UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 4, 2015

 

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware
  001-37415
  32-0454912

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

  (Commission
File Number)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

800 N. Glebe Road, Suite

500

Arlington, VA 22203

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (571) 389-6000

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


ITEM 1.01 – Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On June 10, 2015, Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), closed its previously announced initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of 13,225,000 shares of its Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), which included 1,725,000 shares of Class A Common Stock sold pursuant to the option granted to the underwriters by the Company, which was exercised in full prior to the closing. As a result of the IPO, The Advisory Board Company, UPMC, TPG Growth II BDH, L.P. and TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P. collectively own approximately 67.8% of the voting power of the Company.

In connection with the IPO, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters specified therein. The underwriting agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company also entered into a stockholders agreement, registration rights agreement, exchange agreement, operating agreement and tax receivables agreement. Each of these agreements is described in detail in the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-203852), as amended (the “ Registration Statement ”). The stockholders agreement, registration rights agreement, exchange agreement, operating agreement and tax receivables agreement are filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1, Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 10.2, Exhibit 10.3 and Exhibit 10.4, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 5.03 – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On June 4, 2015, the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company became effective. A description of the Company’s capital stock giving effect to the adoption of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-laws is described in the Registration Statement. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and the Amended and Restated By-laws are filed herewith as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 8.01 – Other Events.

On June 10, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the IPO. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.


ITEM 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters specified therein.
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Evolent Health, Inc.
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-laws of Evolent Health, Inc.
  4.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., UPMC, The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy Capital, LLC.
10.1    Stockholders Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC, TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., UPMC and The Advisory Board Company.
10.2    Exchange Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC, TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy Capital, LLC.
10.3    Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC, dated June 4, 2015.
10.4    Tax Receivables Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc. and certain stockholders of Evolent Health, Inc.
10.5   

Form of Executive Officer Option Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.6   

Form of Executive Officer Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.7   

Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.8    Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.1    Press Release, dated June 10, 2015.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

Date: June 10, 2015

By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
No.
   Description
  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters specified therein.
  3.1    Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Evolent Health, Inc.
  3.2    Amended and Restated By-laws of Evolent Health, Inc.
  4.1    Registration Rights Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., UPMC, The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy Capital, LLC.
10.1    Stockholders Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC, TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., UPMC and The Advisory Board Company.
10.2    Exchange Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health LLC, TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy Capital, LLC.
10.3    Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC, dated June 4, 2015.
10.4    Tax Receivables Agreement, dated June 4, 2015, by and among Evolent Health, Inc. and certain stockholders of Evolent Health, Inc.
10.5   

Form of Executive Officer Option Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.6   

Form of Executive Officer Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.7   

Form of Non-Employee Director Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.

10.8    Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan.
99.1    Press Release, dated June 10, 2015.

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

11,500,000 Shares of Class A Common Stock

Underwriting Agreement

June 4, 2015

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

As Representatives of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Underwriters”), for whom you are acting as representatives (the “Representatives”), an aggregate of 11,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Underwritten Shares”). In addition, the Company proposes to issue and sell, at the option of the Underwriters, up to an additional 1,725,000 shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Option Shares”). The Underwritten Shares and the Option Shares are herein referred to as the “Shares”. The shares of Class A Common Stock of the Company to be outstanding after giving effect to the sale of the Shares and together with the shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (the “Class B Common Stock”) are referred to herein as the “Stock”. Immediately prior to the Closing Date (as defined herein), the Company will complete a reorganization transaction (the “Reorganization”) as described in “The reorganization of our corporate structure” in the Registration Statement (as defined below).

In connection with the offering contemplated by this underwriting agreement (this “Agreement”), the Company will become the sole managing member of Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Evolent Health”), and will directly own a 69.4% membership interest in Evolent Health (a 70.3% membership interest in Evolent Health if all the Option Shares are purchased) consisting of Class A common units of Evolent Health.


Any reference in this Agreement, to the extent the context requires, to the “Transactions”, shall include the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents (as defined below) and the Reorganization. In connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement and the Transactions, (a) the Company will enter into a tax receivables agreement with certain of its existing investors (the “Tax Receivables Agreement”); (b) the Company will enter into a registration rights agreement with certain of its existing investors (the “Registration Rights Agreement”); (c) Evolent Health will amend and restate its operating agreement to, among other things, add the Company as a member of Evolent Health and designate the Company as the sole managing member of Evolent Health (as so amended and restated, the “Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC”); (d) the Company will enter into an exchange agreement with holders of the Class B common units of Evolent Health (the “Exchange Agreement”); (e) the Company will enter into a stockholders agreement with certain of its existing investors (“Stockholders Agreement”); and (f) Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Evolent Holdings”), and Evolent Health will enter into a waiver and termination agreement with certain of the Company’s existing investors relating to the Amended and Restated Master Investors’ Rights Agreement dated January 6, 2014 among Evolent Holdings, Evolent Health and such investors (the “Termination Agreement”). This Agreement, the Tax Receivables Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement, the Exchange Agreement, the Stockholders Agreement and the Termination Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents”.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Directed Share Underwriter”) has agreed to reserve a portion of the Shares to be purchased by it under this Agreement, up to 588,200 Shares, for sale to the Company’s directors, officers, and certain employees and other parties related to the Company (collectively, “Participants”), as set forth in the Prospectus (as hereinafter defined) under the heading “Underwriting” (the “Directed Share Program”). The Shares to be sold by the Directed Share Underwriter and its affiliates pursuant to the Directed Share Program are referred to hereinafter as the “Directed Shares”. Any Directed Shares not orally confirmed for purchase by any Participant by 8:00 A.M., New York City time on the business day immediately following the date on which this Agreement is executed will be offered to the public by the Underwriters as set forth in the Prospectus.

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the several Underwriters concerning the purchase and sale of the Shares, as follows:

1. Registration Statement . The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Securities Act”), a registration statement (File No. 333-203852), including a prospectus, relating to the Shares. Such registration statement, as amended at the time it became effective, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act to be part of the registration statement at the time of its effectiveness (“Rule 430 Information”), is referred to herein as the “Registration Statement”; and as used herein, the term “Preliminary Prospectus” means each prospectus included in such registration statement (and any amendments thereto) before effectiveness, any prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(a) under the Securities Act and the prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its

 

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effectiveness that omits Rule 430 Information, and the term “Prospectus” means the prospectus in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Securities Act) in connection with confirmation of sales of the Shares. If the Company has filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

At or prior to the Applicable Time (as defined below), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively with the pricing information set forth on Annex A, the “Pricing Disclosure Package”): a Preliminary Prospectus dated May 26, 2015 and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Securities Act) listed on Annex A hereto.

“Applicable Time” means 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 4, 2015.

2. Purchase of the Shares by the Underwriters . (a) The Company agrees to issue and sell the Underwritten Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement and each Underwriter, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase at a price per share (the “Purchase Price”) of $15.81 from the Company the respective number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name in Schedule 1 hereto.

In addition, the Company agrees to issue and sell the Option Shares to the several Underwriters as provided in this Agreement, and the Underwriters, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall have the option to purchase, severally and not jointly, from the Company the Option Shares at the Purchase Price less an amount per share equal to any dividends or distributions declared by the Company and payable on the Underwritten Shares but not payable on the Option Shares. If any Option Shares are to be purchased, the number of Option Shares to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the number of Option Shares which bears the same ratio to the aggregate number of Option Shares being purchased as the number of Underwritten Shares set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto (or such number increased as set forth in Section 10 hereof) bears to the aggregate number of Underwritten Shares being purchased from the Company by the several Underwriters, subject, however, to such adjustments to eliminate any fractional Shares as the Representatives in their sole discretion shall make.

The Underwriters may exercise the option to purchase Option Shares at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, on or before the thirtieth day following the date of the Prospectus, by written notice from the Representatives to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Shares as to which the option is being exercised and the date and time when the Option Shares are to be delivered and paid for, which may be the same date and time as the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) but shall not be earlier than the Closing Date nor later than the tenth full business day (as hereinafter defined) after the date of such notice (unless such time and date are postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof). Any such notice shall be given at least two business days prior to the date and time of delivery specified therein.

 

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(b) The Company understands that the Underwriters intend to make a public offering of the Shares as soon after the effectiveness of this Agreement as in the judgment of the Representatives is advisable, and initially to offer the Shares on the terms set forth in the Prospectus. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters may offer and sell Shares to or through any affiliate of an Underwriter.

(c) Payment for the Shares shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company, to the Representatives in the case of the Underwritten Shares, at the offices of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017 at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on June 10, 2015, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing or, in the case of the Option Shares, on the date and at the time and place specified by the Representatives in the written notice of the Underwriters’ election to purchase such Option Shares. The time and date of such payment for the Underwritten Shares is referred to herein as the “Closing Date” and the time and date for such payment for the Option Shares, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “Additional Closing Date”.

Payment for the Shares to be purchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall be made against delivery to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters of the Shares to be purchased on such date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of such Shares duly paid by the Company. Delivery of the Shares shall be made through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) unless the Representatives shall otherwise instruct. The certificates for the Shares will be made available for inspection and packaging by the Representatives at the office of DTC or its designated custodian not later than 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representatives nor any other Underwriter is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

 

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3. Representations and Warranties . Each of the Company and Evolent Health jointly and severally represents and warrants to each Underwriter that:

(a) Preliminary Prospectus. No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus included in the Pricing Disclosure Package, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and no Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health makes any representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and Evolent Health in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in any Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(b) Pricing Disclosure Package . The Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health makes any representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and Evolent Health in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Pricing Disclosure Package, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(c) Issuer Free Writing Prospectus. Other than the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor Evolent Health (including their agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has prepared, used, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Shares (each such communication by the Company or Evolent Health or their respective agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clause (i) below) an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (i) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Securities Act or Rule 134 under the Securities Act or (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, each electronic road show and any other written communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433) filed in accordance with the Securities Act (to the extent required thereby) and, when taken together with the Preliminary Prospectus accompanying, or delivered prior to

 

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delivery of, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health makes any representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and Evolent Health in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or Preliminary Prospectus, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(d) Emerging Growth Company . From the time of initial confidential submission of the Registration Statement to the Commission through the date hereof, the Company has been and is an “emerging growth company”, as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “Emerging Growth Company”). “Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any oral or written communication with potential investors undertaken in reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act.

(e) Testing-the-Waters Materials. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health (i) has alone engaged in any Testing-the-Waters Communications other than Testing-the-Waters Communications with the consent of the Representatives with entities that are qualified institutional buyers within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are accredited investors within the meaning of Rule 501 under the Securities Act and (ii) has authorized anyone other than the Representatives to engage in Testing-the-Waters Communications. The Company and Evolent Health reconfirm that the Representatives have been authorized to act on their behalf in undertaking Testing-the-Waters Communications by virtue of a writing substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Company and Evolent Health have not distributed or approved for distribution any Written Testing-the-Waters Communications other than those listed on Annex B hereto. “Written Testing-the-Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act. Any individual Written Testing-the-Waters Communication does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Pricing Disclosure Package, complied in all material respects with the Securities Act, and when taken together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not, and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health makes any representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions in each such Written Testing-the-Waters Communications in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and Evolent Health in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in such Written Testing-the-Waters Communications, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

 

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(f) Registration Statement and Prospectus. The Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission, and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act against the Company or related to the offering of the Shares has been initiated or, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, the Registration Statement and any such post-effective amendment complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act, and did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date and as of the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Prospectus will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health makes any representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company and Evolent Health in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 7(b) hereof.

(g) Financial Statements of Evolent Holdings. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Evolent Holdings included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Evolent Holdings as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; the other financial information (other than the financial statements of Evolent Health) included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of Evolent Holdings and present fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby. The pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(h) Financial Statements of Evolent Health. The financial statements (including the related notes thereto) of Evolent Health included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and present fairly in all material respects the financial position of Evolent Health as of the dates indicated and the results of its operations and the changes in its cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and any supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein.

(i) No Material Adverse Change. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent financial statements of Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock (other than (a) the Reorganization and (b) the issuance of shares of Stock upon exercise of stock options and warrants described as outstanding in, and the grant and forfeiture of options and awards under existing equity incentive plans described in, the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), any material change in short-term debt or long-term debt of the Company, Evolent Holdings or Evolent Health, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company, Evolent Holdings or Evolent Health on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development that would reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse change, in or affecting the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ or members’ equity, as applicable, results of operations or prospects of the Company, Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health; (ii) neither the Company nor Evolent Health has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) that is material to the Company or Evolent Health, as applicable, or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company or Evolent Health, as applicable; and (iii) neither the Company nor Evolent Health has sustained any loss or interference with its business that is material to the Company or Evolent Health, as applicable, and that is either from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority.

(j) Organization and Good Standing. The Company, Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not,

 

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individually or in the aggregate, have a material adverse effect on the business, properties, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations or prospects of the Company, Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health taken as a whole, or on the performance by the Company, Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health of their obligations under the Transaction Documents (as defined below) (a “Material Adverse Effect”). None of the Company, Evolent Holdings or Evolent Health owns or controls, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than, in the case of the Company, the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement.

(k) Capitalization. Immediately following the Reorganization, the Company will have an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Capitalization”; all the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and membership interests of Evolent Health have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and are not subject to any pre-emptive or similar rights; except as described in or expressly contemplated by the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than options in the aggregate not exceeding $1 million in fair market value, there are no outstanding rights (including, without limitation, pre-emptive rights), warrants or options to acquire, or instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any shares of capital stock or other equity interest in the Company or any membership interests in Evolent Health or any contract, commitment, agreement, understanding or arrangement of any kind relating to the issuance of any capital stock of the Company or of any membership interests of Evolent Health, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or any such rights, warrants or options; the capital stock of the Company and the membership interests of Evolent Health conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and all the outstanding membership interests of Evolent Health that are owned directly or indirectly by the Company will be owned free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party.

(l) Stock Options. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, with respect to the stock options (the “Stock Options”) granted pursuant to the stock-based compensation plans of the Company and Evolent Health, including the 2011 Plan and the 2015 Plan, each as described in the Pricing Disclosure Package and Prospectus (the “Company Stock Plans”), (i) each grant of a Stock Option was duly authorized no later than the date on which the grant of such Stock Option was by its terms to be effective (the “Grant Date”) by all necessary corporate action, including, as applicable, approval by the board of directors of the Company (or a duly constituted and authorized committee thereof) and any required stockholder approval by the necessary number of votes or written consents, and, to the knowledge of the Company (other than with respect to due execution and delivery by the Company), the award agreement governing such grant (if any) was duly executed and delivered by each party thereto, (ii) each such grant was made in accordance with the terms of the Company Stock Plans, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder

 

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(collectively, the “Exchange Act”) and all other applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements and (iii) each such grant was properly accounted for in accordance with GAAP in the financial statements (including the related notes) of Evolent Health. There is no and has been no policy or practice of the Company of granting, Stock Options prior to, or otherwise coordinating the grant of Stock Options with, the release or other public announcement of material information regarding the Company or Evolent Health or their respective subsidiaries or their results of operations or prospects.

(m) Due Authorization. Each of the Company and Evolent Health has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and the Transaction Documents to which it is party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery by it of this Agreement and each of the Transaction Documents to which it is party and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby has been duly and validly taken.

(n) Underwriting Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and Evolent Health.

(o) The Shares. The Shares to be issued and sold by the Company hereunder have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued and delivered and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable and will conform to the descriptions thereof in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the Shares is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The Class A Common Stock and the Class B Common Stock to be issued by the Company pursuant to the Reorganization have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered as provided therein, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will conform to the description thereof in each of the Time of Sale Prospectus and the Prospectus; and the issuance of the shares of Class A Common Stock and the shares of Class B Common Stock is not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. All of the membership interests of Evolent Health outstanding as of the Closing Date have been duly authorized and, after giving effect to the Transactions, fully paid and validly issued, and to the extent owned by the Company, will be owned free and clear of any liens, encumbrances or claims.

(p) Other Transaction Documents. The Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company and Evolent Health to the extent a party thereto and constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Company and Evolent Health, as applicable, enforceable against the Company and Evolent Health, as applicable, in accordance with their terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

(q) Descriptions of the Transactions and Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

 

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(r) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or Evolent Health is a party or by which the Company or Evolent Health is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or Evolent Health is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute applicable to the Company or Evolent Health or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or Evolent Health, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and Evolent Health of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or Evolent Health pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or Evolent Health is a party or by which the Company or Evolent Health is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or Evolent Health is subject, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or Evolent Health or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation or default that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

(t) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, license, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and Evolent Health of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance and sale of the Shares and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for the registration of the Shares under the Securities Act and such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications that (i) have been obtained or made or (ii) may be required by the Exchange (as defined below), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) and under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Shares by the Underwriters.

 

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(u) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings, including by the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and any office contained therein, pending to which the Company or Evolent Health is or, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, may reasonably be expected to become a party or to which any property of the Company or Evolent Health is or may reasonably be expected to become the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or Evolent Health, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or threatened by others; (i) there are no material current or pending legal, governmental or regulatory actions, suits or proceedings that are required under the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and (ii) there are no statutes, regulations or contracts or other documents that are required under the Securities Act to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that are not so filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement or described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, there is no complaint to or audit, proceeding, investigation (formal or informal) or claim currently pending or threatened against any of the Company’s or Evolent Health’s customers (specific to the customer’s use of the products or services of the Company or Evolent Health) by the Federal Trade Commission, HHS, or any similar authority in any jurisdiction or any other governmental entity, or by any person in respect of the collection, use or disclosure of Personal Data by the Company or Evolent Health that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to such customer, could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on such customer or a material adverse effect on the Company.

(v) Independent Accountants . PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, who has audited certain financial statements of Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health, is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to Evolent Holdings and Evolent Health within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(w) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and Evolent Health have good and marketable title in fee simple (in the case of real property) to, or have valid and marketable rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property and assets (other than Intellectual Property) that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and Evolent Health, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except those that (i) do not materially interfere with the use made and currently proposed to be made of such property by the Company and Evolent Health or (ii) could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(x) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and Evolent Health own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, domain names, copyrights, licenses, software and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and other intellectual property rights (“Intellectual Property”) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, the conduct of their respective businesses will not conflict in any material respect with any such rights of others. Except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Company and Evolent Health have not received any notice of any claim (i) alleging any infringement or misappropriation of, or conflict with, any Intellectual Property rights of any third party or (ii) challenging the validity, scope, enforceability or ownership of any Intellectual Property owned by the Company or Evolent Health. The Company and Evolent Health have taken reasonable steps in accordance with normal industry practice to maintain the confidentiality of all know-how, trade secrets and confidential information owned, used or held for use by the Company or Evolent Health, and no such trade secrets or confidential information have been disclosed other than to employees, representatives and agents of the Company or Evolent Health, or parties who are bound by written confidentiality agreements, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) No Undisclosed Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or Evolent Health on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, customers or suppliers of the Company or Evolent Health, on the other, that is required by the Securities Act to be described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and that is not so described in such documents and in the Pricing Disclosure Package.

(z) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health is, nor, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof received by the Company as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be required to register as an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(aa) Taxes. The Company and Evolent Holdings have paid or accrued in their respective financial statements included in the Pricing Disclosure Package all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or Evolent Health or

 

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any of their respective properties or assets, except where the failure to pay or file or where such deficiency would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Evolent Health is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(bb) Licenses and Permits. The Company and Evolent Health possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor Evolent Health has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such revocation, modification or renewal would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or Evolent Health exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, is contemplated or threatened, and neither the Company nor Evolent Health is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of their or their respective subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(dd) Compliance with and Liability under Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and Evolent Health (a) are, and at all prior times were, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions, judgments, decrees, orders and the common law relating to pollution or the protection of the environment, natural resources or human health or safety, including those relating to the generation, storage, treatment, use, handling, transportation, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (b) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses, (c) have not received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, (d) are not conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation or other corrective action pursuant to any Environmental Law at any location, and (e) are not a party to any order, decree or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Environmental Law, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or Evolent Health, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such matter, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a

 

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Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) except as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (a) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are known to be contemplated, against the Company or Evolent Health under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (b) the Company and Evolent Health are not aware of any facts or issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws, including the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials, that could reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the capital expenditures, earnings or competitive position of the Company and Evolent Health, and (c) none of the Company and Evolent Health anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws.

(ee) Hazardous Materials . There has been no storage, generation, transportation, use, handling, treatment, Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials by, relating to or caused by the Company or Evolent Health (or, to the knowledge of the Company and Evolent Health, any other entity (including any predecessor) for whose acts or omissions the Company or Evolent Health is or could reasonably be expected to be liable) at, on, under or from any property or facility now or previously owned, operated or leased by the Company or Evolent Health, or at, on, under or from any other property or facility, in violation of any Environmental Laws or in a manner or amount or to a location that could reasonably be expected to result in any liability under any Environmental Law, except for any violation or liability which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. “Hazardous Materials” means any material, chemical, substance, waste, pollutant, contaminant, compound, mixture, or constituent thereof, in any form or amount, including petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) and petroleum products, natural gas liquids, asbestos and asbestos-containing materials, naturally occurring radioactive materials, brine, and drilling mud, regulated or which can give rise to liability under any Environmental Law. “Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing, or migrating in, into or through the environment, or in, into, from or through any building or structure.

(ff) Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or Evolent Health would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to, ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”); (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan other than any such transaction effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of

 

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ERISA, as applicable, has been satisfied (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period) and is reasonably expected to be satisfied in the future (without taking into account any waiver thereof or extension of any amortization period); (iv) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (v) neither the Company nor Evolent Health nor any member of their “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code) has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (“PBGC”), in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan”, within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA); and (vi) there is no pending audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the PBGC or any other governmental agency or any foreign regulatory agency with respect to any Plan.

(gg) Disclosure Controls . The Company and Evolent Health maintain an effective system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(hh) Accounting Controls. The Company and Evolent Health maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, including, but not limited to, internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material weaknesses in the Company’s or Evolent Health’s internal controls. The Company’s and Evolent Health’s auditors and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company and of Evolent Health have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which have adversely affected or are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s and/or

 

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Evolent Health’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s and/or Evolent Health’s internal controls over financial reporting.

(ii) Insurance. The Company and Evolent Health have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as are adequate to protect the Company and Evolent Health and their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor Evolent Health has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

(jj) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health, nor any director or officer of the Company or Evolent Health, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or Evolent Health has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made or taken an act in furtherance of an offer, promise or authorization of any direct or indirect unlawful payment or benefit to any foreign or domestic government official or employee, including of any government-owned or controlled entity or of a public international organization, or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any of the foregoing, or any political party or party official or candidate for political office; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, or any applicable law or regulation implementing the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions, or committed an offence under the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable anti-bribery or anti-corruption law; or (iv) made, offered, agreed, requested or taken an act in furtherance of any unlawful bribe or other unlawful benefit, including, without limitation, any rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful or improper payment or benefit. The Company and Evolent Health have instituted, maintain and enforce, and will continue to maintain and enforce policies and procedures reasonably designed to promote and ensure compliance with all applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws.

(kk) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws . The operations of the Company and Evolent Health are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements, including those of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions where the Company or Evolent Health conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Anti-Money Laundering Laws”), and no action, suit or

 

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proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or Evolent Health with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, threatened.

(ll) No Conflicts with Sanctions Laws. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health, nor any director or officer of the Company or Evolent Health, nor, to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, any employee, agent, affiliate or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or Evolent Health is currently the subject or the target of any sanctions administered or enforced by the U.S. government (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”) or the U.S. Department of State and including, without limitation, the designation as a “specially designated national” or “blocked person”), the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”), the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”) or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”), nor is the Company or Evolent Health located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Syria, Libya and the Crimea Region of Ukraine (each, a “Sanctioned Country”); and the Company and Evolent Health will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Shares hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business in any Sanctioned Country or (iii) in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions. The Company and Evolent Health have not knowingly engaged in and are not now knowingly engaged in any dealings or transactions with any person that at the time of the dealing or transaction is or was the subject or the target of Sanctions or with any Sanctioned Country.

(mm) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “The reorganization of our corporate structure—Third amended and restated operating agreement of Evolent Health LLC”, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or Evolent Health or any other subsidiary of the Company or Evolent Health.

(nn) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or Evolent Health or any Underwriter for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

 

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(oo) No Registration Rights . Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “The reorganization of our corporate structure—Registration rights agreement”, no person has the right to require the Company or Evolent Health to register any securities for sale under the Securities Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Shares by the Company.

(pp) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Shares.

(qq) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

(rr) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or Evolent Health that has caused the Company or Evolent Health to believe that the statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(ss) Sarbanes-Oxley Act . There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or Evolent Health or any of the Company’s or Evolent Health’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) that are applicable to the Company, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications, that are applicable to the Company.

(tt) Status under the Securities Act . At the time of filing the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the earliest time thereafter that the Company or any offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) under the Securities Act) of the Shares and at the date hereof, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. The Company has paid the registration fee for this offering pursuant to the applicable rules under the Securities Act.

(uu) No Ratings . There are (and prior to the Closing Date, will be) no debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or Evolent Health or any of their respective subsidiaries that are rated by a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization”, as such term is defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act.

 

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(vv) Directed Share Program . Each of the Company and Evolent Health represents and warrants that (i) the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses comply in all material respects, and any further amendments or supplements thereto will comply in all material respects, with any applicable laws or regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, are distributed in connection with the Directed Share Program, and that (ii) no authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration or qualification of or with any government, governmental instrumentality or court, other than such as have been obtained, is necessary under the securities laws and regulations of foreign jurisdictions in which the Directed Shares are offered outside the United States. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health has offered, or caused the underwriters to offer, Shares to any person pursuant to the Directed Share Program with the specific intent to unlawfully influence (i) a customer or supplier of the Company or Evolent Health to alter the customer or supplier’s level or type of business with the Company or Evolent Health, or (ii) a trade journalist or publication to write or publish favorable information about the Company or Evolent Health or their products.

(ww) Healthcare Regulations. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions: “Risk factors—Risks relating to our business and industry—The healthcare regulatory and political framework is uncertain and evolving.”, “Risk factors—Risks relating to our business and industry—We are subject to privacy and data protection laws governing the transmission, security and privacy of health information, which may impose restrictions on the manner in which we access personal data and subject us to penalties if we are unable to fully comply with such laws.”, and “Business—Healthcare laws and regulations”, insofar as such statements describe the state, federal and foreign administrative healthcare laws, rules and regulations which are applicable to the Company (the “Healthcare Laws”), are true and correct in all material respects; and to the knowledge of the Company or Evolent Health, there are no Healthcare Laws which as of this date are material to the businesses of the Company or Evolent Health which are not described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health is in violation of any Healthcare Laws, except for any violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither has received any written notice from any governmental or regulatory authority of potential or actual material non-compliance by, or liability of, the Company or Evolent Health under any Healthcare Laws.

(xx) Data Privacy and Security Laws. Except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company and Evolent Health are, and since the Company’s and Evolent Health’s inception have been, in compliance with all applicable state and federal data privacy and security laws and regulations, including without limitation the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”) as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and

 

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Clinical Health Act (the “HITECH Act”, and collectively, the “Privacy Laws”). To ensure compliance with the Privacy Laws, the Company and Evolent Health have in place, comply with, and take appropriate steps reasonably designed to ensure compliance in all material respects with their policies and procedures relating to data privacy and security and the collection, storage, use, disclosure, handling, and analysis of Personal Data (the “Policies”). “Personal Data” means (i) a natural person’s name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number or tax identification number, driver’s license number, passport number, credit card number, bank information, or customer or account number; (ii) any information which would qualify as “personally identifying information” under the Federal Trade Commission Act, as amended; (iii) Protected Health Information as defined by HIPAA; and (iv) any other piece of information that allows the identification of such natural person, or his or her family, or permits the collection or analysis of any data related to an identified person’s health or sexual orientation. The Company and Evolent Health and their respective subsidiaries have at all times made all disclosures to users or customers required by applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, and no such disclosures made or contained in any Policy have been inaccurate or in violation of any applicable laws and regulatory rules or requirements, except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health: (i) has received notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to, or actual or potential violation of, any of the Privacy Laws, and has no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice; (ii) is currently conducting or paying for, in whole or in part, any investigation, remediation, or other corrective action pursuant to any Privacy Law; or (iii) is a party to any order, decree, or agreement that imposes any obligation or liability under any Privacy Law.

(yy) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions: “Prospectus summary— Our history and the reorganization of our corporate structure”, “Risk factors—Risks relating to our structure”, “Risk factors—Risks relating to this offering and ownership of our Class A common stock”, “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations—Effects of the offering reorganization”, “Certain relationships and related transactions”, “Description of capital stock” and “Shares eligible for future sale”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries in all material respects of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present information required to be shown therein pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Commission. The statements included in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption: “U.S. federal income and estate tax considerations for non-U.S. holders of Class A common stock”, insofar as they purport to describe provisions of U.S. federal tax laws or legal conclusions with respect thereto, fairly and accurately summarize the matters referred to therein in all material respects.

 

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4. Further Agreements of the Company and Evolent Health . The Company and Evolent Health jointly and severally covenant and agree with each Underwriter that:

(a) Required Filings. The Company will file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A, 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, will file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act; and will furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in New York City prior to 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the business day next succeeding the date of this Agreement in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(b) Delivery of Copies. Upon request, the Company will deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, three signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto (without exhibits) and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), as many copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) as the Representatives may reasonably request. As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus relating to the Shares is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Securities Act) in connection with sales of the Shares by any Underwriter or dealer.

(c) Amendments or Supplements, Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Before using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably objects in a timely manner.

(d) Notice to the Representatives. The Company will advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) when the Registration Statement has become effective; (ii) when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed or becomes effective; (iii) when any supplement to the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or any amendment to the Prospectus has been filed or distributed; (iv) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or the receipt of any comments from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement or any other request by the Commission for any additional information including, but not limited to, any request for information concerning any Testing-the-Waters Communication; (v) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or

 

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the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act; (vi) of the occurrence of any event or development within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus, the Pricing Disclosure Package, any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (vii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus, any of the Pricing Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication or suspending any such qualification of the Shares and, if any such order is issued, will obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) Ongoing Compliance. (1) If during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Pricing Disclosure Package as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Pricing Disclosure Package to comply with law, the Company will immediately notify the Underwriters thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Underwriters and to such dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Pricing Disclosure Package as may be necessary so that the statements in the Pricing Disclosure Package as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Pricing Disclosure Package is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Pricing Disclosure Package will comply with law.

 

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(f) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will use reasonable efforts to qualify the Shares for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Shares; provided that neither the Company nor Evolent Health shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

(g) Earning Statement. The Company will make generally available to its security holders and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earnings statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Company occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement; provided that the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.

(h) Clear Market. For a period of 180 days after the date of the Prospectus, each of the Company and Evolent Health will not (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any shares of Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, or (ii) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Stock or any such other securities, or any membership interest in Evolent Health, whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., other than (A) the Shares to be sold hereunder, (B) any shares of Stock of the Company issued upon the exercise or settlement of options granted under Company Stock Plans; provided that if the recipient of any such shares of Stock has previously delivered a “lock-up” agreement to the Representatives substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto, such shares of Stock will be subject to the terms of such lock-up, (C) the grant by the Company of awards under Company Stock Plans as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (D) transfers of Common Stock as required by the Reorganization, (E) the filing of a registration statement on Form S-8 (or equivalent form) with the Commission in connection with an employee stock compensation plan or agreement of the Company, which plan or agreement is disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (F) the issuance of shares of Stock or other securities (including securities convertible into shares of Stock) in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any of its subsidiaries of the securities, businesses, properties or other

 

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assets of another person or entity or pursuant to any employee benefit plan assumed by the Company in connection with any such acquisition or (G) the issuance of shares of Stock or other securities (including securities convertible into shares of Stock) in connection with joint ventures, strategic transactions or other commercial relationships (including issuances to current or prospective customers or partners); provided that, in the case of clauses (F) and (G), the aggregate number of shares of Stock issued in all such acquisitions and transactions shall not exceed 7.5% of the issued and outstanding Stock of the Company on the Closing Date and any recipients of such Shares shall deliver a “lock-up” agreement to the Representatives substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

If the Representatives, in their sole discretion, agree to release or waive a lock-up letter described in Section 6(k) hereof for an officer or director of the Company and provide the Company with notice of the impending release or waiver substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto at least three business days before the effective date of the release or waiver, the Company agrees to announce the impending release or waiver by a press release substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver.

(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of proceeds”.

(j) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor Evolent Health will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Stock.

(k) Exchange Listing. The Company will use its reasonable efforts to list, subject to notice of issuance, the Shares on the New York Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”).

(l) Reports. For a period of two years from the date hereof, so long as the Shares are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Representatives, as soon as they are available, copies of all reports or other communications (financial or other) furnished to holders of the Shares, and copies of any reports and financial statements furnished to or filed with the Commission or any national securities exchange or automatic quotation system; provided the Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports and financial statements to the Representatives to the extent they are filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval system.

(m) Record Retention . The Company will, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, retain copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433 under the Securities Act.

(n) Filings. The Company will file with the Commission such reports as may be required by Rule 463 under the Securities Act.

 

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(o) Directed Share Program. The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable securities and other laws, rules and regulations in each jurisdiction in which the Directed Shares are offered in connection with the Directed Share Program.

(p) Emerging Growth Company . The Company will promptly notify the Representatives if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the later of (i) completion of the distribution of Shares within the meaning of the Securities Act and (ii) completion of the 180-day restricted period referred to in Section 4(h) hereof.

5. Certain Agreements of the Underwriters . Each Underwriter hereby represents and agrees that:

(a) It has not used, authorized use of, referred to or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company) other than (i) a free writing prospectus that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Prospectus or a previously filed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex A or prepared pursuant to Sections 3(c) or 4(c) above (including any electronic road show approved in advance by the Company), or (iii) any free writing prospectus prepared by such underwriter and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (i) or (iii), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

(b) It has not and will not, without the prior written consent of the Company, use any free writing prospectus that contains the final terms of the Shares unless such terms have previously been included in a free writing prospectus filed with the Commission.

(c) It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Securities Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

(d) Any Testing-the-Waters Communications undertaken by it were with, to its knowledge, entities that are “qualified institutional buyers” as such term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act or institutions that are “accredited investors” as such term is defined in Rule 501 under the Securities Act.

6. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations. The obligation of each Underwriter to purchase the Underwritten Shares on the Closing Date or the Option Shares on the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, as provided herein is subject to the performance by the

 

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Company and Evolent Health, jointly and severally, of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Registration Compliance; No Stop Order. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A under the Securities Act shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Securities Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Securities Act) and in accordance with Section 4(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

(b) Representations and Warranties. The respective representations and warranties of the Company and Evolent Health contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be; and the statements of the Company and its officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition of a type described in Section 3(h) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in the Pricing Disclosure Package (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Prospectus (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representatives makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, a certificate of the Company by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company and one additional senior executive officer of the Company who is reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives (i) confirming that such officers have carefully reviewed the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and, to the knowledge of such officers, the representations of the Company and Evolent Health set forth in Sections 3(b) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and Evolent Health in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and Evolent Health have complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (a) and (c) above.

(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the

 

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respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided , that the letter delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to such Closing Date or such Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company and Evolent Health. Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representatives, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, and addressed to the Underwriters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives, to the effect set forth in Annex C hereto.

(g) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(h) No Legal Impediment to Issuance and/or Sale. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, prevent the issuance or sale of the Shares by the Company.

(i) Good Standing . The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and Evolent Health in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing as foreign entities in such other jurisdictions as the Representatives may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(j) Exchange Listing. The Shares to be delivered on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, shall have been approved for listing on the Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance.

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and certain stockholders and option holders of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be.

(l) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, the Company shall have furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and documents as the Representatives may reasonably request.

(m) Transactions Completed. As of the Closing Date, the Transactions shall have been completed as described in the Prospectus; and each of the Transaction Documents shall have been executed and delivered. The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company shall have been filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware.

All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters.

7. Indemnification and Contribution .

(a) Indemnification of the Underwriters by the Company and Evolent Health. Each of the Company and Evolent Health agrees to jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, not misleading, or (ii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any “issuer information” filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show as defined in Rule 433(h) under the Securities Act (a “road show”) or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.

 

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(b) Indemnification of the Company and Evolent Health. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and Evolent Health and their respective directors and officers who signed the Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company in writing by such Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication, any road show or any Pricing Disclosure Package (including any Pricing Disclosure Package that has subsequently been amended), it being understood and agreed upon that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the third paragraph under the caption “Underwriting”, the information contained in the sixteenth and seventeenth paragraphs under the caption “Underwriting”.

(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under the preceding paragraphs of this Section 7. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or

 

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potential differing interest between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be paid or reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Underwriter shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers who signed the Registration Statement and any control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into in good faith more than 60 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and more than 30 days after receipt of the proposed terms of such settlement and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, from the offering of the Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Shares and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters in connection therewith, in each case as set forth in the table on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Shares. The relative fault of the Company,

 

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on the one hand, and the Underwriters on the other, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company, Evolent Health and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (e) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e), in no event shall an Underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter with respect to the offering of the Shares exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute pursuant to paragraphs (d) and (e) are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 paragraphs (a) through (e) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(g) Directed Share Program Indemnification. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Directed Share Underwriter, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Directed Share Underwriter within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each a “Directed Share Underwriter Entity”) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, any reasonable legal fees and other reasonable expenses incurred in connection with defending or investigating any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred) (i) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any material prepared by or with the consent of the Company for distribution to Participants in connection with the Directed Share Program or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; (ii) caused by the failure of any Participant to pay for and accept delivery of Directed Shares that the Participant agreed to purchase; or (iii) related to, arising out of, or in connection with the Directed Share Program, other than losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or expenses relating thereto) that are finally judicially determined to have resulted from the bad faith or gross negligence of the Directed Share Underwriter Entities.

 

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(h) In case any proceeding (including any governmental investigation) shall be instituted involving any Directed Share Underwriter Entity in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to paragraph (g) above, the Directed Share Underwriter Entity seeking indemnity shall promptly notify the Company in writing and the Company, upon request of the Directed Share Underwriter Entity, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Directed Share Underwriter Entity to represent the Directed Share Underwriter Entity and any others the Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and disbursements of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Directed Share Underwriter Entity shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Directed Share Underwriter Entity unless (i) the Company and such Directed Share Underwriter Entity shall have mutually agreed to the retention of such counsel, (ii) the Company has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Directed Share Underwriter Entity, (iii) the Directed Share Underwriter Entity shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Company or (iv) the named parties to any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Company and the Directed Share Underwriter Entity and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. The Company shall not, in respect of the legal expenses of the Directed Share Underwriter Entities in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Directed Share Underwriter Entities. The Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Company agrees to indemnify the Directed Share Underwriter Entities from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time any Directed Share Underwriter Entity shall have requested the Company to reimburse such Directed Share Underwriter Entity for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by the second and third sentences of this paragraph, the Company agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into in good faith more than 60 days after receipt by the Company of the aforesaid request and more than 30 days after receipt of the proposed terms of such settlement and (ii) the Company shall not have reimbursed such Directed Share Underwriter Entity in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. The Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Directed Share Underwriter, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Directed Share Underwriter Entity is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Directed Share Underwriter Entity, unless (x) such settlement includes an unconditional release of the Directed Share Underwriter Entities from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Directed Share Underwriter Entity.

(i) To the extent the indemnification provided for in paragraph (g) above is unavailable to a Directed Share Underwriter Entity or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein (other than as a result of the limitations imposed on indemnification described in paragraph (g) above), then the Company, in lieu of indemnifying

 

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the Directed Share Underwriter Entity thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Directed Share Underwriter Entity as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (1) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Directed Share Underwriter Entities on the other hand from the offering of the Directed Shares or (2) if the allocation provided by clause 7(i)(1) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause 7(i)(1) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Directed Share Underwriter Entities on the other hand in connection with any statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Directed Share Underwriter Entities on the other hand in connection with the offering of the Directed Shares shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of the Directed Shares (before deducting expenses) and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Directed Share Underwriter Entities for the Directed Shares, bear to the aggregate public offering price of the Directed Shares. If the loss, claim, damage or liability is caused by an untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Directed Share Underwriter Entities on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement or the omission or alleged omission relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Directed Share Underwriter Entities and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(j) The Company and the Directed Share Underwriter Entities agree that it would be not just or equitable if contribution pursuant to paragraph (i) above were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Directed Share Underwriter Entities were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (i) above. The amount paid or payable by the Directed Share Underwriter Entities as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any reasonable legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Directed Share Underwriter Entities in connection with investigating or defending such any action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (h) above, no Directed Share Underwriter Entity shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Directed Shares distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages that such Directed Share Underwriter Entity has otherwise been required to pay. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The remedies provided for in paragraphs (g) through (j) are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

(k) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in paragraphs (g) through (j) shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Directed Share Underwriter Entity or the Company, its officers or directors or any person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Directed Shares.

 

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8. Effectiveness of Agreement . This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

9. Termination . This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date or, in the case of the Option Shares, prior to the Additional Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by any of the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Shares on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

10. Defaulting Underwriter .

(a) If, on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, any Underwriter defaults on its obligation to purchase the Shares that it has agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Shares by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Underwriter, the non-defaulting Underwriters do not arrange for the purchase of such Shares, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Underwriters to purchase such Shares on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter, either the non-defaulting Underwriters or the Company may postpone the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Underwriters may be necessary in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 10, purchases Shares that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, does not exceed one-eleventh

 

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of the aggregate number of Shares to be purchased on such date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Underwriter to purchase the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on such date plus such Underwriter’s pro rata share (based on the number of Shares that such Underwriter agreed to purchase on such date) of the Shares of such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made.

(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Shares of a defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters by the non-defaulting Underwriters, the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate number of Shares that remain unpurchased on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate amount of Shares to be purchased on such date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Closing Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase Shares on the Additional Closing Date, shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Underwriters. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10 shall be without liability on the part of the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 11 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company or any non-defaulting Underwriter for damages caused by its default.

11. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and Evolent Health jointly and severally will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Shares and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, any Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company and Evolent Health’s counsel and the Company’s independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Shares under the state or foreign securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters up to $5,000); (vi) the cost of preparing stock certificates; (vii) the costs and charges of any transfer agent and any registrar; (viii) all expenses and application fees incurred in connection with any filing with, and clearance of the offering by, FINRA (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters up to $35,000); (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; provided , however , that the Underwriters shall be responsible for 50% of the third-party costs of any private aircraft incurred in connection

 

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with such road show; (x) all expenses and application fees related to the listing of the Shares on the Exchange; and (xi) fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program and stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other taxes, if any, incurred by the Underwriters in connection with the Directed Share Program up to $20,000.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 (other than as a result of a termination pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 9), (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Shares for delivery to the Underwriters (other than as a result of a termination pursuant to clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) of Section 9 or Section 10) or (iii) the Underwriters decline to purchase the Shares for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and Evolent Health jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Underwriters (or, in the case of Section 10, solely the non-defaulting Underwriters) for all documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

12. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and any controlling persons referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Shares from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

13. Survival . The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, Evolent Health and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, Evolent Health or the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Shares and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, Evolent Health or the Underwriters.

14. Certain Defined Terms . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; and (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and with respect to the Company specifically includes Evolent Health.

15. USA Patriot Act. In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

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16. Miscellaneous .

(a) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be given to the Representatives c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk; and Goldman, Sachs & Co., 200 West Street, New York, New York 10282 (fax: (212) 902-9316); Attention: Registration Department. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at 800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500, Arlington, Virginia 22203 (fax: (571) 389-6001); Attention: Jonathan Weinberg.

(b) Governing Law. This Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed in such state.

(c) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(d) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(e) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel
EVOLENT HEALTH LLC
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel


Accepted: As of the date first written above

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
By:

/s/ David Ke

Authorized Signatory
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
For itself and on behalf of the several Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
By:

/s/ Matt Leavitt

Authorized Signatory


Schedule 1

 

Underwriter

  

Number of Shares

 

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

     4,600,000   

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

     4,600,000   

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

     575,000   

William Blair & Company, L.L.C.

     575,000   

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.

     575,000   

Leerink Partners LLC

     575,000   
  

 

 

 

Total

  11,500,000   

 

Sch. 1-1


Annex A

a. Pricing Disclosure Package

Pricing Information Provided Orally by Underwriters

Price per share: $17.00

Number of shares: 11,500,000 Underwritten Shares plus 1,725,000 Option Shares

 

Annex A-1


Annex B

Written Testing-the-Waters Communications

Evolent Health, Inc. Testing-the-Waters Presentation dated April 28, 2015

 

Annex B-1


Exhibit A

EGC – Testing the waters authorization (to be delivered by the issuer to J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in email or letter form)

In reliance on Section 5(d) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), Evolent Health, Inc. (the “Issuer”) hereby authorizes J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”) and Goldman, Sachs & Co. (“Goldman Sachs”) and their affiliates and their respective employees, to engage on behalf of the Issuer in oral and written communications with potential investors that are “qualified institutional buyers”, as defined in Rule 144A under the Act, or institutions that are “accredited investors”, as defined in Regulation D under the Act, to determine whether such investors might have an interest in the Issuer’s contemplated initial public offering (“Testing-the-Waters Communications”). A “Written Testing-the Waters Communication” means any Testing-the-Waters Communication that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Act.

The Issuer represents that it is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Act (“Emerging Growth Company”) and agrees to promptly notify J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs in writing if the Issuer hereafter ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company while this authorization is in effect. If at any time following the distribution of any Written Testing-the-Waters Communication there occurs an event or development as a result of which such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Issuer will promptly notify J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Written Testing-the-Waters Communication to eliminate or correct such untrue statement or omission.

Nothing in this authorization is intended to limit or otherwise affect the ability of J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs and their affiliates and their respective employees, to engage in communications in which they could otherwise lawfully engage in the absence of this authorization, including, without limitation, any written communication containing only one or more of the statements specified under Rule 134(a) under the Act. This authorization shall remain in effect until the Issuer has provided to J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs a written notice revoking this authorization. All notices as described herein shall be sent by email to the attention of Craig A. Smart at craig.a.smart@jpmorgan.com and to [●] at [●], with copies to Richard D. Truesdell at richard.truesdell@davispolk.com.


Exhibit B

            , 2015

[Name and Address of

Officer or Director

Requesting Waiver]

Dear Mr./Ms. [Name]:

This letter is being delivered to you in connection with the offering by Evolent Health, Inc. (the “Company”) of [●] shares of Class A common stock, $0.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), of the Company and the lock-up letter dated [●], 2015 (the “Lock-up Letter”), executed by you in connection with such offering, and your request for a [waiver] [release] dated [●], 2015, with respect to [●] shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”).

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. hereby agree to [waive] [release] the transfer restrictions set forth in the Lock-up Letter, but only with respect to the Shares, effective [●], 2015; provided , however , that such [waiver] [release] is conditioned on the Company announcing the impending [waiver] [release] by press release through a major news service at least two business days before effectiveness of such [waiver] [release]. This letter will serve as notice to the Company of the impending [waiver] [release].

Except as expressly [waived] [released] hereby, the Lock-up Letter shall remain in full force and effect.

 

                                  Yours very truly,
  [Signature of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Representative]
[Name of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC Representative]
[Signature of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Representative]
[Name of Goldman, Sachs & Co. Representative]

cc:    Company


Exhibit C

Form of Press Release

Evolent Health, Inc.

[ ], 2015

Evolent Health, Inc. (“Company”) announced today that J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., the lead book-running managers in the Company’s recent public sale of [●] shares of Class A common stock, is [waiving] [releasing] a lock-up restriction with respect to [●] shares of the Company’s Class A common stock held by [certain officers or directors] [an officer or director] of the Company. The [waiver] [release] will take effect on [●], 2015, and the shares may be sold on or after such date.

This press release is not an offer for sale of the securities in the United States or in any other jurisdiction where such offer is prohibited, and such securities may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an exemption from registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


Exhibit D

FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

[●], 2015

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC

GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.

As Representatives of

the several Underwriters listed in

Schedule 1 to the Underwriting

Agreement referred to below

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10179

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

 

  Re: EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. — Public Offering

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned understands that you, as Representatives of the several Underwriters, propose to enter into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, providing for the public offering (the “Public Offering”) by the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 to the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriters”), of Class A Common Stock of the Company (the “Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Underwriting Agreement. References to shares of Common Stock shall be deemed to refer to shares of any class of stock of the Company.

In consideration of the Underwriters’ agreement to purchase and make the Public Offering of the Securities, and for other good and valuable consideration receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters, the undersigned will not, during the period ending 180 days after the date of the prospectus relating to the Public Offering (the “Prospectus”), (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant


to purchase, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock (including without limitation, Common Stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition, (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or such other securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise or (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, in each case other than:

(A) the Securities to be sold by the undersigned pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement;

(B) (i) transfers of shares of Common Stock as a bona fide gift or gifts, (ii) transfers of shares of Common Stock or such other securities as a result of the operation of law through estate, other testamentary document or intestate succession or (iii) transfers of shares of Common Stock or such other securities to any immediate family member of the undersigned or any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or any immediate family member of the undersigned (for purposes of this Letter Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage or adoption, not more remote than first cousin);

(C) distributions of shares of Common Stock to the members, limited or general partners or stockholders of the undersigned, its direct or indirect affiliates or other entities controlled or managed by the undersigned;

(D) transfers of Common Stock or such other securities to the Company or any of its affiliates as required by the Reorganization prior to the completion of the Public Offering;

(E) transfers of shares of Common Stock or other securities acquired in open market transactions after the completion of the Public Offering;

(F) the exercise of Stock Options to purchase shares of Common Stock and any related transfer to the Company of shares of Common Stock (i) deemed to occur upon the cashless exercise of such Stock Options or (ii) for the purpose of paying the exercise price of such Stock Options or for paying taxes (including estimated taxes) due as a result of the exercise of such Stock Options; provided that any such purchased shares will be subject to the restrictions described in this letter agreement; [or]

(G) transfers to the Company of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock in connection with the termination of service of an option to repurchase such shares; [or]

 

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[(H) transfers of shares of Common Stock or such other securities to any investment fund controlled or managed by any affiliate of TPG Global, LLC and its affiliates;] 1

provided that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B) or (C) [or (H)], each donee or distributee shall execute and deliver to the Representatives a lock-up letter in the form of this paragraph; and provided , further , that in the case of any transfer or distribution pursuant to clause (B) through [(G)][(H)], no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other public announcement shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer or distribution (other than a filing on a Form 5 made after the expiration of the 180-day period referred to above). If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, the undersigned further agrees that the foregoing provisions shall be equally applicable to any Company-directed Securities the undersigned may purchase in the Public Offering.

In addition, nothing in this Letter Agreement shall prohibit the undersigned from transferring shares of Common Stock pursuant to a liquidation, tender offer, merger, consolidation, stock exchange or similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s equity holders having the right to exchange their equity securities in the Company for cash, securities or other property; provided that if such liquidation, tender offer, merger, consolidation, stock exchange or similar transaction is not completed, any Common Stock or other equity securities in the Company subject to this Letter Agreement shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Letter Agreement.

Furthermore, the undersigned may, if permitted by the Company, establish a written trading plan meeting the requirements of Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act; provided that no sales or other transfers occur under such plan and no public disclosure of such plan shall be required or shall be made by any person during the 180-day period referred to above.

If the undersigned is an officer or director of the Company, (i) J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters agree that, at least three business days before the effective date of any release or waiver of the foregoing restrictions in connection with a transfer of shares of Common Stock, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters will notify the Company of the impending release or waiver, and (ii) the Company has agreed in the Underwriting Agreement to announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. on behalf of the Underwriters hereunder to any such officer or director shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. The provisions of this paragraph will not apply if (a) the release or waiver is effected solely to permit a transfer not for consideration and (b) the transferee has agreed in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this letter to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer.

 

 

1   Only applicable to the lock-ups for the TPG entities.

 

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In furtherance of the foregoing, the Company, and any duly appointed transfer agent for the registration or transfer of the securities described herein, are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of securities if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Letter Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Letter Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

The undersigned understands that, if (i) prior to entering into the Underwriting Agreement, the Company notifies the Representatives in writing that the Company does not intend to proceed with the Public Offering and files an application to withdraw the registration statement related thereto; (ii) the Underwriting Agreement has not been executed by all parties by July 1, 2015; or (iii) if the Underwriting Agreement (other than the provisions thereof which survive termination) shall terminate or be terminated prior to payment for and delivery of the Common Stock to be sold thereunder, then this Letter Agreement shall immediately terminate and the undersigned shall be released from all obligations under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned understands that the Underwriters are entering into the Underwriting Agreement and proceeding with the Public Offering in reliance upon this Letter Agreement.

 

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This Letter Agreement and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Letter Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

 

Very truly yours,
[NAME OF STOCKHOLDER]
By:

 

Name:
Title:

Exhibit 3.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name of the corporation is EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. The original Certificate of Incorporation of the corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 12, 2014 (as in effect immediately prior to the adoption and effectiveness hereof, the “Original Certificate of Incorporation”).

2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Certificate”) has been duly adopted in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and shall be effective as of 1:00 p.m. on June 4, 2015.

3. The Original Certificate of Incorporation is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

SECTION 1.01. Name . The name of the corporation (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) is Evolent Health, Inc.

ARTICLE II

SECTION 2.01. Registered Office and Agent . The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808. The name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE III

SECTION 3.01. Purpose . The purpose of the Corporation 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”).

ARTICLE IV

SECTION 4.01. Authorized Shares . The total number of shares of all classes of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 900,000,000 shares, consisting of (1) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Preferred Stock”) and (2) 850,000,000 shares of common stock, divided into 750,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”), and 100,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (the “Class B Common Stock,” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “Common Stock”). Subject to the rights of the holders of any one or more series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, the number of authorized shares of any of the Preferred Stock, the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock may be increased or decreased by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL (or any successor provision thereto), and no vote of the holders of any of the Preferred Stock, the Class A Common Stock or the Class B Common Stock voting separately as a class shall be required therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the number of authorized shares of any particular class may not be decreased below the number of shares of such class then outstanding plus, in the case of Class A Common Stock, the number of shares of Class A Common Stock issuable in connection with (i) the exchange of all outstanding Class B Common Stock and all outstanding Class B Common Units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement and (ii) the exercise of outstanding options, warrants, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights for Class A Common Stock.


SECTION 4.02. Preferred Stock .

(a) The board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions and by filing a certificate pursuant to applicable law, and subject to any limitations prescribed by law, to provide, out of the unissued shares of Preferred Stock, for one or more series of Preferred Stock and, with respect to each such series, to fix the number of shares constituting such series and the designation of such series, the voting powers (if any) of the shares of such series, and the preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, if any, and any qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of the shares of such series. The powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional and other special rights of each series of Preferred Stock, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, if any, may differ from those of any and all other series at any time outstanding.

(b) Except as otherwise required by law, holders of a series of Preferred Stock, as such, shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted to such holders by this Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to such series).

SECTION 4.03. Common Stock .

(a) Voting Rights .

(1) Except as may otherwise be provided in this Certificate or by applicable law, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder on all matters on which stockholders generally are entitled to vote and shall vote together as a single class on all matters (or, if any holders of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote together with the holders of Common Stock, as a single class with the holders of Preferred Stock); provided , however , that, except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the 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 such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Certificate (including any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock) or pursuant to the DGCL.

(2) The holders of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to vote separately as a class upon any amendment to this Certificate (including by merger, consolidation, reorganization or similar event) that would alter or change the powers, preferences, or special rights of a class of stock so as to affect them adversely.

(b) Dividends, Stock Splits or Combinations .

(1) Subject to applicable law and the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference senior to or the right to participate with the Class A Common Stock with respect to the payment of dividends, dividends of cash or property may be declared and paid on the Class A Common Stock out of the assets of the Corporation that are by law available therefor, at the times and in the amounts as the Board in its discretion may determine. If a distribution of cash is declared and paid to the Corporation by Evolent Health LLC, the Corporation shall declare and pay a dividend on the Class A Common Stock to the extent the amount of the distribution received from Evolent Health LLC exceeds the amount of the Corporation’s estimated liability for taxes and its obligations under the Tax Receivables Agreement; provided that the Corporation may retain a sufficient portion of any such distribution amounts received from Evolent Health LLC to satisfy, or to establish adequate reserves in respect of, all liabilities and obligations of the Corporation, at their face value, without a premium, including interest thereon at the applicable rate.

(2) Except as provided in Section 4.03(b)(3) with respect to stock dividends, dividends of cash or property may not be declared or paid on the Class B Common Stock.

(3) In no event will any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, combination of stock, reclassification or recapitalization be declared or made on any class of Common Stock (each, a “Stock Adjustment”) unless (a) a corresponding Stock Adjustment in the class of Common Stock not so adjusted (or corresponding voting power adjustment in the case of shares of Class B Common Stock) at the time outstanding is made in the same proportion

 

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and the same manner and (b) the Stock Adjustment has been reflected in the same economically equivalent manner on all Class B Common Units. Stock dividends with respect to Class A Common Stock may only be paid with Class A Common Stock or Preferred Stock. Stock dividends with respect to Class B Common Stock may only be paid with Class B Common Stock or Preferred Stock.

(c) Liquidation and Other Events . In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation and of the preferential and other amounts, if any, to which the holders of Preferred Stock are entitled, if any, the holders of all outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock will be entitled to receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Class A Common Stock held by them. Without limiting the rights of the holders of Class B Common Stock to exchange their shares of Class B Common Stock together with Class B Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement (or for the consideration payable in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock in such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up), the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock, as such, will not be entitled to receive, with respect to such shares, any assets of the Corporation, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation.

(d) Exchange of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units . Class B Common Stock may be exchanged from time to time together with a corresponding Class B Common Unit for Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement and the Evolent Health LLC Operating Agreement.

(e) Shares Deliverable in Exchange . The Corporation covenants that it will at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued shares of Class A Common Stock, solely for the purpose of issuance upon exchange of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock and Class B Common Units for Class A Common Stock, such number of shares of Class A Common Stock that are issuable upon any such exchange and shall exchange such shares of Class B Common Stock and a commensurate number of Class B Common Units for shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude the Corporation from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such exchange by delivery of purchased shares of Class A Common Stock (which may or may not be held in the treasury of the Corporation). The Corporation covenants that all shares of Class A Common Stock issued upon any such exchange will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(f) Reclassifications . In the event of a reclassification or other similar transaction as a result of which the shares of Class A Common Stock are converted into another security, then a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock shall be entitled to receive upon exchange of such shares (together with a commensurate number of Class B Common Units) the amount of such security that such holder would have received if such exchange had occurred immediately prior to the record date of such reclassification or other similar transaction, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any stock split or dividend, reclassification or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification or otherwise) of such security that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification or other similar transaction.

SECTION 4.04. Reorganization or Merger . (a) In the case of any reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger of the Corporation with or into another person in which shares of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock are converted into (or entitled to receive with respect thereto, including upon an exchange thereof in accordance with the Exchange Agreement) shares of stock and/or other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash) or any other transaction having an effect on stockholders substantially similar to that resulting from a reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger, each holder of a share of Class A Common Stock shall be entitled to receive with respect to each such share the same kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property (including, without limitation, cash), but, without limiting the rights of the holders of shares of Class B Common Stock to exchange their shares of Class B Common Stock (together with the corresponding number of Class B Common Units) for shares of Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Exchange Agreement (or for the consideration payable in respect of shares of Class A Common Stock in such reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger), each holder of a share of Class B

 

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Common Stock shall only be entitled to receive with respect to each such share (together with each corresponding Class B Common Unit) the same number of shares of stock as is received by a holder of a share of Class A Common Stock, and shall not be entitled to receive other securities or property (including, without limitation, cash); and such shares of stock received by a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock shall afford the holder thereof no more rights, privileges or preferences than would be afforded the holders of Class B Common Stock hereunder, including without limitation rights, privileges or preferences with respect to dividends, upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation or in connection with any reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger of the Corporation with or into another person or any other transaction having an effect on stockholders substantially similar to that resulting from a reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger (each, a “Business Combination Transaction”). Nothing in this Section 4.04(a) shall be deemed to modify any contractual rights of the Principal Stockholders, including the rights set forth in the Tax Receivables Agreement.

(b) In connection with any Business Combination Transaction, the Corporation shall not adversely affect, alter, repeal, change or otherwise impair any of the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the Class A Common Stock (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) (i) in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the holders of the Class B Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, including, without limitation (x) any of the voting rights of the holders of the Class A Common Stock in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the voting rights of the holders of the Class B Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, and (y) the requisite vote or percentage required to approve or take any action described in this Article IV, in Article VIII or elsewhere in this Certificate or described in the By-laws in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the voting rights of the holders of the Class B Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, or (ii) with respect to the economic rights, privileges or preferences of the holders of Class A Common Stock relative to the holders of Class B Common Stock, including, without limitation, with respect to dividends, upon voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Corporation or in connection with a Business Combination Transaction, without, in each case (i) and (ii), the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class A Common Stock, voting as a separate class.

(c) In connection with any Business Combination Transaction, the Corporation shall not adversely affect, alter, repeal, change or otherwise impair any of the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the Class B Common Stock (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the powers, preferences, rights or privileges of the holders of the Class A Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, including, without limitation (i) any of the voting rights of the holders of the Class B Common Stock in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the voting rights of the holders of the Class A Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, and (ii) the requisite vote or percentage required to approve or take any action described in this Article IV, in Article VIII or elsewhere in this Certificate or described in the By-laws in a manner that is disproportionate and adverse compared to the manner in which the voting rights of the holders of the Class A Common Stock are affected, altered, repealed, changed or otherwise impaired, without in each case the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock, voting as a separate class.

ARTICLE V

SECTION 5.01. Board of Directors . (a) The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board. Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this Certificate relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the total number of the directors of the Corporation shall not be more than ten, with the then-authorized number of directors being fixed from time to time by or pursuant to the By-laws; provided that the number of directors may be increased if necessary to satisfy the requirements of applicable laws and stock exchange regulations.

 

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(b) During any period when the holders of any series of Preferred Stock have the right to elect additional directors as provided for or fixed pursuant to the provisions of Article IV, then upon the commencement, and for the duration, of the period during which such right continues: (i) the then total authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall automatically be increased by such specified number of additional directors, and the holders of such Preferred Stock shall be entitled to elect the additional directors pursuant to the provisions of the Board’s designation for the series of Preferred Stock, and (ii) each such additional director shall serve until such director’s successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director’s right to hold such office terminates pursuant to such provisions, whichever occurs earlier, subject to his or her earlier death, disqualification, resignation or removal. Except as otherwise provided by the Board in the resolution or resolutions establishing such series, whenever the holders of any series of Preferred Stock having such right to elect additional directors are divested of such right pursuant to the provisions of such stock, the terms of office of all such additional directors elected by the holders of such stock, or elected to fill any vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of such additional directors, shall forthwith terminate and the total and authorized number of directors of the Corporation shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 5.02. Classified Board . The Board (other than those directors elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock provided for or fixed pursuant to Article IV (the “Preferred Stock Directors”)) shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Class I directors shall initially serve until the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Article V; Class II directors shall initially serve until the second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Article V; and Class III directors shall initially serve until the third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Article V. Commencing with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Article V, each director of each class the term of which shall then expire shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term and until such director’s successor has been duly elected and qualified. In case of any increase or decrease, from time to time, in the number of directors (other than Preferred Stock Directors), the number of directors in each class shall be apportioned as nearly equal as possible. The Board is authorized to assign members of the Board already holding office to Class I, Class II or Class III.

SECTION 5.03. Advance Notice of Nominations . Advance notice of nominations for the election of directors shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the By-laws.

SECTION 5.04. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of this Certificate relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors or any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause shall only be filled by the Board, and not by the stockholders, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, or by a sole remaining director, even though less than a quorum of the Board, subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement remains in effect). Any director so chosen shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board shall shorten the term of any director then in office.

SECTION 5.05. Removal of Directors . Except for such additional directors, if any, as are elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock as provided for or fixed pursuant to Article IV, any director or the entire Board may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of at least 75% of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement remains in effect); provided , however , that prior to the Trigger Event, any director of the Corporation may be removed with or without cause by the holders of the majority of the total voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement remains in effect).

 

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SECTION 5.06. No Cumulative Voting . There shall be no cumulative voting in the election of directors.

ARTICLE VI

SECTION 6.01. No Action by Written Consent after the Trigger Event . Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, from and after the Trigger Event, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be effected only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

SECTION 6.02. Special Meetings . Except as otherwise required by law and subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by (a) the Chairman of the Board, (b) the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation or (c) the Board pursuant to a resolution approved by a majority of the entire Board. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, prior to the Trigger Event, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called by the Secretary of the Corporation at the request of any Principal Stockholder; provided that if any Principal Stockholder holds less than 5% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock it held as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the right of such Principal Stockholder to request such special meeting shall automatically terminate. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes stated in the notice of meeting.

SECTION 6.03. No Written Ballot Requirement . Unless and except to the extent that the By-laws shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

ARTICLE VII

SECTION 7.01. Adoption, Amendment or Repeal of By-Laws . In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by law, the Board is expressly authorized to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws, subject to the power of the stockholders of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws; provided , that with respect to the powers of stockholders entitled to vote with respect thereto to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws, from and after the Trigger Event, in addition to any other vote otherwise required by law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class, shall be required to make, alter, amend or repeal the By-laws.

ARTICLE VIII

SECTION 8.01. Amendments . The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) any provision contained in this Certificate, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Certificate and the DGCL, and all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders by and pursuant to this Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article VIII. Notwithstanding the foregoing, from and after the Trigger Event, the provisions set forth in Article V, Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of Article VI, Articles VII, VIII, IX, X and XI may not be repealed or amended (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) in any respect, and no other provision may be adopted, amended (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) or repealed which would have the effect of modifying or permitting the circumvention of the provisions set forth in Article V, Sections 6.01 and 6.02 of Article VI, Articles VII, VIII, IX, X and XI, unless such action is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote with respect thereto, voting together as a single class.

 

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ARTICLE IX

SECTION 9.01. Limitation of Liability of Directors . To the fullest extent that the DGCL or any other law of the State of Delaware as it exists or as it may hereafter be amended permits the limitation or elimination of the liability of directors, no director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. To the fullest extent permitted by law, for purposes of this Section 9.01, “fiduciary duty as a director” shall include, without limitation, any fiduciary duty arising from serving at the Corporation’s request as a director of another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, foundation, association, organization, organization, employee benefit plan or other legal entity or enterprise. No amendment or repeal of this Section 9.01 shall apply to or have any effect on the liability or alleged liability of any director of the Corporation for or with respect to any acts or omissions of such director occurring prior to such amendment or repeal.

The Corporation shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the provisions of Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as the same may be amended and supplemented, indemnify any and all directors whom it shall have power to indemnify under such section from and against any and all of the expenses, liabilities or other matters referred to in or covered by such section, and the indemnification provided for herein shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those indemnified may be entitled under any By-law, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office, and shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

ARTICLE X

SECTION 10.01. Opt Out of Section 203 of the DGCL . The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

SECTION 10.02. Limitation on Certain Business Combinations . Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not engage in any business combination (as defined below), at any point in time at which the Corporation’s Class A Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, with any interested stockholder (as defined below) for a period of three years following the time that such stockholder became an interested stockholder, unless:

(a) prior to such time, the Board approved either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, or

(b) upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock (as defined below) of the Corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the voting stock outstanding (but not the outstanding voting stock owned by the interested stockholder) those shares owned by (i) persons who are directors and also officers or (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer, or

(c) at or subsequent to such time, the business combination is approved by the Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of stockholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation which is not owned by the interested stockholder.

 

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SECTION 10.03. Definitions . For purposes of this Article X, references to:

(a) “affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person.

(b) “associate,” when used to indicate a relationship with any person, means: (i) any corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity of which such person is a director, officer or partner or is, directly or indirectly, the owner of 20% or more of any class of voting stock; (ii) any trust or other estate in which such person has at least a 20% beneficial interest or as to which such person serves as trustee or in a similar fiduciary capacity; and (iii) any relative or spouse of such person, or any relative of such spouse, who has the same residence as such person.

(c) “business combination,” when used in reference to the Corporation and any interested stockholder of the Corporation, means:

(1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation (A) with the interested stockholder, or (B) with any other corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity if the merger or consolidation is caused by the interested stockholder and as a result of such merger or consolidation paragraph (C) of this Article X is not applicable to the surviving entity;

(2) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation, to or with the interested stockholder, whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Corporation or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which assets have an aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either the aggregate market value of all the assets of the Corporation determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding stock of the Corporation;

(3) any transaction which results in the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or by any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation of any stock of the Corporation or of such subsidiary to the interested stockholder, except: (A) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which securities were outstanding prior to the time that the interested stockholder became such; (B) pursuant to a merger under Section 251(g) of the DGCL; (C) pursuant to a dividend or distribution paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion of securities exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into stock of the Corporation or any such subsidiary which security is distributed, pro rata to all holders of a class or series of stock of the Corporation subsequent to the time the interested stockholder became such; (D) pursuant to an exchange offer by the Corporation to purchase stock made on the same terms to all holders of said stock; or (E) any issuance or transfer of stock by the Corporation; provided , however , that in no case under items (C)–(E) of this subsection (3) shall there be an increase in the interested stockholder’s proportionate share of the stock of any class or series of the Corporation or of the voting stock of the Corporation (except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments);

(4) any transaction involving the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation which has the effect, directly or indirectly, of increasing the proportionate share of the stock of any class or series, or securities convertible into the stock of any class or series, of the Corporation or of any such subsidiary which is owned by the interested stockholder, except as a result of immaterial changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result of any purchase or redemption of any shares of stock not caused, directly or indirectly, by the interested stockholder; or

(5) any receipt by the interested stockholder of the benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a stockholder of the Corporation), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges, or other financial benefits (other than those expressly permitted in subsections (1)–(4) above) provided by or through the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary.

 

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(d) “control,” including the terms “controlling,” “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 and policies of a person, whether through the ownership of voting stock, by contract, or otherwise. A person who is the owner of 20% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity shall be presumed to have control of such entity, in the absence of proof by a preponderance of the evidence to the contrary. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a presumption of control shall not apply where such person holds voting stock, in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing this Article X, as an agent, bank, broker, nominee, custodian or trustee for one or more owners who do not individually or as a group have control of such entity.

(e) “interested stockholder” means any person (other than the Corporation or any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Corporation) that (i) is the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Corporation and was the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting stock of the Corporation at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an interested stockholder, and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided , however , that the term “interested stockholder” shall not include (a) the Principal Stockholders or the permitted transferees, or (b) any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein is the result of any action taken solely by the Corporation; provided that such person specified in this clause (b) shall be an interested stockholder if thereafter such person acquires additional shares of voting stock of the Corporation, except as a result of further corporate action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an interested stockholder, the voting stock of the Corporation deemed to be outstanding shall include stock deemed to be owned by the person through application of the definition of “owner” below but shall not include any other unissued stock of the Corporation which may be issuable pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights, warrants or options, or otherwise.

(f) “owner,” including the terms “own” and “owned,” when used with respect to any stock, means a person that individually or with or through any of its affiliates or associates:

(1) beneficially owns such stock, directly or indirectly; or

(2) has (A) the right to acquire such stock (whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time) pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon the exercise of conversion rights, exchange rights, warrants or options, or otherwise; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of stock tendered pursuant to a tender or exchange offer made by such person or any of such person’s affiliates or associates until such tendered stock is accepted for purchase or exchange; or (B) the right to vote such stock pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding; provided , however , that a person shall not be deemed the owner of any stock because of such person’s right to vote such stock if the agreement, arrangement or understanding to vote such stock arises solely from a revocable proxy or consent given in response to a proxy or consent solicitation made to ten or more persons; or

(3) has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting (except voting pursuant to a revocable proxy or consent as described in item (B) of subsection (2) above), or disposing of such stock with any other person that beneficially owns, or whose affiliates or associates beneficially own, directly or indirectly, such stock.

(g) “permitted transferee” means any person who acquires voting stock of the Corporation from a Principal Stockholder (other than in a public offering) and who is designated in writing by such Principal Stockholder as a “permitted transferee.”

(h) “person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, unincorporated association or other entity.

(i) “stock” means, with respect to any corporation, capital stock and, with respect to any other entity, any equity interest.

 

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(j) “voting stock” means stock of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of directors.

ARTICLE XI

SECTION 11.01. Exclusive Forum for Adjudication of Disputes . Unless the Board or one of its committees otherwise approves, in accordance with Section 141 of the DGCL, this Certificate and the By-laws, to the selection of an alternate forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware does not have jurisdiction, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware, or, if the Superior Court of the State of Delaware also does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate or the By-laws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate or the By-laws or (v) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine (each, a “Covered Proceeding”).

SECTION 11.02. Personal Jurisdiction . If any action the subject matter of which is a Covered Proceeding is filed in a court other than the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, where permitted in accordance with Section 11.01 above, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware or the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, (each, a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any person or entity (a “Claiming Party”) without the prior approval of the Board or one of its committees in the manner described in Section 11.01 above, such Claiming Party shall be deemed to have consented to (i) the personal jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, or, where applicable, the Superior Court of the State of Delaware and the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, in connection with any action brought in any such courts to enforce Section 11.01 above (an “Enforcement Action”) and (ii) having service of process made upon such Claiming Party in any such Enforcement Action by service upon such Claiming Party’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such Claiming Party.

SECTION 11.03. Litigation Costs . Except to the extent prohibited by the DGCL, in the event that a Claiming Party shall initiate, assert, join, offer substantial assistance to or have a direct financial interest in any Foreign Action without the prior approval of the Board or one of its committees in the manner described in Section 11.01, each such Claiming Party shall be obligated jointly and severally to reimburse the Corporation and any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation made a party to such proceeding for all fees, costs and expenses of every kind and description (including, but not limited to, all attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses) that the parties may incur in connection with such Foreign Action.

SECTION 11.04. Notice and Consent . Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XI and waived any argument relating to the inconvenience of the forums reference above in connection with any Covered Proceeding.

ARTICLE XII

SECTION 12.01. Certain Stockholder Relationships . Because each Principal Stockholder is currently a stockholder of the Corporation and/or is entitled pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement with the right to designate members of the Board, and in anticipation that the Corporation and the Principal Stockholders and their respective Affiliates may engage in similar activities or lines of business and/or have an interest in the same areas of corporate opportunities, and in recognition of (i) the benefits to be derived by the Corporation through its continued contractual, corporate and business relations with the Principal Stockholders and their respective Affiliates (including the service of employees, officers or directors of the Principal Stockholders or their respective Affiliates as directors of the Corporation) and (ii) the potential difficulties attendant to any director fulfilling the full scope of such director’s fiduciary duties in any particular situation, the provisions of this Article XII are set forth to regulate, define and guide (a) the conduct of certain activities of the Corporation as such activities may involve the Principal

 

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Stockholders, their respective Affiliates and their respective officers and directors, and (b) the powers, rights, duties and liabilities of the Corporation and its officers, directors and stockholders in connection therewith. Any member of the Board designated by a Principal Stockholder pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement may consider both the interests of such Principal Stockholder and such Principal Stockholder’s obligations under the Stockholders Agreement in exercising such Board member’s powers, rights and duties as a director of the Corporation.

SECTION 12.02. Certain Business Activities .

(a) Subject to Section 12.03 and any contractual obligations by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates, including those business activities or lines of business deemed to be competing with the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective officers or directors, shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders, or to any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty, solely by reason of any such activities of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates, or of the participation therein by any officer or director of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates.

(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, but subject to any contractual obligations by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of its Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Corporation or any of the Corporation’s Affiliates, and without limiting Section 12.03, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees shall be deemed to have breached his, her or its fiduciary duties, if any, to the Corporation or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members solely by reason of engaging in any such activity.

SECTION 12.03. Corporate Opportunities . Subject to any contractual provisions by which the Corporation or any or all of the Principal Stockholders or their respective Affiliates may be bound from time to time, in the event that any Principal Stockholder or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Principal Stockholder (or any of its respective Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Corporation (or any of its Affiliates), on the other hand, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders, or any Affiliate of the Corporation or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty or otherwise, solely by reason of the fact that such Principal Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees acquires, pursues or obtains such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or otherwise does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, and the Corporation (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and their respective stockholders and Affiliates) to the fullest extent permitted by law hereby waives and renounces in accordance with Section 122(17) of the DGCL any claim that such business opportunity constituted a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to the Corporation or any of its Affiliates.

SECTION 12.04. Deemed Consent of Stockholders; Amendments . 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 to have consented to the provisions of this Article XII. Neither the alteration, amendment or repeal of this Article XII, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate inconsistent with this Article XII, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law, any modification of law, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this Article XII 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 XII, would accrue or arise, prior to the effective date of such alteration, amendment, repeal, adoption or modification.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

SECTION 13.01. Severability . If any provision or provisions of this Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Certificate 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 (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Certificate (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Certificate 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.

ARTICLE XIV

SECTION 14.01. Definitions . As used in this Certificate, unless the context requires otherwise, the term:

“The Advisory Board” means The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation.

“Affiliate” means a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any person, means the power to direct or cause the direction of the affairs or management of that person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee, personal representative or executor, by contract, credit arrangement or otherwise.

“Board” is defined in Section 4.02.

“Business Combination Transaction” is defined in Section 4.04.

“By-laws” means the by-laws of the Corporation, as such by-laws may be amended from time to time.

“Certificate” is defined in the preamble.

“Corporation” is defined in Section 1.01.

“Class A Common Stock” is defined in Section 4.01.

“Class B Common Stock” is defined in Section 4.01.

“Class B Common Units” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC.

“Claiming Party” is defined in Section 11.02.

“Common Stock” is defined in Section 4.01.

“Covered Proceeding” is defined in Section 11.01.

“DGCL” is defined in Section 3.01.

“Enforcement Action” is defined in Section 11.02.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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“Exchange Agreement” means that certain exchange agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Corporation, Evolent Health LLC and the holders of the Class B Common Units listed on Exhibit A thereto.

“Evolent Health LLC Operating Agreement” means the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

“Foreign Action” is defined in Section 11.02.

“Original Certificate of Incorporation” is defined in the preamble to this Certificate.

“Preferred Stock” is defined in Section 4.01.

“Preferred Stock Directors” is defined in Section 5.02.

“Principal Stockholder” means each of (1) the TPG Investor, (2) UPMC and (3) The Advisory Board.

“Share Exchange” means a share exchange involving more than 50% of the shares of the Common Stock. Share exchanges effected in accordance with the Exchange Agreement shall not constitute a “Share Exchange” for purposes of this Certificate.

“Stock Adjustment” is defined in Section 4.03(b)(3).

“Stockholders Agreement” means that certain stockholders agreement, by and among the Corporation and The Advisory Board, the TPG Investor and UPMC, dated the date hereof.

“Tax Receivables Agreement” means the tax receivables agreement, by and among the Corporation, the TPG Investor, The Advisory Board, UPMC, Ptolemy Capital, LLC and certain holders of Class A Common Stock, dated the date hereof.

“TPG Investor” means collectively, (1) TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and (2) TPG Eagle Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

“Trigger Event” means the first date on which the Principal Stockholders cease collectively to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

“UPMC” means UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.

“Underwriting Agreement” means that certain underwriting agreement, dated the date hereof, among the Corporation, Evolent Health LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, pursuant to which the Corporation is conducting an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Certificate to be executed by the officer below this 4 th day of June, 2015.

 

By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel

 

 

[ Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation ]

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS OF

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

Effective as of June 4, 2015

ARTICLE I

Offices

SECTION 1.01. Registered Office. The registered office of EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. (hereinafter called the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware shall be at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19808, and the registered agent shall be Corporation Service Company, or such other office or agent as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) shall from time to time select.

SECTION 1.02. Other Offices. The Corporation may also have an office or offices, and keep the books and records of the Corporation, except as may otherwise be required by law, at such other place or places, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine or the business of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

Meetings of Stockholders

SECTION 2.01. Place of Meeting. All meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation (the “stockholders”) shall be at a place to be determined by the Board.

SECTION 2.02. Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting shall be held on such date and at such hour as shall from time to time be fixed by the Board. Any previously scheduled annual meeting of the stockholders may be postponed by action of the Board taken prior to the time previously scheduled for such annual meeting of the stockholders.

SECTION 2.03. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only in the manner set forth in the Certificate. Notice of every special meeting of the stockholders shall state the purpose or purposes of such meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, the business conducted at a special meeting of stockholders shall be limited exclusively to the business set forth in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, and the individual or group calling such meeting shall have exclusive authority to determine the business included in such notice.

SECTION 2.04. Notice of Meetings. Except as otherwise provided by law, notice of each meeting of the stockholders, whether annual or special, shall be given by the Corporation not less than 10 days nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to notice of the meeting and shall be called by the Corporation. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail, postage prepaid, directed to the stockholder at such stockholder’s address as it appears on the records of the Corporation. Each such notice shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Notice of any meeting of the stockholders shall not be required to be given to any stockholder who shall attend such meeting in person or by proxy without protesting, prior to or at the commencement of the meeting, the lack of proper notice to such stockholder, or who shall waive notice thereof as provided in Article X of these By-laws. Notice of adjournment of a meeting of the stockholders need not be given if the time and place to which it is adjourned are announced at such meeting, unless the adjournment is for more than 30 days or, after adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting.


SECTION 2.05. Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate, the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders entitled to vote generally, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the stockholders; provided , however , that in the case of any vote to be taken by classes or series, the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders of a particular class or series, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum of such class or series.

SECTION 2.06. Adjournments. The chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders who are present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting from time to time whether or not a quorum is present. In the event that a quorum does not exist with respect to any vote to be taken by a particular class or series, the chairman of the meeting or the holders of a majority of the votes entitled to be cast by the stockholders of such class or series who are present in person or by proxy may adjourn the meeting with respect to the vote(s) to be taken by such class or series. At any such adjourned meeting at which a quorum may be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

SECTION 2.07. Order of Business; Stockholder Proposals. (a) At each meeting of the stockholders, the Chairman, or, in the absence of the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer (if the position is held by an individual other than the Chairman) or, in the absence of the Chairman and the Chief Executive Officer, such person as shall be selected by the Board shall act as chairman of the meeting. The order of business at each such meeting shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting. Except to the extent inconsistent with the rules and procedures as adopted by the Board or these By-laws, the chairman of the meeting shall have the right and authority to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts and things as are necessary or desirable for the proper conduct of the meeting, including, without limitation, the establishment of procedures for the maintenance of order and safety, limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments on the affairs of the Corporation, restrictions on entry to such meeting after the time prescribed for the commencement thereof and the opening and closing of the voting polls.

(b) At any annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been brought before the annual meeting (i) by or at the direction of the chairman of the meeting or (ii) by any stockholder who is a holder of record at the time of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.07, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.07.

(c) For business properly to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days earlier or more than 30 days later than such anniversary date or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of such meeting is first made; provided , further , that for the purpose of calculating the timeliness of stockholder notices for the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting shall be deemed to be June 1, 2015. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.07.

(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth in writing as to each matter the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:

(1) the name and record address of each stockholder proposing such business, as they appear on the Corporation’s books;

(2) as to each stockholder proposing such business, the name and address of (i) any other beneficial owner of stock of the Corporation that are owned by such stockholder and (ii) any person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the stockholder or such beneficial owner (each, a “Stockholder Associated Person”);

 

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(3) as to each stockholder proposing such business and any Stockholder Associated Person, (i) the class or series and number of shares of stock directly or indirectly held of record and beneficially by the stockholder proposing such business or Stockholder Associated Person, (ii) the date such shares of stock were acquired, (iii) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, direct or indirect, with respect to such business between or among the stockholder proposing such business, any Stockholder Associated Person or any others (including their names) acting in concert with any of the foregoing, (iv) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative or short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into, directly or indirectly, as of the date of such stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, the stockholder proposing such business or any Stockholder Associated Person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of the stockholder proposing such business or any Stockholder Associated Person with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation (a “Derivative”), (v) a description in reasonable detail of any proxy (including revocable proxies), contract, arrangement, understanding or other relationship pursuant to which the stockholder proposing such business or Stockholder Associated Person has a right to vote any shares of stock of the Corporation, (vi) any rights to dividends on the stock of the Corporation owned beneficially by the stockholder proposing such business or Stockholder Associated Person that are separated or separable from the underlying stock of the Corporation, (vii) any proportionate interest in stock of the Corporation or Derivatives held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which the stockholder proposing such business or Stockholder Associated Person is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner and (viii) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that the stockholder proposing such business or Stockholder Associated Person is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of stock of the Corporation or Derivatives thereof, if any, as of the date of such notice. The information specified in Section 2.07(d)(1) to (3) is referred to herein as “Stockholder Information”;

(4) a representation that each such stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business;

(5) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these By-laws, the text of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the meeting;

(6) any material interest of the stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person in such business;

(7) a representation as to whether such stockholder intends (i) to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt such business or (ii) otherwise to solicit proxies from the stockholders in support of such business;

(8) all other information that would be required to be filed with the SEC if the stockholder or any Stockholder Associated Person were participants in a solicitation subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act; and

(9) a representation that the stockholder shall provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

(e) Such stockholders shall also provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation within five business days after such request.

(f) In addition, such stockholder shall further update and supplement the information provided to the Corporation in the notice or upon the Corporation’s request pursuant to Section 2.07(e) as needed, so that such information shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is the later of

 

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10 business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement must be delivered personally or mailed to, and received at the office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary, by no later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than seven business days before the date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(g) 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 and such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by management of the Corporation to solicit proxies for such annual meeting; provided , however , that if such stockholder does not appear or send a Qualified Representative to present such proposal at such annual meeting, the Corporation need not present such proposal for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation; and provided further , that the foregoing shall not imply any obligation beyond that required by applicable law to include a stockholder’s proposal in a proxy statement prepared by management of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at any annual meeting except in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.07.

(h) The chairman of an annual meeting may refuse to permit any business to be brought before an annual meeting which fails to comply with this Section 2.07 or, in the case of a stockholder proposal, if the stockholder solicits proxies in support of such stockholder’s proposal without having made the representation required by Section 2.07(d)(7).

(i) The provisions of this Section 2.07 shall govern all business related to stockholder proposals at the annual meeting of stockholders; provided that business related to the election or nomination of directors shall be governed by the provisions of Section 3.03 and not by this Section 2.07.

SECTION 2.08. List of Stockholders. It shall be the duty of the Secretary or other officer who has charge of the stock ledger to prepare and make, at least 10 days before each meeting of the stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote thereat, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in such stockholder’s name. Such list shall be produced and kept available at the times and places required by law.

SECTION 2.09. Voting.

(a) Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate, each stockholder of record of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled at each meeting of the stockholders to such number of votes, if any, for each share of such stock as may be fixed in the Certificate or in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such stock, and each stockholder of record of Common Stock shall be entitled at each meeting of the stockholders to one vote for each share of such stock, in each case, registered in such stockholder’s name on the books of the Corporation:

(1) on the date fixed pursuant to Section 7.06 of these By-laws as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at such meeting; or

(2) if no such record date shall have been so fixed, then at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice of such 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.

(b) Each stockholder entitled to vote at any meeting of the stockholders may authorize not in excess of three persons to act for such stockholder by proxy. Any such proxy shall be delivered to the secretary of such meeting at or prior to the time designated for holding such meeting, but in any event not later than the time designated in the order of business for so delivering such proxies. No such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period.

 

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(c) Except as otherwise required by law and except as otherwise provided in the Certificate or these By-laws, at each meeting of the stockholders, all corporate actions to be taken by vote of the stockholders shall be authorized by a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote thereon who are present in person or represented by proxy, and where a separate vote by class or series is required, a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders of such class or series who are present in person or represented by proxy shall be the act of such class or series.

(d) Unless required by law or determined by the chairman of the meeting to be advisable, the vote on any matter, including the election of directors, need not be by written ballot.

SECTION 2.10. Inspectors. The chairman of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at any meeting of the stockholders. Such inspectors shall perform such duties as shall be required by law or specified by the chairman of the meeting. Inspectors need not be stockholders. No director or nominee for the office of director shall be appointed such inspector.

ARTICLE III

Board of Directors

SECTION 3.01. General Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by law or by the Certificate directed or required to be exercised or done by the stockholders.

SECTION 3.02. Number, Qualification and Election.

(a) Except as otherwise fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of Article IV of the Certificate relating to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, the number of directors constituting the Whole Board shall be determined pursuant to the Certificate, with the then-authorized number of directors being fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board. The term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directors, whether or not there exist any vacancies or unfilled previously authorized directorships. The election and terms of office of directors shall be governed by the Certificate. Subject to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (as long as such agreement remains in effect), each director shall hold office until a successor is duly elected and qualified or until the director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal.

(b) Unless the Board determines otherwise or the Stockholders Agreement provides otherwise (as long as such agreement remains in effect), to be eligible to be a nominee for election or reelection as a director, a person must deliver (in accordance with the time periods prescribed for delivery of notice by the Board) to the Secretary at the office of the Corporation a written questionnaire with respect to the background and qualification of such person and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made (which questionnaire shall be provided by the Secretary upon written request) and a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that such person (A) is not and will not become a party to (i) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such person will act or vote as a director on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (ii) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such person’s ability to comply with such person’s fiduciary duties as a director under applicable law, (B) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein and (C) in such person’s individual capacity and on behalf of any person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made, would be in compliance, and will comply with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation that are applicable to directors; provided , however , that unless the Stockholders Agreement provides otherwise (as long as such agreement is in effect), the provisions of this Section 3.02 shall not apply to any director nominated by a Principal Stockholder pursuant to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement.

 

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SECTION 3.03. Notification of Nominations. (a) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders Agreement, nominations for the election of directors may be made only by (1) the Board (or a designated committee thereof) or (2) by any stockholder who is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice of nomination provided for in this Section 3.03 and who is entitled to vote for the election of directors.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the Common Stock as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders Agreement, any stockholder of record entitled to vote for the election of directors at a meeting may nominate persons for election as directors only if timely written notice of such stockholder’s intent to make such nomination is given, either by personal delivery or by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) with respect to an election to be held at an annual meeting of the stockholders, not less than 120 days nor more than 150 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting; provided , however , that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is more than 30 days earlier or more than 30 days later than such anniversary date or if no annual meeting was held in the preceding year, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or received not earlier than the 120th day prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which Public Announcement of the date of such meeting is first made; provided further , that for the purpose of calculating the timeliness of stockholder notices for the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders, the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting shall be deemed to be June 1, 2015 and (ii) with respect to an election to be held at a special meeting of the stockholders for the election of directors, not earlier than the 60th day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the 40th day prior to such special meeting; provided , however , that if less than 50 days’ notice or prior Public Announcement of the date of the special meeting of the stockholders is given or made to the stockholders, then to be timely such notice must be received by the Corporation no later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which a notice of the date of the special meeting was mailed to the stockholders or the Public Announcement of the date of the meeting was made. In no event shall an adjournment or postponement, or Public Announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an annual or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 3.03.

(c) Each such notice shall set forth:

(1) the Stockholder Information with respect to such stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Persons;

(2) a representation that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote in the meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such nomination;

(3) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the stockholder and each nominee and any other person or persons (naming such person or persons) pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder;

(4) a description of all direct and indirect compensation and other material monetary agreements, arrangements and understandings during the past three years, and any other material relationships, between or among the stockholder and any Stockholder Associated Person or any of their respective affiliates or associates or other parties with whom they are acting in concert, including all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Rule 404 promulgated under Regulation S-K if the stockholder, Stockholder Associated Person or any person acting in concert therewith, were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and each nominee were a director or executive of such registrant;

(5) such other information regarding each nominee proposed by such stockholder and Stockholder Associated Person as would have been required to be included in a proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission had each nominee been nominated, or intended to be nominated, by the Board and a completed signed questionnaire, representation and agreement required by Section 3.02(b);

 

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(6) a representation as to whether such stockholder intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve the nomination or (b) otherwise to solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such nomination; and

(7) a representation that the stockholders shall provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation.

(d) Such stockholders shall also provide any other information reasonably requested by the Corporation within five business days after such request.

(e) In addition, such stockholders shall further update and supplement the information provided to the Corporation in the notice of nomination or upon the Corporation’s request pursuant to Section 3.03(e) as needed, so that such information shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. Such update and supplement must be delivered personally or mailed to, and received at the office of the Corporation, addressed to the Secretary, by no later than five business days after the record date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than seven business days before the date for the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof).

(f) The chairman of the meeting may refuse to acknowledge the nomination of any person not made in compliance with the foregoing procedure or if the stockholder solicits proxies in favor of such stockholder’s nominee(s) without having made the representations required Section 3.03(c)(7).

(g) If such stockholder does not appear or send a Qualified Representative to present such proposal at such meeting, the Corporation need not present such proposal for a vote at such meeting, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such vote may have been received by the Corporation.

(h) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock or any class or series of stock having a preference over the common stock of the Corporation as to dividends or upon dissolution, liquidation or winding up, and except as otherwise provided by the Stockholders Agreement, only such persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3.03 shall be eligible to serve as directors of the Corporation.

(i) Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.03 to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an annual meeting of the stockholders is increased and there is no Public Announcement naming all of the nominees for directors or specifying the size of the increased Board made by the Corporation at least 120 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of the immediately preceding annual meeting, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 3.03 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be delivered to or mailed to and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which such Public Announcement is first made by the Corporation.

SECTION 3.04. Quorum and Manner of Acting. Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate or these By-laws, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and, except as so provided, 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. The chairman of the meeting or a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting to another time and place whether or not a quorum is present. At any adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

 

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SECTION 3.05. Place of Meeting. Subject to Sections 3.06 and 3.07, the Board may hold its meetings at such place or places within or without the State of Delaware as the Board may from time to time determine, or as shall be specified or fixed in the respective notices or waivers of notice thereof.

SECTION 3.06. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the Board shall be held at such times as the Board shall from time to time determine, at such locations as the Board may determine. If any day fixed for a regular meeting shall be a legal holiday under the laws of the place where the meeting is to be held, the meeting which would otherwise be held on that day shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding business day. No fewer than four meetings of the Board shall be held per year.

SECTION 3.07. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board shall be held whenever called (a) by the Chairman of the Board, (b) by the Chief Executive Officer, (c) by two or more directors or (d) if prior to the Trigger Event, by or at the direction of a director designated for nomination by a Principal Stockholder, and shall be held at such place, on such date and at such time as he or they, as applicable, shall fix.

SECTION 3.08. Notice of Meetings. Notice of regular meetings of the Board or of any adjourned meeting thereof need not be given. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given by overnight delivery service or mailed to each director, in either case addressed to such director at such director’s residence or usual place of business, at least two days before the day on which the meeting is to be held or shall be sent to such director at such place by telecopy or by electronic transmission or shall be given personally or by telephone, not later than the day before the meeting is to be held, but notice need not be given to any director who shall, either before or after the meeting, submit a waiver of such notice or who shall attend such meeting without protesting, prior to or at its commencement, the lack of notice to such director. Unless otherwise required by these By-laws, every such notice shall state the time and place but need not state the purpose of the meeting.

SECTION 3.09. Rules and Regulations. The Board may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of law, the Certificate or these By-laws for the conduct of its meetings and management of the affairs of the Corporation as the Board may deem proper.

SECTION 3.10. Participation in Meeting by Means of Communications Equipment. Any one or more members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in any meeting of the Board or of any such committee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other or as otherwise permitted by law, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

SECTION 3.11. Action Without Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by these By-laws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all of the members of the Board or of any such committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing, by electronic transmission or as otherwise permitted by law and, if required by law, the writings or electronic transmissions are filed with the minutes or proceedings of the Board or of such committee. 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 3.12. Removals; Resignations. The directors of the Corporation may be removed in accordance with the Certificate and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). Any director of the Corporation may at any time resign by notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Board, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Such resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or, if the time be not specified therein, upon receipt thereof; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

SECTION 3.13. Compensation. Each director that is not otherwise an employee of the Corporation, in consideration of such person serving as a director, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount per annum and such fees (payable in cash or stock-based compensation) for attendance at meetings of the Board or of committees of the Board, or both, as the Board or a committee thereof shall from time to time determine. In addition, each such director shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation reimbursement for the reasonable expenses incurred by such person in connection with the performance of such person’s duties as a director. Nothing contained in this Section 3.13 shall preclude any such director from serving the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.

 

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ARTICLE IV

Committees of the Board of Directors

SECTION 4.01. Committees of the Board. The provisions of this Article IV are subject in all respects to the terms of the Stockholders Agreement (so long as such agreement remains in effect). The Board shall designate such committees as may be required by the rules of the New York Stock Exchange (or any other principal United States exchange upon which the shares of the Corporation may be listed) and may from time to time designate other committees of the Board (including an executive committee), with such lawfully delegable powers and duties as it thereby confers, to serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall, for those committees and any others provided for herein, elect a director or directors to serve as the member or members, designating, if it desires, other directors as alternate members who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

SECTION 4.02. Conduct of Business. Any committee, to the extent allowed by law and provided in the resolution establishing such committee or the charter of such committee, shall have and may exercise all the duly delegated powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The Board shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which proceedings of any such committee shall be conducted. In the absence of any such prescription, any such committee shall have the power to prescribe the manner in which its proceedings shall be conducted. Unless the Board or such committee shall otherwise provide, regular and special meetings and other actions of any such committee shall be governed by the provisions of Article III applicable to meetings and actions of the Board. Each committee shall keep regular minutes and report on its actions to the Board.

ARTICLE V

Officers

SECTION 5.01. Number; Term of Office. The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board and shall consist of: a Chairman of the Board, a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer. In addition, the Board may elect a President, a Chief Operating Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (including, without limitation, Assistant, Executive, Senior and Group Vice Presidents), a Controller and such other officers and agents with such titles and such duties as the Board may from time to time determine, each to have such authority, functions or duties as provided in these By-laws or as the Board may from time to time determine, and each to hold office for such term as may be prescribed by the Board and until such person’s successor shall have been chosen and shall qualify, or until such person’s death or resignation, or until such person’s removal in the manner hereinafter provided. One person may hold the offices and perform the duties of any two or more of said officers; provided , however , that no officer shall execute, acknowledge or verify any instrument in more than one capacity if such instrument is required by law, the Certificate or these By-laws to be executed, acknowledged or verified by two or more officers. The Board may require any officer or agent to give security for the faithful performance of such person’s duties. Subject to the Stockholders Agreement, any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board.

SECTION 5.02. Removal. Subject to Section 5.14, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board at any meeting thereof called for the purpose, by the Chief Executive Officer, or by any other superior officer upon whom such power may be conferred by the Board.

SECTION 5.03. Resignation. Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice to the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary. Any such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such notice or at any later date specified therein; and, unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

 

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SECTION 5.04. Chairman of the Board. The Chairman of the Board may be an officer of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, and shall report directly to the Board.

SECTION 5.05. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall have general supervision and direction of the business and affairs of the Corporation, subject to the control of the Board, and shall report directly to the Board.

SECTION 5.06. President. The President shall perform such senior duties as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer (if the position is held by an individual other than the Chief Executive Officer) or as the Board shall from time to time determine.

SECTION 5.07. Chief Operating Officer. The Chief Operating Officer shall perform such senior duties in connection with the operations of the Corporation as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board shall from time to time determine.

SECTION 5.08. Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all the powers and duties of the office of the chief financial officer and in general have overall supervision of the financial operations of the Corporation. The Chief Financial Officer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine. The Chief Financial Officer shall report directly to the Chief Executive Officer.

SECTION 5.09. Vice Presidents. Any Vice President shall have such powers and duties as shall be prescribed by his superior officer or the Board. A Vice President shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine. A Vice President need not be an officer of the Corporation and shall not be deemed an officer of the Corporation unless elected by the Board.

SECTION 5.10. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall supervise and be responsible for all the funds and securities of the Corporation; the deposit of all moneys and other valuables to the credit of the Corporation in depositories of the Corporation; borrowings and compliance with the provisions of all indentures, agreements and instruments governing such borrowings to which the Corporation is a party; the disbursement of funds of the Corporation and the investment of its funds; and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he or she may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine.

SECTION 5.11. Controller. The Controller shall be the chief accounting officer of the Corporation. The Controller shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine.

SECTION 5.12. Secretary. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to act as secretary at all meetings of the Board, of the committees of the Board and of the stockholders and to record the proceedings of such meetings in a book or books to be kept for that purpose; the Secretary shall see that all notices required to be given by the Corporation are duly given and served; the Secretary shall be custodian of the seal of the Corporation and when deemed necessary shall affix the seal or cause it to be affixed to all certificates of stock, if any, of the Corporation (unless the seal of the Corporation on such certificates shall be a facsimile, as hereinafter provided) and to all documents, the execution of which on behalf of the Corporation under its seal is duly authorized in accordance with the provisions of these By-laws; the Secretary shall have charge of the books, records and papers of the Corporation and shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required by law to be kept and filed are properly kept and filed; and in general shall perform all of the duties incident to the office of Secretary. The Secretary shall, when requested, counsel with and advise the other officers of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties as he or she may agree with the Chief Executive Officer or as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

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SECTION 5.13. Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and Assistant Secretaries. Any Assistant Treasurers, Assistant Controllers and Assistant Secretaries shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them by the Board or by the Treasurer, Controller or Secretary, respectively, or by the Chief Executive Officer. An Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant Secretary need not be an officer of the Corporation and shall not be deemed an officer of the Corporation unless elected by the Board.

SECTION 5.14. Additional Matters. The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation shall have the authority to designate employees of the Corporation to have the title of Vice President, Assistant Vice President, Assistant Treasurer, Assistant Controller or Assistant Secretary. Any employee so designated shall have the powers and duties determined by the officer making such designation. The persons upon whom such titles are conferred shall not be deemed officers of the Corporation unless elected by the Board.

ARTICLE VI

Indemnification

SECTION 6.01. Right to Indemnification. The Corporation, to the fullest extent permitted or required by the DGCL or other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment and unless applicable law otherwise requires, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), shall indemnify and hold harmless any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed investigation, claim, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (including, without limitation, any action, suit or proceedings by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor) (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that such 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 (including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan) (a “Covered Entity”) against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding; provided , however , that the foregoing shall not apply to a director or officer of the Corporation with respect to a Proceeding that was commenced by such director or officer unless the Proceeding (i) was commenced after a Change in Control (as hereinafter defined in Section 6.05(e) of this Article VI); (ii) is brought by way of defense or counterclaim; (iii) is to enforce such director’s or officer’s rights to indemnification, advancement or contribution under any agreement, certificate of incorporation, by-laws or statute or other law; or (iv) was authorized by the Board. Any director or officer of the Corporation entitled to indemnification as provided in this Section 6.01 is hereinafter called an “Indemnitee”. Any right of an Indemnitee to indemnification shall be a contract right and shall include the right to receive, prior to the conclusion of any Proceeding, payment of any expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of the DGCL or other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment and unless applicable law otherwise requires, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader rights to payment of expenses than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), and the other provisions of this Article VI.

SECTION 6.02. Insurance, Contracts and Funding. The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or of any Covered Entity against any expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement as specified in Section 6.01 or incurred by any such director, officer, employee or agent in connection with any Proceeding referred to in Section 6.01, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL. The Corporation may enter into contracts with any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or of any Covered Entity in furtherance of the provisions of this Article VI and may create a trust fund, grant a security interest or use other means (including, without limitation, a letter of credit) to ensure the payment of such amounts as may be necessary to effect indemnification as provided or authorized in this Article VI.

 

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SECTION 6.03. Indemnification Not Exclusive Right . The right of indemnification provided in this Article VI shall not be deemed to be exclusive of any other rights to which an Indemnitee may otherwise be entitled under the Certificate, any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, and the provisions of this Article VI shall inure to the benefit of the heirs and legal representatives of any Indemnitee under this Article VI and shall be applicable to Proceedings commenced or continuing after the adoption of this Article VI, whether arising from acts or omissions occurring before or after such adoption. To the extent that a change in the DGCL, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification than would be afforded currently under the Certificate, these By-laws or any other agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that an Indemnitee shall enjoy the greater benefits so afforded by such change. No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.

SECTION 6.04. Indemnification Priority . The Corporation hereby acknowledges that one or more Indemnitees may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by certain entities which hold an interest in the Corporation and have designated certain directors to serve on the Board (“Designating Stockholders”). The Corporation hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to an Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Designating Stockholders or their insurers to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by an Indemnitee is secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of the Certificate, these By-laws or any other agreement between the Corporation and an Indemnitee, without regard to any rights an Indemnitee may have against the Designating Stockholders or their insurers, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Designating Stockholders from any and all claims against the Designating Stockholders for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.

SECTION 6.05. Advancement of Expenses; Procedures; Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings; Remedies . In furtherance, but not in limitation of the foregoing provisions, the following procedures, presumptions and remedies shall apply with respect to advancement of expenses and the right to indemnification under this Article VI:

(a) Advancement of Expenses . All reasonable expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding shall be advanced to the Indemnitee by the Corporation within 20 days after the receipt by the Corporation of a statement or statements from the Indemnitee requesting such advance or advances from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding. Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee and, if required by law at the time of such advance, shall include or be accompanied by an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amounts advanced if ultimately it should be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified against such expenses pursuant to this Article VI; provided that such undertaking shall be unsecured and interest free and shall be accepted without regard to an Indemnitee’s ability to repay amounts advanced and without regard to an Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification.

(b) Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification . (i) To obtain indemnification under this Article VI, an Indemnitee shall submit to the Secretary a written request, including such documentation and information as is reasonably available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification (the “Supporting Documentation”). The determination of the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made not later than 180 days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request for indemnification together with the Supporting Documentation. The Secretary shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board in writing that the Indemnitee has requested indemnification.

(ii) The Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification under this Article VI shall be determined in one of the following ways: (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors (as hereinafter defined in Section 6.05(e)), whether or not they constitute a quorum of the Board, or by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors; (B) by a written opinion of Independent

 

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Counsel (as hereinafter defined in Section 6.05(e)) if (x) a Change in Control shall have occurred and the Indemnitee so requests or (y) there are no Disinterested Directors or a majority of such Disinterested Directors so directs; (C) by the stockholders of the Corporation; or (D) as provided in Section 6.05(c).

(iii) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 6.05(b)(ii), a majority of the Disinterested Directors shall select the Independent Counsel, but only an Independent Counsel to which the Indemnitee does not reasonably object; provided , however , that if a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Indemnitee shall select such Independent Counsel, but only an Independent Counsel to which a majority of the Disinterested Directors does not reasonably object.

(c) Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings . Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Article VI, if a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification under this Article VI (with respect to actions or omissions occurring prior to such Change in Control) upon submission of a request for indemnification together with the Supporting Documentation in accordance with Section 6.05(b)(i), and thereafter the Corporation shall have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption in reaching a contrary determination. In any event, if the person or persons empowered under Section 6.05(b) to determine entitlement to indemnification shall not have been appointed or shall not have made a determination within 180 days after receipt by the Corporation of the request therefor, together with the Supporting Documentation, the Indemnitee shall be deemed to be, and shall be, entitled to indemnification unless (A) the Indemnitee misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact in making the request for indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or (B) such indemnification is prohibited by law. The termination of any Proceeding described in Section 6.01, or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, adversely affect the right of the Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner which the Indemnitee reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation or, with respect to any criminal proceeding, that the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that such conduct was unlawful.

(d) Remedies of Indemnitee . (i) In the event that a determination is made pursuant to Section 6.05(b) that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Article VI, (A) the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek an adjudication of entitlement to such indemnification either, at the Indemnitee’s sole option, in (x) an appropriate court of the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction or (y) an arbitration to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the rules of the American Arbitration Association; (B) any such judicial proceeding or arbitration shall be de novo and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of such adverse determination; and (C) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, in any such judicial proceeding or arbitration, the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Article VI (with respect to actions or omissions occurring prior to such Change in Control).

(ii) If a determination shall have been made or deemed to have been made, pursuant to Section 6.05(b) or (c) of this Article VI, that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Corporation shall be obligated to pay the amounts constituting such indemnification within 45 days after such determination has been made or deemed to have been made and shall be conclusively bound by such determination unless (A) the Indemnitee misrepresented or failed to disclose a material fact in making the request for indemnification or in the Supporting Documentation or (B) such indemnification is prohibited by law. In the event that (X) advancement of expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 6.05(a) of this Article VI or (Y) payment of indemnification is not made within 45 days after a determination of entitlement to indemnification has been made or deemed to have been made pursuant to Section 6.05(b) or (c) of this Article VI, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to seek judicial enforcement of the Corporation’s obligation to pay to the Indemnitee such advancement of expenses or indemnification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation may bring an action, in an appropriate court in the State of Delaware or any other court of competent jurisdiction, contesting the right of the Indemnitee to receive indemnification hereunder due to the occurrence of an event described in sub-clause (A) or (B) of this clause (ii) (a “Disqualifying Event”); provided , however , that in any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving the occurrence of such Disqualifying Event.

 

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(iii) The Corporation shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 6.05(d) that the procedures and presumptions of this Article VI are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Corporation is bound by all the provisions of this Article VI.

(iv) In the event that the Indemnitee, pursuant to this Section 6.05(d), seeks a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Article VI, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Corporation, and shall be indemnified by the Corporation against, any expenses actually and reasonably incurred by the Indemnitee if the Indemnitee prevails in such judicial adjudication or arbitration. If it shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that the Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advancement of expenses sought, the expenses incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be prorated accordingly.

(e) Definitions . For purposes of this Article VI:

(i) “Authorized Officer” means any one of the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President or the Secretary of the Corporation.

(ii) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following: (w) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation in which the Corporation is not the continuing or surviving corporation or pursuant to which shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or other property, other than a merger of the Corporation in which the holders of the Corporation’s Common Stock immediately prior to the merger have the same proportionate ownership of common stock of the surviving corporation immediately after the merger, (x) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of related transactions) of all, or substantially all, the assets of the Corporation, or the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation or (y) individuals who would constitute a majority of the members of the Board elected at any meeting of stockholders or by written consent (without regard to any members of the Board elected pursuant to the terms of any series of Preferred Stock) shall be elected to the Board and the election or the nomination for election by the stockholders of such directors was not approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors in office immediately prior to such election.

(iii) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Corporation who is not or was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by the Indemnitee.

(iv) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm or a member of a law firm that neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent: (x) the Corporation or the Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party or (y) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification under this Article VI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing under the law of the State of Delaware, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Corporation or the Indemnitee in an action to determine the Indemnitee’s rights under this Article VI.

SECTION 6.06. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article VI shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VI (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves 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 VI (including, without limitation, all portions of any paragraph of this Article VI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that are not themselves invalid, illegal or enforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

SECTION 6.07. Indemnification of Employees Serving as Directors. The Corporation, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the indemnification of directors and officers of the Corporation, shall indemnify any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any

 

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threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by reason of the fact that such employee is or was serving (a) as a director of a corporation in which the Corporation had at the time of such service, directly or indirectly, a 50% or greater equity interest (a “Subsidiary Director”) or (b) at the written request of an Authorized Officer, as a director of another corporation in which the Corporation had at the time of such service, directly or indirectly, a less than 50% equity interest (or no equity interest at all) or in a capacity equivalent to that of a director for any partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (including, without limitation, any employee benefit plan) in which the Corporation has an interest (a “Requested Employee”), against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Subsidiary Director or Requested Employee in connection with such Proceeding. The Corporation, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation, shall also advance expenses incurred by any such Subsidiary Director or Requested Employee in connection with any such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 6.08. Indemnification of Employees and Agents. Notwithstanding any other provision or provisions of this Article VI, the Corporation, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the indemnification of directors and officers of the Corporation, may indemnify any person other than a director or officer of the Corporation, a Subsidiary Director or a Requested Employee, who is or was an employee or agent of the Corporation and who is or was involved in any manner (including, without limitation, as a party or a witness) or is threatened to be made so involved in any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or of a Covered Entity against all expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding. The Corporation may also advance expenses incurred by such employee or agent in connection with any such Proceeding, consistent with the provisions of this Article VI with respect to the advancement of expenses of directors and officers of the Corporation.

SECTION 6.09. Effect of Amendment or Repeal . Any right to indemnification of any person arising hereunder shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal of this Article VI after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the Proceeding for which indemnification is sought.

ARTICLE VII

Capital Stock

SECTION 7.01. Certificates for Shares and Uncertificated Shares. (a) The shares of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated shares that may be evidenced by a book-entry system maintained by the registrar of such stock, or shall be represented by certificates, or a combination of both. To the extent that shares are represented by certificates, such certificates, whenever authorized by the Board, shall be in such form as shall be approved by the Board. The certificates representing shares of stock of each class shall be signed by, or in the name of, the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or by any Vice President, and by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary or the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation, and sealed with the seal of the Corporation, which may be a facsimile thereof. Any or all such signatures may be facsimiles if countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar. Although any officer, transfer agent or registrar whose manual or facsimile signature is affixed to such a certificate ceases to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate has been issued, it may nevertheless be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such officer, transfer agent or registrar were still such at the date of its issue.

(b) The stock ledger and blank share certificates, if any, shall be kept by the Secretary or by a transfer agent or by a registrar or by any other officer or agent designated by the Board.

SECTION 7.02. Transfer of Shares. Transfers of shares of stock of each class of the Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation upon authorization by the registered holder thereof, or by such holder’s attorney thereunto authorized by a power of attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or a transfer agent for such stock, if any, and if such shares are represented by a certificate, upon surrender of the certificate or certificates for such shares properly endorsed or accompanied by a duly executed stock transfer power

 

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(or by proper evidence of succession, assignment or authority to transfer) and the payment of any taxes thereon; provided , however , that the Corporation shall be entitled to recognize and enforce any lawful restriction on transfer. The person in whose name shares are registered on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof for all purposes as regards the Corporation; provided , however , that whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security and not absolutely, and written notice thereof shall be given to the Secretary or to such transfer agent, such fact shall be stated in the entry of the transfer. No transfer of shares shall be valid as against the Corporation, its stockholders and creditors for any purpose, except to render the transferee liable for the debts of the Corporation to the extent provided by law, until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred; provided , however , that transfers of shares of the Class B Common Stock shall be made only in accordance with the provisions related thereto contained in the Certificate.

SECTION 7.03. Registered Stockholders and Addresses of Stockholders. The Corporation shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its records as the owner of shares of stock to receive dividends and to vote as such owner, shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments a person registered on its records as the owner of shares of stock, and shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares of stock on the part of any other person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

Each stockholder shall designate to the Secretary or transfer agent of the Corporation an address at which notices of meetings and all other corporate notices may be given to such person, and, if any stockholder shall fail to designate such address, corporate notices may be given to such person by mail directed to such person at such person’s post office address, if any, as the same appears on the stock record books of the Corporation or at such person’s last known post office address.

SECTION 7.04. Lost, Stolen, Destroyed and Mutilated Certificates . The holder of any certificate representing any shares of stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the Corporation of any loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of such certificate; the Corporation may issue to such holder a new certificate or certificates for shares, upon the surrender of the mutilated certificate or, in the case of loss, theft or destruction of the certificate, upon satisfactory proof of such loss, theft or destruction; the Board, or a committee designated thereby, or the transfer agents and registrars for the stock, may, in their discretion, require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such person’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as they may direct to indemnify the Corporation and said transfer agents and registrars against any claim that may be made on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate.

SECTION 7.05. Regulations. The Board may make such additional rules and regulations as it may deem expedient concerning the issue, transfer and registration of certificated or uncertificated shares of stock of each class and series of the Corporation and may make such rules and take such action as it may deem expedient concerning the issue of certificates in lieu of certificates claimed to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated.

SECTION 7.06. Fixing Date for Determination of Stockholders of Record. In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of the stockholders or any adjournment thereof, or entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights, or entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix, in advance, a record date, which shall not be more than 60 days nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting, nor more than 60 days prior to any other action. A determination of stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided , however , that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

SECTION 7.07. Transfer Agents and Registrars. The Board may appoint, or authorize any officer or officers to appoint, one or more transfer agents and one or more registrars.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Seal

SECTION 8.01. Seal. The Board shall approve a suitable corporate seal, which shall be in the form of a circle and shall bear the full name of the Corporation and shall be in the charge of the Secretary. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

ARTICLE IX

Fiscal Year

SECTION 9.01. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution by the Board and, if not so fixed by the Board, the fiscal year shall be the year ended December 31.

ARTICLE X

Waiver of Notice

SECTION 10.01. Waiver of Notice . Whenever any notice whatsoever is required to be given by these By-laws, by the Certificate or by law, the person entitled thereto may, either before or after the meeting or other matter in respect of which such notice is to be given, waive such notice in writing or as otherwise permitted by law, which shall be filed with or entered upon the records of the meeting or the records kept with respect to such other matter, as the case may be, and in such event such notice need not be given to such person and such waiver shall be deemed equivalent to such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

ARTICLE XI

Amendments

SECTION 11.01 Amendments . These By-laws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new By-laws may be adopted by the stockholders or by the Board at any meeting thereof in accordance with the Certificate and the DGCL, subject to the Stockholders Agreement (as long as such agreement is in effect); provided , however , that notice of such alteration, amendment, repeal or adoption of new By-laws is contained in the notice of such meeting of the stockholders or in the notice of such meeting of the Board and, in the latter case, such notice is given not less than 24 hours prior to the meeting.

ARTICLE XII

Litigation Costs

SECTION 12.01. Litigation Costs . Except to the extent prohibited by the DGCL, and unless the Board of Directors or one of its committees otherwise approves in accordance with Section 141 of the DGCL, the Certificate and these By-laws, in the event that any person or entity (a “Claiming Party”) (a) initiates, asserts, joins, offers substantial assistance to or has a direct financial interest in (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Certificate or the By-laws, (iv) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate or the By-laws or (v) any

 

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action asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine (each, a “Covered Proceeding”), and (b) such Claiming Party does not obtain a judgment on the merits that substantially achieves, in substance and amount, the full remedy sought by such Claiming Party, then each such Claiming Party shall be obligated to reimburse the Corporation and any such director, officer or other employee for all fees, costs and expenses of every kind and description (including, but not limited to, all attorneys’ fees and other litigation expenses) that the Corporation or any such director, officer or other employee actually incurs in connection with the Covered Proceeding. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in the shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article XII.

ARTICLE XIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 13.01. Execution of Documents. The Board or any committee thereof shall designate the officers, employees and agents of the Corporation who shall have power to execute and deliver deeds, contracts, mortgages, bonds, debentures, notes, checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money and other documents for and in the name of the Corporation and may authorize (including authority to redelegate) by written instrument to other officers, employees or agents of the Corporation. Such delegation may be by resolution or otherwise and the authority granted shall be general or confined to specific matters, all as the Board or any such committee may determine. In the absence of such designation referred to in the first sentence of this Section, the officers of the Corporation shall have such power so referred to, to the extent incident to the normal performance of their duties.

SECTION 13.02. Deposits. All funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall be deposited from time to time to the credit of the Corporation or otherwise as the Board or any committee thereof or any officer of the Corporation to whom power in respect of financial operations shall have been delegated by the Board or any such committee or in these By-laws shall select.

SECTION 13.03. Checks. All checks, drafts and other orders for the payment of money out of the funds of the Corporation, and all notes or other evidences of indebtedness of the Corporation, shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation in such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the Board or of any committee thereof or by any officer of the Corporation to whom power in respect of financial operations shall have been delegated by the Board or any such committee thereof or as set forth in these By-laws.

SECTION 13.04. Proxies in Respect of Stock or Other Securities of Other Corporations. The Board or any committee thereof shall designate the officers of the Corporation who shall have authority from time to time to appoint an agent or agents of the Corporation to exercise in the name and on behalf of the Corporation the powers and rights which the Corporation may have as the holder of stock or other securities in any other corporation or other entity, and to vote or consent in respect of such stock or securities; such designated officers may instruct the person or persons so appointed as to the manner of exercising such powers and rights; and such designated officers may execute or cause to be executed in the name and on behalf of the Corporation and under its corporate seal, or otherwise, such written proxies, powers of attorney or other instruments as they may deem necessary or proper in order that the Corporation may exercise its said powers and rights.

SECTION 13.05. Subject to Law and Certificate of Incorporation. All powers, duties and responsibilities provided for in these By-laws, whether or not explicitly so qualified, are qualified by the provisions of the Certificate and applicable laws. Whenever these By-laws may conflict with any applicable law or the Certificate, such conflict shall be resolved in favor of such law or the Certificate.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

Severability

SECTION 14.01. Severability . If any provision or provisions of these By-laws shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of these By-laws (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of these By-laws 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 (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of these By-laws (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of these By-laws 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.

ARTICLE XV

Definitions

SECTION 15.01. Definitions

As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the term:

“The Advisory Board” means The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation.

“Assistant Controller” means an Assistant Controller of the Corporation.

“Assistant Secretary” means an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation.

“Assistant Treasurer” means an Assistant Treasurer of the Corporation.

“Authorized Officer” is defined in Section 6.05(e).

“Board” is defined in Section 1.01.

“By-laws” means the by-laws of the Corporation, as such by-laws may be amended from time to time.

“Certificate” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation.

“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Board.

“Change in Control” is defined in Section 6.05(e).

“Chief Executive Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation.

“Chief Financial Officer” means the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation.

“Chief Operating Officer” means the Chief Operating Officer of the Corporation.

“Claiming Party” is defined in Article XII.

“Class A Common Stock” is defined in the Certificate

“Class B Common Stock” is defined in the Certificate.

 

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“Common Stock” is defined in the Certificate.

“Controller” means the Controller of the Corporation.

“Corporation” is defined in Section 1.01.

“Covered Entity” is defined in Section 6.01.

“Covered Proceeding” is defined in Article XII.

“Derivative” is defined in Section 2.07(d).

“Designating Stockholders” is defined in Section 6.04.

“DGCL” is defined in Section 3.12.

“Disinterested Director” is defined in Section 6.05(e).

“Disqualifying Event” is defined in Section 6.05(d).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“Indemnitee” is defined in Section 6.01.

“Independent Counsel” is defined in Section 6.05(e).

“Preferred Stock” is defined in the Certificate.

“President” means the President of the Corporation.

“Principal Stockholder” means each of (1) the TPG Investor, (2) UPMC and (3) The Advisory Board.

“Proceeding” is defined in Section 6.01.

“Public Announcement” means disclosure (i) in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Reuters Information Service or any similar or successor news wire service or (ii) in a communication distributed generally to stockholders and in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or any successor provisions thereto.

“Qualified Representative” means that a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of a stockholder or 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.

“Requested Employee” is defined in Section 6.07.

“Secretary” means the Secretary of the Corporation.

“Stockholder Associated Person” is defined in Section 2.07(d).

“Stockholder Information” is defined in Section 2.07(d).

 

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“stockholders” is defined in Section 2.01.

“Stockholders Agreement” means that certain stockholders agreement, by and among the Corporation and The Advisory Board, the TPG Investor and UPMC, dated as of the date hereof.

“Subsidiary Director” is defined in Section 6.07.

“Supporting Documentation” is defined in Section 6.05(b).

“TPG Investor” means collectively, (1) TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and (2) TPG Eagle Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

“Treasurer” means the Treasurer of the Corporation.

“Trigger Event” means the first date on which the Principal Stockholders cease collectively to beneficially own (directly or indirectly) more than 50% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Common Stock.

“Underwriting Agreement” means that certain underwriting agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Corporation, Evolent Health LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co., as representatives of the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto, pursuant to which the Corporation is conducting an initial public offering of its Class A Common Stock.

“UPMC” means UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.

“Vice President” means a Vice President of the Corporation.

“Voting Commitment” is defined in Section 3.02(b).

“Whole Board” is defined in Section 3.02(a).

 

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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

AND

CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS

DATED AS OF JUNE 4, 2015

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  
ARTICLE I   
Effectiveness   

Section 1.1.

 

Effectiveness

     2   
ARTICLE II   
Definitions   

Section 2.1.

 

Definitions

     2   
ARTICLE III   
Registration Rights   

Section 3.1.

 

Demand Registration

     8   

Section 3.2.

 

Shelf Registration

     11   

Section 3.3.

 

Piggyback Registration

     15   

Section 3.4.

 

Lock-Up Agreements

     17   

Section 3.5.

 

Registration Procedures

     17   

Section 3.6.

 

Underwritten Offerings

     23   

Section 3.7.

 

No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights

     25   

Section 3.8.

 

Registration Expenses

     25   

Section 3.9.

 

Indemnification

     26   

Section 3.10.

 

Rules 144 and 144A and Regulation S

     29   

Section 3.11.

 

Existing Registration Statements

     29   
ARTICLE IV   
Miscellaneous   

Section 4.1.

 

Authority: Effect

     30   

Section 4.2.

 

Notices

     30   

Section 4.3.

 

Termination and Effect of Termination

     32   

Section 4.4.

 

Permitted Transferees

     32   

Section 4.5.

 

Remedies

     33   

Section 4.6.

 

Amendments

     33   

Section 4.7.

 

Governing Law

     33   


Section 4.8.

Consent to Jurisdiction

  33   

Section 4.9.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  34   

Section 4.10.

Merger; Binding Effect, Etc

  34   

Section 4.11.

Counterparts

  34   

Section 4.12.

Severability

  35   

Section 4.13.

No Recourse

  35   

 

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This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 4, 2015, is made by and among:

i. Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”);

ii. TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together with their Permitted Transferees that become party hereto, the “ TPG Investor ”);

iii. UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation (together with its Permitted Transferees that become party hereto, the “ UPMC Investor ”);

iv. The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation (together with its Permitted Transferees that become party hereto, “ The Advisory Board Investor ” and, together with the TPG Investor and the UPMC Investor, the “ Principal Investors ”);

v. Ptolemy Capital, LLC (the “ Ptolemy Investor ” and a Holder (as defined herein) for the purposes of this Agreement); and

vi. such other Persons, if any, that from time to time become party hereto as holders of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 4.4 in their capacity as Permitted Transferees.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on January 6, 2014, Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Evolent Health LLC ”), the TPG Investor, the UPMC Investor, The Advisory Board Investor and certain other Persons entered into an Amended and Restated Master Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “ Prior Agreement ”), which, among other things, provided the Principal Investors with registration rights with respect to the common stock of Evolent Health Holdings, Inc.;

WHEREAS, the Company has effected a series of reorganization transactions (the “ Reorganization Transactions ”) in connection with an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”);

WHEREAS, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, the TPG Investor and The Advisory Board Investor own Class B limited liability company interests in Evolent Health LLC (“ Class B common units ”), together with shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”), which, subject to certain restrictions, are exchangeable from time to time at the option of the holder thereof for shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Exchange Agreement ”);


WHEREAS, after giving effect to the Reorganization Transactions, The Advisory Board Investor and the UPMC Investor own shares of Class A Common Stock.

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has consummated the IPO pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, the Prior Agreement is being terminated by the parties thereto immediately following the pricing of the IPO; and

WHEREAS, the parties believe that it is in the best interests of the Company and the other parties hereto to set forth their agreements regarding registration rights and certain other matters following the IPO.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Effectiveness

Section 1.1. Effectiveness . This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing.

ARTICLE II

Definitions

Section 2.1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Adverse Disclosure ” means public disclosure of material non-public information that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company, after consultation with outside counsel to the Company: (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company so that such Registration Statement, from and after its effective date, does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (ii) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing, effectiveness or continued use of such Registration Statement; and (iii) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not disclosing publicly.

Advisory Board Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person; provided that the Company and each of its subsidiaries shall be deemed not to be Affiliates of the TPG Investor, the UPMC Investor or The Advisory Board Investor. As used in this definition, the term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of this Agreement, each of the TPG Investor, the UPMC Investor and The Advisory Board Investor shall not be deemed to be affiliates of each other solely as a result of entering into this Agreement.

Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Block Trade Offering ” means any bought deal or block sale to a financial institution conducted as an underwritten Public Offering.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.

Class A Common Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Class B Common Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Class B common unit ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Closing ” means the closing of the IPO.

Common Stock ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Demand Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.3.

Demand Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).

Demand Registration Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(a).

Demand Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.1(c).

Demand Suspension ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.6.

Demanding Holder ” means any Principal Investor that exercises a right to request a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 3.1.

Effective Date ” means the date of the Closing.

 

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Exchange ” means the exchange of shares of Class B Common Stock (together with Class B common units) for shares of Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.

Exchange Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Excluded Registration ” means (i) a registration relating to the sale of securities to employees of the Company or a subsidiary pursuant to a stock option, stock purchase, or similar plan on Form S-8 or its successor approved by the Board of Directors of the Company or (ii) a registration statement on Form S-4 or its successor.

FINRA ” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

Holders ” means holders of Registrable Securities under this Agreement.

IPO ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act, relating to an offer of the Registrable Securities.

Issuer Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company, and any securities into which such shares of Common Stock or other equity securities shall have been changed or any securities resulting from any reclassification or recapitalization of such shares of Common Stock or other equity securities.

Loss ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.1.

Participation Conditions ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

Permitted Transferee ” means with respect to any Holder, any Affiliate of such Holder.

Person ” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, trust, joint venture, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, entity or division, or any government, governmental department or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Piggyback Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.

Piggyback Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.3.1.

 

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Potential Takedown Participant ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

Principal Investor Minimum ” means, with respect to a Principal Investor, at least 20% of the shares of Common Stock held by such Principal Investor as of the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement (as adjusted for any stock dividend or distribution, stock split, reverse stock split, recapitalization, reclassification, reorganization, stock exchange, subdivision, combination thereof or similar transaction).

Principal Investors ” or “ Principal Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Prior Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Pro Rata Portion ” means, with respect to each Holder requesting that its shares be registered pursuant to a Demand Registration or sold in a Public Offering, a number of such shares equal to the aggregate number of Registrable Securities requested to be registered in such Demand Registration or sold in such Public Offering (excluding any shares to be registered or sold for the account of the Company) multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held by such Holder immediately prior to the IPO, and the denominator of which is the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock held by all Holders immediately prior to the IPO.

Prospectus ” means (i) the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, all amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all other material incorporated by reference in such prospectus, and (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

Ptolemy Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Public Offering ” means the offer and sale of Registrable Securities for cash pursuant to an effective Registration Statement under the Securities Act (other than a Registration Statement on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form).

Registrable Securities ” means (i) all shares of Class A Common Stock held by the Principal Investors as of the Closing, (ii) all shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any option, warrant or convertible security (including shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon Exchange) and (iii) all shares of Class A Common Stock directly or indirectly issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above by way of unit or stock dividend or unit or stock split, or in connection with a combination of units or shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (w) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been disposed of in accordance with such Registration Statement, (x) such securities shall have been

 

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Transferred to the public pursuant to Rule 144 and the restrictive legend and any stop transfer restrictions have been removed, (y) such holder is able to immediately distribute such securities publicly without any restrictions on transfer (including without application of paragraphs (c), (d), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144) or (z) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding.

Registration ” means registration under the Securities Act of the offer and sale to the public of any Issuer Shares under a Registration Statement. The terms “ register ”, “ registered ” and “ registering ” shall have correlative meanings.

Registration Expenses ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.8.

Registration Statement ” means any registration statement of the Company filed with, or to be filed with, the SEC under the Securities Act, including the related Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including pre- and post-effective amendments, and all exhibits and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement other than a registration statement (and related Prospectus) filed on Form S-4 or Form S-8 or any successor form thereto.

Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, actuaries, consultants, equity financing partners or financial advisors or other Person associated with, or acting on behalf of, such Person.

Requisite Investor Approval ” means the approval of (a) each of the Principal Investors for so long as each Principal Investor and its Affiliates beneficially own in the aggregate the Principal Investor Minimum and (b) to the extent only one Principal Investor and its Affiliates beneficially own in the aggregate the Principal Investor Minimum, such Principal Investor; provided that, for purposes of this definition, a Principal Investor shall be deemed to have approved an action to the extent that such Principal Investor or its Affiliates holding a majority of the Issuer Shares held by such Principal Investor and its Affiliates in the aggregate vote in favor of, or provide their written consent to, such action.

Reorganization Transactions ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor Rule).

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency having jurisdiction under the Securities Act.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

 

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Shelf Period ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.3.

Shelf Registration ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

Shelf Registration Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.2.

Shelf Registration Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.1(a).

Shelf Suspension ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.4.

Shelf Takedown Notice ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(b).

Shelf Takedown Request ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.5(a).

TPG Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Transfer ” means, with respect to any Registrable Security, any interest therein, or any other securities or equity interests, a direct or indirect transfer, sale, exchange, assignment or other disposition thereof, including the grant of an option or other right, whether directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law, pursuant to judicial process or otherwise. “ Transferred ” shall have a correlative meaning.

Underwritten Public Offering ” means an underwritten Public Offering, including any Block Trade Offering.

Underwritten Shelf Takedown ” means an Underwritten Public Offering pursuant to an effective Shelf Registration Statement.

Underwriting Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

UPMC Investor ” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

WKSI ” means any Securities Act registrant that is a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act at the most recent eligibility determination date specified in paragraph (2) of that definition.

Section 2.2. Other Interpretive Provisions . (a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

 

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(b) The words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereunder” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and any subsection and Section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) The term “including” is not limiting and means “including without limitation.”

(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(e) Whenever the context requires, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.

ARTICLE III

Registration Rights

The Company will perform and comply, and cause each of its subsidiaries to perform and comply, with such of the following provisions as are applicable to it. Each Holder will perform and comply with such of the following provisions as are applicable to such Holder.

Section 3.1. Demand Registration .

Section 3.1.1. Request for Demand Registration .

(a) Following the Effective Date, each of the Principal Investors shall have the right to make a written request from time to time (a “ Demand Registration Request ”) to the Company for Registration of all or part of the Registrable Securities held by such Principal Investor. Any such Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration Request shall hereinafter be referred to as a “ Demand Registration .” Subject to Section 3.2.8, each of the Principal Investors shall be limited to no more than two Demand Registration Requests on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement ( provided that delivery of a written notice pursuant to Section 3.1.3 shall not constitute a Demand Registration Request), and each such demand shall be required to be in respect of at least $50 million in anticipated aggregate net proceeds from all shares sold pursuant to such registration (including after giving effect to net proceeds expected to be received by any Holder that participates in such offering after delivering written notice pursuant to Section 3.1.3 or otherwise); provided , that a Demand Registration shall not be counted for purposes of the number of Demand Registration Requests made by the Demanding Holder that had submitted such Demand Registration Request unless and until the Demand Registration has become effective and the Demanding Holders are able to register and sell at least 90% of the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration.

 

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(b) Each Demand Registration Request shall specify (x) the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities to be registered, and (y) the intended method or methods of disposition thereof.

(c) Upon receipt of the Demand Registration Request, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable file a Registration Statement (a “ Demand Registration Statement ”), as specified in the Demand Registration Request for such Demand Registration, relating to such Demand Registration. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Demand Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act within 60 days after receipt of the Demand Registration Request; provided that in the event that the SEC notifies the Company that it will not review a Demand Registration Statement, the Company shall cause such Demand Registration Statement to become effective no later than five Business Days after receiving such notification.

Section 3.1.2. Limitation on Demand Registrations . The Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any Demand Registration if a Demand Registration was declared effective or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown was consummated within the preceding 60 days (unless otherwise consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company); provided , however , that if a prior Underwritten Shelf Takedown was executed as a Block Trade Offering, no such limitation shall apply.

Section 3.1.3. Demand Notice . Promptly upon receipt of a Demand Registration Request pursuant to Section 3.1.1 (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter), the Company shall deliver a written notice (a “ Demand Notice ”) of any such Demand Registration Request to all other Holders and the Demand Notice shall offer each such Holder the opportunity to include in the Demand Registration that number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing. Subject to Section 3.1.7, the Company shall include in the Demand Registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Demand Notice was delivered.

Section 3.1.4. Demand Withdrawal . A Demanding Holder and any other Holder that has requested its Registrable Securities be included in a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 3.1.3 may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration from such Demand Registration at any time prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement related to such Demand Registration. Upon receipt of a notice to such effect from a Demanding Holder (or if there is more than one Demanding Holder, from all such Demanding Holders) with respect to all of the Registrable Securities included by such Demanding Holder(s) in such Demand Registration, the Company shall cease all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Demand Registration Statement; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a

 

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request for a Demand Registration by more than one Holder, the Company shall continue all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Demand Registration Statement with respect to the Registrable Securities requested to be included by each of the Holders that has not withdrawn its Registrable Securities. Notwithstanding any withdrawal of Registrable Securities from a Demand Registration pursuant to this Section 3.1.4, the Demand Registration with respect to which the withdrawal was made shall be counted for purposes of the number of Demand Registration Requests made by the Demanding Holder that had submitted the Demand Registration Request pursuant to Section 3.1.1(a) unless (a) the Demanding Holders reimburse the Company for all expenses incurred in connection with the Demand Registration with respect to which the withdrawal was made, (b) the withdrawal is made as a result of an event that has had a material adverse effect on the business, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of the Company or (c) the withdrawal is made in response to a Demand Suspension pursuant to Section 3.1.6.

Section 3.1.5. Effective Registration . The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Demand Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for not less than 180 days plus the duration of any suspension period (or such shorter period as will terminate when all Registrable Securities covered by such Demand Registration Statement have been sold or withdrawn), or, if such Demand Registration Statement relates to an Underwritten Public Offering, such longer period as in the opinion of counsel for the underwriter or underwriters a Prospectus is required by law to be delivered in connection with sales of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer.

Section 3.1.6. Delay in Filing; Suspension of Registration . If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Demand Registration Statement at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, the Demand Registration Statement (a “ Demand Suspension ”); provided , however , that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Demand Suspension (i) more than once during any 12-month period or (ii) for a period exceeding 60 days on any one occasion. In the case of a Demand Suspension, the Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus in connection with any sale or purchase, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders in writing upon (a) the Company’s decision to file or seek effectiveness of such Demand Registration Statement following such Demand Suspension and (b) the effectiveness of such Demand Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.1.6, the Company may not postpone the filing or effectiveness of, or suspend use of, a Demand Registration Statement past the date upon which the applicable Adverse Disclosure is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material. During a Demand Suspension, the Company shall be prohibited from filing a registration statement for its own account or for the account of any other Holder or holder of its securities and, upon termination of any Demand Suspension, the Company shall

 

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promptly amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement or omission and furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request.

Section 3.1.7. Priority of Securities Registered Pursuant to Demand Registrations . If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Public Offering of the Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration, advise the Company in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in such Demand Registration exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such Registration shall be in the case of any Demand Registration (x) first, for each Holder that has requested to participate in such Demand Registration an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the number of such Registrable Securities requested to be registered or sold by such Holder, and (ii) a number of such shares equal to such Holder’s Pro Rata Portion, and (y) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (x) have been included, the number of other securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without having such adverse effect.

Section 3.1.8. Resale Rights . In the event that a Principal Investor elects to request a Registration pursuant to this Section 3.1 in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its partners, members or stockholders, the Registration shall provide for resale by such partners, members or stockholders, if requested by such Principal Investor.

Section 3.2. Shelf Registration .

Section 3.2.1. Request for Shelf Registration .

(a) Upon the written request of any Principal Investor from time to time following the date on which the Company becomes eligible to use Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement (a “ Shelf Registration Request ”), the Company shall promptly file with the SEC a shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (“ Shelf Registration Statement ”) relating to the offer and sale of Registrable Securities by any Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable, and in any event within 60 days following receipt of such Shelf Registration Request; provided that in the event that the SEC notifies the Company that it will not review a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall cause such Shelf Registration Statement to become effective no later than five

 

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Business Days after receiving such notification. Any such Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration Request shall hereinafter be referred to as a “ Shelf Registration .”

(b) If on the date of the Shelf Registration Request: (i) the Company is a WKSI, then the Shelf Registration Request may request Registration of an unspecified amount of Registrable Securities; and (ii) the Company is not a WKSI, then the Shelf Registration Request shall specify the aggregate amount of Registrable Securities to be registered.

Section 3.2.2. Shelf Registration Notice . Promptly upon receipt of a Shelf Registration Request (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter), the Company shall deliver a written notice (a “ Shelf Registration Notice ”) of any such request to all other Holders, which notice shall specify, if applicable, the amount of Registrable Securities to be registered, and the Shelf Registration Notice shall offer each such Holder the opportunity to include in the Shelf Registration that number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing. Subject to Section 3.2.6, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Shelf Registration Notice has been delivered.

Section 3.2.3. Continued Effectiveness . The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act in order to permit the Prospectus forming part of the Shelf Registration Statement to be usable by Holders until the earlier of: (i) the date as of which all Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or another Registration Statement filed under the Securities Act (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder); and (ii) the date as of which no Holder holds Registrable Securities (such period of effectiveness, the “ Shelf Period ”). Subject to Section 3.2.4, the Company shall be deemed not to have used its reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Period if the Company voluntarily takes any action or omits to take any action that would result in Holders of the Registrable Securities covered thereby not being able to offer and sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Period, unless such action or omission is required by applicable law.

Section 3.2.4. Suspension of Registration . If the continued use of such Shelf Registration Statement at any time would require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, suspend use of the Shelf Registration Statement (a “ Shelf Suspension ”); provided , however , that the Company shall not be permitted to exercise a Shelf Suspension (i) more than one time during any 12-month period, or (ii) for a period exceeding 60 days on any one occasion. In the case of a Shelf Suspension, the Holders agree to suspend use of the applicable Prospectus

 

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and in connection with any sale or purchase of, or offer to sell or purchase, Registrable Securities, upon receipt of the notice referred to above. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders in writing upon the termination of any Shelf Suspension, and upon such termination, promptly amend or supplement the Prospectus, if necessary, so it does not contain any untrue statement or omission and furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of the Prospectus as so amended or supplemented as the Holders may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.2.4, the Company may not postpone the filing or effectiveness of, or suspend use of, a Shelf Registration Statement past the date upon which the applicable Adverse Disclosure is disclosed to the public or ceases to be material. During a Shelf Suspension, the Company shall be prohibited from filing a registration statement for its own account or for the account of any other Holder or holder of its securities.

Section 3.2.5. Shelf Takedown .

(a) At any time during which the Company has an effective Shelf Registration Statement with respect to a Principal Investor’s Registrable Securities, by notice to the Company specifying the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, such Principal Investor may make a written request (a “ Shelf Takedown Request ”) to the Company to effect a Public Offering, including an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, of all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities that are covered by such Shelf Registration Statement, and as soon as practicable the Company shall amend or supplement the Shelf Registration Statement for such purpose; provided that any Underwritten Shelf Takedown Request shall be required to be in respect of at least $25 million in anticipated net proceeds in the aggregate (including after giving effect to net proceeds expected to be received by any Holder that participates in such offering after delivering a written notice pursuant to Section 3.2.5(b)), unless a lesser amount is then held by the Principal Investors requesting to participate in such offering.

(b) Promptly upon receipt of a Shelf Takedown Request (but in no event more than three Business Days thereafter) for any Underwritten Shelf Takedown, the Company shall deliver a notice (a “ Shelf Takedown Notice ”) to each other Holder with Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement (each a “ Potential Takedown Participant ”). The Shelf Takedown Notice shall offer each such Potential Takedown Participant the opportunity to include in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown that number of Registrable Securities as each such Potential Takedown Participant may request in writing. Subject to Section 3.2.6, the Company shall include in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown all such Registrable Securities with respect to which the Company has received written requests for inclusion therein within three Business Days after the date that the Shelf Takedown Notice has been delivered. Any Potential Takedown Participant’s request to participate in

 

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an Underwritten Shelf Takedown in connection with a proposed Block Trade Offering shall be binding on the Potential Takedown Participant; provided that each such Potential Takedown Participant that elects to participate may condition its participation on such Underwritten Shelf Takedown being completed within 10 Business Days of its acceptance at a price per share (after giving effect to any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) to such Potential Takedown Participant of not less than 90% (or such lesser percentage specified by such Potential Takedown Participant in writing) of the closing price for the shares on their principal trading market on the Business Day immediately prior to such Potential Takedown Participant’s election to participate (the “ Participation Conditions ”). Notwithstanding the delivery of any Shelf Takedown Notice, but subject to the Participation Conditions in any Block Trade Offering, all determinations as to whether to complete any Underwritten Shelf Takedown and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Underwritten Shelf Takedown contemplated by this Section 3.2.5 shall be determined by the initiating Principal Investor(s); provided that if such Underwritten Shelf Takedown is to be completed and subject to the Participation Conditions in any Block Trade Offering, each Potential Takedown Participant’s Pro Rata Portion shall be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such Potential Takedown Participant has complied with the requirements set forth in this Section 3.2.5. For any Underwritten Shelf Takedown that is not a Block Trade Offering, any Principal Investor that has requested its Registrable Securities be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to this Section 3.2.5 may withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities included in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown at any time prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement related to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

(c) The Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any Underwritten Shelf Takedown if a Demand Registration or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown was consummated within the preceding 60 days (unless otherwise consented to by the Board of Directors of the Company); provided , however , that if a prior Underwritten Shelf Takedown was executed as a Block Trade Offering, no such limitation shall apply.

Section 3.2.6. Priority of Securities Sold Pursuant to Shelf Takedowns . If the managing underwriter or underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 3.2.5 advise the Company in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities requested to be included in the proposed Underwritten Shelf Takedown exceeds the number that can be sold in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, the number of Registrable Securities to be included in such offering shall be (x) first, for each Holder that has requested to participate in such

 

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Underwritten Shelf Takedown an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the number of such Registrable Securities requested to be registered or sold by such Holder, and (ii) a number of such shares equal to such Holder’s Pro Rata Portion, and (y) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (x) have been included, the number of other securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters can be sold without having such adverse effect.

Section 3.2.7. Resale Rights . In the event that a Principal Investor elects to request a Registration pursuant to this Section 3.2 in connection with a distribution of Registrable Securities to its partners, members or stockholders, the Registration shall provide for resale by such partners, members or stockholders, if requested by such Principal Investor.

Section 3.2.8. S-3 Eligibility . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, at any time following the period of 12 calendar months after the Closing, the Company is not eligible to register securities on Form S-3, until the Company is eligible the Company shall be obligated to file such additional Demand Registration Statements on Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statements as may be necessary to effect the registration of all Registrable Securities held by the Principal Investors, in a manner to allow sales consistent with the terms of this Section 3.2. Any such Demand Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Section 3.2.8 shall not be counted for purposes of the number of Demand Registration Requests made by the Demanding Holder that had submitted such Demand Registration Request pursuant to Section 3.1.1(a). The meaning of the phrase “period of 12 calendar months” is intended to be consistent with the way in which the phrase “12 calendar months” is used for purposes of the registrant eligibility requirements in Form S-3.

Section 3.3. Piggyback Registration .

Section 3.3.1. Participation . If the Company at any time proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act or to conduct a Public Offering with respect to any offering of its equity securities for its own account or for the account of any other Persons (other than an Excluded Registration), then, as soon as practicable (but in no event less than five Business Days prior to the proposed date of filing of such Registration Statement or, in the case of any such Public Offering, the anticipated pricing or trade date), the Company shall give written notice (a “ Piggyback Notice ”) of such proposed filing or Public Offering to all Holders, and such Piggyback Notice shall offer the Holders the opportunity to register under such Registration Statement, or to sell in such Public Offering, such number of Registrable Securities as each such Holder may request in writing (a “ Piggyback Registration ”). Subject to Section 3.3.2, the Company shall include in such Registration Statement or in such Public Offering as applicable, all such Registrable Securities that are requested to be included therein within three Business Days after the receipt by such Holder of any such notice; provided , however , that if at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register or sell any securities and prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement

 

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filed in connection with such Registration, or the pricing or trade date of such Public Offering, the Company shall determine for any reason not to register or sell or to delay Registration or the sale of such securities, the Company shall promptly give written notice of such determination to each Holder and, thereupon, (i) in the case of a determination not to register or sell, the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register or sell any Registrable Securities in connection with such Registration or Public Offering (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses in connection therewith), without prejudice, however, to the rights of any Holders entitled to request that such Registration or sale be effected as a Demand Registration under Section 3.1 or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 3.2, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of a determination to delay Registration or sale, in the absence of a request for a Demand Registration or an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, as the case may be, the Company shall be permitted to delay registering or selling any Registrable Securities, for the same period as the delay in registering or selling such other securities. If the offering pursuant to such Registration Statement or Public Offering is to be an Underwritten Public Offering, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 3.3.1 shall, and the Company shall, make such arrangements with the managing underwriter or underwriters so that each such Holder may, participate in such underwritten offering. If the offering pursuant to such Registration Statement or Public Offering is to be on any other basis, then each Holder making a request for a Piggyback Registration pursuant to this Section 3.3.1 shall, and the Company shall, make such arrangements so that each such Holder may, participate in such offering on such basis. Any Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or part of its request for inclusion of its Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw; provided that such request must be made in writing prior to the execution of the underwriting agreement.

Section 3.3.2. Priority of Piggyback Registration . If the managing underwriter or underwriters of any proposed offering of Registrable Securities included in a Piggyback Registration informs the Company and the participating Holders in writing that, in its or their opinion, the number of securities that such Holders and any other Persons intend to include in such offering exceeds the number that can be sold in such offering without being likely to have an adverse effect on the price, timing or distribution of the securities offered or the market for the securities offered, then the securities to be included in such Registration shall be (i) first, 100% of the securities that the Company or (subject to Section 3.7) any Person (other than a Holder) exercising a contractual right to demand Registration, as the case may be, proposes to sell, and (ii) second, and only if all the securities referred to in clause (i) have been included, the number of Registrable Securities that, in the opinion of such managing underwriter or underwriters, can be sold without having such adverse effect, with such number to be allocated among the Holders that have requested to participate in such Registration based on an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the number of such Registrable Securities requested to be sold by such Holder, and (ii) a number of such shares equal to such Holder’s Pro Rata Portion and (iii) third, and only if all of the Registrable Securities referred to in clause (ii) have been included in such Registration, any other securities eligible for inclusion in such Registration.

 

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Section 3.3.3. No Effect on Other Registrations . No Registration of Registrable Securities effected pursuant to a request under this Section 3.3 shall be deemed to have been effected pursuant to Sections 3.1 and 3.2 or shall relieve the Company of its obligations under Sections 3.1 and 3.2.

Section 3.4. Lock-Up Agreements . In connection with each Registration or sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 3.1, 3.2 or 3.3 conducted as an Underwritten Public Offering, each Holder agrees, if requested, to become bound by and to execute and deliver such lock-up agreement with the underwriter(s) of such Public Offering restricting such Holder’s right to (a) Transfer, directly or indirectly, any Registrable Securities or (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another any of the economic consequences of ownership of Registrable Securities, as is entered into by any Principal Investor with the underwriter(s) of such Public Offering; provided , however , that no Holder shall be required to enter into a lock-up agreement covering a period of greater than 90 days after the date of the final Prospectus relating to such offering or such longer period as is agreed to by each of the Principal Investors; provided , further , that in no event shall such lock-up period be greater than the period agreed to by the Company, its directors or officers or any other Principal Investors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such lock-up agreement shall not apply to (i) distributions-in-kind to a Principal Investor’s partners, members or stockholders; (ii) Transfers to Permitted Transferees of such Holder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, in each case, only if such distributees and transferees agree to be bound by the restrictions herein; or (iii) other customary exceptions that the underwriter(s) of such Underwritten Public Offering may agree to.

Section 3.5. Registration Procedures .

Section 3.5.1. Requirements . In connection with the Company’s obligations under Sections 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration and to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of distribution thereof as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, and in connection therewith the Company shall:

(a) as promptly as is reasonably practicable prepare and file the required Registration Statement, including all exhibits and financial statements required under the Securities Act to be filed therewith, and, before filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, (x) furnish to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, copies of all documents prepared to be filed, which documents shall be subject to the review of such underwriters and such Holders and their respective counsel, (y) subject to applicable law, make such changes in such documents concerning the Holders prior to the filing thereof as

 

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such Holders, or their counsel, may reasonably request and (z) subject to applicable law, except in the case of a Registration under Section 3.3, not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or amendments or supplements thereto to which any participating Principal Investor, or the underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object;

(b) as promptly as is reasonably practicable prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to such Registration Statement and supplements to the Prospectus as may be (x) reasonably requested by any Principal Investor with Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement, (y) reasonably requested by any participating Holder (to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Holder), or (z) necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the period of time required by this Agreement, and comply with provisions of the applicable securities laws with respect to the sale or other disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement during such period in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Registration Statement;

(c) notify the participating Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such notice in writing and provide copies of the relevant documents, as soon as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (a) when the applicable Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective, and when the applicable Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (b) of any written comments by the SEC, or any request by the SEC or other federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement or such Prospectus, or for additional information (whether before or after the effective date of the Registration Statement) or any other correspondence with the SEC relating to, or which may affect, the Registration, (c) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or any order by the SEC or any other regulatory authority preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for such purposes, (d) if, at any time, the representations and warranties of the Company in any applicable underwriting agreement cease to be true and correct in all material respects and (e) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose;

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Statement or the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (as then in effect) contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of such Prospectus or any preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, when any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus includes information that may conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such time period to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the SEC, and furnish without charge to the selling Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, an amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, which shall correct such misstatement or omission or effect such compliance;

(e) to the extent the Company is eligible under the relevant provisions of Rule 430B under the Securities Act, if the Company files any Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall include in such Shelf Registration Statement such disclosures as may be required by Rule 430B under the Securities Act (referring to the unnamed selling security holders in a generic manner by identifying the initial offering of the securities to the Holders) in order to ensure that the Holders may be added to such Shelf Registration Statement at a later time through the filing of a Prospectus supplement rather than a post-effective amendment;

(f) use its reasonable best efforts to prevent, or obtain the withdrawal of, any stop order or other order or notice preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final Prospectus;

(g) promptly incorporate in a Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters and the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities being sold agree should be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such Registrable Securities; and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such Prospectus supplement, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or post-effective amendment;

(h) furnish to each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many conformed copies as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request of the applicable Registration Statement and any amendment or post-effective amendment or supplement thereto, including financial statements and schedules, all documents incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits (including those incorporated by reference);

 

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(i) deliver to each selling Holder and each underwriter, if any, without charge, as many copies of the applicable Prospectus (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as such Holder or underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities by such Holder or underwriter (it being understood that the Company shall consent to the use of such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders and the underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto);

(j) on or prior to the date on which the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and cooperate with the selling Holders, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel, in connection with the Registration or qualification of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or “Blue Sky” laws of each state and other jurisdiction as any such selling Holder or managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or their respective counsel reasonably request in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to keep such Registration or qualification in effect for such period as required by Section 3.1 or Section 3.2, as applicable; provided that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to taxation or general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(k) cooperate with the selling Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriters may request at least three Business Days prior to any sale of Registrable Securities to the underwriters;

(l) use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(m) not later than the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities if other than the CUSIP for the publicly traded Class A Common Stock;

(n) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Registrable Securities being registered, and the underwriters or agents, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers in public offerings similar to the offering then being undertaken;

 

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(o) enter into such customary agreements (including underwriting and indemnification agreements) and take all such other actions as any participating Principal Investor or the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, reasonably request in order to expedite or facilitate the Registration and disposition of such Registrable Securities;

(p) obtain for delivery to the Holders being registered and to the underwriter or underwriters, if any, an opinion or opinions from counsel for the Company dated the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement or, in the event of an Underwritten Public Offering, the date of the closing under the underwriting agreement, in customary form, scope and substance, which opinions shall be reasonably satisfactory to such Holders or underwriters, as the case may be, and their respective counsel;

(q) in the case of an Underwritten Public Offering, obtain for delivery to the Company and the managing underwriter or underwriters, with copies to the Holders included in such Registration or sale, a comfort letter from the Company’s independent certified public accountants or independent auditors (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants or independent auditors of any subsidiary of the Company or any business acquired by the Company for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement) in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by comfort letters as the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request, dated the date of execution of the underwriting agreement and brought down to the closing under the underwriting agreement;

(r) cooperate with each seller of Registrable Securities and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA;

(s) use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable securities laws and, if a Registration Statement was filed, make available, including through the SEC’s EDGAR filing system or any successor system, to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(t) provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

 

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(u) use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by the applicable Registration Statement to be listed on the securities exchange on which the Company’s Class A Common Stock is then listed or quoted and on each inter-dealer quotation system on which the Company’s Class A Common Stock is then quoted;

(v) make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times and for reasonable periods for inspection by a representative appointed by the majority of the Holders covered by the applicable Registration Statement, by any underwriter participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such Registration Statement and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by such Holders or any such underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements to make themselves available to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Person in connection with such Registration Statement;

(w) in the case of a marketed Public Offering, cause the senior executive officers of the Company to participate in the customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in any such offering and otherwise to facilitate, cooperate with, and participate in each proposed offering contemplated herein and customary selling efforts related thereto;

(x) take no direct or indirect action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act;

(y) take all reasonable action to ensure that any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus utilized in connection with any Registration complies in all material respects with the Securities Act, is filed in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby, is retained in accordance with the Securities Act to the extent required thereby and, when taken together with the related Prospectus, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and

(z) take all such other reasonable actions as are necessary or advisable in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.5.2. Company Information Requests . The Company may require each seller of Registrable Securities as to which any Registration or sale is being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding the distribution of such securities and such other information relating to such Holder and its ownership of Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing and the Company may exclude from such Registration or sale the Registrable Securities of any such Holder who unreasonably fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each Holder agrees to furnish such information to the Company and to cooperate with the Company as reasonably necessary to enable the Company to comply with the provisions of this Agreement.

Section 3.5.3. Discontinuing Registration . Each Holder agrees that, as promptly as possible after receipt of any notice from the Company of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3.5.1(d), such Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.5.1(d), or until such Holder is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, or any amendments or supplements thereto, and if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities current at the time of receipt of such notice. In the event the Company shall give any such notice, the period during which the applicable Registration Statement is required to be maintained effective shall be extended by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when each seller of Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement either receives the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 3.5.1(d) or is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed.

Section 3.6. Underwritten Offerings .

Section 3.6.1. Shelf and Demand Registrations . If requested by the underwriters for any Underwritten Public Offering, pursuant to a Registration or sale under Section 3.1 or 3.2, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters, such agreement to be reasonably satisfactory in substance and form to each of the Company, each Principal Investor seeking to participate in such offering and the underwriters, and to contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type. The Holders of the Registrable Securities proposed to be distributed by such underwriters shall cooperate with the Company in the negotiation of the underwriting agreement and shall give consideration to the reasonable suggestions of the Company regarding the form

 

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thereof. Such Holders to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to such underwriting agreement, which underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in public offerings similar to the applicable offering. Any such Holder shall be required to make representations and warranties and other agreements, deliver an opinion or opinions from its counsel and provide indemnities, in each case as are customarily made by selling stockholders in secondary public offerings.

Section 3.6.2. Piggyback Registrations . If the Company proposes to register or sell any of its securities under the Securities Act as contemplated by Section 3.3 and such securities are to be distributed through one or more underwriters, the Company shall, if requested by any Holder pursuant to Section 3.3 and, subject to the provisions of Section 3.3.2, use its reasonable best efforts to arrange for such underwriters to include on the same terms and conditions that apply to the other sellers in such Registration or sale all the Registrable Securities to be offered and sold by such Holder among the securities of the Company to be distributed by such underwriters in such Registration or sale. The Holders of Registrable Securities to be distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to the underwriting agreement between the Company and such underwriters, which underwriting agreement shall contain such representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such Holders as are customarily made by issuers to selling stockholders in secondary public offerings. Any such Holder shall be required to make representations and warranties and other agreements, deliver an opinion or opinions from its counsel and provide indemnities, in each case as are customarily made by selling stockholders in secondary public offerings.

Section 3.6.3. Participation in Underwritten Registrations . Subject to the provisions of Section 3.6.1 and Section 3.6.2 above, no Person may participate in any Underwritten Public Offering hereunder unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided that any such Holder shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder, such Holder’s title to the Registrable Securities, such Holder’s intended method of distribution and any other representations to be made by the Holder as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type.

Section 3.6.4. Selection of Underwriters . In the case of an Underwritten Public Offering under Section 3.1 or 3.2, the managing underwriter or underwriters to administer the offering shall be determined by the Holders of a majority of Registrable Securities to be included in such Underwritten Public Offering; provided that such managing underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company.

 

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Section 3.7. No Inconsistent Agreements; Additional Rights . Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall hereafter enter into, and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently a party to, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders by this Agreement. Without Requisite Investor Approval, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries shall enter into any agreement granting registration or similar rights to any Person that are prior in right, pari passu or inconsistent with the rights under this Agreement, and the Company hereby represents and warrants that, as of the date hereof, no registration or similar rights have been granted to any other Person other than pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 3.8. Registration Expenses . All expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement shall be paid by the Company, including (i) all registration and filing fees, and any other fees and expenses associated with filings required to be made with the SEC or FINRA, (ii) all fees and expenses in connection with compliance with any securities or “Blue Sky” laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of the Registrable Securities), (iii) all printing, duplicating, word processing, messenger, telephone, facsimile and delivery expenses of the Company (including expenses of printing certificates for the Registrable Securities in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing Prospectuses), (iv) all fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of all independent certified public accountants or independent auditors of the Company and any subsidiaries of the Company (including the expenses of any special audit and comfort letters required by or incident to such performance), (v) Securities Act liability insurance or similar insurance if the Company so desires, (vi) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange or quotation of the Registrable Securities on any inter-dealer quotation system, (vii) all applicable rating agency fees with respect to the Registrable Securities, (viii) all reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for each Principal Investor to the extent that they participate in such Registration or sale, (ix) all fees and expenses of any special experts or other Persons retained by the Company in connection with any Registration or sale, (x) all of the Company’s internal expenses (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties) and (xi) all expenses of the Company related to the “road-show” for any Underwritten Public Offering. All such expenses are referred to herein as “ Registration Expenses ”. The Company shall not be required to pay any fees and disbursements to underwriters not customarily paid by the issuers of securities in an offering similar to the applicable offering, including underwriting discounts and commissions and transfer taxes, if any, attributable to the sale of Registrable Securities, which shall be paid by the participating Holders in proportion to the number of Registrable Securities offered and sold by or on behalf of each such Holder.

 

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Section 3.9. Indemnification .

Section 3.9.1. Indemnification by the Company . The Company shall, and it hereby does, indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Holder, its officers, directors, partners, members, managers, stockholders and employees and each Person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) such Persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several (including reasonable costs of investigation and reasonable legal expenses or other reasonable expenses actually incurred thereby in connection with investigating or defending any claim or proceeding resulting therefrom) (each, a “ Loss ” and collectively “ Losses ”) arising out of or based upon (i) any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities are registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or summary Prospectus contained therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or any other disclosure document produced by or on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries including any report and other document filed under the Exchange Act, (ii) any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided , that no selling Holder shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 3.9.1 in respect of any untrue statement or omission contained in any information furnished in writing by such selling Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in a Registration Statement that has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company (or any of its agents or Affiliates) of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any state securities law, or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, or any state securities law. This indemnity shall be in addition to any liability the Company may otherwise have. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of such Holder or any indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of such securities by such Holder. The Company shall also indemnify underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, their officers and directors and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the indemnified parties.

Section 3.9.2. Indemnification by the Selling Holders . Each selling Holder agrees (severally and not jointly) to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company, its directors, officers, partners, members, managers, stockholders and employees and each Person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act) from and against any Losses resulting from (i) any untrue statement of a material fact in any Registration Statement under which such Registrable Securities were registered or sold under the Securities Act (including any final, preliminary or

 

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summary Prospectus contained therein or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any documents incorporated by reference therein) or (ii) any omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information about such Holder furnished in writing by such selling Holder to the Company specifically for inclusion in such Registration Statement and has not been corrected in a subsequent writing prior to or concurrently with the sale of the Registrable Securities to the Person asserting the claim. In no event shall the liability of any selling Holder hereunder be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification obligation less any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 3.9.4 and any amounts paid by such Holder as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale. The Company shall be entitled to receive indemnities from underwriters, selling brokers, dealer managers and similar securities industry professionals participating in the distribution, to the same extent as provided above (with appropriate modification) with respect to information furnished in writing by such Persons specifically for inclusion in any Prospectus or Registration Statement.

Section 3.9.3. Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings . Any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification ( provided that any delay or failure to so notify the indemnifying party shall relieve the indemnifying party of its obligations hereunder only to the extent, if at all, that it is actually and materially prejudiced by reason of such delay or failure) and (ii) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; provided , however , that any Person entitled to indemnification hereunder shall have the right to select and employ separate counsel and to participate in the defense of such claim, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Person unless (i) the indemnifying party has agreed in writing to pay such fees or expenses, (ii) the indemnifying party shall have failed to assume the defense of such claim within a reasonable time after receipt of notice of such claim from the Person entitled to indemnification hereunder and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Person, (iii) the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based upon advice of its counsel) that there may be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iv) in the reasonable judgment of any such Person (based upon advice of its counsel) a conflict of interest may exist between such Person and the indemnifying party with respect to such claims (in which case, if the Person notifies the indemnifying party in writing that such Person elects to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to assume the defense of such claim on behalf of such Person). If the indemnifying party assumes the defense, the indemnifying party

 

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shall not have the right to settle such action without the prior written consent of the indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of an unconditional release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation without the prior written consent of such indemnified party. If such defense is not assumed by the indemnifying party, the indemnifying party will not be subject to any liability for any settlement made without its prior written consent, but such consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested that an indemnifying party reimburse the indemnified party for reasonable fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into in good faith more than 60 days after receipt by the indemnifying party of such request and more than 30 days after receipt of the proposed terms of such settlement and (ii) the indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed the indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, except as specifically set forth in this Section 3.9.3, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements or other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction.

Section 3.9.4. Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided for in Section 3.9.1 and Section 3.9.2 is unavailable to an indemnified party (other than as a result of exceptions contained in Section 3.9.1 and Section 3.9.2) or insufficient in respect of any Losses referred to therein, then the indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand in connection with the acts, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. In connection with any Registration Statement filed with the SEC by the Company, the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and the indemnified party on the other hand shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 3.9.4 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 3.9.4. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the Losses referred

 

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to in Sections 3.9.1 and 3.9.2 shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. If indemnification is available under this Section 3.9, the indemnifying parties shall indemnify each indemnified party to the fullest extent provided in Sections 3.9.1 and 3.9.2 hereof without regard to the provisions of this Section 3.9.4. The remedies provided for in this Section 3.9 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 3.9.4, in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Company, a selling Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the dollar amount of the net proceeds received by such holder under the sale of Registrable Securities giving rise to such contribution obligation less any amounts paid by such Holder pursuant to Section 3.9.2 and any amounts paid by such Holder as a result of liabilities incurred under the underwriting agreement, if any, related to such sale.

Section 3.10. Rules 144 and 144A and Regulation S . The Company shall file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC thereunder (or, if the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder, make publicly available such necessary information for so long as necessary to permit sales that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement pursuant to Rule 144, Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC), and it will take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, including the delivery of customary opinions requested to effectuate such sales pursuant to Rule 144, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without Registration under the Securities Act in transactions that would otherwise be permitted by this Agreement and within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (i) Rules 144, 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, as such rules may be amended from time to time, or (ii) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the SEC. Upon the request of any Holder, the Company will deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and, if not, the specifics thereof.

Section 3.11. Existing Registration Statements . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and subject to applicable law and regulation, the Company may satisfy any obligation hereunder to file a Registration Statement or to have a Registration Statement become effective by a specified date by designating, by notice to the Holders, a Registration Statement that previously has been filed with the SEC or become effective, as the case may be, as the relevant Registration Statement for purposes of satisfying such obligation, and all references to any such obligation shall be construed accordingly; provided that such previously filed Registration Statement may be amended or, subject to applicable securities laws, supplemented to add the number of Registrable Securities, and, to the extent necessary, to identify as selling stockholders those Holders demanding the filing of a Registration Statement pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. To the extent this Agreement refers to the filing or effectiveness of other Registration

 

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Statements, by or at a specified time and the Company has, in lieu of then filing such Registration Statements or having such Registration Statements become effective, designated a previously filed or effective Registration Statement as the relevant Registration Statement for such purposes, in accordance with the preceding sentence, such references shall be construed to refer to such designated Registration Statement, as amended.

ARTICLE IV

Miscellaneous

Section 4.1. Authority: Effect . Each party hereto represents and warrants to and agrees with each other party that the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized on behalf of such party and do not violate any agreement or other instrument applicable to such party or by which its assets are bound. This Agreement does not, and shall not be construed to, give rise to the creation of a partnership among any of the parties hereto, or to constitute any of such parties members of a joint venture or other association. The Company and its subsidiaries shall be jointly and severally liable for all obligations of each such party pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 4.2. Notices . Any notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted in this Agreement shall be effective if in writing and (i) delivered personally, (ii) sent by facsimile or e-mail, or (iii) sent by overnight courier, in each case, addressed as follows:

 

if to the Company, to:
Evolent Health, Inc.
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22203
Attention: Jonathan Weinberg,
General Counsel
Facsimile: (571) 389-6001
E-mail: jweinberg@evolenthealth.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: William V. Fogg
Facsimile: (212) 474-1000
E-mail: wfogg@cravath.com

 

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if to the TPG Investor, to:
TPG Global, LLC
301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (415) 743-1501
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Ropes & Gray LLP
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Thomas Holden, Esq.
Facsimile: (415) 315-4823
E-mail: thomas.holden@ropesgray.com
if to The Advisory Board Investor, to:
The Advisory Board Company
2445 M St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
Attention: Evan Farber
Facsimile: (202) 266-5700
E-mail: farbere@advisory.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Attention: Jeremy D. London
Facsimile: (202) 661-8299
E-mail: Jeremy.London@skadden.com
if to the UPMC Investor, to:
UPMC
U.S. Steel Building
600 Grant Street, 55th Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
Facsimile: (412) 647-9193
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
1500 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-1209
Attention: Gerald McCartin
Facsimile: (202) 842-8465
E-mail: Gerald.McCartin@dbr.com

 

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if to the Ptolemy Investor, to:
Ptolemy Capital, LLC
1250 Prospect St, Suite 200
La Jolla, California 92037
Attention: Michael R. Stone
Facsimile: (858) 551-1175
E-mail: mike@fsinvestors.com and mitch@fsinvestors.com

Notice to the holder of record of any Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be notice to the holder of such securities for all purposes hereof.

Unless otherwise specified herein, such notices or other communications shall be deemed effective (i) on the date received, if personally delivered, (ii) on the date received if delivered by facsimile or e-mail on a Business Day, or if not delivered on a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (iii) two Business Days after being sent by overnight courier. Each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specify a different address by giving notice as aforesaid to each of the other parties hereto.

Section 4.3. Termination and Effect of Termination . This Agreement shall terminate upon the date on which no Holder holds any Registrable Securities, except for the provisions of Sections 3.9 and 3.10, which shall survive any such termination. No termination under this Agreement shall relieve any Person of liability for breach prior to termination. In the event this Agreement is terminated, each Person entitled to indemnification rights pursuant to Section 3.9 hereof shall retain such indemnification rights with respect to any matter that (i) may be an indemnified liability thereunder and (ii) occurred prior to such termination.

Section 4.4. Permitted Transferees . The rights of a Holder hereunder may be assigned (but only with all related obligations as set forth below) in connection with a Transfer of Class B common units, shares of Class B Common Stock or Registrable Securities effected in accordance with the terms of the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Evolent Health LLC and this Agreement to a Permitted Transferee of that Holder. Without prejudice to any other or similar conditions imposed hereunder with respect to any such Transfer, no assignment permitted under the terms of this Section 4.4 will be effective unless the Permitted Transferee to which the assignment is being made, if not a Holder, has delivered to the Company a written acknowledgment and agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the Permitted Transferee will be bound by, and will be a party to, this Agreement. A Permitted Transferee to whom rights are transferred pursuant to this Section 4.4 may not again transfer those rights to any other Permitted Transferee, other than as provided in this Section 4.4.

 

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Section 4.5. Remedies . The parties to this Agreement shall have all remedies available at law, in equity or otherwise in the event of any breach or violation of this Agreement or any default hereunder. The parties acknowledge and agree that in the event of any breach of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedies that may be available, each of the parties hereto shall be entitled to specific performance of the obligations of the other parties hereto and, in addition, to such other equitable remedies (including preliminary or temporary relief) as may be appropriate in the circumstances. No delay of or omission in the exercise of any right, power or remedy accruing to any party as a result of any breach or default by any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed as a waiver of or acquiescence in any such breach or default, or of any similar breach or default occurring later; nor shall any such delay, omission nor waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default occurring before or after that waiver.

Section 4.6. Amendments . This Agreement may not be orally amended, modified, extended or terminated, nor shall any oral waiver of any of its terms be effective. This Agreement may be amended, modified, extended or terminated, and the provisions hereof may be waived, only by an agreement in writing signed by the Company and each of the Principal Investors. Each such amendment, modification, extension or termination shall be binding upon each party hereto and each Other Holder; provided that no such amendment, modification, extension or termination shall be binding upon any party hereto unless agreed to in writing by such party. In addition, each party hereto may waive any right hereunder by an instrument in writing signed by such party.

Section 4.7. Governing Law . This Agreement and all claims arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the domestic substantive laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any choice or conflict of laws provision or rule that would cause the application of the domestic substantive laws of any other jurisdiction.

Section 4.8. Consent to Jurisdiction . Each party to this Agreement, by its execution hereof, (i) hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts sitting in the State of New York for the purpose of any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof, (ii) hereby waives to the extent not prohibited by applicable law, and agrees not to assert, and agrees not to allow any of its subsidiaries to assert, by way of motion, as a defense or otherwise, in any such action, any claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that any such proceeding brought in one of the above-named courts is improper, or that this Agreement or the subject matter hereof or thereof may not be enforced in or by such court and (iii) hereby agrees not to commence or maintain any action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation arising out of or based upon this Agreement or relating to the subject matter hereof or thereof other than before one of the above-named courts nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of

 

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any such action, claim, cause of action or suit (in contract, tort or otherwise), inquiry, proceeding or investigation to any court other than one of the above-named courts whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any party hereto is or becomes a party in any litigation in connection with which it may assert indemnification rights set forth in this Agreement, the court in which such litigation is being heard shall be deemed to be included in clause (i) above. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any party to this Agreement may commence and maintain an action to enforce a judgment of any of the above-named courts in any court of competent jurisdiction. Each party hereto hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by New York law, and agrees that service of process by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof is reasonably calculated to give actual notice.

Section 4.9. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES AND COVENANTS THAT IT WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE) ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE OR ACTION, CLAIM, CAUSE OF ACTION OR SUIT (IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), INQUIRY, PROCEEDING OR INVESTIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR BASED UPON THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS SECTION 4.9 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH THEY ARE RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4.9 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 4.10. Merger; Binding Effect, Etc. This Agreement (along with the Exchange Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter, supersedes all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements or discussions with respect to such subject matter, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective heirs, representatives, successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Holder or other party hereto may assign any of its respective rights or delegate any of its respective obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment or delegation in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void.

Section 4.11. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one instrument.

 

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Section 4.12. Severability . In the event that any provision hereof would, under applicable law, be invalid or unenforceable in any respect, such provision shall be construed by modifying or limiting it so as to be valid and enforceable to the maximum extent compatible with, and possible under, applicable law. The provisions hereof are severable, and in the event any provision hereof should be held invalid or unenforceable in any respect, it shall not invalidate, render unenforceable or otherwise affect any other provision hereof.

Section 4.13. No Recourse . Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, the Company and each Holder covenant, agree and acknowledge that no recourse under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement shall be had against any current or future director, officer, employee, general or limited partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, whether by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding, or by virtue of any statute, regulation or other applicable law, it being expressly agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or otherwise be incurred by any current or future officer, agent or employee of any Holder or any current or future member of any Holder or any current or future director, officer, employee, partner or member of any Holder or of any Affiliate or assignee thereof, as such, for any obligation of any Holder under this Agreement or any documents or instruments delivered in connection with this Agreement for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation.

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , each of the undersigned has duly executed this Agreement (or caused this Agreement to be executed on its behalf by its officer or representative thereunto duly authorized) under seal as of the date first above written.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]


TPG GROWTH II BDH, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]


TPG EAGLE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]


UPMC
By:

/s/ Robert A. DeMichiei

Name: Robert A. DeMichiei
Title: Executive Vice President and CFO

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]


THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY
By:

/s/ Evan Farber

Name: Evan Farber
Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]


PTOLEMY CAPITAL, LLC
By:

/s/ Mitchell Otolski

Name: Mitchell Otolski
Title: Agent

 

[ Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement ]

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

AND

THE STOCKHOLDERS PARTY HERETO

D ATED AS OF J UNE  4, 2015

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.1.

Definitions.

  2   

Section 1.2.

Other Interpretive Provisions.

  6   
ARTICLE II   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES   

Section 2.1.

Existence; Authority; Enforceability.

  6   

Section 2.2.

Absence of Conflicts.

  7   

Section 2.3.

Consents.

  7   
ARTICLE III   
GOVERNANCE   

Section 3.1.

The Board.

  7   

Section 3.2.

Voting Agreement.

  11   

Section 3.3.

Additional Management Provisions.

  11   

Section 3.4.

Confidentiality.

  11   

Section 3.5.

Affiliate Transactions.

  12   
ARTICLE IV   
FINANCIAL INFORMATION   

Section 4.1.

Earnings Releases and Public Filings.

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Section 4.2.

Significant Investment Enhanced Requirements.

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Section 4.3.

Continued Compliance.

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Section 4.4.

Attorney-Client Privilege.

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ARTICLE V   
GENERAL PROVISIONS   

Section 5.1.

Company Charter and Company By-laws.

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Section 5.2.

Freedom to Pursue Opportunities.

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Section 5.3.

Assignment; Benefit.

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Section 5.4.

Restrictions on Business Combination Transactions.

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Section 5.5.

Termination.

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Section 5.6.

Limits on Transfer or Issuance of Common Stock.

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Section 5.7.

Severability.

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Section 5.8.

Entire Agreement; Amendment.

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Section 5.9.

Counterparts.

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Section 5.10.

Notices.

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Section 5.11.

Governing Law.

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Section 5.12.

Jurisdiction.

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Section 5.13.

Waiver of Jury Trial.

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Section 5.14.

Specific Performance.

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Section 5.15.

Subsequent Acquisition of Shares.

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Section 5.16.

Transfer Restrictions on Class B Common Stock.

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Section 5.17.

Effectiveness.

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This STOCKHOLDERS AGREEMENT (as it may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 4, 2015, is made by and among:

i. Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”);

ii. TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ TPG Growth II BDH ”) and TPG Eagle Holdings L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ TPG Eagle ” and, together with TPG Growth II BDH, “ TPG ” or the “ TPG Investor ”);

iii. UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation (“ UPMC ” or the “ UPMC Investor ”);

iv. The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation (“ The Advisory Board ” or “ The Advisory Board Investor ”); and

v. such other Persons who from time to time become party hereto by executing a counterpart signature page hereof and are designated by the Board (as defined below) as “Other Stockholders” (the “ Other Stockholders ” and, together with the TPG Investor, the UPMC Investor and The Advisory Board Investor, the “ Stockholders ”).

For purposes of this Agreement, each of TPG, UPMC and The Advisory Board is a “ Principal Stockholder ”.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on January 6, 2014, Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdings ”), Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Evolent Health LLC ”), TPG, UPMC, The Advisory Board and certain other Persons entered into an Amended and Restated Master Investors’ Rights Agreement (the “ Prior Agreement ”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO, the Prior Agreement is being terminated by the parties thereto;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the Company has priced an initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of shares of its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class A Common Stock ”), pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated as of the date hereof;

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO (i) the preferred units of Evolent Health LLC will be converted into common units of Evolent Health LLC, (ii) the second amended and restated operating agreement of Evolent Health LLC will be further amended and restated to establish two classes of equity consisting of the Class A common units (“ Class A Common Units ”) to be held by Evolent Health, Inc. as sole managing member and the Class B common units (“ Class B Common Units ”) to be initially held by TPG and The Advisory Board, (iii) the shares of preferred stock of Holdings will be converted into common stock of Holdings, (iv) pursuant to a series of


share exchanges and contributions, the Company will issue shares of Class A Common Stock to certain pre-merger stockholders of Holdings and an affiliate of TPG and shares of its Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Class B Common Stock ” and, together with the Class A Common Stock, the “ Common Stock ”), to TPG, The Advisory Board and Ptolemy and (v) pursuant to a series of mergers, Holdings and an affiliate of TPG will merge with and into the Company with the Company continuing as the surviving entity and, in connection with such mergers, the Company will issue shares of Class A Common Stock to the other pre-merger stockholders of Holdings;

WHEREAS, after the completion of the IPO, the Class B common units (together with shares of Class B Common Stock) held by TPG and The Advisory Board will, subject to certain restrictions, be exchangeable from time to time at the option of the holder thereof for shares of the Class A Common Stock, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as such agreement may be amended from time to time, the “ Exchange Agreement ”); and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to provide for certain governance rights and other matters, and to set forth the respective rights and obligations of the Stockholders following the IPO.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises, covenants and agreements of the parties hereto, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

90-Day Unaffiliated Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

365-Day Unaffiliated Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

Advisory Board Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, (a) any Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person or (b) in the event that the specified Person is a natural Person, a Member of the Immediate Family of such Person. As used in this definition, the term “ control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For purposes of Section 3.5, the direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Company and Evolent Health LLC shall not constitute an Affiliate of the Company or Evolent Health LLC.

 

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Affiliate Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Annual Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(d).

Board ” means the board of directors of the Company.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which banks are required or specifically authorized by law to be closed in the City of New York.

Business Combination Transaction ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.

Chief Executive Officer ” means the chief executive officer of the Company then in office.

Class A Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Class A Common Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Class B Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Class B Common Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Closing ” means the closing of the IPO.

Common Stock ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Company ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Company By-laws ” means the by-laws of the Company in effect on the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time.

Company Charter ” means the certificate of incorporation of the Company in effect on the date hereof, as may be amended from time to time.

Company Information ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(a).

Company Shares ” means (i) all shares of Common Stock that are not then subject to vesting (including shares that were at one time subject to vesting to the extent they have vested), (ii) all shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise, conversion or exchange of any option, warrant or convertible security that are not then subject to vesting (including shares that were at one time subject to vesting to the extent they have vested) (without double counting shares of Class A Common Stock issuable upon an exchange of shares of Class B Common Stock together with Class B Common Units) and (iii) all shares of Common Stock directly or indirectly issued or issuable with respect to the securities referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above by way of unit or stock dividend or unit or stock split, or in connection with a combination of units or shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization.

 

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Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Exchange Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Fund Indemnitors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.

Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(h).

IPO ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

Member of the Immediate Family ” means, with respect to an individual, (a) each parent, spouse (but not including a former spouse or a spouse from whom such individual is legally separated) or child (including those adopted) of such individual and (b) each trustee, solely in his or her capacity as trustee and so long as such trustee is reasonably satisfactory to the Company, for a trust naming only one or more of the Persons listed in sub-clause (a) as beneficiaries.

Necessary Action ” means, with respect to a specified result, all actions reasonably necessary to cause such result, including (i) voting or providing a written consent or proxy with respect to the Company Shares, (ii) causing the adoption of stockholders’ resolutions and amendments to the organizational documents of the Company, (iii) executing agreements and instruments, and (iv) making, or causing to be made, with governmental, administrative or regulatory authorities, all filings, registrations or similar actions that are reasonably required to achieve such result.

Operating Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

Other Stockholders ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

PCAOB ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(c).

Person ” means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, association, estate, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Principal Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

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Principal Stockholder Designee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b).

Ptolemy ” means Ptolemy Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Public Filings ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(b).

Purported Owner ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(b).

Quarterly Financial Statements ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2(c).

Registration Statement ” means the Registration Statement on Form S-1, as amended, filed by the Company with the SEC in connection with the IPO.

Representatives ” means, with respect to any Person, any of such Person’s officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, accountants, actuaries, consultants or financial advisors or other Person associated with, or acting on behalf of, such Person.

Restricted Shares ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(b).

Restrictions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(b).

SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any successor thereto, and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect from time to time.

Share Exchange ” means a share exchange involving more than 50% of the shares of the Common Stock. Share exchanges effected in accordance with the Exchange Agreement shall not constitute a “Share Exchange” for purposes of this Agreement.

Stockholder ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

Tax Receivables Agreement ” means the tax receivables agreement by and among the Company, TPG, The Advisory Board, UPMC, Ptolemy and certain holders of Class A Common Stock, dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

The Advisory Board ” or “ The Advisory Board Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

TPG ” or “ TPG Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

TPG Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

 

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Transfer ” means, with respect to any Company Shares, any interest therein, or any other securities or equity interests, a direct or indirect transfer, sale, exchange, assignment, pledge, hypothecation or other encumbrance or other disposition thereof, including the grant of an option or other right, whether directly or indirectly, whether voluntarily, involuntarily or by operation of law; and “ Transferred ”, “ Transferee ” and “ Transferor ” shall each have a correlative meaning.

Transfer Agent ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16(b).

Unaffiliated Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

Unaffiliated Directors ” shall mean the Unaffiliated Director, the 90-Day Unaffiliated Director and the 365-Day Unaffiliated Director.

UPMC ” or “ UPMC Investor ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

UPMC Director ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a).

Section 1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions . (a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) The words “ hereof ,” “ herein ,” “ hereunder ” and similar words refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement; and any subsection and section references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) The term “ including ” is not limiting and means “ including without limitation .”

(d) The captions and headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.

(e) Whenever the context requires, any pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms.

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of the parties to this Agreement hereby represents and warrants to each other party to this Agreement that as of the date such party executes this Agreement:

Section 2.1. Existence; Authority; Enforceability . Such party has the power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder. Such party is duly organized and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, and the execution of this Agreement, and the performance of its obligations hereunder, have been authorized by all necessary action on the part of its board of directors (or

 

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equivalent) and shareholders (or other holders of equity interests), if required, and no other act or proceeding on its part is necessary to authorize the execution of this Agreement or the performance of its obligations hereunder. This Agreement has been duly executed by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to the effect of any laws relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or preferential transfers, or similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

Section 2.2. Absence of Conflicts . The execution and delivery by such party of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder does not and will not (a) conflict with, or result in the breach of any provision of the constitutive documents of such party, (b) result in any material violation, breach, conflict, default or an event of default (or an event which with notice, lapse of time, or both, would constitute a default or an event of default), or give rise to any right of acceleration or termination or any additional material payment obligation, under the terms of any material contract, agreement or permit to which such party is a party or by which such party’s assets or operations are bound or affected, or (c) violate any law applicable to such party, except, in the case of each of (b) and (c) with respect to the Stockholders, for any such violation, breach, conflict or default that would not impair in any material respect the ability of such Stockholder to perform its respective obligations hereunder.

Section 2.3. Consents . Other than as expressly required herein or any consents which have already been obtained, no material consent, waiver, approval, authorization, exemption, registration, license or declaration is required to be made or obtained by such party in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

GOVERNANCE

Section 3.1. The Board .

(a) Composition of Initial Board . Prior to Closing, the Company and the Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to be comprised of eight directors, (i) two of whom shall be designated by TPG (each, a “ TPG Director ”), (ii) two of whom shall be designated by UPMC (each, a “ UPMC Director ”), (iii) two of whom shall be designated by The Advisory Board (each, an “ Advisory Board Director ”), (iv) one of whom shall be the Chief Executive Officer and (v) one of whom shall be a director who meets the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act (an

 

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Unaffiliated Director ”). Within 90 days of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company and the Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to increase in size by one director to nine directors and to fill such vacancy with one additional Unaffiliated Director (the “ 90-Day Unaffiliated Director ”) who shall meet the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and who shall be appointed by a majority of the Board (upon the affirmative recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board). Within 365 days of the effective date of the Registration Statement, the Company and the Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause the Board to increase in size by one director to ten directors and to fill such vacancy with one additional Unaffiliated Director (the “ 365-Day Unaffiliated Director ”) who shall meet the independence criteria set forth in Rule 10A-3 under the Exchange Act and who shall be appointed by a majority of the Board (upon the affirmative recommendation of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board). The foregoing directors shall be divided into three classes of directors, each of whose members shall serve for staggered three-year terms as follows:

(1) the class I directors shall include one TPG Director, one UPMC Director and one Advisory Board Director;

(2) the class II directors shall include one TPG Director, one UPMC Director and one Advisory Board Director; and

(3) the class III directors shall include the Chief Executive Officer, the Unaffiliated Director, the 90-Day Unaffiliated Director and the 365-Day Unaffiliated Director.

The initial term of the class I directors shall expire immediately following the Company’s first annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected following the completion of the IPO. The initial term of the class II directors shall expire immediately following the Company’s second annual meeting of stockholders at which directors are elected following the completion of the IPO. The initial term of the class III directors shall expire immediately following the Company’s third annual meeting at which directors are elected following the completion of the IPO.

For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.1(a) is applicable solely to the initial composition of the Board and shall have no further force or effect after the 365-Day Unaffiliated Director is appointed to the Board (except that (i) a director shall remain a member of the class of directors to which he or she was assigned in accordance with this Section 3.1(a) and (ii) the initial terms of each class of directors shall expire as set forth in this Section 3.1(a)).

(b) Principal Stockholder Representation . For so long as a Principal Stockholder holds a number of shares of Common Stock representing at least the percentage of shares of Common Stock held by such Principal Stockholder as of the Closing shown below, there shall be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election as directors at each applicable annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected that number of individuals designated by

 

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such Principal Stockholder (each, a “ Principal Stockholder Designee ”) that, if elected, will result in such Principal Stockholder having the number of directors serving on the Board that is shown below.

 

Percent

   Number of Directors

40% or greater

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Less than 40% but greater than or equal to 5%

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Upon any decrease in the number of directors that a Principal Stockholder is entitled to designate for election to the Board, such Principal Stockholder shall take all Necessary Action to cause the appropriate number of Principal Stockholder Designees to offer to tender resignation. The Board shall have the option, but not the obligation, to accept any such resignations, and if such resignation is then accepted by the Board, the Board may take all Necessary Action to cause the authorized size of the Board to be reduced accordingly.

(c) CEO Representation . Subject to the last sentence of Section 3.1(d), if the term of the Chief Executive Officer as a director on the Board is to expire in conjunction with any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected, the Chief Executive Officer shall be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board for election.

(d) Vacancies . Except as provided in Section 3.1(b), (i) each Principal Stockholder shall have the exclusive right to remove its designees from the Board, and the Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause the removal of any such designee at the request of the designating Principal Stockholder and (ii) each Principal Stockholder or, if applicable, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, shall have the exclusive right to designate for election or appointment to the Board directors to fill vacancies created by reason of death, removal or resignation of its designees to the Board, and the Company and the other Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to cause any such vacancies to be filled by replacement directors designated by such designating Principal Stockholder as promptly as reasonably practicable; provided , that, for the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph, no Principal Stockholder shall have the right to designate a replacement director, and the Company and the other Principal Stockholders shall not be required to take any action to cause any vacancy to be filled by any such designee, to the extent that election or appointment of such designee to the Board would result in a number of directors designated by such Principal Stockholder in excess of the number of directors that such Principal Stockholder is then entitled to designate for membership on the Board pursuant to Section 3.1(b). If the Chief Executive Officer resigns or is terminated for any reason, the Chief Executive Officer shall resign from the Board, and the Company and the Principal Stockholders shall take all Necessary Action to remove the Chief Executive Officer from the Board and fill such vacancy with the next Chief Executive Officer in office.

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Agreement, the Company will take all Necessary Action to ensure that the number of directors serving on the Board shall not exceed ten; provided , that the number of directors may be increased if necessary to satisfy the requirements of applicable laws and stock exchange regulations and applicable listing requirements.

(f) Committees . Subject to applicable laws and stock exchange regulations, each Principal Stockholder shall have the right to have a representative appointed to serve on each committee of the Board for so long as such Principal Stockholder has the right to designate at least one director for election to the Board. Subject to applicable laws and stock exchange regulations and applicable listing requirements, each Principal Stockholder shall have the right to have a representative appointed as an observer to any committee of the Board to which such Principal Stockholder (i) does not elect to have a representative appointed or (ii) is prohibited by applicable laws or stock exchange regulations or applicable listing requirements from having a representative appointed, in each case for so long as such Principal Stockholder has the right to designate at least one director for nomination under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) not later than the Closing, one of the Unaffiliated Directors then serving shall be appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board, (ii) not later than 90 days following the effective date of the Registration Statement, two of the Unaffiliated Directors then serving shall be appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board, (iii) not later than 365 days following the effective date of the Registration Statement, three of the Unaffiliated Directors then serving shall be appointed to serve on the Audit Committee of the Board and (iv) at all times during which this Agreement is operative and effective, the Board shall have determined that at least one director serving on the Audit Committee of the Board shall qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” under the rules and regulations of the SEC.

(g) Reimbursement of Expenses . In accordance with the Company By-laws, the Company shall reimburse each TPG Director, UPMC Director, Advisory Board Director and Principal Stockholder Designee for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such director’s or designee’s participation in the meetings of the Board or any committee of the Board, including reasonable travel, lodging and meal expenses.

(h) D&O Insurance; Indemnification Priority . The Company shall obtain customary director and officer indemnity insurance on reasonable terms. The Company hereby acknowledges that any director, officer or other indemnified person covered by any such indemnity insurance policy (any such Person, an “ Indemnitee ”) may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by TPG, UPMC, The Advisory Board or one or more of their respective Affiliates (collectively, the “ Fund Indemnitors ”). The Company hereby (i) agrees that the Company and any subsidiary of the Company that provides indemnity shall be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its or their obligations to an Indemnitee shall be primary and any obligation of any Fund Indemnitor to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by an Indemnitee shall be secondary), (ii) agrees that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses,

 

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judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this agreement or any other agreement between the Company and an Indemnitee, without regard to any rights an Indemnitee may have against any Fund Indemnitor or their insurers, and (iii) irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Fund Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Fund Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Fund Indemnitors on behalf of an Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which such Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company, as the case may be, shall affect the foregoing and the Fund Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of such Indemnitee against the Company.

Section 3.2. Voting Agreement . Each Principal Stockholder agrees to cast all votes to which such Principal Stockholder is entitled in respect of its Company Shares, whether at any annual or special meeting, by written consent or otherwise, so as to cause to be elected to the Board those individuals designated in accordance with Section 3.1(a)-(e) and to otherwise effect the intent of this Article III.

Section 3.3. Additional Management Provisions . The Company hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Principal Stockholder Designees of each Principal Stockholder entitled to designate a member of the Board pursuant to this Agreement shall receive such information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects or corporate affairs of the Company as such Principal Stockholder may from time to time reasonably request, and such Principal Stockholder Designee may share such information about the Company with such Principal Stockholder.

Section 3.4. Confidentiality . Each Stockholder agrees with the Company for the benefit of the Company that such Stockholder will, until the second anniversary of the termination of this Agreement with respect to such Stockholder, keep confidential and will not disclose, divulge or use for any purpose (other than to monitor, increase or decrease its investment in the Company) any confidential information obtained from the Company pursuant to this Agreement or provided by or on behalf of the Company to such Stockholder unless such confidential information (a) is known or becomes known to the public in general (other than as a result of a breach of this Section 3.4 by such Stockholder), (b) is or has been independently developed or conceived by the Stockholder without use of the Company’s confidential information, (c) is determined by the Company in good faith upon request of any Stockholder no longer to be confidential information (as confirmed in writing to the Stockholder by the Board) or (d) is or has been made known or disclosed to the Stockholder by a third party without the Stockholder’s knowledge that the disclosure of such information constitutes a breach of any obligation of confidentiality such third party may have to the Company; provided , however , that a

 

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Stockholder may disclose confidential information (i) to its attorneys, accountants, consultants and other professionals to the extent necessary to obtain their services in connection with monitoring its investment in the Company; (ii) to any existing or prospective Affiliate, partner, member, stockholder or wholly owned subsidiary of such Stockholder in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Stockholder informs such Person that such information is confidential and directs such Person to maintain the confidentiality of such information; or (iii) subject to the terms of Article IV, as may otherwise be required by law, including, without limitation, to the extent required in periodic disclosures or for regulatory purposes; provided that the Stockholder promptly notifies the Company of such disclosure and takes reasonable steps to minimize the extent of any such required disclosure; provided , further that nothing in this Section 3.4 shall be deemed to restrict any Stockholder’s ability to monetize its equity investment in the Company in compliance with applicable securities laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Company and each Stockholder acknowledges that each other Stockholder may develop or receive from third parties information that is the same as or similar to the confidential information of the Company, and agrees that nothing in this Agreement restricts or prohibits any Stockholder (by itself or through a third party) from developing, receiving or disclosing such information, or any products, services, concepts, ideas, systems or techniques that are similar to or compete with the products, services, concepts, ideas, systems or techniques contemplated by or embodied in the confidential information of the Company.

Section 3.5. Affiliate Transactions . Neither the Company nor Evolent Health LLC shall make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company or Evolent Health LLC involving, with respect to any such transaction or series of related transactions, payments, consideration, properties or assets with a fair market value in excess of $2.0 million (each, an “ Affiliate Transaction ”), unless with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions, such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions either (a) has been approved by a majority of the members of the Board that are disinterested with respect to such Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions or (b) has been conducted on an arm’s-length basis. For purposes of this Agreement, the following shall not constitute an “Affiliate Transaction”: (i) any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee completed or in effect upon, or prior to, the Closing and (ii) any transaction, contract, agreement or understanding relating to director and officer indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance.

 

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ARTICLE IV

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Section 4.1. Earnings Releases and Public Filings . (a) During any period in which a Principal Stockholder is (i) subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) required to file audited financial statements of the Company pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X and (iii) required to account for its investment in the Company or Evolent Health LLC on a consolidated basis or under the equity method of accounting (determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied after consultation with such Principal Stockholder’s auditors) or (b) at any other time to comply with the Principal Stockholder’s reporting obligations under any of its debt instruments or otherwise, including to comply with any law, rule, regulation or other obligation:

(a) Earnings Releases . The Principal Stockholders each agree that, unless required by law, rule or regulation or unless the Company shall have consented thereto, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, none of the Principal Stockholders will publicly release any quarterly or annual financial information that includes Company Information sooner than 35 days after any quarter or year end. Except as otherwise provided in the last sentence of this paragraph or in Section 4.2(f), no such Principal Stockholder shall include any Company Information in any such earnings release without the prior written consent of the Company, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. As used herein, “ Company Information ” means any monthly, quarterly or annual financial information of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, including Evolent Health LLC. In the event that any of the Principal Stockholders is required by law, rule or regulation, including but not limited to Regulation FD, to publicly release such Company Information prior to its public release by the Company, such Principal Stockholder will give the Company notice of such release of Company Information as soon as practicable but no later than two Business Days prior to such release of Company Information or such shorter period if otherwise required by law, rule or regulation and will give the Company an opportunity to review such Company Information.

(b) Public Filings . Each of the Principal Stockholders and the Company shall cooperate fully with each other to the extent reasonably requested by the other in the preparation of any of their respective public filings that include Company Information, including earnings releases, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, annual reports on Form 10-K, any current reports on Form 8-K and any other proxy, information and registration statements, reports, notices, prospectuses, investor presentations and any other filings made by them or any of their respective subsidiaries with the SEC, any national securities exchange or otherwise made publicly available (collectively, “ Public Filings ”). Unless required by law, rule or regulation, each of the Principal Stockholders and the Company shall not publicly release any financial or other information which materially conflicts with the information of the other party that is included in any Public Filing without the prior consent of the Company or such Principal Stockholder, as the case may be, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

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Section 4.2. Significant Investment Enhanced Requirements . The Company agrees that, (a) during any period in which a Principal Stockholder is (i) subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, (ii) required to file audited financial statements of the Company pursuant to Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X and (iii) required to account for its investment in the Company on a consolidated basis or under the equity method of accounting (determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied after consultation with such Principal Stockholder’s auditors) or (b) at any other time to comply with the Principal Stockholder’s reporting obligations under any of its debt instruments or otherwise, including to comply with any law, rule, regulation or other obligation, in addition to any other requirements set forth in this Article IV, and only with respect to and for the benefit of such Principal Stockholder or Principal Stockholders, as the case may be at any particular time, described in this Section 4.2:

(a) Maintenance of Books and Records . The Company shall, and shall cause each of its consolidated subsidiaries to, (i) make and keep books, records and accounts, which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) devise and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (x) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (y) transactions are recorded as necessary (1) to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP or any other criteria applicable to such statements and (2) to maintain accountability for assets, and (z) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences.

(b) Monthly and Quarterly Financial Information . As soon as practicable, and within 10 Business Days after the end of each month in each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder a statement of operations and balance sheet for Evolent Health, Inc. and Evolent Health LLC for such month. As soon as practicable, and within 11 Business Days after the end of each fiscal quarter in each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder a statement of shareholders’ equity for Evolent Health, Inc. and Evolent Health LLC for such quarter.

(c) Unaudited Quarterly Financial Information and Financial Statements . Within 35 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder its estimate of the Company Information sufficient for such Principal Stockholder to record the line item equity in loss of unconsolidated subsidiaries in its earnings release for such fiscal quarter consistent with prior practice, including an estimate of the Company’s net income or losses for such fiscal quarter. As soon as practicable, and within 39 days after the end

 

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of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder the final form of the consolidated financial statements of the Company (and notes thereto) for such periods and for the period from the beginning of the current fiscal year to the end of such quarter, prepared in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation S-X (such information is herein referred to as the “ Quarterly Financial Statements ”), and the Company’s independent auditors shall have performed the procedures specified by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“ PCAOB ”) for a review of interim financial information as described in PCAOB AU 722, Interim Financial Information . Beginning 10 Business Days after the end of each such fiscal quarter, the Company shall make available to such Principal Stockholder the personnel of the Company responsible for the preparation of such Quarterly Financial Statements for telephonic meetings. If on or before the 20th day or the 30th day after the end of any of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company becomes aware that it will be unable to deliver the Quarterly Financial Statements within 39 days after the end of such fiscal quarter, then the Company shall notify the Principal Stockholder and provide, at the Company’s expense (it being agreed and understood that the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the fees and expenses of such Principal Stockholder’s auditors for work performed pursuant to this Section 4.2(c)), full access and cooperation from the Company’s management and personnel, along with the Company’s auditors, in connection with a review by the auditors of such Principal Stockholder of the business, books and records of the Company.

(d) Annual Financial Information and Financial Statements . Within 35 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder its estimate of the Company Information sufficient for such Principal Stockholder to record the line item equity in loss of unconsolidated subsidiaries in its earnings release and prepare its audited financial statements for such fiscal year consistent with prior practice, including an estimate of the Company’s net income or losses for such fiscal year. As soon as practicable, and within 59 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, the Company shall deliver to each such Principal Stockholder the final form of the consolidated financial statements of the Company (and notes thereto) for such year (such information is herein referred to as the “ Annual Financial Statements ”), accompanied by an opinion thereon by the Company’s independent certified public accountants. Beginning 10 Business Days after the end of each such fiscal year, the Company shall make available to such Principal Stockholder the personnel of the Company responsible for the preparation of such Annual Financial Statements for telephonic meetings. If on or before the 40th day or the 50th day after the end of any fiscal year of the Company, the Company becomes aware that it will be unable to deliver the Annual Financial Statements within 59 days after the end of such fiscal year, then the Company shall notify the Principal Stockholder and provide, at the Company’s expense (it being agreed and understood that the Company shall be responsible for 50% of the fees and expenses of such Principal Stockholder’s auditors for work performed pursuant to this Section 4.2(d)), full access and cooperation from the Company’s management and personnel, along with the Company’s auditors, in connection with a review by the auditors of such Principal Stockholder of the business, books and records of the Company.

 

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(e) Accounting Estimates and Principles . The Company will give such Principal Stockholder reasonable notice of any proposed significant change in accounting estimates or material changes in accounting principles from those in effect on the date hereof, including changes that are mandated or required by the SEC, the Financial Accounting Standards Board or the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, that could affect both the Company and such Principal Stockholder. In this connection, the Company will consult with such Principal Stockholder and, if requested by a Principal Stockholder, the Company will consult with its independent public accountants with respect thereto.

(f) Earnings Releases . Subject to Section 4.1(a), nothing herein shall prevent a Principal Stockholder from reflecting its net income/loss attributed to such Principal Stockholder’s investment in the Company on a timely basis in any earnings release issued by such Principal Stockholder.

Section 4.3. Continued Compliance . During any period in which neither clause (a) nor clause (b) of the first sentence of Section 4.1 applies for a Principal Stockholder, the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Company Information on a timely basis to such Principal Stockholder upon the reasonable request of such Principal Stockholder.

Section 4.4. Attorney-Client Privilege . The provision of any information pursuant to this Article IV shall not be deemed a waiver of any privilege, including privileges arising under or related to the attorney-client privilege.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 5.1. Company Charter and Company By-laws . The provisions of this Agreement shall be controlling if any such provisions or the operation thereof conflict with the provisions of the Company Charter or the Company By-laws. The Company and the Principal Stockholders agree to take all Necessary Action to amend the Company Charter and Company By-laws so as to avoid any conflict with the provisions hereof.

Section 5.2. Freedom to Pursue Opportunities . Subject to Section 12.03 of the Company Charter and any contractual obligations by which the Company or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates, including those business activities or lines of business deemed to be competing with the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law

 

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none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective officers or directors, shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders, or to any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty, solely by reason of any such activities of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates, or of the participation therein by any officer or director of any Principal Stockholder or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, but subject to any contractual obligations by which the Company or any or all of the Principal Stockholders may be bound from time to time, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of its Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates, and without limiting Section 12.03 of the Company Charter, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees shall be deemed to have breached his, her or its fiduciary duties, if any, to the Company or its stockholders or to any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members solely by reason of engaging in any such activity. Subject to any contractual provisions by which the Company or any or all of the Principal Stockholders or their respective Affiliates may be bound from time to time, in the event that any Principal Stockholder or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter which may be a corporate opportunity for any Principal Stockholder (or any of its respective Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Company (or any of its Affiliates), on the other hand, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall have any duty to communicate or offer such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Principal Stockholders nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to the Company or its stockholders, or any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty or otherwise, solely by reason of the fact that such Principal Stockholder or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees acquires, pursues or obtains such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such corporate opportunity to another person, or otherwise does not communicate information regarding such corporate opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and their respective stockholders and Affiliates) to the fullest extent permitted by law hereby waives and renounces in accordance with Section 122(17) of the DGCL any claim that such business opportunity constituted a corporate opportunity that should have been presented to the Company or any of its Affiliates. For purposes of this Section 5.2, the term “Affiliate” shall be given the meaning assigned to such term in the Company Charter.

 

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Section 5.3. Assignment; Benefit .

(a) The rights and obligations hereunder shall not be assignable without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, subject to the prior termination of this Agreement with respect to any Principal Stockholder in accordance with Section 5.5. Any attempted assignment of rights or obligations in violation of this Section 5.3 shall be null and void.

(b) This Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and there shall be no third-party beneficiaries to this Agreement other than the Indemnitees and the Fund Indemnitors under Section 3.1(h), and the Principal Stockholders and their Representatives under Section 5.2.

Section 5.4. Restrictions on Business Combination Transactions . The Company shall not be a party to any reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger or any other transaction having an effect on stockholders substantially similar to that resulting from a reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger (each a “ Business Combination Transaction ”) that includes or is in conjunction with a transaction involving the disposition, exchange or conversion of Class B Common Units for consideration unless (a) each holder of Class A Common Stock and Class B Common Stock (together with the corresponding number of Class B Common Units) is allowed to participate pro rata in such Business Combination Transaction (as if the Class B Common Stock (together with the corresponding number of Class B Common Units) had been exchanged immediately prior to such Business Combination Transaction for Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement) and (b) the gross proceeds payable in respect of each Class B Common Unit equals the gross proceeds that would be payable on account of such Class B Common Unit if it were exchanged immediately prior to such Business Combination Transaction into Class A Common Stock pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. Nothing in this Section 5.4 shall be deemed to modify any of the rights of The Advisory Board, TPG, UPMC or Ptolemy set forth in the Tax Receivables Agreement.

Section 5.5. Termination . If not otherwise stipulated, this Agreement shall terminate automatically (without any action by any party hereto) as to each Principal Stockholder when such Principal Stockholder no longer has the right to designate any directors to the Board pursuant to Article III hereof.

Section 5.6. Limits on Transfer or Issuance of Common Stock . The parties each acknowledge and agree that no shares of Class A Common Stock may be issued unless (a) a corresponding number of Class A Common Units are issued therewith (including any issuances of shares of Class A Common Stock held in treasury or otherwise by the Company or any of its subsidiaries) or (b) the issuance of shares of Class A Common

 

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Stock is to a holder of shares of Class B Common Stock in exchange for shares of Class B Common Stock (together with the corresponding number of Class B Common Units) pursuant to the Exchange Agreement. The parties each also acknowledge and agree that no shares of Class B Common Stock may be Transferred or issued unless a corresponding number of Class B Common Units are Transferred or issued therewith (including any transfers or issuances of shares of Class B Common Stock held in treasury or otherwise by the Company or any of its subsidiaries) and that the Company will not register any Transfers of shares of Class B Common Stock that do not satisfy this Section 5.6.

Section 5.7. Severability . In the event that any provision of this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable such provision shall be construed by limiting it so as to be valid, legal and enforceable to the maximum extent provided by law and the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 5.8. Entire Agreement; Amendment .

(a) This Agreement sets forth the entire understanding and agreement among the parties with respect to the transactions contemplated herein and supersedes and replaces any prior understanding, agreement or statement of intent, in each case written or oral, of any kind and every nature with respect hereto. This Agreement or any provision hereof may only be amended, modified or waived, in whole or in part, at any time by an instrument in writing signed by each of the Principal Stockholders with respect to which this Agreement is not terminated.

(b) No waiver of any breach of any of the terms of this Agreement shall be effective unless such waiver is expressly made in writing and executed and delivered by the party against whom such waiver is claimed. The waiver by any party hereto of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a further or continuing waiver of such breach or as a waiver of any other or subsequent breach. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no failure on the part of any party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder, or otherwise available in respect hereof at law or in equity, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of such right, power or remedy by such party preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy.

(c) The parties hereby agree to take no action to amend or repeal the provisions set forth in Section 4.04 of the Company Charter (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) in any respect, or to adopt, amend (whether directly, by the filing of a certificate of designations, powers, preferences, rights or privileges, by a Business Combination Transaction or otherwise) or repeal any other provision of the Company Charter which would have the effect of modifying or permitting the circumvention of the provisions set forth in Section 4.04 of the Company

 

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Charter, unless such action is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than 75% of the voting power of the outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock entitled to vote with respect thereto.

Section 5.9. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate counterparts each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterpart signature pages to this Agreement may be delivered by facsimile or electronic delivery (i.e., by email of a PDF signature page) and each such counterpart signature page will constitute an original for all purposes.

Section 5.10. Notices . Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, consents, approvals, reports, designations, requests, waivers, elections and other communications authorized or required to be given pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given, made or delivered by personal hand delivery, by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail, by mailing the same in a sealed envelope, registered first-class mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (and such notice shall be deemed to have been duly given, made or delivered (a) on the date received, if delivered by personal hand delivery, (b) on the date received, if delivered by facsimile transmission, by electronic mail or by registered first-class mail prior to 5:00 p.m. prevailing local time on a Business Day, or if delivered after 5:00 p.m. prevailing local time on a Business Day or on other than a Business Day, on the first Business Day thereafter and (c) two (2) Business Days after being sent by air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery), at the following addresses (or at such other address as shall be specified by like notice):

 

  if to the Company, to:
Evolent Health, Inc.
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500
Arlington, Virginia 22203
Attention: Jonathan Weinberg
Facsimile: (571) 389-6001
E-mail: JWeinberg@evolenthealth.com
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
825 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: William V. Fogg
Facsimile: (212) 474-1000
E-mail: wfogg@cravath.com

 

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  if to the TPG Investor, to:
TPG Global, LLC
301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Attention: General Counsel
Facsimile: (415) 743-1501
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Ropes & Gray LLP
Three Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California 94111
Attention: Thomas Holden, Esq.
Facsimile: (415) 315-4823
E-mail: thomas.holden@ropesgray.com
  if to The Advisory Board Investor, to:
The Advisory Board Company
2445 M St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20037
Attention: Evan Farber
Facsimile: (202) 266-5700
E-mail: farbere@advisory.com
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Attention: Jeremy D. London
Facsimile: (202) 661-8299
E-mail: Jeremy.London@skadden.com

 

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  if to the UPMC Investor, to:
UPMC
U.S. Steel Building
600 Grant Street, 55th Floor
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Attention: Chief Legal Officer
Facsimile: (412) 647-9193
  with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
1500 K Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005-1209
Attention: Gerald McCartin
Facsimile: (202) 842-8465
E-mail: Gerald.McCartin@dbr.com

Section 5.11. Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY RELATED DISPUTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.

Section 5.12. Jurisdiction . ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING AGAINST THE PARTIES RELATING IN ANY WAY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR (TO THE EXTENT SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION EXISTS THEREFOR) THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE, AND THE PARTIES IRREVOCABLY SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF BOTH SUCH COURTS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING. ANY ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS TO ENFORCE A JUDGMENT ISSUED BY ONE OF THE FOREGOING COURTS MAY BE ENFORCED IN ANY JURISDICTION.

Section 5.13. Waiver of Jury Trial . TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, AND COVENANTS THAT SUCH PARTY WILL NOT ASSERT (WHETHER AS PLAINTIFF, DEFENDANT OR OTHERWISE), ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY FORUM IN RESPECT OF ANY ISSUE, CLAIM OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH THE DEALINGS OF ANY STOCKHOLDER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES

 

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THAT IT HAS BEEN INFORMED BY THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO THAT THIS SECTION 5.13 CONSTITUTES A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT UPON WHICH IT IS RELYING AND WILL RELY IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. ANY PARTY HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 5.13 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF EACH SUCH PARTY TO THE WAIVER OF ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 5.14. Specific Performance . It is hereby agreed and acknowledged that it will be impossible to measure in money the damages that would be suffered if the parties fail to comply with any of the obligations herein imposed on them by this Agreement and that, in the event of any such failure, an aggrieved party will be irreparably damaged and will not have an adequate remedy at law. Any such party shall therefore be entitled (in addition to any other remedy to which such party may be entitled at law or in equity) to injunctive relief, including specific performance, to enforce such obligations, without the posting of any bond, and if any action should be brought in equity to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement, none of the parties hereto shall raise the defense that there is an adequate remedy at law.

Section 5.15. Subsequent Acquisition of Shares . Any equity securities of the Company acquired subsequent to the date hereof by a Stockholder shall be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Section 5.16. Transfer Restrictions on Class B Common Stock .

(a) A holder of Class B Common Stock may only transfer shares of Class B Common Stock to another person if such holder transfers the corresponding number of Class B Common Units to such person in accordance with the provisions of the Operating Agreement.

(b) Any purported transfer of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the restrictions described in Section 5.16(a) (the “ Restrictions ”) shall be null and void. If, notwithstanding the foregoing prohibition, a person shall, voluntarily or involuntarily, purportedly become or attempt to become, the purported owner (“ Purported Owner ”) of shares of Class B Common Stock in violation of the Restrictions, then the Purported Owner shall not obtain any rights in and to such shares of Class B Common Stock (the “ Restricted Shares ”), and the purported transfer of the Restricted Shares to the Purported Owner shall not be recognized by the Company’s transfer agent (the “ Transfer Agent ”).

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Board may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to such transfer or acquisition on the books and records of the Company, including without limitation to cause the Transfer Agent to record the Purported Owner’s transferor as the record owner of the Restricted Shares, and to institute proceedings to enjoin or rescind any such transfer or acquisition.

(d) The Board may, to the extent permitted by law, from time to time establish, modify, amend or rescind, by by-law or otherwise, regulations and procedures not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 5.16 for determining whether any acquisition of shares of Class B Common Stock would violate the Restrictions and for the orderly application, administration and implementation of the provisions of this Section 5.16. Any such procedures and regulations shall be kept on file with the Secretary of the Company and with its Transfer Agent and shall be made available for inspection by any prospective transferee and, upon written request, shall be mailed to any holder of shares of Class B Common Stock.

(e) The Board shall have all powers necessary to implement the Restrictions, including without limitation the power to prohibit the transfer of any shares of Class B Common Stock in violation thereof.

(f) Upon the transfer of any shares of Class B Common Stock to the Company by the Principal Stockholders, or their successors and assigns, such shares of Class B Common Stock shall immediately be cancelled on the books and records of the Company and shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company.

Section 5.17. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become operative and effective upon, but contingent on, the effectiveness of the Company Charter.

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel
EVOLENT HEALTH LLC
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]


With respect to the last sentence of Section 3.1(d):
FRANK WILLIAMS

/s/ Frank Williams

 

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]


TPG GROWTH II BDH, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]


TPG EAGLE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]


UPMC
By:

/s/ Robert A. DeMichiei

Name: Robert A. DeMichiei
Title: Executive Vice President and CFO

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]


THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY
By:

/s/ Evan Farber

Name: Evan Farber
Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Stockholders Agreement ]

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

among

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

and

THE CLASS B MEMBERS OF EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

Dated as of June 4, 2015

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE 1 DEFINED TERMS

     2   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     2   

Section 1.02.

 

Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions

     4   

ARTICLE 2 EXCHANGE

     4   

Section 2.01.

 

Exchanges

     4   

Section 2.02.

 

Adjustment

     7   

Section 2.03.

 

Expiration

     8   

Section 2.04.

 

Reservation of Class A Shares; Listing

     8   

Section 2.05.

 

Recapitalization

     8   

Section 2.06.

 

Removal of Impediments to Exchange

     8   

ARTICLE 3 TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

     8   

Section 3.01.

 

General Restrictions on Transfer

     8   

Section 3.02.

 

Legends

     9   

Section 3.03.

 

Permitted Transferees

     9   

ARTICLE 4 OTHER AGREEMENTS; MISCELLANEOUS

     9   

Section 4.01.

 

Expenses

     9   

Section 4.02.

 

Notices

     10   

Section 4.03.

 

Permitted Transferees

     10   

Section 4.04.

 

Severability

     10   

Section 4.05.

 

Counterparts

     11   

Section 4.06.

 

Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries

     11   

Section 4.07.

 

Further Assurances

     11   

Section 4.08.

 

Dispute Resolution

     11   

Section 4.09.

 

Governing Law

     11   

Section 4.10.

 

Consent to Jurisdiction

     11   

Section 4.11.

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     11   

Section 4.12.

 

Amendments; Waivers

     11   

Section 4.13.

 

Assignment

     12   

Section 4.14.

 

Tax Treatment

     12   

Section 4.15.

 

Effective Date

     12   


EXCHANGE AGREEMENT

among

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

and

THE CLASS B MEMBERS OF EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

EXCHANGE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 4, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), among Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Evolent Health, Inc. ”), Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Company ”) and the holders from time to time of Class B common units in the Company listed on Exhibit A hereto (collectively, the “ Class B Members ”). Capitalized terms used but not simultaneously defined are defined in or by reference to Section 1.01.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, in connection with the initial public offering of Class A Shares (the “ IPO ”), Evolent Health, Inc. intends to consummate the transactions described below and in the Registration Statement on Form S-1 originally filed with the Commission on May 4, 2015, as amended (Registration No. 333-203852);

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO (i) the preferred units of the Company will be converted into common units of the Company, (ii) the second amended and restated limited liability company agreement of the Company will be further amended and restated to establish two classes of equity consisting of the Class A common units to be held by Evolent Health, Inc. and Class B common units to be initially held by TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P. (“ TPG ”), The Advisory Board Company (“ The Advisory Board ”) and Ptolemy Capital, LLC (“ Ptolemy ”) in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A hereto, (iii) the shares of preferred stock of Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., which is the predecessor to Evolent Health, Inc., will be converted into common stock of Evolent Health Holdings, Inc. and (iv) pursuant to a series of share exchanges and contributions, Evolent Health, Inc. will issue Class A Shares to certain pre-merger stockholders of Evolent Health Holdings, Inc. and TPG Eagle BL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and an affiliate of TPG (“ TPG Eagle ”), and Class B Shares to the Class B Members in an amount equal to the number of Class B common units issued to such Class B Member, and pursuant to a series of mergers, Evolent Health Holdings, Inc. and TPG Eagle will merge with and into Evolent Health, Inc. with Evolent Health, Inc. continuing as the surviving entity and, in connection with such mergers, Evolent Health, Inc. will issue Class A Shares to the other pre-merger stockholders of Holdings;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to provide for the possible future exchange following the IPO of Class B common units (together with a transfer to Evolent Health, Inc. of the corresponding number of Class B Shares), for Class A Shares on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, neither Evolent Health, Inc. nor the Company shall have any obligation to acquire from a Class B Member any Class B common units and Class B Shares unless such Class B Member exercises its Exchange Right with respect to such Class B common units and Class B Shares in accordance herewith; and


WHEREAS, the parties intend that an Exchange consummated hereunder be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to the extent permitted by law, as a taxable sale of Class B common units and Class B Shares.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.01. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

Business Combination Transaction ” is defined in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Evolent Health, Inc.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday, or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Class A common units ” is defined in the Operating Agreement.

Class A Shares ” means shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Evolent Health, Inc.

Class B common units ” is defined in the Operating Agreement.

Class B Members ” is defined in the preamble.

Class B Shares ” means shares of Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Evolent Health, Inc.

Closing ” means the closing of an Exchange pursuant to Section 2.01.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commission ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Company ” is defined in the preamble.

Evolent Health, Inc. ” is defined in the preamble.

Exchange ,” when used as a noun, means an exchange by a Class B Member of one or more Class B common units (together with a transfer to Evolent Health, Inc. of the corresponding number of Class B Shares), for Class A Shares. “ Exchange ,” when used as a verb, and “ Exchanging ,” when used as an adjective, shall have correlative meanings.

Exchange Rate ” means the number of Class A Shares for which a Class B common unit (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) is entitled to be Exchanged, as provided in Section 2.01(a), subject to adjustment as provided in Section 2.02.

 

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Exchange Request ” means a written notice to the Company, delivered at least three Business Days in advance of the Closing of the Exchange, setting forth the number of Class B common units (and the corresponding number of Class B Shares) to be Exchanged.

Exchange Right ” means the right of a Class B Member to Exchange from time to time one or more Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares).

Governmental Entity ” means any court, administrative agency, regulatory body, commission, or other governmental authority, board, bureau, or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, and any subdivision thereof.

IPO ” is defined in the recitals.

Liens ” means any and all liens, charges, security interests, options, claims, mortgages, pledges, proxies, voting trusts or agreements, obligations, understandings or arrangements, or other restrictions on title or transfer of any nature whatsoever.

Notice ” is defined in Section 4.02.

Operating Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company dated as of the date hereof, as such agreement may be amended from time to time.

Permitted Transferee ” is defined in the Operating Agreement.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, estate, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee or entity in a representative capacity, and any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Ptolemy ” is defined in the recitals.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among Evolent Health, Inc., the Class B Members and the other parties thereto.

Restricted Class A Shares ” is defined in Section 3.01.

Securities Act ” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement dated as of the date hereof by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG BDH, TPG Eagle, The Advisory Board, UPMC and the other parties thereto.

Tax Receivables Agreement ” means the tax receivables agreement, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG BDH, The Advisory Board, UPMC, Ptolemy and certain holders of Class A Shares.

The Advisory Board ” is defined in the recitals.

TPG ” is defined in the recitals.

TPG BDH ” means TPG Growth II BDH L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

 

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TPG Eagle ” is defined in the recitals.

UPMC ” means UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.

Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions . The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The headings and captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections and Exhibits are to Articles, Sections and Exhibits of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any capitalized term used in any Exhibit and not otherwise defined therein has the meaning ascribed to such term in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively.

ARTICLE 2

EXCHANGE

Section 2.01. Exchanges . (a)  Permissible Exchanges . (i) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Article 2, each Class B Member may, at any time and from time to time, elect to Exchange in one or more Exchanges up to 100% of the Class B Member’s Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) by delivering an Exchange Request to the Company, with a copy to Evolent Health, Inc.

(ii) Each Exchange Request shall set forth the number of Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) such Class B Member wishes to Exchange at the applicable Closing. If any Exchange Request is made in connection with a contemplated underwritten offering of Class A Shares and such underwritten offering includes any option being granted to the underwriters to acquire an additional number of Class A Shares in connection with such offering, then (A) each Exchange Request related to Class B common units to be Exchanged for Class A Shares that will be included in such underwritten offering shall also specify the maximum number of additional Class B common units that the Class B Member desires to have Exchanged in the event that such option is exercised (it being understood that (x) the party exercising such option may have the right to do so in part, in which case the additional Class B common units Exchanged in connection with such offering will be limited to the amount necessary to fulfill the delivery obligation with respect to the Class A Shares that are actually to be acquired upon exercise of such option, (y) the allocation of Class A Shares to be acquired pursuant to an exercise of any such option among the Persons participating in such offering may not be known at the time of the delivery of the original Exchange Request, in which case the maximum number of additional Class B common units to potentially be Exchanged will be communicated to Evolent Health, Inc. pursuant to a supplement to the Exchange Request delivered promptly following the time at which such determination is made, which supplement to the Exchange Request need not be delivered five Business Days in advance of the applicable Exchange and (z) Evolent Health, Inc. shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any Class A Shares in the event that the number of Class A Shares to be acquired upon exercise of such option is greater than the number of Class A Shares that is required by this Agreement to be

 

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delivered in the Exchange) and (B) the Closing of the Exchange of any additional Class B common units to fulfill a Class B Member’s delivery obligation with respect to the Class A Shares that are to be acquired upon exercise of any such option will occur immediately prior to the time that delivery of such Class A Shares is to be made.

(iii) Each Class B Member shall represent in the Exchange Request that such Class B Member owns or will own the Class B common units and Class B Shares to be delivered at the applicable Closing pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(i) and Section 2.01(d)(ii), free and clear of all Liens, except as set forth therein and other than transfer restrictions imposed by or under applicable securities laws and this Agreement and the Operating Agreement, and, if there are any Liens identified in the Exchange Request, such Class B Member shall covenant that such Class B Member will deliver at the applicable Closing evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that all such Liens (other than transfer restrictions imposed by or under applicable securities laws and this Agreement and the Operating Agreement) have been released.

(iv) Upon delivery to the Company, no Exchange Request may be revoked less than three Business Days prior to the scheduled Closing of the applicable Exchange (and the Company shall have received notice of such revocation no later than such third Business Day) unless the Class B Member that has delivered such Exchange Request reimburses all out-of-pocket costs incurred by Evolent Health, Inc. or the Company with respect to such requested Exchange.

(v) No Exchange shall be permitted (and, if attempted, shall be void ab initio) if, in the good faith determination of the Company, such Exchange would pose a material risk that the Company would be a “publicly traded partnership” as defined in Section 7704 of the Code; provided that an Exchange will not be prohibited on this basis so long as the Company continues to satisfy the “private placements” safe harbor pursuant to Section 1.7704-1 of the Treasury Regulations promulgated under such Section 7704 of the Code.

(vi) Each Exchange pursuant to this Section 2.01(a) shall be at the Exchange Rate in effect at the applicable Closing.

(b) Closing . (i) If an Exchange Request has been delivered pursuant to Section 2.01(a)(i), then (subject to Section 2.01(c)) the Closing of such Exchange shall occur within three Business Days of the delivery of such Exchange Request or such later time as requested by the Exchanging Class B Member.

(ii) If Evolent Health, Inc. enters into an agreement to consummate a Business Combination Transaction, Evolent Health, Inc. shall give each Class B Member at least five Business Days’ notice of the closing thereof and, upon the written request of a Class B Member, Evolent Health, Inc. shall cause such agreement to (and shall not enter into any such agreement unless it does) provide that such Class B Member shall be entitled to Exchange its Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination Transaction in order for such Class B Member to be able to receive the amount and type of consideration payable pursuant to such Business Combination Transaction to holders of Class A Shares. If any Person commences a tender offer or exchange offer for any of the outstanding shares of Evolent Health, Inc.’s stock, upon the written request of a Class B Member, Evolent Health, Inc. shall entitle such Class B Member, at the request of such Class B Member, to Exchange its Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) immediately prior to and contingent upon the consummation of such tender offer or exchange offer in order for such Class B Member to participate in such tender offer or exchange offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, in the event that board of directors of Evolent Health, Inc. approves a Business Combination Transaction and determines in good faith that such Business Combination Transaction involves a bona fide third party and is not for the primary purpose of causing an Exchange hereunder, then upon at least five Business Days’ notice, the mandatory Exchange

 

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of all outstanding Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) shall occur in accordance with the following sentence. The Closing for any Exchange in which Class A Shares are delivered occurring pursuant to this Section 2.01(b)(ii) shall occur immediately prior to, but remain subject to the consummation immediately after of, the Business Combination Transaction, tender offer or exchange offer, as applicable, and such Exchange shall be null and void if such Business Combination Transaction, tender offer or exchange offer, as applicable, shall fail to be consummated.

(iii) Upon receiving notice of an Exchange Request under Section 2.01(a)(i), the Company may elect to cause Evolent Health, Inc. to effect the Exchange under Section 2.01(d) and deliver to the Exchanging Class B Member the number of Class A Shares that such Class B Member is entitled to receive in the Exchange. In all other cases, the Company shall effect the Exchange and, at the time of the Closing of any such Exchange, Evolent Health, Inc. shall contribute to the Company the number of Class A Shares that such Class B Member is entitled to receive in the Exchange.

(iv) Upon the occurrence of a Closing, (A) all rights of the Exchanging Class B Member as holder of the Class B common units (and corresponding number of Class B Shares) being Exchanged shall terminate, (B) the Class B Shares delivered at the Closing shall be automatically cancelled on the books and records of Evolent Health, Inc. and shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding capital stock of Evolent Health, Inc., (C) the Class B common units delivered at the Closing to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, shall automatically be cancelled on the books and records of the Company and shall no longer be deemed to be issued and outstanding membership interests of the Company, and (D) such Exchanging Class B Member, or such other Person in whose name such Exchanging Class B Member has requested the shares be registered, shall be treated for all purposes as the holder of any Class A Shares delivered at the Closing.

(v) The Class A Shares to be received in the Exchange shall be registered in such names and in such denominations as the Exchanging Class B Member shall request in writing not later than one Business Day prior to Closing.

(c) Closing Conditions . (i) The obligation of any of the parties to consummate an Exchange pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be subject to the condition that there shall be no injunction, restraining order or decree of any nature of any Governmental Entity that is then in effect that restrains or prohibits the Exchange.

(ii) The obligation of the Company and Evolent Health, Inc. to consummate an Exchange pursuant to this Section 2.01 shall be subject to (A) the delivery by the Exchanging Class B Member of the items specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of Section 2.01(d) and (B) the good faith determination by Evolent Health, Inc. that such Exchange would not be prohibited by applicable law or regulation and would not violate any contract, commitment, agreement, instrument, arrangement, understanding, obligation or undertaking to which the Company or Evolent Health, Inc. is subject.

(d) Closing Deliveries . At or prior to each Closing, with respect to each Class B Member that requests the Exchange contemplated for such Closing:

(i) to the extent that such Class B Member’s Class B common units are certificated, such Class B Member shall deliver to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, one or more certificates representing the number of Class B common units specified in the applicable Exchange Request (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in customary form, without any requirement to post a bond or furnish any other security), accompanied by security transfer powers, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, duly executed in blank by such Class B Member or such Class B Member’s duly authorized attorney, to be Exchanged based on the Exchange Rate in effect at the applicable Closing;

 

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(ii) to the extent such Class B Member’s Class B Shares are certificated, such Class B Member shall deliver to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, one or more certificates representing the number of Class B Shares specified in the applicable Exchange Request (or an affidavit of loss in lieu thereof in customary form, without any requirement to post a bond or furnish any other security), accompanied by security transfer powers, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, duly executed in blank by such Class B Member or such Class B Member’s duly authorized attorney;

(iii) such Class B Member shall represent in writing, and at the Company or Evolent Health, Inc.’s request deliver confirmatory evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, that no Liens exist on the Class B common units and Class B Shares delivered pursuant to Sections 2.01(d)(i) and 2.01(d)(ii) (other than transfer restrictions imposed by or under applicable securities laws, the Operating Agreement and this Agreement), or that any such Liens have been released;

(iv) if such Class B Member delivers to the Company or Evolent Health, Inc., pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(i) or 2.01(d)(ii), a certificate representing a number of Class B common units or Class B Shares that is greater than the number of Class B common units or Class B Shares specified in the applicable Exchange Request, the Company or Evolent Health, Inc. will deliver to such Class B Member certificates representing the excess Class B common units or Class B Shares, as applicable; and

(v) The Company or Evolent Health, Inc., as applicable, shall deliver or cause to be delivered to such Class B Member the number of Class A Shares that such Class B Member is entitled to receive in the Exchange, registered in such names and such denominations as such Class B Member requested pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iv).

(e) Tax Treatment . Unless otherwise required by an applicable change in law, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Exchanges, if effected by the Company, will be treated as “disguised sales” of the Class B common units to Evolent Health, Inc. under Section 707 of the Code.

Section 2.02. Adjustment . On the date hereof, the Exchange Rate shall be 1 for 1. The Exchange Rate shall be adjusted accordingly if there is: (i) any subdivision (by any unit or stock split, unit or stock distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse unit or stock split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the Class B common units or Class B Shares or any similar event, in each case that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Class A Shares; or (ii) any subdivision (by any stock split, stock dividend or distribution, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) of the Class A Shares or any similar event, in each case that is not accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination of the Class B common units and Class B Shares. If there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction in which the Class A Shares are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, then upon any subsequent Exchange, an Exchanging Class B Member shall be entitled to receive the amount of such security, securities or other property that such Exchanging Class B Member would have received if such Exchange had occurred immediately prior to the effective date of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction, taking into account any adjustment as a result of any subdivision (by any split, distribution or dividend, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of such security, securities or other property that occurs after the effective time of such reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, if there is any reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar

 

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transaction in which the Class A Shares are converted or changed into another security, securities or other property, this Section 2.02 shall continue to be applicable, mutatis mutandis , with respect to such security or other property.

Section 2.03. Expiration . In the event that the Company is dissolved, liquidated or wound up pursuant to the Operating Agreement or otherwise, any Exchange Right shall expire upon final distribution of the assets of the Company pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement.

Section 2.04. Reservation of Class A Shares; Listing . Evolent Health, Inc. shall at all times reserve and keep available out of its authorized but unissued Class A Shares, solely for the purpose of issuance upon an Exchange, the maximum number of Class A Shares as shall be issuable upon Exchange of all outstanding Class B common units and Class B Shares; provided that nothing contained herein shall be construed to preclude Evolent Health, Inc. from satisfying its obligations in respect of any such Exchange by delivery of purchased Class A Shares (which may or may not be held in the treasury of Evolent Health, Inc.). If any Class A Shares require registration with or approval of any Governmental Entity under any federal or state law before such Class A Shares may be issued upon an Exchange, Evolent Health, Inc. shall use reasonable efforts to cause such Class A Shares to be duly registered or approved, as the case may be. Evolent Health, Inc. shall list and use its reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Class A Shares required to be delivered upon any such Exchange prior to such delivery upon the national securities exchange upon which the outstanding Class A Shares are listed at the time of such Exchange (it being understood that any such shares may be subject to transfer restrictions under applicable securities laws). Evolent Health, Inc. covenants that all Class A Shares issued upon an Exchange will, upon issuance, be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

Section 2.05. Recapitalization . This Agreement shall apply to the Class B common units held by the Class B Members and their Permitted Transferees as of the date hereof, as well as any Class B common units hereafter acquired by a Class B Member and its Permitted Transferees. This Agreement shall apply to, mutatis mutandis , and all references to “Class B common units” shall be deemed to include, any security, securities or other property of the Company that may be issued in respect of, in exchange for or in substitution of Class B common units, by reason of any distribution or dividend, split, reverse split, combination, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, exchange (other than an Exchange) or other transaction.

Section 2.06. Removal of Impediments to Exchange. The Company and Evolent Health, Inc. shall use reasonable best efforts to remove any impediment that in the good faith judgment of the Company and Evolent Health, Inc. would cause any Exchange to be prohibited by applicable law or regulation or that would cause any Exchange to violate any contract, commitment, agreement, instrument, arrangement, understanding, obligation or undertaking to which the Company or Evolent Health, Inc. is subject.

ARTICLE 3

TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS

Section 3.01. General Restrictions on Transfer . (a) Each Class B Member understands and agrees that the Class A Shares received by such Class B Member in any Exchange (any such Class A Shares, “ Restricted Class A Shares ”) may not be transferred except in compliance with the Securities Act, any other applicable securities or “blue sky” laws, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Without limitation of Section 3.01(a), each Class B Member understands and agrees that, unless exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, the Restricted Class A Shares are restricted securities under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Each Class B Member agrees that it shall not Transfer any Restricted Class A Shares (or solicit any offers in respect of any Transfer of any Restricted Class A Shares), except in compliance with the Securities Act, any other applicable securities or “blue sky” laws, and the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(c) Any attempt to transfer any Restricted Class A Shares not in compliance with this Agreement shall be void ab initio, and Evolent Health, Inc. shall not, and shall cause any transfer agent not to, give any effect in Evolent Health, Inc.’s stock records to such attempted transfer.

Section 3.02. Legends . (a) In addition to any other legend that may be required, subject to Section 3.02(b), each certificate for Restricted Class A Shares issued to a Class B Member (or any of such Class B Member’s Permitted Transferees) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY NON-U.S. OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH.

(b) If any Restricted Class A Share is eligible to be sold pursuant to Rule 144(b)(1) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), upon the written request of the holder thereof, accompanied (if Evolent Health, Inc. shall so request) by an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to Evolent Health, Inc., Evolent Health, Inc. shall issue to such holder a new certificate evidencing such Restricted Class A Share without the legend required by Section 3.02(a) endorsed thereon.

Section 3.03. Permitted Transferees . Subject to this Article 3, each Class B Member acquiring Restricted Class A Shares may at any time transfer any or all of its Restricted Class A Shares to one or more of its Permitted Transferees or to any other Person in a transaction not in contravention of, and in accordance with, the Operating Agreement, so long as the transfer to such transferee is in compliance with the Securities Act and any other applicable securities or “blue sky” laws.

ARTICLE 4

OTHER AGREEMENTS; MISCELLANEOUS

Section 4.01. Expenses . Each party hereto shall bear its own expenses in connection with the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby, whether or not any such transaction is ultimately consummated, except that Evolent Health, Inc. shall bear any transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, any Exchange and Evolent Health, Inc. shall promptly cooperate in all filings required to be made under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976, as amended, in connection with any Exchange (but Evolent Health, Inc. shall not be obligated to bear, and shall be reimbursed by the applicable Class B Member for, the expenses of any such filing or of any information request from any Governmental Entity relating thereto); provided , however , that if any certificate is to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01(d)(v) in a name other than that of the Class B Member that requested the Exchange, then the Person or Persons requesting the issuance thereof shall pay to Evolent Health, Inc. the amount of any transfer taxes, stamp taxes or duties, or other similar taxes in connection with, or arising by reason of, such Exchange or shall establish to the reasonable satisfaction of Evolent Health, Inc. that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

 

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Section 4.02. Notices . All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder (each, a “ Notice ”) to any party shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person or sent by facsimile (provided a copy is thereafter promptly delivered as provided in this Section 4.02), email or nationally recognized overnight courier, addressed to such party at the address, facsimile number or email address set forth in Exhibit A hereto, or below with respect to Evolent Health, Inc., or such other address or facsimile number as may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:

if to Evolent Health, Inc., to:

800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22203

Telephone: (571) 389-6056

Facsimile: (571) 389-6001

Attention: Jonathan Weinberg

E-mail: JWeinberg@evolenthealth.com

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to Evolent Health, Inc.) to:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 474-1000

Facsimile: (212) 474-3700

Attention: William V. Fogg

E-mail: wfogg@cravath.com

Each Notice shall be deemed received on the date sent to the recipient thereof in accordance with this Section 4.02, if sent prior to 10:00 p.m. New York City time and such day is a Business Day; otherwise, such Notice shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 4.03. Permitted Transferees . To the extent that a Class B Member (or an applicable Permitted Transferee of such Class B Member) validly transfers after the date hereof any or all of its Class B common units and corresponding Class B Shares to a Permitted Transferee of such Person or to any other Person in a transaction not in contravention of, and in accordance with, the Operating Agreement, then the transferee thereof shall have the right to execute and deliver a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Evolent Health, Inc. Upon execution of any such joinder, such transferee shall, with respect to such transferred Class B common units and Class B Shares, be entitled to all of the rights and bound by each of the obligations applicable to the relevant transferor hereunder; provided that the transferor shall remain entitled to all of the rights and bound by each of the obligations with respect to Class B common units and Class B Shares that were not so transferred.

Section 4.04. Severability . The provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed severable and the invalidity or unenforceability of any provision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of the other provisions hereof. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof to any Person or entity or any circumstance, is found to be invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, (a) a suitable and equitable provision shall be substituted therefor in order to carry out, so far as may be valid and enforceable, the intent and purpose of such invalid or unenforceable provision and (b) the remainder of this Agreement and the application of such provision to other Persons or circumstances shall not be affected by such invalidity or unenforceability, nor shall such invalidity or unenforceability affect the validity or enforceability of such provision, or the application thereof, in any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 4.05. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission with counterpart pages) in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which shall, taken together, be considered one and the same agreement, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart.

Section 4.06. Entire Agreement; No Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement together with the Operating Agreement, Stockholders Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement (a) constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all other prior agreements, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and (b) is not intended to confer upon any Person, other than the parties hereto and their Permitted Transferees, any rights or remedies hereunder.

Section 4.07. Further Assurances . Each party hereto shall execute, deliver, acknowledge and file such other documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably requested from time to time by any other party hereto to give effect to and carry out the transactions contemplated herein.

Section 4.08. Dispute Resolution . The provisions of Article 13 of the Operating Agreement are hereby incorporated herein in their entirety.

Section 4.09. Governing Law . This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

Section 4.10. Consent to Jurisdiction . The parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the Supreme Court of the State of New York located in the County of New York. Each of the parties irrevocably consents to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding in such courts may be served, and shall be effective, on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court, by any of the methods specified for the giving of Notices pursuant to Section 4.02. Each of the parties irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection or defense that it may now or hereafter have based on venue, inconvenience of forum, the lack of personal jurisdiction and the adequacy of service of process (as long as the party was provided Notice in accordance with the methods specified in Section 4.02) in any suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts.

Section 4.11. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 4.12. Amendments; Waivers . (a) No provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived unless such amendment or waiver is approved by a majority of the board of directors of Evolent Health, Inc. (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement), the Company and each of The Advisory Board and TPG (only to the extent they hold any Class B common units) and their respective Permitted Transferees.

(b) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

 

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Section 4.13. Assignment . Except as contemplated by Section 4.03 and except that the rights to have a legend removed from a certificate representing Restricted Class A Shares in accordance with Section 3.02(b) shall be deemed automatically assigned in connection with any transfer not prohibited hereunder, neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other parties. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors, assigns and Permitted Transferees.

Section 4.14. Tax Treatment . The parties to this Agreement intend that this Agreement shall be treated as part of the partnership agreement of the Company pursuant to Section 761(c) of the Code and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder. Except as otherwise required by an applicable change in law: (a) the parties shall report an Exchange consummated hereunder as a taxable sale of Class B common units by a Class B Member to Evolent Health, Inc., in which sale the consideration shall be the Class A Shares and any related payments made to such party under the Tax Receivables Agreement; and (b) no party shall take a contrary position on any income tax return, amendment thereof or communication with a taxing authority.

Section 4.15. Effective Date . This Agreement shall become effective upon the IPO and shall be of no force and effect prior to the IPO.

[ Signature pages follow ]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized representatives as of the day and year first above written.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel
EVOLENT HEALTH LLC
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel

 

[ Signature Page to Exchange Agreement ]


TPG EAGLE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

 

[ Signature Page to Exchange Agreement ]


THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY
By:

/s/ Evan Farber

Name: Evan Farber
Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

 

[ Signature Page to Exchange Agreement ]


PTOLEMY CAPITAL, LLC
By:

/s/ Mitchell Otolski

Name: Mitchell Otolski
Title: Agent

 

[ Signature Page to Exchange Agreement ]


Exhibit A

 

     Immediately Following IPO  
     Number of
Class B
Common
Units
Owned
     Number
of
Class B
Shares
Owned
 

Name and Address of Class B Member

     

TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P.

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

Facsimile: (817) 871-4001

     11,289,668         11,289,668   

The Advisory Board Company

2445 M Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

Facsimile: (202) 266-5700

     5,208,688         5,208,688   

Ptolemy Capital, LLC

1250 Prospect St, Suite 200

La Jolla, California 92037

Attention: Michael R. Stone

Facsimile: (858) 551-1175

     1,026,240         1,026,240   

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

of

EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

Dated as of June 4, 2015

 

 

THE COMMON UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS AGREEMENT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNDER ANY OTHER APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS. SUCH COMMON UNITS MAY NOT BE SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF AT ANY TIME WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER SUCH ACT AND LAWS OR EXEMPTION THEREFROM, AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFERABILITY SET FORTH HEREIN.

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         P AGE  
ARTICLE 1   
D EFINED T ERMS   

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions

     2   

Section 1.02.

 

Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions

     7   
ARTICLE 2   
O RGANIZATION   

Section 2.01.

 

Formation; Amendment and Restatement

     8   

Section 2.02.

 

Company Name

     8   

Section 2.03.

 

Purposes of the Company

     8   

Section 2.04.

 

Principal Place of Business

     8   

Section 2.05.

 

Registered Office and Agent

     8   

Section 2.06.

 

Qualification in Other Jurisdictions

     8   

Section 2.07.

 

Term

     8   

Section 2.08.

 

No State-law Partnership

     8   
ARTICLE 3   
C APITALIZATION   

Section 3.01.

 

Common Units; Capitalization

     8   

Section 3.02.

 

Authorization and Issuance of Additional Common Units

     9   

Section 3.03.

 

Repurchase or Redemption of Class A Shares

     10   

Section 3.04.

 

Repurchase or Redemption of Class B Shares

     11   

Section 3.05.

 

Repurchase or Redemption of Other Capital Stock

     11   

Section 3.06.

 

Changes in Common Stock

     11   
ARTICLE 4   
M EMBERS   

Section 4.01.

 

Names and Addresses

     11   

Section 4.02.

 

No Liability for Status as Member

     11   

Section 4.03.

 

Disclaimer of Certain Duties

     11   

Section 4.04.

 

Transactions Between Members and the Company

     12   

Section 4.05.

 

Meeting of Members

     12   

Section 4.06.

 

Action by Members Without Meeting

     13   

Section 4.07.

 

Limited Rights of Members

     13   
ARTICLE 5   
D ISTRIBUTIONS   

Section 5.01.

 

Distributions

     13   

Section 5.02.

 

Distributions for Payment of Income Tax

     13   

Section 5.03.

 

Limitations on Distributions

     14   

Section 5.04.

 

Withholding

     14   
ARTICLE 6   
A LLOCATIONS AND T AX M ATTERS   

Section 6.01.

 

Capital Accounts and Adjusted Capital Accounts

     14   

Section 6.02.

 

Additional Capital Contributions

     15   

Section 6.03.

 

Allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses

     15   

Section 6.04.

 

Special Allocations

     15   

Section 6.05.

 

Allocation for Income Tax Purposes

     16   

Section 6.06.

 

Other Allocation Rules

     16   

Section 6.07.

 

Regulatory Compliance

     17   

Section 6.08.

 

Certain Costs and Expenses

     17   

 

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ARTICLE 7   
M ANAGEMENT AND C ONTROL OF B USINESS   

Section 7.01.

 

Management

     17   

Section 7.02.

 

Certain Covenants

     17   

Section 7.03.

 

Investment Company Act

     18   
ARTICLE 8   
O FFICERS   

Section 8.01.

 

Officers

     18   

Section 8.02.

 

Other Officers and Agents

     18   

Section 8.03.

 

Chief Executive Officer

     18   

Section 8.04.

 

Treasurer

     18   

Section 8.05.

 

Secretary

     18   

Section 8.06.

 

Other Officers

     18   
ARTICLE 9   
T RANSFERS OF I NTERESTS ; A DMITTANCE OF N EW M EMBERS   

Section 9.01.

 

Transfer of Common Units

     18   

Section 9.02.

 

Transfer of Evolent Health, Inc.’s Interest

     19   

Section 9.03.

 

Recognition of Transfer; Substituted and Additional Members

     19   

Section 9.04.

 

Expense of Transfer; Indemnification

     20   

Section 9.05.

 

Exchange Agreement

     20   

Section 9.06.

 

Restrictions on Business Combination Transactions

     20   
ARTICLE 10   
DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION   

Section 10.01.

 

Dissolution

     21   

Section 10.02.

 

Termination

     22   
ARTICLE 11   
E XCULPATION AND I NDEMNIFICATION   

Section 11.01.

 

Exculpation

     22   

Section 11.02.

 

Indemnification

     22   

Section 11.03.

 

Expenses

     23   

Section 11.04.

 

Non-Exclusivity

     23   

Section 11.05.

 

Insurance

     23   
ARTICLE 12   
A CCOUNTING AND R ECORDS ; T AX M ATTERS   

Section 12.01.

 

Accounting and Records

     23   

Section 12.02.

 

Tax Returns

     23   

Section 12.03.

 

Tax Partnership

     24   

Section 12.04.

 

Tax Elections

     24   

Section 12.05.

 

Tax Matters Member

     24   
ARTICLE 13   
A RBITRATION   
ARTICLE 14   
M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS   

Section 14.01.

 

Entire Agreement

     25   

Section 14.02.

 

Binding on Successors

     25   

Section 14.03.

 

Managing Member’s Business

     25   

Section 14.04.

 

Governing Law

     26   

Section 14.05.

 

Headings

     26   

Section 14.06.

 

Severability

     26   

 

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Section 14.07.

Notices

  26   

Section 14.08.

Amendments

  26   

Section 14.09.

Consent to Jurisdiction

  27   

Section 14.10.

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  27   

Section 14.11.

Tax Receivables Agreement

  27   

 

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THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT

of

EVOLENT HEALTH LLC

This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT (the “ Agreement ”) of Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( the “ Company ”), dated as of June 4, 2015 is adopted, executed and agreed to, for good and valuable consideration, by Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Evolent Health, Inc. ”), TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ TPG ”), The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation (“ The Advisory Board ”), and Ptolemy Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ptolemy ”), as Members. Capitalized terms used but not simultaneously defined are defined in or by reference to Section 1.01.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company was formed as a limited liability company on September 3, 2013, pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6 Del.C. §18-101, et seq .) (as amended from time to time, the “ Delaware LLC Act ”) by the filing of its Certificate of Formation (as amended, the “ Certificate ”) with the Secretary of State;

WHEREAS, Evolent Health, Inc. and the Company have entered into an underwriting agreement with the several underwriters named therein, providing for the initial public offering (the “ IPO ”) of Class A Shares (as defined below) of Evolent Health, Inc.;

WHEREAS, prior to the execution hereof, Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the predecessor to Evolent Health, Inc., “ Holdings ”), TPG and The Advisory Board were the sole members of the Company under the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the Company, dated as of January 6, 2014 (the “ Prior Operating Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company has heretofore been governed;

WHEREAS, in connection with the IPO (i) the preferred units of the Company will be converted into common units of the Company, (ii) the Prior Operating Agreement will hereby be amended and restated to establish two classes of equity consisting of the Class A common units (as defined below) to be held by Evolent Health, Inc. and Class B common units (as defined below) to be initially held by TPG, The Advisory Board Company and Ptolemy (collectively, the “ Class B Members ”) in the amounts set forth opposite each Member’s name in Exhibit A hereto, (iii) the shares of preferred stock of Holdings will be converted into common stock of Holdings, (iv) pursuant to a series of share exchanges and contributions, Evolent Health, Inc. will issue Class A Shares to certain pre-merger stockholders of Holdings and an affiliate of TPG and Class B Shares to the Class B Members in an amount equal to the number of Class B common units issued to such Class B Member, and pursuant to a series of mergers, Holdings and an affiliate of TPG will merge with and into Evolent Health, Inc. with Evolent Health, Inc. continuing as the surviving entity and, in connection with such mergers, Evolent Health, Inc. will issue Class A Shares to the other pre-merger stockholders of Holdings, (v) Evolent Health, Inc., the Company, TPG, The Advisory Board and Ptolemy will enter into an Exchange Agreement (as defined below), pursuant to which TPG and The Advisory Board will be permitted to exchange Class B common units (together with the corresponding number of Class B Shares) for Class A Shares and (vi) Evolent Health, Inc. will contribute the net proceeds of the IPO to the Company in exchange for Class A common units (collectively, the “ IPO Transactions ”); and

WHEREAS, Evolent Health, Inc., TPG and The Advisory Board desire to amend and restate the Prior Operating Agreement as set forth herein to give effect to the IPO Transactions and reflect the admission of Evolent Health, Inc. as a Member and as sole managing member and the admission of Ptolemy as a Member.


NOW, THEREFORE, the Members and the Company hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1

D EFINED T ERMS

Section 1.01. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings:

Adjusted Capital Account ” means, with respect to any Member, the balance in such Member’s Capital Account as of the end of the relevant Fiscal Year or period, adjusted as follows:

(a) increased by the sum of (x) any amounts which such Member is obligated or has agreed to contribute (but has not yet contributed) to the Company and (y) the amounts which such Member is obligated to restore or is deemed to be obligated to restore pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c), Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(g)(1) and Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i)(5); and

(b) decreased by the items described in subclauses (4), (5) and (6) of Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) with respect to such Member.

Affiliate ” means, when used with respect to a specified Person, any Person which (a) directly or indirectly Controls, is Controlled by or is Under Common Control with such specified Person, (b) is an officer, director, general partner, trustee or manager of such specified Person or of a Person described in clause (a), or (c) is a Relative of such specified Person or of an individual described in clause (a) or (b).

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble.

Applicable Law ” means, to the extent applicable to the Company or its activities or any Member, as applicable: (a) all U.S. federal and state statutes and laws and all statutes and laws of foreign countries; (b) all rules and regulations (including interpretations thereof) of all regulatory agencies, organizations and bodies; and (c) all rules and regulations (including interpretations thereof) of all self-regulatory agencies, organizations and bodies now or hereafter in effect.

Assumed Tax Liability ” means, with respect to a Member and as of any relevant determination date, an amount equal to the product of (A) the cumulative excess of the taxable income over taxable losses allocated and reasonably expected by the Managing Member to be allocated to such Member for periods from the Effective Time through such determination date, to the extent such losses may offset such income, but calculated without regard to (x) any taxable gain or loss from the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, and (y) any tax deductions or basis adjustments of any Member arising under Section 743 of the Code, and (B) the highest combined marginal federal, state and local tax rate then applicable (including Medicare Contribution tax on net investment income) to an individual (or, if higher, to a corporation) resident in San Francisco, California (taking into account the deductibility of state and local taxes subject to the limitations in Sections 67 and 68 of the Code and adjusted to the extent necessary to calculate federal, state and local tax liability separately so as to take into account for the purposes of calculating the assumed state and local tax component of a Member’s Assumed Tax Liability the calculation under the applicable state and local tax laws of taxable income and taxable losses and the extent to which such losses may offset such income) increased, if necessary, to take into account any alternative minimum tax, where such Member is subject to alternative minimum tax rates and rules in years in which the alternative minimum tax applies (assuming, for purposes of determining whether a Member is subject to alternative minimum tax and the amount of such tax, that such Member’s only income is the taxable income allocated by this Agreement as of the relevant determination date and that such Member is an individual resident in San Francisco, California).

Book Value ” means, with respect to any property, such property’s adjusted basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) The initial Book Value of any property contributed by a Member to the Company shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as reasonably determined by the Managing Member;

(b) The Book Values of all properties shall be adjusted to equal their respective Fair Market Values as determined in the Managing Member’s discretion in connection with (i) the acquisition of an interest in the Company by any new or existing Member in exchange for more than a de minimis capital contribution to the Company, (ii) the distribution by the Company to a Member of more than a de minimis amount of property as consideration for an interest in the Company, or (iii) the liquidation of the Company within the meaning of Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) (other than pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code);

 

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(c) The Book Value of property distributed to a Member shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as determined by the Managing Member; and

(d) The Book Value of all property shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted tax basis of such property pursuant to Section 734(b) of the Code or Section 743(b) of the Code, but only to the extent that such adjustments are taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.704-1 (b)(2)(iv)(m) and clause (f) of the definition of Net Profits and Net Losses; provided, however, that Book Value shall not be adjusted pursuant to this clause (d) to the extent the Managing Member determines that an adjustment pursuant to clause (b) hereof is necessary or appropriate in connection with the transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this clause (d).

If the Book Value of property has been determined or adjusted pursuant to clause (b) or (d) hereof, such Book Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such property for purposes of computing Net Profits and Net Losses and other items allocated pursuant to Article 6.

Business Combination Transaction ” is defined in the Evolent Charter.

Business Day ” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized by law to close.

Capital Account ” is defined in Section 6.01(a).

Capital Contribution ” means the amount of all cash capital contributions by a Member to the Company and the Fair Market Value of any property contributed by a Member to the Company (net of any liabilities secured by such property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code).

Certificate ” is defined in the recitals.

Class A common units ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).

Class A Shares ” means the class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Evolent Health, Inc.

Class B common units ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).

Class B Member ” is defined in the recitals.

Class B Shares ” means the class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Evolent Health, Inc.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

common unit ” is defined in Section 3.01(a).

Company ” is defined in the preamble.

Company Minimum Gain ” means “partnership minimum gain” as that term is defined in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(d).

Consolidated Transaction ” is defined in Section 9.06(b).

Control ,” including the correlative terms “ Controlling ,” “ Controlled by ” and “ Under Common Control with ” means possession, directly or indirectly (through one or more intermediaries), of the power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of securities or any partnership or other ownership interest, by contract or otherwise) of a Person.

Delaware LLC Act ” is defined in the recitals.

 

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Depreciation ” means, for each Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction allowable for federal income tax purposes with respect to property for such taxable year, except that with respect to any property the Book Value of which differs from its adjusted tax basis at the beginning of such taxable year, Depreciation shall be an amount which bears the same ratio to such beginning Book Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such taxable year bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided that if the adjusted tax basis of any property at the beginning of such taxable year is zero, Depreciation with respect to such property shall be determined with reference to such beginning value using any reasonable method selected by the Managing Member.

Designating Stockholders ” is defined in Section 11.02.

Dispute ” is defined in Article 13.

Economic Risk of Loss ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Treas. Reg. §1.752-2(a).

Effective Time ” means immediately prior to the completion of the IPO.

Equity Securities ” means, as applicable, (a) any capital stock, membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit participation features, (b) any securities directly or indirectly convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for any capital stock, membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit participation features, (c) any rights or options directly or indirectly to subscribe for or to purchase any capital stock, membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit participation features or to subscribe for or to purchase any securities directly or indirectly convertible or exercisable into or exchangeable for any capital stock, membership interests, other share capital or securities containing any profit participation features, (d) any share appreciation rights, phantom share rights or other similar rights, or (e) any equity securities, rights or instruments issued or issuable with respect to any of the foregoing referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above in connection with a combination, subdivision, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, conversion, share exchange or other reorganization or similar event or transaction.

Evolent Charter ” is defined in Section 9.06.

Evolent Health, Inc. ” is defined in the Preamble.

Exchange ” is defined in the Exchange Agreement.

Exchange Agreement ” means the Exchange Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Evolent Health, Inc., the Company, TPG, The Advisory Board and Ptolemy.

Exchange Rate ” is defined in the Exchange Agreement.

Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to specified property as of any date, the fair market value for such property as between a willing buyer under no compulsion to buy and a willing seller under no compulsion to sell in an arm’s-length transaction occurring on such date, taking into account all relevant factors determinative of value (including in the case of securities any restrictions on transfer applicable thereto), as is reasonably determined in good faith by the Managing Member.

Fiscal Year ” means, except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, for the Company’s financial reporting and federal income tax purposes, a period commencing January 1 and ending December 31 of each year, or such other period as the Managing Member may determine.

Holdings ” is defined in the recitals.

Indemnitee ” is defined in Section 11.02.

Initiating Party ” is defined in Article 13.

Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

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IPO ” is defined in the recitals.

Losses ” is defined in Section 11.02.

Majority Holders ,” at any time, means Members collectively holding a majority of the Class B common units at such time outstanding; provided , however , that if the outstanding Class B common units represent less than 50% of the aggregate Class B common units issued at the Effective Time, “ Majority Holders ” shall mean the Managing Member.

Managing Member ” means Evolent Health, Inc.

Member ” means each Person listed on Exhibit A hereto and each other Person that becomes a member of the Company as provided herein, so long as such Person continues as a member of the Company.

Member Nonrecourse Debt ” has the meaning assigned to the term “partner nonrecourse debt” in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(b)(4).

Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain ” has the meaning assigned to the term “partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain” in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i)(2).

Member Nonrecourse Deductions ” has the meaning assigned to the term “partner nonrecourse deductions” in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i)(1).

Net Profits ” and “ Net Losses ” for any Fiscal Year or other period means, respectively, an amount equal to the Company’s taxable income or loss for such taxable year, determined in accordance with Section 703(a) of the Code (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, or deduction required to be stated separately pursuant to Section 703(a)(1) of the Code shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments (without duplication):

(a) Any income of the Company that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profits and Net Losses pursuant to this definition of “Net Profits” and “Net Losses” shall be added to such taxable income or loss;

(b) Any expenditures of the Company described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code or treated as Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code expenditures pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i) and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Profits or Net Losses pursuant to this definition of “Net Profits” and “Net Losses” shall be subtracted from such taxable income or loss;

(c) In the event the Book Value of any asset is adjusted pursuant to clause (b), clause (c) or clause (d) of the definition of Book Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the Book Value of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases the Book Value of the asset) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Profits or Net Losses;

(d) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of property with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Book Value of the property disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such property differs from its Book Value;

(e) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization, and other cost recovery deductions taken into account in computing such taxable income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such taxable year;

(f) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any asset pursuant to Section 734(b) of the Code is required, pursuant to Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital Account balances as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Member’s interest in the Company, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or an item of loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis) from the disposition of such asset and shall be taken into account for purposes of computing Net Profits or Net Losses; and

 

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(g) Any items that are allocated pursuant to Section 6.04 shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in clauses (a) through (f) hereof but shall not be taken into account in computing Net Profits and Net Losses.

Nonrecourse Deductions ” is defined in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(b)(1).

Notice ” is defined in Section 14.07.

Panel ” is defined in Article 13.

Percentage Interest ” of each Member is set forth on Exhibit A hereto, which may be amended from time to time and which shall be equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage), the numerator of which is the number of Class A common units and Class B common units held by such Member and the denominator of which is the number of Class A common units and Class B common units held by all the Members (it being understood that if the Company hereafter issues any Equity Securities other than Class A common units or Class B common units, then this definition shall be changed pursuant to an amendment of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof).

Permitted Transferee ” means (i) the spouse of such Member, (ii) any trust, or family partnership or family limited liability company, the sole beneficiary of which is such Member, the spouse of, or any Person related by blood or adoption to, such Member, (iii) an Affiliate of such Member, (iv) in the context of a distribution by such Member to its direct or indirect equity owners substantially in proportion to such ownership, the partners, members or stockholders of such Member, or the partners, members or stockholders of such partners, members or stockholders and (v) any Member.

Permitted Transferee Member ” means a Permitted Transferee that is admitted as a Member pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, joint venture, association, company, estate, trust, bank trust company, land trust, business trust, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, custodian, trustee-executor, administrator, nominee, or entity in a representative capacity, and any government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prior Operating Agreement ” is defined in the Preamble.

Ptolemy ” is defined in the Preamble.

Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG, The Advisory Board, UPMC, Ptolemy and the other parties thereto.

Regulatory Allocations ” is defined in Section 6.04(b).

Relative ” means any Person’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships and any Person sharing such Person’s household (other than a tenant or employee).

Responding Party ” is defined in Article 13.

Restricted Transaction ” is defined in Section 9.06(a).

Secretary of State ” means the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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Share Exchange ” means a share exchange involving more than 50% of the shares of common stock of Evolent Health, Inc. Share exchanges effected in accordance with the Exchange Agreement shall not constitute a “Share Exchange” for purposes of this Agreement.

Stockholders Agreement ” means the Stockholders Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Evolent Health, Inc., The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC.

Subsidiary ” means (a) any corporation, limited liability company or other entity, a majority of the capital stock or other equity interests of which having ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other Persons performing similar functions is at the time owned, directly or indirectly, with power to vote, by the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company or (b) a partnership in which the Company or any direct or indirect Subsidiary is a general partner.

Subsidiary Partnership ” means an entity which is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and which is Controlled by the Company.

Tax Distributions ” is defined in Section 5.02(a).

Tax Matters Member ” is defined in Section 12.05(a).

Tax Receivables Agreement ” means the tax receivables agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and among Evolent Health, Inc., TPG BDH, The Advisory Board, UPMC, Ptolemy and certain holders of Class A Shares.

The Advisory Board ” is defined in the Preamble.

TPG ” is defined in the Preamble.

TPG BDH ” means TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership.

Transfer ” is defined in Section 9.01.

Transaction Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, the Exchange Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Tax Receivables Agreement.

Treasury Regulations ” or “ Treas. Reg. ” means the Federal income tax regulations promulgated under the Code, as such Treasury Regulations may be amended from time to time (it being understood that all references herein to specific sections of the Treasury Regulations shall be deemed also to refer to any corresponding provisions of succeeding Treasury Regulations).

UPMC ” means UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation.

Section 1.02. Other Definitional and Interpretative Provisions. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of like import used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. The headings and captions herein are included for convenience of reference only and shall be ignored in the construction or interpretation hereof. References to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Annexes are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Annexes of this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any capitalized term used in any Exhibit and not otherwise defined therein has the meaning ascribed to such term in this Agreement. Any singular term in this Agreement shall be deemed to include the plural, and any plural term the singular. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation,” whether or not they are in fact followed by those words or words of like import. “Writing,” “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form. References to any agreement or contract are to that agreement or contract as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. References to any Person include the successors and permitted assigns of that Person. References from or through any date mean, unless otherwise specified, from and including or through and including, respectively. References to “law,” “laws” or to a particular statute or law shall be deemed also to include any and all Applicable Laws.

 

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ARTICLE 2

O RGANIZATION

Section 2.01. Formation; Amendment and Restatement. The Company was formed as a Delaware limited liability company under and pursuant to the Delaware LLC Act. The Members agree to continue the Company as a limited liability company under the Delaware LLC Act, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. The rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of the Members shall be determined pursuant to the Delaware LLC Act and this Agreement. To the extent that the rights, powers, duties, obligations and liabilities of any Member are different by reason of any provision of this Agreement than they would be in the absence of such provision, this Agreement shall, to the extent permitted by the Delaware LLC Act, control.

Section 2.02. Company Name. The name of the Company is Evolent Health LLC. The business of the Company may be conducted under that name or such other names as the Managing Member may from time to time designate; provided , however , that the Company complies with Applicable Law relating to name changes and the use of fictitious and assumed names.

Section 2.03. Purposes of the Company. The purposes of the Company are to carry on any lawful business or activity and to have and exercise all of the powers, rights and privileges which a limited liability company organized pursuant to the Delaware LLC Act may have and exercise. The Company shall not conduct any business which is forbidden by or contrary to Applicable Law.

Section 2.04. Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of the Company shall be 800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500, Arlington, Virginia, 22203 or such other place as the Managing Member may designate from time to time. The Company may establish or abandon from time to time such additional offices and places of business as the Managing Member may deem appropriate in the conduct of the Company’s business.

Section 2.05. Registered Office and Agent. The name of the registered agent for service of process of the Company and the address of the Company’s registered office in the State of Delaware shall be Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, City of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19808-1646, or such other agent or office in the State of Delaware as the Managing Member or the officers may from time to time determine.

Section 2.06. Qualification in Other Jurisdictions. The Managing Member or a duly authorized officer of the Company shall execute, deliver and file certificates (and any amendments and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in the jurisdictions in which the Company may wish to conduct business. In those jurisdictions in which the Company may wish to conduct business in which qualification or registration under assumed or fictitious names is required or desirable, the Managing Member or a duly authorized officer of the Company shall cause the Company to be so qualified or registered in compliance with Applicable Law.

Section 2.07. Term. The term of the Company shall continue indefinitely unless the Company is dissolved in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the Delaware LLC Act.

Section 2.08. No State-law Partnership. The Members intend that the Company shall not be a partnership (including a limited partnership) or joint venture, and that no Member or officer shall be a partner or joint venturer of any other Member or officer by virtue of this Agreement, for any purposes other than as is set forth in the last sentence of this Section 2.08, and this Agreement shall not be construed to the contrary. The Members intend that the Company be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and under state tax laws, and the Company shall not elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation.

ARTICLE 3

C APITALIZATION

Section 3.01. Common Units; Capitalization .

(a) Common Units; Capitalization . Each Member’s interest in the Company, including such Member’s interest, if any, in the capital, income, gain, loss, deduction and expense of the Company and the right to vote, if any, on certain Company matters as provided in this Agreement, shall be represented by units of limited liability

 

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company interest (each, a “ common unit ”). The Company shall have two authorized classes of common units designated “ Class A common units ” and “ Class B common units .” The total number of authorized common units consists of an unlimited number of authorized Class A common units and 100,000,000 Class B common units. The ownership by a Member of common units shall entitle such Member to allocations of profits and losses and other items and distributions of cash and other property as is set forth in Article 5 and Article 6, respectively.

(b) Issuances of Class A Common Units to Managing Member . At the Effective Time, the preferred units of the Company will be converted into common units of the Company, and the Company shall convert such common units and the previously outstanding common units of Evolent Health, Inc. issued pursuant to the Prior Operating Agreement into the number of Class A common units set forth opposite its name under the column “Class A Common Units” on Exhibit A. Immediately following the IPO, the Managing Member shall hold all Class A common units and additional Class A common units may only be issued to the Managing Member in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. After the Effective Time, for each Class A common unit the Company issues to the Managing Member, Evolent Health, Inc. shall issue a number of Class A Shares based on the Exchange Rate then in effect.

(c) Issuances of Class B Common Units . At the Effective Time, the preferred units of the Company will be converted into common units of the Company, and the Company shall convert such common units of the Class B Members issued pursuant to the Prior Operating Agreement into the number of Class B common units set forth opposite such Member’s name under the column “Class B Common Units” on Exhibit A. After the Effective Time, for each Class B common unit the Company issues to a Member, Evolent Health, Inc. shall issue one Class B Share to such Member.

(d) Members . The Managing Member and the Persons listed on Exhibit A are the sole Members of the Company as of the date hereof. Exhibit A may be amended by the Company from time to time in accordance with Section 4.01, but may not be amended to reduce the economic rights of a Member, unless solely to reflect a transfer or exchange of the units of such Member.

(e) Certificates; Legends . Common units shall be issued in uncertificated form; provided that, at the request of any Member, the Managing Member shall cause the Company to issue one or more certificates to any such Member holding Class B common units representing in the aggregate the Class B common units held by such Member. If any certificate representing Class B common units is issued, then such certificate shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

THIS CERTIFICATE EVIDENCES CLASS B COMMON UNITS REPRESENTING A MEMBERSHIP INTEREST IN EVOLENT HEALTH LLC AND IS A SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 8 OF THE UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE. THE MEMBERSHIP INTEREST IN EVOLENT HEALTH LLC REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY NON-U.S. OR STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE THEREWITH. THE MEMBERSHIP INTEREST IN EVOLENT HEALTH LLC REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN THE THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED OPERATING AGREEMENT OF EVOLENT HEALTH LLC, DATED AS OF JUNE 4, 2015, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

Section 3.02. Authorization and Issuance of Additional Common Units .

(a) The Managing Member shall have the right to cause the Company to issue and/or create and issue at any time after the date hereof, and for such amount and form of consideration as the Managing Member may determine, additional common units (of Class A common units, Class B common units or new classes) or other Equity Securities of the Company (including creating classes or series thereof having such powers, designations, preferences and rights as may be determined by the Managing Member), subject to Section 14.08. The Managing Member shall have the power to make such amendments to this Agreement in order to provide for such powers, designations, preferences and rights as the Managing Member in its discretion deems necessary or appropriate to give effect to such additional authorization or issuance in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.02(a), subject to Section 14.08.

 

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(b) At any time Evolent Health, Inc. issues one or more Class A Shares (other than an issuance of the type covered by Section 3.02(d) or an issuance to a holder of Class B common units in exchange for a Class B common unit and a share of our Class B Shares pursuant to the Exchange Agreement), Evolent Health, Inc. shall promptly contribute to the Company all the net proceeds (if any) received by Evolent Health, Inc. with respect to such Class A Share or Class A Shares. Upon the contribution by Evolent Health, Inc. to the Company of all of such net proceeds so received by Evolent Health, Inc., the Managing Member shall cause the Company to issue a number of Class A common units determined based upon the Exchange Rate then in effect, registered in the name of Evolent Health, Inc.

(c) At any time Evolent Health, Inc. issues Class A Shares to a holder of Class B common units in exchange for a Class B common unit and one Class B Share pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Company shall cancel such Class B common unit pursuant to Section 2.01(b)(iv) of the Exchange Agreement. Upon the cancellation by the Company of the Class B common unit so received by Evolent Health, Inc., the Managing Member shall cause the Company to issue a number of Class A common units determined based upon the Exchange Rate then in effect, registered in the name of Evolent Health, Inc.

(d) At any time Evolent Health, Inc. issues one or more shares of capital stock of Evolent Health, Inc. (other than Class A Shares or Class B Shares), Evolent Health, Inc. shall contribute all (but not less than all) the net proceeds (if any) received by Evolent Health, Inc. with respect to such share or shares of capital stock to the Company. After Evolent Health, Inc. contributes to the Company all (but not less than all) such net proceeds so received by Evolent Health Inc., then, subject to the provisions of Section 3.02(a) and Section 14.08, the Managing Member shall cause the Company to issue a corresponding number of common units or other Equity Securities of the Company (other than Class A common units or Class B common units) (such corresponding number of common units to be determined in good faith by the Managing Member, taking into account the powers, designations, preferences and rights of such capital stock) registered in the name of Evolent Health, Inc. For the avoidance of doubt, such common units or other Equity Securities will have the same economic rights as such capital stock of Evolent Health, Inc.

(e) At any time Evolent Health, Inc. issues one or more Class A Shares in connection with an equity incentive program, whether such share or shares are issued upon exercise (including cashless exercise) of an option, settlement of a restricted stock unit, as restricted stock or otherwise, the Managing Member shall cause the Company to issue a corresponding number of Class A common units, registered in the name of Evolent Health, Inc. (determined based upon the Exchange Rate then in effect); provided that Evolent Health, Inc. shall be required to contribute all (but not less than all) the net proceeds (if any) received by Evolent Health, Inc. from or otherwise in connection with such issuance of one or more Class A Shares, including the exercise price of any option exercised, to the Company. If any such Class A Shares so issued by Evolent Health, Inc. in connection with an equity incentive program are subject to vesting or forfeiture provisions, then the Class A common units that are issued by the Company to Evolent Health, Inc. in connection therewith in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 3.02(d) shall be subject to vesting or forfeiture on the same basis; if any of such Class A Shares vest or are forfeited, then a corresponding number of the Class A common units (determined based upon the Exchange Rate then in effect) issued by the Company in accordance with the preceding provisions of this Section 3.02(d) shall automatically vest or be forfeited. Any cash or property held by either Evolent Health, Inc. or the Company or on either’s behalf in respect of dividends paid on restricted Class A Shares that fail to vest shall be returned to the Company upon the forfeiture of such restricted Class A Shares.

(f) For purposes of this Section 3.02, “net proceeds” means gross proceeds to Evolent Health, Inc. from the issuance of Class A Shares or other securities less all reasonable bona fide out-of-pocket fees and expenses of Evolent Health, Inc., the Company and their respective Subsidiaries actually incurred in connection with such issuance.

Section 3.03. Repurchase or Redemption of Class A Shares. If, at any time, any Class A Shares are repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by Evolent Health, Inc. for cash, then the Managing Member shall cause the Company, immediately prior to such repurchase or redemption of Class A Shares, to redeem a corresponding number of Class A common units held by

 

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Evolent Health, Inc. (determined based upon the Exchange Rate then in effect), at an aggregate redemption price equal to the aggregate purchase or redemption price of the Class A Share or Class A Shares being repurchased or redeemed by Evolent Health, Inc. (plus any reasonable expenses related thereto) and upon such other terms as are the same for the Class A Share or Class A Shares being repurchased or redeemed by Evolent Health, Inc.

Section 3.04. Repurchase or Redemption of Class B Shares . Class B Shares shall not be repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) other than pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.

Section 3.05. Repurchase or Redemption of Other Capital Stock. If, at any time, any shares of capital stock of Evolent Health, Inc. (other than Class A Shares or Class B Shares) are repurchased or redeemed (whether by exercise of a put or call, automatically or by means of another arrangement) by Evolent Health, Inc. for cash, then the Managing Member shall cause the Company, immediately prior to such repurchase or redemption of such shares, to redeem a corresponding number of common units or other Equity Securities described in Section 3.02(c) held by Evolent Health, Inc., at an aggregate redemption price equal to the aggregate purchase or redemption price of such capital stock being repurchased or redeemed by Evolent Health, Inc. (plus any reasonable expenses related thereto), and upon such other terms as are the same for such capital stock being repurchased or redeemed by Evolent Health, Inc.

Section 3.06. Changes in Common Stock. Any subdivision (by stock split, stock dividend, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) or combination (by reverse stock split, reclassification, recapitalization or otherwise) of Class A Shares, Class B Shares or other capital stock of Evolent Health, Inc. shall be accompanied by an identical subdivision or combination, as applicable, of the Class A common units, Class B common units or other Equity Securities, as applicable.

ARTICLE 4

M EMBERS

Section 4.01. Names and Addresses. The names and addresses of the Members are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof. The Managing Member shall cause Exhibit A to be amended from time to time to reflect the admission of any additional Member, the withdrawal or termination of any Member, receipt by the Company of notice of any change of address of a Member or the occurrence of any other event requiring amendment of Exhibit A, including a change in the number of common units held by any Member.

Section 4.02. No Liability for Status as Member. The debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company; and no Member shall have any personal liability whatsoever solely by reason of its status as a Member, whether to the Company or to any creditor of the Company, for the debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company or for any of its losses beyond the amount of such Member’s personal obligation to pay its Capital Contribution to the Company, and as otherwise set forth in the Delaware LLC Act or under Applicable Law. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Delaware LLC Act, the liability of each Member for Capital Contributions shall be limited to the amount of Capital Contributions required to be made by such Member in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, but only when and to the extent the same shall become due pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement. In no event shall any Member enter into any agreement or instrument that would create or purport to create personal liability on the part of any other Member for any debts, obligations or liabilities of the Company without the prior written consent of such other Member. It is acknowledged and agreed that no Member is obligated to pay or make any future Capital Contribution to the Company.

Section 4.03. Disclaimer of Certain Duties .

(a) Certain Business Activities .

(i) Subject to Section 4.03(b) and any contractual obligations by which the Company or any or all of the Members may be bound from time to time, none of the Members nor any of their Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from engaging directly or indirectly, in the same or similar business activities or lines of business as the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates, including those business activities or lines of business deemed to be competing with the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates. To the fullest

 

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extent permitted by law none of the Members nor any of their Affiliates, nor any of their respective officers or directors, shall be liable to the Company or its Members, or to any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliates stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty, solely by reason of any such activities of any Member or its Affiliates, or of the participation therein by any officer or director of any Member or its Affiliates.

(ii) To the fullest extent permitted by law, but subject to any contractual obligations by which the Company or any or all of the Members may be bound from time to time, none of the Members nor any of its Affiliates shall have a duty to refrain from doing business with any client, customer or vendor of the Company or any of the Company’s Affiliates, and without limiting Section 4.03(b), none of the Members nor any of their Affiliates nor any of their respective officers, directors or employees shall be deemed to have breached his, her or its fiduciary duties, if any, to the Company or its Members or to any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members solely by reason of engaging in any such activity. Any member of the board of Evolent Health, Inc. nominated by a Member pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement may consider both the interests of such Member and such Member’s obligations hereunder in exercising such board member’s powers, rights and duties hereunder and as a director of the Managing Member.

(b) Corporate Opportunities . Subject to any contractual provisions by which the Company or any or all of the Members or their respective Affiliates may be bound from time to time, in the event that any Member or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective officers, directors or employees, acquires knowledge of a potential transaction or other matter which may be an opportunity for any Member (or any of its respective Affiliates), on the one hand, and the Company (or any of its Affiliates), on the other hand, none of the Members nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall have any duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and to the fullest extent permitted by law, none of the Members nor any of their Affiliates, officers, directors or employees shall be liable to the Company or its Members, or any Affiliate of the Company or such Affiliate’s stockholders or members, for breach of any fiduciary duty or otherwise, solely by reason of the fact that such Member or any of its Affiliates, officers, directors or employees acquires, pursues, or obtains such corporate opportunity for itself, directs such opportunity to another person, or otherwise does not communicate information regarding such opportunity to the Company or any of its Affiliates, and the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and their respective stockholders and Affiliates) to the fullest extent permitted by law hereby waives and renounces any claim that such business opportunity constituted an opportunity that should have been presented to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

Section 4.04. Transactions Between Members and the Company. Except as otherwise provided by Applicable Law, a Member may, but shall not be obligated to, lend money to the Company, act as a surety or guarantor for the Company, or transact other business with the Company, and has the same rights and obligations when transacting business with the Company as a person or entity who is not a Member, provided such transactions shall be entered into on terms and conditions customary in arm’s-length transactions between unrelated parties.

Section 4.05. Meeting of Members. Any action permitted or required to be taken by the Members pursuant to this Agreement may be considered at a meeting of such Members held not less than ten days after notification thereof shall have been given by the Managing Member to all Members. Such notification may be given by the Managing Member, in its discretion, at any time. Any such notification shall state briefly the purpose, time and place of the meeting. All such meetings shall be held within or outside the State of Delaware at such reasonable place as the Managing Member shall designate and during normal business hours, and may be held by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. The Members may vote at any such meeting in person or by proxy. Participation in such a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting. No notice of the time, place or purpose of any meeting need be given to any Member who, either before or after the time of such meeting, waives such notice in writing. At any meeting of the Members, the Managing Member, whether present in person or by proxy, shall, except as otherwise provided by law or by this Agreement, constitute a quorum. Whenever any Company action is to be taken by vote of the Members at a meeting, it shall be authorized upon receiving the affirmative vote of the Managing Member. For the avoidance of doubt, Members owning Class B common units shall not be entitled, with respect to such Class B common units, to vote on or approve or consent to any action permitted or required to be taken or any determination required to be made by the Company or the Members, including the right to vote on or approve or consent to any merger or consolidation involving the Company, or any amendment to this Agreement, other than pursuant to Section 14.08.

 

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Section 4.06. Action by Members Without Meeting. Any action permitted or required to be taken by the Members pursuant to this Agreement may be effected at a meeting of the Members or by consent in writing or by electronic transmission of the Managing Member, with the same effect as if taken at a meeting of the Members.

Section 4.07. Limited Rights of Members. Other than as provided in this Article 4 and Article 10 (and Article 7 in the case of the Managing Member), no Member, in such Person’s capacity as a Member, shall have the power or authority to act for or on behalf of, or to bind, the Company, or to vote at any meeting of the Members.

ARTICLE 5

D ISTRIBUTIONS

Section 5.01. Distributions. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law and hereunder, distributions to Members may be declared by the Managing Member out of funds legally available therefor in such amounts and on such terms (including the payment dates of such distributions) as the Managing Member shall determine using such record date as the Managing Member may designate; such distribution shall be made to the Members as of the close of business on such record date on a pro rata basis in accordance with each Member’s Percentage Interest as of the close of business on such record date; provided , however , that the Managing Member shall have the obligation to make distributions as set forth in Sections 5.02 and 10.01; and provided further that, notwithstanding any other provision herein to the contrary, no distributions shall be made to any Member to the extent such distribution would render the Company insolvent. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, insolvency means the inability of the Company to meet its payment obligations when due. Promptly following the designation of a record date and the declaration of a distribution pursuant to this Section 5.01, the Managing Member shall give notice to each Member of the record date, the amount and the terms of the distribution and the payment date thereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Managing Member shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law and hereunder, have the right in its sole discretion to make distributions to the Members pursuant to this Section 5.01 in such amounts as shall enable Evolent Health, Inc. to meet its obligations pursuant to the Tax Receivables Agreement.

Section 5.02. Distributions for Payment of Income Tax .

(a) On or about each date that is ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which estimated U.S. federal income tax payments are required to be made by calendar year corporate taxpayers (without regard to extensions), the Company shall make a ratable distribution among the Members, in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests, of an aggregate amount in cash sufficient to allow each Member to pay its Assumed Tax Liability, if any, reduced by the aggregate amount previously distributed for the payment of income tax under this Article 5 (the “ Tax Distributions ”).

(b) A final accounting for Tax Distributions shall be made for each taxable year after the taxable income or loss of the Company has been determined for such taxable year, and each Member’s Assumed Tax Liability will be recalculated to reflect such final accounting. To the extent that any Member’s recalculated Assumed Tax Liability exceeds the aggregate amounts previously distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.02(a), the Company shall promptly thereafter make a supplemental distribution of cash to the Members pursuant to Section 5.02(a) until the aggregate amounts distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.02(a) is equal to the recalculated Assumed Tax Liability.

(c) If there are not sufficient funds on hand to distribute the full amount otherwise required to be distributed pursuant to this Section 5.02, such distribution shall be made to the extent of the available funds ratably among the Members in proportion to each Member’s respective Percentage Interest and the Company shall make future distributions as soon as funds become available to pay the remaining portion of such distribution ratably among the Members in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

(d) In the event of any audit adjustment by a taxing authority that affects the calculation of the Company’s taxable income or taxable loss for a given period or portion thereof after the Effective Time, or in the event the Company files an amended return which has such effect, each Member’s Assumed Tax Liability shall be recalculated by giving effect to such audit adjustment or changes reflected in such amended return, as applicable

 

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(and by including therein an additional amount that, when distributed to the Members pursuant to the following sentence, is estimated to be sufficient to cover any interest or penalties). To the extent that any Member’s recalculated Assumed Tax Liability exceeds the aggregate amounts previously distributed to such Member pursuant to Section 5.02, the Company shall make additional Tax Distributions ratably among the Members in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.

Section 5.03. Limitations on Distributions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, distributions to Members shall be subject to the restrictions contained in §18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act.

Section 5.04. Withholding.

(a) Authority to Withhold; Treatment of Withheld Amounts . Each Member hereby authorizes the Company and the Managing Member on behalf of the Company to withhold and to pay over, or otherwise to pay, any withholding or other taxes payable by the Company (pursuant to any provision of United States federal, state or local or foreign law) with respect to such Member or as a result of such Member’s participation in the Company; and if and to the extent that the Company shall be required to withhold or pay any such withholding or other taxes, such Member shall be deemed for all purposes of this Agreement to have received a payment from the Company as of the time such withholding or other tax is paid, which payment shall be deemed to be a distribution with respect to such Member’s common units in the Company.

(b) Indemnification . Each Member shall, to the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Managing Member and each other Person (other than the Company) who is or who is deemed to be the responsible withholding agent for United States federal, state or local or foreign income tax purposes against all claims, liabilities and expenses of whatever nature (other than any claims, liabilities and expenses in the nature of penalties and accrued interest thereon that result from such Managing Member’s or such other Person’s gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud) relating to the Company’s, the Managing Member’s or such other Person’s obligation to withhold and to pay over, or otherwise to pay, any withholding or other taxes payable by the Company or any of its Affiliates with respect to such Member or as a result of such Member’s participation in the Company.

(c) Refunds . In the event that the Company receives a refund of taxes previously withheld, the economic benefit of such refund shall be apportioned among the Members in a manner reasonably determined by the Managing Member to offset the prior operation of this Section 5.04 in respect of such withheld taxes.

ARTICLE 6

A LLOCATIONS AND T AX M ATTERS

Section 6.01. Capital Accounts and Adjusted Capital Accounts .

(a) Establishment of Capital Accounts . There shall be established and maintained for each Member on the books of the Company a capital account (a “ Capital Account ”). Each Member’s Capital Account (a) shall be increased by (i) the amount of money contributed by such Member to the Company, (ii) the Book Value of property contributed by that Member to the Company (net of liabilities secured by the contributed property that the Company is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code) and (iii) allocations to such Member of Net Profits and any other items of income or gain allocated to such Member, and (b) shall be decreased by (i) the amount of money distributed to such Member by the Company, (ii) the Book Value of property distributed to such Member by the Company (net of liabilities secured by the distributed property that such Member is considered to assume or take subject to under Section 752 of the Code), and (iii) allocations to such Member of Net Losses and any other items of loss or deduction allocated to such Member. The Capital Accounts shall also be increased or decreased to reflect a revaluation of Company property pursuant to paragraph (b) of the definition of Book Value. On the transfer of all or part of a Member’s common units, the Capital Account of the transferor that is attributable to the transferred common units shall carryover to the Permitted Transferee Member in accordance with the provisions of Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(1). A Member that has more than one class of common units shall have a single Capital Account that reflects all such common units.

 

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(b) Negative Balances; Interest . None of the Members shall have any obligation to the Company or to any other Member to restore any negative balance in its Capital Account. No interest shall be paid by the Company on any Capital Contributions.

(c) No Withdrawal . No Person shall be entitled to withdraw any part of such Person’s Capital Contributions or Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Company, except as expressly provided herein.

Section 6.02. Additional Capital Contributions. Subject to Section 3.02, no Member shall be required to make any additional Capital Contributions to the Company or lend any funds to the Company, although any Member may agree with the Managing Member and become obligated to do so.

Section 6.03. Allocations of Net Profits and Net Losses. Subject to Section 6.04, Net Profits or Net Losses for any Fiscal Year or other period shall be allocated to the Members in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests.

Section 6.04. Special Allocations .

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the following allocations shall be made for each Fiscal Year or other period:

(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.04, if there is a net decrease in Company Minimum Gain during any taxable period, each Member shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(f), (g)(2) and (j). For purposes of this Section 6.04, each Member’s Capital Account shall be determined and the allocation of income or gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to such taxable period. This Section 6.04(a)(i) is intended to comply with the partnership minimum gain chargeback requirement in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(ii) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 6.04 (other than 6.04(a)(i) above), if there is a net decrease in Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain during any taxable period, any Member with a share of Member Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain at the beginning of such taxable period shall be allocated items of Company income and gain for such period (and, if necessary, subsequent periods) in the manner and amounts provided in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i)(4) and (j)(2). For purposes of this Section 6.04, each Member’s Adjusted Capital Account balance shall be determined, and the allocation of income and gain required hereunder shall be effected, prior to the application of any other allocations pursuant to this Section 6.04(a), other than Section 6.04(a)(i) above, with respect to such taxable period. This Section 6.04(a)(ii) is intended to comply with the Member nonrecourse debt minimum gain chargeback requirement in Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith.

(iii) Except as provided in Sections 6.04(a)(i) and 6.04(a)(ii) above, in the event any Member unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations or distributions described in Treas. Reg. §1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of Company income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Member in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate, to the extent required by such Treasury Regulations, the deficit balance, if any, in its Adjusted Capital Account created by such adjustments, allocations or distributions as quickly as possible unless such deficit balance is otherwise eliminated pursuant to Sections 6.04(a)(i) and 6.04(a)(ii).

(iv) In the event any Member has a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account at the end of any taxable period, such Member shall be specially allocated items of Company gross income and gain in the amount of such excess as quickly as possible; provided , however , that an allocation pursuant to this Section 6.04(a)(iv) shall be made only if and to the extent that such Member would have a deficit balance in its Adjusted Capital Account after all other allocations provided in this Section 6.04(a) have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.04(a)(iv) were not in this Agreement.

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(vi) Member Nonrecourse Deductions for any taxable period shall be allocated 100% to the Member that bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to the Member Nonrecourse Debt to which such Member Nonrecourse Deductions are attributable in accordance with Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(i) or Treas. Reg. §1.704-2(k). If more than one Member bears the Economic Risk of Loss with respect to a Member Nonrecourse Debt, Member Nonrecourse Deductions attributable thereto shall be allocated between or among such Members in accordance with the ratios in which they share such Economic Risk of Loss.

(b) Curative Allocation . The allocations set forth in Section 6.04(a) (the “ Regulatory Allocations ”) are intended to comply with certain requirements of the Treasury Regulations. It is the intent of the Members that, to the extent possible, all Regulatory Allocations shall be offset either with other Regulatory Allocations or with special allocations of other items of Company income, gain, loss, or deduction pursuant to this Section 6.04(b). Therefore, notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 6 (other than the Regulatory Allocations), but subject to the Code and the Treasury Regulations, the Managing Member shall make such offsetting special allocations of Company income, gain, loss, or deduction in whatever manner it determines appropriate so that, after such offsetting allocations are made, each Member’s Capital Account balance is, to the extent possible, equal to the Capital Account balance such Member would have had if the Regulatory Allocations were not part of the Agreement. In exercising its discretion under this Section 6.04(b), the Managing Member shall take into account future Regulatory Allocations that, although not yet made, are likely to offset other Regulatory Allocations previously made.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 6.04, if, following the application of Sections 6.04(a) and 6.04(b), the Managing Member determines in its sole discretion that the allocation provisions in Sections 6.04(a) and 6.04(b) do not reflect the economic arrangements among the Members, then Net Profits and Net Losses shall, following the application of Sections 6.04(a) and 6.04(b), be allocated in the sole discretion of the Managing Member in a manner that the Managing Member concludes reflects the economic arrangements of the Members.

Section 6.05. Allocation for Income Tax Purposes .

(a) Except as provided in Section 6.05(b), 6.05(c) and 6.05(d), each item of income, gain, loss and deduction of the Company for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall be allocated among the Members in the same manner as such items are allocated for book purposes under Sections 6.03 and 6.04.

(b) The Members recognize that there may be a difference between the Book Value of a Company asset and the asset’s adjusted tax basis at the time of the property’s contribution or revaluation pursuant to this Agreement. In such a case, all items of tax depreciation, cost recovery, amortization, and gain or loss with respect to such asset shall be allocated among the Members to take into account the disparities between the Book Values and the adjusted tax basis with respect to such properties in accordance with the provisions of Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations under those sections using the “traditional method” set forth in Treas. Reg. §1.704-3(b); provided , however , that any tax items not required to be allocated under Section 704(b) or 704(c) of the Code shall be allocated in the same manner as such gain or loss would be allocated for book purposes under Sections 6.03 and 6.04. Items allocated under this Section 6.05(b) shall neither be credited nor charged to the Members’ Capital Accounts.

(c) All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocated to the Members in accordance with the provisions hereof and basis allocations recognized by the Company for federal income tax purposes shall be determined without regard to any election under Section 754 of the Code that may be made by the Company; provided, however, such allocations, once made, shall be adjusted as necessary or appropriate to take into account the adjustments permitted by Sections 734 and 743 of the Code.

(d) If any deductions for depreciation, cost recovery or depletion are recaptured as ordinary income upon the sale or other disposition of Company properties, the ordinary income character of the gain from such sale or disposition shall be allocated among the Members in the same ratio as the deductions giving rise to such ordinary income character were allocated.

Section 6.06. Other Allocation Rules . All items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit allocable to common units that have been transferred shall be allocated between the transferor and the transferee based on an interim closing of the Company’s books (as though the Company’s taxable year had ended).

 

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Section 6.07. Regulatory Compliance . The foregoing provisions are intended to comply with Treas. Reg. § 1.704-1(b), and shall be interpreted and applied as provided in such Treasury Regulations. If the Managing Member shall determine that the manner in which the Capital Accounts or Adjusted Capital Accounts, or any increases or decreases thereto, are computed, or the manner in which any allocations are made under Sections 6.03 and 6.04, should be adjusted in order to comply with Sections 704(b) and 704(c) of the Code and Treasury Regulations thereunder, the Managing Member shall make such modifications, provided that the Managing Member shall not modify the manner of making distributions pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 6.08. Certain Costs and Expenses. The Company shall (a) pay, or cause to be paid, all costs, fees, operating expenses and other expenses of the Company (including the costs, fees and expenses of attorneys, accountants or other professionals and the compensation of all personnel providing services to the Company) incurred in pursuing and conducting, or otherwise related to, the business of the Company, and (b) in the sole discretion of the Managing Member, reimburse the Managing Member for any out-of-pocket costs, fees and expenses incurred by it in connection therewith. To the extent that the Managing Member reasonably determines in good faith that its expenses are related to the business conducted by the Company and/or its subsidiaries (including any good faith allocation of a portion of expenses that so relate to the business of the Company and/or its subsidiaries and that also relate to other businesses or activities of the Managing Member), then the Managing Member may cause the Company to pay or bear all such expenses of the Managing Member, including, costs of securities offerings not borne directly by Members, compensation and meeting costs of its board of directors, cost of periodic reports to its stockholders, litigation costs and damages arising from litigation, accounting and legal costs and franchise taxes (which are not based on, or measured by, income); provided that the Company shall not pay or bear any income tax obligations of the Managing Member; provided further that the payment of Tax Distributions to the Managing Member shall not be prevented by the foregoing. Payments under this Section 6.08 are intended to constitute reasonable compensation for past or present services and are not “distributions” within the meaning of §18-607 of the Delaware LLC Act.

ARTICLE 7

M ANAGEMENT AND C ONTROL OF B USINESS

Section 7.01. Management. (a) The Members shall possess all rights and powers as provided in the Delaware LLC Act and otherwise by Applicable Law. Except as otherwise expressly provided for herein and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Members hereby consent to the exercise by the Managing Member of all such powers and rights conferred on them by the Delaware LLC Act with respect to the management and control of the Company.

(b) Other than with respect to the actions described in Section 10.01(a), the Managing Member shall have the power and authority to delegate to one or more other Persons the Managing Member’s rights and powers to manage and control the business and affairs of the Company, including to delegate to agents and employees of a Member or the Company (including any officers thereof), and to delegate by a management agreement or another agreement with, or otherwise to, other Persons. The Managing Member may authorize any Person (including any Member or officer of the Company) to enter into and perform any document on behalf of the Company.

(c) The Managing Member shall have the power and authority to effectuate the sale, lease, transfer, exchange or other disposition of any, all or substantially all of the assets of the Company (including the exercise or grant of any conversion, option, privilege or subscription right or any other right available in connection with any assets at any time held by the Company) or the merger, consolidation, reorganization or other combination of the Company with or into another entity.

Section 7.02. Certain Covenants . The Managing Member shall not, without the prior written consent of the Majority Holders, cause the merger of the Company with or into Evolent Health, Inc. or any other Subsidiary thereof. In the event of any such merger, the relative economic rights of each class of common units immediately prior to such merger shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members in connection with such merger, taking into consideration legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties to such merger and subject to compliance with Applicable Law.

 

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Section 7.03. Investment Company Act. The Managing Member shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Company shall not be subject to registration as an investment company pursuant to the Investment Company Act.

ARTICLE 8

O FFICERS

Section 8.01. Officers. The officers of the Company shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Treasurer and a Secretary, and unless determined otherwise by the Managing Member or the Chief Executive Officer, each other officer of Evolent Health, Inc. shall also be an officer of the Company, with the same title. All officers shall be appointed by the Managing Member (or by the Chief Executive Officer to the extent the Managing Member delegates such authority to the Chief Executive Officer) and shall hold office until their successors are appointed by the Managing Member (or by the Chief Executive Officer to the extent the Managing Member delegates such authority to the Chief Executive Officer). Two or more offices may be held by the same individual. The officers of the Company may be removed by the Managing Member (or by the Chief Executive Officer to the extent the Managing Member delegates such authority to the Chief Executive Officer) at any time for any reason or no reason.

Section 8.02. Other Officers and Agents. The Managing Member may appoint such other officers and agents as it may deem necessary or advisable, who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Managing Member.

Section 8.03. Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Company and shall have the general powers and duties of supervision and management usually vested in the office of a chief executive officer of a company. He or she shall preside at all meetings of Members if present thereat. Except as the Managing Member shall authorize the execution thereof in some other manner, he or she shall execute bonds, mortgages and other contracts on behalf of the Company.

Section 8.04. Treasurer. The Treasurer shall have the custody of Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate account of receipts and disbursements in a book belonging to the Company. He or she shall deposit all moneys and other valuables in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositaries as may be designated by the Managing Member or the Chief Executive Officer. The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Managing Member or the Chief Executive Officer, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements. He or she shall render to the Managing Member and the Chief Executive Officer whenever either of them may request it, an account of all his or her transactions as Treasurer and of the financial condition of the Company. If required by the Managing Member, the Treasurer shall give the Company a bond for the faithful discharge of his or her duties in such amount and with such surety as the Managing Member shall prescribe.

Section 8.05. Secretary. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of Members and all other notices required by Applicable Law or by this Agreement, and in case of his or her absence or refusal or neglect so to do, any such notice may be given by any person thereunto directed by the Chief Executive Officer, or by the Managing Member. He or she shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her by the Managing Member or by the Chief Executive Officer.

Section 8.06. Other Officers. Other officers, if any, shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as shall be assigned to them, respectively, by the Managing Member or by the Chief Executive Officer.

ARTICLE 9

T RANSFERS OF I NTERESTS ; A DMITTANCE OF N EW M EMBERS

Section 9.01. Transfer of Common Units. Other than as provided for below in this Section 9.01 or in Section 9.02, no Member may sell, assign, transfer, grant a participation in, pledge, hypothecate, encumber or otherwise dispose of (such transaction being herein collectively called a “ Transfer ”) all or any portion of its common units except with the approval of a majority of the board of directors of the Managing Member (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement), which may be granted or withheld in its sole discretion. Without the approval of a majority of the board of directors

 

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of the Managing Member (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement) (but otherwise in compliance with Sections 9.01 and 9.02), a Member may, at any time, (a) Transfer any portion of such Member’s common units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, and (b) Transfer any portion of such Member’s common units to a Permitted Transferee of such Member. Any Transfer of Class B common units to a Permitted Transferee of such Member must be accompanied by the transfer of an equal number of corresponding Class B Shares to such Permitted Transferee. Any purported Transfer of all or a portion of a Member’s common units not complying with this Section 9.01 shall be void ab initio and shall not create any obligation on the part of the Company or the other Members to recognize that purported Transfer or to recognize the Person to which the Transfer purportedly was made as a Member. A Person acquiring a Member’s common units pursuant to this Section 9.01 shall not be admitted as a substituted or additional Member except in accordance with the requirements of Section 9.03, but such Person shall, to the extent of the common units transferred to it, be entitled to such Member’s (i) share of distributions, (ii) share of profits and losses, including Net Profits and Net Losses, and (iii) Capital Account in accordance with Section 6.01(a). Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.01 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, if a Member Transfers all or any portion of its common units after the designation of a record date and declaration of a distribution pursuant to Section 5.01 and before the payment date of such distribution, the transferring Member (and not the Person acquiring all or any portion of its common units) shall be entitled to receive such distribution in respect of such transferred common units.

Section 9.02. Transfer of Evolent Health, Inc.’s Interest. Evolent Health, Inc. may not Transfer all or any portion of its common units held in the form of Class A common units at any time, except to the Company as provided herein.

Section 9.03. Recognition of Transfer; Substituted and Additional Members. (a) No direct or indirect Transfer of all or any portion of a Member’s common units may be made, and no purchaser, assignee, transferee or other recipient of all or any part of such common units shall be admitted to the Company as a substituted or additional Member hereunder, unless:

(i) the provisions of Section 9.01 or Section 9.02, as applicable, shall have been complied with;

(ii) in the case of a proposed substituted or additional Member (other than a Permitted Transferee described in clauses (i) through (v) of the definition thereof) that is (i) a competitor or potential competitor of Evolent Health, Inc. or the Company or their Subsidiaries, (ii) a Person with whom Evolent Health, Inc. or the Company or their Subsidiaries has had or is expected to have a material commercial or financial relationship or (iii) likely to subject Evolent Health, Inc. or the Company or their Subsidiaries to any material legal or regulatory requirement or obligation, or materially increase the burden thereof, in each case as determined by the Managing Member in its sole discretion, the admission of the purchaser, assignee, transferee or other recipient as a substituted or additional Member shall have been approved by the Managing Member;

(iii) the Managing Member shall have been furnished with the documents effecting such Transfer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member, executed and acknowledged by both the seller, assignor or transferor and the purchaser, assignee, transferee or other recipient, and the Managing Member shall have executed (and the Managing Member hereby agrees to execute) any other documents on behalf of itself and the Members required to effect the Transfer;

(iv) the provisions of Section 9.03(b) shall have been complied with;

(v) the Managing Member shall be reasonably satisfied that such Transfer will not (A) result in a violation of the Securities Act or any other Applicable Law; or (B) cause an assignment under the Investment Company Act;

(vi) such Transfer would not cause the Company to lose its status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Transfer shall not be effected on or through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof,” as such terms are used in Section 1.7704-1 of the Treasury Regulations;

 

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(vii) the Managing Member shall have received the opinion of counsel, if any, required by Section 9.03(c) in connection with such Transfer; and

(viii) all necessary instruments reflecting such Transfer and/or admission shall have been filed in each jurisdiction in which such filing is necessary in order to qualify the Company to conduct business or to preserve the limited liability of the Members.

(b) Each substituted Member and additional Member shall be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement. Each substituted Member and additional Member, as a condition to its admission as a Member, shall execute and acknowledge such instruments (including a counterpart of this Agreement and the Exchange Agreement or a joinder agreement in customary form), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member, as the Managing Member reasonably deems necessary or desirable to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such substituted or additional Member to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement with respect to the common units acquired by such substituted or additional Member. The admission of a substituted or additional Member shall not require the consent of any Member other than the Managing Member (if and to the extent such consent of the Managing Member is expressly required by this Article 9). As promptly as practicable after the admission of a substituted or additional Member, the books and records of the Company and Exhibit A shall be changed to reflect such admission.

(c) As a further condition to any Transfer of all or any part of a Member’s common units, the Managing Member may, in its discretion, require a written opinion of counsel to the transferring Member reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Member, obtained at the sole expense of the transferring Member, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Managing Member, as to such matters as are customary and appropriate in transactions of this type, including, without limitation (or, in the case of any Transfer made to a Permitted Transferee, limited to an opinion) to the effect that such Transfer will not result in a violation of the registration or other requirements of the Securities Act or any other federal or state securities laws. No such opinion, however, shall be required in connection with a Transfer made pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.

Section 9.04. Expense of Transfer; Indemnification. All reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Managing Member and the Company in connection with any Transfer of a Member’s common units, including any filing and recording costs and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company, shall be paid by the transferring Member. In addition, the transferring Member hereby indemnifies the Managing Member and the Company against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Managing Member, the Company, or any of their Affiliates may become subject arising out of or based upon any false representation or warranty made by, or breach or failure to comply with any covenant or agreement of, such transferring Member or such transferee in connection with such Transfer.

Section 9.05. Exchange Agreement. In connection with any Transfer of any portion of a Member’s common units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, the Managing Member shall cause the Company to take any action as may be required under the Exchange Agreement or requested by any party thereto to effect such Transfer promptly.

Section 9.06. Restrictions on Business Combination Transactions.

(a) The Company shall not be a party to (i) a transaction of any kind that would result in any Class A common units being held by any Person other than the Managing Member or (ii) any reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger or any other transaction having an effect on members substantially similar to that resulting from a reorganization, Share Exchange, consolidation, conversion or merger (each in this clause (ii), a “ Restricted Transaction ”) without the approval of a majority of the board of directors of the Managing Member (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement).

(b) The Company shall not be a party to any Restricted Transaction that includes or is in conjunction with a transaction involving the disposition, exchange or conversion of Class A Shares for consideration (collectively, a “ Consolidated Transaction ”) unless (i) each holder of Class A Shares and Class B Shares (together with the corresponding number of Class B common units) is allowed to participate pro rata in such Consolidated Transaction (as if the Class B Shares (together with the corresponding number of Class B common units) were exchanged

 

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immediately prior to such Consolidated Transaction for Class A Shares pursuant to the Exchange Agreement); and (ii) the gross proceeds payable in respect of each Class B common unit equals the gross proceeds that would be payable in such Consolidated Transaction in respect of the Class A Share(s) for which such Class B common unit was exchanged immediately prior to such Consolidated Transaction pursuant to the Exchange Agreement.

(c) Nothing in this Section 9.06 shall be deemed to modify any of the rights of The Advisory Board, TPG or UPMC set forth in the Tax Receivables Agreement.

ARTICLE 10

DISSOLUTION AND TERMINATION

Section 10.01. Dissolution .

(a) The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i) an election by the Managing Member, subject to the consent of the Majority Holders, to dissolve, wind up or liquidate the Company;

(ii) the sale, disposition or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company;

(iii) the entry of a decree of dissolution of the Company under §18-802 of the Delaware LLC Act; or

(iv) at any time there are no members of the Company, unless the Company is continued in accordance with the Delaware LLC Act.

(b) In the event of a dissolution pursuant to Section 10.01(a), the relative economic rights of each class of common units immediately prior to such dissolution shall be preserved to the greatest extent practicable with respect to distributions made to Members pursuant to Section 10.01(f) in connection with such dissolution, taking into consideration legal constraints that may adversely affect one or more parties to such dissolution and subject to compliance with Applicable Laws.

(c) Dissolution of the Company shall be effective on the day on which the event occurs giving rise to the dissolution, but the Company will not terminate until the assets of the Company have been distributed as provided in this Section 10.01 and any filings required by the Delaware LLC Act have been made.

(d) Upon dissolution, the Company shall be liquidated and wound up in an orderly manner in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.01. The Managing Member or a Person selected by the Managing Member to act as liquidating trustee, shall wind up the affairs of the Company pursuant to this Agreement. The Managing Member or liquidating trustee, as applicable, is authorized, subject to the Delaware LLC Act, to sell, exchange or otherwise dispose of the assets of the Company, or to distribute Company assets in kind, as the Managing Member or liquidating trustee shall determine to be in the best interests of the Members. The reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Managing Member or liquidating trustee in connection with winding up the Company (including legal and accounting fees and expenses), all other liabilities or losses of the Company or the Managing Member or liquidating trustee incurred in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and reasonable compensation for the services of the liquidating trustee shall be borne by the Company. Except as otherwise required by law and except in connection with any gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Managing Member or liquidating trustee, the Managing Member or liquidating trustee shall not be liable to any Member or the Company for any loss attributable to any act or omission of the Managing Member or liquidating trustee taken in good faith in connection with the winding up of the Company and the distribution of Company assets. The Managing Member or liquidating trustee may consult with counsel and accountants with respect to winding up the Company and distributing its assets and shall be justified in acting or omitting to act in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel or accountants, provided that the Managing Member or liquidating trustee shall have used reasonable care in selecting such counsel or accountants.

 

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(e) Upon dissolution of the Company, the expenses of liquidation (including compensation for the services of the liquidating trustee and legal and accounting fees and expenses) and the Company’s liabilities and obligations to creditors shall be paid, or reasonable provisions shall be made for payment thereof, in accordance with Applicable Law, from cash on hand or from the liquidation of Company properties.

(f) A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding up of the business and affairs of the Company and the liquidation of its assets pursuant to this Section 10.01 to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding up. Notwithstanding the generality of the foregoing, within 180 calendar days after the effective date of dissolution of the Company, the assets of the Company shall be distributed in the following manner and order: (i) all debts and obligations of the Company, if any, shall first be paid, discharged or provided for by adequate reserves; and (ii) the balance shall be distributed to the Members in accordance with Section 5.01.

(g) The Managing Member or liquidating trustee shall not be personally liable for the return of Capital Contributions or any portion thereof to the Members (it being understood and agreed that any such return shall be made solely from Company assets).

Section 10.02. Termination. The Company shall terminate when all of the assets of the Company, after payment or reasonable provision for the payment of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, shall have been distributed in the manner provided for in this Article 10 and the Certificate shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Delaware LLC Act.

ARTICLE 11

E XCULPATION AND I NDEMNIFICATION

Section 11.01. Exculpation . To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no Indemnitee shall be liable to the Company or any other Indemnitee for any Losses, which at any time may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Company or any other Indemnitee as a result of or arising out of the activities of the Indemnitee on behalf of the Company to the extent within the scope of the authority reasonably believed by such Indemnitee to be conferred on such Indemnitee, except to the extent such Losses arise out of (i) the Indemnitee’s failure to act in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee’s not having any reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful, (ii) the Indemnitee’s material breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (iii) the Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 11.02. Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, each of (a) the Members, the Managing Member and their respective Affiliates, (b) the stockholders, members, managers, directors, officers, partners, employees and agents of the Members and the Managing Member and their respective Affiliates, and (c) the officers of the Company (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (collectively, “ Losses ”), which at any time may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against, the Indemnitee as a result of or arising out of this Agreement, the Company, its assets, business or affairs or the activities of the Indemnitee on behalf of the Company to the extent within the scope of the authority reasonably believed to be conferred on such Indemnitee; provided , however , that the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to indemnification for any Losses to the extent such Losses arise out of (i) the Indemnitee’s failure to act in good faith and in a manner such Indemnitee believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee’s not having any reasonable cause to believe such conduct was unlawful, (ii) the Indemnitee’s material breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or (iii) the Indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere , or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner specified in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above. Any indemnification pursuant to this Article 11 shall be made only out of the assets of the Company and no Member shall have any personal liability on account thereof. The Company hereby acknowledges that one or more Indemnitees may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by certain entities who hold an interest in the Company or the Managing Member and have designated certain directors to serve on the board of Evolent Health, Inc. (“ Designating Stockholders ”). The Company hereby

 

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agrees, unless Evolent Health, Inc. is the indemnitor of first resort, in which case, the Company shall be indemnitor of second resort, (i) that the Company is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to an Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Designating Stockholders or their insurers to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by an Indemnitee is secondary), (ii) that the Company shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this agreement or any other agreement between the Company and the Indemnitee, without regard to any rights an Indemnitee may have against the Designating Stockholders or their insurers, and (iii) that the Company irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Designating Stockholders from any and all claims against the Designating Stockholders for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof.

Section 11.03. Expenses. Expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) incurred by an Indemnitee in defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding described in Section 11.02 shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified as provided in this Article 11; provided that such undertaking shall be unsecured and interest free and shall be accepted without regard to an Indemnitee’s ability to repay amounts advanced and without regard to an Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification.

Section 11.04. Non-Exclusivity. The indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Article 11 shall not be exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any statute, the Delaware LLC Act, this Agreement, any other agreement, a policy of insurance or otherwise. The indemnification and advancement of expenses set forth in this Article 11 shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a named Indemnitee and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns of such a Person.

Section 11.05. Insurance. The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of the Indemnitees against any liability asserted against them and incurred by them in such capacity, or arising out of their status as Indemnitees, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify them against such liability under this Article 11.

ARTICLE 12

A CCOUNTING AND R ECORDS ; T AX M ATTERS

Section 12.01. Accounting and Records. The books and records of the Company shall be made and maintained, and the financial position and the results of its operations recorded, at the expense of the Company, in accordance with such method of accounting as is determined by the Managing Member. The books and records of the Company shall reflect all Company transactions and shall be made and maintained in a manner that is appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business.

Section 12.02. Tax Returns. The Company shall prepare and timely file all U.S. federal, state and local and foreign tax returns required to be filed by the Company. Unless otherwise agreed by the Managing Member, any income tax return of the Company shall be prepared by an independent public accounting firm of recognized national standing selected by the Managing Member. Each Member shall furnish to the Company all pertinent information in its possession relating to the Company’s operations that is necessary to enable the Company’s tax returns to be timely prepared and filed. Unless otherwise extended by the Members, the Company shall deliver to each Member within 45 days after the end of the applicable Fiscal Year a Schedule K-1 together with such additional information as may be reasonably required or requested by the Members in order to file their U.S. federal income tax, state tax, and local tax returns reflecting the Company’s operations and the operations of any of its Subsidiaries. In the event of an extension, (i) the Board shall nevertheless use reasonable best efforts to provide each Member within 90 days after the end of the applicable Fiscal Year a Schedule K-1 together with such additional information as may be reasonably required or requested by the Members in order to file their U.S. federal income tax, state tax, and local tax returns reflecting the Company’s operations and the operations of any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to provide each Member with an estimate of the net taxable income of the Company allocated to (or reasonably estimated to be allocated to) such member for a Fiscal Year, together with an estimate of the state apportionment of such income, within 45 days after the end of the applicable Fiscal Year. The Company shall bear the costs of the preparation and filing of its tax returns.

 

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Section 12.03. Tax Partnership. Neither the Company nor any Member shall make an election for the Company to be excluded from the application of the provisions of subchapter K of chapter 1 of subtitle A of the Code or any similar provisions of applicable state law or to be classified as other than a partnership pursuant to Treas. Reg. §301.7701-3.

Section 12.04. Tax Elections . The Managing Member shall, on behalf of the Company, make or cause to be made the following elections on the appropriate forms or tax returns:

(a) to adopt the calendar year as the Company’s taxable year or Fiscal Year, if permitted under the Code;

(b) to adopt the accrual method of accounting and to keep the Company’s books and records on the U.S. federal income tax method;

(c) to elect to amortize the organizational expenses of the Company as permitted by Section 709(b) of the Code;

(d) as required by the Tax Receivables Agreement, to make and maintain an election under Section 754 of the Code with respect to the Company (and to cause each entity in which the Company has directly or indirectly invested to make and maintain such an election under Section 754 of the Code), which elections shall be in effect for each Fiscal Year or portions thereof in which (i) the Company or any such investee entity is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and (ii) any Member Transfers Class B common units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement; provided , however , that an additional election under Section 754 of the Code shall be timely made in the event of a termination of the Company or any investee entity under Section 708 of the Code so that the Company and any such investee entity has in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code with respect to all taxable years or portions thereof for so long as the Company and any such investee entity is classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and

(e) any other election the Managing Member may deem appropriate and in the best interests of the Members.

Section 12.05. Tax Matters Member .

(a) The Managing Member shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Company as defined in Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code (the “ Tax Matters Member ”) . The Tax Matters Member shall take such action as may be necessary to cause to the extent possible each other Member to become a notice partner within the meaning of Section 6231 (a)(8) of the Code. The Tax Matters Member shall inform each other Member of all significant matters that may come to its attention in its capacity as Tax Matters Member by giving notice thereof on or before the fifth day after becoming aware thereof and, within that time, shall forward to each other Member copies of all significant written communications it may receive in that capacity.

(b) Any cost or expense incurred by the Tax Matters Member in connection with its duties, including the preparation for or pursuance of administrative or judicial proceedings, shall be paid by the Company.

(c) Any Member that enters into a settlement agreement with respect to any partnership item (within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(3) of the Code) shall use reasonable best efforts to notify the other Members of such settlement agreement and its terms within 90 days from the date of the settlement.

(d) Each Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the other Members prior to filing a request pursuant to Section 6227 of the Code for an administrative adjustment of partnership items for any taxable year. If the Managing Member consents to the requested adjustment, the Tax Matters Member shall file the request for the administrative adjustment on behalf of the Members. If such consent is not obtained within 30 days from such notice, or within the period required to timely file the request for administrative adjustment, if shorter, any Member, including the Tax Matters Member, may file a request for administrative adjustment on its own behalf. Any Member intending to file a petition under Section 6226 or 6228 of the Code or other Section of the Code with

 

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respect to any item involving the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the other Members of such intention and the nature of the contemplated proceeding. In the case where the Tax Matters Member is the Member intending to file such petition on behalf of the Company, such notice shall be given within a reasonable period of time to allow the other Members to participate in the choosing of the forum in which such petition will be filed.

(e) If any Member intends to file a notice of inconsistent treatment under Section 6222(b) of the Code, such Member shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give reasonable notice under the circumstances to the other Members of such intent and the manner in which the Member’s intended treatment of an item is (or may be) inconsistent with treatment of that item by the other Members.

ARTICLE 13

A RBITRATION

The Members shall attempt in good faith to resolve all claims, disputes and other disagreements arising hereunder or under the Exchange Agreement (each, a “ Dispute ”) by negotiation. If a Dispute cannot be resolved in such manner, such Dispute shall, at the request of any party, after providing written notice to the other parties to the Dispute, be submitted to arbitration in the City of New York in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association then in effect. The proceeding shall be confidential. The party initially asserting the Dispute (the “ Initiating Party ”) shall notify the other party (the “ Responding Party ”) of the name and address of the arbitrator chosen by the Initiating Party and shall specifically describe the Dispute in issue to be submitted to arbitration. Within 30 days of receipt of such notification, the Responding Party shall notify the Initiating Party of its answer to the Dispute, any counterclaim which it wishes to assert in the arbitration and the name and address of the arbitrator chosen by the Responding Party. If the Responding Party does not appoint an arbitrator during such 30-day period, appointment of the second arbitrator shall be made by the American Arbitration Association upon request of the Initiating Party. The two arbitrators so chosen or appointed shall choose a third arbitrator, who shall serve as president of the panel of arbitrators (the “ Panel ”) thus composed. If the two arbitrators so chosen or appointed fail to agree upon the choice of a third arbitrator within 30 days from the appointment of the second arbitrator, the third arbitrator will be appointed by the American Arbitration Association upon the request of the arbitrators or either of the parties. In all cases, the arbitrators must be persons who are knowledgeable about, and have recognized ability and experience in dealing with, the subject matter of the Dispute. The arbitrators will act by majority decision. Any decision of the arbitrators shall (a) be rendered in writing and shall bear the signatures of at least two arbitrators, and (b) identify the members of the Panel. Absent fraud or manifest error, any such decision of the Panel shall be final, conclusive and binding on the parties to the arbitration and enforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction. The expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to the arbitration; provided , however , that each party shall pay for and bear the costs of its own experts, evidence and legal counsel, unless the arbitrator rules otherwise in the arbitration. The parties shall complete all discovery within 30 days after the Panel is composed, shall complete the presentation of evidence to the Panel within 15 days after the completion of discovery, and a final decision with respect to the matter submitted to arbitration shall be rendered within 15 days after the completion of presentation of evidence. The parties shall cause to be kept a record of the proceedings of any matter submitted to arbitration hereunder.

ARTICLE 14

M ISCELLANEOUS P ROVISIONS

Section 14.01. Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement and understanding by the Members and the Company with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede any prior agreement or understanding by the Members with respect to such subject matter.

Section 14.02. Binding on Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 14.03. Managing Member’s Business. Evolent Health, Inc., as the sole Managing Member of the Company, hereby agrees that it (a) will not conduct any business other than the management and ownership of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) shall not own any other assets (other than on a temporary basis).

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Evolent Health, Inc. may take such actions and own such assets as are necessary or appropriate to comply with Applicable Law, including compliance with its responsibilities as a public company under the U.S. federal securities laws, incur indebtedness and take any other action or own any other asset that the board of directors of Evolent Health, Inc. determines in good faith is in the best interest of the Company.

Section 14.04. Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder will be governed by, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to conflicts of law principles thereof.

Section 14.05. Headings. All headings herein are inserted only for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement.

Section 14.06. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

Section 14.07. Notices. All notices, requests, consents and other communications hereunder (each, a “ Notice ”) to the Company or any Member shall be in writing and shall be delivered in person or sent by facsimile (provided a copy is thereafter promptly delivered as provided in this Section 14.07) or nationally recognized overnight courier, addressed to such Member at the address or facsimile number set forth in Exhibit A hereto, or below with respect to the Company, or such other address or facsimile number as may hereafter be designated in writing by such party to the other parties:

If to the Company, to:

Evolent Health LLC

800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22203

Facsimile No.: (571) 389-6001

Attention: Jonathan Weinberg

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to the Company) to:

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

Telephone: (212) 474-1000

Facsimile: (212) 474-3700

Attention: William V. Fogg

Each Notice shall be deemed received on the date sent to the recipient thereof in accordance with this Section 14.07, if sent prior to 5:00 p.m. in the place of receipt and such day is a Business Day; otherwise, such Notice shall be deemed not to have been received until the next succeeding Business Day.

Section 14.08. Amendments. This Agreement may be amended (including, for purposes of this Section 14.08, any amendment effected directly or indirectly by way of a merger or consolidation of the Company) or waived, in whole or in part, by the Managing Member; provided , however , that (i) to the extent any amendment or waiver, including any amendment or waiver of the Exhibits attached hereto, would disproportionately and adversely affect the rights of any Member holding Class B common units compared with the rights of any other Member holding Class B common units, such amendment or waiver may only be made by the Managing Member upon the prior written consent of such disproportionately and adversely affected Member, (ii) to the extent any amendment or waiver, including any amendment or waiver of the Exhibits attached hereto, would disproportionately and adversely affect the rights of holders of Class B common units compared with the rights of holders of Class A common units or any other series or class of common unit, such amendment or waiver may only be made by the Managing Member upon the prior written consent of The Advisory Board and TPG (only to the extent they hold any Class B common units) and their respective Permitted Transferees, (iii) to the extent any amendment or waiver, including any amendment or waiver of the Exhibits attached hereto, would disproportionately and adversely affect the rights

 

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of holders of Class A common units compared with the rights of holders of Class B common units or any other series or class of common unit, such amendment or waiver may only be made by the Managing Member upon the approval of a majority of the board of directors of the Managing Member (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement), (iv) the following provisions may not be amended by the Managing Member in any manner adverse to a Member holding Class B common units without the prior written consent of The Advisory Board and TPG (only to the extent they hold any Class B common units) and their respective Permitted Transferees: Section 5.01, Section 5.02, Article 6, Section 7.02, Section 9.03(a)(vi), Section 12.02, Section 12.03 and Section 12.04(d), and (v) so long as any Class B common units remain outstanding, neither Section 9.01 nor Section 9.06 may be amended without the approval of a majority of the board of directors of the Managing Member (including in such majority at least one director designee of each of The Advisory Board, TPG and UPMC for so long as such stockholder has the right to designate at least one director to such board pursuant to the Stockholders Agreement).

Section 14.09. Consent to Jurisdiction. Subject to Article 13, the parties hereto agree that any suit, action or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought and maintained exclusively in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the Supreme Court of the State of New York located in the County of New York. Each of the parties irrevocably consents to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding. Process in any such suit, action or proceeding in such courts may be served, and shall be effective, on any party anywhere in the world, whether within or without the jurisdiction of any such court, by any of the methods specified for the giving of Notices pursuant to Section 14.07. Each of the parties irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection or defense that it may now or hereafter have based on venue, inconvenience of forum, the lack of personal jurisdiction and the adequacy of service of process (as long as the party was provided Notice in accordance with the methods specified in Section 14.07) in any suit, action or proceeding brought in such courts.

Section 14.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 14.11. Tax Receivables Agreement . The Tax Receivables Agreement shall be treated as part of this Agreement as described in Section 761(c) of the Code, and Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(h) and 1.761-1(c) of the Treasury Regulations with respect to payments to a Member with respect to an Exchange (as defined in the Tax Receivables Agreement) by such Member.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the Company, Evolent Health, Inc. and the Members named below have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH LLC
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel
EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
By:

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name:

Jonathan Weinberg

Title:

General Counsel

THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY
By:

/s/ Evan Farber

Name:

Evan Farber

Title:

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

TPG EAGLE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By:

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President
PTOLEMY CAPITAL, LLC
By:

/s/ Mitchell Otolski

Name: Mitchell Otolski
Title: Agent

 

[ Signature Page to Operating Agreement ]


Exhibit A

 

Name and Address of Member

   Number of Class A
Common Units
     Number of Class B
Common Units
     Percentage Interest  

Evolent Health, Inc.

800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500

Arlington, Virginia 22203

     41,451,748         0         70.3

The Advisory Board Company

2445 M. Street, NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

     0         5,208,688         8.8

TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P.

c/o TPG Global, LLC

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

     0         11,289,668         19.1

Ptolemy Capital, LLC

1250 Prospect St, Suite 200

La Jolla, California 92037

Attention: Michael R. Stone

    

 

0

 

  

 

    

 

1,026,240

 

  

 

    

 

1.7

 

 

Total

           100

Exhibit 10.4

EXECUTION VERSION

INCOME TAX RECEIVABLES AGREEMENT

 

 

Table of Contents

 

ARTICLE I   
DEFINITIONS   

Section 1.01.

Definitions

  3   
ARTICLE II   
DETERMINATION OF OVERALL REALIZED TAX BENEFIT   

Section 2.01.

Basis Adjustment; Pre-IPO NOLs

  11   

Section 2.02.

Basis Adjustment Schedule

  12   

Section 2.03.

Tax Benefit Schedule

  12   

Section 2.04.

Procedures, Amendments

  13   

Section 2.05.

Section 754 Election

  14   
ARTICLE III   
TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS   

Section 3.01.

Payments

  14   

Section 3.02.

No Duplicative Payments

  15   

Section 3.03.

Continuity of Interest

  15   
ARTICLE IV   
TERMINATION   

Section 4.01.

Early Termination and Breach of Agreement

  16   

Section 4.02.

Early Termination Notice

  17   

Section 4.03.

Payment upon Early Termination

  17   
ARTICLE V   
LATE PAYMENTS   

Section 5.01.

Late Payments by the Corporation

  18   


ARTICLE VI   
NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION   

Section 6.01.

Participation in the Corporation and LLC Tax Matters

  18   

Section 6.02.

Consistency

  18   

Section 6.03.

Cooperation

  19   
ARTICLE VII   
MISCELLANEOUS   

Section 7.01.

Notices

  19   

Section 7.02.

Counterparts

  22   

Section 7.03.

Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries

  22   

Section 7.04.

Governing Law

  22   

Section 7.05.

Severability

  22   

Section 7.06.

Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers

  22   

Section 7.07.

Titles and Subtitles

  23   

Section 7.08.

Resolution of Disputes

  23   

Section 7.09.

Reconciliation

  24   

Section 7.10.

Withholding

  25   

Section 7.11.

Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets; Classification of LLC for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes   25   

Section 7.12.

Confidentiality

  25   

Section 7.13.

Change in Law

  26   

 

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This INCOME TAX RECEIVABLES AGREEMENT (as amended from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of June 4, 2015, is hereby entered into by and among Evolent Health, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Corporation ”), Evolent Health LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ LLC ”), TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ TPG Eagle ”), Ptolemy Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Ptolemy ”), The Advisory Board Company, a Delaware corporation (“ ABCO ”, and together with TPG Eagle and Ptolemy, the “ Members ”), UPMC, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation (“ UPMC ”), TPG Growth II BDH, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“ TPG BDH ”), Premier Health Partners, an Ohio corporation (“ Premier ”), Oxeon Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Oxeon ”), and Medstar Health, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“ Medstar ”, together with Premier and Oxeon, the “ Customers ”, and together with the Members, UPMC, and TPG BDH, the “ Participants ”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Members hold limited liability company interests in the LLC, which is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

WHEREAS, the persons listed on Schedule A hereto (the “ Holdco Stockholders ”), in the aggregate, hold 72.0% of the capital stock of Evolent Health Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Holdco ”), on a fully diluted basis, directly or indirectly;

WHEREAS, TPG BDH, in the aggregate, holds 100% of the capital stock of TPG Eagle BL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (the “ TPG Holdco ”) directly or indirectly;

WHEREAS, Holdco and TPG Holdco, in the aggregate and as of immediately prior to the merger of Holdco and TPG Holdco with and into the Corporation, hold 64.9% of the limited liability company interests in the LLC;

WHEREAS, in the Reorganization Transactions (as defined below) and prior to the consummation of the IPO (as defined below), the Holdco Stockholders and TPG BDH will, respectively, cause Holdco and TPG Holdco to merge with and into the Corporation, with the Corporation surviving, in exchange for Class A Common Stock of the Corporation and the rights to payments of additional consideration as described in this Agreement, and the Corporation will become a public company pursuant to the IPO (as defined below);

WHEREAS, the mergers are intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”);

 

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WHEREAS, Holdco and TPG Holdco have net operating losses that the Corporation will inherit in the Reorganization Transactions under Section 381 of the Code (the “ Pre-IPO NOLs ”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Reorganization Transactions (as defined below) and the IPO (as defined below), the Corporation and the Members will enter into an exchange agreement under which the Members will have the right to exchange their Class B LLC Units (the “ LLC Units ”), in each case together with an equal number of shares of the Corporation’s Class B stock (the “ Class B Stock ”), for shares of the Corporation’s Class A stock (the “ Class A Stock ”), on a one-for-one basis, subject to customary adjustments;

WHEREAS, the LLC and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries that are classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, if any, will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), for each Taxable Year in which such an exchange will occur, which election is intended to result in an adjustment to the tax basis of the assets owned by the LLC and each of its direct and indirect non-corporate subsidiaries at the time of an exchange of LLC Units and Class B Stock for Class A Stock (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a disguised sale of the LLC Units pursuant to Section 707(a)(2)(B) of the Code), (an “ Exchange ”) (each such time, an “ Exchange Date ”) (such assets and any asset whose tax basis is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to the adjusted basis of any such asset, the “ Adjusted Assets ”) by reason of such Exchange, or the receipt of certain payments under this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the parties to this Agreement desire to make certain arrangements with respect to (or by reference to) the effect of the Pre-IPO NOLs, the Basis Adjustments and Imputed Interest on the reported liability for Taxes of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries, as applicable and without duplication (but, in each case, only with respect to Taxes imposed on the LLC and allocable to the Corporation or to members of the consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group of which the Corporation is a parent)); and

WHEREAS, as additional consideration in the Reorganization Transactions, the Corporation intends to pay certain amounts to TPG BDH and the Holdco Stockholders;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective covenants and agreements set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions . As used in this Agreement, the terms set forth in this Article I shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined).

Adjusted Assets ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Advisory Firm ” means any law or accounting firm that is (A) nationally recognized as being expert in Tax matters and (B) agreed to by at least two of three of (i) TPG Eagle, TPG BDH and their successor and assigns, (ii) UPMC and its successors and assigns, and (iii) ABCO and its successors and assigns.

Advisory Firm Report ” shall mean a letter from the Advisory Firm engaged by the Corporation stating that the relevant schedule, notice or other information to be provided by the Corporation to the Participants and all supporting schedules and work papers were prepared in a manner consistent with the terms of this Agreement and, to the extent not expressly provided in this Agreement, on a reasonable basis in light of the facts and law in existence on the date such schedule, notice or other information is delivered to the Participants.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by, or is under common Control with, such first Person.

Agreed Rate ” means LIBOR plus 100 basis points.

Agreement ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Allocable ”: The portion of the Attributes of the Corporation for a Taxable Year that is “Allocable” to any present or former Participant, as applicable, other than the Corporation shall be determined in accordance with the following principles:

(i) The Basis Adjustment Attributes arising from a Basis Adjustment attributable to consideration paid by the Corporation on an Exchange Date in respect of the Exchange occurring on such date are Allocable to Participants in accordance with each Participant’s Exchange Sharing Percentage of such Basis Adjustments;

(ii) The Basis Adjustment Attributes arising from a Basis Adjustment attributable to consideration paid by the Corporation pursuant to this Agreement are Allocable to the Participant to whom such consideration was paid;

(iii) Imputed Interest Attributes are Allocable to such Participants that are required to include the related Imputed Interest in income (without regard to whether such Participant is actually subject to tax thereon); and

 

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(iv) The NOL Attributes are Allocable to the Participants in accordance with each Participant’s NOL Sharing Percentage.

Amended Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.04(b) of this Agreement.

Attributes ” means the Basis Adjustment Attributes, the NOL Attributes and the Imputed Interest Attributes.

Basis Adjustment ” means the adjustment to the tax basis of an Adjusted Asset under Section 732 of the Code (in situations where, as a result of one or more Exchanges, the LLC becomes an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for tax purposes) or Section 743(b) of the Code (in situations where, following an Exchange, the LLC remains in existence as an entity for tax purposes) and, in each case, comparable sections of state, local and foreign tax laws (as calculated under Section 2.01 of this Agreement) as a result of an Exchange or the payments made pursuant to this Agreement. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of any Basis Adjustment resulting from an Exchange of one or more LLC Units shall be determined without regard to any Pre-Exchange Transfer of such LLC Unit, and as if any such Pre-Exchange Transfer had not occurred. Immediately after any Section 732 Event, “Basis Adjustment” includes a portion of the tax basis of an Adjusted Asset equal to the Basis Adjustment attributable to such Adjusted Asset immediately prior to such Section 732 Event, and also includes, for this purpose, any adjustment in the basis of an asset pursuant to Section 1012 of the Code and Revenue Ruling 99-6, 1999-1 C.B. 432, due to an Exchange that causes the LLC to become an entity that is disregarded as separate from its owner for U.S. Federal income tax purposes; for the avoidance of doubt, any such asset shall be considered an Adjusted Asset.

Basis Adjustment Attributes means, for a Taxable Year, the total amount of depreciation, amortization, and other deductions, and related items and adjustments to gain or loss on disposition of assets not realized in a prior Taxable Year that are attributable to Basis Adjustments and would be allowable for such Taxable Year under applicable law if the Corporation had unlimited gross income and gains to utilize such items.

Basis Adjustment Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.02 of this Agreement.

Board ” means the board of directors of the Corporation.

Business Day ” means Monday through Friday of each week, except that a legal holiday recognized as such by the government of the United States of America or the State of New York shall not be regarded as a Business Day.

Change of Control ” means:

(i) a merger, reorganization, consolidation or similar form of business transaction directly involving the Corporation or indirectly involving the Corporation through one or more intermediaries unless, immediately following such transaction, more

 

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than 50% of the voting power of the then outstanding voting stock or other equities of the Corporation resulting from consummation of such transaction (including, without limitation, any parent or ultimate parent corporation of such Person that as a result of such transaction owns directly or indirectly the Corporation and all or substantially all of the Corporation’s assets) entitled to vote generally in elections of directors is held by the existing Corporation shareholders (determined immediately prior to such transaction and related transactions);

(ii) a transaction in which the Corporation, directly or indirectly, sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its assets to another Person other than an Affiliate;

(iii) a transaction in which there is an acquisition of control of the Corporation by a Person or group of Persons acting in concert to exercise Control (other than the Participants and their Affiliates). The term “control” for purposes of this clause (iii) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to either (A) vote more than 50% of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or comparable positions in the case of partnerships and limited liability companies), or (B) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise (for the avoidance of doubt, consent rights do not constitute control for the purpose of this definition);

(iv) a transaction in which individuals who constitute the Board (the “ Incumbent Directors ”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board, provided that any person becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement, whose election or nomination for election is either (A) contemplated by a written agreement among shareholders of the Corporation on the effective date of this Agreement or (B) was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement of the Corporation in which such person is named as a nominee for director, without written objection to such nomination) shall be an Incumbent Director; provided, however, that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Corporation as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to directors or as a result of any other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director; or

(v) the liquidation or dissolution of the Corporation.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a “Change in Control” shall not be deemed to have occurred by virtue of the consummation of any transaction or series of integrated transactions immediately following which the holders of the shares of the Corporation immediately prior to such transaction or series of transactions continue to have substantially the same proportionate ownership and voting power in an entity which owns all or substantially all of the assets of the Corporation immediately following such transaction or series of transactions.

Class A Stock ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Class B Stock ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Code ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Control ” means the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

Corporation ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Corporation Return ” means the U.S. Federal income Tax Return and/or state and/or local and/or foreign Tax Return, as applicable, of the Corporation filed with respect to Taxes of any Taxable Year.

Default Rate ” means LIBOR plus 500 basis points.

Determination ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 1313(a) of the Code or similar provision of state, local and foreign tax law, as applicable, or any other event (including the execution of a Form 870-AD) that finally and conclusively establishes the amount of any liability for Tax.

Early Termination Date ” means the date of an Early Termination Notice for purposes of determining the Early Termination Payment.

Early Termination Notice ” is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.

Early Termination Payment ” is defined in Section 4.03(b) of this Agreement.

Early Termination Rate ” means LIBOR plus 300 basis points.

Early Termination Schedule ” is defined in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.

Exchange ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Exchange Date ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Exchange Sharing Percentage ” means, for any Taxable Year, the percentage set forth in Schedule I to this Agreement.

Expert ” is defined in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.

Founder Participant ” means each of TPG Eagle, TPG BDH, ABCO and UPMC, and their successors and assignees.

Holdco ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Holdco Stockholders ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Hypothetical Tax Liability ” means, with respect to any Taxable Year, the liability for Taxes of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries, as applicable and without duplication (but, in each case, only with respect to Taxes imposed on the LLC and allocable to the Corporation or to members of the consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group of which the Corporation is a parent)) for such Taxable Year using the same methods, elections, conventions and similar practices used on the relevant Corporation Return, but (i) using the Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis instead of the tax basis of the Adjusted Assets and (ii) assuming the Corporation does not have any Attributes for that Taxable Year and any prior Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of such Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Hypothetical Tax Liability unless and until there has been a Determination.

Imputed Interest ” shall mean any interest imputed under Section 1272, 1274 or 483 or other provision of the Code and any similar provision of state, local and foreign tax law with respect to the Corporation’s payment obligations under this Agreement.

Imputed Interest Attributes ” shall mean, for a Taxable Year, the total amount of deductions not reflected in a prior Taxable Year that are attributable to Imputed Interest under this Agreement and would be allowable for such Taxable Year under applicable law if the Corporation had unlimited gross income and gains to utilize such items.

Interest Amount ” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement.

IPO ” shall mean the initial public offering of common stock of the Corporation pursuant to the Registration Statement.

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

ITR Payment ” means any Tax Benefit Payment or Early Termination Payment required to be made by the Corporation to the Participants under this Agreement.

LIBOR ” means for each month (or portion thereof) during any period, an interest rate per annum equal to the rate per annum reported, on the date two days prior to the first day of such month, on the Reuters Screen page “LIBO” or by any other publicly available source of such market rate for London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits for such month (or portion thereof).

LLC ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

LLC Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of the LLC, dated as of June 4, 2015.

LLC Units ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Material Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.02 of this Agreement.

Members ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

NOL Attributes ” means the Pre-IPO NOLs.

NOL Sharing Percentage ” means, for any Taxable Year, the percentage set forth in Schedule II to this Agreement.

Non-Stepped Up Tax Basis ” means, with respect to any asset at any time, the tax basis that such asset would have had at such time if no Basis Adjustment had been made or, immediately after any Section 732 Event, the tax basis that such asset would have had if the Basis Adjustment were not included in such asset’s tax basis.

Objection Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.04(a) of this Agreement.

Overall Realized Tax Benefit ” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the Hypothetical Tax Liability over the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries, as applicable and without duplication (but, in each case, only with respect to Taxes imposed on the LLC and allocable to the Corporation or to members of the consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group of which the Corporation is a parent)) for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the actual liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Overall Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

Overall Realized Tax Detriment ” means, for a Taxable Year, the excess, if any, of the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries, as applicable and without duplication (but, in each case, only with respect to Taxes imposed on the LLC and allocable to the Corporation or to members of the consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group of which the Corporation is a parent)) over the Hypothetical Tax Liability for such Taxable Year. If all or a portion of the actual liability for Taxes for the Taxable Year arises as a result of an audit by a Taxing Authority of any Taxable Year, such liability shall not be included in determining the Overall Realized Tax Benefit unless and until there has been a Determination.

Participants ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Payment Date ” means any date on which a payment is required to be made pursuant to this Agreement.

Person ” means any individual, corporation, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, estate, trust, business association, organization, governmental entity or other entity.

Pre-IPO NOLs ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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Pre-Exchange Transfer ” means any transfer of one or more LLC Units (i) that occurs prior to an Exchange of such LLC Units, and (ii) to which Section 743(b) applies.

Reconciliation Dispute ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.09(a) of this Agreement.

Reconciliation Procedures ” shall mean those procedures set forth in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.

Registration Statement ” means the registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-203852) of the Corporation.

Reorganization Transactions ” shall mean generally those transactions described in the Registration Statement and any other transactions ancillary to such transactions to effect the post-IPO organizational structure of the Corporation and its Subsidiaries.

Schedule ” means any Basis Adjustment Schedule, Tax Benefit Schedule and any Early Termination Schedule.

Section 732 Event ” is defined in Section 2.01(b) of this Agreement.

Sharing Percentage ” means, with respect to each Participant, for any Taxable Year, the quotient (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (x) such Participant’s Uncompensated Attributes for such Taxable Year by (y) the aggregate Uncompensated Attributes for such Taxable Year. A Participant’s Sharing Percentage with respect to a Taxable Year shall be adjusted, as appropriate, to take into account any amendments finalized pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Agreement and reflected on an Amended Schedule.

Subsidiaries ” means, with respect to any Person, as of any date of determination, any other Person as to which such Person, owns, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controls more than 50% of the voting power or other similar interests or the sole general partner interest or managing member or similar interest of such Person.

Tax Benefit Payment ” is defined in Section 3.01(b) of this Agreement.

Tax Benefit Schedule ” is defined in Section 2.03 of this Agreement.

Tax Return ” means any return, declaration, report or similar statement required to be filed with respect to Taxes (including any attached schedules), including, without limitation, any information return, claim for refund, amended return and declaration of estimated Tax.

Taxable Year ” means a taxable year as defined in Section 441(b) of the Code or comparable section of state, local or foreign tax law, as applicable, (and, therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, may include a period of less than 12 months for which a Tax Return is made) ending on or after the date hereof.

 

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Taxes ” means any and all U.S. federal, state, local and foreign taxes, assessments or similar charges measured with respect to net income or profits and any interest related to such Tax.

Taxing Authority ” shall mean any domestic, foreign, federal, national, state, county or municipal or other local government, any subdivision, agency, commission or authority thereof, or any quasi-governmental body exercising any taxing authority or any other authority exercising Tax regulatory authority.

TPG Holdco ” is defined in the preamble of this Agreement.

Treasury Regulations ” means the final, temporary and proposed regulations under the Code promulgated from time to time (including corresponding provisions and succeeding provisions) as in effect for the relevant taxable period.

Uncompensated Attributes ” of a Participant for a Taxable Year means, (i) in the case of the first Taxable Year to which this Agreement applies, the gross amount of the Attributes for such Taxable Year (which, for clarity, include the NOL Attributes) that are Allocable to such Participant, and (ii) in the case of each succeeding Taxable Year, the sum of (x) the gross amount of the Attributes for such succeeding Taxable Year (which, for clarity, exclude the NOL Attributes) that are Allocable to such Participant, plus (y) such Participant’s Uncompensated Attributes for the prior Taxable Year, minus (z) the portion of the gross amount of the Attributes the benefits of which to the Corporation gave rise to the positive amount calculated in clause (A) of such Participant’s Tax Benefit Payment (if any) for such prior Taxable Year pursuant to this Agreement.

Valuation Assumptions ” shall mean, as of an Early Termination Date, the assumptions that (i) in each Taxable Year ending on or after such Early Termination Date, the Corporation will have taxable income sufficient to fully utilize the deductions arising from the Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest during such Taxable Year, and any Pre-IPO NOLs, loss carryovers generated by the Basis Adjustment or the Imputed Interest and available as of the Early Termination Schedule will be utilized by the Corporation on a pro rata basis from the date of the Early Termination Schedule through the scheduled expiration date of such loss carryovers, (ii) any deductions relating to the Basis Adjustments and the Imputed Interest for such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years, as applicable, will be determined based on the Tax laws in effect on the Early Termination Date, (iii) the federal income tax rates and state, local and foreign income tax rates that will be in effect for each such Taxable Year will be those specified for each such Taxable Year by the Code and other law as in effect on the Early Termination Date, (iv) any non-amortizable assets are deemed to be disposed of in a taxable sale on the fifteenth anniversary of the earlier of the date of the Basis Adjustment or the Early Termination Date for an amount sufficient to fully use the Basis Adjustments with respect to such assets and any short-term investments (as defined by GAAP) will be disposed of twelve (12) months

 

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following the Early Termination Date; provided that, in the event of a Change of Control which includes a taxable sale of any relevant asset, such asset shall be deemed disposed of at the time of the Change of Control (if earlier than such fifteenth anniversary), and (v) if an Early Termination is effected prior to an Exchange of all LLC Units, the Basis Adjustment shall be calculated as if the Exchange of any remaining LLC Units occurred on the Early Termination Date.

ARTICLE II

DETERMINATION OF OVERALL REALIZED TAX BENEFIT

Section 2.01. Basis Adjustment; Pre-IPO NOLs . The Corporation, on the one hand, and the Participants, on the other hand, acknowledge that, as a result of:

(a) an Exchange and pursuant to applicable law, with respect to the Corporation, the basis in the Adjusted Assets shall be adjusted as determined under Sections 743 and 754 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder (provided that the LLC remains classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes after giving effect to such Exchange);

(b) an actual or deemed liquidation of the LLC for U.S. federal income tax purposes or other transaction pursuant to which the tax basis of Adjusted Assets is determined in whole or in part pursuant to Section 732 of the Code (a “ Section 732 Event ”), the tax basis of such Adjusted Assets shall be adjusted to equal the distributee’s tax basis in the applicable interest in the LLC; and

(c) the Reorganization Transactions, the Corporation may utilize the Pre-IPO NOLs to reduce the amount of Taxes that the Corporation would otherwise be required to pay in the future.

Subject to Section 6.02, the Corporation, on the one hand, and the Participants, on the other hand, hereby agree to treat for all tax reporting purposes any payments made under this Agreement (i) to a Member in its capacity as such (and its assignees) as additional consideration for the applicable LLC Units exchanged by such Member, and (ii) to the other Participants and other than in their capacity as Members, as additional consideration described in Section 356(a)(1) of the Code pursuant to the merger of TPG Holdco and Holdco, as the case may be, with and into the Corporation, (except that, in either case to the extent required by law, payments to UPMC may be described in Section 356(a)(2) of the Code). The parties agree that (a) all payments to a Member in its capacity as such with respect to an Exchange pursuant to this Agreement (other than amounts accounted for as interest under the Code) will be treated as subsequent upward purchase price adjustments that have the effect of creating additional Basis Adjustments in respect of such Member to Adjusted Assets for the Corporation or its wholly-owned Subsidiaries, as applicable, in the year of payment, and (b) as a result, such additional Basis Adjustments in respect of such Member will be incorporated into the current year calculation and into future year calculations, as appropriate under applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) Imputed Interest payments made under this Agreement shall be

 

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treated as interest income and shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment or as additional consideration described in Section 356 of the Code, (ii) payments made under this Agreement to Participants that are not Members or that are not receiving payments in their capacity as Members (or in each case, their assignees) shall not be treated as resulting in a Basis Adjustment, (iii) in furtherance of clause (ii) of this sentence, the incremental amounts payable to ABCO (and its successors and assigns) pursuant to this Agreement as a result of ABCO having an “Exchange Sharing Percentage” with respect to the Basis Adjustment Attributes attributable to an Exchange by TPG Eagle or Ptolemy are payments to ABCO other than in its capacity as a Member and (iv) the incremental amounts payable to TPG Eagle and Ptolemy (and each of their successors and assigns), respectively, pursuant to this Agreement as a result of TPG Eagle and Ptolemy having an “NOL Sharing Percentage” with respect to Holdco are additional consideration described in Section 356(a)(1) of the Code pursuant to the merger of Holdco with and into the Corporation.

Section 2.02. Basis Adjustment Schedule . Within ninety (90) calendar days after the end of the Taxable Year in which a Section 732 Event or Exchange occurs, and in any event at least ninety (90) calendar days prior to the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for each Taxable Year in which any such Section 732 Event or Exchange has been effected, the Corporation shall deliver to each Participant a schedule that shows, in reasonable detail, the information required under Sections 732, 743(b) and 755 of the Code, and the Treasury Regulations thereunder, to calculate the Basis Adjustment with respect to such Section 732 Event or Exchange, including without limitation, (i) the Corporation’s proportionate share of the actual unadjusted tax basis of the Adjusted Assets as of each applicable Exchange Date, (ii) the Basis Adjustment with respect to each class of the Adjusted Assets as a result of any Section 732 Event and each Exchanges effected in such Taxable Year, (iii) the period or periods, if any, over which the Adjusted Assets are amortizable and/or depreciable, and (iv) the period or periods, if any, over which each Basis Adjustment is amortizable and/or depreciable (the “ Basis Adjustment Schedule ”). For the avoidance of doubt, for purposes of calculating Overall Realized Tax Benefit and Overall Realized Tax Detriment, Pre-IPO NOLs shall not be deemed to expire unless they actually expire unused for the purposes of computing the Corporation’s actual income tax liability.

Section 2.03. Tax Benefit Schedule . Within ninety (90) calendar days after the filing of the U.S. Federal income Tax Return of the Corporation for any Taxable Year in which there is an Overall Realized Tax Benefit or an Overall Realized Tax Detriment (or as soon as practicable thereafter), the Corporation shall provide to each Participant a schedule showing, in reasonable detail, the calculation of (i) the Overall Realized Tax Benefit or Overall Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year, (ii) such Participant’s Sharing Percentage for such Taxable Year, (iii) such Participant’s Uncompensated Attributes for such Taxable Year (calculated by reference to the Attributes Allocable to such Participant), and (iv) such Participant’s Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year (a “ Tax Benefit Schedule ”). Concurrently the Corporation shall also provide to each Participant all supporting information (including work papers and valuation reports) reasonably necessary to support the calculation of such payment. The Schedule will become final as provided in Section 2.04(a) and may be amended as provided in Section 2.04(b) (subject to the procedures set forth in Section 2.04(a)).

 

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Subject to Section 4.03(a), the Overall Realized Tax Benefit or Overall Realized Tax Detriment for each Taxable Year is intended to measure the decrease or increase, respectively, in the actual liability for Taxes of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries, as applicable and without duplication (but, in each case, only with respect to Taxes imposed on the LLC and allocable to the Corporation or to members of the consolidated, combined, affiliated or unitary group of which the Corporation is a parent)) for such Taxable Year (or portion thereof) attributable to the Basis Adjustments, the Imputed Interest, and the Pre-IPO NOLs, determined using a “with and without” methodology and shall be construed accordingly. For the avoidance of doubt, such actual liability for Taxes will take into account any deduction of Imputed Interest. Carryovers or carrybacks of any Tax item attributable to the Basis Adjustments, Imputed Interest, and the Pre-IPO NOLs shall be considered to be subject to the rules of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or the appropriate provisions of U.S. state and local income and franchise tax law, as applicable, governing the use, limitation and expiration of carryovers or carrybacks of the relevant type.

Section 2.04. Procedures, Amendments .

(a) Procedure . Every time the Corporation delivers to each Participant an applicable Schedule under this Agreement, including any Amended Schedule delivered pursuant to Section 2.04(b), and including any Early Termination Schedule or amended Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall also (x) deliver to each Participant schedules, valuation reports, if any, and work papers providing reasonable detail regarding the preparation of the Schedule and an Advisory Firm Report related to such Schedule and (y) allow each Participant reasonable access at no cost to the appropriate representatives at each of the Corporation and the applicable Advisory Firm in connection with a review of such Schedule. The applicable Schedule (or amendment) shall become final and binding on a Participant thirty (30) calendar days after such Participant receives such Schedule (or amendment) unless such Participant (if a Founder Participant) during such period provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule (“ Objection Notice ”) made in good faith. If the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in any Objection Notice within thirty (30) calendar days of receipt by the Corporation of such Objection Notice, the Corporation and the applicable Participants shall employ the reconciliation procedures as described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement (the “ Reconciliation Procedures ”).

(b) Amended Schedule . The applicable Schedule for any Taxable Year may be amended (and, at the request of a Founder Participant, shall be amended if such amendment would result in a material increase in the amounts payable pursuant to this Agreement to one or more of the Founder Participants) from time to time by the Corporation (i) in connection with a Determination affecting such Schedule, (ii) to correct material inaccuracies in the Schedule identified after the date the Schedule was provided to the Participants, (iii) to comply with the Expert’s determination under the Reconciliation Procedures, (iv) to reflect a material change (relative to the amounts in the original Schedule) in the Overall Realized Tax Benefit or Overall Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to a carryback or carryforward of a loss or other tax item to such Taxable Year, (v) to reflect a material change (relative to the amounts in the original

 

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Schedule) in the Overall Realized Tax Benefit or Overall Realized Tax Detriment for such Taxable Year attributable to an amended Tax Return filed for such Taxable Year, or (vi) to adjust the Basis Adjustment Schedule to take into account payments made pursuant to this Agreement (such Schedule, an “ Amended Schedule ”); provided , however , that such a change under clause (i) attributable to an audit of a Tax Return by an applicable Taxing Authority shall not be taken into account on an Amended Schedule unless and until there has been a Determination with respect to such change. The Corporation shall provide any Amended Schedule to each Participant within thirty (30) calendar days of the occurrence of an event referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of the preceding sentence, and any such Amended Schedule shall be subject to approval procedures similar to those described in Section 2.04(a). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, all calculations and determinations hereunder, including Basis Adjustments, the Schedules and the determination of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit and the Overall Realized Tax Detriment, shall be made in accordance with any elections, methodologies or positions taken on the relevant Tax Returns of the Corporation and its subsidiaries (and the LLC and its subsidiaries).

Section 2.05. Section 754 Election . The LLC (and each of its subsidiaries classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) will have in effect an election under Section 754 of the Code for each Taxable Year during which an Exchange occurs and this Agreement remains in effect.

ARTICLE III

TAX BENEFIT PAYMENTS

Section 3.01. Payments .

(a) Timing of Payments . Within ten (10) Business Days of a Tax Benefit Schedule delivered to each Participant becoming final in accordance with Section 2.04(a), the Corporation shall pay (or cause to be paid) to each Participant for such Taxable Year an aggregate amount equal to such Participant’s Tax Benefit Payment for such Taxable Year determined pursuant to Section 3.01(b). Each such Tax Benefit Payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account of each Participant previously designated by each Participant to the Corporation or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and such Participant. For the avoidance of doubt, no Tax Benefit Payment shall be made in respect of estimated tax payments, including, without limitation, federal income estimated tax payments.

(b) A Participant’s “ Tax Benefit Payment ” for a Taxable Year means an amount, not less than zero, equal to the sum of (A) 85% of the sum of: (i) the product of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit, if any, for such Taxable Year multiplied by such Participant’s Sharing Percentage for such Taxable Year plus (ii) the product of the amount of the excess of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit reflected on an Amended Schedule for a previous Taxable Year over the Overall Realized Tax Benefit (or Overall Realized Tax Detriment, expressed as a negative number) reflected on the Tax Benefit Schedule for such previous Taxable Year, multiplied by such Participant’s Sharing Percentage for such

 

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previous Taxable Year, minus (iii) the product of the Overall Realized Tax Detriment, if any, for a previous Taxable Year (expressed as a positive number) multiplied by such Participant’s Sharing Percentage for such previous Taxable Year, minus (iv) the product of the excess of the Overall Realized Tax Benefit reflected on a Tax Benefit Schedule for a previous Taxable Year over the Overall Realized Tax Benefit (or Overall Realized Tax Detriment, expressed as a negative number) reflected on the Amended Schedule for such previous Taxable Year, multiplied by such Participant’s Sharing Percentage for such previous Taxable Year plus (B) 85% of the Interest Amount with respect to such Participant; provided , however , that to the extent that the amounts described in Section 3.01(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) were taken into account in determining any Tax Benefit Payment in a preceding Taxable Year, such amounts shall not be taken into account in determining a Tax Benefit Payment attributable to any other Taxable Year; provided , further , for the avoidance of doubt, that the Participants shall not be required to return any portion of any previously made Tax Benefit Payment. The “ Interest Amount ” with respect to such Participant shall equal interest on the Participant’s respective shares of the Overall Realized Tax Benefits taken into account under clauses (A)(i) through (A)(iv) of the preceding sentence, calculated at the Agreed Rate from the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return with respect to Taxes for the Taxable Year for which the Overall Realized Tax Benefit is being measured until the Payment Date. A Participant’s Tax Benefit Payment with respect to a Taxable Year may not be made until all Participants have been paid their applicable Tax Benefit Payments with respect to prior Taxable Years. In the event that a Determination results in the disallowance of any Attributes, appropriate adjustments shall be made to future payments pursuant to this Agreement so as to put the Participants in the same position (or as close as reasonably possible thereto) as if such disallowed Attributes were not the subject of this Agreement. A simplified example of the calculation of a Participant’s Tax Benefit Payment has been included as Exhibit A to this Agreement upon the review and approval of such example by the Founder Participants.

Section 3.02. No Duplicative Payments . It is intended that the provisions of this Agreement will not result in (i) duplicative payment of any amount (including interest) required under this Agreement or (ii) payment of any amount described in clause (A) of Section 3.01(b) with respect to a Taxable Year that, when combined with the amounts described in clause (A) of Section 3.01(b) with respect to prior Taxable Years to which this Agreement applies, is in excess of (or less than) 85% of the aggregate Overall Realized Tax Benefit with respect to all such Taxable Years, and it is also intended that the sum of the Sharing Percentages of the Participants under this Agreement shall always equal 100%. The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed in the appropriate manner so that such intentions are realized.

Section 3.03. Continuity of Interest . It is intended that the mergers of TPG Holdco and Holdco with and into the Corporation constitute a reorganization described in Section 368(a)(1)(A) of the Code, and, to the extent a payment to a Participant pursuant to this Agreement (i) is intended to be treated as consideration described in Section 356 of the Code in respect of the merger of TPG Holdco or Holdco, as applicable, and (ii) as reasonably determined by the Corporation on the advice of counsel, would cause the shares of Class A Common Stock of the Corporation received in such applicable merger to constitute less than 40% of the aggregate consideration received by such

 

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Participant in respect of such merger (a “ COI Event ”), then such Participant’s Sharing Percentage with respect to the payment or portion thereof so treated for each applicable Taxable Year shall be reduced proportionately (and each other Participant’s Sharing Percentage shall automatically be increased proportionately by an aggregate amount equal to such reduction) to the minimum extent necessary to avoid such COI Event (as reasonably determined by the Corporation on the advice of counsel), and the parties will reasonably cooperate in implementing the provisions of this Agreement to give effect to such adjustment.

ARTICLE IV

TERMINATION

Section 4.01. Early Termination and Breach of Agreement .

(a) The Corporation may terminate this Agreement with respect to the payment of amounts contemplated hereunder by paying to each Participant its Early Termination Payment as determined pursuant to Section 4.03(b) . Upon payment of the Early Termination Payments by the Corporation, neither the Participants nor the Corporation shall have any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than any (i) Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and the Participants as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice or (ii) Tax Benefit Payment due for a Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in this clause (ii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange or Section 732 Event occurs after the Corporation exercises its termination rights under this Section 4.01(a), the Corporation shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange or Section 732 Event.

(a) (b) Change of Control; Breach of Material Obligations . In the event of a Change of Control or if the Corporation breaches a material obligation of this Agreement, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated pursuant to this Article IV as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the closing date of the Change of Control (or date of the breach) and shall include, but not be limited to, (1) the Early Termination Payment calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the effective date of a Change of Control (or date of the breach), (2) any Tax Benefit Payment agreed to by the Corporation and the Participants as due and payable but unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the effective date of a Change of Control (or date of the breach). In the event of a Change of Control, the Early Termination Payment shall be paid no later than the date of such Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control or if the Corporation breaches a material obligation under this Agreement, the Early Termination Payment shall be calculated utilizing the Valuation Assumptions and, in the event of a Change of Control, by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date”. The parties agree that an unpaid aggregate outstanding balance of payments pursuant to this Agreement that exceeds $1,000,000 for at least six (6) months shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement

 

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upon the Corporation’s receipt of written notice from a Participant regarding such outstanding balance, unless (x) such payment is made by the Corporation within ten (10) Business Days of the delivery of such notice to the Corporation or (y) the Corporation reasonably determines (after taking into account the establishment of reasonable reserves) it does not have sufficient cash to pay such outstanding balance at the time of receipt of such notice, in which case the Corporation may, absent the occurrence of a Change of Control or any other breach by the Corporation of a material obligation of this Agreement, defer payment of such outstanding balance (subject to the interest provisions of Article V) until the earlier of (i) the Corporation having sufficient cash to pay such balance and (ii) the one-year anniversary of the receipt of the notice for such payment. The parties further agree that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for such unpaid aggregate outstanding balance to exceed $1,000,000 for fewer than six (6) months; provided that the interest provisions of Article V shall apply to any late payment. Further, the Founder Participants may by unanimous written agreement cause, in the event the Corporation breaches a material obligation of this Agreement, the obligations hereunder to not accelerate as a result of such breach.

Section 4.02. Early Termination Notice . If the Corporation chooses to exercise its right of early termination under Section 4.01 above, the Corporation shall deliver to each Participant notice of such intention to exercise such right (“ Early Termination Notice ”) and a schedule (the “ Early Termination Schedule ”) specifying the Corporation’s intention to exercise such right and showing in reasonable detail the information required pursuant to Section 2.02 and the calculation of the Early Termination Payment. The Early Termination Schedule shall become final and binding on all parties unless a Participant, within thirty (30) calendar days after receiving the Early Termination Schedule provides the Corporation with notice of a material objection to such Schedule made in good faith (“ Material Objection Notice ”). If the parties, for any reason, are unable to successfully resolve the issues raised in such notice within thirty (30) calendar days after receipt by the Corporation of the Material Objection Notice, the Corporation and the Participants shall employ the Reconciliation Procedures as described in Section 7.09 of this Agreement.

Section 4.03. Payment upon Early Termination . (a) Within five (5) Business Days after agreement between the Participants and the Corporation of the Early Termination Schedule, the Corporation shall pay to each Participant its Early Termination Payment; provided that, in the event of an Early Termination Payment in connection with a Change of Control, such Early Termination Payment shall be payable no later than the date of such Change of Control. Such payment shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account designated by the Participants or as otherwise agreed by the Corporation and the Participants.

(b) A Participant’s “ Early Termination Payment ” as of the date of the delivery of an Early Termination Schedule shall equal the present value, discounted at the Early Termination Rate as of such date, of such Participant’s Tax Benefit Payments that would be required to be paid by the Corporation for each Taxable Year beginning from the Early Termination Date assuming the Valuation Assumptions are applied. For purposes of calculating the present value pursuant to this Section 4.03(b) of all Tax Benefits Payments

 

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that would be required to be paid, it shall be assumed that absent the Early Termination Notice all Tax Benefit Payments would be paid on the due date (without extensions) for filing the Corporation Return with respect to Taxes for each Taxable Year. The computation of the Early Termination Payment is subject to the Reconciliation Procedures as described in Section 7.09(b) of this Agreement.

ARTICLE V

LATE PAYMENTS

Section 5.01. Late Payments by the Corporation . The amount of all or any portion of any ITR Payment not made to the Participants when due under the terms of this Agreement shall be payable together with any interest thereon, computed at the Default Rate and commencing from the date on which such ITR Payment was due and payable.

ARTICLE VI

NO DISPUTES; CONSISTENCY; COOPERATION

Section 6.01. Participation in the Corporation and LLC Tax Matters . Except as otherwise provided herein, the Corporation shall have full responsibility for, and sole discretion over, all Tax matters concerning the Corporation and the LLC, including, without limitation, the preparation, filing or amending of any Tax Return and defending, contesting or settling any issue pertaining to Taxes, subject to a requirement that the Corporation act in good faith in connection with its control of any matter which is reasonably expected to materially affect the Participants’ rights and obligations under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall notify each Participant of, and keep each Participant reasonably informed with respect to, the portion of any audit of the Corporation and the LLC by a Taxing Authority the outcome of which is reasonably expected to affect such Member’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, and shall give each Participant reasonable opportunity to provide information and participate in the applicable portion of such audit; provided , however , that the Corporation and the LLC shall not be required to take any action that is inconsistent with any provision of the LLC Agreement.

Section 6.02. Consistency . Except upon the written advice of an Advisory Firm, the Corporation and the Participants agree to report and cause to be reported for all purposes, including federal, state, local and foreign Tax purposes and financial reporting purposes, all Tax-related items (including without limitation the Basis Adjustment and each Tax Benefit Payment) in a manner consistent with that specified in this Agreement and by the Corporation in any Schedule required to be provided by or on behalf of the Corporation under this Agreement. Any dispute concerning such advice shall be subject to the terms of Section 7.09. In the event that an Advisory Firm engaged by the Corporation is replaced with another firm reasonably acceptable to the Corporation and the Participants, such replacement Advisory Firm shall be required to perform its services under this Agreement using procedures and methodologies consistent with those utilized by the previous Advisory Firm, unless otherwise required by law or the Corporation and the Participants agree to the use of other procedures and methodologies.

 

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Section 6.03. Cooperation . Each of the Corporation and the Participants shall (a) furnish to the other parties in a timely manner such information, documents and other materials as the other party may reasonably request for purposes of making or approving any determination or computation necessary or appropriate under this Agreement, preparing any Tax Return or contesting or defending any audit, examination or controversy with any Taxing Authority, (b) make itself available to the other parties and their representatives to provide explanations of documents and materials and such other information as the requesting party or its representatives may reasonably request in connection with any of the matters described in clause (a) above, and (c) reasonably cooperate in connection with any such matter, and the requesting party shall reimburse the other parties for any reasonable third-party costs and expenses incurred pursuant to this Section.

ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 7.01. Notices . All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given and received (a) on the date of delivery if delivered personally, or by facsimile upon confirmation of transmission by the sender’s fax machine if sent on a Business Day (or otherwise on the next Business Day) or (b) on the first Business Day following the date of dispatch if delivered by a recognized next-day courier service. All notices hereunder shall be delivered as set forth below, or pursuant to such other instructions as may be designated in writing by the party to receive such notice:

If to the Corporation, to:

Evolent Health, Inc.

800 N. Globe Road, Suite 500

Arlington, VA 22203

Attention: Jonathan Weinberg

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

825 Eighth Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Attention: Andrew Needham

If to the Advisory Board Company:

The Advisory Board Company

2445 M St., NW

Washington, D.C. 20037

 

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Attention: Evan Farber

Facsimile: (202) 266-5700

E-mail: farbere@advisory.com

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP

Attention: Jeremy D. London

Facsimile: (202) 661-8299

E-mail: Jeremy.London@skadden.com

If to TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P.:

TPG Eagle Holdings, L.P.

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Ropes & Gray LLP

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111-4006

Attention: Thomas Holden

Facsimile: (415) 315-4823

E-mail: thomas.holden@ropesgray.com

If to TPG Growth II BDH, L.P:

TPG Growth II BDH, L.P

301 Commerce Street, Suite 3300

Fort Worth, TX 76102

Attention: General Counsel

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Ropes & Gray LLP

Three Embarcadero Center

San Francisco, CA 94111-4006

Attention: Thomas Holden

Facsimile: (415) 315-4823

E-mail: thomas.holden@ropesgray.com

 

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If to the University of Pittsburg Medical Center:

The University of Pittsburg Medical Center

U.S. Steel Building

600 Grant Street, 55th Floor

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

Facsimile: (412) 647-9193

with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

1500 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005-1209

Attention: Gerald McCartin

Facsimile: (202) 842-8465

E-mail: Gerald.McCartin@dbr.com

If to Premier Health Partners:

Premier Health Partners

110 N Main Street, Suite 900

Dayton, Ohio 45402

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

If to Oxeon Partners, LLC:

Oxeon Investments, LLC

413 W. 14 th Street, Suite 404

New York, NY 10014

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

If to Medstar Health, Inc.:

Medstar Health, Inc.

5565 Sterrett Place, Suite 500

Columbia, Maryland 21044

Attention: Chief Legal Officer

If to Ptolemy Capital, LLC:

Ptolemy Capital, LLC

1250 Prospect St, Suite 200

La Jolla, California 92037

Attention: Michael R. Stone

Any party may change its address or fax number by giving the other party written notice of its new address or fax number in the manner set forth above.

 

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Section 7.02. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other parties, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or similar electronic format) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 7.03. Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure solely to the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Other than as provided in the preceding sentence, nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to or shall confer upon any other Person any right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 7.04. Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

Section 7.05. Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any law or public policy, all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

Section 7.06. Successors; Assignment; Amendments; Waivers . (a) Each Participant may assign any of its rights pursuant to this Agreement to any person , as long as such transferee has executed and delivered, or, in connection with such transfer, executes and delivers, a joinder to this Agreement, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Corporation, agreeing to become a “Participant” (and, in the case of a transfer by a Participant that is a Member, a “Member”) for all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise provided in such joinder.

(b) No provision of this Agreement may be amended unless such amendment is approved in writing by the Corporation, on behalf of itself and the LLC, and by each of the Founder Participants, and, in the case of any amendment that materially and disproportionately affects the rights and obligations of the Customers hereunder, by each of the Customers. No provision of this Agreement may be waived unless such waiver is in writing and signed by the party against whom the waiver is to be effective.

 

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(c) All of the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon, shall inure to the benefit of and shall be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives. The Corporation shall require and cause any direct or indirect successor (whether by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Corporation, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Corporation would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

Section 7.07. Titles and Subtitles . The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement.

Section 7.08. Resolution of Disputes .

(a) Any and all disputes which cannot be settled amicably after good faith negotiations, including any ancillary claims of any party, arising out of, relating to or in connection with the validity, negotiation, execution, interpretation, performance or non-performance of this Agreement (including the validity, scope and enforceability of this arbitration provision) shall be finally settled by arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator in New York, New York in accordance with the then-existing Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. If the parties to the dispute fail to agree on the selection of an arbitrator within ten (10) calendar days of the receipt of the request for arbitration, the International Chamber of Commerce shall make the appointment. The arbitrator shall be a lawyer and shall conduct the proceedings in the English language. Performance under this Agreement shall continue if reasonably possible during any arbitration proceedings.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Section 7.08, the Corporation or any Founder Participant may bring an action or special proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction for the purpose of compelling another party to arbitrate, seeking temporary or preliminary relief in aid of an arbitration hereunder, and/or enforcing an arbitration award and, for the purposes of this paragraph (b), each Participant (i) expressly consent to the application of paragraph (c) of this Section 7.08 to any such action or proceeding, (ii) agree that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of this Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (iii) irrevocably appoint the Corporation as each Participant’s agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding and agrees that service of process upon such agent, who shall promptly advise such Member of any such service of process, shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon such Participant in any such action or proceeding.

(c) (i) EACH PARTICIPANT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS LOCATED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION 7.08, OR ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING ANCILLARY TO AN ARBITRATION OR

 

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CONTEMPLATED ARBITRATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO OR CONCERNING THIS AGREEMENT. Such ancillary judicial proceedings include any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration, to obtain temporary or preliminary judicial relief in aid of arbitration, or to confirm an arbitration award. The parties acknowledge that the forum designated by this paragraph (c) has a reasonable relation to this Agreement, and to the parties’ relationship with one another.

(ii) The parties hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which they now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such ancillary suit, action or proceeding brought in any court referred to in paragraph (c) (i) of this Section 7.08 and such parties agree not to plead or claim the same.

Section 7.09. Reconciliation .

(a) In the event that the Corporation and the Participants are unable to resolve a disagreement with respect to the matters governed by Sections 2.04, 4.02 and 6.02 within the relevant period designated in this Agreement (“ Reconciliation Dispute ”), the Reconciliation Dispute shall be submitted for determination to a nationally recognized expert (the “ Expert ”) in the particular area of disagreement mutually acceptable to both parties. The Expert shall be a partner in a nationally recognized accounting or law firm (other than the Advisory Firm engaged by the Corporation), and the Expert shall not, and the firm that employs the Expert shall not, have any material relationship with the Corporation or any of the Participants or other actual or potential conflict of interest. If the parties are unable to agree on an Expert within fifteen (15) calendar days of receipt by the respondent(s) of written notice of a Reconciliation Dispute, the Expert shall be appointed by the International Chamber of Commerce Centre for Expertise. The Expert shall resolve any matter relating to the Basis Adjustment Schedule or an amendment thereto or the Early Termination Schedule or an amendment thereto within thirty (30) calendar days and shall resolve any matter relating to a Tax Benefit Schedule or an amendment thereto within fifteen (15) calendar days or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, in each case after the matter has been submitted to the Expert for resolution. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, if the matter is not resolved before any payment that is the subject of a disagreement is due or any Tax Return reflecting the subject of a disagreement is due, such payment shall be made on the date prescribed by this Agreement and such Tax Return may be filed as prepared by the Corporation, subject to adjustment or amendment upon resolution. The costs and expenses relating to the engagement of such Expert or amending any Tax Return shall be borne by the Corporation; except as provided in the next sentence. Each of the Corporation and the Participants shall bear their own costs and expenses of such proceeding unless (i) the Expert adopts the Participant’s position, in which case the Corporation shall reimburse out-of-pocket costs and expenses with respect to such Proceeding or (ii) the Expert adopts the Corporation’s position, in which case the Participant shall reimburse the Corporation for any reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses with respect to such Proceeding. Any dispute as to whether a dispute is a Reconciliation Dispute within the meaning of this Section 7.09 shall be decided by the Expert. The Expert shall finally determine any Reconciliation Dispute and the determinations of the Expert pursuant to this Section 7.09 shall be binding on the Corporation and the Participants and may be entered and enforced in any court having jurisdiction.

 

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Section 7.10. Withholding . The Corporation shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any payment payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as the Corporation is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or foreign tax law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and paid over to the appropriate Taxing Authority by the Corporation, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Participants. The Corporation shall provide evidence of such payment to the Participants, to the extent that such evidence is available.

Section 7.11. Affiliated Corporations; Admission of the Corporation into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets; Classification of LLC for U.S. Federal Income Tax Purposes .

(a) If the Corporation is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income Tax Return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state, local or foreign law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) ITR Payments shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.

(b) If any Person the income of which is included in the income of the Corporation’s affiliated, combined, unitary or consolidated group transfers (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) one or more assets to a corporation with which such entity does not file a consolidated Tax Return pursuant to Section 1501 of the Code (or, for purposes of calculations relating to state or local taxes, a consolidated, combined or unitary income Tax Return under applicable state or local law), for purposes of calculating the amount of any Tax Benefit Payment (e.g., calculating the gross income of the Corporation’s affiliated or consolidated group and determining the Overall Realized Tax Benefit) due hereunder, such Person shall be treated as having disposed of such asset in a fully taxable transaction on the date of such transfer. The consideration deemed to be received by such entity shall be equal to the fair market value of the transferred asset, plus (i) the amount of debt to which such asset is subject, in the case of a transfer of an encumbered asset or (ii) the amount of debt allocated to such asset, in the case of a transfer of a partnership interest.

(c) The LLC shall at all times be classified for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a partnership or a disregarded entity unless it receives the consent of the Founder Participants.

Section 7.12. Confidentiality . (a) Each Participant and each of their assignees acknowledges and agrees that the information of the Corporation is confidential and, except in the course of performing any duties as necessary for the Corporation and its Affiliates, as required by law or legal process or to enforce the terms of this Agreement, shall keep and retain in the strictest confidence and not to disclose to any Person all

 

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confidential matters, acquired pursuant to this Agreement, of the Corporation or the Participants. This clause 7.12 shall not apply to (i) any information that has been made publicly available by the Corporation or any of its Affiliates, becomes public knowledge (except as a result of an act of the Participants in violation of this Agreement) or is generally known to the business community and (ii) the disclosure of information to the extent necessary for the Participants to prepare and file its Tax Returns, to respond to any inquiries regarding the same from any taxing authority or to prosecute or defend any action, proceeding or audit by any Taxing Authority with respect to such Tax Returns. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Participants (and each employee, representative or other agent of the Participants) may disclose to any and all Persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of (x) the Corporation and (y) any of its transactions, and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to the Participants relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(b) If any Participant or an assignee commits a breach, or threatens to commit a breach, of any of the provisions of this Section 7.12, the Corporation shall have the right and remedy to have the provisions of this Section 7.12 specifically enforced by injunctive relief or otherwise by any court of competent jurisdiction without the need to post any bond or other security, it being acknowledged and agreed that any such breach or threatened breach shall cause irreparable injury to the Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries and the accounts and funds managed by the Corporation and that money damages alone shall not provide an adequate remedy to such Persons. Such rights and remedies shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available at law or in equity.

Section 7.13. Change in Law . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if, in connection with an actual or proposed change in law, a Participant reasonably believes that the existence of this Agreement could cause income (other than income arising from receipt of a payment under this Agreement) recognized by such Participant (or direct or indirect equity holders in such Participant) to be treated as ordinary income rather than capital gain (or otherwise taxed at ordinary income rates) for U.S. federal income tax purposes or could have other material adverse tax consequences to the Participant or any direct or indirect owner of the Participant, then at the election of the Participant and to the extent specified by the Participant, this Agreement shall cease to have further effect with respect to such Participant and shall for clarity not apply to an Exchange by such Participant (insofar as such Participant is a “Member”) occurring after a date specified by the Participant, or may be amended in a manner reasonably determined by such Participant, provided that such amendment or termination (in whole or in part) shall not result in an increase in any payments owed by the corporation under this Agreement at any time as compared to the amounts and times of payments that would have been due in the absence of such amendment.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.
by

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel
EVOLENT HEALTH LLC
by

/s/ Jonathan Weinberg

Name: Jonathan Weinberg
Title: General Counsel

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivables Agreement ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

TPG EAGLE HOLDINGS, L.P.
By

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President
TPG GROWTH II BDH, L.P.
by

/s/ Ronald Cami

Name: Ronald Cami
Title: Vice President

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivables Agreement ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

THE ADVISORY BOARD COMPANY
by

/s/ Evan Farber

Name: Evan Farber
Title: General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivables Agreement ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

UPMC
by

/s/ Robert A. DeMichiei

Name: Robert A. DeMichiei
Title: Executive Vice President and CFO

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivables Agreement ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

PTOLEMY CAPITAL, LLC
by

/s/ Mitchell Otolski

Name: Mitchell Otolski
Title: Agent

[ Signature Page to Tax Receivables Agreement ]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

PREMIER HEALTH PARTNERS

by

/s/ Thomas Duncan

Name:

Thomas Duncan

Title:

Treasurer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

OXEON PARTNERS, LLC,

by

/s/ James Pak

Name:

James Pak

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

MEDSTAR HEALTH, INC.,

by

/s/ Eric R. Wagner

Name:

Eric R. Wagner

Title:

Executive Vice President

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Exhibit 10.5

OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT UNDER THE EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. 2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, dated as of             , 2015, between EVOLENT HEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and                     .

This Option Award Agreement (the “ Award Agreement ”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of options to purchase                  shares (this “ Award ”) of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (each, a “ Share ”), that are being granted to you on the date hereof (such date, the “ Grant Date ”), at an exercise price of $         per Share (the “ Exercise Price ”), that are subject to the terms and conditions specified herein (each such option to purchase one Share, an “ Option ”), and that are granted to you under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”). The Options are not intended to qualify as “incentive stock options” (within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended).

THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU SHALL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.

SECTION 1. The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

SECTION 2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Business Day ” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

Good Reason ” means the occurrence, without your written consent, of any of the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (a) through (d) below:

(a) a material reduction in your annual base salary or target bonus opportunity as the same may be increased from time to time;

(b) your assignment to duties inconsistent in any material respect with your position, authority or responsibilities with the Company, or any other action or omission by the Company which results in a material diminution of such position, authority or responsibilities;


(c) a relocation of your principal work location by more than 50 miles from such location as of immediately prior to the Change of Control; or

(d) any material breach of this Award Agreement by the Company.

Good Reason shall not exist unless you give the Company notice of the event giving rise to Good Reason within 60 days of the date you have knowledge of such event. Such notice shall specifically delineate such claimed breach and shall inform the Company that it is required to cure such breach (if curable) within 90 days (the “ Cure Period ”) after such notice is given in accordance with Section 12 of this Award Agreement. If such breach is not so cured (or is not curable), you may resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the Cure Period. If such breach is cured within the Cure Period or if such breach is not cured but you do not resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the Cure Period, Good Reason shall not exist hereunder.

Vesting Date ” means each date on which all or a portion of the Options subject to this Award Agreement become vested and exercisable as provided in Section 3(a) or 3(c) of this Award Agreement.

SECTION 3. Vesting and Exercise. (a)  Vesting Schedule. (a) On each Vesting Date set forth below, your rights with respect to the number of Options that corresponds to such Vesting Date, as specified in the chart below, shall become vested and such Options shall become exercisable, provided that you must be employed by the Company or an Affiliate on the relevant Vesting Date, except (A) as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion or (B) as set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

 

Vesting Date

   Aggregate Percentage
Vested
    Number of Options Vesting
on Such Date

[first anniversary of Grant Date]

     25  

[second anniversary of Grant Date]

     50  

[third anniversary of Grant Date]

     75  

[fourth anniversary of Grant Date]

     100  

(b) Exercise of Options. Options, to the extent that they are vested, may be exercised, in whole or in part (but for the purchase of whole Shares only), by delivery to the Company of (i) written or electronic notice, complying with the applicable

 

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procedures established by the Committee or the Company, stating the number of Options that are thereby exercised, and (ii) full payment, in accordance with Section 6(b) of the Plan, of the aggregate Exercise Price for the Shares with respect to which the Options are thereby exercised. The notice shall be signed by you or any other person then entitled to exercise the Options. Upon exercise and full payment of the aggregate Exercise Price for Shares with respect to which the Options are thereby exercised, subject to Section 7(a) of this Award Agreement, the Company shall issue to you or your legal representative (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company, the delivery of share certificates or as otherwise determined by the Company) one Share for each Option you have exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that they are vested, you will also be permitted to exercise Options through a “cashless exercise” by having the Company withhold from the number of Shares you would otherwise be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Options a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (determined as of the date of exercise) equal to the aggregate Exercise Price with respect to the Options being exercised, in which case, subject to Section 7(a) of this Award Agreement, the Company shall issue to you or your legal representative (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company, the delivery of share certification or as otherwise determined by the Company) a net number of Shares net of such aggregate Exercise Price.

(c) Change of Control. Except as explicitly set forth in this Section 3(c), in the event of a Change of Control prior to the final Vesting Date, all unvested Options shall be treated in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan, if, within 12 months following a Change of Control, your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, any outstanding Options that are unexercisable or otherwise unvested shall automatically be deemed vested and exercisable, as of the date of such termination.

SECTION 4. Forfeiture of Options. (a) Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Award Agreement, if the Vesting Date with respect to any Options awarded to you pursuant to this Award Agreement has not occurred prior to the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which your employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason and (ii) the date on which you breach any restrictive covenant contained in any arrangements with the Company (including this Award Agreement) to which you are subject, such Options shall be immediately forfeited, and you shall be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto. Furthermore, any Options awarded pursuant to this Award Agreement and any Shares issued to you upon exercise of such Options shall be subject to any recoupment or clawback policy the Company maintains, as in effect from time to time.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee determines otherwise, vested and unexercised Options shall automatically expire on the earliest to occur of (i) the date of the termination of your employment by the Company for Cause, (ii) if your employment is terminated either by the Company without Cause or by you for any reason, three months from the date of such termination, (iii) if your employment is terminated as a result of death or disability (as determined by the Company in its sole discretion), one year from the date of such termination and (iv) the tenth anniversary of the Grant Date.

 

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SECTION 5. No Rights as a Stockholder. You shall not have any rights or privileges of a stockholder with respect to the Options subject to this Award Agreement unless and until certificates representing such Shares are actually issued to you or your legal representative or an entry is recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator) upon exercise of vested Options.

SECTION 6. Non-Transferability of Options. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion, Options may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan. Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of an Option in violation of the provisions of this Section 6 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

SECTION 7. Withholding, Consents and Legends. (a)  Withholding. The delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3(b) of this Award Agreement is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with this Section 7(a) and Section 9(d) of the Plan. No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in your gross income for Federal, state, local or foreign income tax purposes with respect to the exercise of any Options, you shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local and foreign taxes that are required by applicable laws and regulations to be withheld with respect to such amount. In the event that there is withholding tax liability in connection with the exercise of an Option, you may satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability by having the Company withhold from the number of Shares you would be entitled to receive upon exercise of the Option a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (which shall either have the meaning set forth in the Plan or shall have such other meaning as determined by the Company in accordance with applicable withholding requirements) equal to such withholding tax liability.

(b) Consents. Your rights in respect of the Options are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your consent to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

(c) Legends. The Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). The Company may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

 

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SECTION 8. Successors and Assigns of the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

SECTION 9. Committee Discretion. The Committee shall have full and plenary discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

SECTION 10. Dispute Resolution. (a)  Jurisdiction and Venue. You and the Company irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and (ii) the courts of the State of Virginia for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan. You and the Company agree to commence any such action, suit or proceeding either in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or, if such suit, action or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the State of Virginia. You and the Company further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the other party’s address set forth below shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in Virginia with respect to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 10(a). You and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or (B) the courts of the State of Virginia, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(b) Waiver of Jury Trial. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan.

(c) Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 10, except that you may disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).

 

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SECTION 11. Restrictive Covenants.

In consideration of the grant of the Options under this Award Agreement and as a condition to the receipt of the Options pursuant to this Award Agreement, you agree that:

(a) Confidential Information .

(i) You acknowledge that the Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below), that you may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates and that the you may learn of Confidential Information during the course of your employment. You will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of your duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by the you incident to your employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. You understand that this restriction shall continue to apply after your employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. The confidentiality obligation under this Section 11 shall not apply to information which is generally known or readily available to the public at the time of disclosure or becomes generally known through no wrongful act on the part of you or any other person having an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates or is required to be disclosed in order to enforce this Agreement.

(ii) All documents, records, tapes and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “ Documents ”), whether or not prepared by the you, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. You shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time his or her employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then in your possession or control.

(iii) “ Confidential Information ” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by those with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates competes or does business, or with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or any of its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes without limitation such information relating to (A) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the Company and its Affiliates, (B) the products and services of the Company and its Affiliates, (C) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (D) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (E) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and the nature and substance of those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates has received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

 

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(b) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation .

(i) You agree and acknowledge that the business (the “ Business ”) of the Company is any business activity engaged in, or actively contemplated by the Company (or any Subsidiary) to be engaged in, by the Company (or any Subsidiary) and with which you are or were involved on or prior to the your date of termination.

(ii) You agree that, except as the Company expressly agrees in writing, during your employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following termination of your employment for any reason, you shall not within the Territory (defined below), directly or indirectly, as an owner, partner, affiliate, stockholder, joint venturer, director, employee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee or licensor, or in any other similar capacity whatsoever of or for any person or entity (other than for the Company):

(A) engage in, own, manage, operate, sell, finance, control, advise or participate in the ownership, management, operation, sales, finance or control of, be employed or employed by, or be connected in any manner with, any business that competes with (1) the Business or (2) if you have provided services directly to any health maintenance organization, health insurance company or similar health insurance plan, owned or operated by a customer of the Company, during the twelve-month period preceding the termination of your employment with the Company, such customer (each, a “ Competitor ”). Notwithstanding this Section 11(b)(ii)(A), you may accept employment with a Competitor whose business is diversified, provided that (I) such employment is with a portion of the Competitor’s business that does not provide products or services that are the same as, are similar to, or compete with the Company’s products or services (“ Competing Products or Services ”) and (II) prior to your acceptance of such employment with Competitor, the Company receives separate written assurances satisfactory to the Company from such Competitor and from you that you will not provide any Competing Products or Services;

(B) approach, solicit, divert, interfere with, or take away, the business or patronage of any of the actual or prospective members, customers, or clients of the Company, for a purpose that is competitive with the Business; or

(C) contact, recruit, solicit, hire, retain, or employ (whether as an employee, consultant, agent, independent contractor, or otherwise) any person who is, or who at any time during the 6-month period prior to your date of termination had been, employed or engaged by the Company, or induce or take any action which is intended to induce any such person to terminate his or her

 

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employment or relationship, or otherwise cease his or her relationship, with the Company, or interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any employee of or any other person engaged by the Company.

Territory ” shall mean the United States of America and any other country with respect to which you have been involved on behalf of the Company.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11(b)(ii) of this Award Agreement, you are permitted to own, individually, as a passive investor (with no director designation rights, voting rights or veto rights or other special governance or voting rights), up to a one percent (1%) interest in any publicly traded entity that is a Competitor.

(iv) You shall disclose in writing all of your relationships as a director, employee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee, licensor, agent, or otherwise, with a Competitor or other business entity, to the Company for the 12-month period after your date of termination. You shall not disparage the Company or any of its officers, directors, or employees; provided, however, that this Section 11(b)(iv) shall not prohibit or constrain truthful testimony by you compelled by any valid legal process or valid legal dispute resolution process. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Section 11 shall prevent either party hereto from enforcing such party’s rights or remedies hereunder or that such party may otherwise be entitled to enforce or assert under any other agreement or applicable law, or shall limit such rights or remedies in any way.

(v) During the 12-month period following your date of termination, you shall notify in writing any prospective new employer or entity otherwise seeking to engage you that the provisions of this Section 11 exist prior to accepting employment or such other engagement.

(c) The terms of this Section 11 are reasonable and necessary in light of your position with the Company and responsibility and knowledge of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and are not more restrictive than necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the parties hereto. In addition, any breach of the covenants contained in this Section 11 would cause irreparable harm to the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and there would be no adequate remedy at law or in damages to compensate the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates for any such breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Award Agreement is not intended to, and shall be interpreted in a manner that does not, limit or restrict you from exercising any legally protected whistleblower rights (including pursuant to Rule 21F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

SECTION 12. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when

 

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delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth below:

 

If to the Company: Evolent Health, Inc.
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22203
Attention: General Counsel
If to you: To your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the Company’s records

The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above.

SECTION 13. Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, construction and effect of this Award Agreement in all respects shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.

SECTION 14. Headings and Construction. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision thereof. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “but not limited to”. The term “or” is not exclusive.

SECTION 15. Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided , however , that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Agreement and the Options shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).

SECTION 16. Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. You and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

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Exhibit 10.6

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT UNDER THE EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. 2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, dated as of June     , 2015 between EVOLENT HEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and                     .

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “ Award Agreement ”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of              restricted stock units (this “ Award ”) that are subject to the terms and conditions specified herein (each such restricted stock unit, an “ RSU ”) and that are granted to you under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”). This Award constitutes an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to you, subject to the terms of this Award Agreement, shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value (each, a “ Share ”), as set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU SHALL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.

SECTION 1. The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

SECTION 2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Business Day ” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

Good Reason ” means the occurrence, without your written consent, of any of the events or circumstances set forth in clauses (a) through (d) below:

(a) a material reduction in your annual base salary or target bonus opportunity as the same may be increased from time to time;

(b) your assignment to duties inconsistent in any material respect with your position, authority or responsibilities with the Company, or any other action or omission by the Company which results in a material diminution of such position, authority or responsibilities;


(c) a relocation of your principal work location by more than 50 miles from such location as of immediately prior to the Change of Control; or

(d) any material breach of this Award Agreement by the Company.

Good Reason shall not exist unless you give the Company notice of the event giving rise to Good Reason within 60 days of the date you have knowledge of such event. Such notice shall specifically delineate such claimed breach and shall inform the Company that it is required to cure such breach (if curable) within 90 days (the “ Cure Period ”) after such notice is given in accordance with Section 12 of this Award Agreement. If such breach is not so cured (or is not curable), you may resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the Cure Period. If such breach is cured within the Cure Period or if such breach is not cured but you do not resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the Cure Period, Good Reason shall not exist hereunder

Section 409A ” means Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and other interpretive guidance promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

Settlement Date ” means each date on which you become entitled to delivery of Shares in settlement of the RSUs subject to this Award Agreement, as provided in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

SECTION 3. Vesting and Settlement. (a)  Regularly Scheduled Settlement. On each Settlement Date set forth below, you shall become vested and entitled to delivery of Shares in settlement of the number of RSUs that corresponds to such Settlement Date, as specified in the chart below, provided that you must be actively employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on the relevant Settlement Date, except (i) as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion or (ii) as set forth in this Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

 

Settlement Date

   Aggregate Percentage
Settled
    Number of Restricted Stock
Units Vesting on Such Date

[first anniversary of grant date]

     25  

[second anniversary of grant date]

     50  

[third anniversary of grant date]

     75  

[fourth anniversary of grant date]

     100  

 

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(b) Payment of Shares. Payments made pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be payable in Shares. Subject to Sections 3(a), 3(c) and 7 of this Award Agreement, on each Settlement Date, the Company shall deliver to you or your legal representative one Share for each RSU that is scheduled to vest and be settled.

(c) Change of Control. Except as explicitly set forth in this Section 3(c), in the event of a Change of Control prior to the final Settlement Date, all outstanding RSUs shall be treated in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing or the provisions of Section 8 of the Plan, if, within 12 months following a Change of Control, your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason, all unvested RSUs shall automatically be deemed vested and all restrictions and forfeiture provisions related thereto shall lapse as of the date of such termination and all outstanding RSUs shall be settled not later than the tenth (10th) day following the date of termination of your employment.

SECTION 4. Forfeiture of RSUs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Award Agreement, if the Settlement Date with respect to any RSUs awarded to you pursuant to this Award Agreement has not occurred prior to the earlier to occur of (a) the date on which your employment with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries terminates for any reason and (b) the date on which you breach any restrictive covenant contained in any arrangements with the Company (including this Award Agreement) to which you are subject, such RSUs shall be immediately forfeited, and you shall be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto. Furthermore, any RSUs awarded pursuant to this Award Agreement and any Shares issued to you upon settlement of such RSUs shall be subject to any recoupment or clawback policy the Company maintains, as in effect from time to time.

SECTION 5. No Rights as a Stockholder. You shall not have any rights or privileges of a stockholder with respect to the RSUs subject to this Award Agreement unless and until certificates representing such Shares are actually issued to you or your legal representative or an entry is recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator) in settlement of this Award.

SECTION 6. Non-Transferability of RSUs. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion, RSUs may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a)

 

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of the Plan. Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of RSUs in violation of the provisions of this Section 6 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

SECTION 7. Withholding, Consents and Legends. (a)  Withholding. The delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c) of this Award Agreement, is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with this Section 7(a) and Section 9(d) of the Plan. No later than the date as of which an amount first becomes includible in your gross income for Federal, state, local or foreign income tax purposes with respect to any RSUs you shall pay to the Company, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Company regarding the payment of, any Federal, state, local and foreign taxes that are required by applicable laws and regulations to be withheld with respect to such amount. In the event that there is withholding tax liability in connection with the settlement of the RSUs you may satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability by having the Company withhold from the number of Shares or cash you would be entitled to receive upon settlement of the RSUs an amount in cash or a number of Shares having a Fair Market Value (which shall either have the meaning set forth in the Plan or shall have such other meaning as determined by the Company in accordance with applicable withholding requirements) equal to such withholding tax liability.

(b) Consents. Your rights in respect of the RSUs are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your consent to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

(c) Legends. The Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). The Company may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

SECTION 8. Successors and Assigns of the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

SECTION 9. Committee Discretion. The Committee shall have full and plenary discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

SECTION 10. Dispute Resolution. (a)  Jurisdiction and Venue. You and the Company irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and (ii) the courts of the State of Virginia for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan. You and the Company agree to commence any such action, suit

 

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or proceeding either in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or, if such suit, action or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the State of Virginia. You and the Company further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the other party’s address set forth below shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in Virginia with respect to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 10(a). You and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or (B) the courts of the State of Virginia, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(b) Waiver of Jury Trial. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan.

(c) Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 10, except that you may disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).

SECTION 11. Restrictive Covenants. In consideration of the grant of RSUs under this Award Agreement and as a condition to the receipt of the RSUs pursuant to this Award Agreement, you agree that:

(a) Confidential Information.

(i) You acknowledge that the Company and its Affiliates continually develop Confidential Information (as defined below), that you may develop Confidential Information for the Company or its Affiliates and that the you may learn of Confidential Information during the course of your employment. You will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of your duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by the you incident to your employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. You understand that this restriction shall continue to apply after your employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. The confidentiality obligation under this Section 11 shall not apply to information which is generally known or readily available to the public at the time of disclosure or becomes generally known through no wrongful act on the part of you or any other person having an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates or is required to be disclosed in order to enforce this Award Agreement.

 

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(ii) All documents, records, tapes and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “ Documents ”), whether or not prepared by the you, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. You shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time his or her employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then in your possession or control.

(iii) “ Confidential Information ” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by those with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates competes or does business, or with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or any of its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes without limitation such information relating to (A) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the Company and its Affiliates, (B) the products and services of the Company and its Affiliates, (C) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (D) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (E) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and the nature and substance of those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates has received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

(b) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation .

(i) You agree and acknowledge that the business (the “ Business ”) of the Company is any business activity engaged in, or actively contemplated by the Company (or any Subsidiary) to be engaged in, by the Company (or any Subsidiary) and with which you are or were involved on or prior to the your date of termination.

(ii) You agree that, except as the Company expressly agrees in writing, during your employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following termination of your employment for any reason, you shall not within the Territory (defined below), directly or indirectly, as an owner, partner, affiliate, stockholder, joint venturer, director, employee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee or licensor, or in any other similar capacity whatsoever of or for any person or entity (other than for the Company):

(A) engage in, own, manage, operate, sell, finance, control, advise or participate in the ownership, management, operation, sales, finance or control of, be employed or employed by, or be connected in any manner with, any

 

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business that competes with (1) the Business or (2) if you have provided services directly to any health maintenance organization, health insurance company or similar health insurance plan, owned or operated by a customer of the Company, during the twelve-month period preceding the termination of your employment with the Company, such customer (each, a “ Competitor ”). Notwithstanding this Section 11(b)(ii)(A), you may accept employment with a Competitor whose business is diversified, provided that (I) such employment is with a portion of the Competitor’s business that does not provide products or services that are the same as, are similar to, or compete with the Company’s products or services (“ Competing Products or Services ”) and (II) prior to your acceptance of such employment with Competitor, the Company receives separate written assurances satisfactory to the Company from such Competitor and from you that you will not provide any Competing Products or Services;

(B) approach, solicit, divert, interfere with, or take away, the business or patronage of any of the actual or prospective members, customers, or clients of the Company, for a purpose that is competitive with the Business; or

(C) contact, recruit, solicit, hire, retain, or employ (whether as an employee, consultant, agent, independent contractor, or otherwise) any person who is, or who at any time during the 6-month period prior to your date of termination had been, employed or engaged by the Company, or induce or take any action which is intended to induce any such person to terminate his or her employment or relationship, or otherwise cease his or her relationship, with the Company, or interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any employee of or any other person engaged by the Company.

Territory ” shall mean the United States of America and any other country with respect to which you have been involved on behalf of the Company.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 11(b)(ii) of this Award Agreement, you are permitted to own, individually, as a passive investor (with no director designation rights, voting rights or veto rights or other special governance or voting rights), up to a one percent (1%) interest in any publicly traded entity that is a Competitor.

(iv) You shall disclose in writing all of your relationships as a director, employee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee, licensor, agent, or otherwise, with a Competitor or other business entity, to the Company for the 12-month period after your date of termination. You shall not disparage the Company or any of its officers, directors, or employees; provided, however, that this Section 11(b)(iv) shall not prohibit or constrain truthful testimony by you compelled by any valid legal process or valid legal dispute resolution process. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Section 11 shall prevent either party hereto from enforcing such party’s rights or remedies hereunder or that such party may otherwise be entitled to enforce or assert under any other agreement or applicable law, or shall limit such rights or remedies in any way.

(v) During the 12-month period following your date of termination, you shall notify in writing any prospective new employer or entity otherwise seeking to engage you that the provisions of this Section 11 exist prior to accepting employment or such other engagement.

 

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(c) The terms of this Section 11 are reasonable and necessary in light of your position with the Company and responsibility and knowledge of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and are not more restrictive than necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the parties hereto. In addition, any breach of the covenants contained in this Section 11 would cause irreparable harm to the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and there would be no adequate remedy at law or in damages to compensate the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates for any such breach. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Award Agreement is not intended to, and shall be interpreted in a manner that does not, limit or restrict you from exercising any legally protected whistleblower rights (including pursuant to Rule 21F under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

SECTION 12. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth below:

 

If to the Company: Evolent Health, Inc.
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22203
Attention: General Counsel
If to you: To your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the Company’s records

The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above.

SECTION 13. Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, construction and effect of this Award Agreement in all respects shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.

SECTION 14. Headings and Construction. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision thereof.

 

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Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “but not limited to”. The term “or” is not exclusive.

SECTION 15. Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided , however , that, except as set forth in Section 16(d) of this Award Agreement, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Agreement and the RSUs shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).

SECTION 16. Section 409A. (a) It is intended that the provisions of this Award Agreement be exempt from or comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

(b) Neither you nor any of your creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Award Agreement to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to you or for your benefit under this Award Agreement may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by you to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(c) If, at the time of your separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) you shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead pay it, without interest, on the first business day after such six-month period.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Award Agreement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Award Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In any case, you shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on you or for your account in connection with this Award Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold you harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

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Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. You and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT UNDER THE EVOLENT HEALTH, INC. 2015 OMNIBUS INCENTIVE COMPENSATION PLAN, dated as of                 , 2015 (the “ Grant Date ”), between EVOLENT HEALTH, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and             .

This Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement (this “ Award Agreement ”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of             restricted stock units (this “ Award ”) that are subject to the terms and conditions specified herein (each such restricted stock unit, an “ RSU ”) and that are granted to you under the Evolent Health, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “ Plan ”). This Award constitutes an unfunded and unsecured promise of the Company to deliver (or cause to be delivered) to you, subject to the terms of this Award Agreement, shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value (each, a “ Share ”), as set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 10 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU SHALL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.

SECTION 1. The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern.

SECTION 2. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

Business Day ” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

Section 409A ” means Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations and other interpretive guidance promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

SECTION 3. Vesting and Settlement. (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, the RSUs shall vest on the first anniversary of the Grant Date (the “ Vesting Date ”), provided that you continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “ Board ”) through and until the Vesting Date.

(b) Payment of Shares. Payments made pursuant to this Award Agreement shall be payable in Shares. Subject to Sections 3(a), 3(c) and 7 of this Award


Agreement, within 30 days following the Vesting Date, the Company shall deliver to you or your legal representative one Share for each RSU that is scheduled to vest and be settled.

(c) Change of Control. In the event of a Change of Control prior to the Vesting Date, all outstanding RSUs shall be treated in accordance with Section 8 of the Plan and shall be settled as set forth in Section 3(b) of this Award Agreement, provided that, in the event the RSUs accelerate vesting pursuant to Section 8 of the Plan, all outstanding RSUs shall be settled not later than the tenth (10th) day following the date your services are terminated without Cause.

SECTION 4. Forfeiture of RSUs. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3 of this Award Agreement, if the Vesting Date with respect to any RSUs awarded to you pursuant to this Award Agreement has not occurred prior to the date on which you cease to be a member of the Board for any reason, such RSUs shall immediately be forfeited and you shall be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto.

SECTION 5. No Rights as a Stockholder. You shall not have any rights or privileges of a stockholder with respect to the RSUs subject to this Award Agreement unless and until certificates representing such Shares are actually issued to you or your legal representative or an entry is recorded in the books of the Company (or, as applicable, its transfer agent or stock plan administrator) in settlement of this Award.

SECTION 6. Non-Transferability of RSUs. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion, RSUs may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan. Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of RSUs in violation of the provisions of this Section 6 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

SECTION 7. Withholding, Consents and Legends. (a)  Withholding. The delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c) of this Award Agreement is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with Section 9(d) of the Plan.

(b) Consents. Your rights in respect of the RSUs are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your consent to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

(b) Legends. The Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). The Company may advise the transfer agent to place a stop order against any legended Shares.

 

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SECTION 8. Successors and Assigns of the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

SECTION 9. Committee Discretion. The Committee shall have full and plenary discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

SECTION 10. Dispute Resolution. (a)  Jurisdiction and Venue. You and the Company irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of (i) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and (ii) the courts of the State of Virginia for the purposes of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan. You and the Company agree to commence any such action, suit or proceeding either in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or, if such suit, action or other proceeding may not be brought in such court for jurisdictional reasons, in the courts of the State of Virginia. You and the Company further agree that service of any process, summons, notice or document by U.S. registered mail to the other party’s address set forth below shall be effective service of process for any action, suit or proceeding in Virginia with respect to any matters to which you have submitted to jurisdiction in this Section 10(a). You and the Company irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any action, suit or proceeding arising out of this Award Agreement or the Plan in (A) the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or (B) the courts of the State of Virginia, and hereby and thereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

(b) Waiver of Jury Trial. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan.

(c) Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 10, except that you may disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).

SECTION 11. Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth below:

 

If to the Company: Evolent Health, Inc.
800 N. Glebe Road, Suite 500
Arlington, VA 22203
Attention: General Counsel
If to you: To your address as most recently supplied to the Company and set forth in the Company’s records

 

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The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above.

SECTION 12. Governing Law. This Award Agreement shall be deemed to be made in the State of Delaware, and the validity, construction and effect of this Award Agreement in all respects shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof.

SECTION 13. Headings and Construction. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision thereof. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “but not limited to”. The term “or” is not exclusive.

SECTION 14. Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided , however , that, except as set forth in Section 15(d) of this Award Agreement, any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Agreement and the RSUs shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan).

SECTION 15. Section 409A. (a) It is intended that the provisions of this Award Agreement be exempt from or comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

(b) Neither you nor any of your creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Award Agreement to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to you or for your benefit under this Award Agreement may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by you to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

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(c) If, at the time of your separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) you shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead pay it, without interest, on the first business day after such six-month period.

(d) Notwithstanding any provision of this Award Agreement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Award Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In any case, you shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on you or for your account in connection with this Award Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold you harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

SECTION 16. Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. You and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Award Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

EVOLENT HEALTH, INC.

by

 

Name:
Title:

Name:

 

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Exhibit 10.8

EVOLENT HEALTH HOLDINGS, INC.

N ON -Q UALIFIED S TOCK O PTION A GREEMENT

Evolent Health Holdings, Inc. (the “ Company ”), hereby grants the following Non-Qualified Stock Option (the “ Option ”) pursuant to its 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

 

Name of Optionee (the “ Optionee ”) : [            ]
Grant Date of Option (the “ Grant Date ”) : [            ]
Number of shares of Common Stock subject to this Option (“ Option Shares ”) : [        ]
Option exercise price per share : $[            ] per share (the “ Option Exercise Price ”)
Vesting Schedule: The Option Shares shall vest and become exercisable as follows: (i) 25% of the Option Shares on              (the “Initial Vesting Date”), and thereafter (ii) on each anniversary of the Initial Vesting Date (each such date, a “Vesting Date”), through the third anniversary thereof, subject to the further terms of this Option.
Option Term : 10 years from the Grant Date, subject to earlier termination by the Board.

 

 

EVOLENT HEALTH HOLDINGS, INC.
Name of Optionee (Print)

 

By:

 

Signature of Optionee Name:
Title:

 

Street Address

 

City, State, Zip Code

This Option is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms attached.


EVOLENT HEALTH HOLDINGS, INC.

N ON -Q UALIFIED S TOCK O PTION — I NCORPORATED T ERMS AND C ONDITIONS

1. Grant Under Plan . This Option is granted pursuant to and is governed by the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Plan (as may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Plan ”) and, unless the context otherwise requires, terms used herein shall have the same meaning as in the Plan. This Option is subject to all of the provisions of the Plan. A copy of the Plan is available upon request from the Company. This option is intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The Optionee hereby acknowledges that the Option Exercise Price is not less than, but may exceed, the fair market value of an Option Share on the Grant Date.

2. Vesting of Option if Employment Continues .

(a) General. Subject to the further terms of this Option, the Optionee may exercise this Option with respect to the number of Option Shares vested after the date of this Option, if any, set forth on the cover page hereof. If the Optionee has served the Company in the capacity of Service Provider (such service is described herein as maintaining or being involved in a “ Business Relationship with the Company ”) through the vesting date(s) set forth on the cover page hereof, the Optionee may exercise this Option for the total number of Option Shares for which the Optionee is vested as of such dates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its discretion, accelerate the date that any portion of this Option becomes exercisable. The foregoing rights are cumulative and (subject to Sections 3 or 4 hereof if the Optionee ceases to be involved in an Business Relationship with the Company) may be exercised for the then-vested component of this Option only before the date which is the earlier of the expiration date of this Option or the expiration of the time periods set forth below with respect to a termination of the Business Relationship with the Company.

(b) Acceleration Upon Sale of the Company . Notwithstanding the foregoing but subject to the last sentence of this Section 2(b), if a Sale of the Company occurs at any time following the Grant Date while the Optionee has maintained a Business Relationship with the Company, this Option shall immediately vest in full and become exercisable immediately prior to the consummation of such Sale of the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the event that a Sale of the Company occurs in which a Significant Securityholder acquires ownership of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Company, then the number of Option Shares that would have vested as of the first Vesting Date following the consummation of such Sale of the Company shall vest and become fully exercisable.

3. Termination of Business Relationship with the Company . If the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company ceases for any reason, other than by reason of (a) death or Disability as defined in Section 4, or (b) termination of the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company for Cause (hereinafter defined), this Option must be exercised, with respect to the vested, but unexercised Option Shares (if any), by the Optionee within six (6) months of termination, but not later than the scheduled expiration date. For purposes hereof, the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company shall not be considered as having terminated during


any leave of absence if such leave of absence has been approved in writing by the Company and if such written approval contractually obligates the Company to continue the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company after the approved period of absence. In the event of such an approved leave of absence, vesting of this Option shall be suspended (and the period of the leave of absence shall be added to all vesting dates) unless otherwise provided in the Company’s written approval of the leave of absence. This Option shall not be affected by any change the Optionee’s employment or service relationship within or among the Company and its subsidiaries so long as the Optionee remains in a Business Relationship with the Company or any subsidiary. If the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company is terminated for Cause, this Option and all rights of the Optionee hereunder shall immediately terminate.

4. Death or Disability . If the Optionee dies while in a Business Relationship with the Company, all vested Option Shares may be exercised, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date of his or her death, by the Optionee’s estate, personal representative or beneficiary, only at any time within one year after the date of death, but not later than the scheduled expiration date. If the Optionee ceases to be in a Business Relationship with the Company by reason of Disability, all vested Option Shares may be exercised, to the extent otherwise exercisable on the date of such termination of employment due to Disability, only at any time within one year after such cessation of employment, but not later than the scheduled expiration date.

5. Partial Exercise . This Option may be exercised in part at any time and from time to time within the above limits, except that this Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a share. The vested portion of this Option is not transferable or assignable except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or to a trust or other estate planning vehicle controlled by the Optionee, subject to applicable tax and securities laws, and the Committee’s prior consent. During the Optionee’s lifetime only the Optionee or such trust or estate planning entity can exercise this Option. The unvested portion of this Option is not transferable. The Optionee shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to Option Shares subject to this Option until a stock certificate therefor has been issued to the Optionee and the exercise price is fully paid for by the Optionee.

6. Payment of Exercise Price .

(a) Payment Alternatives . The Option Exercise Price shall be paid by one or any combination of the following forms of payment:

(i) by check payable to the order of the Company; or

(ii) if the securities into which the Option Shares convert are publicly traded and subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, delivery of an irrevocable and unconditional undertaking, satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, by a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company sufficient funds to pay the exercise price, or delivery by the Optionee to the Company of a copy of irrevocable and unconditional instructions, satisfactory in form and substance to the Company, to a creditworthy broker to deliver promptly to the Company cash or a check sufficient to pay the exercise price; or


(iii) subject to Section 6(b) below, if the securities into which the Option Shares convert are then traded on a national securities exchange, by delivery of shares of securities into which the Option Shares convert having a fair market value equal as of the date of exercise to the Option Exercise Price; or

(iv) through the tender to the Company of shares of Stock, in accordance with Section 11.2 of the Plan.

In the case of clause (iii) above, fair market value as of the date of exercise shall be determined as of the last business day for which such prices or quotes are available prior to the date of exercise and shall mean the last reported sale price (on that date) of the securities into which Option Shares convert on the principal national securities exchange on which such securities is traded, if such securities is then traded on a national securities exchange.

(b) Limitations on Payment by Delivery of Securities into which the Option Shares Convert . If the Optionee pays for Option Shares under Section 6(a)(iii) above with securities that are subject to restrictions or limitations imposed by an agreement between the Optionee and the Company, those restrictions will be added to the equivalent number of Option Shares being purchased, in addition to any restrictions or limitations imposed on the Option Shares by this Option.

7. Method of Exercising Option . This Option may be exercised by written notice to the Company at its principal executive office, or to such transfer agent as the Company may designate. The notice shall state the election to exercise this Option and the number of Option Shares for which it is being exercised and shall be signed by the person or persons so exercising this Option. Such notice shall be accompanied by payment of the full Option Exercise Price of such Option Shares. Prior to the issuance of any Option Shares or certificates representing such shares, the Optionee will make provisions satisfactory to the Company for the withholding of tax, as described under Section 9. The Company shall deliver a certificate representing such shares as soon as practicable after the notice has be received, adjusted for any withholding. Such certificate shall be registered in the name of the person so exercising this Option (or, if this Option shall be exercised by the Optionee and if the Optionee shall so request in the notice exercising this Option, shall be registered in the name of the Optionee and another person jointly, with right of survivorship). In the event this Option shall be exercised, pursuant to Section 4 hereof, by any person or persons other than the Optionee, such notice shall be accompanied by appropriate proof of the right of such person or persons to exercise this Option.

8. Company’s Right of Repurchase .

(a) Rights of Repurchase . If any of the events specified in Section 8(b) below occur, then within one year following the date that the Company receives actual knowledge of such event (the “ Repurchase Period ”), the Company shall have the right, but not the obligation, to repurchase all or a portion of the Option Shares acquired upon exercise of this Option from the Optionee, or his or her legal representatives, as the case may be (the “ Repurchase Option ”). The Repurchase Option shall be exercised by the Company by giving the Optionee, or his or her legal representative, written notice of its intention to exercise the Repurchase Option (the “ Repurchase Notice ”) on or before the last day of the Repurchase Period.

(i) Subject to the immediately following sentence, the Company shall consummate the repurchase of the Option Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Option by tendering to the Optionee, or his or her legal representative, an amount per Option Share equal to the Fair Market Value of each repurchased Option Share, as of the date the Repurchase Notice was received by Optionee, as reasonably determined by the Company’s Board of Directors ; provided, however , that such Fair Market Value determination shall be (A) calculated in the same manner as the Fair Market Value of the Series B Preferred Stock would be calculated as of such date, and shall not be discounted, including without limitation, for lack of marketability, minority interest or liquidation preferences, and (B) subject to the further provisions of clause (iii) hereof.


(ii) If the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company is terminated for Cause, then the Company may exercise its Repurchase Option by tendering an amount per Option Share equal to the lesser of the Option Exercise Price or the Fair Market Value of each repurchased Option Share. The Company may, in exercising the Repurchase Option, designate one or more nominees to purchase the Option Shares either within or without the Company.

(iii) The Optionee, or his or her legal representative, shall deliver to the Company the stock certificate representing the Option Shares, duly endorsed and free and clear of any and all liens, charges and encumbrances, other than the restrictions on transfer set forth herein.

(b) Company’s Right to Exercise Repurchase Option . The Company shall have the Repurchase Option in the event that any of the following events shall occur:

(i) The receivership, bankruptcy or other creditor’s proceeding regarding the Optionee or the taking of any of Optionee’s Option Shares by legal process, such as a levy of execution; or

(ii) The termination of the Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company (or an Affiliate thereof) ; or

(iii) The final or non-appealable determination by an arbitrator or court of competent jurisdiction of Optionee’s violation of any noncompetition, nonsolicitation, nondisclosure or assignment of inventions agreement between the Company and the Optionee.

(c) Failure to Deliver Option Shares . If the Optionee fails or refuses to deliver on a timely basis duly endorsed certificates representing Option Shares to be repurchased by the Company or its assignee pursuant to this Section, the Company shall have the right to deposit the purchase price for such Option Shares in a special account with any bank or trust company, giving notice of such deposit to the Optionee, whereupon such Option Shares shall be deemed to have been purchased by the Company and the certificate representing such Option Shares shall, from and after the date thereof, be null and void.

(d) Definition of Cause . “Cause” as used in this Option means:

(i) if the Optionee is engaged under a written employment or services agreement with the Company which agreement includes a definition of “cause,” “Cause” shall be as defined in that agreement, or


(ii) if the Optionee is not engaged under a written employment or services agreement with the Company, any of the following:

(1) the failure of the Optionee to perform any of his or her material duties to the Company, including, without limitation, a breach of the Company’s code of ethics, conflict of interest or employment policies;

(2) the misappropriation of a material business opportunity of the Company, including securing or attempting to secure any personal profit in connection with any transaction entered into on behalf of the Company;

(3) the misappropriation (or attempted misappropriation) of any Company funds or property;

(4) the conviction of, indictment for (or its procedural equivalent), or entering of a guilty plea or plea of no contest with respect to (or its procedural equivalent), a felony or any other crime involving dishonesty or theft of property;

(5) the commission of one or more acts of sexual harassment in violation of applicable federal, state or local laws, as determined by the Board;

(6) use of illegal drugs, abuse of controlled substances, or abuse or excessive use of alcohol which (in the case of alcohol use) interferes with or affects the Optionee’s responsibilities to the Company or which reflects negatively upon the integrity or reputation of the Company; and/or

(7) a breach of the terms of any employment agreement, confidentiality agreement, non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement or any other material agreement between the Optionee and the Company, after giving effect to the notification provisions, if any, and the mechanisms to remedy or cure such breach as described in any such agreement.

The Company shall determine whether conduct constituting “Cause” has occurred for purposes of this Option. For purposes of this definition, the term “Company” includes any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company and “Cause” is not limited to events that have occurred before a Optionee’s termination of his or her Business Relationship with the Company, nor is it necessary that the Company’s finding of “Cause” occur prior to termination of such Business Relationship with the Company.

(e) Expiration of Company’s Right of Repurchase . The repurchase right of the Company set forth in this Section shall expire upon the consummation of a Qualified Public Offering (as such term is defined in the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation).


9. Withholding . If the Company in its discretion determines that it is obligated to withhold any tax in connection with the exercise of this Option, for any reason, or in connection with the transfer of, or the lapse of restrictions on, any Common Stock or other property acquired pursuant to this Option, the Optionee hereby agrees that the Company may withhold from the Optionee’s wages or other remuneration the appropriate amount of tax. At the discretion of the Company, the amount required to be withheld may be withheld in cash from such wages or other remuneration or in kind from the Common Stock or other property otherwise deliverable to the Optionee on exercise of this Option; provided, however that if shares of Common Stock are so withheld, they shall only be withheld in the amount necessary to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding obligations associated with such exercise or other transfer or event described herein. The Optionee further agrees that, if the Company does not withhold an amount from the Optionee’s wages or other remuneration sufficient to satisfy the withholding obligation of the Company, the Optionee will make reimbursement on demand, in cash, for the amount underwithheld.

10. Securities Legends .

(a) Until such time as the Option Shares have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, or shall have been transferred in accordance with an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required, stop transfer instructions shall be issued to the Company’s transfer agent, if any, or, if the Company transfers its own securities, a notation shall be made in the appropriate records of the Company with respect to the Option Shares, and any certificate representing the Option Shares shall bear a legend substantially as follows:

“THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. THEY MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER SUCH ACT OR UNLESS SOLD PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER SUCH ACT.”

(b) Until such time as the repurchase right of the Company set forth in Section 8 and the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 14 have terminated, any certificate representing the Option Shares shall also bear a legend substantially as follows:

“THE SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IS SUBJECT TO, AND IN CERTAIN CASES PROHIBITED BY, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A CERTAIN NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN THE STOCKHOLDER AND THE COMPANY. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENT MAY BE OBTAINED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY. ANY SUCH SALE, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR TRANSFER OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID.”


11. Miscellaneous . Neither the Plan nor this Option imposes any obligation on the Company to continue the Optionee in any Business Relationship with the Company. This Option and the Plan constitute the entire agreement between the parties relative to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all proposals, written or oral, and all other communications between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Option. This Option may be modified, amended or rescinded only by a written agreement executed by both parties. If this Option becomes exercisable for a fraction of a share because of the adjustment provisions contained in the Plan, such fraction shall be rounded down. This Option shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, subject to the limitations on transfer set forth herein. This Option shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of the conflict of laws thereof.

12. Lock-Up Agreement . The Optionee agrees that if the Company proposes to offer for sale to the public any shares of Common Stock pursuant to a public offering under the Securities Act of 1933 and if requested by the Company or any underwriter engaged by the Company, not to, directly or indirectly, offer, sell, pledge, contract to sell (including any short sale), grant any option to purchase, or otherwise dispose of any securities of the Company held by him, her or them (except for any securities sold pursuant to such registration statement) or enter into any “ Hedging Transaction ” (as defined below) relating to any securities of the Company (including, without limitation, pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933 or any successor or similar exemptive rule hereinafter in effect) held by him, her or them for such period following the effective date of the registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to such offering, as the Company or such underwriter shall specify reasonably and in good faith, not to exceed one hundred eighty (180) days. For purposes of this Section 12, “ Hedging Transaction ” means any short sale (whether or not against the box) or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including, without limitation, any put or call option) with respect to any security (other than a broad-based market basket or index) that includes, relates to or derives any significant part of its value from the Common Stock.

13. Special Tax Consequences . The Optionee acknowledges that an Incentive Stock Option exercised more than three months after the Optionee’s termination of employment, other than by reason of death or disability (as defined herein), will be taxed as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. The Optionee further acknowledges that, to the extent that the aggregate fair market value (determined as of the time the Option is granted) of all shares of Common Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options, including the Option, are exercisable for the first time by the Optionee in any calendar year exceeds $100,000, the Option and such other options shall be Nonstatutory Stock Options to the extent necessary to comply with the limitations imposed by Section 422(d) of the Code. The Optionee further acknowledges that the rule set forth in the preceding sentence shall be applied by taking the Option and other Incentive Stock Options into account in the order in which they were granted, as determined under Section 422(d) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.

14. Restrictions on Disposition .

(a) Prior to a Qualified Public Offering, the Optionee shall not sell, pledge, hypothecate or transfer (hereinafter, “ Transfer ”) any Option Shares, except with the prior written


approval of each of the Significant Securityholders (hereinafter defined). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 14(a) shall not apply: (i) to a repurchase of Option Shares pursuant to Section 8 hereof, (ii) to a Transfer of some or all of the Option Shares to a another stockholder of the Company or to a member of Evolent Health, LLC (the “ LLC ”) in a transaction approved by each of the Significant Securityholders, or (iii) to a Transfer of Option Shares made for bona fide estate planning purposes, either during his or her lifetime or on death by will or intestacy to one or more of his or her Immediate Family Members (hereinafter defined), or any other relative/person approved by the Company, or any custodian or trustee of any trust, partnership or limited liability company for the benefit of, or the ownership interests of which are owned wholly by, the Optionee or any such Immediate Family Members; provided that in the case of a Transfer pursuant to clauses (ii) or (iii), the Optionee shall deliver prior written notice to the Company of such Transfer, and such Option Shares shall at all times remain subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in this Option. In addition, the Transferee of any such Option Shares shall, as a condition to such issuance, deliver a joinder to this Option as confirmation that such Transferee shall be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Option with respect to the Option Shares so Transferred to the Transferee; and provided, further, in the case of any Transfer pursuant to clause (iii) above, that such Transfer is made pursuant to a transaction in which there is no consideration actually paid for such Transfer.

(b) In addition to the Optionee’s compliance with the transfer restrictions set forth in Section 14(a) hereof, the Optionee shall give prompt notice to the Company of any disposition or other transfer of any Option Shares acquired under this Option if such disposition or transfer is made (a) within two years from the Grant Date with respect to such Option Shares or (b) within one year after the transfer of such Option Shares to the Optionee. Such notice shall specify the date of such disposition or other transfer and the amount realized, in cash, other property, assumption of indebtedness or other consideration, by the Optionee in such disposition or other transfer.

15. Drag-Along Right

(a) Optionee’s Obligations . In the event that, (i) pursuant to Section 8.2 of the Amended and Restated Master Investors Rights Agreement, dated as of January 6, 2014 (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “ MIRA ”), the stockholders of the Company are obligated to participate in a Sale of the Company (hereinafter defined), and (ii) the Company delivered written notice to the Optionee of such proposed Sale of the Company (a “ Proposed Sale ”), then

(i) if such transaction requires stockholder approval, to vote (in person, by proxy or by action by written consent, as applicable) all shares owned by the Optionee or over which the Optionee has voting control, in favor of, and adopt, such Sale of the Company (together with any related amendment to the certificate of incorporation of the Company required in order to implement such Sale of the Company) and to vote in opposition to any and all other proposals that could reasonably be expected to delay or impair the ability of the Company to consummate such Sale of the Company;

(ii) if such transaction is a Stock Sale (hereinafter defined), to sell the same proportion of shares of capital stock of the Company (“ Shares ”) beneficially held by the


Optionee as is being sold by the Significant Securityholders to the Person to whom the Significant Securityholders propose to sell their Shares, and, except as permitted in Section 15(b) below, on the same terms and conditions as the Significant Securityholders;

(iii) to execute and deliver reasonable and customary instruments of conveyance and transfer, stockholder consents, share certificates duly endorsed for transfer (free and clear of impermissible liens, claims and encumbrances) and any similar or related documents which, in each case, are also executed and delivered by the Significant Securityholders;

(iv) not to deposit, and to cause their Affiliates not to deposit, any Shares owned by the Optionee in a voting trust or subject any Shares to any arrangement or agreement with respect to the voting of such Shares, unless specifically requested to do so by the acquirer in connection with the Sale of the Company;

(v) to refrain from exercising any dissenters’ rights or rights of appraisal under applicable law at any time with respect to such Sale of the Company;

(vi) if the consideration to be paid in exchange for the Shares pursuant to the Sale of the Company includes any securities, the Company may cause to be paid to the Optionee, in lieu thereof, against surrender of the Shares which would have otherwise been sold by the Optionee in such Sale of the Company, an amount in cash equal to the Fair Market Value of the securities which the Optionee would otherwise receive as of the date of the issuance of such securities in exchange for the Shares;

(vii) in the event that a stockholder representative (the “ Stockholder Representative ”) is appointed by the stockholders of the Company with respect to matters affecting such stockholders under the applicable definitive transaction agreements following consummation of such Sale of the Company, (x) to consent to (i) the appointment of such Stockholder Representative, (ii) the establishment of any applicable escrow, expense or similar fund in connection with any indemnification or similar obligations, and (iii) the payment of the Optionee’s pro rata portion (from the applicable escrow or expense fund) of any and all reasonable fees and expenses to such Stockholder Representative in connection with such Stockholder Representative’s services and duties in connection with such Sale of the Company and its related service as the representative of the stockholders of the Company, and (y) not to assert any claim or commence any suit against the Stockholder Representative or any other stockholder with respect to any action or inaction taken or failed to be taken by the Stockholder Representative in connection with its service as the Stockholder Representative, absent fraud or willful misconduct;

(b) Irrevocable Proxy and Power of Attorney . The Optionee hereby constitutes and appoints as his or her proxies, and hereby grants a power of attorney to the Stockholder Representative, with full power of substitution, with respect to the matters set forth herein, including without limitation, votes regarding any Sale of the Company pursuant to this Section 15, and hereby authorizes each of them to represent and to vote, if the Optionee (i) fails to vote or (ii) attempts to vote (whether by proxy, in person or by written consent), in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms of this Option, all of the Optionee’s Shares in favor of any


Sale of the Company pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Section 15, or to take any action necessary to effect the transactions contemplated by this Section 15. Each of the proxy and power of attorney granted pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence is given in consideration of the benefits to be received by the Optionee hereunder and, as such, each is coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable unless and until this Option terminates. The Optionee shall not hereafter, unless and until this Option terminates, purport to grant any other proxy or power of attorney with respect to any of his or her Shares, deposit any of his or her Shares into a voting trust or enter into any agreement (other than this Agreement), arrangement or understanding with any person, directly or indirectly, to vote, grant any proxy or give instructions with respect to the voting of any of his or her Shares, in each case, with respect to any of the matters set forth in this Section 15.

16. Section 409A . It is intended that this grant will be exempt from Section 409A of the Code as a “stock right”. However, nothing in this Option shall be construed to result in a guarantee of this tax treatment, and the Optionee will be responsible for all of the Optionee’s Federal, state and local taxes (and any related liabilities) under Section 409A of the Code.

17. Restricted Covenants . In consideration of the grant of the Option under this Option and as a condition to the receipt of the Option pursuant to this Option, the Optionee agrees that:

(a) Confidential Information .

(i) The Optionee acknowledges that the Company and its Affiliates (as defined below) continually develop Confidential Information, that the Optionee may develop Confidential Information (as defined below) for the Company or its Affiliates and that the Optionee may learn of Confidential Information during the course of employment. The Optionee will comply with the policies and procedures of the Company and its Affiliates for protecting Confidential Information and shall not disclose to any Person or use, other than as required by applicable law or for the proper performance of the Optionee’s duties and responsibilities to the Company and its Affiliates, any Confidential Information obtained by the Optionee incident to the Optionee’s employment or other association with the Company or any of its Affiliates. The Optionee understands that this restriction shall continue to apply after the Optionee’s employment terminates, regardless of the reason for such termination. The confidentiality obligation under this Section 17 shall not apply to information which is generally known or readily available to the public at the time of disclosure or becomes generally known through no wrongful act on the part of the Optionee or any other Person having an obligation of confidentiality to the Company or any of its Affiliates or is required to be disclosed in order to enforce this Agreement.

(ii) All documents, records, tapes and other media of every kind and description relating to the business, present or otherwise, of the Company or its Affiliates and any copies, in whole or in part, thereof (the “ Documents ”), whether or not prepared by the Optionee, shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Company and its Affiliates. The Optionee shall safeguard all Documents and shall surrender to the Company at the time his or her employment terminates, or at such earlier time or times as the Board or its designee may specify, all Documents then in the Optionee’s possession or control.


(b) Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation .

(i) Optionee agrees and acknowledges that the business (the “ Business ”) of the Company is any business activity engaged in, or actively contemplated by the Company (or any Subsidiary) to be engaged in, by the Company (or any Subsidiary) and with which Optionee is or was involved on or prior to the Termination Date (defined below).

(ii) Optionee agrees that, except as the Company expressly agrees in writing, during Optionee’s employment with the Company and for the 12-month period following the date of Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company (the date Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company is terminated for any reason being the “ Termination Date ”), Optionee shall not within the Territory (defined below), directly or indirectly, as an owner, partner, affiliate, stockholder, joint venturer, director, Optionee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee or licensor, or in any other similar capacity whatsoever of or for any person or entity (other than for the Company):

(A) engage in, own, manage, operate, sell, finance, control, advise or participate in the ownership, management, operation, sales, finance or control of, be employed or employed by, or be connected in any manner with, any business that competes with (1) the Business or (2) if Optionee has provided services directly to any health maintenance organization, health insurance company or similar health insurance plan, owned or operated by a customer of the Company, during the twelve-month period preceding the termination of Optionee’s Business Relationship with the Company, such customer (each, a “ Competitor ”). Notwithstanding this Section17(b)(ii)(A), Optionee may accept employment with a Competitor whose business is diversified, provided that (I) such employment is with a portion of Competitor’s business that does not provide products or services that are the same as, are similar to, or compete with the Company’s products or services (“ Competing Products or Services ”) and (II) prior to Optionee’s acceptance of such employment with Competitor, the Company receives separate written assurances satisfactory to the Company from such Competitor and from Optionee that Optionee will not provide any Competing Products or Services;

(B) approach, solicit, divert, interfere with, or take away, the business or patronage of any of the actual or prospective members, customers, or clients of the Company, for a purpose that is competitive with the Business; or

(C) contact, recruit, solicit, hire, retain, or employ (whether as an Optionee, consultant, agent, independent contractor, or otherwise) any person who is, or who at any time during the 6-month period prior to Optionee’s Termination Date had been, employed or engaged by the Company, or induce or take any action which is intended to induce any such person to terminate his or her employment or relationship, or otherwise cease his or her relationship, with the Company, or interfere in any manner with the contractual or employment relationship between the Company and any Optionee of or any other person engaged by the Company.

(D) “ Territory ” shall mean the United States of America and any other country with respect to which Optionee has been involved on behalf of the Company.


(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 17(b)(ii), Optionee is permitted to own, individually, as a passive investor (with no director designation rights, voting rights or veto rights or other special governance or voting rights), up to a one percent (1%) interest in any publicly traded entity that is a Competitor.

(iv) Optionee shall disclose in writing all of Optionee’s relationships as a director, Optionee, consultant, contractor, principal, trustee, licensor, agent, or otherwise, with a Competitor or other business entity, to the Company for the 12-month period after the Termination Date. Optionee shall not disparage the Company or any of its officers, directors, or Optionees, provided, however, that this Section 17(b)(iv) shall not prohibit or constrain truthful testimony by Optionee compelled by any valid legal process or valid legal dispute resolution process. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Section 9(d) shall prevent either party hereto from enforcing such party’s rights or remedies hereunder or that such party may otherwise be entitled to enforce or assert under any other agreement or applicable law, or shall limit such rights or remedies in any way.

(v) During the 12-month period following the Termination Date, Optionee shall notify in writing any prospective new employer or entity otherwise seeking to engage Optionee that this Agreement exists prior to accepting employment or such other engagement.

(c) The terms of this Section 17 are reasonable and necessary in light of the Optionee’s position with the Company and responsibility and knowledge of the operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries and are not more restrictive than necessary to protect the legitimate interests of the parties hereto. In addition, any breach of the covenants contained in this Section 17 would cause irreparable harm to the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and there would be no adequate remedy at law or in damages to compensate the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates for any such breach.

(d) For purposes of this Section 17, the term “the Company” shall mean each of the Company and the LLC.

18. Definitions . For purposes of this Option, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a) “ Confidential Information ” means any and all information of the Company and its Affiliates that is not generally known by those with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates competes or does business, or with whom the Company or any of its Affiliates plans to compete or do business and any and all information, publicly known in whole or in part or not, which, if disclosed by the Company or any of its Affiliates would assist in competition against them. Confidential Information includes without limitation such information relating to (i) the development, research, testing, manufacturing, marketing and financial activities of the


Company and its Affiliates, (ii) the products and services of the Company and its Affiliates, (iii) the costs, sources of supply, financial performance and strategic plans of the Company and its Affiliates, (iv) the identity and special needs of the customers of the Company and its Affiliates and (v) the people and organizations with whom the Company and its Affiliates have business relationships and the nature and substance of those relationships. Confidential Information also includes any information that the Company or any of its Affiliates has received, or may receive hereafter, belonging to customers or others with any understanding, express or implied, that the information would not be disclosed.

(b) “ Immediate Family Member ” means a child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, of a natural person.

(c) “ Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization, other than the Company or any of its Affiliates.

(d) “ Sale of the Company ” means either: (a) a transaction or series of related transactions in which a Person, or a group of related Persons, acquires from two (2) or more of the Significant Securityholders all of the Shares and/or all of the equity interests in the LLC held by such Significant Securityholders or otherwise (including, without limitation, by any stock acquisition, reorganization, merger or consolidation) acquires ownership of a majority of the outstanding Shares or a majority of the voting power of the LLC (a “ Stock Sale ”); or (b) the sale, lease, transfer, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries (including the LLC) taken as a whole by means of any transaction or series of related transactions (an “ Asset Sale ”).

(e) “ Significant Securityholder ” means each of UPMC, The Advisory Board Company and TPG Growth II, L.P., so long as such Person is deemed a Significant Securityholder pursuant to the MIRA.

Exhibit 99.1

Evolent Health, Inc. Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering

Washington, D.C. (June 10, 2015) – Evolent Health, Inc. (NYSE: EVH) has closed its previously announced initial public offering of its Class A common stock. Evolent sold 13,225,000 shares of its Class A common stock in total in the offering, which included 1,725,000 shares of Class A common stock sold pursuant to the option granted to the underwriters by Evolent, which was exercised in full prior to the closing. Total net proceeds to Evolent from the offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions but before expenses, were approximately $209 million. Evolent’s common stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange on June 5, 2015 under the symbol “EVH”.

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Goldman, Sachs & Co. acted as joint bookrunners for the offering. Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, William Blair & Company, L.L.C., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Leerink Partners LLC acted as co-managers.

A registration statement relating to the securities sold in the offering has been declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The offering was made only by means of a prospectus. A copy of the final prospectus relating to these securities has been filed with the SEC and may be obtained by contacting J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, or by telephone at (866) 803-9204; or Goldman, Sachs & Co., Attn: Prospectus Department, 200 West Street, New York, NY 10282, telephone: (866) 471-2526, facsimile: (212) 902-9316, e-mail: prospectus-ny@ny.email.gs.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

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About Evolent Health

Evolent Health partners with leading health systems to drive value-based care transformation. By providing clinical, analytical and financial capabilities, Evolent helps physicians and health systems achieve superior quality and cost results. Evolent’s approach breaks down barriers, aligns incentives and powers a new model of care delivery resulting in meaningful alignment between providers, payers, physicians and patients.


Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements made in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results and trends may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors. Additional information regarding these factors is contained in Evolent’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC.

Source: Evolent Health, Inc.

Contacts:

Robin Glass

rglass@evolenthealth.com

415.505.8152

Rob Cronin

rcronin@wcgworld.com

917.414.5289