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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
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Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17
CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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In
millions, except per share amounts
|
CVS
Dec.
30, 2006
|
Caremark
Dec.
31, 2006
|
Pro
Forma
Adjustments
(a)
|
Pro
Forma
Combined |
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Assets:
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
530.7
|
$
|
804.0
|
$
|
(804.0
|
)
|
$
|
530.7
|
||||
Short-term
investments
|
—
|
396.7
|
—
|
396.7
|
|||||||||
Accounts
receivable, net
|
2,377.4
|
2,231.8
|
(138.3
|
)(b)
|
4,470.9
|
||||||||
Inventories
|
7,108.9
|
540.9
|
—
|
7,649.8
|
|||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
274.3
|
114.7
|
—
|
389.0
|
|||||||||
Other
current assets
|
100.2
|
33.8
|
—
|
134.0
|
|||||||||
Total
current assets
|
10,391.5
|
4,121.9
|
(942.3
|
)
|
13,571.1
|
||||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
5,333.6
|
319.9
|
—
|
5,653.5
|
|||||||||
Goodwill
|
3,195.2
|
7,072.9
|
18,649.5
|
28,917.6
|
|||||||||
Intangible
assets, net
|
1,318.2
|
686.1
|
1,255.9
|
3,260.2
|
|||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
90.8
|
—
|
—
|
90.8
|
|||||||||
Other
assets
|
240.5
|
30.3
|
—
|
270.8
|
|||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
20,569.8
|
$
|
12,231.1
|
$
|
18,963.1
|
$
|
51,764.0
|
|||||
Liabilities:
|
|||||||||||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
$
|
4,813.7
|
$
|
3,993.1
|
$
|
(138.3
|
)(b)
|
$
|
8,668.5
|
||||
Accrued
transaction costs
|
—
|
—
|
76.4
|
76.4
|
|||||||||
Short-term
debt
|
1,842.7
|
—
|
—
|
1,842.7
|
|||||||||
Current
portion of long-term debt
|
344.3
|
—
|
—
|
344.3
|
|||||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
7,000.7
|
3,993.1
|
(61.9
|
)
|
10,931.9
|
||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
2,870.4
|
—
|
2,395.2
|
5,265.6
|
|||||||||
Deferred
tax liability
|
—
|
232.0
|
492.3
|
724.3
|
|||||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
|
781.1
|
326.3
|
—
|
1,107.4
|
|||||||||
Stockholders’
Equity
|
|||||||||||||
Preference
stock
|
213.3
|
—
|
—
|
213.3
|
|||||||||
Common
stock
|
8.5
|
0.5
|
6.6
|
15.6
|
|||||||||
Treasury
stock
|
(314.5
|
)
|
(2,429.4
|
)
|
2,429.4
|
(314.5
|
)
|
||||||
Shares
held in trust
|
—
|
(89.8
|
)
|
89.8
|
—
|
||||||||
Guaranteed
ESOP obligation
|
(82.1
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
(82.1
|
)
|
|||||||
Capital
surplus
|
2,198.4
|
8,714.5
|
15,095.7
|
26,008.6
|
|||||||||
Retained
earnings
|
7,966.6
|
1,499.1
|
(1,499.1
|
)
|
7,966.6
|
||||||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
|
(72.6
|
)
|
(15.2
|
)
|
15.2
|
(72.6
|
)
|
||||||
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
9,917.6
|
7,679.7
|
16,137.6
|
33,734.9
|
|||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
$
|
20,569.8
|
$
|
12,231.1
|
$
|
18,963.1
|
$
|
51,764.0
|
In
millions, except per share amounts
|
CVS
Dec.
30, 2006
|
Completed
Acquisition (2)
Dec.
30, 2006
|
Caremark
Dec.
31, 2006
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Pro
Forma
Adjustments |
Pro
Forma
Combined |
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Net
revenue
|
$
|
43,813.8
|
$
|
2,373.9
|
$
|
36,750.2
|
$
|
(4,542.1
|
)(c)
|
$
|
78,395.8
|
|||||
Cost
of revenues
|
31,874.8
|
1,795.4
|
34,344.1
|
(4,542.1
|
)(c)
|
63,472.2
|
||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
11,939.0
|
578.5
|
2,406.1
|
—
|
14,923.6
|
|||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative expenses
|
9,497.4
|
494.5
|
675.1
|
57.4
|
(d)
|
10,724.4
|
||||||||||
Operating
profit
|
2,441.6
|
84.0
|
1,731.0
|
(57.4
|
)
|
4,199.2
|
||||||||||
Non-operating
gain, net
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense (income), net
|
215.8
|
88.6
|
(38.4
|
)
|
167.7
|
(e)
|
433.7
|
|||||||||
Earnings/(loss)
before income tax provision/(benefit)
|
2,225.8
|
(4.6
|
)
|
1,769.4
|
(225.1
|
)
|
3,765.5
|
|||||||||
Income
tax provision/(benefit)
|
856.9
|
(1.7
|
)
|
695.4
|
(88.2
|
)(f)
|
1,462.4
|
|||||||||
Net
earnings/(loss)
|
1,368.9
|
(2.9
|
)
|
1,074.0
|
(136.9
|
)
|
2,303.1
|
|||||||||
Preference
dividends, net of income tax benefit
|
13.9
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
13.9
|
|||||||||||
Net
earnings/(loss) available to common stockholders
|
$
|
1,355.0
|
$
|
(2.9
|
)
|
$
|
1,074.0
|
$
|
(136.9
|
)
|
$
|
2,289.2
|
||||
Basic
earnings per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
1.65
|
$
|
2.50
|
$ |
$
|
1.49
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
820.6
|
429.3
|
287.6
|
1,537.5
|
||||||||||||
Diluted
earnings per common share:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
earnings
|
$
|
1.60
|
$
|
2.46
|
$ |
$
|
1.45
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding
|
853.2
|
436.5
|
292.5
|
1,582.2
|
||||||||||||
Dividends
declared per common share
|
$
|
0.1550
|
0.30000
|
—
|
$
|
0.1550
|
(g)
|
Aggregate
purchase price of Caremark common stock (1)
|
$
|
23,269.4
|
||
Non-cash
purchase price- fair value of stock options (2)
|
547.9
|
|||
Caremark
Special Cash Dividend (3)
|
3,199.1
|
|||
Accrued
transaction costs (4)
|
50.0
|
|||
Aggregate
consideration
|
27,066.4
|
|||
Book
value of the net assets acquired as of December 30, 2006
|
606.8
|
|||
Intangible
assets, net (5)
|
1,255.9
|
|||
Deferred
Tax Liability (6)
|
(492.3
|
)
|
||
Accrued
Expenses (7)
|
(26.4
|
)
|
||
Goodwill
|
$
|
25,722.4
|
|
||
(1)
|
The
aggregate purchase price of Caremark common stock is calculated
as follows
(in millions, except ratios and per share
amounts):
|
Exchange
ratio
|
1.670
|
|||
Average
closing price per share of CVS common stock for the five trading
days
ending February 14, 2007(a)
|
$
|
32.67
|
||
Total
purchase price per share
|
54.55
|
|||
Caremark
shares outstanding (December 31, 2006)
|
426.6
|
|||
Total
purchase price excluding fair value of stock options, Caremark
Special
Dividend and transaction Costs
|
$
|
23,269.4
|
(a) |
As
a result of the waiver to allow for a special dividend pursuant
to the
Waiver Agreement, as amended, this calculation reflects the average
closing price per share of CVS common stock for the five trading
days
ending February 14, 2007.
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(2)
|
At
the effective time of the merger, Caremark stock options will be
exchanged
for stock options to purchase shares of CVS/Caremark common stock
exercisable for that number of shares of CVS/Caremark common stock
equal
to the number of shares of Caremark common stock previously subject
to the
corresponding Caremark stock option multiplied by 1.670 at an exercise
price per share equal to (1) the aggregate exercise price required
to
purchase all shares of Caremark common stock subject to the Caremark
option before the completion of the merger divided by (2) the number
of
shares of CVS/Caremark common stock subject to the option after
completion
of the merger, rounded up to the nearest whole cent.
|
||
The
fair value of the options issued to Caremark optionees, net of
the fair
value of unvested options, represents additional purchase consideration.
Substantially all options outstanding to Caremark optionees will
accelerate vesting at the time of the merger, due to provisions
of the
underlying stock options plan, upon change of control. For purposes
of the
pro forma financial statements, it is assumed that the change in
control
provisions resulted in all options being fully vested as of the
balance
sheet date, December 30, 2006. The aggregate fair value of these
options,
for the purposes of the pro forma balance sheet, was calculated
using the
Black-Scholes option pricing model and following assumptions (in
millions,
except per share amounts, ratios and
percentages):
|
Expected
term (years)
|
1.75
|
|||
Risk
free interest rate
|
4.75
|
%
|
||
Dividend
yield
|
0.48
|
%
|
||
Expected
volatility
|
21.40
|
%
|
||
Weighted
average fair value
|
16.43
|
|||
Number
of shares underlying options(i)
|
33.3
|
|||
Aggregate
fair value allocated to purchase price
|
$
|
547.9
|
|
||
(i)
|
Number
of shares underlying options was computed using the exchange ratio
of
1.670:1 share based on Caremark’s options outstanding at December 31,
2006.
|
|
(ii)
|
The aggregate fair value of the options calculated above does not reflect adjustments to the options to be effected at closing to reflect the special cash dividend. | |
(3)
|
Represents
the Caremark special cash dividend in the amount of $7.50 per share
to be
paid pursuant to the terms as set forth in the Waiver Agreement,
as
amended, and as more fully described in this Current Report on
Form 8-K.
Such dividend is expected to be funded utilizing a combination
of cash
($804.0 million) and long-term debt.
|
|
(4)
|
Represents
the estimated transaction costs related to the merger, which primarily
includes investment banker fees and professional fees.
|
|
(5)
|
Represents
the adjustments to record intangible assets at estimated fair value,
net
of the elimination of historical Caremark amounts and includes
customer
relationships ($1,173.9 million, net of $686.1 million of historical
Caremark amounts), proprietary technology ($15.0 million) and trade
names
($67.0 million).
|
|
(6)
|
Represents
the estimated deferred income tax benefit of the acquired intangible
assets (other than goodwill).
|
|
(7)
|
Represents
estimated costs associated with provisions of employment agreements
that
would require future payment.
|
(b)
|
Intercompany
elimination:
Adjustments necessary to eliminate trade receivables and
payables between CVS and Caremark related to CVS being included
in
Caremark’s pharmacy networks.
|
(c)
|
Represents
the adjustment necessary to eliminate revenues and cost of revenue,
of CVS
and Caremark that represent inter-company amounts that would ordinarily
be
eliminated in the preparation of consolidated financial
statements.
|
|
(d)
|
Represents
the adjustment to record estimated incremental depreciation and
amortization on identifiable intangible assets over their respective
useful lives. Customer relationships are amortized over an estimated
useful life of 19 years. Proprietary technology is amortized over
an
estimated useful life of 5 years, while trade names are estimated
to have
indefinite life and are not amortized. In accordance with SFAS
No. 142,
“Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets,” the unaudited pro forma combined
condensed statements of operations do not include goodwill
amortization.
|
|
(e)
|
Represents
the adjustments to record the pro forma interest expense on the
long-term
debt used to fund the Caremark Special Cash Dividend utilizing
an interest
rate of 7%.
|
|
(f)
|
Represents
the adjustments to record the pro forma combined income tax provision
at
the estimated effective income tax rate of the combined
company.
|
|
(g)
|
Pro
forma combined dividends declared per common share were computed
using the
CVS dividend rate.
|
In
millions, except per share amounts
|
Preliminary
Pro Forma Fiscal Year Ended December 30, 2006
|
|||
Numerator
for pro forma combined earnings per common share:
|
||||
Unaudited
pro forma combined net earnings
|
$
|
2,303.1
|
||
Preference
dividends, net of income tax benefit
|
(13.9
|
)
|
||
Net
pro forma combined earnings available to common stockholders,
basic
|
$
|
2,289.2
|
||
Unaudited
pro forma combined net earnings
|
2,303.1
|
|||
Dilutive
earnings adjustment
|
(4.2
|
)
|
||
Net
pro forma combined earnings available to common stockholders,
diluted
|
$
|
2,298.9
|
||
Denominator
for pro forma combined earnings per common share:
|
||||
Weighted
average common shares, basic
|
1,537.5
|
|||
Effect
of dilutive securities:
|
||||
Preference
stock
|
18.8
|
|||
Stock
options
|
23.6
|
|||
Other
stock awards
|
2.3
|
|||
Weighted
average common shares, diluted
|
1,582.2
|
|||
Pro
forma combined basic earnings per common share
|
$
|
1.49
|
||
Pro
forma combined diluted earnings per common share
|
$
|
1.45
|
(d)
|
Exhibits
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Document
|
|
99.1
|
Press
Release, dated March 8, 2007, of CVS Corporation
|
|
99.2
|
Second
Amendment to Waiver Agreement dated as of March 8, 2007 between CVS
Corporation and Caremark Rx, Inc.
|
CVS
CORPORATION
|
|||||
Date:
|
March
8, 2007
|
By:
|
/s/
Douglas A. Sgarro
|
||
Name:
|
Douglas
A. Sgarro
|
||||
Title:
|
Executive
Vice President and Chief Legal
Officer
|
Exhibit
No.
|
Document
|
|
99.1
|
Press
Release, dated March 8, 2007, of CVS Corporation
|
|
99.2
|
Second
Amendment to Waiver Agreement dated as of March 8, 2007 between CVS
Corporation and Caremark Rx, Inc.
|
·
|
CVS
and Caremark have agreed to increase the special cash dividend payable
to
Caremark shareholders promptly following closing of the merger to
$7.50
per share.
|
·
|
Consistent
with (and in lieu of) the previously announced accelerated share
repurchase program, promptly following closing of the merger CVS/Caremark
will commence a cash tender offer for 150 million (or about 10%)
of its
outstanding shares at a fixed price of $35 per share.
|
·
|
The
CVS/Caremark merger has cleared all regulatory hurdles (including
FTC
approval) and will be ready to close in mid-March immediately following
the approval of both CVS and Caremark shareholders.
|
·
|
If
the CVS/Caremark deal were voted down on March 16, the Express Scripts
Inc. (NASDAQ:ESRX) transaction may never close and would certainly
encounter substantial delay:
|
o
|
By
its own admission, Express Scripts is virtually certain to receive
a
second request from the FTC; accordingly, it may never get antitrust
approval from
|
the FTC or the 22 State Attorneys General who are currently investigating the anti-competitive effects of the Express Scripts transaction. |
o
|
Express
Scripts may never satisfy the many conditions to its offer and may
simply
walk away from the transaction leaving Caremark shareholders with
a
damaged company having suffered significant client attrition and
missed
the entire 2007 selling season.
|
o
|
Express
Scripts’ shareholders would likely vote down this ill-conceived takeover
attempt when they consider the resulting dilution (Express Scripts
shareholders would own just 43% of the combined company) and the
high
degree of leverage required to complete the transaction (the combined
company would be a junk credit).
|
Contact: | CVS | |
Investors: | ||
Nancy Christal, 914-722-4704 | ||
Media: | ||
Eileen Howard Dunn, 401-770-4631 |
EXHIBIT 99.2
CVS Corporation
One CVS Drive
Woonsocket, RI 02895
March 8, 2007 |
Caremark Rx, Inc.
211 Commerce Street
Suite 800
Nashville, TN 37201
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile No.: (615) 743-6611
Re: |
Waiver Agreement between CVS Corporation and Caremark Rx, Inc., dated as of January 16, 2007 relating to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of November 1, 2006 (as amended) |
Ladies & Gentlemen:
Reference is made to (i) that certain Waiver Agreement between CVS Corporation ( CVS ) and Caremark Rx, Inc. ( Caremark ), dated as of January 16, 2007 (the Original Waiver Agreement ) and (ii) that certain amendment to the Waiver Agreement between CVS and Caremark, dated as of February 12, 2007 (the Initial Amendment ; the Original Waiver Agreement, as amended by the Initial Amendment, the Waiver Agreement ). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Waiver Agreement.
The parties hereto agree that the Waiver Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to $6.00 in the fourth line of the first paragraph thereof and replacing it with $7.50 .
Furthermore, the parties hereto agree that, the Waiver Agreement shall be amended by deleting the fourth paragraph thereof (relating to the accelerated share repurchase) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:
Furthermore, the parties hereto agree that as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, CVS will undertake a tender offer for 150 million shares of CVS Stock (or such lesser number of shares that are tendered in the tender offer) at a fixed price of
$35.00 per share. CVS will borrow the funds necessary to consummate this tender offer. The terms of any such borrowing shall be customary for transactions of this type. For the sake of clarity, nothing in this paragraph and no action contemplated by this paragraph, shall give rise to any adjustment to the Exchange Ratio pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Merger Agreement or give rise to a breach of any of the covenants in Section 7.01.
Except as specifically amended by this letter agreement, the Waiver Agreement will remain unchanged, and as amended hereby the Waiver Agreement remains in full force and effect.
Article 11 of the Merger Agreement (other than Section 11.04 thereof) is hereby incorporated by reference into this letter agreement and shall apply to this letter agreement equally as if set forth fully herein. This letter agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.
* * * * *
This letter agreement shall be effective on the date first set forth above. If you agree with the foregoing, please indicate your agreement by signing in the place indicated below.
Sincerely, | ||
CVS CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Douglas A. Sgarro | |
|
||
Name: | Douglas A. Sgarro | |
Title: |
Executive Vice President and
Chief Legal Officer |
Accepted and agreed
as of
|
||
|
||
|
|
|
By:
|
/s/
William R. Spalding
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
William
R. Spalding
|
|
Title:
|
Executive
Vice President
Strategic Initiatives |
cc: | King & Spalding LLP | |
1185 Avenue of the Americas | ||
New York, NY 10036-4003 | ||
Attention: Michael OBrien | ||
Tracey A. Zaccone | ||
Facsimile No.: (212) 556-2222 |