions (other than price) as Trustmarks
proposal of November 24, 2009, except that Trustmark indicated it would be prepared to complete due
diligence and negotiation
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of a definitive agreement within 15 business days. Trustmark also included a proposed no-shop
agreement in the form described below that Trustmark asked the Company to execute.
On December 15, 2009, the Companys Finance Committee held a meeting to discuss the three
revised indications of interest. GHF presented the Finance Committee an analysis and comparison of
the three revised indications of interest. GHFs analysis indicated that the revised indication of
interest from Party A implied a per share price of $8.57, representing a 25.1% premium over the
then current share price, that the revised indication of interest from Party B implied a per share
price of $7.99 per share, representing a 16.6% premium over the then current share price, and the
revised indication of interest from Trustmark implied a per share price of $8.61, representing a
25.7% premium over the then current share price. The Finance Committee also discussed and compared
the conditions and other aspects of the revised indications of interest. The Finance Committee
discussed Party As requirement that all of the Companys part-time employees be transferred to a
third party as a potential complication to completing a transaction, as the timing of reaching such
an arrangement would be uncertain and would require simultaneously negotiating a transaction with
additional parties, which would complicate the negotiations and increase the risk of the
negotiations becoming known to employees, customers and the marketplace, which would be disruptive
to employees and customers and would be detrimental to the Company and any negotiations regarding a
potential sale. The Finance Committee concluded that the per share price implied by the revised
indication of interest from Party B was not compelling and would not warrant further discussion
without substantial increase, but that the per share prices implied by the revised indications of
interest from Party A and Trustmark were sufficiently compelling to preempt any need for a public
auction. The Finance Committee therefore determined that the letters submitted by Party A and
Trustmark could be considered by the Companys Board of Directors without compromising the Boards
continued position that the Company was not for sale and would not be subjected to a public
auction.
On December 16, 2009, the Companys Board held a regular meeting. The Finance Committee
presented an update of the three unsolicited indications of interest, and GHF presented the same
financial analysis it discussed with the Finance Committee. The Board concluded that the
indications of interest from Party A and Trustmark merited further exploration and authorized GHF
to contact these parties, as well as Party B to determine whether they would raise their offers
further in order to more clearly distinguish one partys offer as the most compelling, and, in the
case of Party A, whether it would be willing to remove its condition regarding transfer of the
Companys part-time employees, which the Board believed would provide significant uncertainty in
completing a transaction and would also cause a disruption to the Companys employees and
customers. The Board noted that Trustmark proposed a very short timeframe to reach a definitive
agreement and complete a transaction, which would limit the disruption such a process would cause
to the Companys business and the diversion of Management time, while Party A provided no
timeframe.
On December 16 and 17, 2009, GHF and Management held additional discussions with
representatives from Party A, Party B and Trustmark. In these conversations, Party A, Party B and
Trustmark were all urged to increase their proposed valuations, and Party A was urged to remove its
condition regarding transfer of the Companys part-time employees, in order for the Board to make a
determination of the most compelling offer and the one party with which it would authorize further
discussions.
On December 16, 2009, Trustmark sent a letter to the Company setting forth a revised non-binding
indication of interest in exploring a potential purchase of the Company at a preliminary equity
value of $95.5 million, with the proposal set to expire at 8:00 p.m. (Central time) the same day.
This proposal reiterated the same terms, conditions and timeframe as Trustmarks proposal of
December 15, 2009 (other than price). Later that day, following a discussion with Management in which Management
indicated that the Companys Board of Directors would not be able to meet until the next day,
Trustmark sent another letter
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to the Company extending the expiration of the proposal to 5:00 p.m. (Central time) on
Thursday, December 17, 2009. On that same day, Party B indicated that it would make no further
proposals, and Party A informed the Company that it would not change either the price or the
part-time employee condition in its revised indication of interest.
Following additional discussions with Management and GHF in which Trustmark was urged to
further increase its proposed valuation in order to distinguish itself from other bidders, on December 17, 2009, Trustmark sent a letter to the
Company setting forth a revised non-binding indication of interest in exploring a potential purchase of
the Company at a preliminary equity value of $97 million, with the proposal set to expire at 3:00
p.m. (Central time) the same day. This proposal reiterated the same terms, conditions and
timeframe as Trustmarks proposal of December 15, 2009
(other than price).
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December 17, 2009, the Companys Board of Directors held a
telephonic meeting to discuss
the developments since the prior days meeting. Based on Trustmarks revised indication of
interest, the Board authorized Management to enter into an exclusivity agreement with Trustmark to
determine whether the parties could reach a definitive agreement that could be presented to the
Board for consideration. The Board reaffirmed that the Companys on-going business relationship
with Party A remained very important to the Company, that Management should continue to work with
Party A to assure it of the Companys commitment to the existing business relationship with Party A
and to achieve an expansion of this relationship despite the decision to pursue acquisition
discussions with Trustmark. The Board also reaffirmed its determination that the Company was not
for sale and that the indication of interest from Trustmark would be pursued only because the
proposal implied a compelling value that would not require a public auction, as well as the
possibility of an expedited consummation of the proposed transaction.
Following this meeting, the Company advised Trustmark of its interest in continuing to explore
the potential transaction. The Company executed a letter agreement
with Parent (the No-Shop
Agreement), as requested by Trustmark, which provided, among other things, that the Company and
its representatives would not, until 11:59 p.m. on January 12, 2010, directly or indirectly, solicit
any acquisition proposal, participate or engage in discussions or negotiations regarding any
acquisition proposal or inquiry that could lead to an acquisition proposal, or accept any
acquisition proposal. The No-Shop Agreement also required the Company to inform Parent of the terms of any acquisition
proposal, or any inquiry or offer that could lead to an acquisition proposal, that the Company received.
On December 17, 2009, in response to a telephonic inquiry by a representative of Party A, GHF
informed Party A on behalf of the Company that the Company had not accepted Party As indication of
interest and that it would cease any further discussions with Party A with respect to an
acquisition of the Company by Party A.
From December 18, 2009 through January 20, 2010, Trustmark conducted further due diligence on
the Company.
On December 20, 2009, Sidley Austin sent a draft Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Draft
Merger Agreement) to Fredrikson. From December 20, 2009 through January 20, 2010, Sidley Austin
and Fredrikson exchanged comments on, and revised drafts of, the Draft Merger Agreement and, in
consultation with Trustmark and the Company and their financial advisors, engaged in negotiations
and discussions regarding the provisions of the Draft Merger Agreement.
On December 22, 2009, Party A informed GHF that it was considering submission of a revised
indication of interest and that Party A was trying to determine if it could remove the condition
regarding transfer of part-time employees to a third party provider. Party A further advised GHF
that Party A would not attempt to acquire the Company under the fiduciary out clause customarily
contained in
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merger agreements once a transaction is publicly announced. Pursuant to the terms of the
No-Shop Agreement, GHF informed Party A that the Company could not respond to such inquiry at such
time. On December 22, 2009, GHF informed JMP that the Company had received this inquiry from Party
A.
On December 22, 2009, following a conversation with JMP, GHF informed the Company that
Trustmark desired to extend the No Shop Agreement beyond January 12, 2010, because it appeared that
the information desired by Trustmark in order to enter into a definitive agreement by such date
would not be forthcoming in time to meet this deadline. The Company instructed GHF to inform
Trustmark that the Company could not extend the deadline because the Companys Board felt it had a
fiduciary duty to consider Party As unsolicited indication of Party As renewed interest in
acquiring the Company and that Party A was attempting to remove a condition that the Company felt
was problematic.
The contract governing the existing business relationship between Party A and the Company
contained an expiration date of December 31, 2009. Prior to this time the Company and Party A were
in discussions concerning renewal of this contract. On December 23, 2009, Party A informed the
Company that Party A had experienced personnel changes that made it necessary to defer its decision
on renewal of the contract until the end of January. Discussions between representatives of Party
A and the Company with respect to this contract and the expansion of their business relationship
continued throughout the negotiations and discussions between the Company and Trustmark.
On January 5, 2010, Mr. Lehman was informed by Party A that Party A remained interested in
acquiring the Company and that Party A may be in a position to submit a new indication of interest
at a higher price and without the condition requiring transfer of the Companys part-time employees
to a third party service provider. Pursuant to the terms of the No-Shop Agreement, Mr. Lehman
informed Party A that the Company was unable to respond to such inquiry at that time. On January
6, 2010, GHF informed JMP that the Company had received this inquiry from Party A.
At meetings on January 5, 2010 and January 6, 2010, the Companys Finance Committee discussed
the status of the negotiations with Trustmark, the possibility that Party A could submit an offer
without the part-time employee transfer condition, and the status of discussions concerning renewal
of the Companys business contract with Party A.
On January 8, 2010, representatives from Sidley Austin, Trustmark, Fredrikson, the Company,
JMP and GHF attended a meeting in Chicago to further discuss the Draft Merger Agreement and the
possibility of extending the expiration date of the No Shop Agreement. Representatives from the
Company, Fredrikson and GHF had discussions with the Companys Finance Committee during this
meeting. The Company believed that it was important to keep Trustmark engaged in discussions with
the Company even while the Company had discussions with Party A following the expiration of the No
Shop Agreement, but Trustmark had concerns that it would expend a significant amount of time and
resources without the protection of the No Shop Agreement, particularly since at that time it did not
believe it would be in a position to complete its due diligence until the week of January 18, 2010.
The parties discussed the possibility of extending the expiration date of the No Shop Agreement,
except that the Company would have the ability to engage in discussions with Party A, with the
Company agreeing to Trustmarks request to reimburse Trustmarks expenses in the event the Company entered into a
definitive agreement with another party under certain circumstances. The parties also expressed
the desire to resolve the significant outstanding issues on the Draft Merger Agreement prior to the
expiration of the No Shop Agreement.
Between January 8, 2010 and January 12, 2010, the parties exchanged and negotiated drafts of
an extension of the No Shop Agreement and negotiated the remaining significant issues on the Draft
Merger Agreement. With respect to the Draft Merger Agreement, Trustmark agreed to lower the proposed
termination fee contained in the Draft Merger Agreement from 4.5% to
3.5% of the aggregate equity
value, in
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response to the Companys concerns about the amount of the termination fee. In addition, the
parties negotiated a more customary material adverse effect standard that the Company believed
would give it more certainty that a transaction could close, as opposed to the material adverse
effect definition originally proposed by Trustmark. The parties also negotiated other terms of
the Draft Merger Agreement. As a result of these negotiations, the Company believed it had
minimized the closing risks of a proposed transaction compared to the original Draft Merger
Agreement, and the Draft Merger Agreement was in a substantially final form, subject to completion
of Trustmarks due diligence, resolution of remaining minor
issues on the Draft Merger Agreement, and
approval of each partys Board of Directors.
On January 11, 2010, the Companys Board of Directors held a telephonic meeting to discuss the
status of the discussions with Trustmark and the inquiries from Party A and concluded that its
fiduciary duties compelled it to engage in discussions with Party A upon expiration of the No Shop
Agreement with Trustmark in order to determine whether Party A would make a proposal superior to that
of Trustmark and without the part-time employee transfer condition.
On January 12, 2010, Parent and the Company executed an amendment to the No-Shop Agreement,
which provided that the Company and its representatives would not, until 11:59 p.m. on January 20,
2010, directly or indirectly, solicit any inquiries or the making or submission of any acquisition proposal. The amendment did not apply to
Party A, except that the Company agreed to promptly advise Parent orally or in writing concerning
any price proposal received by Party A, and except for the expense reimbursement provision described below. In addition, the amendment provided that under certain
circumstances if on or prior to May 20, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with
respect to, or consummated, an alternative acquisition agreement, the Company would be required to
reimburse Trustmarks expenses incurred in connection with Trustmarks consideration of a possible
acquisition transaction with the Company, up to $1,940,000.
On January 13, 2010, representatives from the Company and GHF contacted Party A and informed
Party A that they could again have discussions with Party A regarding its interest in the Company,
which recommenced that same day. In these discussions, the Company and GHF indicated to Party A
the difficulties with the part-time employee transfer condition and the desire to eliminate that
condition, the necessity of improving Party As proposed price, and the need to move quickly to a
definitive agreement. The Company also requested that Party A renew the business contract with the
Company in the event that that the Company and Party A entered into an exclusivity agreement but
acquisition discussions were subsequently terminated without resulting in a definitive agreement
being entered into between the Company and Party A. Party A was informed that the Company expected
a final commitment from Trustmark by January 20, 2010, and that Party A therefore would need to
submit its revised indication of interest by that date.
On January 18, 2010, Management participated with Party A in discussions with prospective
third party employers for the Companys part-time employees upon consummation of a transaction
between Party A and the Company.
On January 20, 2010, Party A submitted a revised non-binding indication of interest to the
Company to acquire the Company for a total equity value of $101 million, based upon certain
financial assumptions about the Company and subject to adjustment following due diligence. As with
Party As prior indications of interest, this proposal was conditioned upon securing suitable
agreements with third party service providers to transfer the Companys part-time employees to
these providers; completion of due diligence; agreement on other employee-related issues; and
receipt of required government and corporate approvals. Party As letter proposed a 45-day
exclusivity arrangement, but Party A declined to complete renewal of the business contract should a
definitive acquisition agreement not be completed by the end of such exclusivity period, instead
indicating that it would commit to a one-year renewal if the
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Company and Party A entered into a definitive acquisition agreement that was subsequently
terminated. On January 20, 2010, GHF informed JMP that the Company had received this revised
indication of interest and the price set forth in such indication.
On January 20, 2010, at a special meeting, Trustmarks Board of Directors approved and adopted
the Merger Agreement. Following this meeting, a representative of Trustmark informed Mr. Lehman
that Trustmarks Board had approved a transaction on the same financial terms proposed by Trustmark
on December 17, 2009 and under a Merger Agreement on the terms and conditions negotiated between
the Company and Trustmark in the prior weeks. On the same day, Trustmark communicated to the
Company and GHF that it received approval from the Illinois Department of Insurance of the
transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, removing additional uncertainty toward reaching
a closing with Trustmark.
On January 20, 2010, the Companys Board of Directors, Special Committee and
Compensation/Human Capital Committee held a joint meeting. At this meeting, the directors received
an update of the discussions, negotiations and acquisition proposals from Party A and Trustmark.
With respect to Party A, the directors acknowledged the important business relationship that the
Company has with Party A, but Party As proposal continued to include the condition that all of the
Companys part-time employees would be transferred to a third party service provider. While
Management expressed confidence that such an arrangement could be worked out based on its
discussions on January 18, 2010 referred to above, it was recognized that such an arrangement was
not assured, would likely cause employee morale issues and adverse reactions from the Companys
customers, and would prolong the process of reaching a definitive agreement with Party A. The
directors believed that this process would further disrupt the Companys Management and operations
and, because of the protracted time period, there was a high likelihood of the negotiations
becoming known to employees, customers and the marketplace, which would be disruptive to employees
and customers and would be detrimental to the Company and any negotiations regarding a potential
sale. Furthermore, there would no assurance of reaching a definitive agreement on the terms and
conditions proposed by Party A, or at all. In addition, while the revised price proposed by Party
A was higher than the price offered by Trustmark, this price was subject to adjustments during the
course of due diligence and negotiation and was not guaranteed by Party A. For example, Management
believed that the financial arrangements to be negotiated between the Company and third party
service providers with respect to the part-time employees could potentially result in decreased
margins and, consequently, less favorable pro forma financial results for the Company in the
future, which Management feared could result in Party A reducing its valuation of the Company in a
potential acquisition. With respect to Trustmarks proposal, the directors recognized that
Trustmark reaffirmed its price of $97 million for the Company and was prepared to immediately enter
into the Merger Agreement, which contained substantial certainty of closing. The Board discussed
the positive and negative factors involved in accepting Trustmarks proposal instead of Party As
proposal in light of the historical and ongoing business relationship with Party A. GHF reviewed
with the directors its financial analysis of the Offer Price and delivered its opinion to the
effect that, as of that date and based on and subject to the matters described in the opinion, the
Offer Price to be received by the holders of Company common stock was fair, from a financial point
of view, to such holders. After discussion, the Special Committee and the Board of Directors each
voted unanimously to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement and to recommend that Company
shareholders tender their shares in the Offer and vote to approve and adopt the Merger Agreement.
In addition, the Compensation/Human Capital Committee approved all employee agreements, plans and
arrangements pursuant to which consideration is payable to any officer, employee or director of the
Company, including, without limitation, the compensation-related provisions of the Merger
Agreement.
Following the meeting, the Company and Trustmark executed the Merger Agreement.
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On the morning of January 21, 2010, the Company and Trustmark announced the execution of the
Merger Agreement.
Reasons for the Recommendation of the Offer and the Merger
In evaluating the Offer, the Merger and the Merger Agreement, the Companys Board and Special
Committee consulted with the Companys Management, legal counsel and financial advisor. In reaching
their decision that the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement are advisable and fair to, and in the best interests of, the Companys shareholders, and
in reaching their recommendation that shareholders tender their Shares in the Offer and, if
applicable, vote in favor of the Merger, the Board and the Special Committee considered a number of
reasons, including the following material reasons, that the Board and the Special Committee viewed
as supporting their recommendation.
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The regular evaluation of strategic alternatives by the Companys Board of Directors and
the Boards familiarity with the Companys business, operations, financial condition,
competitive position, business strategy and prospects, and general industry, economic and
market conditions, including the inherent risks and uncertainties in the Companys business
and the significant strengths represented by the Companys employees, services, reputation
and customer relationships, in each case on a historical, current and prospective basis. |
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The challenges and risks that the Company has faced, and would likely continue to face,
if it remained an independent company, including, among others, the anticipated entry into
the Companys market of significantly larger competitors, cancellations of contracts by the
Companys customers, risks involved in growing the Companys business, pricing competition,
the uncertainty of healthcare reform, and general economic conditions. |
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The fact that the Offer represents a premium of 19.8% over the closing price
of the Companys Common Stock on January 19, 2010, the last trading day before the Boards
approval of the Offer; a premium of approximately 20.6% over the closing price on January 12, 2010, the date one week
prior to January 19, 2010; and a premium of approximately 27.8% over the closing price on December 22, 2009, the date four
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The Boards determination that the substantial immediate premium offered by Trustmark
was preferable to Company shareholders as compared to a speculative return in the uncertain
event that the Companys share price would rise above $8.78 sometime in the future. |
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The January 20, 2010, opinion of GHF that, as of that date and based upon and subject to
the various considerations described in its opinion, the consideration to be received by
the holders of the Companys common stock pursuant to the Merger Agreement was fair from a
financial point of view to such holders. The full text of GHFs opinion, setting forth the
assumptions made, the procedures followed, the matters considered, and the limitations on
the review undertaken by GHF, is attached as Annex B to this Statement and is incorporated
by reference. Shareholders are encouraged to read the GHF opinion in its entirety. |
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The fact that GHF, a qualified and independent financial advisor, assisted the Board of
Directors in its process of evaluating the transactions contemplated by the Merger
Agreement. |
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The results of the discussions by the Company and GHF with Party A and Party B, which
discussions did not result in a binding acquisition proposal or a proposal with closing
conditions as likely to be achieved as those contained in the Merger Agreement. |
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The determination of the Board of Directors that the non-binding proposal from Party A
was not assured of resulting in a definitive agreement in a short time period, or at all,
with the same certainty of closing contained in the Merger Agreement, even though Party A
had indicated a higher proposed price than Trustmark. |
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The process conducted by the Company and the possible alternatives to the Offer and the
Merger (including the possibility of continuing to operate the Company as an independent
company), the range of possible benefits to the Companys shareholders of such alternatives
relative to the Companys prospects as an independent company, and the timing and
likelihood of accomplishing the goal of any such alternatives. |
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The judgment of the Board of Directors that Trustmarks offer was the best available
alternative to the Companys shareholders. |
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The Offer and the Merger provide for a prompt cash tender offer to be followed as soon
as practicable by a merger for the same per-share cash payment, and the limited conditions
to closing these transactions, thereby enabling the Companys shareholders to obtain the
benefits of these transactions at the earliest possible time. |
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The fact that the cash consideration in the Offer and the Merger, although taxable,
provides certainty of value. |
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The statements by the Companys executive officers that they intend to tender shares
owned by them into the Offer. |
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The Boards ability, under the fiduciary out provisions of the Merger Agreement, to
consider an unsolicited superior offer and, in certain circumstances, to terminate the
Merger Agreement to accept such an offer upon payment of a reasonable termination fee. |
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The fact that Trustmark has the liquid funds required to complete the Offer and the
Merger, and the lack of any financing contingency in the Merger Agreement. |
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The Boards determination that the conditions to Purchasers obligation to consummate
the Offer and the Merger were customary and not unduly onerous. |
The items listed above contain the material factors considered by the Companys Board and
Special Committee. In view of the wide variety of factors considered in connection with its
evaluation of the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the Board and the Special
Committee did not find it practicable to, and did not quantify or assign any relative of specific
weights to the items listed above. Individual directors may have viewed different factors to be
more significant than others. The Board and the Special Committee considered all of these factors
as a whole and concluded overall that the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated
by the Merger Agreement are advisable and in the best interests of the Companys shareholders.
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Intent to Tender
After reasonable inquiry and to the best knowledge of the Company, the directors
and Executive Officers of the Company who own Shares intend to tender in the Offer all
such Shares that each person owns of record or beneficially. See Item 3 for a
discussion of the treatment of common stock held by such persons at the time of the
Merger and the treatment of outstanding stock options and unvested restricted stock
held by such persons in connection with the Merger.
Opinion of Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC
At the January 20, 2010 meeting of the Companys Board of Directors, GHF delivered to the
Board its preliminary oral opinion, which opinion was confirmed in writing on January 20, 2010, to
the effect that, as of January 20, 2010, and based upon and subject to the qualifications and
conditions set forth in the written opinion, the consideration of $8.78 in cash per Share was fair,
from a financial point of view, to holders of the Shares.
The full text of GHFs written opinion, which sets forth the assumptions made, procedures
followed, matters considered and qualifications and limitations on the review undertaken by GHF, is
attached to this Statement as Annex A. The summary of the GHF opinion set forth below is qualified
in its entirety by reference to the full text of the opinion. Company shareholders are encouraged
to read the GHF opinion in its entirety. In reading the summary of the GHF opinion set forth below,
Company shareholders should be aware that the opinion:
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and use in connection with its
consideration as to whether the
consideration of $8.78 in cash for each
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the Board as to how to vote in
connection with its consideration of the
Merger Agreement or any holder of Shares
as to whether to tender any Shares
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did not address the Companys underlying
business decision to pursue
the transactions contemplated by the
Merger Agreement (collectively, the
Transaction), the relative merits of
the Transaction as compared to any
alternative business strategies that
might exist for the Company or the
effects of any other transaction in which
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did not express an opinion regarding the
fairness of the amount or nature of
the compensation that is being paid in
the Transaction to any of the Companys
officers, directors or employees, or
class of such persons, relative to the
consideration that is being paid to the
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did not express any opinion as to the
price or range of prices at which the
Shares might trade subsequent to the
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In arriving at its opinion, GHF, among other things: |
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reviewed the draft of the Merger Agreement dated January 19, 2010; |
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reviewed the Companys audited financial
statements on Form 10-K for the
fiscal years ended December 31, 2006,
2007 and 2008, the Companys interim
financial information on Form 10-Q for
the three (3) month and nine (9) month
periods ended September 30, 2009, and the
Companys preliminary results for the
three (3) month and twelve (12) month
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reviewed certain internal financial projections
for the Company for the years
ending December 31, 2010 through December
31, 2013, which are referred to as the
Projections, all as prepared and
provided to GHF by the Companys
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met with certain members of the Companys
management as well as the
Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company to discuss the
Companys business, operations,
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reviewed the historical prices, trading multiples and trading volumes of the Shares; |
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data, stock market performance
data and trading multiples of companies
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In preparing its opinion, GHF relied upon and assumed, without independent verification, the
accuracy and completeness of the financial and other information provided to or discussed with GHF
by the Company, or obtained by GHF from public sources, including, without limitation, the
Projections. With respect to the Projections, GHF relied on representations that they have been
reasonably prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the
senior management of the Company as to the expected future performance of the Company. GHF has not
assumed any responsibility for the independent verification of any such information, including,
without limitation, the Projections, and has further relied upon the assurances of senior
management of the Company that they were unaware of any facts that would make the information,
including the Projections, incomplete or misleading. GHF has assumed that there have been no
material changes in the assets, financial condition, results of operations, business or prospects
of the Company since the date of the last financial statements made available to GHF and that the
Company is not a party to any material pending transaction, including external financings,
recapitalizations, acquisitions or merger discussions, other than the Transaction.
In arriving at its opinion, GHF did not perform or obtain any independent appraisal of the
assets or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of the Company, nor was GHF furnished with any such
appraisals. In addition, GHF did not undertake independent analysis of any outstanding, pending or
threatened litigation, material claims, possible unasserted claims or other contingent liabilities
to which the Company or any of its affiliates is a party or may be subject, or of any other
governmental investigation of any possible unasserted claims or other contingent liabilities to
which the Company or any of its affiliates is a party or may be subject. At the Companys
direction and with its consent, GHFs opinion makes no assumption concerning, and therefore does
not consider, the potential effects of any such litigation, claims, investigations or possible
assertions of claims, or the outcomes or damages arising out of any such matters. During the
course of its engagement, GHF was asked by the Finance Committee of the Board to solicit revised
indications of interest from certain third parties who had provided unsolicited indications of
interest to the Company within the two weeks prior to GHFs engagement regarding a transaction with
the Company, and GHF has considered the results of such solicitation in rendering its opinion. GHF
assumed that all necessary governmental, regulatory and other third party approvals and consents
required for the Transaction would be obtained and that the Transaction would be consummated in a
timely manner and in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, without any limitations,
restrictions, conditions, amendments or modifications, regulatory or otherwise, that collectively
would have a material adverse effect on the Company or the contemplated benefits to the Company of
the Transaction or would otherwise change the amount of consideration being paid to the holders of
Shares. GHF relied, with respect to legal, tax, and accounting matters related to the Transaction,
upon the Companys and Parents legal, tax, and accounting advisors, and GHF made no independent
investigation of any legal, tax or accounting matters that may affect the Company or Parent. The
GHF opinion was approved by a fairness committee of GHF.
The following is a brief summary of the material financial analyses performed by GHF and
presented to the Board in connection with rendering its fairness opinion. This summary does not
purport to be a complete description of the analyses underlying the GHF opinion and the order of
the analyses described does not represent the relative importance or weight given to the analyses
performed by GHF.
Summary of Reviews and Analyses. GHFs opinion was necessarily based on economic, market and
other conditions, and the information made available to GHF, as of the date of the opinion. In
performing its analyses, GHF made numerous assumptions with respect to industry performance,
general business, economic, market and financial conditions and other matters, many of which are
beyond the control of GHF and the Company. Any estimates contained in the analyses performed by GHF
are not necessarily indicative of actual values or future results, which may be significantly more
or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. Additionally, estimates of the value of
businesses or securities do not purport to be appraisals or to reflect the prices at which such
businesses or securities might actually be sold. Accordingly, such analyses and estimates are
inherently subject to substantial uncertainty.
Some of the financial analyses summarized below include summary data and information presented
in tabular format. In order to better understand the reviews and financial and valuation analyses
used by GHF, any information presented in tabular format must be read together with the text of
each summary. The tables alone do not represent a complete description of any such reviews or
financial and valuation analyses. Considering the summary data and tables alone could create a
misleading or incomplete view of GHFs financial analyses. All such reviews and financial and
valuation analyses were based on information available to GHF on January 20, 2010. GHF has not
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undertaken, and is under no duty, to update any such reviews or financial and valuation
analyses upon the availability of new information.
Historical Stock Performance Analysis. GHF compared the consideration of $8.78 in cash per
Share to the closing prices for the Company on certain dates and to the daily closing prices for
Shares for various periods and noted the following implied offer premiums:
Implied Offer Premiums
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Using publicly available information, GHF also reviewed the trading history of the Shares
for the one-year period ended January 19, 2010 on a stand-alone basis and also in relation to the
NASDAQ composite, as well as to a group consisting of certain publicly-traded companies involved in
selected sectors of the health care services market, including staffing, cost containment, pharmacy
benefit management and disease management, each with a market capitalization of at least $50
million (referred to herein as the Comparable Companies).
The group of Comparable Companies consisted of three groups of companies:
Healthcare Services
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Allied Healthcare International Inc. |
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AMN Healthcare Services Inc. |
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CorVel Corporation |
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Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. |
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Healthcare Services Group Inc. |
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inVentiv Health, Inc. |
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Magellan Health Services Inc. |
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On Assignment Inc. |
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Rehabcare Group Inc. |
Pharmacy Benefit Management
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BioScrip Inc. |
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Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. |
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CVS Caremark Corporation |
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Express Scripts Inc. |
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MedcoHealth Solutions Inc. |
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SXC Health Solutions Corp. |
Disease Management
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Centene Corp. |
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Healthways, Inc. |
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Inverness Medical Innovations Inc. |
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Comparable Company Analysis. Using publicly available research analyst earnings forecasts and
information provided by the Companys management, including the Projections, GHF compared certain
operating, financial, trading and valuation information for the Company to the corresponding
information for the Comparable Companies.
In its analysis, GHF derived and compared multiples for the Company and the Comparable
Companies, calculated as follows:
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company value, which is defined as
equity value less net cash plus debt,
divided by earnings before interest,
taxes, depreciation, and amortization
(EBITDA) for the most recently reported
12-month period, which is referred to
below as Company Value/LTM EBITDA; |
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company value divided by estimated
EBITDA for calendar year 2009, which is
referred to below as Company Value/2009E
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company value divided by projected
EBITDA for calendar year 2010, which is
referred to below as Company Value/2010P
EBITDA; |
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common stock price divided by
earnings per share (P/E Ratio) for the
most recently reported 12-month period,
which is referred to below as LTM P/E
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estimated P/E Ratio for calendar year 2009, which is referred to below as CY 2009E P/E Ratio; and |
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projected P/E Ratio for calendar year 2010, which is referred to below as CY 2010P P/E Ratio. |
This analysis indicated the following:
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For the Company, company value and P/E ratio is based on the transaction consideration of $8.78 per share. |
GHF noted that none of the Comparable Companies are identical to the Company and,
accordingly, any analysis of Comparable Companies necessarily involved complex considerations and
judgments concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics and other factors that
would necessarily affect the relative trading value of the Company versus the companies to which
the Company was being compared.
Discounted Cash Flow Analysis. GHF performed a discounted cash flow analysis on the projected
cash flows of the Company for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2013
using the Projections. GHF also calculated the terminal value of the enterprise at December 31,
2013 by multiplying projected EBITDA in the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013 by multiples
ranging from 7.0x to 9.0x. To discount the projected free cash flows and the terminal value to
present value, GHF used discount rates ranging from 17.0% to 21.0%. This analysis indicated a range
of implied equity value per Share of $13.35 to $9.80, compared to the consideration of $8.78 per
Share.
Comparable Transaction Analysis. Using publicly available information, GHF examined the
following transactions involving healthcare services, pharmacy benefit management, and disease
management companies completed or announced since January 1, 2006 with a transaction value greater
than $10.0 million and less than $1.5 billion, which are referred to as the Comparable
Transactions. The Comparable Transactions considered and the month and year each transaction
closed were as follows:
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Comparable Transactions
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Clear Choice Health Plans, Inc.
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PacificSource Health Plans
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Allion Healthcare
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H.I.G. Capital
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January 2010 |
Integrity Pharmacy Services &
Integrity Medical Supplies
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PharMerica Corporation
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December 2009 |
Healthhonors Corporation
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Healthways Inc.
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October 2009 |
Free & Clear, Inc.
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Inverness Medical Innovations
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September 2009 |
HLTH Corporation
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WebMD Health Corp.
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June 2009 |
Medical Doctor Associates, Inc.
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Cross Country Healthcare Inc.
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July 2008 |
MEDecision Inc.
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Health Care Service Corporation
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June 2008 |
Biomed America
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Allion Healthcare
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May 2008 |
I-Trax Inc.
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Walgreen Co.
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March 2008 |
Platinum Select LP
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AMN Health Services
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February 2008 |
Matria Healthcare Inc.
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Inverness Medical Innovations
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January 2008 |
Paradigm Health
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Inverness Medical Innovations
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November 2007 |
Alere Medical, Inc.
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Inverness Medical Innovations
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November 2007 |
ValueOptions
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Crestview Partners
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July 2007 |
AKOS Limited
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Cross Country Healthcare Inc.
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June 2007 |
AXIA Health Management, LLC
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Healthways, Inc.
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December 2006 |
Medsite.com, Inc.
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WebMD Health Corp.
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September 2006 |
Metropolitan Research
Associates, LLC
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Cross Country Healthcare Inc.
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August 2006 |
ICORE Healthcare
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Magellan Health Services Inc.
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July 2006 |
Symphony Health Services
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Rehabcare Group Inc.
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July 2006 |
Summex Corporation
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WebMD Health Corp.
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June 2006 |
Internetfitness.com Inc.
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NewSpring Capital, NewSpring
Mezzanine Capital, L.P., Penn
Valley Group
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March 2006 |
Lifeline Systems Inc.
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Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV
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March 2006 |
CorSolutions Medical, Inc.
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Matria Healthcare Inc.
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January 2006 |
NDCHealth Corp.
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Per-Se Technologies Inc.
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January 2006 |
In its analysis, GHF derived and compared multiples for the Company and the selected
transactions, calculated as follows:
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transaction value as a multiple of earnings
before interest, taxes,
depreciation, and amortization for the
latest-twelve-months, or LTM,
immediately preceding announcement of the
transaction, which is referred to below
as Company Value/LTM EBITDA. |
This analysis indicated the following:
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For the Company, company value is based on the transaction consideration of $8.78 per share. |
GHF noted that none of the precedent transactions above are identical to this transaction. GHF
further noted that the analysis of precedent transactions necessarily involves complex
considerations and judgments concerning differences in financial and operating characteristics and
other factors that would necessarily affect the acquisition value of the Company versus the
acquisition value of any comparable company in general and the transactions above in particular.
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Transaction Implied Premium Analysis. Using publicly available information, GHF examined 154
transactions involving the sale of publicly traded companies in all industry types except for oil
and gas, REITs and banking industries that were announced and completed between January 1, 2007
and January 19, 2010 with transaction values between $50 million and $500 million in which 100% of
the United States-based target was acquired. In its analysis, GHF compared the purchase price per
share for the Company and the targets in the 154 selected transactions to the closing prices for
the Company and the targets in the 154 selected transactions one day, one week, and four weeks
prior to the transaction announcement and noted the following implied offer premiums:
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For the Company, based on the transaction consideration of $8.78 per share. |
GHF noted that none of the precedent transactions used in the transaction implied premium
analysis are identical to this transaction. GHF further noted that the analysis of precedent
transactions necessarily involves complex considerations and judgments concerning differences in
financial and operating characteristics and other factors that would necessarily affect the
acquisition value of the Company versus the acquisition value of any comparable company in general
and the transactions used in the transaction implied premium analysis in particular.
The preparation of a fairness opinion is a complex process that involves various judgments and
determinations as to the most appropriate and relevant methods of financial and valuation analysis
and the application of those methods to the particular circumstances involved. The opinion is,
therefore, not readily susceptible to partial analysis or summary description. GHF believes that
its analyses must be considered as a whole and that selecting portions of its analyses and the
factors considered, without considering all of the analyses and factors, would create a misleading
and incomplete view of the processes underlying its opinion. GHF based its analysis on assumptions
that it deemed reasonable, including assumptions concerning general business and economic
conditions and industry-specific factors. GHF did not form an opinion as to whether any individual
analysis or factor, whether positive or negative, considered in isolation, supported or failed to
support its opinion. In arriving at its opinion, GHF considered the results of all its analyses and
did not attribute any particular weight to any one analysis or factor. GHF arrived at its ultimate
opinion based on the results of all analyses undertaken by it and assessed as a whole and believes
that the totality of the factors considered and analyses performed by GHF in connection with its
opinion operated collectively to support its determination as to the fairness of the consideration
to be received by the holders of Shares.
The analyses performed by GHF, particularly those based on estimates and projections, are not
necessarily indicative of actual values or actual future results, which may be significantly more
or less favorable than suggested by such analyses. None of the public companies used in the
comparable company analysis described above are identical to the Company, and none of the
comparable transactions used in the comparable transactions analysis or the transactions used in
the transaction implied premium analysis, each as described above, are identical to the transaction
with Parent. Accordingly, an analysis of publicly traded comparable companies and comparable
transactions is not strictly mathematical; rather, it involves complex considerations and judgments
concerning the differences in financial and operating characteristics of the companies and
comparable transactions and other factors that could affect the value of the Company and the public
trading values of the companies and comparable transactions to which they were compared. The
analyses do not purport to be appraisals or to reflect the prices at which any securities may trade
at the present time or at any time in the future.
The GHF opinion was just one of the many factors taken into consideration by the Board.
Consequently, GHFs analysis should not be viewed as determinative of the decision of the Board
with respect to the fairness of the per share consideration to be received, from a financial point
of view, by the holders of Shares.
GHF has previously been engaged by the Company to provide investment banking and other
services on matters unrelated to the Transaction, for which GHF received customary fees. In 2005,
GHF acted as a placement
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agent for the Companys $10.2 million private placement of equity securities with
institutional investors. In connection with acting as placement agent, GHF received warrants to
purchase up to 25,500 Shares at an exercise price of $4.00 per share. GHF may seek to provide the
Company and Parent and their respective affiliates certain investment banking and other services
unrelated to the Transaction in the future.
Pursuant to an engagement letter dated November 20, 2009, as amended, the Company engaged
GHF to act as its financial advisor with respect to the possible sale of the Company. In selecting
GHF, the Board considered, among other things, the fact that GHF is a nationally recognized
investment banking firm with substantial experience advising companies in the Companys industry as
well as substantial experience providing strategic advisory services. GHF, as part of its
investment banking business, is continuously engaged in the evaluation of businesses and their debt
and equity securities in connection with mergers and acquisitions, underwritings, private
placements and other securities offerings, senior credit financings, valuations, and general
corporate advisory services.
Pursuant to the engagement letter, as amended, the Company agreed to pay to GHF for its
services (1) a non-refundable retainer fee in the amount of $25,000, payable upon execution of the
engagement letter, (2) a $15,000 per month fee until closing of a transaction or termination of the
engagement letter, (3) a fee in the amount of $150,000, payable upon the delivery of its opinion,
(4) an additional fee payable contingent upon consummation of the Offer. The aggregate fee payable
to GHF is expected to be approximately $1.1 million, based upon 0.9% of the aggregate value of the
transaction up to $80 million, 2% of the aggregate value of the transaction over $80 million and up
to $85 million, plus 5% of the aggregate value of the transaction over $85 million. For the purpose
of calculating fees in the engagement letter, the aggregate value of the transaction is equal to
the total sale price less cash and cash equivalents of the Company and plus the amount of
interest-bearing debt of the Company. The fee payable upon delivery of the GHF opinion, the
retainer fee, and the monthly fees are not contingent upon consummation of the Offer. In addition,
the Company agreed to reimburse GHF for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by GHF in
connection with its engagement, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of its legal
counsel. The Company has also agreed to indemnify GHF against specific liabilities in connection
with its engagement, including liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Item 5. Persons/Assets Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.
The Company engaged Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC to act as its financial
advisor and, upon request by the Company, render to the Companys Board of Directors an opinion as to fairness, from a
financial point of view, to the holders of Shares of the consideration to be paid in a
merger or other acquisition transaction.
The information set forth in Item 4 in the section entitled Opinion of Greene
Holcomb & Fisher LLC is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.
Except as set forth below, no transactions in Shares have been effected
during the past 60 days by the Company or any subsidiary of the Company or, to the best
of the Companys knowledge after a review of Form 4 filings, by any Executive Officer,
director or affiliate of the Company.
On December 31, 2009, 5,000 Shares of a restricted stock award held by Wesley
Winnekins, the Companys Chief Financial Officer, vested; 1,635 of those Shares were
forfeited to cover related taxes and Mr. Winnekins received 3,365 Shares. On December
8, 2009, 3,333 Shares of a restricted stock award held by J. Mark McConnell, the
Companys Senior Vice President Business and Corporate Development, vested; 882 of
those Shares were forfeited to cover related taxes and Mr. McConnell received 2,451
Shares. On December 8, 2009, Brian Gagne, the Companys Senior Vice President-Account
Management acquired 20,000 Shares through the exercise of stock options at an exercise
price of $2.50 per Share. On December 7, 2009, Katherine Meacham, the Companys Vice
President Account Services acquired 15,600 Shares through the exercise of stock options
at an exercise price of $2.50 per Share.
Item 7. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.
Except as set forth in Items 3 and 4 of this Statement, the Company is not
currently undertaking and is not engaged in any negotiations in response to the Offer
that relate to: (i) a tender offer for or other acquisition of Shares; (ii) an
extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving
the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; (iii) a purchase, sale or transfer of a
material amount of assets of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company; or (iv) any
material change in the present dividend rate or policy, or indebtedness or
capitalization, of the Company.
Except as set forth in Items 3 and 4 of this Statement, there are no
transactions, resolutions of the Board, agreements in principle or signed contracts in
response to the Offer that relate to one or more of the events referred to in the
preceding paragraph.
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Item 8. Additional Information.
Section 14(f) Information Statement
In the event Purchaser informs the Company that it intends to designate, in
accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement and as described in Item 3 above,
certain persons to be appointed to the Board other than at a meeting of the Companys
shareholders, an information statement (the Information Statement) as required under
Section 14(f) of the Exchange Act and Rule 14f-1 promulgated thereunder, will be
furnished to Company shareholders and filed with the SEC. The Information Statement
will be provided to shareholders at least ten days prior to the Acceptance Time.
Top-Up Option
The Company granted the Purchaser an irrevocable option (the Top-Up Option)
to purchase, following the Acceptance Time, at a price per Share equal to the Offer
Price, that number of Shares (the Top-Up Shares) equal to the lowest number of Shares
that, when added to the number of Shares then owned by Parent and the Purchaser at the
time of such exercise of the Top-Up Option, would constitute one share more than 90% of
the total Shares then outstanding (on a fully diluted basis and including the issuance
of such Top-Up Shares). The Top-Up Option will not be exercisable unless, immediately
after such exercise and the issuance of the Top-Up Shares, Parent, the Purchaser and
their respective subsidiaries would own, in the aggregate, at least 90% of the
outstanding Shares (after giving effect to the issuance of the Top-Up Shares). In no
event will the Top-Up Option be exercisable for a number of Shares in excess of the
Companys total authorized and unissued Shares.
The Purchaser may exercise the Top-Up Option once in whole and not in part at any
time during the 20 business days immediately following the Acceptance Time, or, if any
subsequent offering period is provided, during the 20 business days following the
expiration of such subsequent offering period, prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the
effective time of the Merger and (ii) the termination of the Merger Agreement in
accordance with its terms.
The Purchaser may pay the Company the aggregate price required to be paid for the
Top-Up Shares either, at Parents election, (i) entirely in cash, (ii) by issuance of a
full-recourse promissory note by the Purchaser, bearing simple interest at five percent
per annum and due on the first anniversary of the closing of the purchase of the Top-Up
Shares, which promissory note may be prepaid in whole or in part, without premium or
penalty, or (iii) a combination of cash and such a promissory note.
Minnesota Business Corporation Act
The Company is incorporated under the laws of the State of Minnesota. The
following provisions of the MBCA are therefore applicable to the Offer and the Merger.
Dissenters Rights
No rights to seek to obtain the fair value of their Shares are available to the
Companys shareholders in connection with the Offer. However, if the Merger is
consummated, a shareholder of the Company who has not tendered his or her Shares in the
Offer will have certain rights under Sections 302A.471 and 302A.473 of the MBCA to
dissent from the Merger and obtain payment in cash for the fair value of that
shareholders Shares. Those rights, if the statutory procedures are complied with,
could lead to a judicial determination of the fair value (immediately prior to the
effective time of the Merger) required to be paid in cash, plus interest, less any
required withholding taxes, to dissenting shareholders of the Company for their Shares.
Any such judicial determination of the fair value of the Shares would not necessarily
include any element of value arising from the accomplishment or expectation of the
Merger and could be based upon considerations other than or in addition to the
consideration per Share to be paid in the Merger and the market value of the Shares,
including asset values and the investment value of the Shares. Moreover, the Company
may argue in such a judicial proceeding that, for purposes of that proceeding, the fair
value of the Shares is less than the price per Share paid pursuant to the Offer or the
consideration per Share payable in the Merger, and the judicially determined value
could be more or less than the price per Share paid pursuant to the Offer or the
consideration per Share payable in the Merger. Under Subdivision 4 of Section 302A.471
of the MBCA, a Company shareholders rights with respect to the Merger are limited to
the dissenters rights provided under Sections 302A.471 and 302A.473 of the MBCA. A
Company shareholder has no right, at law or in equity, to set aside the approval of the
Merger or the consummation of the Merger, unless the adoption or consummation was
fraudulent with respect to that shareholder or the Company.
Any Shares that are issued and outstanding immediately prior to the effective time
of the Merger and that are held by a holder who has not voted these Shares in favor of
the Merger and who has properly exercised dissenters rights with respect to these
Shares in accordance with the MBCA (including Sections 302A.471 and 302A.473 thereof)
and, as of the effective
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time of the Merger, has neither effectively withdrawn nor
otherwise lost for any reason the right to exercise these dissenters rights, will not
be converted into or represent a right to receive the consideration payable in the
Merger. The holders of dissenting shares will be entitled to only those rights granted
by Sections 302A.471 and 302A.473 of the MBCA. If any Company shareholder who asserts
dissenters rights with respect to that shareholders Shares under the MBCA effectively
withdraws or otherwise loses for any reason (including failure to perfect) these
dissenters rights, then as of the effective time of the Merger or the occurrence of
such event, whichever later occurs, the holders Shares will automatically be canceled
and converted into and represent only the right to receive the consideration payable in
the Merger, without interest and less any required withholding taxes, upon surrender of
the share certificate or share certificates formerly representing the dissenting
Shares.
The preservation and exercise of dissenters rights requires strict adherence to
the applicable provisions of the MBCA. Failure to fully and precisely follow the steps
required by Sections 302A.471 and 302A.473 of the MBCA for the perfection of
dissenters rights will result in the loss of those rights. The foregoing summary of
the rights of dissenting shareholders under the MBCA is not a complete statement of the
procedures to be followed by shareholders desiring to exercise any dissenters rights
available under the MBCA and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the MBCA.
Dissenters rights cannot be exercised at this time. The information set forth
above is for informational purposes only with respect to alternatives available to
shareholders if the Merger is consummated. Shareholders who will be entitled to
dissenters rights in connection with the Merger will receive additional information
concerning dissenters rights and the procedures to be followed before these
shareholders have to take any action relating to dissenters rights.
Vote Required to Approve the Merger and Section 302A.621 of the MBCA
The Companys Board of Directors has approved the Offer, the Merger and the Merger
Agreement in accordance with the MBCA. Under Section 302A.621 of the MBCA, if Purchaser
acquires, pursuant to the Offer or otherwise, including the Top-Up Option, at least 90%
of the outstanding Shares, Purchaser will be able to effect the Merger after
consummation of the Offer without a vote by the Companys shareholders as a short-form
merger. If Purchaser acquires less than 90% of the outstanding Shares, the affirmative
vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares will be required under the
MBCA to effect the Merger.
Minnesota Control Share Acquisition Act
The Company is currently subject to the Control Share Acquisition Act under MBCA
Section 302A.671, which provides that, absent certain exceptions, a person who becomes
the beneficial owner of a new range of the voting power of the shares of an issuing
public corporation (i.e., from less than 20% to 20% or more, from less than 33 1/3% to
33 1/3% or more, or from less than a majority to a majority) will lose voting rights
with respect to the shares above any such new percentage level of voting control, in
the absence of special shareholder approval. That approval can be obtained only by a
resolution adopted by (i) the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the
voting power of all shares entitled to vote and (ii) the affirmative vote of the
holders of a majority of the voting power of all shares entitled to vote, excluding all
interested shares (generally, shares held by the acquiring person, any officer of the
issuing public corporation, or any director who is also an employee of the issuing
public corporation). If such approval is not obtained, the issuing public corporation
may redeem the shares that exceed the new percentage level of voting control at their
market value. A shareholders meeting to vote on whether to grant voting power to the
acquiring person may not be held unless the acquiring person has delivered an
information statement to the issuing public corporation. These provisions do not apply
if the issuing public corporations articles of incorporation or bylaws approved by the
corporations shareholders provide that the statute is inapplicable or if there is an
applicable exception. The statute contains several exceptions, including an exception
for cash tender offers (i) approved by a majority vote of the members of a committee
composed solely of one or more disinterested directors of the issuing public
corporation formed pursuant to MBCA Section 302A.673, subdivision 1, paragraph (d),
prior to the commencement of, or the public announcement of the intent to commence, the
offer, and (ii) pursuant to which the acquiring person will become the owner of over
50% of the voting stock of the issuing public corporation. Under MBCA Section 302A.673,
a director or person is disinterested if the director or person is neither an officer
nor an employee, nor has been an officer or employee within five years preceding the
formation of the committee, of the publicly held Minnesota corporation or of a related
organization. The Companys articles of incorporation and bylaws do not exclude the
Company from the restrictions imposed by the Control Share Acquisition Act. However,
prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, a committee composed solely of
disinterested members of the Company Board approved the Offer and the Merger for
purposes of the Control Share Acquisition Act. Therefore, as an acquisition of shares
pursuant to a cash tender offer of all the Shares that will not be consummated unless
the Minimum Condition is satisfied, the Offer is not subject to the Control Share
Acquisition Act under MBCA Section 302A.671.
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Minnesota Business Combination Act
The Company is currently subject to the Combination Act under Section 302A.673 of
the MBCA, which prohibits a publicly held Minnesota corporation, like the Company, from
engaging in any business combination, including a merger, with an interested
shareholder (defined as any beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more
of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such corporation entitled to vote) for
a period of four years after the date of the transaction in which the person became an
interested shareholder, unless, among other things, a committee of that corporations
board of directors comprised solely of one or more disinterested directors has given
its approval of either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in
the shareholder becoming an interested shareholder prior to the shareholder becoming
an interested shareholder. Under the Combination Act, a director or person is
disinterested if the director or person is neither an officer nor an employee, nor
has been an officer or employee within five years preceding the formation of the
committee, of the publicly held Minnesota corporation or of a related organization.
Prior to the execution of the Merger Agreement, a committee composed solely of the
Companys disinterested directors approved the Purchasers acquisition of the Shares
pursuant to the Offer and the subsequent Merger for the purposes of the Combination
Act. Therefore, the restrictions of the Combination Act do not apply
to the Offer or the Purchasers
intended consummation of the Merger following the Purchasers acquisition of the Shares
pursuant to the Offer.
Takeover Disclosure Statute
The Minnesota Takeover Disclosure Law (the Takeover Disclosure Statute),
Minnesota Statutes Sections 80B.01-80B.13, by its terms requires the filing of a
registration statement (the Minnesota Registration Statement) with specified
disclosures with the Minnesota Commissioner of Commerce (the Commissioner) with
respect to any tender offer for shares of a corporation, such as the Company, that (i)
owns and controls assets in Minnesota having a fair market value of at least $1,000,000
and (ii) has a certain number or percentage of shareholders resident in Minnesota or a
specified percentage of its shares owned by Minnesota residents. The Purchaser will
file a registration statement with the Commissioner on the date of this Offer to
Purchase or shortly thereafter. Although the Commissioner does not have an approval
right with respect to the Offer, the Commissioner will review the Minnesota
Registration Statement for the adequacy of disclosure and is empowered to suspend
summarily the Offer in Minnesota within three business days of the filing if the
Commissioner determines that the registration statement does not (or the material
provided to beneficial owners of the Shares residing in Minnesota does not) provide
full disclosure. If this summary suspension occurs, the Commissioner must hold a
hearing within 10 calendar days of the summary suspension to determine whether to
permanently suspend the Offer in Minnesota, subject to corrective disclosure. If the
Commissioner takes action to suspend the effectiveness of the Offer, this action may
have the effect of significantly delaying the Offer. In filing the Minnesota
Registration Statement, the Purchaser does not concede that some or all of the
provisions of the Takeover Disclosure Statute are applicable, valid, enforceable or
constitutional.
Fair Price Provision
MBCA Section 302A.675 provides that an offeror may not acquire shares of a
Minnesota publicly held corporation from a shareholder within two years following the
offerors last purchase of shares of the same class pursuant to a takeover offer,
including, but not limited to, acquisitions made by purchase, exchange or merger,
unless the selling shareholder is afforded, at the time of the proposed acquisition, a
reasonable opportunity to dispose of the shares to the offeror upon substantially
equivalent terms as those provided in the earlier takeover offer. The provision
described above does not apply if the proposed acquisition of shares is approved,
before the purchase of any shares by the offeror pursuant to the earlier takeover
offer, by a committee of the board of directors of the corporation, comprised solely of
directors who: (i) are not, nor have been in the preceding five years, officers or
directors of the corporation or a related organization, (ii) are not the offerors in
the takeover offer or any affiliates or associates of the offeror, (iii) were not
nominated for election as directors by the offeror or any affiliates or associates of
the offeror and (iv) were directors at the time of the first public announcement of the
earlier takeover offer or were nominated, elected, or recommended for election as
directors by a majority of the directors who were directors at that time. Because (i) a
committee of the Company Board comprised solely of disinterested directors approved the
Purchasers acquisition of Shares pursuant to the Offer and the subsequent Merger,
which the Purchaser intends to complete if it consummates the Offer, and (ii) the Merger Consideration will be equal to the Offer Price, the
restrictions of MBCA Section 302A.675 do not apply to the Purchasers intended
consummation of the Merger following the Purchasers acquisition of the Shares pursuant
to the Offer.
United States Antitrust Laws
Under the HSR Act and the rules that have been promulgated thereunder by the
Federal Trade Commission (the FTC), certain acquisition transactions may not be
consummated unless certain information has been furnished to the Antitrust Division of
the Department of Justice and the FTC and certain waiting period requirements have been
satisfied. The purchase of Shares by Parent pursuant to the Offer and the Merger are
subject to such requirements. Accordingly, the purchase of Shares in the Offer may not
be completed until such time as Parent and the Company have filed a Notification
and Report Form in connection with the purchase of Shares in the Offer and the
Merger and the applicable waiting period has expired.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements by the Company in this Statement and in other reports and
statements released by the Company are and will be forward-looking in nature and
express the Companys current opinions about trends and factors that may impact future
operating results. Statements that use words such as may, will, should,
believes, predicts, estimates, projects, anticipates or expects or use
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements are subject to material risks, assumptions and
uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
currently expected, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no
obligation to publish revised forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated or subsequent events. Readers are also urged to carefully review and
consider the various disclosures made by the Company in this report that seek to advise
interested parties of the risks and other factors that affect the Companys business.
Interested parties should also review the Companys reports on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2008, Forms 10-Q and Forms 8-K and other reports that are periodically filed
with the SEC, as they may be amended. The risks affecting the Companys business
include, among others: the risk that the Merger will not be consummated in a timely
manner or at all if, among other things, fewer than a majority of the Shares are
tendered, clearance under the HSR Act is not obtained or other closing conditions are
not satisfied; the risk that the Companys business will have been adversely impacted
during the pendency of the Offer; the Companys inability to deliver the health
management services demanded by major corporations and other clients; the Companys
inability to successfully cross-sell health management services to its fitness
management clients; the Companys inability to successfully obtain new business
opportunities; the Companys failure to have sufficient resources to make investments;
the Companys ability to make investments and implement strategies successfully;
continued delays in obtaining new commitments and implementing services; the continued
deterioration of general economic conditions; and those matters identified and
discussed in Item 1A of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008 under the section entitled Risk Factors.
Item 9. Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are filed herewith:
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Offer to Purchase, dated January 26, 2010, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(A) to
the Schedule TO |
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(a)(1)(B)
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Letter of Transmittal, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(B) to the Schedule TO |
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(a)(1)(C)
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Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(C) to the Schedule TO |
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(a)(1)(D)
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Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(D) to the Schedule TO |
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(a)(1)(E)
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Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other
Nominees, incorporated by reference to Exhibit (a)(1)(E) to the Schedule TO |
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(a)(5)(A)
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Opinion of Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC to the Board of Directors of Health Fitness Corporation,
dated January 20, 2010, incorporated by reference to Annex A attached to this Schedule 14D-9 |
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(a)(5)(B)
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Joint Press Release issued by Trustmark Mutual Holding Company and Health Fitness Corporation
on January 21, 2010, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 to the Companys Form 8-K filed
on January 21, 2010 |
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(e)(1)
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Agreement and Plan of Merger among Trustco Holdings, Inc., Trustco Minnesota, Inc. and Health
Fitness Corporation, dated as of January 20, 2010, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to
the Companys Form 8-K filed on January 21, 2010 |
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(e)(2)
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2005 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current
Report on Form 8-K dated June 7, 2005 |
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(e)(3)
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Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 5, 2005 |
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the 2005 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 5, 2005 |
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(e)(5)
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Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Option Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the
Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2007 |
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(e)(6)
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Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Option Plan,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated May
21, 2007 |
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(e)(7)
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Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Amended and Restated 2005 Stock Option
Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K
dated May 21, 2007 |
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(e)(8)
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2007 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Current
Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2007 |
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(e)(9)
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Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under the 2007 Equity Incentive Plan, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2007 |
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(e)(10)
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Cash Incentive Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.43 to the Companys Annual Report
on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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(e)(11)
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Employment Agreement dated December 1, 2006 between the Company and Gregg O. Lehman, Ph.D.,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated
November 30, 2006 |
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(e)(12)
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Restricted Stock Agreement dated January 1, 2007 between the Company and Gregg O. Lehman,
Ph.D., incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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(e)(13)
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Employment Agreement dated February 9, 2001 between the Company and Wesley W. Winnekins,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2000 |
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Amendment, dated December 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated February 9, 2001 between the
Company and Wesley W. Winnekins, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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Employment Agreement dated March 1, 2003 between the Company and Jeanne Crawford, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2002 |
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Amendment, dated December 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated March 1, 2003 between the
Company and Jeanne Crawford, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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(e)(17)
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Employment Agreement dated December 8, 2003 between the Company and Brian Gagne, incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal
quarter ended March 31, 2005 |
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(e)(18)
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Amendment, dated December 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated December 8, 2003 between the
Company and Brian Gagne, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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(e)(19)
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Employment Agreement dated August 13, 2001 between the Company and Dave Hurt, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 2005 |
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Employment Agreement dated August 25, 2003 between the Company and Katherine Meacham,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2005 |
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Amendment, dated December 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated December 8, 2003 between the
Company and Katherine Meacham, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.20 to the Companys
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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Employment Agreement dated December 23, 2005 between the Company and John F. Ellis,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended December 31, 2005 |
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Amendment, dated December 21, 2006, to Employment Agreement dated December 23, 2005 between the
Company and John F. Ellis, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.22 to the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 |
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Employment Agreement, dated February 1, 2008, between the Company and John E. Griffin,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated
January 31, 2008 |
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Employment Agreement, dated February 1, 2008, between the Company and James O. Reynolds,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K dated
January 31, 2008 |
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Employment Agreement, dated December 8, 2008, between the Company and J. Mark McConnell,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.44 to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2008 |
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(e)(27)
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Director Compensation Arrangements for fiscal year 2009, incorporated by reference to Exhibit
10.45 to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 |
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2009 Executive Bonus Plan, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.46 to the Companys Form
10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 |
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Compensation Arrangements for Executive Officers for Fiscal Year 2009, incorporated by
reference to Exhibit 10.47 to the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31,
2008 |
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Annex A
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Opinion of Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC to the Board of Directors of Health Fitness
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SIGNATURES
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that
the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
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HEALTH FITNESS CORPORATION
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/s/ Wesley W. Winnekins
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Dated: January 26, 2010
ANNEX A
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90 South 7th Street
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phone 612.904.5700
fax 612.904.5719
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January 20, 2010
The Board of Directors
Health Fitness Corporation
1650 West 82nd Street, Suite 1100
Minneapolis, MN 55431
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We understand that Health Fitness Corporation (Health Fitness), Trustmark Mutual Holding Company
(Parent) and a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (Purchaser), intend to enter into an Agreement
and Plan of Merger to be dated as of January 20, 2010 (the Agreement), pursuant to which, among
other things (i) Purchaser will commence a cash tender offer (the Tender Offer) for all of the
issued and outstanding shares of Health Fitness common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the
Health Fitness Common Stock), for $8.78 per share, net to the seller in cash (the
Consideration) and (ii) Purchaser will be merged with and into Health Fitness in a merger (the
Merger and, together with the Tender Offer, the Transaction) in which each share of Health
Fitness Common Stock not acquired in the Tender Offer, in addition to any options, warrants or
other securities convertible into Health Fitness Common Stock, will be (subject to certain
customary exceptions) converted into the right to receive the Consideration. You have provided us
with a copy of the Agreement in substantially final form.
You have asked us to render our opinion to the Board of Directors of Health Fitness as to whether
the Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Health Fitness Common
Stock, excluding Parent and its affiliates.
In the course of performing our review and analyses for rendering this opinion, we have:
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reviewed Health Fitness audited financial statements on Form 10-K for the fiscal years
ended December 31, 2006, 2007 and 2008; Health Fitness interim financial information on
Form 10-Q for the three (3) month and nine (9) month periods ended September 30, 2009; and
Health Fitness preliminary results for the three (3) month and twelve (12) month periods
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reviewed certain internal financial projections for Health Fitness for the years ending
December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2013 (the Projections), all as prepared and
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performed discounted cash flow analyses based on the Projections; |
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met with certain members of Health Fitness management as well as the Finance Committee
of the Board of Directors of Health Fitness to discuss Health Fitness business,
operations, historical and projected financial results and future prospects; |
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reviewed the historical prices, trading multiples and trading volumes of the Health
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reviewed recent analyst reports regarding Health Fitness and its industry; |
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reviewed publicly available financial data, stock market performance data and trading
multiples of companies that we deemed generally comparable to Health Fitness; and |
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We have relied upon and assumed, without independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of
the financial and other information provided to or discussed with us by Health Fitness or obtained
by us from public sources, including, without limitation, the Projections referred to above. With
respect to the Projections, we have relied on representations that they have been reasonably
prepared on bases reflecting the best currently available estimates and judgments of the senior
management of Health Fitness as to the expected future performance of Health Fitness. We have not
assumed any responsibility for the independent verification of any such information, including,
without limitation, the Projections, and we have further relied upon the assurances of the senior
management of Health Fitness that they are unaware of any facts that would make the information, including the Projections,
provided to us, incomplete or misleading.
We have assumed that there have been no material changes in the assets, financial condition,
results of operations, business or prospects of Health Fitness since the date of the last financial
statements made available to us. We have also assumed that Health Fitness is not a party to any
material pending transaction, including external financing, recapitalizations, acquisitions or
merger discussions, other than the Transaction.
In arriving at our opinion, we have not performed or obtained any independent appraisal of the
assets or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of Health Fitness, nor have we been furnished with
any such appraisals. In addition, we have undertaken no independent analysis of any
outstanding, pending or threatened litigation, material claims, possible unasserted claims or other
contingent liabilities to which Health Fitness or any of its affiliates is a party or may be
subject, or of any other governmental investigation of any possible unasserted claims or other
contingent liabilities to which Health Fitness or any of its affiliates is a party or may be
subject. At Health Fitness direction and with its consent, our opinion makes no assumption
concerning, and therefore does not consider, the potential effects of any such litigation, claims,
investigations or
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possible assertions of claims, or the outcomes or damages arising out of any such matters.
During the course of our engagement, we were asked by the Finance Committee of the Board of
Directors of Health Fitness to solicit revised indications of interest from certain third parties
who had provided unsolicited indications of interest to the Company within the two weeks prior to
our engagement regarding a transaction with Health Fitness, and we have considered the results of
such solicitation in rendering our opinion.
We have assumed that all the necessary governmental, regulatory and other third party approvals and
consents required for the Transaction will be obtained, and that the Transaction will be
consummated in a timely manner and in accordance with the terms of the Agreement without any
limitations, restrictions, conditions, amendments or modifications, regulatory or otherwise, that
collectively (i) would have a material adverse effect on Health Fitness or the contemplated
benefits to Health Fitness of the Transaction, or (ii) would otherwise change the amount of the
Consideration. We have relied, with respect to legal, tax and accounting matters related to the
Transaction, upon Health Fitness and Parents legal, tax and accounting advisors, and we have made
no independent investigation of any legal, tax or accounting matters that may affect Health
Fitness or Parent. We do not express any opinion as to the price or range of prices at which the
shares of Health Fitness Common Stock may trade subsequent to the announcement of the Transaction.
We have assumed that the executed Agreement will be in all material respects identical to the last
draft reviewed by us. We have relied upon the representations and warranties of Health Fitness and
Parent contained in the Agreement and have assumed, without independent verification, that they are
true and correct. We have also assumed the Transaction will be consummated pursuant to the terms
of the Agreement without material modification thereto or change in the Consideration and without
waiver by any party of any material conditions or obligations thereunder.
Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC (Greene Holcomb & Fisher), as part of its investment banking
business, is engaged in the valuation of businesses and their securities in connection with mergers
and acquisitions, private placements and valuations for corporate and other purposes. In 2005, we
acted as placement agent for Health Fitness $10.2 million private placement of equity securities
with institutional investors. In connection with acting as placement agent, we received warrants
to purchase up to 25,500 shares of Health Fitness Common Stock at an exercise price of $4.00 per
share. We are currently acting as financial advisor to Health Fitness in connection with the
Transaction, for which Health Fitness will pay us a fee for such services that is contingent upon
the consummation of the Tender Offer. For our services in rendering this opinion, Health Fitness
will pay us a fee that is not contingent upon the consummation of the Tender Offer. In addition,
Health Fitness has agreed to reimburse us for certain expenses and to indemnify us against certain
liabilities arising out of our engagement. Greene Holcomb & Fisher may seek to provide Health
Fitness and Parent and their respective affiliates certain investment banking and other services
unrelated to the Transaction in the future.
The Board of Directors
Health Fitness Corporation
January 20, 2010
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This letter is furnished pursuant to our engagement letter dated November 20, 2009, as amended, and
has been approved by our fairness opinion committee. It is understood that this letter is intended
for the benefit and use of the Board of Directors of Health Fitness and does not constitute a
recommendation to the Board of Directors of Health Fitness as to how to vote in connection with its
consideration of the Agreement nor does this letter constitute a recommendation to any holders of
Health Fitness Common Stock as to whether to tender any shares of Health Fitness Common Stock
pursuant to the Tender Offer or as to how to vote in connection with the Merger. This letter does
not address Health Fitness underlying business decision to pursue the Transaction, the relative
merits of the Transaction as compared to any alternative business strategies that might exist for
Health Fitness or the effects of any other transaction in which Health Fitness might engage. This
letter does not express an opinion
regarding the fairness of the amount or nature of the compensation that is being paid in the
Transaction to any of Health Fitness officers, directors or employees, or class of such persons,
relative to the compensation to the public shareholders of Health Fitness. Furthermore, this
letter addresses solely the fairness, from a financial point of view, to Health Fitness of the
proposed Consideration set forth in the Agreement and does not address any other terms or
agreements relating to the Transaction or related transactions.
This letter is not to be used for any other purpose, or be reproduced, disseminated, quoted from or
referred to at any time, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent; provided, however,
that this letter may be included in its entirety in any Tender Offer Solicitation/Recommendation
Statement on Schedule 14D-9 or any proxy statement to be distributed to the holders of Health
Fitness Common Stock in connection with the Merger.
Our opinion is subject to the assumptions and conditions contained herein and is necessarily based
on economic, market and other conditions, and the information made available to us, as of the date
hereof. Events occurring after the date hereof could materially affect the assumptions used in
preparing, and the conclusions reached in, this opinion. We assume no responsibility for updating,
revising or reaffirming our opinion based on circumstances or events occurring after the date
hereof.
Based on and subject to the foregoing, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, the
Consideration is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Health Fitness Common
Stock, excluding Parent and its affiliates.
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Sincerely,
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/s/ Greene Holcomb & Fisher LLC
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