As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 2013
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
6200 S. Syracuse Way
Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 495-1200
(Address, including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, including Area Code of Registrants Principal Executive Office)
AMENDED AND RESTATED CDRT HOLDING CORPORATION STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. 2013 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Craig A. Wilson, Esq.
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
6200 S. Syracuse Way
Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
(303) 495-1200
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
With copies to:
Peter J. Loughran, Esq.
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
919 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 909-6000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer x (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company ¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Title of Securities
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Amount to be
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Proposed
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Amount of
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Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan |
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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16,257,375 |
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3.58 |
(2) |
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58,201,402.50 |
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7,938.67 |
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Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan |
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Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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16,708,289 |
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23 |
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384,290,647 |
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52,417.24 |
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(1) The number of shares being registered represents the shares underlying option awards outstanding under the Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan, and shares reserved for issuance pursuant to future awards under the Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of the Registrants Common Stock that became issuable under the applicable plan by reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or other similar transaction.
(2) Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $3.58 per share of Common Stock, which is the weighted average exercise price of the outstanding option awards under the Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan.
(3) Computed pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for purpose of determining the registration fee, based upon an assumed price of $23 per share of Common Stock, which is the initial public offering price.
Part I
Information Required in the Section 10(a) Prospectus
All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act ).
Part II
Information Required in the Registration Statement
Item 3. Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission ) by Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (the Company ) are incorporated herein by reference:
(1) the Companys prospectus filed with the Commission on August 14, 2013 pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, relating to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-187872);
(2) the description of the Companys Common Stock contained in the Companys Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 001-35979) filed on August 6, 2013.
All documents filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act) after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicate that all securities offered hereby have been sold or that deregister all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the respective dates of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. is incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware.
Section 145(a) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware ( DGCL ) provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe the persons conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if the person acted in good faith and in a manner the person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.
Section 145(c) of the DGCL provides that to the extent that a present or former director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (a) and (b) of Section 145 of the DGCL, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
Section 145(e) of the DGCL provides that expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by an officer or director of the corporation in defending any civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding may be paid by the corporation in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in Section 145 of the DGCL.
Such expenses (including attorneys fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the corporation or by persons serving at the request of the corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the corporation deems appropriate.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL specifically allows a Delaware corporation to purchase liability insurance on behalf of its directors and officers and to insure against potential liability of such directors and officers regardless of whether the corporation would have the power to indemnify such directors and officers under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains provisions permitted under the DGCL relating to the liability of directors. These provisions eliminate a directors personal liability for monetary damages resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty, except in circumstances involving:
· any breach of the directors duty of loyalty;
· acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law;
· under Section 174 of the DGCL (unlawful dividends); or
· any transaction from which the director derives an improper personal benefit.
Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws require us to indemnify and advance expenses to our directors and officers to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL and other applicable law, except in the case of a proceeding instituted by the director without the approval of our Board of Directors. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated by-laws provide that we are required to indemnify our directors and officers, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for all judgments, fines, settlements, legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with pending or threatened legal proceedings because of the directors or officers positions with us or another entity that the director or officer serves at our request, subject to various conditions, and to advance funds to our directors and officers to enable them to defend against such proceedings. To receive indemnification, the director or officer must have been successful in the legal proceeding or have acted in good faith and in what was reasonably believed to be a lawful manner in our best interest and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL permits a Delaware corporation to include a provision in its certificate of incorporation eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors to the corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. This provision, however, may not eliminate or limit a directors liability (1) for breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or involving intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) under Section
174 of the DGCL, or (4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation contains such a provision.
Indemnification Agreements
The Company and Envision Healthcare Corporation ( EVHC ) are parties to separate indemnification agreements with (i) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC ( CD&R ) and investment funds sponsored by or affiliated with CD&R (collectively, the CD&R Entities ), and (ii) with each of Richard J. Schnall, Ronald A. Williams, William A. Sanger and Kenneth A. Giuriceo as the directors of the Company and EVHC.
Under the indemnification agreement with the CD&R Entities, the Company and EVHC, subject to certain limitations, jointly and severally agreed to indemnify the CD&R Entities and certain of their affiliates against certain liabilities arising out of performance of the Consulting Agreement and certain other claims and liabilities. Under the indemnification agreements with their directors, the Company and EVHC, subject to certain limitations, jointly and severally agreed to indemnify their directors against certain liabilities arising out of service as a director of the Company and its subsidiaries.
Our executive employment agreements include indemnification provisions. Under those agreements, we agree to indemnify each of these individuals against claims arising out of events or occurrences related to that individuals service as our agent or the agent of any of our subsidiaries to the fullest extent legally permitted.
In connection with the Companys initial public offering, we entered into an indemnification agreement with each of our directors. The indemnification agreements provide our directors with contractual rights to the indemnification and expense advancement rights provided under our amended and restated by-laws, as well as contractual rights to additional indemnification as provided in the indemnification agreements.
Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
We have obtained directors and officers liability insurance which insures against certain liabilities that our directors and officers, may, in such capacities, incur.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
The Exhibits accompanying this Registration Statement are listed on the accompanying Exhibit Index.
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective Registration Statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement;
provided, however , that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Greenwood Village, State of Colorado on August 16, 2013.
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ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: |
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Name: Randel G. Owen |
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Title: Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed on August 16, 2013 by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
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/s/ William A. Sanger |
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Director, President and Chief Executive Officer |
William A. Sanger |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Randel G. Owen |
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Director, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating |
Randel G. Owen |
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Officer and Chief Financial Officer |
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(Principal Financial Officer) |
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/s/ R. Jason Standifird |
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Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and |
R. Jason Standifird |
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Controller (Principal Accounting Officer) |
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Director |
Richard J. Schnall |
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Director |
Kenneth A. Giuriceo |
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INDEX TO EXHIBITS TO REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
Exhibits |
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Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. |
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Amended and Restated By-Laws of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. |
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Form of Common Stock Certificate incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.7 to the Registrants Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (No. 333-189292) (the S-1 Registration Statement ). |
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Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP. |
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Consent of Ernst & Young LLP. |
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Consent of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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Powers of Attorney. |
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CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.28 to the S-1 Registration Statement. |
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Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan. |
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Amendment to the Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan. |
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Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.35 to the S-1 Registration Statement. |
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Form of Employee Stock Option Agreement. |
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Exhibit 3.1
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, hereby certifies as follows:
1. The present name of the corporation is Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation ).
2. The Corporation was originally formed as CDRT Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, by means of a Certificate of Incorporation filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the Secretary of State ) on February 28, 2011. An Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State on May 23, 2011. A Certificate of Amendment changing the name of the Corporation from CDRT Holding Corporation to Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. was filed with the Secretary of State on June 10, 2013. A Certificate of Amendment changing the Corporations authorized capital stock and effecting the reclassification of each share of the Corporations Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, into 9.3 shares of Common Stock was filed with the Secretary of State on July 29, 2013.
3. The Corporations Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation is hereby further amended and restated pursuant to Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as amended from time to time, the DGCL ), so as to read in its entirety in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by this reference ( Exhibit A and this Certificate collectively constituting the Corporations Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ).
4. This amendment and restatement of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation has been duly adopted in accordance with the provisions of Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the DGCL, the Board of Directors of the Corporation having adopted resolutions setting forth such amendment and restatement, declaring its advisability, and directing that it be submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation for their approval; and the holders of outstanding stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted having consented in writing to the adoption of such amendment and restatement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned officer of the Corporation has executed this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation on the 16th day of August, 2013.
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[Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.]
Exhibit A
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
FIRST . Name . The name of the Corporation is Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
SECOND . Registered Office . The Corporations registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, zip code 19808. The name of its registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.
THIRD . Purpose . The nature of the business of the Corporation and its purpose is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the DGCL ).
FOURTH . Capital Stock . The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 2,200,000,000, consisting of: ( x ) 2,000,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock ), and ( y ) 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Preferred Stock ), issuable in one or more series as hereinafter provided. The number of authorized shares of the Common Stock or Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL or any corresponding provision hereinafter enacted.
1. Provisions Relating to the Common Stock .
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or by the DGCL, each holder of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled, with respect to each share of Common Stock held by such holder, to one vote in person or by proxy on all matters submitted to a vote of the holders of Common Stock, whether voting separately as a class or otherwise.
(b) Subject to the preferences and rights, if any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions in cash, property, stock or otherwise as may be declared thereon by the Board of Directors at any time and from time to time out of assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.
(c) In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for
payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, and subject to the preferences and rights, if any, applicable to shares of Preferred Stock or any series thereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all of the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.
2. Provisions Relating to the Preferred Stock .
(a) The Preferred Stock may be issued at any time and from time to time in one or more series. The Board of Directors is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of Preferred Stock in one or more series and, by filing a certificate of designation pursuant to the applicable provisions of the DGCL (hereinafter referred to as a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation ), to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series, and to fix the designation, powers, preferences and the relative participating, optional or other special rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, of shares of each such series, including, without limitation, dividend rights, dividend rates, conversion rights, voting rights, terms of redemption and liquidation preferences.
(b) The Common Stock shall be subject to the express terms of the Preferred Stock and any series thereof.
(c) Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or to a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation that alters or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other series of Preferred Stock, to vote thereon pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation or pursuant to the DGCL as currently in effect or as the same may hereafter be amended.
3. Voting in Election of Directors . Except as may be required by the DGCL or as provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or in a Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation, holders of Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and for all other purposes, and holders of Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any matter or receive notice of any meeting of stockholders.
FIFTH . Management of Corporation . The following provisions are inserted for the management of the business, for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and for the purpose of creating, defining, limiting and regulating the powers of the Corporation and its directors and stockholders:
1. Except as may otherwise be provided by law, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.
2. Subject to any rights granted to the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, among the Corporation and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P., CD&R EMS Co-Investor, L.P., CD&R Advisor Fund VIII Co-Investor, L.P., and CD&R Friends and Family Fund VIII, L.P. and their respective successors and assigns (each, a CD&R Affiliate and together the CD&R Affiliates ), to be dated as of the closing date of the Corporations initial public offering (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Stockholders Agreement ), the number of directors of the Corporation shall be fixed, and may be altered from time to time, exclusively by resolution of the Board of Directors, but in no event may the number of directors of the Corporation be less than one.
3. The directors of the Corporation, subject to any rights granted to holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, shall be divided into three classes designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of such directors. Class I directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the Effective Date ), Class II directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Date and Class III directors shall initially serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Date. Directors of each class shall hold office until the annual meeting at which his or her term expires and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified, or his or her death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office. At each succeeding annual meeting, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a term expiring at the third succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, subject to any rights granted to holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding to elect directors and the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement. If the number of such directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, and any such additional director of any class elected to fill a newly created directorship resulting from an increase in such class shall hold office for a term that shall coincide with the remaining term of that class, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors remove or shorten the term of any incumbent director. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to their respective class.
4. Subject to any rights granted to the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, ( a ) following the Effective Date and until the first date (the Trigger Date ) on which the CD&R Affiliates collectively cease to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, a director may be removed at any time, either with or without cause, upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then entitled to vote in an election of directors and ( b ) from and after the Trigger Date, a director may be removed from office only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then entitled to vote in an election of directors.
5. Subject to any rights granted to the holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding and the rights granted pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement, and except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancy in the Board of Directors that results from an increase in the number of directors, from the death, disability, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director or from any other cause shall be filled solely by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director. A director elected to fill a vacancy or a newly created directorship shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
6. No director of the Corporation shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of his or her fiduciary duty as a director, provided that nothing contained in this Article shall eliminate or limit the liability of a director ( a ) for any breach of the directors duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders, ( b ) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of the law, ( c ) under Section 174 of the DGCL or ( d ) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.
7. To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to the directors of the Corporation, provided that, except as otherwise provided in the By-laws of the Corporation, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify or advance expenses to a director of the Corporation in respect of an action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such director, unless such action, suit or proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board of Directors. The rights provided by this Section 7 of Article FIFTH shall not limit or exclude any rights, indemnities or limitations of liability to which any director of the Corporation may be entitled, whether as a matter of law, under the By-laws of the Corporation, by agreement, vote of the stockholders, approval of the directors of the Corporation or otherwise.
SIXTH . Stockholder Action by Written Consent . Until the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote of stockholders, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, are: ( a ) signed by the holders of the outstanding shares of Common Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted (but not less than the minimum number of votes otherwise prescribed by law) and ( b ) delivered within 60 days of the earliest dated consent so delivered to the Corporation, to the Corporation by delivery to its registered office in the State of Delaware, its principal place of business or an officer or agent of the Corporation having custody of the books in which proceedings of meetings of the stockholders are recorded. From and after the Trigger Date, any action required or permitted to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be taken only upon the vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting duly called and may not be taken by written consent of the stockholders.
SEVENTH . Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by law and subject to any rights granted to holders of shares of any class or series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation for any purpose or purposes may be called only by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors adopted by at least a majority of the directors then in office, provided that, until the Trigger Date, a special meeting of the stockholders may also be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of the holders of record of at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock. From and after the Trigger Date, the stockholders of the Corporation shall not have the power to call a special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation or to request the Secretary of the Corporation to call a special meeting of the stockholders.
EIGHTH . Business Opportunities . To the fullest extent permitted by Section 122(17) of the DGCL (or any successor provision) and except as may be otherwise expressly agreed in writing by the Corporation and the CD&R Affiliates, the Corporation, on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries, renounces and waives any interest or expectancy of the Corporation and its subsidiaries in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, directly or indirectly, any potential transactions, matters or business opportunities (including, without limitation, any business activities or lines of business that are the same as or similar to those pursued by, or competitive with, the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries or any dealings with customers or clients of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries) that are from time to time presented to any of the CD&R Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, stockholders, members, partners, affiliates or subsidiaries (other than the Corporation and its subsidiaries), even if the transaction, matter or opportunity is one that the Corporation or its subsidiaries might reasonably be deemed to have pursued or had the ability or desire to pursue if granted the opportunity to do so. None of the CD&R Affiliates nor any of their respective officer, directors, employees, agents, stockholders, members, partners, affiliates or subsidiaries shall be liable to the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries for breach of any fiduciary or other duty, as a director or officer or otherwise, by reason of the fact that such person
pursues, acquires or participates in such business opportunity, directs such business opportunity to another person or fails to present such business opportunity, or information regarding such business opportunity, to the Corporation or its subsidiaries, unless, in the case of any such person who is a director or officer of the Corporation, such business opportunity is expressly offered to such director or officer in writing solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation. Any person purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and have consented to the provisions of this Article EIGHTH. Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article EIGHTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation inconsistent with this Article EIGHTH, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article EIGHTH in respect of any business opportunity first identified or any other matter occurring, or any cause of action, suit or claim that, but for this Article EIGHTH, would accrue or arise, prior to such alteration, amendment, repeal, adoption or modification. If any provision or provisions of this Article EIGHTH shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: ( a ) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article EIGHTH (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article EIGHTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and ( b ) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article EIGHTH (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Article EIGHTH containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law. This Article EIGHTH shall not limit any protections or defenses available to, or indemnification or advancement rights of, any director or officer of the Corporation under this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws of the Corporation, applicable law, any agreement or otherwise.
NINTH . Section 203 of the DGCL . The Corporation elects not to be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL, Business Combinations With Interested Stockholders, as permitted under and pursuant to subsection (b)(3) of Section 203 of the DGCL.
TENTH . Amendment of the Certificate of Incorporation . The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by the DGCL, and all rights herein conferred upon stockholders or directors are granted subject to this reservation, provided , however , that any amendment, alteration or repeal of Sections 6 or 7 of Article FIFTH shall not adversely affect any right or protection existing under this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a director thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, alteration or repeal. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, and notwithstanding that a lesser percentage may be permitted from time to time by applicable law, no provision of Articles FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, this Article TENTH and Articles ELEVENTH and TWELFTH may be amended, altered or repealed in any respect, nor may any provision or bylaw inconsistent therewith be adopted, unless in addition to any other vote required by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or otherwise required by law, ( a ) until the Trigger Date, such amendment, alteration or repeal is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders, and ( b ) from and after the Trigger Date, an amendment, alteration or repeal of Articles FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH, this Article TENTH and Articles ELEVENTH and TWELFTH is approved at a meeting of the stockholders called for that purpose by, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (66 2 / 3 %) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock then entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.
ELEVENTH . Amendment of the By-laws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, without the assent or vote of stockholders of the Corporation. Any amendment, alteration or repeal of the By-laws of the Corporation by the Board of Directors shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office. In addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the stockholders of the Corporation may amend, alter or repeal the By-laws of the Corporation, provided that any such action will require ( a ) until the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders and ( b ) from and after the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (66 2 / 3 %) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders.
TWELFTH . Exclusive Jurisdiction for Certain Actions . Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (the Court of Chancery ) shall be the sole and exclusive forum for ( a ) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, ( b ) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporations stockholders, ( c ) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the By-laws of the Corporation, or ( d ) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine, in each such case subject to said Court of Chancery having personal jurisdiction over the indispensable parties named as defendants therein. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article TWELFTH.
Exhibit 3.2
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
Effective as of August 16, 2013
ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
BY-LAWS
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Section 1.01. |
Annual Meetings |
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Section 1.02. |
Special Meetings |
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Section 1.03. |
Participation in Meetings by Remote Communication |
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Section 1.04. |
Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice |
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Section 1.05. |
Proxies |
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Section 1.06. |
Voting Lists |
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Section 1.07. |
Quorum |
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Section 1.08. |
Voting |
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Section 1.09. |
Adjournment |
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Section 1.10. |
Organization; Procedure; Inspection of Elections |
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Section 1.11. |
Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting |
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Section 1.12. |
Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations |
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Section 2.01. |
General Powers |
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Section 2.02. |
Number and Term of Office |
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Section 2.03. |
Classification; Election of Directors |
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Section 2.04. |
Regular Meetings |
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Section 2.05. |
Special Meetings |
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Section 2.06. |
Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice |
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Section 2.07. |
Quorum; Voting |
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Section 2.08. |
Action by Telephonic Communications |
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Section 2.09. |
Adjournment |
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Section 2.10. |
Action Without a Meeting |
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Section 2.11. |
Regulations |
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Section 2.12. |
Resignations of Directors |
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Section 2.13. |
Removal of Directors |
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Section 2.14. |
Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships |
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Section 2.15. |
Compensation |
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Section 2.16. |
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Section 3.02. |
Members and Alternate Members |
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Section 3.03. |
Committee Procedures |
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Section 3.04. |
Meetings and Actions of Committees |
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Section 3.05. |
Resignations and Removals |
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Section 3.06. |
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Compensation |
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Section 4.04. |
Removal and Resignation; Vacancies |
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Authority and Duties of Officers |
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Section 4.06. |
President |
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Section 4.07. |
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Section 4.08. |
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Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares |
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Section 5.02. |
Facsimile Signatures |
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Section 5.03. |
Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates |
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Section 5.04. |
Transfer of Stock |
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Section 5.05. |
Registered Stockholders |
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Transfer Agent and Registrar |
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Contract Right; Non-Exclusivity; Survival |
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Section 6.06. |
Insurance |
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Employees and Agents |
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Dividends |
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Section 8.02. |
Reserves |
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Section 8.03. |
Execution of Instruments |
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Section 8.04. |
Voting as Stockholder |
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Section 8.05. |
Fiscal Year |
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Section 8.06. |
Seal |
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Section 8.07. |
Books and Records; Inspection |
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ENVISION HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS
As amended and restated effective August 16, 2013
ARTICLE I
MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
Section 1.01. Annual Meetings . The annual meeting of the stockholders of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (the Corporation ) for the election of directors to succeed directors whose terms expire and for the transaction of such other business as properly may come before such meeting shall be held each year either within or without the State of Delaware, on such date and at such place, if any, and time as exclusively may be fixed from time to time by resolution of the Corporations Board of Directors (the Board ) and set forth in the notice or waiver of notice of the meeting, unless, subject to the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as then in effect (as the same may be amended from time to time, the Certificate of Incorporation ) and Section 1.11 of these By-laws, the stockholders have acted by written consent to elect directors as permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended from time to time (the DGCL ). The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any annual meeting of stockholders previously scheduled by the Board.
Section 1.02. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called only in the manner set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation. Notice of every special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the business conducted at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation shall be limited exclusively to the business set forth in the Corporations notice of meeting, and the individual or group calling such meeting shall have exclusive authority to determine the business included in such notice. Any special meeting of the stockholders shall be held either within or without the State of Delaware, at such place, if any, and on such date and time, as shall be specified in the notice of such special meeting.
Section 1.03. Participation in Meetings by Remote Communication . The Board, acting in its sole discretion, may establish guidelines and procedures in accordance with applicable provisions of the DGCL and any other applicable law for the participation by stockholders and proxyholders in a meeting of stockholders by means of remote communications, and may determine that any meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place but will be held solely by means of remote communication. Stockholders and proxyholders complying with such procedures and guidelines and otherwise entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be deemed present in person and entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication.
Section 1.04. Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice .
(a) The Secretary or any Assistant Secretary shall cause notice of each meeting of stockholders to be given in writing in a manner permitted by the DGCL not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, subject to such exclusions as are then permitted by the DGCL. The notice shall specify ( i ) the place, if any, date and time of such meeting, ( ii ) the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, ( iii ) in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which such meeting is called, and ( iv ) such other information as may be required by law or as may be deemed appropriate by the Chairman of the Board, Secretary or the Board. If the stockholder list referred to in Section 1.06 of these By-laws is made accessible on an electronic network, the notice of meeting must indicate how the stockholder list can be accessed. If the meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of electronic communications, the notice of meeting must provide the information required to access such stockholder list during the meeting.
(b) A written waiver of notice of meeting signed by a stockholder or a waiver by electronic transmission by a stockholder, whether given before or after the meeting time stated in such notice, is deemed equivalent to notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in a waiver of notice. Attendance of a stockholder at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the stockholder attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 1.05. Proxies .
(a) Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent to or dissent from corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy.
(b) A stockholder may authorize a valid proxy by executing a written instrument signed by such stockholder, or by causing his or her signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including but not limited to by facsimile signature, or by transmitting or authorizing an electronic transmission (as defined in Section 8.08 of these By-laws) setting forth an authorization to act as proxy to the person designated as the holder of the proxy, a proxy solicitation firm or a like authorized agent. Proxies by electronic transmission must either set forth, or be submitted with, information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of a writing or transmission created pursuant to this section may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used if such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction is a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.
(c) No proxy may be voted or acted upon after the expiration of three years from the date of such proxy, unless such proxy provides for a longer period. Every
proxy is revocable at the pleasure of the stockholder executing it unless the proxy states that it is irrevocable and applicable law makes it irrevocable. A stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the proxy or by filing another duly executed proxy bearing a later date with the Secretary.
Section 1.06. Voting Lists . The officer of the Corporation who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of the stockholders (and before any adjournment thereof for which a new record date has been set), a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. This list, which may be in any format including electronic format, shall be open to the examination of any stockholder prior to and during the meeting for any purpose germane to the meeting as required by the DGCL or other applicable law. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled by this section to examine the list required by this section or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.07. Quorum . Except as otherwise required by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority of the shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting.
Section 1.08. Voting . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or by applicable law, every holder of record of shares entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders is entitled to one vote for each share outstanding in his or her name on the books of the Corporation ( a ) at the close of business on the record date for such meeting or ( b ) if no record date has been fixed, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of the meeting is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. All matters at any meeting at which a quorum is present, except the election of directors, shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter in question, unless otherwise expressly provided by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws. The election of directors shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a plurality of the votes of the outstanding shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in an election of directors, unless otherwise expressly provided by express provision of law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws. The stockholders do not have the right to cumulate their votes for the election of directors.
Section 1.09. Adjournment . Any meeting of stockholders may be adjourned from time to time, by the chairperson of the meeting or by the vote of a majority of the shares of stock present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting, to reconvene at the same or some other place, and notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the place, if any, and date and time thereof (and the means of remote
communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting) are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days or a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting after the adjournment, in which case notice of the adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 1.04 of these By-laws shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. At the adjourned meeting, the Corporation may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting.
Section 1.10. Organization; Procedure; Inspection of Elections .
(a) At every meeting of stockholders the presiding person shall be the Chairman of the Board or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, the President or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, a presiding person chosen by resolution of the Board. The Secretary or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, the Assistant Secretary, if any, or, if there be no Assistant Secretary, in the absence of the Secretary, an appointee of the presiding person, shall act as secretary of the meeting. The Secretary or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, an appointee of the presiding officer, shall act as secretary of the meeting. The Board may make such rules or regulations for the conduct of meetings of stockholders as it shall deem necessary, appropriate or convenient. Subject to any such rules and regulations, the presiding officer of any meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe rules, regulations and procedures for such meeting and to take all such actions as in the judgment of the presiding officer are appropriate for the proper conduct of such meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the presiding person of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: ( i ) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; ( ii ) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; ( iii ) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders or records of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the presiding person of the meeting shall determine; ( iv ) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and ( v ) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting, shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter or business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter of business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.
(b) Preceding any meeting of the stockholders, the Board may, and when required by law shall, appoint one or more persons to act as inspectors of elections, and may designate one or more alternate inspectors. If no inspector or alternate so appointed by the Board is able to act, or if no inspector or alternate has been appointed and the appointment of an inspector is required by law, the person presiding at the meeting shall
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. No director or nominee for the office of director shall be appointed as an inspector of elections. Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of an inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall discharge their duties in accordance with the requirements of applicable law.
Section 1.11. Consent of Stockholders in Lieu of Meeting . Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, stockholders may not take any action by written consent in lieu of action at an annual or special meeting of stockholders.
Section 1.12. Notice of Stockholder Proposals and Nominations .
(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. (i) Nominations of persons for election to the Board and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders only ( A ) in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement, among the Corporation and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P., CD&R EMS Co-Investor, L.P., CD&R Advisor Fund VIII Co-Investor, L.P., and CD&R Friends and Family Fund VIII, L.P. and their respective successors and assigns (together, the CD&R Affiliates ), to be dated as of the closing date of the Corporations initial public offering (as amended from time to time, the Stockholders Agreement ), ( B ) pursuant to the Corporations notice of the meeting (or any supplement thereto) delivered pursuant to Section 1.04 of these By-laws, ( C ) by or at the direction of the Board or a committee of the Board appointed by the Board for such purpose or ( D ) by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) of this Section 1.12(a) and who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary and at the date of the meeting, subject to paragraph (c)(ii)(D) of this Section 1.12.
(ii) For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to subclause (D) of Section 1.12(a)(i) of these By-laws, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and, in the case of business other than nominations for persons for election to the Board, such other business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholders notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporations first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of common stock are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2013); provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced by more than thirty (30) days or delayed by more than seventy (70) days from such anniversary date of the preceding years annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such annual meeting or the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made. Such stockholders notice shall set forth ( A ) as to
each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a director, all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors in an election contest, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ) and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including such persons written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected; ( B ) as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the text of the proposed amendment), the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such stockholder and of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and ( C ) as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made ( 1 ) the name and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporations books, and of such beneficial owner; ( 2 ) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially and of record by such stockholder and such beneficial owner; ( 3 ) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of the stock of the Corporation at the time of giving the notice, will be entitled to vote at such meeting and will appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business or nomination; ( 4 ) a representation whether the stockholder or the beneficial owner, if any, will be or is part of a group which will ( x ) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporations outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or elect the nominee and/or ( y ) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination; and ( 5 ) a certification regarding whether such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, have complied with all applicable federal, state and other legal requirements in connection with the stockholders and/or beneficial owners acquisition of shares of capital stock or other securities of the Corporation and/or the stockholders and/or beneficial owners acts or omissions as a stockholder of the Corporation. Notice of a stockholder nomination or proposal shall also set forth, as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made ( A ) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the nomination or proposal and/or the voting of shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation between or among the stockholder giving notice, beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, any of their respective affiliates or associates and/or other person or persons (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing (collectively, the proponent persons ); ( B ) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, without limitation, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) to which any proponent person is a party, the effect or intent of which is to transfer to or from any proponent person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security of the Corporation, to increase
or decrease the voting power of any proponent person with respect to shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation and/or to provide any proponent person, directly or indirectly, with the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to otherwise benefit economically from, any increase or decrease in the value of any security of the Corporation (a Derivative Instrument ); ( C ) to the extent not disclosed pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (B), the principal amount of any indebtedness of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries beneficially owned by such stockholder or by beneficial owner, if any, together with the title of the instrument under which such indebtedness was issued and a description of any Derivative Instrument entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder or such beneficial owner relating to the value or payment of any indebtedness of the Corporation or any such subsidiary; and ( D ) any other information relating to such stockholder and beneficial owner, if any, required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for, as applicable, the proposal and/or for the election of directors in an election contest pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of his or her intention to present a proposal at an annual meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) promulgated under the Exchange Act, and such stockholders proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting. A stockholder providing notice of a proposed nomination for election to the Board or other business proposed to be brought before a meeting (whether given pursuant to this paragraph (a)(ii) or paragraph (b) of this Section 1.12 of these By-laws) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time to the extent necessary so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct ( x ) as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting and ( y ) as of the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, provided that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting is less than fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, the information shall be supplemented and updated as of such later date. Any such update and supplement shall be delivered in writing to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting), not later than ten (10) days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update or supplement required to be made as of fifteen (15) days prior to the meeting or adjournment or postponement thereof) and not later than five (5) days after the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, but no later than the date prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of a date less than fifteen (15) days prior the date of the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as it may reasonably require to determine the eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director of the Corporation and to determine the
independence of such director under the Exchange Act and rules and regulations thereunder and applicable stock exchange rules. In addition, a stockholder seeking to bring an item of business before the annual meeting shall promptly provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything in Section 1.12(a)(ii) of these By-laws to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board made by the Corporation at least one hundred (100) calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding years annual meeting (which date shall, for purposes of the Corporations first annual meeting of stockholders after its shares of common stock are first publicly traded, be deemed to have occurred on June 1, 2013), then a stockholders notice under this Section 1.12(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which such public announcement is first made by the Corporation.
(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders . Only such business as shall have been brought before the special meeting of the stockholders pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting shall be conducted at such meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporations notice of meeting ( 1 ) in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement, ( 2 ) by or at the direction of the Board or a Committee appointed by the Board for such purpose or ( 3 ) provided that the Board has determined that directors shall be elected at such meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 1.12(b) and at the date of the meeting who is a stockholder of record at the time such notice is delivered to the Secretary, subject to paragraph (c)(ii)(D) of this Section 1.12. In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one or more directors of the Corporation, any stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting may nominate a person or persons, as the case may be, for election to such position(s) as specified by the Corporation, if the stockholders notice as required by Section 1.12(a)(ii) of these By-laws shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred and twenty (120) days prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90 th ) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10 th ) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholders notice as described above.
(c) General .
(i) Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 or in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement shall be eligible to serve as directors and only such business shall be conducted at an annual or special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the presiding officer of a meeting of stockholders shall have the power and duty ( x ) to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 1.12 (including whether the stockholder or beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, solicited (or is part of a group which solicited) or did not so solicit, as the case may be, proxies in support of such stockholders nominee or proposal in compliance with such stockholders representation as required by clause (a)(ii)(C)(4) of this Section 1.12), and ( y ) if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 1.12, to declare that such defective nomination shall be disregarded or that such proposed business shall not be transacted.
(ii) If the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) making a nomination or proposal under this Section 1.12 does not appear at a meeting of stockholders to present such nomination or proposal, the nomination shall be disregarded and/or the proposed business shall not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in favor thereof may have been received by the Corporation. For purposes of this Section 1.12, to be considered a qualified representative of the stockholder, a person must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders.
(A) Whenever used in these By-laws, public announcement shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.12, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 1.12. Nothing in this Section 1.12 shall be deemed to affect any rights of ( x ) stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporations proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act or ( y ) the holders of any series of preferred stock to elect directors pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or of the relevant preferred stock certificate of designation.
(C) The announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting does not commence a new time period (and does not extend any time
period) for the giving of notice of a stockholder nomination or a stockholder proposal as described above.
(D) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 1.12, for as long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, the CD&R Affiliates shall not be subject to the notice procedures set forth in paragraphs (a)(ii), (a)(iii) or (b) of this Section 1.12 with respect to any annual or special meeting of stockholders
ARTICLE II
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 2.01. General Powers . Except as may otherwise be provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. The directors shall act only as a Board, and the individual directors shall have no power as such.
Section 2.02. Number and Term of Office . The number of directors constituting the entire Board and the term of office for each director shall be as provided for in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2.03. Classification; Election of Directors . The Board shall be classified into three classes as provided by the Certificate of Incorporation. Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.14 of these By-laws, at each annual meeting of the stockholders the successors of the directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected. At each meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, provided a quorum is present, the directors who are standing for election shall be elected by a plurality of the votes validly cast in such election.
Section 2.04. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board shall be held on such dates, and at such times and places as are determined from time to time by resolution of the Board.
Section 2.05. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called by the Chairman of the Board or, in the event of his or her absence or disability, by the Secretary, or by a majority of the directors then in office, at such place, date and time as may be specified in the respective notices or waivers of notice of such meetings. Any business may be conducted at a special meeting.
Section 2.06. Notice of Meetings; Waiver of Notice .
(a) Notices of special meetings shall be given to each director, and notice of each resolution or other action affecting the date, time or place of one or more regular meetings shall be given to each director not present at the meeting adopting such resolution or other action, subject to Section 2.09 of these By-laws. Notices shall be given personally, or by telephone confirmed by facsimile or email dispatched promptly thereafter, or by facsimile or email confirmed by a writing delivered by a recognized
overnight courier service, directed to each director at the address from time to time designated by such director to the Secretary. Each such notice and confirmation must be given (received in the case of personal service or delivery of written confirmation) at least 24 hours prior to the time of a special meeting, and at least five days prior to the initial regular meeting affected by such resolution or other action, as the case may be.
(b) A written waiver of notice of meeting signed by a director or a waiver by electronic transmission by a director, whether given before or after the meeting time stated in such notice, is deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a director at a meeting is a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting to the transaction of any business at the meeting on the ground that the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
Section 2.07. Quorum; Voting . At all meetings of the Board, the presence of a majority of the total authorized number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board.
Section 2.08. Action by Telephonic Communications . Members of the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and participation in a meeting pursuant to this provision shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.09. Adjournment . A majority of the directors present may adjourn any meeting of the Board to another date, time or place, whether or not a quorum is present. No notice need be given of any adjourned meeting unless ( a ) the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting are not announced at the time of adjournment, in which case notice conforming to the requirements of Section 2.06 of these By-laws applicable to special meetings shall be given to each director, or ( b ) the meeting is adjourned for more than 24 hours, in which case the notice referred to in clause (a) shall be given to those directors not present at the announcement of the date, time and place of the adjourned meeting.
Section 2.10. Action Without a Meeting . Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and such writing or writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.
Section 2.11. Regulations . To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, the Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings of the Board and for the management of the affairs and business of the Corporation as the Board may deem appropriate. The Board
may elect from among its members a chairperson and one or more vice-chairpersons to preside over meetings and to perform such other duties as may be designated by the Board.
Section 2.12. Resignations of Directors . Any director may resign at any time by submitting an electronic transmission or by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such director, to the President or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect upon delivery unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of a specified event.
Section 2.13. Removal of Directors . Directors may only be removed as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 2.14. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Any vacancies or newly created directorships shall be filled as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or in accordance with the Stockholders Agreement.
Section 2.15. Compensation . The directors shall be entitled to compensation for their services to the extent approved by the stockholders at any regular or special meeting of the stockholders. The Board may by resolution determine the expenses in the performance of such services for which a director is entitled to reimbursement.
Section 2.16. Reliance on Accounts and Reports, etc . A director, as such or as a member of any committee designated by the Board, shall in the performance of his or her duties be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporations officers or employees, or committees designated by the Board, or by any other person as to the matters the member reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.
ARTICLE III
COMMITTEES
Section 3.01. How Constituted . The Board shall have an Audit Committee, Compensation Committee, Compliance Committee, Executive Committee, Finance Committee, Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and such other committees as the Board may determine (collectively, the Committees ). Each Committee shall consist of such number of directors as from time to time may be fixed by a majority of the total number of directors then in office and shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation to the extent delegated to such Committee by the Board but no Committee shall have any power or authority as to ( a ) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, ( b ) adopting, amending or repealing any of these By-laws or ( c ) as may
otherwise be excluded by law or by the Certificate of Incorporation, and no Committee may delegate any of its power or authority to a subcommittee unless so authorized by the Board. Any Committee may be abolished or re-designated from time to time by the Board.
Section 3.02. Members and Alternate Members . The members of each Committee and any alternate members shall be selected by the Board. The Board may provide that the members and alternate members serve at the pleasure of the Board. An alternate member may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the Committee. An alternate member shall be given all notices of Committee meetings, may attend any meeting of the Committee, but may count towards a quorum and vote only if a member for whom such person is an alternate is absent or disqualified. Each member or alternate member of any Committee (whether designated at an annual meeting of the Board or to fill a vacancy or otherwise) shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been designated or until he or she shall cease to be a director, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 3.03. Committee Procedures . A quorum for each Committee shall be a majority of its members, unless the Committee has only one or two members, in which case a quorum shall be one member, or unless a greater quorum is established by the Board. The vote of a majority of the Committee members present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Committee. Each Committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report to the Board when required. The Board may adopt other rules and regulations for the government of any Committee not inconsistent with the provisions of these By-laws, and each Committee may adopt its own rules and regulations of government, to the extent not inconsistent with these By-laws or rules and regulations adopted by the Board.
Section 3.04. Meetings and Actions of Committees . Meetings and actions of each Committee shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of the following sections of these By-laws, with such By-laws being deemed to refer to the Committee and its members in lieu of the Board and its members:
(a) Section 2.04 (to the extent relating to place and time of regular meetings);
(b) Section 2.05 (relating to special meetings);
(c) Section 2.06 (relating to notice and waiver of notice);
(d) Sections 2.08 and 2.10 (relating to telephonic communication and action without a meeting); and
(e) Section 2.09 (relating to adjournment and notice of adjournment).
Special meetings of Committees may also be called by resolution of the Board.
Section 3.05. Resignations and Removals . Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may resign from such position at any time by delivering a written notice of resignation, signed by such member, to the President or the Secretary. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery. Any member (and any alternate member) of any Committee may be removed from such position by the Board at any time, either for or without cause.
Section 3.06. Vacancies . If a vacancy occurs in any Committee for any reason, the remaining members (and any alternate members) may continue to act if a quorum is present. A Committee vacancy may be filled only by the Board.
ARTICLE IV
OFFICERS
Section 4.01. Officers . The Board shall elect a President and a Secretary as officers of the Corporation. The Board may also elect a Treasurer, one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, and such other officers and agents as the Board may determine (including a Chief Financial Officer). In addition, the Board from time to time may delegate to any officer the power to appoint subordinate officers or agents and to prescribe their respective rights, terms of office, authorities and duties. Any action by an appointing officer may be superseded by action by the Board. Any number of offices may be held by the same person, except that one person may not hold both the office of President and the office of Secretary. No officer need be a director of the Corporation.
Section 4.02. Election . The officers of the Corporation elected by the Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Board. Officers and agents appointed pursuant to delegated authority as provided in Section 4.01 (or, in the case of agents, as provided in Section 4.06) shall hold their offices for such terms as may be determined from time to time by the appointing officer. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor has been elected or appointed and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal.
Section 4.03. Compensation . The salaries and other compensation of all officers and agents of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board or in the manner established by the Board.
Section 4.04. Removal and Resignation; Vacancies . Any officer may be removed for or without cause at any time by the Board. Any officer granted the power to appoint subordinate officers and agents as provided in Section 4.01 may remove any subordinate officer or agent appointed by such officer, for or without cause. Any officer or agent may resign at any time by delivering notice of resignation, either in writing signed by such officer or by electronic transmission, to the Board or the President. Unless otherwise specified therein, such resignation shall take effect upon delivery. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation by death, resignation, removal or
otherwise, may be filled by the Board or by the officer, if any, who appointed the person formerly holding such office.
Section 4.05. Authority and Duties of Officers . An officer of the Corporation shall have such authority and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties ( a ) as may be required by law, ( b ) to the extent not inconsistent with law, as are specified in these By-laws, ( c ) to the extent not inconsistent with law or these By-laws, as may be specified by resolution of the Board and ( d ) to the extent not inconsistent with any of the foregoing, as may be specified by the appointing officer with respect to a subordinate officer appointed pursuant to delegated authority under Section 4.01.
Section 4.06. President . The President shall, unless otherwise provided by the Board, be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall have general control and supervision of the policies and operations of the Corporation and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect. Unless otherwise provided by the Board, he or she shall manage and administer the Corporations business and affairs and shall also perform all duties and exercise all powers usually pertaining to the office of a chief executive officer of a corporation. He or she shall have the authority to sign, in the name and on behalf of the Corporation, checks, orders, contracts, leases, notes, drafts and all other documents and instruments in connection with the business of the Corporation. He or she shall have the authority to cause the employment or appointment of such employees or agents of the Corporation as the conduct of the business of the Corporation may require, to fix their compensation, and to remove or suspend any employee or any agent employed or appointed by any officer or to suspend any agent appointed by the Board. The President shall have the duties and powers of the Treasurer if no Treasurer is elected and shall have such other duties and powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.
Section 4.07. Vice Presidents . If one or more Vice Presidents have been elected, each Vice President shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board or the President. In the event of absence or disability of the President, the duties of the President shall be performed, and his or her powers may be exercised, by such Vice President as shall be designated by the Board or, failing such designation, by the Vice President in order of seniority of election to that office.
Section 4.08. Secretary . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Secretary shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) The Secretary shall keep or cause to be kept a record of all the proceedings of the meetings of the stockholders, the Board and any Committees thereof in books provided for that purpose.
(b) The Secretary shall cause all notices to be duly given in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws and as required by law.
(c) Whenever any Committee shall be appointed pursuant to a resolution of the Board, the Secretary shall furnish a copy of such resolution to the members of such Committee.
(d) The Secretary shall be the custodian of the records and of the seal of the Corporation and cause such seal (or a facsimile thereof) to be affixed to all certificates representing shares of the Corporation prior to the issuance thereof and to all documents and instruments that the Board or any officer of the Corporation has determined should be executed under seal, may sign (together with any other authorized officer) any such document or instrument, and when the seal is so affixed he or she may attest the same.
(e) The Secretary shall properly maintain and file all books, reports, statements, certificates and all other documents and records required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws.
(f) The Secretary shall have charge of the stock books and ledgers of the Corporation and shall cause the stock and transfer books to be kept in such manner as to show at any time the number of shares of stock of the Corporation of each class issued and outstanding, the names (alphabetically arranged) and the addresses of the holders of record of such shares, the number of shares held by each holder and the date as of which each such holder became a holder of record.
(g) The Secretary shall sign (unless the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary shall have signed) certificates representing shares of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been authorized by the Board.
(h) The Secretary shall perform, in general, all duties incident to the office of secretary and such other duties as may be specified in these By-laws or as may be assigned to the Secretary from time to time by the Board or the President.
Section 4.09. Treasurer . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the Treasurer, if there be one, shall be the chief financial officer of the Corporation and shall have the following powers and duties:
(a) The Treasurer shall have charge and supervision over and be responsible for the moneys, securities, receipts and disbursements of the Corporation, and shall keep or cause to be kept full and accurate records thereof.
(b) The Treasurer shall cause the moneys and other valuable effects of the Corporation to be deposited in the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies or with such bankers or other depositaries as shall be determined by the Board or the President, or by such other officers of the Corporation as may be authorized by the Board or the President to make such determinations.
(c) The Treasurer shall cause the moneys of the Corporation to be disbursed by checks or drafts (signed by such officer or officers or such agent or agents of the Corporation, and in such manner, as the Board or the President may determine
from time to time) upon the authorized depositaries of the Corporation and cause to be taken and preserved proper vouchers for all moneys disbursed.
(d) The Treasurer shall render to the Board or the President, whenever requested, a statement of the financial condition of the Corporation and of the transactions of the Corporation, and render a full financial report at the annual meeting of the stockholders, if called upon to do so.
(e) The Treasurer shall be empowered from time to time to require from all officers or agents of the Corporation reports or statements giving such information as he or she may desire with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation.
(f) The Treasurer may sign (unless an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary shall have signed) certificates representing shares of stock of the Corporation the issuance of which shall have been authorized by the Board.
(g) The Treasurer shall perform, in general, all duties incident to the office of treasurer and such other duties as may be specified in these By-laws or as may be assigned to the Treasurer from time to time by the Board or the President.
ARTICLE V
CAPITAL STOCK
Section 5.01. Certificates of Stock; Uncertificated Shares . The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, except to the extent that the Board has provided by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of the stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock in the Corporation represented by certificates shall be entitled to have, and the Board may in its sole discretion permit a holder of uncertificated shares to receive upon request, a certificate signed by the appropriate officers of the Corporation, certifying the number and class of shares owned by such holder. Such certificate shall be in such form as the Board may determine, to the extent consistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws.
Section 5.02. Facsimile Signatures . Any or all signatures on the certificates referred to in Section 5.01 of these By-laws may be in facsimile form. If any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed, or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon, a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.
Section 5.03. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . A new certificate may be issued in place of any certificate theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed only upon delivery to the Corporation of an affidavit of the owner or owners (or their legal representatives) of such certificate, setting forth such allegation, and a bond or other undertaking as may be satisfactory to a financial officer of
the Corporation designated by the Board to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of any such new certificate.
Section 5.04. Transfer of Stock .
(a) Transfer of shares shall be made on the books of the Corporation upon surrender to the Corporation of a certificate for shares, duly endorsed or accompanied by appropriate evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer, and otherwise in compliance with applicable law. Shares that are not represented by a certificate shall be transferred in accordance with applicable law. Subject to applicable law, the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and these By-laws, the Board may prescribe such additional rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate relating to the issue, transfer and registration of shares of the Corporation.
(b) The Corporation may enter into agreements with shareholders to restrict the transfer of stock of the Corporation in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.
Section 5.05. Registered Stockholders . Prior to due surrender of a certificate for registration of transfer, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to receive dividends and other distributions, to vote, to receive notice and otherwise to exercise all the rights and powers of the owner of the shares represented by such certificate, and the Corporation shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or legal claim to or interest in such shares on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation shall have notice of such claim or interests. If a transfer of shares is made for collateral security, and not absolutely, this fact shall be so expressed in the entry of the transfer if, when the certificates are presented to the Corporation for transfer or uncertificated shares are requested to be transferred, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so.
Section 5.06. Transfer Agent and Registrar . The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars, and may require all certificates representing shares to bear the signature of any such transfer agents or registrars.
ARTICLE VI
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 6.01. Indemnification .
(a) In General . The Corporation shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted by the DGCL and other applicable law, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (each, a proceeding ) by reason of the fact that ( x ) such person is or was serving or has agreed to serve as a director or officer of the Corporation, or ( y ) such person, while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee, manager or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise or ( z ) such person is or was serving or has agreed to serve at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer or manager of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, or by reason of any action alleged to have been taken or omitted by such person in such capacity, and who satisfies the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL or other applicable law:
(i) in a proceeding other than a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation, against expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such persons behalf in connection with such proceeding and any appeal therefrom, or
(ii) in a proceeding by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person or on such persons behalf in connection with the defense or settlement of such proceeding and any appeal therefrom.
(b) Indemnification in Respect of Successful Defense . To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any proceeding referred to in Section 6.01(a) or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified by the Corporation against expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith.
(c) Indemnification in Respect of Proceedings Instituted by Indemnitee . Section 6.01(a) does not require the Corporation to indemnify a present or former director or officer of the Corporation in respect of a proceeding (or part thereof) instituted by such person on his or her own behalf, unless such proceeding (or part thereof) has been authorized by the Board or the indemnification requested is pursuant to the last sentence of Section 6.03 of these By-laws.
Section 6.02. Advance of Expenses . The Corporation shall advance all expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by a present or former director or officer in defending any proceeding prior to the final disposition of such proceeding upon written request of such person and delivery of an undertaking by such person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation. The Corporation may authorize any counsel for the Corporation to represent (subject to applicable conflict of interest considerations) such present or former director or officer in any proceeding, whether or not the Corporation is a party to such proceeding.
Section 6.03. Procedure for Indemnification . Any indemnification under Section 6.01 of these By-laws or any advance of expenses under Section 6.02 of these By-laws shall be made only against a written request therefor (together with supporting documentation) submitted by or on behalf of the person seeking indemnification or advance. Indemnification may be sought by a person under Section 6.01 of these By-
laws in respect of a proceeding only to the extent that both the liabilities for which indemnification is sought and all portions of the proceeding relevant to the determination of whether the person has satisfied any appropriate standard of conduct have become final. A person seeking indemnification or advance of expenses may seek to enforce such persons rights to indemnification or advance of expenses (as the case may be) in the Delaware Court of Chancery to the extent all or any portion of a requested indemnification has not been granted within 90 days of, or to the extent all or any portion of a requested advance of expenses has not been granted within 20 days of, the submission of such request. All expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by such person in connection with successfully establishing such persons right to indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article, in whole or in part, shall also be indemnified by the Corporation.
Section 6.04. Burden of Proof .
(a) In any proceeding brought to enforce the right of a person to receive indemnification to which such person is entitled under Section 6.01 of these By-laws, the Corporation has the burden of demonstrating that the standard of conduct applicable under the DGCL or other applicable law was not met. A prior determination by the Corporation (including its Board or any Committee thereof, its independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the claimant has not met such applicable standard of conduct does not itself constitute evidence that the claimant has not met the applicable standard of conduct.
(b) In any proceeding brought to enforce a claim for advances to which a person is entitled under Section 6.02 of these By-laws, the person seeking an advance need only show that he or she has satisfied the requirements expressly set forth in Section 6.02 of these By-laws.
Section 6.05. Contract Right; Non-Exclusivity; Survival .
(a) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article VI shall be deemed to be separate contract rights between the Corporation and each director and officer who serves in any such capacity at any time while these provisions as well as the relevant provisions of the DGCL are in effect, and no repeal or modification of any of these provisions or any relevant provisions of the DGCL shall adversely affect any right or obligation of such director or officer existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any state of facts then or previously existing or any proceeding previously or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts. Such contract rights may not be modified retroactively as to any present or former director or officer without the consent of such director or officer.
(b) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other indemnification or advancement of expenses to which a present or former director or officer of the Corporation seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled by any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.
(c) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by this Article VI to any present or former director or officer of the Corporation shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such person.
Section 6.06. Insurance . The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was or has agreed to become a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another Corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person or on such persons behalf in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of this Article.
Section 6.07. Employees and Agents . The Board, or any officer authorized by the Board generally or in the specific case to make indemnification decisions, may cause the Corporation to indemnify any present or former employee or agent of the Corporation in such manner and for such liabilities as the Board may determine, up to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL and other applicable law.
Section 6.08. Interpretation; Severability . Terms defined in Sections 145(h) or (i) of the DGCL have the meanings set forth in such sections when used in this Article VI. If this Article or any portion hereof shall be invalidated on any ground by any court of competent jurisdiction, then the Corporation shall nevertheless indemnify each director or officer of the Corporation as to costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement with respect to any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including an action by or in the right of the Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted by any applicable portion of this Article that shall not have been invalidated and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law .
ARTICLE VII
OFFICES
Section 7.01. Registered Office . The registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware shall be located at the location provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.
Section 7.02. Other Offices . The Corporation may maintain offices or places of business at such other locations within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine or as the business of the Corporation may require.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 8.01. Dividends .
(a) Subject to any applicable provisions of law and the Certificate of Incorporation, dividends upon the shares of the Corporation may be declared by the Board at any regular or special meeting of the Board and any such dividend may be paid in cash, property or shares of the Corporations stock.
(b) A member of the Board, or a member of any Committee designated by the Board, shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by any of its officers or employees, or Committees of the Board, or by any other person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other persons professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation, as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities and/or net profits of the Corporation, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of surplus or other funds from which dividends might properly be declared and paid.
Section 8.02. Reserves . There may be set apart out of any funds of the Corporation available for dividends such sum or sums as the Board from time to time may determine proper as a reserve or reserves for meeting contingencies, equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation or for such other purpose or purposes as the Board may determine conducive to the interest of the Corporation, and the Board may similarly modify or abolish any such reserve.
Section 8.03. Execution of Instruments . Except as otherwise required by law or the Certificate of Incorporation, the Board or any officer of the Corporation authorized by the Board may authorize any other officer or agent of the Corporation to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Any such authorization must be in writing or by electronic transmission and may be general or limited to specific contracts or instruments.
Section 8.04. Voting as Stockholder . Unless otherwise determined by resolution of the Board, the President or any Vice President shall have full power and authority on behalf of the Corporation to attend any meeting of stockholders of any Corporation in which the Corporation may hold stock, and to act, vote (or execute proxies to vote) and exercise in person or by proxy all other rights, powers and privileges incident to the ownership of such stock at any such meeting, or through action without a meeting. The Board may by resolution from time to time confer such power and authority (in general or confined to specific instances) upon any other person or persons.
Section 8.05. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall commence on the first day of January of each year and shall terminate in each case on December 31.
Section 8.06. Seal . The seal of the Corporation shall be circular in form and shall contain the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation and the words Corporate Seal and Delaware. The form of such seal shall be subject to alteration by the Board. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or reproduced or may be used in any other lawful manner.
Section 8.07. Books and Records; Inspection . Except to the extent otherwise required by law, the books and records of the Corporation shall be kept at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as may be determined from time to time by the Board.
Section 8.08. Electronic Transmission . Electronic transmission , as used in these By-laws, means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.
ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENT OF BY-LAWS
Section 9.01. Amendment . Subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, these By-laws may be amended, altered or repealed:
(a) by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the directors then in office at any special or regular meeting of the Board if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting,
(b) until the Trigger Date (the first date on which the CD&R Affiliates collectively cease to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) at least fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding shares of common stock), the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting, or
(c) from and after the Trigger Date, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds (66 2 / 3 %) of the outstanding shares of common stock entitled to vote at any annual or special meeting of stockholders if, in the case of such special meeting only, notice of such amendment, alteration or repeal is contained in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
So long as the Stockholders Agreement remains in effect, the Board shall not approve any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of these By-laws, or the adoption of any new by-law, that would be contrary to or inconsistent with the Stockholders Agreement or this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ( x ) no amendment to the Stockholders Agreement (whether or not such amendment modifies any provision of the Stockholders Agreement to which these By-laws are subject) shall be deemed an amendment of these By-laws for purposes of this Section 9.01 and ( y ) no amendment, alteration or repeal of Article VI of these By-laws shall adversely affect any right or protection existing under these By-laws immediately prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, including any right or protection of a present or former director or
officer thereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment.
ARTICLE X
CONSTRUCTION
Section 10.01. Construction . In the event of any conflict between the provisions of these By-laws as in effect from time to time and the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation as in effect from time to time, the provisions of such Certificate of Incorporation shall be controlling.
Exhibit 5.1
August 15, 2013
Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.
6200 S. Syracuse Way
Suite 200
Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Re: Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. Registration Statement on Form S-8
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), in connection with the filing by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the Registration Statement ) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act ), relating to the registration of up to 32,965,664 shares of the Companys Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Common Stock ), up to 16,257,375 of which shares may be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan and up to 16,708,289 of which shares may be issued pursuant to the Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan (together, the Plans ).
We have examined the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Plans and such other corporate records, documents, certificates or other instruments as in our judgment are necessary or appropriate to enable us to render the opinion set forth below. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies thereof and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documentation.
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of Delaware.
Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the 32,965,664 shares of Common Stock that are reserved for issuance pursuant to the Plans have been duly authorized and, when issued in accordance with the terms of the Plans will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the registration of up to 32,965,664 shares of the Companys Common Stock, up to 16,257,375 shares which may be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan, and up to 16,708,289 shares which may be issued pursuant to the Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan, of our report dated June 13, 2013 (except for Note 19, as to which the date is July 30, 2013), relating to the financial statements and schedule of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., included in its Registration Statement on Form S-1, filed on June 13, 2013 and subsequently amended.
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Denver, Colorado |
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Exhibit 24.1
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Randel G. Owen, Craig A. Wilson and R. Jason Standifird, jointly and severally, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign the Registration Statement filed on Form S-8 of Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., and any or all amendments (including post-effective amendments) thereto and any new registration statement with respect to the offering contemplated thereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act of 1933 (the Act), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) pursuant to the Act, and any and all other instruments which said attorney-in-fact and agent deem necessary or advisable to enable the Company to comply with the Act, the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC in respect thereof, and the securities or Blue Sky laws of any State or governmental subdivision, giving and granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the premises as fully to all intents as he might or could do it personally present at the doing thereof, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or substitute or substitutes, may or shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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/s/ William A. Sanger |
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Director, President and Chief Executive |
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William A. Sanger |
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Exhibit 99.2
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CDRT HOLDING CORPORATION
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Article I
Purpose
CDRT Holding Corporation has established this stock incentive plan to foster and promote its long-term financial success. Capitalized terms have the meaning given in Article XI.
Article II
Powers of the Board
Section 2.1 Power to Grant Awards . The Board shall select officers and key Employees and Directors to participate in the Plan. The Board shall determine the terms of each Award, consistent with the Plan.
Section 2.2 Administration . The Board shall be responsible for the administration of the Plan. The Board may prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Plan, provide for conditions and assurances it deems necessary or advisable to protect the interests of the Company and make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration and interpretation of the Plan. Any authority exercised by the Board under the Plan shall be exercised by the Board in its sole discretion. Determinations, interpretations or other actions made or taken by the Board under the Plan shall be final, binding and conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons.
Section 2.3 Delegation by the Board . All of the powers, duties and responsibilities of the Board specified in this Plan may be exercised and performed by any duly constituted committee thereof to the extent authorized by the Board to exercise and perform such powers, duties and responsibilities, and any determination, interpretation or other action taken by such committee shall have the same effect hereunder as if made or taken by the Board.
Article III
Shares Subject to Plan
Section 3.1 Number . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan or be subject to Awards may not exceed
2,050,000(1) shares. The shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for any other purpose.
Section 3.2 Canceled, Terminated or Forfeited Awards; Share Counting .
(a) Upon the sale of Common Stock pursuant to Article IV, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 3.1 shall be reduced by the number of shares sold. In the event that, subsequent to any such sale, the Company reacquires any of such shares of Common Stock, such reacquired shares of Common Stock shall again be available for grant under the Plan.
(b) Upon the grant of an Option, share of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock set forth in Section 3.1 shall be reduced by the number of shares subject to such Award. Upon the exercise, settlement or conversion of any Award or portion thereof, there shall again be available for grant under the Plan the number of shares subject to such Award or portion thereof minus the actual number of shares of Common Stock issued in connection with such exercise, settlement or conversion. If any such Award or portion thereof is for any reason forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated without the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the Common Stock subject to such forfeited, canceled, expired or otherwise terminated Award or portion thereof shall again be available for grant under the Plan. If shares of Common Stock are withheld from issuance with respect to an Award by the Company in satisfaction of any tax withholding or similar obligations, such withheld shares shall again be available for grant under the Plan. Awards which the Board reasonably determines will be settled in cash or will be forfeited shall not reduce the Plan maximum set forth in Section 3.1.
Section 3.3 Adjustment in Capitalization . If and to the extent necessary or appropriate to reflect any stock dividend, extraordinary dividend, stock split or share combination or any recapitalization, merger, consolidation, exchange of shares, spin-off, liquidation or dissolution of the Company or other similar transaction affecting the Common Stock, the Board shall adjust the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan and the number,
(1) Prior to the amendment and restatement of the Stock Incentive Plan, 1,600,000 shares were authorized for issuance. In the amendment and restatement, the number of shares authorized for issuance was increased to 2,050,000.
class and exercise price of any outstanding Award, or make such substitution, revision or other provisions with respect to any outstanding Award or the holder or holders thereof, in each case as it determines to be equitable. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event of any such transaction, the Board shall have the power to make such changes as it deems appropriate in the number and type of shares covered by outstanding Awards, the prices specified therein (if applicable), and the securities, cash or other property to be received upon the exercise, settlement or conversion thereof. After any adjustment made pursuant to this Section, the number of shares subject to each outstanding Award shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number. Any action taken pursuant to this Section 3.3 shall be effected in a manner that is exempt from or otherwise complies with Section 409A of the Code.
Article IV
Stock Purchase
Section 4.1 Awards and Administration . The Board may offer and sell Common Stock to Participants at such time or times as it shall determine, the terms of which shall be set forth in a Subscription Agreement.
Section 4.2 Minimum Purchase Price . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the purchase price for any Common Stock to be offered and sold pursuant to this Article IV shall not be less than the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date.
Section 4.3 Payment . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the purchase price with respect to any Common Stock offered and sold pursuant to this Article IV shall be paid in cash or other readily available funds simultaneously with the closing of the purchase of such Common Stock.
Article V
Terms of Options
Section 5.1 Grant of Options . The Board may grant Options to Participants at such time or times as it shall determine. Options granted pursuant to the Plan will not be incentive stock options as defined in the Code unless otherwise determined by the Board. Each Option granted to a Participant shall be evidenced by an Option Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Common Stock that may be purchased pursuant to such Option, the exercise price at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased pursuant to such Option, the duration of such Option (not to exceed the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date),
and such other terms as the Board shall determine.
Section 5.2 Exercise Price . The exercise price per share of Common Stock to be purchased upon exercise of an Option other than a Rollover Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value on the Grant Date. Rollover Options shall have the per share exercise price specified in the applicable Rollover Agreement, which per share exercise price may be less than the Fair Market Value.
Section 5.3 Vesting and Exercise of Options . Options other than Rollover Options shall become vested or exercisable in accordance with the vesting schedule or upon the attainment of such performance criteria as shall be specified by the Board on or before the Grant Date. Rollover Options shall be fully vested and exercisable at all times while they are outstanding. The Board may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of any Option, all Options or any class of Options at any time and from time to time.
Section 5.4 Payment . The Board shall establish procedures governing the exercise of Options, which procedures shall, unless the Board determines otherwise and/or as otherwise specified in an Award Agreement, generally require that prior written notice of exercise be given and that the exercise price (together with any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees) be paid in full in cash, cash equivalents or other readily-available funds at the time of exercise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, on such terms as the Board may establish from time to time following a Public Offering ( i ) the Board may permit a Participant to tender to the Company any Common Stock such Participant has owned for minimum period of time necessary to avoid any adverse accounting charges for all or a portion of the applicable exercise price or minimum required withholding taxes and ( ii ) the Board may authorize the Company to establish a broker-assisted exercise program. In connection with any Option exercise, the Company may require the Participant to furnish or execute such other documents as it shall reasonably deem necessary to ( a ) evidence such exercise, ( b ) determine whether registration is then required under the U.S. federal securities laws or similar non-U.S. laws or ( c ) comply with or satisfy the requirements of the U.S. federal securities laws, applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or any other law. Unless the Board determines otherwise, as a condition to the exercise of any Option before a Public Offering, a Participant shall enter into a Subscription Agreement annexed to the Award Agreement for the Option or, if a Subscription Agreement is not so annexed, as otherwise provided to the Participant.
Article VI
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
Section 6.1 Grants of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units . The Board may grant Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units to Participants at such time or times and on such terms and conditions as it shall determine. Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units granted to a Participant shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement that shall specify the number of shares of Restricted Stock or the number of Restricted Stock Units that are being granted to the Participant, the vesting conditions applicable to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the rights and obligations of the Participant with respect to such Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, and such other terms and conditions as the Board shall determine (including, if determined by the Board, payment of a portion of the Fair Market Value thereof).
Section 6.2 Conditions to Grant . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, it shall be a condition to the issuance of Restricted Stock and the settlement of Restricted Stock Units that the Participant who receives such Award enter into a Subscription Agreement annexed to the related Award Agreement or, if a Subscription Agreement is not so annexed, as otherwise provided to the Participant. Unless otherwise determined by the Board, the certificates evidencing shares of Restricted Stock shall be held by the Secretary of the Company or another custodian selected by the Company.
Section 6.3 Vesting Conditions . Awards of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall vest in accordance with the vesting conditions specified in the applicable Award Agreement. These vesting conditions may include, without limitation and alone or in any combination, the continued provision of services to the Company or any of its Affiliates or the achievement of individual, corporate, business unit or other performance goals. Awards of Restricted Stock (prior to the vesting thereof) and Restricted Stock Units (prior to the settlement thereof) may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise alienated or hypothecated other than as permitted by the Board.
Section 6.4 Stockholder Rights; Dividend Equivalents . Awards of Restricted Stock shall have such voting and dividend rights as the Board shall, in its discretion, determine. With respect to Awards of Restricted Stock Units, the Board may, in its discretion, determine that the payment of dividends, or a specified portion thereof, declared or paid on shares of Common Stock by the Company shall be ( i ) not paid to Participants holding Awards of Restricted Stock Units in respect of any period prior to the issuance of shares of Common Stock therefor, ( ii ) paid without restriction or deferral or ( iii ) credited but deferred until the lapsing of the vesting restrictions imposed upon such Restricted Stock Units. In the event that dividend equivalent payments are to be deferred, the Board shall determine whether such dividend equivalent payments are to be deemed reinvested
in shares of Common Stock (which shall be held as additional Restricted Stock Units) or held in cash or other notional instruments. Payment of deferred dividend equivalent payments in respect of Restricted Stock Units (whether held in cash or as additional Restricted Stock Units or other notional instruments), shall be made upon the vesting of the Restricted Stock Units to which such deferred dividend equivalent payments relate, and any dividend equivalent payments so deferred in respect of any Restricted Stock Units shall be forfeited upon the forfeiture of the related Restricted Stock Units.
Section 6.5 Board Discretion . Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Plan to the contrary, the Board may accelerate the vesting of any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units or any class or series of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units for any reason on such terms and subject to such conditions, as the Board shall determine, at any time and from time to time.
Article VII
Termination of Employment
Section 7.1 Expiration of Options Following Termination of Employment . Unless otherwise determined by the Board on or before the Grant Date, or thereafter in a manner more favorable to the Participant, if a Participants employment with the Company terminates, such Participants Options shall be treated as follows:
(a) any unvested Options shall terminate effective as of such termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period); provided that if the Participants employment with the Company is terminated in a Special Termination (i.e., by reason of the Participants death or Disability), any unvested Options held by the Participant shall immediately vest as of the effective date of such Special Termination;
(b) except in the case of a termination for Cause, vested Options shall remain exercisable through the earliest of ( i ) the normal expiration date, ( ii ) 90 days after the Participants termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period) or 180 days in the case of a Special Termination or Retirement, and ( iii ) any cancellation pursuant to Section 8.1; and
(c) in the case of a termination for Cause, any and all Options held by such Participant (whether or not then vested or exercisable) other
than Rollover Options shall terminate immediately upon such termination of employment.
The effect of a termination for Cause on Rollover Options shall be as set forth in the Option Agreement evidencing such Rollover Options.
Section 7.2 Effect of Termination of Employment on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units . Unless otherwise determined by the Board, upon the termination of a Participants employment or service with the Company or any Subsidiary, any unvested Restricted Stock and any unvested Restricted Stock Units held by the Participant shall be automatically forfeited and canceled.
Section 7.3 Call Rights upon Termination of Employment Prior to a Public Offering . Each Subscription Agreement shall provide that the Company and one or more of the Investors shall have successive rights prior to a Public Offering to purchase all or any portion of a Participants Common Stock upon any termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period), at such time and at a purchase price per share equal to the Fair Market Value as of the date specified in the Subscription Agreement (or, if the Participants employment termination qualifies as a termination for Cause, for a purchase price per share equal to the lesser of ( i ) the Fair Market Value as of the date specified in the Subscription Agreement and ( ii ) such Participants per share purchase price; provided , that the effect of a termination for Cause on shares of Common Stock acquired upon exercise of a Rollover Option shall be as set forth in the Subscription Agreement applicable to such shares of Common Stock).
Article VIII
Change in Control
Section 8.1 Accelerated Vesting and Payment . Except as otherwise provided in this Article VIII or in the Award Agreement, upon a Change in Control: ( i ) ( x ) each Option, whether vested or unvested, shall automatically vest such that all then-outstanding Options shall, immediately prior to the effective date of the Change in Control, be fully vested and exercisable and ( y ) except as otherwise provided in Section 8.2, upon the Change in Control, each then-outstanding Option shall be canceled in exchange for a payment in an amount or with a value equal to the excess, if any, of the Change in Control Price over the exercise price for such Option; and ( ii ) the Restriction Period applicable to all shares of Restricted Stock shall expire and all such shares shall vest and become non-forfeitable. The effect (if any) of a Change in Control upon Restricted Stock
Units shall be as provided in the written Award Agreement governing such Restricted Stock Unit consistent with Section 409A of the Code.
Section 8.2 Alternative Award . Except as otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, no cancellation in exchange for a payment described in Section 8.1 shall occur with respect to any Option if the Board reasonably determines in good faith, prior to the occurrence of a Change in Control, that such Option shall be honored or assumed, or new rights substituted therefor following the Change in Control (such honored, assumed or substituted award, an Alternative Award ), provided that any Alternative Award must give the Participant who held such Option rights and entitlements substantially equivalent to or better than the rights and terms applicable under such Option, including, but not limited to, identical or better timing and methods of payment and, if the Alternative Award or the securities underlying it are not publicly-traded, identical or better rights following a termination of employment to require the Company or the acquiror in such Change in Control to repurchase the Alternative Award or securities underlying such Alternative Award.
Article IX
Authority to Vary Terms or Establish Local Jurisdiction Plans
The Board may vary the terms of Awards under the Plan, or establish sub-plans under this Plan to authorize the grant of awards that have additional or different terms or features from those otherwise provided for in the Plan, if and to the extent the Board determines necessary or appropriate to permit the grant of awards that are best suited to further the purposes of the Plan and to comply with applicable securities laws in a particular jurisdiction or provide terms appropriately suited for Participants in such jurisdiction in light of the tax laws of such jurisdiction while being as consistent as otherwise possible with the terms of Awards under the Plan; provided that this Article IX shall not be deemed to authorize any increase in the number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan set forth in Section 3.1.
Article X
Amendment, Modification, and Termination of the Plan
The Board may terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, and may amend or modify the Plan from time to time. No amendment, modification, termination or suspension of the Plan shall have a substantial adverse effect on the economic terms of any Award theretofore granted under the Plan without the consent of the
Participant holding such Award or the consent of a majority of Participants holding similar Awards (such majority to be determined based on the number of shares covered by such Awards). Shareholder approval of any such amendment, modification, termination or suspension shall be obtained to the extent mandated by applicable law, or if otherwise deemed appropriate by the Board.
Article XI
Definitions
Section 11.1 Definitions . Whenever used herein, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such first Person; provided that a Director, member of management or other Employee of the Company shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Investors. For these purposes, control (including the terms controlled by and under common control with) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management policies of a Person by reason of ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
Alternative Award has the meaning given in Section 8.2.
Award shall mean an Option, an offer and sale of Common Stock pursuant to Article IV, or any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Unit, in each case granted pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
Award Agreement means a Subscription Agreement, an Option Agreement or any other agreement evidencing an Award.
Board means the Board of Directors of the Company or, to the extent that a delegation to a committee has occurred as provided in Section 2.3, such committee (to the extent of such delegation).
Cause shall, as to any Participant, have the meaning set forth in the employment agreement to which the Participant is a party with the Company or an Affiliate, or, in the absence of such an employment agreement, shall mean any of the following: ( i ) the Participants commission of a crime involving fraud, theft, false statements or other similar acts or commission of any crime that is a felony (or a comparable
classification in a jurisdiction that does not use these terms); ( ii ) the Participants willful refusal, after explicit written notice, to obey any lawful resolution of or direction by his direct supervisor or the Board; ( iii ) the Participants material breach of any Award Agreement, employment agreement, or noncompetition, nondisclosure or nonsolicitation agreement to which the Participant is a party or by which the Participant is bound or ( iv ) the Participants engaging in any conduct that is materially injurious or materially detrimental to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No act or failure to act by a Participant shall be considered willful unless it is done, or omitted to be done, by a Participant in bad faith and without reasonable belief that he or she was acting in the best interests of the Company. The determination as to whether Cause has occurred shall be made by the Board, which shall have the authority to waive the consequences under the Plan of the existence or occurrence of any of the events, acts or omissions constituting Cause. A termination for Cause shall be deemed to include a determination following a Participants termination of employment for any reason that the circumstances existing prior to such termination for the Company or one of its Subsidiaries to have terminated such Participants employment for Cause.
Change in Control means the first to occur of the following events after the Effective Date:
(i) the acquisition by any person, entity or group (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of more than 50% of the combined voting power of the Companys then outstanding voting securities, other than any such acquisition by the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, any employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or by the Investors, or any Affiliates of any of the foregoing;
(ii) the merger, consolidation or other similar transaction involving the Company, as a result of which both ( x ) persons who were stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, or other similar transaction do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company, and ( y ) any or all of the Investors (individually or collectively) do not, immediately thereafter, own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the combined voting power entitled to vote generally in the election of directors of the merged or consolidated company;
(iii) within any 12-month period, the persons who were directors of the Company at the beginning of such period (the Incumbent Directors ) shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any director elected or nominated for election to the Board by a majority of the Incumbent Directors then still in office shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director for purposes of this clause (iii); or
(iv) the sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to one or more persons or entities that are not, immediately prior to such sale, transfer or other disposition, Affiliates of the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Public Offering shall not constitute a Change in Control.
Change in Control Price means the price per share of Common Stock offered in conjunction with any transaction resulting in a Change in Control. If any part of the offered price is payable other than in cash, the Change in Control price shall be determined in good faith by the Board as constituted immediately prior to the Change in Control.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.
Common Stock means the Common Stock, par value U.S. $0.01 per share, of the Company and, if applicable, any securities which may be issued after the Effective Date in respect of, or in exchange for, the shares of Common Stock.
Company means CDRT Holding Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto; provided that for purposes of determining the status of a Participants employment with the Company, such term shall include the Company and its Subsidiaries.
Director means a non-employee member of the Board.
Disability means, unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, a Participants long-term disability within the meaning of the long-term disability insurance plan or program of the Company or any Subsidiary then covering the Participant, or in the absence of such a plan or program, as determined by the Board. The Boards reasoned and good faith
judgment of Disability shall be final and shall be based on such competent medical evidence as shall be presented to it by the Participant or by any physician or group of physicians or other competent medical expert employed by the Participant or the Company to advise the Board.
Effective Date has the meaning given in Section 12.10.
Employee means any executive, officer or other employee of the Company or any Subsidiary (including an executive member of the Board).
Fair Market Value means, as of any date of determination prior to a Public Offering, the per share fair market value on such date of a share of Common Stock as determined in good faith by the Board, in compliance with section 409A of the Code. In making a determination of Fair Market Value, the Board shall give due consideration to such factors as it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, the earnings and other financial and operating information of the Company in recent periods, any purchase of Common Stock of the Company by a bona fide third party investor made within the three-month period preceding the date for which the Fair Market Value determination is being made, the potential value of the Company as a whole, the future prospects of the Company and the industries in which it competes, the history and management of the Company, the general condition of the securities markets, the fair market value of securities of companies engaged in businesses similar to those of the Company, and any recent valuation of the Common Stock that shall have been performed by an independent valuation firm reasonably acceptable to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company (although nothing herein shall obligate the Board to obtain any such independent valuation). The determination of Fair Market Value shall not take into account the fact that such shares would represent a minority interest in the Company. Following a Public Offering, Fair Market Value shall mean, as of any date of determination, the mid-point between the high and the low trading prices for such date per share of Common Stock as reported on the principal stock exchange on which the shares of Common Stock are then listed.
Financing Agreements means any guaranty, financing or security agreement or document entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary from time to time.
Good Reason shall, as to any Participant, mean any of the following:
(a) a material diminution of the Participants annual base salary from the annual base salary as in effect at the Effective Date;
(b) a material diminution in the Participants title, authority, duties or responsibilities from those as in effect immediately following the Effective Date (and after giving effect to the fact that Emergency Medical Services Corporation is no longer a public company), except that the following shall not constitute Good Reason: ( i ) the appointment of a Chairman or Executive Chairman of the Board; and ( ii ) changes in lines of reporting into the Participants position adopted in good faith as part of a bona fide restructuring of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(c) the relocation of the Participants principal place of business to a location more than seventy-five miles from the location as in effect at the Effective Date; or
(d) a material breach by the Company or any of its Affiliates of any written agreement between the Participant, on the one hand, and the Company or any of its Affiliates, on the other hand.
Prior to any termination for Good Reason hereunder, the Participant must provide written notice to the Company within the 60 days following the occurrence of an alleged Good Reason event setting forth in reasonable detail the conduct alleged to be a basis for a termination for Good Reason. The Participant shall not have the right to terminate his or her employment hereunder for Good Reason (i) if, within the 15-day period following receipt of the Participants written notice, the Company shall have substantially cured the conduct alleged to be a basis for termination with Good Reason and (ii) absent such cure, unless the Participant actually terminates employment within 30 days following the end of the Companys cure period.
Grant Date means, with respect to any Award, the date as of which such Award is granted pursuant to the Plan.
Investor means any of Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VIII, L.P.; CD&R Friends & Family Fund VIII, L.P.; CD&R Advisor Fund VIII Co-Investor, L.P.; and CD&R EMS Co-Investor, L.P.
Option means the right granted pursuant to the Plan to purchase one share of Common Stock.
Option Agreement means an agreement between the Company and a Participant embodying the terms of any Options granted pursuant to the Plan and in the form approved by the Board from time to time for such purpose.
Participant means any Employee or Director who is granted an Award.
Person means any natural person, firm, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, company, trust, business trust, governmental authority or other entity.
Plan means this CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan.
Public Offering means the first day as of which ( i ) there has occurred an initial public offering of Common Stock pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act with aggregate gross cash proceeds (without regard to any underwriting discount or commission) of at least $150,000,000 (whether to the Company, its stockholders, or both), or ( ii ) the Board has determined that shares of the Common Stock otherwise have become publicly-traded for this purpose.
Restricted Stock means shares of Common Stock subject to a Restriction Period granted to a Participant under the Plan.
Restricted Stock Unit means a contractual right of a Participant to receive a stated number of shares of Common Stock, or, at the discretion of the Board, cash based on the Fair Market Value of such shares of Common Stock, under the Plan at the end of a specified period of time, that is forfeitable by the Participant until the completion of a specified period of future service or in accordance with the terms of the Plan or applicable Award Agreement or that is otherwise subject to a Restriction Period.
Restriction Period means the period during which any Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units are subject to forfeiture and/or restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of the Plan.
Retirement means termination of a Participant at or after age 62.
Rollover Agreement means, with respect any Participant, the Rollover Agreement to which the Company and such Participant are parties.
Rollover Option has the same meaning, with respect any
Participant, as set forth in the applicable Rollover Agreement.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
Special Termination means a termination by reason of the Participants death or Disability.
Subscription Agreement means a stock subscription agreement between the Company and a Participant embodying the terms of any stock purchase made pursuant to the Plan and in the form approved by the Board from time to time for such purpose.
Subsidiary means any corporation, limited liability company or other entity, a majority of whose outstanding voting securities is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
Section 11.2 Rules of Construction .
(a) Gender and Number . Except when otherwise indicated by the context, words in the masculine gender used in the Plan shall include the feminine gender, the singular shall include the plural, and the plural shall include the singular.
(b) Use of the term Employ . The words employment, employ and corollary terms used herein and in an Award Agreement with respect to a Director shall be construed to refer to the Directors service as a non-employee member of the Board. The phrase employment with the Company and corollary terms used herein and in an Award Agreement with respect to an Employee shall be construed to refer to the employment with the Company and/or the Affiliates of the Company that actually employ the Employee.
Article XII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 12.1 Nontransferability of Awards . Except as otherwise provided herein, in a Subscription Agreement or as the Board may permit on such terms as it shall determine, no Awards granted under the Plan may be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, hedged, encumbered or otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution. All rights with respect to Awards granted to a Participant under the Plan shall be exercisable
during the Participants lifetime by such Participant only (or, in the event of the Participants Disability, such Participants legal representative). Following a Participants death, all rights with respect to Awards that were outstanding at the time of such Participants death and have not terminated shall be exercised by his designated beneficiary or by his estate in the absence of a designated beneficiary.
Section 12.2 Tax Withholding . The Company or the Subsidiary employing a Participant shall have the power to withhold up to the minimum statutory requirement, or to require such Participant to remit to the Company or such Subsidiary, an amount sufficient to satisfy all U.S. federal, state, local and any non-U.S. withholding tax or other governmental tax, charge or fee requirements in respect of any Award granted under the Plan.
Section 12.3 Beneficiary Designation . Pursuant to such rules and procedures as the Board may from time to time establish, a Participant may name a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named contingently or successively) by whom any right under the Plan is to be exercised in case of such Participants death. Each designation will revoke all prior designations by the same Participant, shall be in a form reasonably prescribed by the Board, and will be effective only when filed by the Participant in writing with the Board during his lifetime.
Section 12.4 No Guarantee of Employment or Participation . Nothing in the Plan or in any agreement granted hereunder shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate any Participants employment or retention at any time, or confer upon any Participant any right to continue in the employ or retention of the Company or any Subsidiary. No individual shall have a right to be selected as a Participant or, having been so selected, to receive any other or future Awards.
Section 12.5 No Limitation on Compensation; No Impact on Benefits . Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to limit the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to establish other plans or to pay compensation to its Employees or Directors, in cash or property, in a manner that is not expressly authorized under the Plan. Except as may otherwise be specifically and unequivocally stated under any employee benefit plan, policy or program, no amount payable in respect of any Award shall be treated as compensation for purposes of calculating a Participants rights under any such plan, policy or program. The selection of an Employee or a Director as a Participant shall neither entitle such Employee or Director to, nor disqualify such Employee or Director from, participation in any other award or incentive plan.
Section 12.6 No Voting Rights . Except as otherwise required by law, no
Participant holding any Awards granted under the Plan shall have any right in respect of such Awards to vote on any matter submitted to the Companys stockholders until such time as the shares of Common Stock underlying such Awards have been issued, and then, subject to the voting restrictions contained in the Subscription Agreement.
Section 12.7 Requirements of Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required. No Awards shall be granted under the Plan, and no Common Stock shall be issued under the Plan, if such grant or issuance would result in a violation of applicable law, including U.S. federal securities laws and any applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws.
Section 12.8 Freedom of Action . Nothing in the Plan or any Award Agreement evidencing an Award shall be construed as limiting or preventing the Company or any Subsidiary from taking any corporate action (such as acquisitions, dispositions, entry into new lines of business and the incurrence of indebtedness) that it deems appropriate or in its best interest (as determined in its sole and absolute discretion) and no Participant (or person claiming by or through a Participant) shall have any right relating to the diminishment in the value of any Award as a result of any such action, so long as such action is not directly governed by or is not directly related to the administration of the Plan or any Award Agreement. This Section 12.8 shall not be construed to enlarge the rights of the Company or the Board hereunder with respect to the interpretation or administration of the Plan or any Award Agreements.
Section 12.9 Unfunded Plan; Plan Not Subject to ERISA . The plan is an unfunded plan and Participants shall have the status of unsecured creditors of the Company. The Plan is not intended to be subject to the Employee Retirement Income and Security Act of 1974, as amended.
Section 12.10 Term of Plan . The Plan was initially effective as of May 25, 2011 (the Effective Date ), and the Plan as amended and restated is effective as of October 3, 2011 (the Second Effective Date ). The Plan shall continue in effect, unless sooner terminated pursuant to Article X, until the tenth anniversary of the Second Effective Date. The provisions of the Plan shall continue thereafter to govern all outstanding Awards.
Section 12.11 Governing Law . The Plan, and all agreements hereunder, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply
the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Section 12.12 Section 409A of the Code . This Plan and the Award Agreements entered into pursuant to this Plan are intended to be exempt from or comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent.
Exhibit 99.3
AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
CDRT HOLDING CORPORATION
STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
Effective as of June 10, 2013, Section 3.1 of Article III of the CDRT Holding Corporation Stock Incentive Plan (the Plan ) is amended in its entirety and shall be read as follows:
Section 3.1 Number . The maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan or be subject to Awards may not exceed 2,150,000 shares. The shares of Common Stock to be delivered under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that are not reserved for any other purpose.
In all other respects, the form, terms and provisions of the Plan remain unchanged and in full force and effect.
Exhibit 99.5
Form of Employee Stock Option Agreement
This Employee Stock Option Agreement, dated as of , 2013 between Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (the Company ) and the Employee whose name appears on the signature page hereof, is being entered into pursuant to the Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan. The meaning of capitalized terms may be found in Section 6.
The Company and the Employee hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Grant of Options
(a) Confirmation of Grant . The Company hereby evidences and confirms, effective as of the Grant Date, its grant to the Employee of options to purchase Shares (the Options ). The Options are not intended to be incentive stock options under the Code. This Agreement is entered into pursuant to, and the terms of the Options are subject to, the terms of the Plan. If there is any inconsistency between this Agreement and the terms of the Plan, the terms of the Plan shall govern.
(b) Option Price . The Option Price for each Share covered by the Options shall be .
Section 2. Vesting and Exercisability
(a) Vesting . Except as otherwise provided in Section 5 or Section 2(b) of this Agreement, the Options shall become vested in five equal annual installments on each of the first through fifth anniversaries of the Grant Date; provided that if the Employees employment with the Company is terminated by reason of the Employees death or Disability (either a Special Termination ), any Options held by the Employee shall immediately vest as of the effective date of such Special Termination.
(b) Discretionary Acceleration . The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may accelerate the vesting or exercisability of all or a portion of the Options, at any time and from time to time.
(c) Exercise . Once vested in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, the Options may be exercised at any time and from time to time prior to the date such Options terminate pursuant to Section 3. Options may only be exercised with respect to whole shares of Company Common Stock and must be exercised in accordance with Section 4.
(d) No Other Accelerated Vesting . The vesting and exercisability provisions set forth in this Section 2 or in Section 5, or expressly set forth in the Plan, shall be the exclusive vesting and exercisability provisions applicable to the Options and shall supersede any other provisions relating to vesting and exercisability, unless such other such provision expressly refers to the Plan by name and this Agreement by name and date.
Section 3. Termination of Options
(a) Normal Termination Date . Unless earlier terminated pursuant to Section 3(b) or Section 5, the Options shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date (the Normal Termination Date ), if not exercised prior to such date.
(b) Early Termination . If the Employees employment with the Company terminates for any reason, any Options held by the Employee that have not vested before the effective date of such termination of employment (determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period)or that do not become vested on such date in accordance with Section 2 shall terminate immediately upon such termination of employment and, if the Employees employment is terminated for Cause, all Options (whether or not then vested or exercisable) shall automatically terminate immediately upon such termination. All vested Options held by the Employee following the effective date of a termination of employment shall remain exercisable until the first to occur of ( i ) the 90 th day following the effective date of the Employees termination of employment (or the 180th day in the case of a Special Termination or a retirement at normal retirement age) (in each case, determined without regard to any statutory or deemed or express contractual notice period), ( ii ) the Normal Termination Date or ( iii ) the cancellation of the Options pursuant to Section 5, and if not exercised within such period the Options shall automatically terminate upon the expiration of such period. If on the first date of the periods set forth in Section 3(b)(i) the Option is not exercisable solely due to any of the restrictions set forth in Section 4(b)(A), (B)
or (C), the Option will not expire until the earlier of the Normal Termination Date or 90 days following the first date on which exercise of the Option ceases to be barred by any such restriction.
Section 4. Manner of Exercise
(a) General . Subject to such reasonable administrative regulations as the Administrator may adopt from time to time, the exercise of vested Options by the Employee shall be pursuant to procedures contained in the Plan and such other procedures established by the Administrator from time to time and shall include the Employee specifying in writing the proposed date on which the Employee desires to exercise a vested Option (the Exercise Date ), the number of whole shares with respect to which the Options are being exercised (the Exercise Shares ) and the aggregate Option Price for such Exercise Shares (the Exercise Price ), or such other or different requirements as may be specified by the Administrator. On or before any Exercise Date, the Company and the Employee shall enter into a Subscription Agreement that establishes the rights and obligations of the Company and the Employee relating to the Exercise Shares, in the form then customarily used by the Company under the Plan for such purpose. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, ( i ) on or before the Exercise Date the Employee shall deliver to the Company full payment for the Exercise Shares in United States dollars in cash, or cash equivalents satisfactory to the Company, in an amount equal to the Exercise Price plus any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees, or, pursuant to a broker-assisted exercise program established by the Company, the Employee may exercise vested Options by an exercise and sell procedure (cashless exercise) in which the Exercise Price (together with any required withholding taxes or other similar taxes, charges or fees) is deducted from the proceeds of the exercise of an Option and ( ii ) the Company shall register the issuance of the Exercise Shares on its records (or direct such issuance to be registered by the Companys transfer agent). The Administrator may require the Employee to furnish or execute such other documents as the Administrator shall reasonably deem necessary ( i ) to evidence such exercise or ( ii ) to comply with or satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act, applicable state or non-U.S. securities laws or any other law.
(b) Restrictions on Exercise . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Options may not be exercised in whole or in part, ( A ) unless all requisite approvals and consents of
any governmental authority of any kind shall have been secured, ( B ) unless the purchase of the Exercise Shares shall be exempt from registration under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws, and applicable non-U.S. securities laws, or the Exercise Shares shall have been registered under such laws, ( C ) at any time that exercise of the Option would violate the Companys insider trading policy and unless, if applicable, the Employee has obtained pre-trading clearance for the exercise and ( D ) unless all applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding requirements shall have been satisfied. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any consents or approvals referred to in clause (A) of the preceding sentence, but shall otherwise have no obligations to take any steps to prevent or remove any impediment to exercise described in such sentence.
Section 5. Change in Control . In the event of a Change in Control, the treatment of any outstanding Options shall be governed by Article XIV of the Plan.
Section 6. Certain Definitions . As used in this Agreement, capitalized terms that are not defined herein have the respective meaning given in the Plan, and the following additional terms shall have the following meanings:
Agreement means this Employee Stock Option Agreement, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
Code means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor thereto.
Company means Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc., provided that for purposes of determining the status of Employees employment with the Company, such term shall include the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries that employ the Employee.
Employee means the grantee of the Options, whose name is set forth on the signature page of this Agreement; provided that for purposes of Section 4 and Section 7, following such persons death Employee shall be deemed to include such persons beneficiary or estate and following such Persons Disability, Employee shall be deemed to include such persons legal representative.
Exercise Date has the meaning given in Section 4(a).
Exercise Price has the meaning given in Section 4(a).
Exercise Shares has the meaning given in Section 4(a).
Grant Date means the date hereof, which is the date on which the Options are granted to the Employee.
normal retirement age has the meaning provided in the Companys customary policies.
Normal Termination Date has the meaning given in Section 3(a).
Option means the right granted to the Employee hereunder to purchase one share of Company Common Stock for a purchase price equal to the Option Price subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Plan.
Option Price means, with respect to each share of Company Common Stock covered by an Option, the purchase price specified in Section 1(b) for which the Employee may purchase such share of Company Common Stock upon exercise of an Option.
Plan means the Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. 2013 Omnibus Incentive Plan.
Special Termination has the meaning given in Section 2(a).
Section 7. Miscellaneous .
(a) Withholding . The Company or one of its Subsidiaries shall require the Employee to satisfy any applicable U.S. federal, state and local and non-U.S. tax withholding or other similar charges or fees that may arise in connection with the grant, vesting, exercise or purchase of the Options.
(b) No Rights as Stockholder; No Voting Rights . The Employee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares covered by the Options until the exercise of the Options and delivery of the shares. No adjustment shall be made for dividends or other rights for which the record date is prior to the delivery of the shares. Any shares delivered in respect of the Options shall be subject to the Subscription Agreement.
(c) No Right to Continued Employment . Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to confer on the Employee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any
Subsidiary to terminate such employment at any time.
(d) Non-Transferability of Options . The Options may be exercised only by the Employee, or, following the Employees death, by his designated beneficiary or by his estate in the absence of a designated beneficiary. The Options are not assignable or transferable, in whole or in part, and they may not, directly or indirectly, be offered, transferred, sold, pledged, assigned, alienated, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (including, but not limited to, by gift, operation of law or otherwise) other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution to the estate of the Employee upon the Employees death or with the Companys consent.
(e) Forfeiture of Awards . The Options granted hereunder (and gains earned or accrued in connection therewith) shall be subject to such generally applicable policies as to forfeiture and recoupment (including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of material financial or accounting errors, financial or other misconduct or Competitive Activity) as may be adopted by the Administrator or the Board from time to time and communicated to the Employee, and are otherwise subject to forfeiture or disgorgement of profits as provided by the Plan.
(f) Consent to Electronic Delivery . By entering into this Agreement and accepting the Options evidenced hereby, the Employee hereby consents to the delivery of information (including, without limitation, information required to be delivered to the Employee pursuant to applicable securities laws) regarding the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Plan, this Agreement and the Options via Company website or other electronic delivery.
(g) Binding Effect; Benefits . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to give any person other than the parties to this Agreement or their respective successors or assigns any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of any agreement or any provision contained herein.
(h) Waiver; Amendment .
(i) Waiver . Any party hereto or beneficiary hereof may by written notice to the other parties ( A ) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other actions of the other parties under this Agreement, ( B ) waive compliance with any of the conditions or covenants of the other parties contained in this Agreement and ( C ) waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the other parties under this Agreement. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, no action taken pursuant to this Agreement, including, without limitation, any investigation by or on behalf of any party or beneficiary, shall be deemed to constitute a waiver by the party or beneficiary taking such action of compliance with any representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained herein. The waiver by any party hereto or beneficiary hereof of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any preceding or succeeding breach and no failure by a party or beneficiary to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed a waiver of such partys or beneficiarys rights or privileges hereunder or shall be deemed a waiver of such partys or beneficiarys rights to exercise the same at any subsequent time or times hereunder.
(ii) Amendment . This Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented orally, but only by a written instrument executed by the Employee and the Company.
(i) Assignability . Neither this Agreement nor any right, remedy, obligation or liability arising hereunder or by reason hereof shall be assignable by the Company or the Employee without the prior written consent of the other party.
(j) Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of Delaware regardless of the application of rules of conflict of law that would apply the laws of any other jurisdiction.
(k) Waiver of Jury Trial . Each party hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby. Each party ( i ) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of any other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of litigation, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and ( ii ) acknowledges that it and the other parties have been
induced to enter into the Agreement by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications in this Section 7(k).
(l) Section and Other Headings, etc . The section and other headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(m) Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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