UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
DaVita Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer) and Filing Person (Offeror))
Common Stock, $0.001 par value
(Title of Class of Securities)
23918K108
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Kathleen A. Waters
Chief Legal Officer
DaVita Inc.
2000 16th Street
Denver, CO 80202
(720) 631-2100
(Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
communications on behalf of filing person)
Copy to:
Sharon Flanagan, Esq.
Eric Haueter, Esq.
Sidley Austin LLP
555 California Street
Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94104
(415) 772-1200
CALCULATION OF FILING FEE
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Transaction valuation (1) | Amount of filing fee (2) | |
$1,200,000,000 |
$145,440 | |
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The transaction valuation is estimated only for purposes of calculating the filing fee. This amount is based on the offer to purchase for not more than $1,200,000,000 in aggregate of up to 22,429,906 shares of Common Stock, $0.001 par value, at the minimum tender offer price of $53.50 per share. |
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The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $121.20 per $1,000,000 of the value of the transaction. |
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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. |
Amount Previously Paid: N/A | Filing Party: N/A | |
Form or Registration No.: N/A | Date Filed: N/A |
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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. |
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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. |
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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. |
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amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. |
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer: ☐
If applicable, check the appropriate box(es) below to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon:
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Rule 13e-4(i) (Cross-Border Issuer Tender Offer) |
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Rule 14d-1(d) (Cross-Border Third Party Tender Offer) |
This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this Schedule TO ) relates to the offer by DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation ( DVA or the Company ), to purchase for cash up to $1.2 billion of shares (the shares ) of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the common stock ), pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, or (ii) purchase price tenders, in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase ), a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Tender Offer ), a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(1)(B). This Schedule TO is being filed in accordance with Rule 13e-4(c)(2) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ).
The information contained in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal is hereby incorporated by reference in response to all the items of this Schedule TO, and as more particularly set forth below.
Item 1. |
Summary Term Sheet. |
The information under the heading Summary Term Sheet, included in the Offer to Purchase, is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2. |
Subject Company Information. |
(a) The name of the subject company and issuer of the securities to which this Schedule TO relates is DaVita Inc. The address and telephone number of its principal executive office are 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202, (720) 631-2100.
(b) The subject securities to which this Schedule TO relates are shares of common stock, $0.001 par value, of DaVita Inc. As of July 19, 2019, there were 160,258,708 shares of the Companys common stock issued and outstanding. The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Introduction is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Information about the trading market and price of the shares of the Companys common stock set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 8 Price Range of Shares; Dividends is incorporated herein by reference.
(f) Information about the Companys prior purchases of shares of its common stock set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3. |
Identity and Background of Filing Person. |
(a) The filing person to which this Schedule TO relates is DaVita Inc. The business address and telephone number of DVA is set forth under Item 2(a) above. The names and business addresses of the directors and executive officers of DVA are as set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 4. |
Terms of the Transaction. |
(a) The material terms of the transaction set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings Summary Term Sheet, Section 1 Number of Shares; Purchase Price; Proration, Section 2 Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer, Section 3 Procedures for Tendering Shares, Section 4 Withdrawal
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Rights, Section 5 Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price, Section 6 Conditional Tender of Shares, Section 7 Conditions of the Offer, Section 9 Source and Amount of Funds, Section 10 Certain Financial Information, Section 11 Certain Information Concerning the Company, Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares, Section 15 Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences and Section 17 Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendment are incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Information regarding purchases from officers, directors and affiliates of DVA set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 5. |
Past Contacts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements. |
(e) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings Section 8 Price Range of Shares; Dividends and Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 6. |
Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals. |
(a) Information regarding the purpose of the transaction set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings Summary Term Sheet and Section 2 Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Information regarding the treatment of shares acquired pursuant to the Tender Offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 2 Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) Information about any plans or proposals set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings Section 2 Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer and Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. |
Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. |
(a) Information regarding the source of funds set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 9 Source and Amount of Funds is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) Information regarding conditions to the financing set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the headings Section 7 Conditions of the Offer and Section 9 Source and Amount of Funds is incorporated herein by reference. There are no alternative financing arrangements or financing plans for the Tender Offer.
(d) Information regarding the source of funds set forth in the Offer to Purchase under the heading Section 9 Source and Amount of Funds is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 8. |
Interest in Securities of the Subject Company. |
(a) The information set forth under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) The information set forth under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
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Item 9. |
Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used. |
(a) The information set forth under the headings Summary Term Sheet and Section 18 Fees and Expenses in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 10. |
Financial Statements. |
(a) The information set forth under the heading Section 10 Certain Financial Information in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(b) The information set forth under the heading Section 10 Certain Financial Information in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. |
Additional Information. |
(a)(1) The information set forth under the heading Section 12 Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference. The Company will amend this Schedule TO to reflect material changes to information incorporated by reference in the Offer to Purchase to the extent required by Rule 13e-4(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
(a)(2) The information set forth under the heading Section 14 Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(3) Not applicable.
(a)(4) The information set forth under the headings Section 2 Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer and Section 13 Effects of the Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(5) There are no material pending legal proceedings relating to the Offer. The information set forth under the heading Section 14 Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals in the Offer to Purchase is incorporated herein by reference.
(c) The information set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, respectively, as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time, is incorporated herein by reference.
The Company will amend this Schedule TO to include documents that the Company may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date of the Offer to Purchase pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 14 of the Exchange Act and prior to the expiration of the Tender Offer to the extent required by Rule 13e-4(d)(2) of the Exchange Act.
Item 12. |
Exhibits. |
Exhibit
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Description |
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(a)(1)(A)✓ | Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019. | |
(a)(1)(B)✓ | Letter of Transmittal. | |
(a)(1)(C)✓ | Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. | |
(a)(1)(D)✓ | Letter to Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated July 22, 2019. |
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Exhibit
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Description |
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(a)(1)(E)✓ | Letter to Clients for use by Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees, dated July 22, 2019. | |
(a)(1)(F)✓ | Summary Advertisement, dated July 22, 2019. | |
(a)(2) | Not Applicable. | |
(a)(3) | Not applicable. | |
(a)(4) | Not applicable. | |
(a)(5)(A) | Press release issued July 22, 2019. (1) | |
(a)(5)(B)✓ | Press release, dated July 22, 2019, announcing the commencement of the tender offer. | |
(b)(1) | Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2014, by and among DaVita Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Barclays Bank PLC, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association as Co-Syndication Agents, Bank of America, N.A., Credit Suisse AG, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., and SunTrust Bank, as Co-Documentation Agents, Barclays Bank PLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities, LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners, The Bank of Nova Scotia, Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as Senior Managing Agents, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., Fifth Third Bank, and Compass Bank as Managing Agents. (2) | |
(b)(2) | Amendment No. 1, dated as of November 21, 2018, to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of June 24, 2014, by and among DaVita Inc., the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and the other agents from time to time party thereto. (3) | |
(b)(3)✓ | Commitment Letter, dated July 18, 2019, by and between DaVita Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., MUFG (as defined below), Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC (CSLF), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and/or an affiliate, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., SunTrust Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia, and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation. MUFG is defined as MUFG Bank, Ltd., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and/or any affiliates of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. as determined to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated in the Commitment Letter. | |
(c) | None. | |
(d)(1)(A)* | Employment Agreement, effective July 25, 2008, between DaVita Inc. and Kent J. Thiry. (4) | |
(d)(1)(B)* | Amendment to Employment Agreement, effective December 31, 2014, by and between DaVita Inc. and Kent. J. Thiry. (5) | |
(d)(1)(C)* | Amendment Number Two to Employment Agreement, effective as of August 20, 2018, by and between DaVita Inc. and Kent J. Thiry. (6) | |
(d)(2)* | Employment Agreement, effective April 29, 2019, by and between Javier J. Rodriguez and DaVita Inc. (7) |
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Exhibit
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Description |
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(d)(26)*✓ | Form of Performance Stock Units Agreement-Executives (DaVita Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan). | |
(d)(27)*✓ | Form of Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement-Executives (DaVita Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan). | |
(d)(28)*✓ | Restricted Stock Units Agreement, effective as of May 15, 2019, by and between DaVita and Kent Thiry. | |
(d)(29)*✓ | Performance Stock Units Agreement, effective as of May 15, 2019, by and between DaVita and Kent Thiry. | |
(d)(30)* | Executive Chairman Agreement between Kent J. Thiry and DaVita Inc., dated as of April 29, 2019. (7) | |
(d)(31) | Form of 5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 and related Guarantee. (18) | |
(d)(32) | Indenture, dated August 28, 2012, by and among DaVita Inc., the guarantors party thereto and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee. (18) | |
(g) | Not applicable. | |
(h) | Not applicable. |
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Management contract or executive compensation plan or arrangement |
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Filed herewith |
(1) |
Filed on July 22, 2019 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(2) |
Filed on August 1, 2014 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014. |
(3) |
Filed on November 26, 2018 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(4) |
Filed on July 31, 2008 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(5) |
Filed on February 22, 2019 as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018. |
(6) |
Filed on August 23, 2018 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(7) |
Filed on May 7, 2019 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019. |
(8) |
Filed on February 24, 2017 as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016. |
(9) |
Filed on May 2, 2017 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. |
(10) |
Filed on August 7, 2006 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2006. |
(11) |
Filed on February 27, 2009 as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008 |
(12) |
Filed on March 1, 2013 as an exhibit to the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. |
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Filed on June 18, 2009 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
(14) |
Filed on April 28, 2014 as Appendix A to the Companys Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A. |
(15) |
Filed on November 6, 2014 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2014. |
(16) |
Filed on August 4, 2011 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. |
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(17) |
Filed on August 1, 2018 as an exhibit to the Companys Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2018. |
(18) |
Filed on August 28, 2012 as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K. |
Item 13. |
Information Required by Schedule 13E-3. |
Not applicable.
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SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
DAVITA INC. | ||||||
Date: July 22, 2019 | By: | /s/ Joel Ackerman | ||||
Name: Joel Ackerman | ||||||
Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Exhibit (a)(1)(A)
DaVita Inc.
Offer to Purchase for Cash
Shares of its Common Stock for an Aggregate Purchase Price of no More Than $1.2 Billion
At a Purchase Price Not Less Than $53.50 Per Share and
Not More Than $61.50 per Share
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION TIME ) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED.
DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company , DVA , we , our or us ), is offering to purchase for cash shares (the shares ) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock ), pursuant to a modified Dutch auction whereby shareholders may tender shares: (i) at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share ( Auction Tenders ), or (ii) at the Purchase Price (as defined below) determined as described herein ( Purchase Price Tenders ), in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in this Offer to Purchase (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer to Purchase ) and in the related letter of transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal ). We are offering (the Offer ) to purchase for cash shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion.
Shareholders who wish to tender shares without specifying a price at which such shares may be purchased by the Company should make a Purchase Price Tender. Under a Purchase Price Tender, shares will be purchased, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, at the Purchase Price determined in the manner provided herein. Shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to be tendered at the minimum price of $53.50 per share for purposes of determining the Purchase Price.
Shareholders who validly tender shares without specifying whether they are making an Auction Tender or a Purchase Price Tender will be deemed to have made a Purchase Price Tender.
Promptly following the Expiration Time, we will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, as described in this Offer to Purchase, determine a single price per share (the Purchase Price ), which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that we will pay for shares accepted for payment in the Offer. The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable us to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate Purchase Price not exceeding $1.2 billion. Only shares validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price, and not validly withdrawn, will be eligible for purchase in the Offer. Shares validly tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender at a price that is greater than the Purchase Price will not be purchased in the Offer. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of less than $1.2 billion are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, we will buy all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. Because of the proration, odd lot priority and conditional tender provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, all of the shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price may not be purchased if shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn.
In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC ), in the event that shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price, we may, at our option, accept for payment an additional number of shares of common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of any shares of common stock held by or for our account or by or for the account of any of our subsidiaries) outstanding without extending the Expiration Time. Unless otherwise expressly stated, information in this Offer to Purchase assumes that no such additional shares of common stock will be purchased. We also expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to amend the Offer to purchase additional shares, subject to applicable law. See Sections 1 and 17 .
Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED. THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE FINANCING CONDITION (AS DEFINED HEREIN). SEE SECTIONS 7 AND 9 .
Our common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (the NYSE ) under the symbol DVA. On July 19, 2019, the last full trading day prior to our commencement of the Offer, the reported closing price of our common stock on the NYSE was $56.05 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for our common stock before deciding whether, and at what price or prices, to tender your shares pursuant to the Offer . See Section 8 .
NEITHER THE SEC NOR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THE OFFER OR PASSED UPON THE MERITS OR FAIRNESS OF THIS TRANSACTION OR PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL AND MAY BE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE .
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019
IMPORTANT
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE COMPANY, OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER (AS DEFINED HEREIN), THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED BELOW) OR THE INFORMATION AGENT (AS DEFINED BELOW) MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING YOUR SHARES OR AS TO THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO TENDER YOUR SHARES. NEITHER HAVE WE AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU WILL TENDER THEM. IN DOING SO, YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION IN, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO, THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE PURPOSE AND EFFECTS OF THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 2 . YOU ARE URGED TO DISCUSS YOUR DECISIONS WITH YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND/OR BROKER.
Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as all other shareholders. All of our directors and executive officers have advised us that they do not intend to tender any of their shares in the Offer. Assuming the completion of the Offer, the relative ownership interest of our directors and executive officers in the Company will increase.
If you wish to tender all or any portion of your shares pursuant to the Offer, you must do one of the following prior to the Expiration Time:
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if your shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and have the nominee tender your shares for you; |
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if you hold certificates in your own name, complete and sign a Letter of Transmittal in accordance with its instructions and deliver it, together with any required signature guarantees, the certificates for your shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to Computershare Inc., the Depositary for the Offer (the Depositary ), at one of the addresses shown on the Letter of Transmittal; |
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if you are an institution with a participant account with The Depository Trust Company ( DTC ) and you hold your shares through DTC, tender your shares according to the procedures for book-entry transfer described in Section 3; or |
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if you are a holder of vested stock-settled appreciated rights ( SSARs ) to purchase shares of our common stock, subject to Company policies and practices, you may exercise your vested SSARs to purchase shares and tender such shares in the Offer; however, we suggest that you exercise your vested SSARs at least five business days prior to the date on which the Expiration Time is initially scheduled to occur (which, unless the Offer is extended, will require you to exercise such SSARs no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 12, 2019) in order to provide you with sufficient time to validly tender any such shares in the Offer. You should be aware that exercises of SSARs cannot, once exercised, be revoked even if some or all of the shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased pursuant to the Offer for any reason. |
If you want to tender your shares but your certificates for the shares are not immediately available, or cannot be delivered to the Depositary within the required time, or you cannot comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis, or your other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, you may still tender your shares if you comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures described in Section 3.
Beneficial owners of shares should be aware that their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may establish its own deadline, earlier than the Expiration Time, for
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participation in the Offer. Accordingly, beneficial owners of shares wishing to participate in the Offer should contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee as soon as possible in order to determine the times by which they must take action in order to participate in the Offer.
If you wish to maximize the chance that your shares will be purchased by us in the Offer, you should validly tender your shares pursuant to a Purchase Price Tender. Shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer) for purposes of determining the Purchase Price. Accordingly, Purchase Price Tenders could result in the Purchase Price being lower and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price per share in the Offer.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to Georgeson LLC, the information agent for the Offer (the Information Agent ), or to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, the dealer manager for the Offer (the Dealer Manager ), at their respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. You may request additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other documents relating to the Offer from the Information Agent at the telephone number and address on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
We are not making the Offer to, and will not accept any tendered shares from, shareholders in any jurisdiction where it would be illegal to do so. However, we may, at our discretion, take any actions necessary for us to make the Offer to shareholders in any such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction the securities or blue sky laws of which require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer will be deemed to be made on our behalf by the Dealer Manager or one or more requested brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation on our behalf as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares in the Offer or as to the price or prices at which you may choose to tender your shares in the Offer. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal or in documents incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase. Our delivery of this Offer to Purchase shall not under any circumstances create any implication that the information contained in this Offer to Purchase is correct as of any time other than the date of this Offer to Purchase or that there have been no changes in the information included or incorporated by reference herein or in the affairs of DVA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates since those respective dates, except that we will, to the extent required by Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act (as defined below), amend the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (the Schedule TO ), of which this Offer to Purchase forms a part, to reflect any material change in the information previously disclosed.
We have not authorized anyone to provide you with any information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer, other than the information and representations contained in this Offer to Purchase, the documents incorporated by reference herein or in the Letter of Transmittal. If anyone makes any recommendation or gives any information or representation, you must not rely upon that recommendation, information or representation as having been authorized by us, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary or the Information Agent.
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We are providing this summary term sheet for your convenience. This summary term sheet highlights certain information in this Offer to Purchase. It does not describe all of the details of the Offer to the same extent described elsewhere in this Offer to Purchase. To understand the Offer fully and for a more complete description of the terms of the Offer, you should read carefully this entire Offer to Purchase (including the documents incorporated by reference herein), the Letter of Transmittal and the other documents relating to the Offer that we have distributed to you. We have included references to the sections of this Offer to Purchase where you will find a more complete description of the topics in this summary.
Who is offering to purchase the shares of common stock?
The issuer of the shares, DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation, is offering to purchase your shares.
How many shares of common stock is DVA offering to purchase?
We are offering to purchase, at the Purchase Price, shares of common stock validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn up to a maximum aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion. Because the Purchase Price will only be determined after the Expiration Time, the number of shares that will be purchased will not be known until after that time. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
In addition, in accordance with the rules of the SEC, in the event that shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price, we may, at our option accept for payment an additional number of shares of our common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of any shares of our common stock held by or for our account or by or for the account of any of our subsidiaries) outstanding without extending the Expiration Time. Unless otherwise expressly stated, information in this Offer to Purchase assumes that no such additional shares of common stock will be purchased. See Section 1 .
What will be the Purchase Price for the shares and what will be the form of payment?
We are conducting the Offer through a procedure known as a modified Dutch auction. This procedure allows you to select the price (in increments of $0.25) within a price range specified by us at which you are willing to sell your shares. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, you may tender shares in the Offer (i) at prices you specify of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, which we refer to in this Offer to Purchase as Auction Tenders or (ii) at the purchase price determined as provided below, which we refer to in this Offer to Purchase as Purchase Price Tenders . For purposes of determining the Purchase Price, shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer). We are offering to purchase shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion. Promptly after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless the Offer is extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the Expiration Time ), we will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single price per share, which we refer to as the Purchase Price , which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that we will pay for all shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders.
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The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable us to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Offer having an aggregate Purchase Price not exceeding $1.2 billion. We will publicly announce the Purchase Price promptly after we have determined it and, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (including the proration provisions), we will pay the Purchase Price in cash, subject to applicable withholding taxes and without interest, to all shareholders whose shares are accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer. See Section 1 .
If you wish to maximize the chance that your shares will be purchased in the Offer, you may elect to make a Purchase Price Tender, meaning that you tender your shares indicating that you will accept the Purchase Price that we determine pursuant to the terms of the Offer. If you make a Purchase Price Tender, your shares will be deemed to be tendered at the minimum price of $53.50 per share. You should understand that this election may lower the Purchase Price and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price of $53.50 per share. See Section 1 .
How will DVA pay for the shares?
The maximum aggregate Purchase Price for the shares purchased in the Offer will be $1.2 billion. We expect to fund the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer with borrowings under a new senior secured credit agreement (the New Credit Agreement ) that we expect to enter into prior to the completion of the Offer. The Offer is subject to our entering into such New Credit Agreement, with terms reasonably satisfactory to us and total lender commitments of not less than $5.25 billion and the funds being accessible thereunder (such condition, the Financing Condition ) and to the other conditions described in Section 7. The Offer being subject to the Financing Condition means that if we are not able to satisfy the Financing Condition, we will not be required to close the Offer and accept tendered shares. If the Financing Condition is satisfied or waived, we will promptly amend the Schedule TO to disclose that information and, if necessary, extend the Offer to the extent required by Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ). See Sections 5, 7 and 9 .
How long do I have to tender my shares?
You may tender your shares until the Offer expires at the Expiration Time. The Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless we extend or otherwise terminate the Offer.
If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your shares, it is likely that they will have their own deadline, earlier than the Expiration Time, for you to act to instruct them to accept the Offer on your behalf. We urge you to immediately contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to find out their deadline. See Sections 1 and 3 .
Will I be entitled to dividends if I tender my shares?
We have not declared or paid cash dividends to holders of our common stock since 1994. We have no current plans to pay cash dividends and we are restricted from paying dividends under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities and expect to be subject to similar restrictions under the terms of the New Credit Agreement. We are also subject to limitations on the payment of dividends under the indentures governing our outstanding senior unsecured notes. See Section 8 .
Can the Offer be extended, amended or terminated and, if so, under what circumstances?
We can extend the Expiration Time for the Offer in our sole discretion at any time, subject to applicable laws. We may, however, decide not to extend the Expiration Time for the Offer. If we were to extend the
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Expiration Time for the Offer, we cannot indicate, at this time, the length of any extension that we may provide. If we extend the Expiration Time for the Offer, we will delay the acceptance of any shares that have been tendered, and any shares that have been previously tendered may be withdrawn up until the Expiration Time, as so extended. We can also amend or terminate the Offer, subject to applicable law. See Sections 4, 7 and 16 .
How will I be notified if the Offer is extended, amended or terminated?
If the Expiration Time for the Offer is extended, we will issue a press release announcing the extension and the new Expiration Time no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the first business day after the last previously scheduled Expiration Time. We will announce any amendment to or termination of the Offer by issuing a press release announcing the amendment or termination. See Section 17 . If we extend the Offer, you may withdraw your shares until the Expiration Time, as extended. See Section 4 .
What is the purpose of the Offer?
Our Board of Directors determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to repurchase shares of our common stock pursuant to our share repurchase program, and our management believes that, at this time, it is a prudent use of our financial resources and an effective way to provide value to our shareholders. The modified Dutch auction tender offer set forth in this Offer to Purchase is a mechanism that will provide shareholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their shares and thereby receive a return of some or all of their investment if they so elect. Conversely, the Offer also affords shareholders the option not to participate and, thereby, to increase their relative ownership interest in DVA if the Offer is consummated. See Section 2 .
Has DVA or its Board of Directors adopted a position on the Offer?
While our Board of Directors has authorized the Offer, it has not, nor have we, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or the Depositary made, and we and they are not making, any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares or as to the price or prices at which you may choose to tender your shares. You must make your own decisions as to whether to tender your shares and, if so, how many shares to tender and the price or prices at which you will tender them. In doing so, you should read carefully the information in, and incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including the purpose and effects of the Offer. You are urged to discuss your decisions with your own tax advisor, financial advisor and/or broker. See Section 2 .
Do DVAs directors or executive officers intend to tender their shares in the Offer?
Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as all other shareholders. All of our directors and executive officers have advised us that they do not intend to tender any of their shares in the Offer. Assuming the completion of the Offer, the relative ownership interest of our directors and executive officers in the Company will increase.
What are the conditions to the Offer?
The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, we will not be required to accept for payment, purchase or pay for any shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of or the payment for, shares tendered, subject to the rules under the Exchange Act, if at any time on or after the commencement of the Offer and at or prior to the expiration of the Offer the conditions to the Offer are not met. Our obligation to accept and purchase and pay for shares tendered in the Offer, however, depends upon a number of conditions that must be satisfied or waived by us, at or prior to the Expiration Time (provided, that the Offer
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no action, suit, proceeding or application by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or by any other person, domestic or foreign, before any court, authority, agency, other tribunal or arbitrator or arbitration panel shall have been instituted or shall be pending, nor shall we have received notice of any such action, that directly or indirectly (1) challenges or seeks to challenge, restrain, prohibit, delay or otherwise affect, the making of the Offer, the acquisition by us of some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise relates in any manner to the Offer or seeks to obtain material damages in respect of the Offer, (2) seeks to make the purchase of, or payment for, some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer illegal, (3) may result in a delay in our ability to accept for payment or pay for some or all of the shares or (4) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our or our subsidiaries business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects or otherwise materially impair the contemplated future conduct of our business or our ability to purchase some or all of the shares in the Offer; |
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no action shall have been taken nor any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, ballot initiative, decree, injunction or order (preliminary, permanent or otherwise) shall have been proposed, sought, enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or us or any of our subsidiaries by any court, government or governmental agency or other regulatory or administrative authority or body, domestic or foreign, which (1) indicates that any approval or other action of any such court, agency, authority or body may be required in connection with the Offer or the purchase of shares thereunder, (2) is reasonably likely to make the purchase of, or payment for, some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer illegal or to prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the Offer or (3) could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our or our subsidiaries business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects or otherwise materially impair the contemplated future conduct of our business or our ability to purchase some or all of the shares in the Offer; |
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no decrease of more than 10% in the market price for our common stock or in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the New York Stock Exchange Index, the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, the Nasdaq Composite Index or the Standard & Poors 500 Composite Index measured from the close of trading on July 19, 2019 shall have occurred; |
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no downgrade in ratings of any of our debt securities by either S&P Global Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. ( S&P ) or Moodys Investors Services, Inc. ( Moodys ) shall have occurred; |
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no general suspension of trading in securities on any United States national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, whether or not mandatory, or any limitation, whether or not mandatory, by any governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority on, or any event that is likely, in our reasonable judgment, to materially adversely affect, the extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions in the United States shall have occurred; |
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no commencement or escalation, on or after July 19, 2019, of war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity, including, but not limited to, an act of terrorism directly or indirectly involving the United States shall have occurred; |
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legislative, regulatory, political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States, (ii) legislative, regulatory, political, market, economic or financial conditions with respect to our industry or business or (iii) our business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects, which in our reasonable judgment is or may be materially adverse to us or otherwise makes it inadvisable for us to proceed with the Offer; |
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in the case of any of the matters described in the preceding three bullets existing at the time of the announcement of the Offer, as applicable, no material acceleration or worsening thereof shall have occurred; |
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no tender or exchange offer for any or all of our outstanding common stock (other than the Offer), or any material merger, amalgamation, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction with or involving us or any of our subsidiaries, shall have been proposed, announced or made by any person or entity or shall have been publicly disclosed, nor shall we have entered into a definitive agreement or an agreement in principle with any person with respect to a material merger, amalgamation, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction; |
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we shall not have learned after the date of this Offer to Purchase that any entity, group (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) or person (1) has acquired or proposes to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock, whether through the acquisition of stock, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right (options for and other rights to acquire shares of our common stock that are acquired or proposed to be acquired being deemed to be immediately exercisable, exchangeable or convertible for purposes of this clause), or otherwise (other than anyone who publicly disclosed such ownership in a filing with the SEC on or before July 19, 2019), (2) which has filed a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with the SEC on or before July 19, 2019 has acquired or proposes to acquire, whether through the acquisition of shares, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right (options for and other rights to acquire shares of our common stock that are acquired or proposed to be acquired being deemed to be immediately exercisable, exchangeable or convertible for purposes of this clause) or otherwise (other than by virtue of consummation of the Offer), beneficial ownership of an additional 1% or more of our outstanding common stock, (3) shall have filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries or any of our or their respective assets or securities or (4) has issued a press release, public letter, filing with the SEC or other public announcement, or taken any other action starting, in our reasonable determination, an activist campaign against the Company; |
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no approval, permit, authorization, favorable review or consent or waiver of or filing with any domestic or foreign governmental entity or other authority or any third party consent or notice, required to be obtained or made in connection with the Offer shall not have been obtained or made on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to us; or |
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we shall not have determined that the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of the shares pursuant to the Offer is likely, in our reasonable judgment, to cause our common stock to be delisted from the NYSE or eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act. |
For a more detailed discussion of these and other conditions to the Offer, see Section 7 .
How will the Offer affect the number of our shares outstanding and the number of record holders?
As of July 19, 2019, there were 160,258,708 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Because the Purchase Price will only be determined after the Expiration Time, the number of shares of common stock that will be purchased will not be known until after that time. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase
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19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
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tender their shares in full and that tender is accepted in full, then the number of our record holders would be reduced. See Section 2 .
Shareholders who do not have their shares purchased in the Offer will realize an increase in their relative ownership interest in the Company following the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer if we purchase shares in the Offer. See Section 2 .
Shares acquired pursuant to the Offer will be held in treasury, subject to our right to later retire at any time or from time to time, some or all of these shares and to return some or all of those shares to the status of authorized but unissued capital stock.
Will the Company continue as a public company following the Offer?
Yes. The completion of the Offer is conditioned upon no determination having been made by us that our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will result in the delisting of our common stock from the NYSE or our common stock becoming eligible for termination of registration under the Exchange Act. See Sections 2, 7 and 12 .
How do I tender my shares?
If you wish to tender all or any portion of your shares pursuant to the Offer, you must do one of the following prior to the Expiration Time:
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if your shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and have the nominee tender your shares for you; |
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if you hold certificates in your own name, complete and sign a Letter of Transmittal in accordance with its instructions and deliver it, together with any required signature guarantees, the certificates for your shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary, at one of the addresses shown on the Letter of Transmittal; |
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if you are an institution with a participant account with DTC and you hold your shares through DTC, tender your shares according to the procedures for book-entry transfer described in Section 3; or |
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if you are a holder of vested SSARs to purchase shares of our common stock, subject to Company policies and practices, you may exercise your vested SSARs to purchase shares and tender such shares in the Offer; however, we suggest that you exercise your vested SSARs at least five business days prior to the date on which the Expiration Time is initially scheduled to occur (which, unless the Offer is extended, will require you to exercise such SSARs no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 12, 2019) in order to provide you with sufficient time to validly tender any such shares in the Offer. Exercises of SSARs cannot be revoked even if some or all of the shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased pursuant to the Offer for any reason. |
In accordance with Instructions 4 and 5 to the Letter of Transmittal, each shareholder who is not tendering through DTC and who desires to tender shares in the Offer must either check (1) one, and only one, of the boxes
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in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered, indicating the price (in increments of $0.25) at which shares are being tendered, or (2) the box in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned Purchase Price Tender, in which case you will be deemed to have tendered your shares at the minimum price of $53.50 per share.
If tendering shareholders wish to maximize the chance that their shares will be purchased, they should check the box in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned Purchase Price Tender. For purposes of determining the Purchase Price, shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer). Accordingly, Purchase Price Tenders could result in the Purchase Price being lower and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price per share in the Offer .
If you want to tender your shares but (1) your certificates for the shares are not immediately available, or cannot be delivered to the Depositary within the required time, (2) you cannot comply with the procedures for book-entry transfer on a timely basis or (3) your other required documents cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, you may still tender your shares if you comply prior to the Expiration Time with the guaranteed delivery procedures described in Section 3.
Beneficial owners of shares should be aware that their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee may establish its own earlier deadline, earlier than the Expiration Time, for participation in the Offer. Accordingly, beneficial owners of shares wishing to participate in the Offer should contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee as soon as possible in order to determine the times by which they must take action in order to participate in the Offer.
You may contact the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. The contact information for the Information Agent and the Dealer Manager is on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. See Section 3 and the instructions to the Letter of Transmittal.
May I tender only a portion of the shares that I hold?
Yes. You do not have to tender all of the shares that you own to participate in the Offer.
How do holders of vested SSARs participate in the Offer?
SSARs convertible into shares of our common stock cannot be tendered in the Offer. If you hold vested but unexercised SSARs, you may exercise such SSARs in accordance with the terms of our equity-based compensation plans and the Companys policies and practices, and tender the shares received upon such exercise in accordance with the Offer. Exercises of SSARs cannot be revoked even if some or all of the shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased pursuant to the Offer for any reason. You should evaluate this Offer to Purchase carefully to determine if participation would be advantageous to you based on your SSARs exercise prices and the expiration date of your SSARs, the range of tender prices and the provisions for pro rata purchases by DVA described in Section 1. We strongly encourage SSARs holders to discuss the Offer with their own tax advisors, financial advisors and/or brokers.
Please be advised that it is the SSARs holders responsibility to tender shares in the Offer to the extent such holder wants to participate and it may be difficult to secure delivery of shares issued pursuant to the exercise of vested SSARs in a time period sufficient to allow tender of those shares prior to the Expiration Time. Accordingly, we suggest that you exercise your vested SSARs in accordance with the terms of the related equity-based compensation plan and SSARs agreement and Company policies and practices at least five business days prior to the date on which the Expiration Time is initially scheduled to occur (which, unless the Offer is extended, means you should exercise your vested SSARs no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 12, 2019). See Section 3 .
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May holders of restricted stock unit ( RSU) awards participate in the Offer?
Holders of RSU awards may not tender such units in the Offer unless and until the underlying shares have vested and the restrictions on such awards have lapsed. See Section 3 .
In what order will DVA purchase the tendered shares?
If the conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived and shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of less than $1.2 billion are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, we will buy all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn.
If the conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived and shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, we will purchase shares in the following order of priority:
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first, all shares owned in odd lots (less than 100 shares) that have been validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price (and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time), as indicated by completing the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message (as defined below) and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; |
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third, only if necessary to permit us to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion, shares validly conditionally tendered at or below the Purchase Price (and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time) for which the condition was not initially satisfied, by random lot, to the extent feasible (to be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time). See Sections 1 and 6 . |
Because of the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described above, we may not purchase all of the shares that you tender even if you validly tender them at a price per share at or below the Purchase Price.
If I own fewer than 100 shares and I tender all of my shares, will I be subject to proration?
If you own, beneficially or of record, fewer than 100 shares in the aggregate, you validly tender all of these shares at or below the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Time (and do not validly withdraw such shares) and you complete the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, and all conditions to the Offer are satisfied or waived, we will purchase all of your shares without subjecting them to proration. See Section 1 .
Once I have tendered shares in the Offer, can I withdraw my tender?
Yes. You may withdraw your tendered shares at any time prior to the Expiration Time. In addition, unless we have already accepted your tendered shares for payment, you may withdraw your tendered shares at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on September 16, 2019. See Section 4 .
How do I withdraw shares previously tendered?
To validly withdraw tendered shares, you must deliver, on a timely basis, a written or facsimile notice of your withdrawal to the Depositary, at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to
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Purchase, while you still have the right to withdraw the shares. Your notice of withdrawal must specify your name, the number of shares to be withdrawn, the price per share at which such shares were tendered, if an Auction Tender is being withdrawn, and the name of the registered holder of such shares. Some additional requirements apply if the certificates for shares to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary or if your shares have been tendered under the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in Section 3. If you have tendered your shares by giving instructions to a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct that person to arrange for the withdrawal of your shares. You should note that your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee through which you have tendered shares will likely have its own deadline, earlier than the Expiration Time, for you to act to instruct them to withdraw a tender pursuant the Offer. See Section 4 .
What will happen to my shares if they are not purchased in the Offer?
The Depositary will return unpurchased shares promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer at the book-entry transfer facility, the Depositary will credit the shares to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering shareholder at the book-entry transfer facility, in each case without expense to the shareholder.
What will happen if I do not tender my shares?
Shareholders who do not participate in the Offer and do not otherwise sell their shares of common stock will retain their shares and, if the Company completes the Offer, their relative ownership interest in the Company will automatically increase. See Section 2 .
When and how will DVA pay for my tendered shares that are accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer?
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will pay the Purchase Price net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, for the shares we purchase promptly after the expiration of the Offer and the acceptance of the shares for payment.
We will announce the preliminary results of the Offer, including price and preliminary information about any expected proration, by 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the business day following the Expiration Time. We do not expect, however, to announce the final results of any proration and begin paying for tendered shares until after the expiration of the period for delivery of shares tendered using the guaranteed delivery procedures. We will pay for the shares accepted for purchase by depositing the aggregate Purchase Price with the Depositary promptly after the expiration of the Offer. The Depositary will act as your agent and will transmit to you the payment for all of your shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer. See Section 5 .
What is the recent market price for the Companys common stock?
On July 19, 2019, the last full trading day prior to our commencement of the Offer, the reported closing price of our common stock on the NYSE was $56.05 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for our common stock before deciding whether, and at what price or prices, to tender your shares pursuant to the Offer . See Section 8 .
Does the Company intend to repurchase any shares other than pursuant to the Offer during or after the Offer?
Rule 13e-4 and Rule 14e-5 of the Exchange Act generally prohibit us and our affiliates from purchasing any shares, other than pursuant to the Offer, during the Offer and for the period ending ten business days after the expiration of the Offer.
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Whether we make additional repurchases after the conclusion of the ten business day period following the Expiration Time will depend on many factors, including, without limitation, the number of shares, if any, that we purchase in the Offer, our business and financial performance and situation, the business and market conditions at the time, including the price of the common stock and limitations in the agreements governing our indebtedness, and such other factors as we may consider relevant. Any of these repurchases may be on the same terms or on terms that are more or less favorable to the selling shareholders in those transactions than the terms of the Offer.
Will I have to pay brokerage fees and commissions if I tender my shares?
If you are a holder of record of your shares and you tender your shares directly to the Depositary, you will not incur any brokerage fees or commissions. If you hold your shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and that person tenders shares on your behalf, that person may charge you a fee or commission for doing so. We urge you to consult your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any such charges will apply. See Section 3 .
Will I have to pay a stock transfer tax if I tender my shares?
If you instruct the Depositary in the Letter of Transmittal to make the payment for the tendered shares to the registered holder, you will not incur any stock transfer tax. See Section 5 .
What is the accounting treatment of the Offer?
The accounting for the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will result in a reduction of our shareholders equity in an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of the shares we purchase plus related fees and a corresponding reduction in our cash and cash equivalents. See Section 2 .
What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences if I tender my shares?
If you are a United States Holder (as defined in Section 15), the receipt of cash from us in exchange for your shares will be a taxable event for you for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The receipt of cash for your shares generally will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes either as (1) a sale or exchange eligible for gain or loss treatment if certain requirements (described in Section 15) are satisfied or (2) a distribution in respect of stock from us if those requirements (described in Section 15) are not satisfied. If you are a United States Holder, you should complete the Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal. Any tendering shareholder that fails to complete, sign and return to the Depositary (or other applicable withholding agent) the Form W-9 included in the Letter of Transmittal (or other such Internal Revenue Service form as may be applicable) may be subject to U.S. backup withholding. Such withholding would be equal to 24% of the gross proceeds paid to the shareholder pursuant to the Offer. See Sections 3 and 15 .
If you are a Non-United States Holder (as defined in Section 15), you generally will be subject to U.S. federal tax withholding at a rate of 30% on the gross payments received pursuant to the Offer, subject to reduction by applicable treaty or exemption for income that is effectively connected with your conduct of trade or business within the United States, as evidenced by forms that you furnish to the Depositary (or other applicable withholding agent). See Sections 3 and 15 .
Each shareholder is advised to consult its own tax advisor to determine the United States federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to it of the Offer .
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Whom do I contact if I have questions about the Offer?
For additional information or assistance, you may contact the Information Agent for the Offer, Georgeson LLC, or the Dealer Manager for the Offer, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, in each case at the respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. You may request additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other documents relating to the Offer from the Information Agent at its telephone number and address on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. The Information Agent will promptly furnish to shareholders additional copies of these materials at the Companys expense. Shareholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
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This Offer to Purchase and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements. The statements including the words expect, intend, will, plan, anticipate, believe, forecast, guidance, outlook, goals, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. In addition, any statements which refer to expectations, projections or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including statements regarding our future operations, financial condition and prospects, such as expectations for treatment growth rates, revenue per treatment, expense growth, levels of the provision for uncollectible accounts receivable, operating income, adjusted operating income, cash flow, operating cash flow, earnings per share, estimated tax rates, estimated charges and accruals, capital expenditures, the development of new dialysis centers and dialysis center acquisitions, government and commercial payment rates, revenue estimating risk, the impact of our level of indebtedness on our financial performance, our stock repurchase authorization, our advocacy costs, expectations related to our estimated second quarter 2019 financial and operating results, our expectations regarding the Offer, the proposed bank financing and the use of proceeds therefrom, and the proposed redemption of our 2022 Notes, are forward-looking statements. We undertake no obligation to publicly disclose any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring subsequent to the date of this Offer to Purchase, except that we will, to the extent required by Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, amend the Schedule TO, of which this Offer to Purchase forms a part, to reflect any material change in the information previously disclosed. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation, those discussed in this section and in Part I, Item 2, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations as well as in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019 and in Part I, Item 1A, Risk Factors and in Part II, Item 7, Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, new risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all such risk factors or to assess the impact of such risk factors on our business. Accordingly, future results may differ materially from historical results or from those discussed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to:
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our ability to satisfy the conditions to the Offer (including the Financing Condition); |
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the price per share at which we ultimately determine to purchase shares in the Offer and the number of shares tendered in the Offer; |
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the terms, timing, costs and interest rate on any indebtedness incurred to fund such purchases; |
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our ability to commence and complete the Offer, including the number of shares we are able to purchase pursuant to the Offer; |
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our ability to achieve the benefits contemplated by the Offer; |
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any adverse impact that the Offer may have on us and the trading market for our common stock; |
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the concentration of profits generated by higher-paying commercial payor plans for which there is continued downward pressure on average realized payment rates, and a reduction in the number of patients under such plans, including as a result of restrictions or prohibitions on the use and/or availability of charitable premium assistance, which may result in the loss of revenues or patients, or our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any change in financial assistance from charitable organizations; |
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the extent to which the ongoing implementation of healthcare reform, or changes in or new legislation, regulations or guidance, enforcement thereof or related litigation, and the extent to which such developments result in a reduction in coverage or reimbursement rates for our services, a reduction in the number of patients enrolled in higher-paying commercial plans, or other material impacts to our business; |
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a reduction in government payment rates under the Medicare program for end stage renal disease (ESRD) or other government-based programs and the impact of the Medicare Advantage benchmark structure; |
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risks arising from potential and proposed federal and/or state legislation, regulation, ballot, executive action or other initiatives, including such initiatives related to healthcare and/or labor matters; |
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the impact of the changing political environment and related developments on the current healthcare marketplace and on our business, including with respect to the future of the Affordable Care Act, the exchanges and many other core aspects of the current health care marketplace; |
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changes in pharmaceutical practice patterns, reimbursement and payment policies and processes, or pharmaceutical pricing, including with respect to calcimimetics; |
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legal and compliance risks, such as our continued compliance with complex government regulations and the provisions of our current corporate integrity agreement; |
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continued increased competition from dialysis providers and others, and other potential marketplace changes; |
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our ability to reduce administrative expenses while maintaining targeted levels of service and operating performance; |
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our ability to maintain contracts with physician medical directors, changing affiliation models for physicians, and the emergence of new models of care introduced by the government or private sector that may erode our patient base and reimbursement rates, such as accountable care organizations, independent practice associations and integrated delivery systems; |
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our ability to complete acquisitions, mergers or dispositions that we might announce or be considering, on terms favorable to us or at all, or to integrate and successfully operate any business we may acquire or have acquired, or to successfully expand our operations and services in markets outside the United States, or to businesses outside of dialysis; and our ability to enter into the New Credit Agreement on the terms currently contemplated or at all and to complete the redemption of our 2022 Notes on the terms currently contemplated or at all; |
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noncompliance by us or our business associates with any privacy or security laws or any security breach by us or a third party involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information; |
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the variability of our cash flows; the risk that we may not be able to generate sufficient cash in the future to service our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs; and the risk that we may not be able to refinance our indebtedness as it becomes due, on terms favorable to us or at all; |
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factors that may impact our ability to repurchase stock under our stock repurchase program (including the Offer) and the timing of any such stock repurchases; |
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risks arising from the use of accounting estimates, judgments and interpretations in our financial statements; |
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impairment of our goodwill, investments or other assets; |
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uncertainties related to our use of the proceeds from the Companys sale of its DaVita Medical Group ( DMG ) division to Collaborative Care Holdings, LLC ( Optum ) (the DMG sale ) and other available funds, including external financing and cash flow from operations, which may be or have been used in ways that we cannot assure will improve our results of operations or enhance the value of our common stock; and |
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To the shareholders of DaVita Inc.:
DaVita Inc. is offering to purchase for cash shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, we are offering to purchase shares of common stock pursuant to (i) Auction Tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders in $0.25 increments of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share or (ii) Purchase Price Tenders. We are offering to purchase shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion.
The Offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless the Offer is extended (such date and time, as it may be extended, the Expiration Time ) or otherwise terminated by us.
Promptly following the Expiration Time, assuming the conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived, we will determine a single price per share, the Purchase Price, which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that we will pay for shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders. For purposes of determining the Purchase Price, shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer). The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable us to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate Purchase Price not exceeding $1.2 billion. Shares validly tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender will not be purchased if the price specified in the Auction Tender is greater than the Purchase Price. All shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be purchased at the same Purchase Price regardless of whether the shareholder tendered at a lower price.
Only shares validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price, and not validly withdrawn, will be eligible for purchase. Shares tendered but not purchased pursuant to the Offer will be returned promptly following the Expiration Time. See Sections 3 and 4 .
Unless tendering directly through DTC, shareholders must complete, among other items, the section of the Letter of Transmittal relating to the price at which they are tendering shares in order to validly tender shares. Shareholders who validly tender shares without specifying whether they are making an Auction Tender or a Purchase Price Tender will be deemed to have made a Purchase Price Tender. Any shareholder not tendering directly through DTC who wishes to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which shares are being tendered. A shareholder tendering shares through DTC using DTCs Automated Tender Offers Program ( ATOP ) who wishes to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate ATOP transfer with respect to the shares to be tendered at each price. The same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless such shares have been previously and validly withdrawn. See Sections 3 and 4 .
THE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED UPON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED. THE OFFER IS, HOWEVER, SUBJECT TO A NUMBER OF OTHER TERMS AND CONDITIONS, INCLUDING THE FINANCING CONDITION. SEE SECTIONS 7 AND 9 .
THE COMPANYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED THE OFFER. HOWEVER, NONE OF THE COMPANY, THE COMPANYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE DEPOSITARY OR THE INFORMATION AGENT MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING YOUR SHARES OR AS TO THE PRICE OR
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PRICES AT WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO TENDER YOUR SHARES. NEITHER HAVE WE AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU WILL TENDER THEM. IN DOING SO, YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION IN, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO, THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE PURPOSE AND EFFECTS OF THE OFFER. SEE SECTION 2 . YOU ARE URGED TO DISCUSS YOUR DECISIONS WITH YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND/OR BROKER.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of less than $1.2 billion are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, we will buy all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if the number of shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, we will purchase shares:
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first, from all holders of odd lots of less than 100 shares who validly tender all of their shares at or below the Purchase Price, and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time, as indicated by completing the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, and Agents Message and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; |
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second, from all other shareholders (except for shareholders who tendered shares conditionally for which the condition was not satisfied) who validly tender shares at or below the Purchase Price, and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time, on a pro rata basis if necessary, with appropriate adjustments to avoid the purchase of fractional shares, until we have purchased shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion; and |
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third, only if necessary to permit us to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion, from holders who validly conditionally tender shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time) for which the condition was not initially satisfied, by random lot, to the extent feasible (to be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time). See Sections 1 and 6 . |
Because of the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described above, we may not purchase all of the shares that you tender even if you validly tender them at a price at or below the Purchase Price. See Section 1 .
The Purchase Price will be paid to shareholders whose shares are accepted for payment net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest. Tendering shareholders who hold shares registered in their own name and who tender their shares directly to the Depositary will not be obligated to pay brokerage commissions, solicitation fees or, except as set forth in Section 5 hereof, stock transfer taxes on the purchase of shares by us pursuant to the Offer. Shareholders holding shares in a brokerage account or otherwise through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee are urged to consult their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to determine whether any charges may apply if shareholders tender shares through such nominees and not directly to the Depositary. See Section 3 . Also, see Section 3 and Section 15 regarding material U.S. federal withholding tax and income tax consequences of the Offer.
In addition, holders of vested stock-settled appreciation rights ( SSARs ) under our equity-based compensation plans may exercise such SSARs in accordance with the terms of our equity-based compensation plans and the Companys policies and practices, and tender in the Offer some or all of the shares issued upon such exercise. Holders of performance stock units or restricted stock units ( RSUs ) may not tender such performance stock units or RSUs in the Offer unless and until the underlying shares have vested and the restrictions on such awards have lapsed. See Sections 3 and 11 .
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We will pay all reasonable fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Offer by Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, the Dealer Manager for the Offer, Georgeson LLC, the Information Agent for the Offer, and Computershare, the Depositary for the Offer. See Section 17 .
As of July 19, 2019, there were 160,258,708 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Since the Purchase Price will only be determined after the Expiration Time, the number of shares that will be purchased will not be known until after that time. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. See Section 1 .
Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol DVA. On July 19, 2019, the last full trading day prior to our commencement of the Offer, the reported closing price of our common stock on the NYSE was $56.05 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for our common stock before deciding whether, and at what price or prices, to tender your shares pursuant to the Offer . See Section 8 .
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1. Number of Shares; Purchase Price; Proration
General . Promptly following the Expiration Time, DVA will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single Purchase Price (which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share) that it will pay for shares of common stock validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders.
The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable DVA to purchase the maximum number of tendered shares having an aggregate Purchase Price not exceeding $1.2 billion. Only shares validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price, and not validly withdrawn, will be eligible for purchase in the Offer. Shares validly tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender will not be purchased if the price specified in the Auction Tender is greater than the Purchase Price.
Promptly after determining the Purchase Price, DVA will publicly announce the Purchase Price and all shareholders who have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn their shares pursuant to Auction Tenders at prices equal to or less than the Purchase Price or pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will receive the Purchase Price, payable in cash, without interest, but subject to applicable withholding taxes, for all shares purchased upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the provisions relating to odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender described below.
Under a Purchase Price Tender, shares will be purchased, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, at the Purchase Price. If you wish to maximize the chance that your shares will be purchased by us in the Offer, you should validly tender your shares pursuant to a Purchase Price Tender. For purposes of determining the Purchase Price, shares validly tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer). Accordingly, Purchase Price Tenders could result in the Purchase Price being lower and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price per share in the Offer.
In addition, in accordance with the rules of the SEC, in the event that shares are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, we may, at our option, accept for payment an additional number of shares of our common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of shares of our common stock held by or for our account or by or for the account of any of our subsidiaries) outstanding without extending the Expiration Time.
Shares acquired pursuant to the Offer will be acquired by DVA free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests, claims, restrictions and equities whatsoever, together with all rights and benefits arising therefrom. See Section 8 .
The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to a number of other terms and conditions, including the Financing Condition. See Sections 7 and 9 .
Priority of Purchases . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of less than $1.2 billion are validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, we will buy all shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if the number of shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion:
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First , we will purchase all shares tendered by any Odd Lot Holder (as defined below) who: |
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Price (tenders of less than all of the shares owned by such Odd Lot Holder will not qualify for this preference); and |
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Second , subject to the conditional tender provisions described in Section 6, we will purchase all other shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time at prices at or below the Purchase Price, on a pro rata basis if necessary, with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares, as described below, until we have purchased shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion. |
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Third , only if necessary to permit us to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion, shares validly conditionally tendered at or below the Purchase Price (for which the condition was not initially satisfied) and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, will, to the extent feasible, be selected for purchase by random lot. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time. |
As a result of the foregoing priorities applicable to the purchase of shares tendered, it is possible that all of the shares that a shareholder tenders in the Offer at or below the Purchase Price may not be purchased. In addition, if a tender is conditioned upon the purchase of a specified number of shares, it is possible that none of those shares will be purchased.
Odd Lots . The term odd lots means all shares validly tendered prior to the Expiration Time at prices at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn by any person who owned, beneficially or of record, a total of fewer than 100 shares and so certified in the appropriate place in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (an Odd Lot Holder ). To qualify for this preference, an Odd Lot Holder must tender all shares owned by such Odd Lot Holder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 3. Odd lots will be accepted for payment before any proration of the purchase of other tendered shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of 100 or more shares in the aggregate, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 shares. By tendering in the Offer, an Odd Lot Holder who holds shares in his or her name and tenders such shares directly to the Depositary would not only avoid the payment of brokerage commissions, but also any applicable odd lot discounts that might apply to sales of their shares in market transactions. Any Odd Lot Holder wishing to tender all of his or her shares pursuant to the Offer should complete the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
Proration . If proration of tendered shares is required, we will determine the proration factor promptly following the Expiration Time. Subject to adjustment to avoid the purchase of fractional shares and subject to conditional tenders described in Section 6, proration for each shareholder tendering shares at or below the Purchase Price (other than Odd Lot Holders) will be based on the ratio of the total number of shares to be purchased by us (excluding shares purchased from Odd Lot Holders) to the number of shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by all shareholders (other than Odd Lot Holders) at or below the Purchase Price. This ratio will be applied to shareholders (other than Odd Lot Holders) validly tendering shares at or below the Purchase Price to determine the number of shares that will be purchased from each tendering shareholder in the Offer. Because of the time required to verify the number of shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn, and because of the odd lot procedures described above and the conditional tender procedures described in Section 6, if the Offer is over-subscribed, we do not expect that we will be able to announce the final proration factor or commence payment for any shares purchased pursuant to the Offer until after the expiration of the period for delivery of shares tendered using the guaranteed delivery procedures. The preliminary results of any proration will be announced by press release promptly after the Expiration Time. After the Expiration Time,
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shareholders may obtain preliminary proration information from the Information Agent and also may be able to obtain the information from their brokers.
As described in Section 15, the number of shares that we will purchase from a shareholder pursuant to the Offer may affect the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the purchase to the shareholder and, therefore, may be relevant to a shareholders decisions whether or not to tender shares and whether or not to condition any tender upon our purchase of a stated number of shares held by such shareholder. Shares underlying existing SSARs may not be conditionally tendered without such SSARs first being irrevocably exercised and the shares issued in respect thereof tendered in the Offer. See Section 6 .
This Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record holders of the shares and will be furnished to brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominee shareholders and similar persons whose names, or the names of whose nominees, appear on the Companys shareholder list or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agencys security position listing for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of shares.
2. Purpose of the Offer; Certain Effects of the Offer
Purpose of the Offer . Our Board of Directors determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to repurchase shares of our common stock pursuant to our share repurchase program, and our management believes that, at this time, it is a prudent use of our financial resources and an effective way to provide value to our shareholders. The modified Dutch auction tender offer set forth in this Offer to Purchase is a mechanism that will provide shareholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their shares and thereby receive a return of some or all of their investment if they so elect. Conversely, the Offer also affords shareholders the option not to participate and, thereby, to increase their relative ownership interest in DVA if the Offer is consummated.
WHILE OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED THE OFFER, IT HAS NOT, NOR HAVE THE COMPANY, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT OR THE DEPOSITARY MADE, AND THEY ARE NOT MAKING, ANY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING YOUR SHARES OR AS TO THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO TENDER YOUR SHARES. NEITHER HAVE WE AUTHORIZED ANY PERSON TO MAKE ANY SUCH RECOMMENDATION. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU WILL TENDER THEM. IN DOING SO, YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION IN, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE INTO, THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE PURPOSE AND EFFECTS OF THE OFFER. YOU ARE URGED TO DISCUSS YOUR DECISIONS WITH YOUR OWN TAX ADVISOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND/OR BROKER.
Certain Effects of the Offer . Shareholders who do not tender their shares in the Offer and shareholders who otherwise retain an equity interest in the Company as a result of a partial tender of shares or proration will continue to be owners of the Company and be subject to the risks of such ownership. If we complete the Offer, those shareholders will realize an automatic increase in their relative ownership interest in the Company and also will bear the attendant risks associated with the increased ownership interest. Shareholders may be able to sell non-tendered shares in the future at a net price that may be more or less favorable than the Purchase Price to be paid to our shareholders pursuant to the Offer. We can give no assurance as to the price at which a shareholder may be able to sell his or her shares in the future.
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The Offer will reduce our public float (the number of shares of our common stock owned by non-affiliated shareholders and available for trading in the securities markets), and is likely to reduce the number of our shareholders. These reductions may reduce the volume of trading in our shares and may result in lower stock prices and reduced liquidity in the trading of our shares following completion of the Offer.
As of July 19, 2019, there were 160,258,708 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Since the Purchase Price will only be determined after the Expiration Time, the number of shares that will be purchased will not be known until after that time. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as all other shareholders. All of our directors and executive officers have advised us that they do not intend to tender any of their shares in the Offer. Assuming the completion of the Offer, the relative ownership interest of our directors and executive officers in the Company will increase. Our directors, executive officers and affiliates may, subject to applicable law and applicable policies of the Company, sell their shares from time to time in open-market and/or other transactions at prices that may be more or less favorable than the Purchase Price to be paid to our shareholders pursuant to the Offer.
Based on the published guidelines of the NYSE and the conditions of the Offer, we do not believe that our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will result in the delisting of our common stock from the NYSE. Our common stock is registered under the Exchange Act, which requires, among other things, that we furnish certain information to our shareholders and the SEC and comply with the SECs proxy rules in connection with meetings of our shareholders. We believe that our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will not result in our common stock becoming eligible for termination of registration under the Exchange Act. The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, our having determined that the consummation of the Offer will not cause our common stock to be delisted from the NYSE or be eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act. See Section 7 .
Shares acquired pursuant to the Offer will be held in treasury, subject to our right to later retire at any time or from time to time, some or all of these shares and to return some or all of those shares to the status of authorized but unissued capital stock.
Shareholders who do not tender may be able to sell their non-tendered shares in the future on the NYSE or otherwise at a net price higher or lower than the Purchase Price in the Offer. We can give no assurance, however, as to the price at which a shareholder may be able to sell his or her shares in the future.
Shares of our common stock are currently margin securities under the rules of the Federal Reserve Board. This has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to extend credit to their customers using such shares as collateral. We believe that, following the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer, shares of our common stock will continue to be margin securities for purposes of the Federal Reserve Boards margin rules and regulations.
The accounting for the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will result in a reduction of our shareholders equity in an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price of the shares we purchase plus related fees and a reduction in cash and cash equivalents in a corresponding amount.
Other Plans or Proposals . Except as disclosed in, or incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase, we currently have no plans, proposals or negotiations that relate to or would result in:
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any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving us or any of our material subsidiaries; |
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any purchase, sale or transfer of a material amount of our assets or assets of our subsidiaries; |
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any material change in our present dividend rate or policy or our indebtedness or capitalization; |
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any change in our present Board of Directors or executive officers, including any plans or proposals to change the number or the term of directors or to change any material term of the employment contract of any executive officer; |
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other material change in our corporate structure or business; |
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any class of our equity securities becoming eligible for termination of registration under Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act or ceasing to be authorized for listing on the NYSE; |
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the suspension of our obligation to file reports under Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; |
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the acquisition or disposition by any person of our securities, other than pursuant to the Offer, the grant of equity awards to our employees and our non-employee directors under our equity-based compensation plans, and the retention of our securities by the Company from employees or directors to satisfy tax withholding obligations upon vesting or exercise of any such equity awards; or |
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any changes in our Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Amended and Restated Bylaws or other governing instruments or other actions that could impede the acquisition of control of the Company. |
Although we do not currently have any plans, other than as disclosed in, or incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase, that relate to or would result in any of the events discussed above, as we evaluate opportunities, we may undertake or plan actions that relate to or could result in one or more of these events. We reserve the right to change our plans and intentions at any time as we deem appropriate.
3. Procedures for Tendering Shares
Valid Tender of Shares . For shares to be tendered validly in the Offer:
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the certificates for those shares, or confirmation of receipt of those shares pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth below, together with a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, including any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received prior to the Expiration Time by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase; or |
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If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your shares, it is likely they have their own deadline, earlier than the Expiration Time, for you to act to instruct them to tender shares on your behalf. We urge you to immediately contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to find out their applicable deadline.
The valid tender of shares by you by one of the procedures described in this Section 3 will constitute a binding agreement between you and us on the terms of, and subject to the conditions to, the Offer, which agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
In accordance with Instructions 4 and 5 to the Letter of Transmittal, each shareholder who is not tendering through DTC and who desires to tender shares in the Offer must either check (1) one, and only one, of the boxes in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered, indicating the price (in increments of $0.25) at which shares are being tendered, or (2) the box in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned
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Purchase Price Tender, in which case you will be deemed to have tendered your shares at the minimum price of $53.50 per share. A tender of shares not being made through DTC using ATOP will be proper only if, among other things, one, and only one, of these boxes is checked on the Letter of Transmittal. Shareholders who validly tender shares without specifying whether they are making an Auction Tender or Purchase Price Tender will be deemed to have made a Purchase Price Tender.
If tendering shareholders wish to maximize the chance that their shares will be purchased, they should check the box in the section of the Letter of Transmittal captioned Purchase Price Tender. For purposes of determining the Purchase Price, shares tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer). Accordingly, Purchase Price Tenders could result in the Purchase Price being lower and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price in the Offer .
If tendering shareholders using a Letter of Transmittal wish to indicate a specific price (in increments of $0.25) at which their shares are being tendered, they must check the box indicating such price under the section captioned Auction Price Tenders: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered. Tendering shareholders should be aware that this election could result in none of their shares being purchased if the Purchase Price selected by the Company for the shares is less than the price selected by the shareholder. A shareholder not tendering directly through DTC using ATOP who wishes to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which shares are being tendered. A shareholder tendering shares through DTC using ATOP who wishes to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate ATOP transfer with respect to the shares to be tendered at each price. The same shares cannot be tendered (unless previously validly withdrawn in accordance with the terms of the Offer) at more than one price. Separate notices of withdrawal (described in Section 4) are not required for each Letter of Transmittal unless each Letter of Transmittal tenders shares at different prices; however, absent a valid notice of withdrawal, subsequent Letters of Transmittal do not revoke prior Letters of Transmittal. Shareholders may contact the Depositary for additional instructions.
Shareholders holding shares in a brokerage account or otherwise through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee must contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee in order to tender their shares. It is likely that the nominee will establish an earlier deadline for you to act to instruct the nominee to accept the Offer on your behalf. Shareholders who hold shares through nominee shareholders are urged to consult their nominees to determine whether any charges may apply if shareholders tender shares through such nominees and not directly to the Depositary.
Odd Lot Holders must tender all of their shares and also complete the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, if they wish to qualify for the preferential treatment available to Odd Lot Holders as described in Section 1.
Shareholders may tender shares subject to the condition that all or a specified minimum number of shares be purchased. Any shareholder desiring to make such a conditional tender should so indicate in the section entitled Conditional Tender in the Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. It is the tendering shareholders responsibility to determine the minimum number of shares to be purchased. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISOR, FINANCIAL ADVISOR AND/OR BROKER WITH RESPECT TO THE EFFECT OF PRORATION OF THE OFFER AND THE ADVISABILITY OF MAKING A CONDITIONAL TENDER. See Sections 6 and 14 .
Signature Guarantees and Method of Delivery . If a certificate for shares of our common stock is registered in the name of a person other than the person executing a Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made, or shares not purchased or tendered are to be issued, to a person other than the registered holder of the certificate surrendered, then the tendered certificate must be endorsed or accompanied by an appropriate stock power,
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signed in either case exactly as the name of the registered holder appears on the certificate, with the signature guaranteed by an Eligible Institution (as defined below). No signature guarantee is required if:
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the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the shares tendered and the holder has not completed either the box entitled Special Delivery Instructions or the box entitled Special Payment Instructions in the Letter of Transmittal; or |
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shares are tendered for the account of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, credit union, savings association or other entity which is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or a broker, dealer, commercial bank, credit union, savings association or other entity that is also an eligible guarantor institution, as the term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 under the Exchange Act (each of the foregoing constituting an Eligible Institution ). |
In all cases, payment for shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of certificates for the shares (or a timely confirmation of the book-entry transfer of the shares into the Depositarys account at DTC, as described below), a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, including any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message (as defined below) in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.
The method of delivery of all documents, including certificates for shares of our common stock, the Letter of Transmittal and any other required documents, including delivery through DTC, is at the sole election and risk of the tendering shareholder. Shares will be deemed delivered only when actually received by the Depositary (including, in the case of a book-entry transfer, by book-entry confirmation). If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, validly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
All deliveries made in connection with the Offer, including a Letter of Transmittal and certificates for shares, must be made to the Depositary and not to us, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or DTC. Any documents delivered to us, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or DTC will not be forwarded to the Depositary and therefore will not be deemed to be validly tendered.
Book-Entry Delivery . The Depositary will establish an account with respect to the shares for purposes of the Offer at DTC within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase, and any financial institution that is a participant in DTCs system may make book-entry delivery of the shares by causing DTC to transfer those shares into the Depositarys account in accordance with DTCs procedures for that transfer. Although delivery of shares may be effected through a book-entry transfer into the Depositarys account at DTC, either (1) a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, with any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message, and any other required documents must, in any case, be transmitted to, and received by, the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Time or (2) the guaranteed delivery procedures described below must be followed if book-entry transfer of the shares cannot be effected prior to the Expiration Time.
The confirmation of a book-entry transfer of shares into the Depositarys account at DTC is referred to in this Offer to Purchase as a book-entry confirmation . Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTCs procedures will not constitute delivery to the Depositary.
The term Agents Message means a message transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and forming a part of a book-entry confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgement from the participant tendering shares through DTC that such participant has received, and agrees to be bound by, the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that DVA may enforce such agreement against that participant.
Guaranteed Delivery . If a shareholder desires to tender shares in the Offer and the certificates for the shareholders shares are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the
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Expiration Time (or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis), or if time will not permit delivery of all required documents to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, the shares may still be tendered if all of the following conditions are satisfied:
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the Depositary receives by mail, overnight courier or facsimile transmission, prior to the Expiration Time, a validly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery in the form DVA has provided with this Offer to Purchase, including (where required) a signature guarantee by an Eligible Institution in the form set forth in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; and |
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the certificates for all tendered shares, in proper form for transfer (or confirmation of book-entry transfer of the shares into the Depositarys account at DTC), together with a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, or an Agents Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any required signature guarantees and other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within three business days after the date of receipt by the Depositary of the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. |
Shareholders may contact the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance. The contact information for the Information Agent and the Dealer Manager is on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.
Stock Settled Appreciation Rights . Stock-Settled Appreciation Rights ( SSARs ) convertible into shares of our common stock cannot be tendered in the Offer. If you hold vested but unexercised SSARs, you may exercise such SSARs in accordance with the terms of our equity-based compensation plans and the Companys policies and practices, and tender the shares received upon such exercise in accordance with the Offer. Exercises of SSARs cannot be revoked even if some or all of the shares received upon the exercise thereof and tendered in the Offer are not purchased pursuant to the Offer for any reason. You should evaluate this Offer to Purchase carefully to determine if participation would be advantageous to you based on your SSARs exercise prices and the expiration date of your SSARs, the range of tender prices and the provisions for pro rata purchases by DVA described in Section 1. We strongly encourage SSAR holders to discuss the Offer with their own tax advisors, financial advisors and/or brokers.
Please be advised that it is the SSAR holders responsibility to tender shares in the Offer to the extent such holder wants to participate and it may be difficult to secure delivery of shares issued pursuant to the exercise of vested SSARs in a time period sufficient to allow tender of those shares prior to the Expiration Time. Accordingly, we suggest that you exercise your vested SSARs in accordance with the terms of the related equity-based compensation plan and SSAR agreement and Company policies and practices at least five business days prior to the date on which the Expiration Time is initially scheduled to occur (which, unless the Offer is extended, means you should exercise your vested SSARs no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on August 12, 2019).
Performance Stock Units and Restricted Stock Units. Holders of performance stock units ( PSUs ) and restricted stock units ( RSUs ) under our equity-based compensation plans may not tender the shares underlying such PSUs or RSUs in the Offer unless and until such shares have vested. Once shares underlying the PSUs or RSUs have vested, you may tender some or all of such shares in the Offer. See Valid Tender of Shares above.
Return of Unpurchased Shares . If any tendered shares are not purchased, or if less than all shares evidenced by a shareholders certificates are tendered, certificates for unpurchased shares will be returned promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or the proper withdrawal of the shares, or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer at DTC, the shares will be credited to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering shareholder at DTC, in each case without expense to the shareholder.
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U.S. Federal Income Tax Backup Withholding . Under the U.S. federal income tax backup withholding rules, a portion (24% under current law) of the gross proceeds payable to a shareholder or other payee pursuant to the Offer may be withheld and remitted to the Internal Revenue Service (the IRS ), unless the shareholder or other payee, as the case may be, (i) properly establishes that it is an exempt recipient (as described below) or (ii) provides its taxpayer identification number (employer identification number or social security number) to the Depositary, or other withholding agent (as payer), as well as certain other information and certifies under penalties of perjury that the number is correct, the shareholder is a U.S. person and the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding. Therefore, each tendering shareholder that is a United States Holder (as defined in Section 15) should complete and sign the IRS Form W-9 included as part of the Letter of Transmittal so as to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid backup withholding unless the shareholder otherwise establishes to the satisfaction of the Depositary, or other withholding agent, that the shareholder is not subject to backup withholding. If a United States Holder does not provide the Depositary, or other withholding agent, with the correct taxpayer identification number, the United States Holder may be subject to penalties imposed by the IRS.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained from the IRS in accordance with its refund procedures.
Certain exempt recipients (including, among others, generally all corporations and certain Non-United States Holders (as defined in Section 15)) are not subject to backup withholding. In order for a Non-United States Holder to qualify as an exempt recipient, that shareholder should submit an appropriate IRS Form W-8, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that shareholders exempt status. This statement can be obtained from the IRS website at www.irs.gov. See Instruction 3 of the Letter of Transmittal.
Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding to their particular circumstances and the availability of, and procedure for obtaining, an exemption from backup withholding.
For a discussion of U.S. federal income tax consequences to tendering shareholders, see Section 15 .
United States Federal Withholding Tax on Payments to Non-United States Holders . As described in Section 15, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the receipt of cash in exchange for shares pursuant to the Offer will depend upon facts that are unique to each Non-United States Holder (as defined in Section 15). Accordingly, even if a Non-United States Holder has provided the required certification to avoid backup withholding, the Depositary, or other withholding agent, generally will withhold an amount equal to 30% of the gross payments payable to the Non-United States Holder or his or her agent unless (a) the Depositary, or other withholding agent, determines that a reduced rate of withholding is available under a tax treaty or (b) an exemption from withholding is applicable because the gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if a treaty applies, the gross proceeds are attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such Non-United States Holder) ( see Section 15 ), in which case the gross proceeds would be subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis at the regular graduated rates.
To obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-United States Holder must deliver to the Depositary, or other withholding agent, a validly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or other applicable IRS Form W-8. To obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-United States Holder must deliver to the Depositary, or other withholding agent, a validly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI before the payment is made. The Depositary, or other withholding agent, will determine a shareholders status as a Non-United States Holder and eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding by reference to any outstanding, valid certificates or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding unless facts and circumstances indicate that reliance is not warranted.
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As discussed in more detail in Section 15, a Non-United States Holder may be eligible to obtain a refund from the IRS of all or a portion of any amount withheld if (a) the Non-United States Holder meets any of the complete termination, substantially disproportionate or not essentially equivalent to a dividend tests described in Section 15 that would characterize the transaction as an exchange (as opposed to a distribution) with respect to which the Non-United States Holder is not subject to tax, or (b) is otherwise able to establish that no tax or a reduced amount of tax is due.
Additionally, a Non-United States Holder may be subject to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act ( FATCA ) withholding on amounts payable pursuant to the Offer at a rate of 30% if such Non-United States Holder fails to properly establish an exemption from FATCA withholding on an applicable IRS Form W-8 provided to the Depositary or other withholding agent. If the Depositary or other withholding agent withholds tax under FATCA, it will not also withhold the 30% withholding tax described in the third preceding paragraph. See Section 15 .
Non-U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the application of U.S. federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the IRS refund procedure.
Determination of Validity; Rejection of Shares; Waiver of Defects; No Obligation to Give Notice of Defects . All questions as to the number of shares to be accepted, the Purchase Price to be paid for shares to be accepted and the validity, form, eligibility, including time of receipt, and acceptance for payment of any tender of shares will be determined by DVA in its sole discretion, and will be final and binding on all parties absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. DVA reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of any shares that it determines are not in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for any shares which it determines may be unlawful. DVA also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the Offer prior to the Expiration Time with respect to all tendered shares. DVA also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in any tender with respect to any particular shares, whether or not DVA waives similar defects or irregularities in the case of any other shareholder. No tender of shares will be deemed to have been validly made until all defects or irregularities have been cured by the tendering shareholder or waived by DVA. DVA will not be liable for failure to waive any condition of the Offer, or any defect or irregularity in any tender of shares. None of DVA, the Depositary, the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders, nor will any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.
Tendering Shareholders Representation and Warranty; Net Long Position . It is a violation of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act for a person acting alone or in concert with others, directly or indirectly, to tender shares for such persons own account unless, at the time of tender and at the end of the proration period or period during which shares are accepted by lot, such person has a net long position (i.e., more shares held in long positions than in short positions) in (1) a number of shares that is equal to or greater than the amount tendered and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares for the purpose of tendering to us within the period specified in the Offer or (2) other securities immediately convertible into, exercisable for or exchangeable into a number of shares ( Equivalent Securities ) that are equal to or greater than the number of shares tendered and, upon the acceptance of such tender, will acquire such shares by conversion, exchange, or exercise of such Equivalent Securities and will deliver or cause to be delivered such shares so acquired for the purpose of tender to us within the period specified in the Offer. Rule 14e-4 also provides a similar restriction applicable to the tender or guarantee of a tender on behalf of another person. A tender of shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will constitute the tendering shareholders acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer, as well as the tendering shareholders representation and warranty to us that (i) such shareholder has a net long position in a number of shares or Equivalent Securities at least equal to the shares being tendered within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 and (ii) such tender of shares complies with Rule 14e-4. Our acceptance for payment of shares tendered in the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering shareholder and us upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, which agreement will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
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Lost or Destroyed Certificates . If any certificate representing shares of our common stock has been lost or destroyed, the shareholder should promptly notify the Depositary at (877) 889-2012. The Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for replacing lost or destroyed certificates have been followed. Shareholders are requested to contact the Depositary immediately in order to permit timely processing of this documentation. All other inquiries regarding the Offer should be directed to the Information Agent.
Certificates for shares, together with a validly completed Letter of Transmittal and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be delivered to the Depositary and not to DVA, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or DTC. Any certificates delivered to DVA, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or DTC will not be forwarded to the Depositary and will not be deemed to be validly tendered.
Shares tendered in the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time. In addition, unless DVA has already accepted your tendered shares for payment, you may withdraw your tendered shares at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on September 16, 2019. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4, tenders of shares pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable.
For a withdrawal to be effective, a written or facsimile notice of withdrawal must be received in a timely manner, as described in the immediately preceding paragraph, by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase, and any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the tendering shareholder, the number of shares to be withdrawn, the price at which such shares were tendered, if an Auction Tender is being withdrawn, and the name of the registered holder of the shares to be withdrawn, if different from the person who tendered the shares. A shareholder who has tendered shares at more than one price must complete a separate notice of withdrawal for shares tendered at each price. If the certificates for shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, before the release of those certificates, the tendering shareholder also must submit the serial numbers shown on those particular certificates for shares to be withdrawn and, unless an Eligible Institution has tendered those shares, the signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer described in Section 3, the notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn shares and must otherwise comply with DTCs procedures.
All questions as to the form and validity, including the time of receipt, of any notice of withdrawal will be determined by DVA in its sole discretion, and such determination will be final and binding on all parties absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. DVA reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the notice of withdrawal or method of withdrawal of shares by any shareholder, whether or not DVA waives similar defects or irregularities in the case of any other shareholder. None of DVA, the Depositary, the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, nor will any of them incur liability for failure to give any such notice.
Withdrawals may not be rescinded, and any shares validly withdrawn will be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, validly withdrawn shares may be re-tendered prior to or at the Expiration Time by again following one of the procedures described in Section 3.
If DVA extends the Offer, is delayed in its purchase of shares, or is unable to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to DVAs rights under the Offer, the Depositary may, subject to applicable law, retain tendered shares on behalf of DVA, and such shares may not be withdrawn, except to the extent tendering shareholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in this Section 4 (subject to Rule 13e-4(f)(5) under the Exchange Act, which provides that the issuer making the Offer shall either pay the consideration offered or return the tendered securities promptly after the termination of the Offer).
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5. Purchase of Shares and Payment of Purchase Price
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, promptly following the Expiration Time, we will (1) determine the Purchase Price we will pay for shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time, taking into account the number of shares so tendered and, in the case of Auction Tenders, the prices specified by tendering shareholders and (2) accept for payment and pay an aggregate Purchase Price of up to $1.2 billion for shares that are validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time. In addition, in accordance with the rules of the SEC, in the event that shares are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, we may, at our option, accept for payment an additional number of shares of our common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of shares of our common stock held by or for our account or by or for the account of any of our subsidiaries) outstanding without extending the Expiration Time. For purposes of the Offer, we will be deemed to have accepted for payment, subject to the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions of the Offer, shares that are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn, only when, as and if we give oral or written notice to the Depositary of our acceptance of the shares for payment pursuant to the Offer.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will accept for payment and pay the Purchase Price per share for all of the shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer promptly after the Expiration Time. In all cases, payment for shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made promptly, taking into account any time necessary to determine any proration, but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (1) certificates for shares, or a timely book-entry confirmation of the deposit of shares into the Depositarys account at DTC, (2) a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal including any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message, and (3) any other required documents.
We will pay for shares purchased pursuant to the Offer by depositing the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payment from us and transmitting payment to the tendering shareholders. We will be deemed to have purchased shares under the Offer following the last to occur of (i) acceptance for payment, (ii) final determination of the price and the proration factor and (iii) deposit of the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares.
In the event of proration, we will determine the proration factor and pay for those tendered shares accepted for payment promptly after the Expiration Time. However, we do not expect to be able to announce the final results of any proration or commence payment for any shares purchased pursuant to the Offer until after the expiration of the period for delivery of shares tendered using the guaranteed delivery procedures. Certificates for all shares tendered and not purchased, including all shares tendered at prices in excess of the Purchase Price and shares not purchased due to proration or conditional tenders, will be returned or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer, will be credited to the account maintained with DTC by the participant who delivered the shares, to the tendering shareholder at our expense promptly after the Expiration Time or termination of the Offer.
Under no circumstances will we pay interest on the Purchase Price, even if there is a delay in making payment. In addition, if certain events occur prior to the Expiration Time, we may not be obligated to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer. See Section 7 .
We will pay all stock transfer taxes, if any, payable on the transfer to us of shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the Purchase Price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted by the Offer) if unpurchased shares are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing the Letter of Transmittal, the amount of all stock transfer taxes, if any (whether imposed on the registered holder or the other person), payable on account of the transfer, will be deducted from the Purchase Price unless satisfactory evidence
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of the payment of the stock transfer taxes, or exemption from payment of the stock transfer taxes, is submitted to the Depositary.
6. Conditional Tender of Shares
Under certain circumstances described in Section 1 and subject to the exception for Odd Lot Holders, if the Offer is over-subscribed, we will prorate the shares purchased pursuant to the Offer. As discussed in Section 15, the number of shares to be purchased from a particular shareholder may affect the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the purchase to the shareholder and the shareholders decision whether to tender. The conditional tender alternative is made available for shareholders seeking to take steps to have payment for shares sold pursuant to the Offer treated as received in a sale or exchange of such shares by the shareholder, rather than as a distribution to the shareholder, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a shareholder may tender shares subject to the condition that all or a specified minimum number of the shareholders shares tendered must be purchased if any shares tendered are purchased. Any shareholder desiring to make a conditional tender must so indicate in the section entitled Conditional Tender in the Letter of Transmittal, and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. It is the tendering shareholders responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from the shareholder in order for the shareholder to qualify for sale or exchange (rather than distribution) treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax result for any shareholder tendering shares. Shares underlying existing SSARs may not be conditionally tendered without such SSARs first being irrevocably exercised and the shares issued in respect thereof tendered in the Offer.
Any tendering shareholder wishing to make a conditional tender must calculate and appropriately indicate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased if any shares are to be purchased. After the Expiration Time, if the number of shares validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to Auction Tenders at a price equal to or less than the Purchase Price and pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, so that we must prorate our acceptance of and payment for tendered shares, we will calculate a preliminary proration percentage, after taking into account the priority given to tenders of odd lots, based upon all shares validly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally, and not validly withdrawn. If the effect of this preliminary proration would be to reduce the number of shares to be purchased from any tendering shareholder below the minimum number specified by that shareholder, the shares conditionally tendered will automatically be regarded as withdrawn (except as provided in the next paragraph). All shares tendered by a shareholder subject to a conditional tender and that are withdrawn as a result of proration will be returned at our expense to the tendering shareholder promptly after the Expiration Time.
After giving effect to these withdrawals, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, we will accept the remaining shares validly tendered, conditionally or unconditionally, on a pro rata basis. If the withdrawal of conditional tenders would cause the total number of shares to be purchased to fall below an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion, then, to the extent feasible, we will select enough of the shares conditionally tendered that would otherwise have been withdrawn to permit us to purchase such number of shares that would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion. In selecting among the conditional tenders, we will select by random lot, treating all tenders by a particular shareholder as a single lot, and will limit our purchase in each case to the designated minimum number of shares to be purchased. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time.
The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of shares being tendered. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, we will not be required to accept for payment, purchase or pay for any shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of or the
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payment for, shares tendered, subject to the rules under the Exchange Act, if at any time on or after the commencement of the Offer and at or prior to the expiration of the Offer (provided that the Offer will remain open for at least five business days after the Financing Condition is met or waived), any of the following shall have occurred (or shall have been reasonably determined by us to have occurred):
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there shall have been instituted, or there shall be pending, or we shall have received notice of any action, suit, proceeding or application by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or by any other person, domestic or foreign, before any court, authority, agency, other tribunal or arbitrator or arbitration panel that directly or indirectly: |
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challenges or seeks to challenge, restrain, prohibit, delay or otherwise affect the making of the Offer, the acquisition by us of some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer or otherwise relates in any manner to the Offer or seeks to obtain material damages in respect of the Offer; |
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seeks to make the purchase of, or payment for, some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer illegal; |
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may result in a delay in our ability to accept for payment or pay for some or all of the shares; or |
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could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our or our subsidiaries business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects or otherwise materially impair the contemplated future conduct of our business or our ability to purchase some or all of the shares in the Offer; |
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our acceptance for payment, purchase or payment for any shares tendered in the Offer shall violate or conflict with, or otherwise be contrary to, any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, decree or order; |
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any action shall have been taken or any statute, rule, regulation, judgment, ballot initiative, decree, injunction or order (preliminary, permanent or otherwise) shall have been proposed, sought, enacted, entered, promulgated, enforced or deemed to be applicable to the Offer or us or any of our subsidiaries by any court, government or governmental agency or other regulatory or administrative authority or body, domestic or foreign, which: |
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indicates that any approval or other action of any such court, agency, authority or body may be required in connection with the Offer or the purchase of shares thereunder; |
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is reasonably likely to make the purchase of, or payment for, some or all of the shares pursuant to the Offer illegal or to prohibit, restrict or delay consummation of the Offer; or |
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could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect our or our subsidiaries business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects or otherwise materially impair the contemplated future conduct of our business or our ability to purchase some or all of the shares in the Offer; |
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there shall have occurred any of the following: |
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any general suspension of trading in securities on any United States national securities exchange or in the over-the- counter market, the declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks in the United States, whether or not mandatory, or any limitation, whether or not mandatory, by any governmental, regulatory or administrative agency or authority on, or any event that is likely, in our reasonable judgment, to materially adversely affect, the extension of credit by banks or other lending institutions in the United States; |
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the commencement or escalation, on or after July 19, 2019, of war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity, including, but not limited to, an act of terrorism, directly or indirectly involving the United States; |
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any change, condition, event or development, or any condition, event or development involving a prospective change, occurs, is discovered, or is threatened relating to (i) general legislative, regulatory, political, market, economic or financial conditions in the United States, (ii) legislative, regulatory, political, market, economic or financial conditions with respect to our industry or business or (iii) our business, properties, assets, liabilities, capitalization, shareholders equity, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, results of operations or prospects, which in our reasonable judgment is or may be materially adverse to us or otherwise makes it inadvisable for us to proceed with the Offer; |
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in the case of any of the preceding three bullets existing at the time of the announcement of the Offer, a material acceleration or worsening thereof; |
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any decrease of more than 10% in the market price for our common stock or in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the New York Stock Exchange Index, the New York Stock Exchange Composite Index, the Nasdaq Composite Index or the Standard & Poors 500 Composite Index measured from the close of trading on July 19, 2019; or |
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a downgrade in ratings of any of our debt securities by either S&P or Moodys. |
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a tender or exchange offer for any or all of our outstanding common stock (other than the Offer), or any material merger, amalgamation, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction with or involving us or any of our subsidiaries, shall have been proposed, announced or made by any person or entity or shall have been publicly disclosed or we shall have entered into a definitive agreement or an agreement in principle with any person with respect to a material merger, amalgamation, acquisition, business combination or other similar transaction; |
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we shall have learned after the date of this Offer to Purchase that any entity, group (as that term is used in Section 13(d) (3) of the Exchange Act) or person (1) has acquired or proposes to acquire beneficial ownership of more than 5% of our outstanding common stock, whether through the acquisition of stock, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right (options for and other rights to acquire shares of our common stock that are acquired or proposed to be acquired being deemed to be immediately exercisable, exchangeable or convertible for purposes of this clause), or otherwise (other than anyone who publicly disclosed such ownership in a filing with the SEC on or before July 19, 2019), (2) which has filed a Schedule 13D or Schedule 13G with the SEC on or before July 19, 2019 has acquired or proposes to acquire, whether through the acquisition of shares, the formation of a group, the grant of any option or right (options for and other rights to acquire shares of our common stock that are acquired or proposed to be acquired being deemed to be immediately exercisable, exchangeable or convertible for purposes of this clause), or otherwise (other than by virtue of consummation of the Offer), beneficial ownership of an additional 1% or more of our outstanding common stock, (3) shall have filed a Notification and Report Form under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended, reflecting an intent to acquire us or any of our subsidiaries or any of our or their respective assets or securities or (4) has issued a press release, public letter, filing with the SEC or other public announcement, or taken any other action starting, in our reasonable determination, an activist campaign against the Company; |
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any approval, permit, authorization, favorable review or consent or waiver of or filing with any domestic or foreign governmental entity or other authority or any third party consent or notice, required to be obtained or made in connection with the Offer shall not have been obtained or made on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to us; or |
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we shall have determined that the consummation of the Offer and the purchase of the shares pursuant to the Offer is likely, in our reasonable judgment, to cause our common stock to be delisted from the NYSE or eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act. |
Each of the conditions referred to above is for our sole benefit and may be asserted or waived by us, in whole or in part, prior to the Expiration Time (provided that the Offer will remain open for at least five business days after the Financing Condition is met or waived). Any determination by us concerning the fulfillment or
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non-fulfillment of the conditions described above will be final and binding on all parties, except as finally determined in a subsequent judicial proceeding if our determinations are challenged by shareholders. Our failure at any time to exercise any of the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right, and each such right will be deemed an ongoing right that may be asserted at any time prior to the Expiration Time. However, once the Offer has expired, then all of the conditions to the Offer must have been satisfied or waived. In certain circumstances, if we waive any of the conditions described above, we may be required to extend the Expiration Time. Our right to terminate or amend the Offer or to postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of and the payment for shares tendered if any of the above listed events occur (or shall have been reasonably determined by us to have occurred) at any time at or prior to the Expiration Time shall not be affected by any subsequent event regardless of whether such subsequent event would have otherwise resulted in the event having been cured or ceasing to exist.
8. Price Range of Shares; Dividends
Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol DVA.
The following table sets forth the range of the high and low sales prices as reported by the NYSE for the periods set out below:
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First Quarter March 31, 2019 |
$ | 59.97 | $ | 49.48 | ||||
Second Quarter June 30, 2019 |
57.96 | 43.40 | ||||||
Third Quarter (through July 19, 2019) |
58.44 | 50.68 |
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First Quarter March 31, 2018 |
$ | 80.71 | $ | 64.62 | ||||
Second Quarter June 30, 2018 |
73.50 | 61.72 | ||||||
Third Quarter September 30, 2018 |
74.72 | 65.54 | ||||||
Fourth Quarter December 31, 2018 |
79.11 | 48.25 |
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First Quarter March 31, 2017 |
$ | 70.14 | $ | 62.24 | ||||
Second Quarter June 30, 2017 |
70.16 | 61.48 | ||||||
Third Quarter September 30, 2017 |
66.64 | 55.59 | ||||||
Fourth Quarter December 31, 2017 |
72.93 | 52.51 |
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On July 19, 2019, the last full trading day prior to our commencement of the Offer, the reported closing price of our common stock on the NYSE was $56.05 per share. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for our common stock before deciding whether, and at what price or prices, to tender your shares pursuant to the Offer. |
We have not declared or paid cash dividends to holders of our common stock since 1994. We have no current plans to pay cash dividends and we are restricted from paying dividends under the terms of our senior secured credit facilities and expect to be subject to similar restrictions under the terms of the New Credit Agreement. We are also subject to limitations on the payment of dividends under the indentures governing our outstanding senior unsecured notes.
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The maximum aggregate Purchase Price for the shares purchased in the Offer will be $1.2 billion. We expect to fund the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer with borrowings under a new senior secured credit agreement (the New Credit Agreement ) with several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties thereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ( Wells Fargo Bank ), as administrative agent. We expect to enter into the New Credit Agreement prior to the completion of the Offer. The Offer is subject to our entering into such New Credit Agreement, with terms reasonably satisfactory to us and total lender commitments of not less than $5.25 billion and the funds being accessible thereunder (such condition, the Financing Condition ) and to the other conditions described in Section 7. The Offer being subject to the Financing Condition means that if we are not able to satisfy the Financing Condition, we will not be required to close the Offer and accept tendered shares. If the Financing Condition is satisfied or waived, we will promptly amend the Schedule TO to disclose that information and, if necessary, extend the Offer to the extent required by Rule 13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ). See Sections 5, 7 and 9 .
The New Credit Agreement is expected to consist of a five-year secured revolving loan facility (the Revolving Credit Facility ) in an aggregate amount of $1.0 billion, a five-year secured term loan A facility in an aggregate amount of $1.75 billion (the Term Loan A Facility and together with the Revolving Credit Facility, the Pro-rata Facilities ) and a seven-year secured term loan B facility in an aggregate amount of $2.5 billion (the Term Loan B Facility ).
At our option, borrowings under the New Credit Agreement will bear interest based on the Base Rate (as defined below) or LIBOR, in each case plus the Applicable Margin (as defined below). The Base Rate is expected to be defined as the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the prime commercial lending rate of Wells Fargo Bank, as established from time to time and (iii) LIBOR for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%; provided that if the Base Rate is negative it shall be deemed to be zero. The Applicable Margin for the Pro-rata Facilities is expected to be initially 150 basis points, in the case of LIBOR loans, and 50 basis points in the case of Base Rate loans; provided that after the date on which we shall have delivered financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the expected closing date of the New Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement Closing Date), the Applicable Margin with respect to the Pro-rata Facilities will be determined pursuant to a leverage ratio based grid. The Applicable Margin for the Term Loan B Facility is expected to be defined as 250 basis points, in the case of LIBOR loans, and 150 basis points in the case of Base Rate loans.
Undrawn amounts under the Revolving Credit Facility will accrue a commitment fee (i) initially, at a per annum rate expected to be 25 basis points and (ii) after the delivery of the financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending at least three months after the Credit Agreement Closing Date, at a per annum rate expected to be between 15 and 35 basis points, based on a leverage ratio based grid. The Term Loan A Facility will have a delayed draw feature. A ticking fee equal to the then applicable commitment fee rate will accrue on the undrawn portion of the Term Loan A Facility.
The Term Loan A Facility will amortize on a quarterly basis at a rate of (i) 2.5% per annum during the first year following the Credit Agreement Closing Date, (ii) 5.0% per annum during the second and third years following the Credit Agreement Closing Date, (iii) 7.5% per annum during the fourth year following the Credit Agreement Closing Date and (iv) 10% per annum during the fifth year following the Credit Agreement Closing Date, with the balance to be paid on the stated maturity date. The Term Loan B Facility will amortize on a quarterly basis at a rate of 1.0% per annum with the balance to be paid on the stated maturity date. The Term Loan A Facility will be payable at any time prior to maturity without penalty. The Term Loan B Facility will be subject to a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of any prepayment (voluntary or involuntary) with the proceeds of debt in connection with a refinancing of the Term Loan B Facility occurring prior to 6 months after the Credit Agreement Closing Date which results in a lower effective yield than the Term Loan B Facility.
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With respect to the New Credit Agreement, the Company will be required to make prepayments in connection with the issuance or incurrence of redeemable preferred interests or debt, non-ordinary course sales of assets, receipt of insurance proceeds and excess cash flow, in each case subject to certain baskets and exceptions to be described in the New Credit Agreement.
The New Credit Agreement will include a maximum leverage ratio of 5.00:1.00, subject to a step-down to 4.50:1.00 in future periods. In addition, the New Credit Agreement will contain customary and appropriate affirmative and negative covenants for financings of its type (subject to customary exceptions).
The closing of the New Credit Agreement is expected to be subject to certain customary and other conditions. There is a possibility that the Company will not be able to borrow funds under the New Credit Agreement if any of the conditions to closing is not met. The Company currently has no alternative financing arrangements in place if the proceeds under the New Credit Agreement are not available to it.
As of July 19, 2019 we had received cumulative commitments of $2.4 billion, representing approximately 87% of the Pro-rata Facilities, from several banks and other financial institutions as detailed below (the Commitment Parties ) pursuant to a Commitment and Engagement Letter, dated as of July 18, 2019 (including the term sheet attached thereto as Exhibit A, the Credit Facilities Commitment Letter ). The Credit Facilities Commitment Letter is filed as Exhibit (b)(3) to the Issuer Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO and is incorporated by reference herein. The Commitment Parties are defined as Wells Fargo Securities, LLC ( WF Securities ), Wells Fargo Bank, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ( CACIB ), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ( JPMCB ), MUFG (as defined below), Bank of America, N.A. ( BANA ), Barclays Bank PLC ( Barclays ), Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC ( CSLF ), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, Goldman Sachs Bank USA ( GS Bank ), Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and/or an affiliate ( MSSF ), SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. ( STRH ), SunTrust Bank, The Bank of Nova Scotia ( Scotiabank ), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ( SMBC ). WF Securities, CACIB, JPMCB, MUFG, BANA, Barclays, CSLF, GS Bank, MSSF and STRH are collectively referred to as the Lead Arrangers . Scotiabank and SMBC are collectively referred to as the Co-Managers . The Lead Arrangers and the Co-Managers are collectively referred to as the Arrangers . MUFG is defined as MUFG Bank, Ltd., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and/or any affiliates of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. as determined to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated in the Credit Facilities Commitment Letter.
Pursuant to the Credit Facilities Commitment Letter, the Arrangers have agreed to lead the syndication to a group of banks, financial institutions and other lenders, in consultation with us, of not less than $5.25 billion of credit facilities under the New Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Facilities Commitment Letter. Proceeds under the New Credit Agreement will be used to finance the consummation of the Offer, to repay all amounts outstanding under our current credit agreement (the Existing Credit Agreement ), to fund the redemption of all of the 5.75% Senior Notes due 2022 (the 2022 Notes ), to pay fees, commissions and expenses in connection with each of the foregoing and the New Credit Agreement itself, and for general corporate purposes, including to fund potential future share repurchases and finance acquisitions. A copy of the Existing Credit Agreement has been filed as Exhibit (b)(1) to the Schedule TO and is incorporated by reference herein.
10. Certain Financial Information
Historical Financial Information . We incorporate by reference the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part II, Item 8 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, we incorporate by reference the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of our Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019, and the financial information in Item 8.01 of our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 22, 2019 (anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the other information or exhibits to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 22, 2019 is incorporated by reference herein). You should refer to Section 11 for instructions on how you can obtain copies of our SEC filings, including filings that contain our financial statements.
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Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data . The following tables set forth our summary historical consolidated balance sheet data as of March 31, 2019 and our summary historical consolidated financial data for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 and the three months ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018. This financial data has been derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes filed as part of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes filed as part of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019. Financial data for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and March 31, 2018 are unaudited but, in the opinion of our management, include all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the data. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future periods, and interim results may not be indicative of results for the full year.
Consolidated Income Statement Data: | Three months ended March 31, | Year ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||
(in thousands, except share and per share data) | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||||||||
Total revenues |
$ | 2,743,112 | $ | 2,849,444 | $ | 11,404,851 | $ | 10,876,634 | ||||||||
Operating expenses and charges |
2,402,605 | 2,438,758 | 9,879,027 | 9,063,879 | ||||||||||||
Operating income |
340,507 | 410,686 | 1,525,824 | 1,812,755 | ||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
215,928 | 301,752 | 1,048,478 | 1,399,786 | ||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
56,746 | 70,737 | 258,400 | 323,859 | ||||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
159,182 | 231,015 | 790,078 | 1,075,927 | ||||||||||||
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. |
149,289 | 178,686 | 159,394 | 663,618 | ||||||||||||
Earnings per share attributable to DaVita Inc.: |
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Basic net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 0.72 | $ | 1.07 | $ | 3.66 | $ | 4.78 | ||||||||
Diluted net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 0.72 | $ | 1.05 | $ | 3.62 | $ | 4.71 | ||||||||
Weighted average shares for earnings per share: |
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Basic |
166,387,958 | 178,957,865 | 170,785,999 | 188,625,559 | ||||||||||||
Diluted |
166,780,657 | 181,834,547 | 172,364,581 | 191,348,533 |
Summary Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data . The following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information of the Company gives effect to:
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the Companys sale of its DaVita Medical Group ( DMG ) business to Collaborative Care Holdings, LLC ( Optum ), a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc. (such transaction the DMG sale ); |
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the repayment in full of the Companys existing senior secured credit facilities and the redemption of all of its 2022 Notes (together, the Old debt repayments ); |
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new borrowings anticipated under the Companys proposed new $5.25 billion senior secured credit facilities described in Section 9. Source and Amount of Funds (the New debt borrowings ); and |
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repurchases of its common stock by the Company subsequent to March 31, 2019 in the amount of $350 million under a recently completed share repurchase plan and assumed repurchases in the aggregate amount of $1.2 billion pursuant to the Offer (together, the Share repurchases ); |
such transactions referred to collectively herein as the Transactions .
These tables set forth the following unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information adjusted to reflect the effect of the Transactions:
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an unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2019 with adjustments assuming the Transactions occurred on March 31, 2019; |
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an unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2019 with adjustments assuming the Transactions occurred immediately prior to January 1, 2018; and |
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an unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of income for the year ended December 31, 2018 with adjustments assuming the Transactions occurred immediately prior to January 1, 2018. |
This information should be read in conjunction with the Summary Historical Consolidated Financial Data in the preceding section and in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes filed as part of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 and the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes filed as part of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.
The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with United States generally accounting principles, or GAAP standards, which are subject to change and interpretation. These principles require the use of estimates that affect the reported amounts of liabilities and expenses, and actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
The pro forma adjustments to the Companys historical consolidated financial statements presented below give effect to events that management believes are directly attributable to the Transactions, are factually supportable and are expected to have a continuing impact on the Companys consolidated statements of income.
These unaudited pro forma consolidated financial statements have been presented for informational purposes only and are not necessarily indicative of what the Companys financial position or results of operations actually would have been had the Transactions occurred as of the dates indicated. In addition, this unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information does not purport to project the future financial position or operating results of the Company. Our future results are subject to prevailing economic and industry specific conditions and financial, business and other known and unknown risks and uncertainties, certain of which are beyond our control. These factors include, without limitation, those described in this Offer to Purchase under Forward-Looking Statements.
This unaudited pro forma consolidated financial information is based on information available as of the date hereof and includes adjustments that are preliminary and which may be revised. There can be no assurance that such revisions will not result in material changes. There can be no assurance that we will secure the necessary debt financing for the Offer, to repay amounts outstanding under our existing senior secured credit facilities or to redeem our 2022 Notes on terms acceptable to us or at all. In addition, the assumed sources of funds for the repurchase are estimates only and are based on currently available information. We may decide to vary the mix of debt and cash used to fund the share repurchase at the time of consummation thereof.
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Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
As of
3/31/2019 As reported |
Pro forma adjustments |
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repayments |
New debt
borrowings |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 459,242 | 4,465,476 | (1) | (6,815,750 | ) (6) | 4,200,000 | (7) | (1,552,375 | ) (8) | $ | 756,593 | ||||||||||||
Restricted cash and equivalents |
102,192 | 102,192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term investments |
4,035 | 4,035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
1,953,422 | 1,953,422 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Inventories |
104,236 | 104,236 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other receivables |
489,581 | 489,581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax receivable |
42,650 | 8,969 | (6) | 51,619 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Prepaid and other current assets |
64,770 | 64,770 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets held for sale, net |
6,004,948 | (6,004,948 | ) (2) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total current assets |
9,225,076 | 3,526,448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation |
3,392,266 | 3,392,266 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating lease right-of-use assets |
2,736,536 | 2,736,536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization |
118,324 | 118,324 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity method and other investments |
226,309 | 226,309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term investments |
34,414 | 34,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other long-term assets |
73,651 | 73,651 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
6,799,368 | 6,799,368 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 22,605,944 | $ | 16,907,316 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 365,192 | $ | 365,192 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other liabilities |
572,944 | 40,000 | (3) | 612,944 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Accrued compensation and benefits |
495,327 | 495,327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current portion of operating lease liabilities |
367,413 | 367,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Current portion of long-term debt |
4,676,691 | (4,627,764 | ) (6) | 414,120 | (7) | 463,047 | ||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities held for sale |
1,753,310 | (1,753,310 | ) (2) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total current liabilities |
8,230,877 | 2,303,923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term operating lease liabilities |
2,625,776 | 2,625,776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
5,787,013 | (2,153,140 | ) (6) | 3,785,880 | (7) | 7,419,753 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities |
143,756 | 143,756 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes |
588,805 | 588,805 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total liabilities |
17,376,227 | 13,082,013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies: |
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Noncontrolling interests subject to put provisions |
1,143,044 | 1,143,044 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity: |
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Preferred stock ($0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued) |
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Common stock ($0.001 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized; 166,396,147 shares actually issued and outstanding at March 31, 2019) |
166 | 166 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
990,380 | 990,380 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings |
2,932,359 | 190,984 | (4) | (25,877 | ) (6) | 3,097,466 | ||||||||||||||||||
Treasury stock |
| (1,552,375 | ) (8) | (1,552,375 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
(47,551 | ) | (47,551 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total DaVita Inc. shareholders equity |
3,875,354 | 2,488,086 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests not subject to put provisions |
211,319 | (17,146 | ) (5) | 194,173 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Total equity |
4,086,673 | 2,682,259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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$ | 22,605,944 | $ | 16,907,316 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet:
As Reported represents the historical unaudited consolidated balance sheet of DaVita Inc. as of March 31, 2019. Adjustments presented in the pro forma consolidated balance sheet give effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred on March 31, 2019 but using the preliminary purchase price at which the DMG sale was actually consummated on June 19, 2019. See additional explanations in the footnotes.
(1) |
To adjust cash and cash equivalents for the receipt of approximately $4,465 million in preliminary net cash proceeds from the DMG sale. |
(2) |
Reflects the sale of the DMG business, which was previously classified as a discontinued operation held for sale. |
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(3) |
Reflects an accrual for estimated transaction costs and other net obligations associated with the DMG sale not paid at closing. |
(4) |
This amount represents the difference between (i) preliminary net cash proceeds received on the June 19, 2019 closing of the DMG sale, net of estimated remaining transaction costs and other obligations not paid at closing, and (ii) the sum of net assets classified as held for sale related to the DMG business as of March 31, 2019, which difference was then increased by the elimination of noncontrolling interests attributable to DMG (see footnote 5 below). |
The preliminary net cash proceeds included in these unaudited pro forma adjustments were based on an estimate of working capital purchase price adjustments as of the DMG sales closing date, while the cost bases of held for sale assets and liabilities sold are presented as of a different date in these unaudited pro forma balance sheet adjustments. As a result, the net gain or loss ultimately recognized on the sale of the DMG business will differ significantly from the amount presented here.
In addition, the final sale price remains subject to certain post-closing adjustments, including final reconciliations of net working capital and other balances as of the DMG sales closing date. Accordingly, the ultimate amount of net cash proceeds received and retained from the sale may differ significantly from that presented above.
(5) |
Reflects the elimination of noncontrolling interests attributable to DMG. |
(6) |
Reflects the use of net cash proceeds from the DMG sale and new borrowings for principal prepayments in full of the Companys existing Term Loan A for $650 million, Term Loan A-2 for $995 million, Term Loan B for $3,334 million and $575 million outstanding on the revolving line of credit under the Companys senior secured credit facilities and redemption of the 2022 Notes of $1,250 million, as well as the write-off (net of tax) of $17 million in related debt discount and deferred financing costs classified within long-term debt and a charge (net of tax) of $9 million for a call premium on the 2022 Notes. |
(7) |
Reflects pro forma borrowings under the Companys anticipated new $5,250 Credit Agreement described in Section 9. Source and Amount of Funds, as well as capitalization of an estimated $50 million in deferred financing costs to be classified within long-term debt. |
(8) |
Reflects cash used to repurchase shares of the Companys common stock of $350 million pursuant to a recently completed share repurchase plan and $1,200 million pursuant to the Offer, as well as fees associated with the Offer of approximately $2.4 million. |
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Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands, except share and per share data)
Quarter ended
3/31/2019 As reported |
Pro forma adjustments |
As
adjusted |
||||||||||||||||||||||
DMG
sale |
Old debt
repayments |
New debt
borrowings |
Share
repurchases |
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Dialysis and related lab patient service revenues |
$ | 2,635,152 | $ | 2,635,152 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for uncollectible accounts |
(5,463 | ) | (5,463 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Net dialysis and related lab patient service revenues |
2,629,689 | 2,629,689 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues |
113,423 | 113,423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Total revenues |
2,743,112 | 2,743,112 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Operating expenses and charges: |
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Patient care costs |
1,964,935 | 1,964,935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
250,813 | 250,813 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
148,528 | 148,528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Equity investment income |
(2,708 | ) | (2,708 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment charges |
41,037 | 41,037 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Total operating expenses and charges |
2,402,605 | 2,402,605 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income |
340,507 | (1) | 340,507 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Debt expense |
(131,519 | ) | 87,937 | (5) | (50,714 | ) (7) | (94,296 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Debt redemption and refinancing charges |
| (6) | | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net |
6,940 | 6,940 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
215,928 | 253,151 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
56,746 | 22,635 | (8) | (13,054 | ) (8) | 66,327 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Net income from continuing operations |
159,182 | 186,824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income from discontinued operations, net of tax |
30,305 | (30,305 | ) (2) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Net income |
189,487 | 186,824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(40,198 | ) | 1,270 | (3) | (38,928 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. |
$ | 149,289 | $ | 147,896 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Earnings per share attributable to DaVita Inc.: |
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Basic net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 0.72 | $ | 1.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Basic net income per share |
$ | 0.90 | $ | 1.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Diluted net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 0.72 | $ | 1.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Diluted net income per share |
$ | 0.90 | $ | 1.05 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Weighted average shares for earnings per share: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic |
166,387,958 | (25,786,376 | ) (10) | 140,601,582 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Diluted |
166,780,657 | (25,786,376 | ) (10) | 140,994,281 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Amounts attributable to DaVita Inc.: |
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Net income from continuing operations |
$ | 120,254 | 65,302 | (9) | (37,660 | ) (9) | $ | 147,896 | ||||||||||||||||
Net income from discontinued operations |
29,035 | (29,035 | ) (4) | | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. |
$ | 149,289 | $ | 147,896 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Year ended
12/31/2018 As reported |
Pro forma adjustments |
As
adjusted |
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DMG
sale |
Old debt
repayments |
New debt
borrowings |
Share
repurchases |
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Dialysis and related lab patient service revenues |
$ | 10,709,981 | $ | 10,709,981 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for uncollectible accounts |
(49,587 | ) | (49,587 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Net dialysis and related lab patient service revenues |
10,660,394 | 10,660,394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues |
744,457 | 744,457 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Total revenues |
11,404,851 | 11,404,851 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Operating expenses and charges: |
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Patient care costs and other costs |
8,195,513 | 8,195,513 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
General and administrative |
1,135,454 | 1,135,454 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
591,035 | 591,035 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Provision for uncollectible accounts |
(7,300 | ) | (7,300 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Equity investment income |
4,484 | 4,484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment and other asset impairments |
17,338 | 17,338 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment charges |
3,106 | 3,106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain on changes in ownership interest, net |
(60,603 | ) | (60,603 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Total operating expenses and charges |
9,879,027 | 9,879,027 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income |
1,525,824 | (1) | 1,525,824 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Debt expense |
(487,435 | ) | 306,666 | (5) | (185,129 | ) (7) | 365,898 | |||||||||||||||||
Debt redemption and refinancing charges |
| (6) | | |||||||||||||||||||||
Other income, net |
10,089 | 10,089 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Income from continuing operations before income taxes |
1,048,478 | 1,170,015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax expense |
258,400 | 78,936 | (8) | (47,652 | ) (8) | 289,684 | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Net income from continuing operations |
790,078 | 880,331 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax |
(457,038 | ) | 457,038 | (2) | | |||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Net income |
333,040 | 880,331 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests |
(173,646 | ) | 7,889 | (3) | (165,757 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. |
$ | 159,394 | $ | 714,574 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
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|
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Earnings per share attributable to DaVita Inc.: |
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Basic net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 3.66 | $ | 4.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Basic net income per share |
$ | 0.93 | $ | 4.93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Diluted net income from continuing operations per share |
$ | 3.62 | $ | 4.88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Diluted net income per share |
$ | 0.92 | $ | 4.88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Weighted average shares for earnings per share: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic |
170,785,999 | (25,786,376 | ) (10) | 144,999,623 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
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Diluted |
172,364,581 | (25,786,376 | ) (10) | 146,578,205 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
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Amounts attributable to DaVita Inc.: |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income from continuing operations |
$ | 624,321 | 227,730 | (9) | (137,477 | ) (9) | $ | 714,574 | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss from discontinued operations |
(464,927 | ) | 464,927 | (4) | | |||||||||||||||||||
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|
|
|
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Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. |
$ | 159,394 | $ | 714,574 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Income:
As Reported represents the historical consolidated statements of income of DaVita Inc. for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, respectively. Adjustments presented in these unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of income give effect to the Transactions as if they had occurred immediately prior to January 1, 2018.
(1) |
Since the Companys DMG operations were classified as discontinued operations, neither DMGs operating income nor the Companys gain on the sale of DMG have an impact on the Companys operating income as presented on the unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of income. |
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(2) |
To eliminate net income (loss) from DMG discontinued operations, net of tax. |
(3) |
To eliminate net income attributable to noncontrolling interests related to DMG. |
(4) |
To eliminate net income (loss) from discontinued operations attributable to DaVita Inc. |
(5) |
To reflect the reduction in debt expense (including interest expense, amortization of debt discount and deferred financing costs, and commitment fees on the revolving line of credit) resulting from the pro forma prepayment in full of the Companys existing Term Loan A for $775 million, Term Loan B for $3,378 million, and $300 million outstanding on the revolving line of credit under the Companys senior secured credit facilities, non-borrowing of Term Loan A-2 for $995 million, as well as redemption of the 2022 Notes of $1,250 million, as if each of these debt repayments were made immediately prior to January 1, 2018 using actual interest rates in effect for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and year ended December 31, 2018, as applicable. |
(6) |
Since the pro forma income statements give effect to these transactions as if they had occurred immediately prior to January 1, 2018, the related debt redemption and refinancing charges (including the write-off of debt discount and deferred financing costs of $34 million for the Companys senior secured credit facilities, as described in footnote 5 above, and the $12 million call premium for redemption of the 2022 Notes), and their related tax effects, are assumed to have been recognized immediately prior to January 1, 2018 as well. |
(7) |
To reflect the debt expense (including interest expense, amortization of deferred financing costs, and commitment fees on the new undrawn revolving line of credit) resulting from the pro forma borrowings under the Companys new $5,250 million senior secured credit facilities described in Section 9. Source and Amount of Funds , including borrowings under the new Term Loan A and Term Loan B, as if each of these new borrowings were made immediately prior to January 1, 2018, and using their expected interest rate margins and actual LIBOR rates in effect for the quarter ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018, as applicable. |
(8) |
To reflect the effect on income tax expense of the adjustments to debt expense shown in this column. |
(9) |
To reflect the effect on net income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita Inc. of the adjustments shown in this column. |
(10) |
To reflect the effect of common stock repurchased by the Company (i) subsequent to March 31, 2019 under a recently completed share repurchase plan for an aggregate purchase cost of $350 million at an average cost of $55.78 per share, and (ii) pursuant to the Offer, assuming an aggregate purchase cost of $1,200 million at the maximum offered price per share of $61.50. |
11. Certain Information Concerning the Company
The Company has consisted of two major divisions, DaVita Kidney Care ( Kidney Care ) and DMG. Kidney Care is comprised of our U.S. dialysis and related lab services, our ancillary services and strategic initiatives, including our international operations, and our corporate administrative support. Our U.S. dialysis and related lab services business is our largest line of business and is a leading provider of kidney dialysis services in the U.S. for patients suffering from chronic kidney failure, also known as ESRD. DMG was a patient- and physician-focused integrated healthcare delivery and management company with over two decades of providing coordinated, outcomes-based medical care in a cost-effective manner.
In December 2017, we entered into an equity purchase agreement to sell our DMG division to Optum, a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group Inc. Such transaction was completed on June 19, 2019.
The mailing address of our principal executive office is 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. Our telephone number at that address is (720) 631-2100, and our website address is www.davita.com . The information contained on our website is neither part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase.
Available Information . We are subject to the informational filing requirements of the Exchange Act, and, accordingly, are obligated to file reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial condition and other matters. Information, as of particular dates, concerning our directors and executive officers, our agreements with them, their compensation (including SSARs, PSUs and RSUs granted to them under the Companys equity-based compensation plans), the principal holders of our securities and any material interest of these persons in transactions with us is required to be disclosed in proxy statements distributed to our shareholders and filed with the SEC. We also have filed a Schedule TO, of which this Offer to Purchase forms a part, with the SEC that includes additional information relating to the Offer.
Incorporation by Reference . The rules of the SEC allow us to incorporate by reference information into this Offer to Purchase, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The following documents that have been previously filed with the SEC contain important information about us and we incorporate them (including, without limitation, the financial statements and the notes related thereto contained in those documents) by reference into this Offer to Purchase (excluding, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, any portions of those documents that were
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furnished to, rather than filed with, the SEC under applicable SEC rules including, without limitation, any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K and any related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form 8-K):
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on February 22, 2019 (including those portions of our definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2019 incorporated by reference therein); |
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our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2019 filed with the SEC on May 7, 2019; and |
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K or 8-K/A, as applicable, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2019, June 19, 2019 (excluding Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.2), June 20, 2019 (excluding Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.2), June 21, 2019 and July 22, 2019 (excluding Item 2.02 and Exhibit 99.1). |
Any statement contained in any document incorporated into this Offer to Purchase will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Offer to Purchase to the extent that a statement contained in this Offer to Purchase or any subsequently filed document that is incorporated by reference into this Offer to Purchase modifies or supersedes the statement. Any statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Offer to Purchase.
You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase from the SECs website at the address or website set forth above.
You may also request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
DaVita Inc.
2000 16th Street
Denver, Colorado 80202
Attn: Corporate Secretary
Telephone: (888) 484-7505
Copies of these filings are also available, without charge, on the Investor Relations section of our website at www.davita.com . The information contained on our website is neither part of, nor incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase.
12. Interests of Directors and Executive Officers; Transactions and Arrangements Concerning the Shares
Shares Outstanding . As of July 19, 2019 we had 160,258,708 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding. Holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share of common stock. Because the Purchase Price will only be determined after the Expiration Time, the number of shares of common stock that will be purchased will not be known until after that time. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, we would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of our outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
Interests of Directors and Executive Officers . As of July 19, 2019, our directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons) beneficially owned an aggregate of 1,105,895 shares of our common stock, representing less
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than one percent of our outstanding shares of common stock. Our directors and executive officers are entitled to participate in the Offer on the same basis as all other shareholders. All of our directors and executive officers have advised us that they do not intend to tender any of their shares in the Offer. Assuming the completion of the Offer, the relative ownership interest in the Company held by our directors and executive officers will increase.
The following tables set forth certain information as of July 19, 2019 (except as otherwise indicated by footnote) regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock by (i) each shareholder known to us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of our common stock, (ii) each of our directors, (iii) each of our executive officers and (iv) all of our directors and executive officers as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC that deem shares to be beneficially owned by any person who has or shares voting or investment power with respect to such shares. Shares of common stock subject to options that are exercisable as of July 19, 2019 or are exercisable within 60 days of July 19, 2019 are deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding such options for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of such person but are not treated as outstanding for the purpose of calculating the percentage ownership of any other person. In the tables below, percentage ownership is based on 160,258,708 shares of our common stock outstanding as of July 19, 2019. Except as otherwise indicated, the persons listed in the tables below have advised us that they have sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares listed as owned by them.
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners
Common Stock | ||||||||
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner 1 |
Number of
shares beneficially owned |
Percentage of
shares beneficially owned |
||||||
Warren E. Buffett 2 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 3555 Farnam St. Omaha, NE 68131 |
38,565,570 | 24.06 | % | |||||
The Vanguard Group 3 100 Vanguard Blvd. Malvern, PA 19355 |
13,446,856 | 8.39 | % | |||||
BlackRock, Inc. 4 55 East 52nd St. New York, NY 10055 |
12,931,031 | 8.07 | % | |||||
Javier J. Rodriguez 5 |
127,554 | * | ||||||
Joel Ackerman |
5,287 | * | ||||||
James O. Hearty 6 |
2,138 | * | ||||||
James K. Hilger 7 |
15,283 | * | ||||||
Kent J. Thiry 8 |
704,013 | * | ||||||
Kathleen A. Waters 9 |
12,972 | * | ||||||
LeAnne M. Zumwalt 10 |
5,319 | * | ||||||
Pamela M. Arway 11 |
17,754 | * | ||||||
Charles G. Berg 12 |
15,342 | * | ||||||
Barbara J. Desoer 13 |
6,002 | * | ||||||
Pascal Desroches 14 |
4,313 | * | ||||||
Paul J. Diaz 15 |
13,040 | * | ||||||
Peter T. Grauer 16 |
65,108 | * | ||||||
John M. Nehra 17 |
93,504 | * | ||||||
Dr. William L. Roper 18 |
13,252 | * | ||||||
Phyllis R. Yale 19 |
5,014 | * | ||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons) 20 |
1,105,895 | * |
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* |
Amount represents less than 1% of our common stock. |
(1) |
Unless otherwise set forth above, the address of each beneficial owner is 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202. |
(2) |
Based solely on information contained in Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D filed with the SEC on November 13, 2018, by Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a diversified holding company which Mr. Buffett may be deemed to control. Such filing indicated that, as of November 7, 2018, Mr. Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. share voting and dispositive power over 38,565,570 shares of the Companys common stock, which include shares beneficially owned by certain subsidiaries of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. as a result of being a parent holding company or control person. |
(3) |
Based solely upon information contained in Amendment No. 8 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 11, 2019, as of December 31, 2018, The Vanguard Group has sole voting power with respect to 156,614 shares, shared voting power with respect to 39,657 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 13,252,791 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 194,065 shares. |
(4) |
Based solely upon information contained in Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 4, 2019, as of December 31, 2018, BlackRock, Inc., an investment advisor, has sole voting power with respect to 11,684,301 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 12,931,031 shares. |
(5) |
Excludes 108,596 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(6) |
Excludes 1,654 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(7) |
Excludes 9,275 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(8) |
Includes 704,013 shares held in a family trust. Excludes 324,563 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(9) |
Excludes 28,164 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(10) |
Excludes 25,165 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(11) |
Excludes 24,020 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(12) |
Excludes 20,443 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(13) |
Excludes 23,174 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(14) |
Excludes 16,989 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(15) |
Excludes 24,020 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(16) |
Excludes 35,083 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(17) |
Excludes 24,020 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(18) |
Excludes 24,020 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(19) |
Excludes 18,922 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
(20) |
Excludes 708,108 SSARs which are exercisable, but had a base price in excess of the Companys closing stock price on July 19, 2019. |
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Security Ownership of Management
The address of each individual named below is as follows: c/o DaVita Inc., 2000 16th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202. All fractional shares reported in the table below have been rounded to the nearest whole share.
Number of shares
beneficially owned |
Percentage
of shares beneficially owned |
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Javier J. Rodriguez 1 |
127,554 | * | ||||||
Joel Ackerman |
5,287 | * | ||||||
James O. Hearty 2 |
2,138 | * | ||||||
James K. Hilger 3 |
15,283 | * | ||||||
Kent J. Thiry 4 |
704,013 | * | ||||||
Kathleen A. Waters 5 |
12,972 | * | ||||||
LeAnne M. Zumwalt 6 |
5,319 | * | ||||||
Pamela M. Arway 7 |
17,754 | * | ||||||
Charles G. Berg 8 |
15,342 | * | ||||||
Barbara J. Desoer 9 |
6,002 | * | ||||||
Pascal Desroches 10 |
4,313 | * | ||||||
Paul J. Diaz 11 |
13,040 | * | ||||||
Peter T. Grauer 12 |
65,108 | * | ||||||
John M. Nehra 13 |
93,504 | * | ||||||
Dr. William L. Roper 14 |
13,252 | * | ||||||
Phyllis R. Yale 15 |
5,014 | * | ||||||
All directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons) 16 |
1,105,895 | * |
* |
Less than 1% |
(1) |
See footnote 5 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(2) |
See footnote 6 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(3) |
See footnote 7 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(4) |
See footnote 8 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(5) |
See footnote 9 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(6) |
See footnote 10 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(7) |
See footnote 11 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(8) |
See footnote 12 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(9) |
See footnote 13 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(10) |
See footnote 14 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(11) |
See footnote 15 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(12) |
See footnote 16 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(13) |
See footnote 17 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(14) |
See footnote 18 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(15) |
See footnote 19 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
(16) |
See footnote 20 to the Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners table above. |
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Recent Securities Transactions . Based on our records and information provided to us by our affiliates, directors and executive officers, neither we nor, to the best of our knowledge, any of our affiliates, directors or executive officers, have effected any transactions in our common stock during the 60 days before the date hereof, except as otherwise set forth in this Offer to Purchase and except for the following transactions:
Date of Transaction |
Reporting Person |
Number
of Shares |
Price per
Share 1 |
Nature of Transaction |
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6/02/2019 | James K. Hilger | 746 | $ | 43.42 | Shares received upon the vesting of restricted stock units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | James K. Hilger | 277 | $ | 43.42 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 746 units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Javier J. Rodriguez | 1,150 | $ | 43.42 | Shares received upon the vesting and satisfaction of performance criteria of performance stock units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Javier J. Rodriguez | 506 | $ | 43.42 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 1,150 units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Kent J. Thiry | 2,210 | $ | 43.42 | Shares received upon the vesting and satisfaction of performance criteria of performance stock units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Kent J. Thiry | 920 | $ | 43.42 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 2,210 units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | James O. Hearty | 373 | $ | 43.42 | Shares received upon the vesting of restricted stock units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | James O. Hearty | 109 | $ | 43.42 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 373 units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Leanne M. Zumwalt | 1,492 | $ | 43.42 | Shares received upon the vesting of restricted stock units. | |||||||
6/02/2019 | Leanne M. Zumwalt | 673 | $ | 43.42 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 1,492 units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Kathleen A. Waters | 16,574 | $ | 51.27 | Shares received upon the vesting and satisfaction of performance criteria of performance stock units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Kathleen A. Waters | 8,425 | $ | 51.27 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 16,574 units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Joel Ackerman | 11,301 | $ | 51.27 | Shares received upon the vesting and satisfaction of performance criteria of performance stock units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Joel Ackerman | 6,014 | $ | 51.27 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 11,301 units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Kent J. Thiry | 1,519 | $ | 51.27 | Shares received upon the vesting and satisfaction of performance criteria of performance stock units. | |||||||
6/19/2019 | Kent J. Thiry | 668 | $ | 51.27 | Shares withheld from issuance to satisfy tax withholding obligation in connection with the vesting of 1,519 units. |
(1) |
Represents the closing price for our common stock on the date of vesting or share withholding, as applicable, as reported by the NYSE. |
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Stock Repurchase Authorization . During November 2001, our Board of Directors established our stock repurchase program. Effective as of July 17, 2019, our Board of Directors terminated our then-existing share repurchase authorization and approved a new share repurchase authorization of $2.0 billion. This new share repurchase authorization has no expiration date.
10b5-1 and 10b-18 Plans . Our executive officers may enter into customary 10b5-1 plans with brokers from time to time, pursuant to which they may execute purchases or sales of our common stock.
Purchases Pursuant to 10b5-1 Plans . We acquired 6,274,181 shares of our common stock pursuant to a
10b5-1 plan from the period June 21, 2019 through July 17, 2019 at average daily prices between $51.76
and $58.06 per share.
Equity Compensation Plans . In 2019, our executive officers received all long-term incentive compensation in the form of equity compensation comprised of SSARs, RSUs and PSUs.
Employment and Severance Arrangements. We have employment agreements with Kent J. Thiry, Javier J. Rodriguez, Joel Ackerman, Kathleen A. Waters and James K. Hilger, which include severance provisions in the event the executive officers employment is terminated without cause or, in some cases, due to good reason. We have not entered into a severance arrangement with either Mr. Hearty or Ms. Zumwalt. Unless otherwise determined by the Compensation Committee of the Board, any severance benefits paid to either Mr. Hearty or Ms. Zumwalt would be paid under the terms of the Companys severance policy applicable to him/her.
Change of Control Arrangements . We have entered into employment or severance arrangements that include change of control provisions with Mr. Thiry, Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. Ackerman. These arrangements, among other things, provide for severance benefits in the event of a termination of employment in certain circumstances, including, with respect to certain executive officers, the departure of the executive officers following a change of control of our Company. Each arrangement is individually negotiated and the terms vary. When entering into employment or severance arrangements with our executive officers, we attempt to provide severance and change of control benefits which strike a balance between providing sufficient protections for the executive officer while still providing post-termination compensation that we consider reasonable and in the interests of the Company and our shareholders.
The terms of individual agreements vary, but under our current stock-based award agreements, accelerated vesting of stock-based awards is generally triggered when a change of control event occurs and either the acquiring entity fails to assume, convert or replace the stock-based award or if the executive resigns for good reason or is terminated by the Company without cause as provided in his or her applicable employment agreement, all within a certain period of time after the effective date of the change of control event. The additional acceleration provisions in our stock-based award agreements further serve to secure the continued employment and commitment of our executive officers prior to or following a change of control.
Mr. Thirys employment agreement previously contained a tax gross-up provision for tax obligations possibly imposed by Section 280G or 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code when a change of control event occurs. Effective August 20, 2018, his agreement was amended to remove such provision.
Executive Stock Ownership Guidelines. To more closely align the interests of our management with those of our shareholders, our Board of Directors, upon the recommendation of the Nominating and Governance Committee, adopted stock ownership guidelines for all of our executive officers. The ownership guidelines provide for our executive officers to own a minimum number of shares equal to the lesser of (i) 25% of the total pretax equity award value realized by the executive officer from the time such executive officer became subject to the stock ownership policy to date in excess of $100,000 and (ii) six times annual base salary in the case of our Chief Executive Officer and three times annual base salary in the case of our other executive officers.
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Director Compensation . Under the Director Compensation Policy in effect in 2018, each of our non-employee directors received an annual grant of SSARs, granted on May 15, 2018, with the number of SSARs determined by dividing $95,000 by 20% of the closing market price of our common stock on the grant date. The SSARs vest in full on the one year anniversary of the date of grant, with acceleration of vesting upon a change of control of the Company, and expiring five years after the date of grant. Each of our non-employee directors was also entitled to receive direct stock issuances ( DSIs ) in 2018 to be granted quarterly on the last day of each fiscal quarter. The number of DSIs to be granted quarterly was determined by dividing $23,750 by the closing market price of our common stock on the last trading day of each fiscal quarter. The DSIs are 100% vested upon issuance.
Effective May 15, 2019, our non-employee directors no longer receive an annual grant of SSARs. Instead, our non-employee directors receive an equivalent value of DSIs. The DSIs are granted in four equal installments on May 15, August 15, November 15 and March 15, in an amount determined by dividing $47,500 by the closing market price of our common stock on the applicable grant date, or if the grant date does not fall on a trading day, then the last trading day prior to the grant date. The DSIs shall be prorated, as applicable, including for new directors, based on the days of service on the board. The final quarterly grant of DSIs under the prior Director Compensation Policy occurred in March 2019.
To more closely align the interests of our Board of Directors with those of our shareholders, our Board of Directors adopted stock ownership guidelines for all of our non-employee directors. The ownership guidelines provide for our non-employee directors to own a minimum number of shares equal to the lesser of (i) 25% of the total pretax equity award value realized by the non-employee director from the time such non-employee director became subject to the stock ownership policy to date in excess of $100,000 and (ii) five times the annual base retainer paid to the non-employee director.
General . Except as described in, or incorporated by reference into, this Offer to Purchase or the Schedule TO, none of the Company nor, to the best of the Companys knowledge, any of its affiliates, directors or executive officers, is a party to any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with any other person relating, directly or indirectly, to the Offer or with respect to any securities of the Company, including, but not limited to, any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship concerning the transfer or the voting of securities, joint ventures, loan or option arrangements, puts or calls, guaranties of loans, guaranties against loss or the giving or withholding of proxies, consents or authorizations.
The descriptions above are intended to be summaries, and are qualified by reference in their entirety to the detailed descriptions of such arrangements in our periodic and current reports and proxy statements filed with the SEC. To the extent required by SEC rules, copies of the agreements or forms of the agreements disclosed above have been filed with the SEC.
13. Effects of the Offer on the Market for Shares; Registration under the Exchange Act
The purchase by us of shares of our common stock pursuant to the Offer will reduce the number of shares of our common stock that might otherwise be traded publicly and is likely to reduce the number of our shareholders. As a result, trading of a relatively smaller volume of shares after consummation of the Offer may have a greater impact on trading prices than would be the case prior to consummation of the Offer.
We believe that there will be a sufficient number of shares of our common stock outstanding and publicly traded following completion of the Offer to ensure a continued trading market for the shares. Based on the published guidelines of the NYSE and the conditions of the Offer, we do not believe that our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will result in the delisting of our common stock from the NYSE. The Offer is conditioned upon, among other things, our having determined that the consummation of the Offer will not cause our common stock to be delisted from the NYSE or be eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act. See Section 7 .
Shares of our common stock are currently margin securities under the rules of the Federal Reserve Board. This has the effect, among other things, of allowing brokers to extend credit to their customers using such shares
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as collateral. We believe that, following the purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer, shares of our common stock will continue to be margin securities for purposes of the Federal Reserve Boards margin rules and regulations.
Our common stock is registered under the Exchange Act, which requires, among other things, that we furnish certain information to our shareholders and the SEC and comply with the SECs proxy rules in connection with meetings of our shareholders. We believe that our purchase of shares pursuant to the terms of the Offer will not result in our common stock becoming eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act.
It is a condition of our obligation to purchase shares pursuant to the Offer that, as a result of the consummation of the Offer, there not be a reasonable likelihood that our common stock will be eligible for deregistration under the Exchange Act. See Section 7 .
14. Legal Matters; Regulatory Approvals
Except as described in this Offer to Purchase, we are not aware of any license or regulatory permit that is material to our business that might be adversely affected by our acquisition of shares as contemplated by the Offer or of any approval or other action by any government or governmental, administrative or regulatory authority or agency, domestic or foreign, that would be required for our acquisition or ownership of shares as contemplated by the Offer. Should any such approval or other action be required, we presently contemplate that we will seek that approval or other action. We are unable to predict whether we will be required to delay the acceptance for payment of or payment for shares tendered under the Offer pending the outcome of any such matter. There can be no assurance that any such approval or other action, if needed, would be obtained or would be obtained without substantial cost or conditions or that the failure to obtain the approval or other action might not result in adverse consequences to our business and financial condition.
Our obligation to accept for payment and pay for shares pursuant to the Offer is subject to various conditions. See Section 7 .
15. Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences
The following discussion is a summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax consequences to our shareholders of an exchange of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer. This discussion is general in nature and does not discuss all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular shareholder in light of the shareholders particular circumstances, or to certain types of shareholders subject to special treatment under United States federal income tax laws (such as insurance companies, tax-exempt organizations, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, United States Holders, as defined below, whose functional currency is not the United States dollar, partnerships or other entities treated as partnerships or pass-through entities for United States federal income tax purposes (or their investors or beneficiaries), controlled foreign corporations, passive foreign investment companies, persons holding more than 5% of our common stock, persons holding shares as part of a hedging transaction, integrated transaction, conversion transaction or constructive sale transaction or a straddle, banks, financial institutions, brokers, dealers in securities or currencies, traders that elect to mark-to-market their securities, certain expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States or personal holding companies). In addition, the discussion does not consider the effect of any alternative minimum taxes or foreign, state, local or other tax laws, or any United States tax considerations (e.g., estate or gift tax) other than United States federal income tax considerations that may be applicable to particular shareholders. Further, this summary assumes that shareholders hold their shares as capital assets (generally, property held for investment) within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ) and generally assumes that they did not receive their shares through the exercise of employee stock options or otherwise as compensation.
This summary is based on the Code and applicable United States Treasury regulations, rulings, administrative pronouncements and judicial decisions thereunder as of the date hereof, all of which are subject to change or differing interpretations at any time with possible retroactive effect. This discussion is not binding on the IRS, and we have not sought, nor will we seek, any ruling from the IRS with respect to the matters discussed
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below. There can be no assurances that the IRS will not take a different position concerning tax consequences of the sale of shares to us pursuant to the Offer or that any such position would not be sustained.
As used herein, a United States Holder means a beneficial owner of shares that is (1) an individual citizen or resident alien of the United States for United States federal income tax purposes, (2) a corporation (or other entity taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (3) an estate the income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source, or (4) a trust if (a) the administration of the trust is subject to the primary supervision of a court within the United States and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (b) it has a valid election in effect under applicable United States Treasury regulations to be treated as a United States person. As used herein, a Non-United States Holder means a beneficial owner of shares that is neither a United States Holder nor a partnership or other entity classified as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes. If a partnership or other entity treated as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes holds shares, the tax treatment of a partner or other owner will generally depend upon the status of such person and the activities of the partnership or other entity. A partnership holding shares and partners in such partnership should consult their own tax advisors about the United States federal income tax consequences of an exchange of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer.
The following discussion does not constitute tax advice. Each shareholder is advised to consult its own tax advisor to determine the United States federal, state, local, foreign and other tax consequences to it of the Offer.
Treatment of the Sale of Shares
Under Section 302 of the Code, a sale of shares for cash by a shareholder pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a sale or exchange of shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes, rather than as a distribution with respect to the shares held by the tendering shareholder, only if the sale:
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results in a complete termination of such shareholders equity interest in us, |
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results in a substantially disproportionate redemption with respect to such shareholder, or |
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is not essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to the shareholder. |
In determining whether any of these tests have been met, a shareholder must take into account not only the shares that the shareholder actually owns, but also the shares that the shareholder constructively owns within the meaning of Section 318 of the Code (as modified by Section 302(c) of the Code). Under these constructive ownership rules, a shareholder will be considered to own those shares owned, directly or indirectly, by certain members of the shareholders family and certain entities (such as corporations, partnerships, trusts and estates) in which the shareholder has an equity interest, as well as shares the shareholder has an option to purchase. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors with respect to the operation of these constructive ownership rules.
The purchase of a shareholders shares by us in the Offer will result in a complete termination of the shareholders equity interest in us if either (1) all of the shares in us actually and constructively owned by the shareholder are exchanged for cash pursuant to the Offer or (2) all of the shares in us actually owned by the shareholder are exchanged for cash pursuant to the Offer and the shareholder is eligible to waive, and does waive, the attribution of all shares in us constructively owned by the shareholder in accordance with the procedures described in Section 302(c)(2) of the Code. A shareholder may also satisfy the complete termination test if, in the same transaction, some of his or her shares in us are redeemed and all of the remainder of his or her shares in us are sold or otherwise transferred to a third party so that after the transaction the shareholder no longer owns (actually or constructively) any shares in us. Shareholders wishing to satisfy the complete termination test through waiver of attribution in accordance with the procedures described in Section 302(c)(2) of the Code should consult their own tax advisors concerning the mechanics and desirability of such a waiver.
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A sale of shares by a shareholder will be a substantially disproportionate redemption with respect to a shareholder if (1) the shareholders percentage ownership of our outstanding voting stock (including all classes that carry voting rights) is reduced immediately after the redemption to less than 80% of its percentage interest in such stock immediately before the redemption; (2) the shareholders percentage ownership of our outstanding common stock (both voting and nonvoting) immediately after the redemption is reduced to less than 80% of such percentage ownership immediately before the redemption; and (3) the shareholder owns, immediately after the redemption, less than 50% of the total combined voting power of all classes of our stock entitled to vote.
A sale of shares by a shareholder pursuant to the Offer will satisfy the not essentially equivalent to a dividend test if, taking into account the applicable constructive ownership rules, it results in a meaningful reduction of the shareholders proportionate interest in us. Whether a shareholder meets this test will depend on the shareholders particular facts and circumstances, as well as the relative percentage of the shares tendered by such shareholder and each of the other shareholders. However, the IRS has indicated in published guidance that even a small reduction in the proportionate interest of a small minority shareholder in a publicly and widely held corporation who exercises no control over corporate affairs may constitute a meaningful reduction. In the event that other shareholders exchange a greater percentage of their shares pursuant to the Offer than a particular shareholder, a shareholders interest in us may increase immediately following the Offer even if that shareholder exchanges shares for cash pursuant to the Offer and such shareholder does not (actually or constructively) acquire any other shares.
We cannot predict whether or the extent to which the Offer will be oversubscribed. If the Offer is oversubscribed, proration of tenders in the Offer will cause us to accept fewer shares than are tendered. This in turn may affect the shareholders U.S. federal income tax consequences. In particular, this could affect the shareholders ability to satisfy one of the Section 302 tests. In any event, no assurance can be given that a shareholder will be able to determine in advance whether its disposition of shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a sale or exchange under Section 302 of the Code.
Section 302 and the related regulations and guidance are complex. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisors regarding the proper treatment of a disposition of shares pursuant to the Offer in light of the shareholders particular circumstances.
United States Holders
If a United States Holders sale of shares pursuant to this Offer is treated as a sale or exchange for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such United States Holder will recognize capital gain or loss equal to the difference between (i) the amount received, and the United States Holders adjusted tax basis in the shares that are sold pursuant to the Offer. Such gain or loss will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if the United States Holders holding period for the shares sold exceeds one year at the time of the sale. Long-term capital gains of a non-corporate United States Holder are currently eligible for reduced rates of U.S. federal income taxation. A United States Holders ability to deduct capital losses is subject to certain limitations.
If a United States Holders receipt of cash attributable to an exchange of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer does not meet one of the tests under Section 302 of the Code described above, then the full amount of cash received by the United States Holder with respect to our purchase of shares under the Offer will be treated as a distribution to the United States Holder with respect to the United States Holders shares and will be treated as ordinary dividend income to the United States Holder to the extent of such United States Holders ratable share of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as determined under United States federal income tax principles. Provided certain holding period requirements and other conditions are satisfied, non-corporate United States Holders may be eligible for preferential rates on dividend income and corporate United States Holders may be eligible for a dividends received deduction with respect to dividend income. Corporate United States Holders will also be subject to the extraordinary dividend provisions of Section 1059 of the Code.
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To the extent that the amount of the distribution exceeds our current and accumulated earnings and profits, the excess first will be treated as a return of capital that will reduce the United States Holders adjusted tax basis in the shares exchanged in the Offer. Any amount remaining after the United States Holders adjusted tax basis has been reduced to zero will be taxable to the United States Holder as capital gain realized on the sale or exchange of such shares (as described above). Any remaining adjusted tax basis in the shares exchanged in the Offer will be transferred to any other shares continued to be held by the United States Holder. No loss will be recognized by a United States Holder if its sale of shares pursuant to the Offer is treated as a distribution with respect to the shares under Section 302 of the Code.
An additional 3.8% tax is imposed on the net investment income of certain United States citizens and resident aliens, and on the undistributed net investment income of certain estates and trusts. Among other items, net investment income generally includes gross income from dividends and net gain from the disposition of property, such as the shares, less certain deductions. You should consult your tax advisor with respect to this additional tax.
Non-United States Holders
As discussed above under Treatment of the Sale of Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer will depend on whether a shareholder satisfies one of the tests under Section 302 of the Code. If the sale is treated as a sale or exchange of shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes, a Non-United States Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax with respect to gain recognized on a sale of shares pursuant to the Offer unless (1) such gain is effectively connected with the conduct by such Non-United States Holder of a trade or business in the United States (and, if an applicable income tax treaty applies, the gain is attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such Non-United States Holder), (2) in the case of gain realized by a Non-United States Holder that is an individual, such Non-United States Holder is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the exchange and certain other conditions are met, or (3) our shares that are exchanged constitute a United States real property interest with respect to the Non-United States Holder.
Our shares will constitute a United States real property interest with respect to a Non-United States Holder if (1) we are have been a United States real property holding corporation for United States federal income tax purposes at any time during the shorter of (a) the period during which the Non-United States Holder held such shares or (b) the 5-year period ending on the date the Non-United States Holder exchanges such shares pursuant to the Offer and (2) the Non-United States Holder actually or constructively owns or has owned (at any time during the shorter of such periods) more than 5% of our shares. We do not believe that we have been or will be a United States real property holding corporation at any time during the five-year period preceding the exchange of shares pursuant to the Offer.
If, however, a Non-United States Holder does not satisfy any of the Section 302 tests described above, the full amount received by the Non-United States Holder with respect to our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer will be treated as a distribution to the Non-United States Holder with respect to the Non-United States Holders shares, rather than as an amount received in a sale or exchange of such shares. Because satisfaction of the Section 302 tests is dependent on facts and circumstances that are unique to each Non-United States Holder, the Depositary or other withholding agent will generally treat distributions received by a Non- United States Holder with respect to our purchase of shares under the Offer as dividends, and such dividends will generally be subject to withholding of United States federal income tax at the rate of 30%, unless (1) the Depositary, or other withholding agent, determines that a reduced rate of withholding is available under a tax treaty or (2) an exemption from withholding is applicable because the gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if a treaty applies, the gross proceeds are attributable to a United States permanent establishment maintained by such Non-United States Holder). Any such effectively connected gross proceeds would be subject to United States federal income tax on a net income basis at the regular graduated rates.
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To obtain a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty, a Non-United States Holder must deliver to the Depositary, or other withholding agent, a validly completed and executed IRS Form W-8BEN, IRS Form W-8BEN-E or other applicable IRS Form W-8. Non-United States Holders should consult their own tax advisors regarding their entitlement to benefits under an applicable income tax treaty and the manner of claiming the benefits of such treaty. To obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the United States, a Non-United States Holder must deliver to the Depositary, or other withholding agent, a validly completed and executed IRS Form W-8ECI before the payment is made. The Depositary, or other withholding agent, will determine a shareholders status as a Non-United States Holder and eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding by reference to any outstanding, valid certificates or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding unless facts and circumstances indicate that reliance is not warranted. If any amounts withheld exceed the Non-United States Holders United States federal income tax liability, such Non-United States Holder may obtain a refund or credit of any excess amounts withheld by filing an appropriate claim for a refund with the IRS, including because such Non-United States Holder meets one of the tests of Section 302 of the Code described above that would characterize the transaction as an exchange (as opposed to a distribution).
Pursuant to FATCA and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the official interpretations thereof or any intergovernmental agreement (or guidance thereunder) entered into pursuant thereto, foreign financial institutions (which include most foreign hedge funds, private equity funds, mutual funds, securitization vehicles and other investment vehicles) and certain other foreign entities must comply with information reporting rules with respect to their United States account holders and investors or be subject to a withholding tax on certain United States-source payments made to them (whether received as a beneficial owner or as an intermediary for another party). More specifically, a foreign financial institution or other foreign entity that does not comply with the FATCA reporting requirements will generally be subject to a 30% withholding tax with respect to any withholdable payments. Because the Depositary or other withholding agent will generally treat amounts received by a Non-United States Holder with respect to our purchase of shares under the Offer as dividends, such amounts will be treated as withholdable payments and payments to a foreign financial institution or other foreign entity that does not properly establish an exemption from FATCA withholding on IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E or other applicable form will be subject to the FATCA withholding tax. If the Depositary or other withholding agent withholds tax under FATCA, it will not also withhold the 30% withholding tax described in the second preceding paragraph.
Backup Withholding.
See Section 3 , Procedures for Tendering Shares, with respect to the application of backup U.S. federal income tax withholding to any sale of shares pursuant to the Offer.
Non-Participation in the Offer
Shareholders who do not participate in the Offer will not incur any U.S. federal income tax liability as a result of the consummation of the Offer.
This discussion is general in nature and does not discuss all aspects of United States federal income taxation that may be relevant to a particular shareholder in light of the shareholders particular circumstances, or to certain types of shareholders subject to special treatment under United States federal income tax laws. Shareholders should consult their tax advisors to determine the particular tax consequences to them of participating in the Offer, including the applicability and effect of state, local, foreign and other tax laws and the possible effects of changes in U.S. federal or other tax laws.
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The following is a summary of certain considerations associated with the sale of shares pursuant to the Offer by employee benefit plans that are subject to Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ( ERISA ), plans, individual retirement accounts and other arrangements that are subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code ) or provisions under any federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other laws or regulations that are similar to such provisions of ERISA or the Code (collectively, Similar Laws ), and entities whose underlying assets are considered to include plan assets, pursuant to 29 C.F.R. Section 2510.3-101, as modified by Section 3(42) of ERISA, of such plans, accounts and arrangements (each, a Plan ).
General Fiduciary Matters
ERISA and the Code impose certain duties on persons who are fiduciaries of a Plan subject to Title I of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code (an ERISA Plan ), and prohibit certain transactions involving the assets of an ERISA Plan and its fiduciaries or other interested parties. Under ERISA and the Code, any person who exercises any discretionary authority or control over the administration of such an ERISA Plan or the management or disposition of the assets of such an ERISA Plan, or who renders investment advice for a fee or other compensation to such an ERISA Plan, is generally considered to be a fiduciary of the ERISA Plan.
In considering a sale of shares by a Plan pursuant to the Offer, a Plan fiduciary should determine whether the sale is in accordance with the documents and instruments governing the Plan and the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code or any Similar Laws relating to a fiduciarys duties to the Plan including, without limitation, the prudence, diversification, delegation of control and prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA, the Code and any other applicable Similar Laws.
Prohibited Transaction Issues
Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code prohibit ERISA Plans from engaging in specified transactions involving plan assets with persons or entities who are parties in interest, within the meaning of ERISA, or disqualified persons, within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code, unless an exemption is available. A party in interest or disqualified person who engages in a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to excise taxes and other penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. In addition, the fiduciary of the ERISA Plan that engages in such a non-exempt prohibited transaction may be subject to penalties and liabilities under ERISA and the Code. The sale of shares by an ERISA Plan with respect to which we, the Depositary, the Dealer Manager or their respective affiliates may be considered a party in interest or a disqualified person may constitute or result in a direct or indirect prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code, unless the transaction satisfies the conditions of an applicable statutory, class or individual prohibited transaction exemption. In this regard, the U.S. Department of Labor has issued prohibited transaction class exemptions, or PTCEs that may apply to a sale of shares pursuant to the Offer. These class exemptions include, without limitation, PTCE 84-14 respecting transactions determined by independent qualified professional asset managers, PTCE 90-1 respecting insurance company pooled separate accounts, PTCE 91-38 respecting bank collective investment funds, PTCE 95-60 respecting life insurance company general accounts and PTCE 96-23 respecting transactions determined by in-house asset managers, although there can be no assurance that all of the conditions of any such exemptions will be satisfied. In addition to the foregoing, Section 408(b)(17) of ERISA and Section 4975(d)(20) of the Code provide a statutory exemption for transactions between an ERISA Plan and a person that is a party in interest and/or a disqualified person (other than a fiduciary or an affiliate that, directly or indirectly, has or exercises discretionary authority or control or renders investment advice with respect to the assets involved in the transaction) solely by reason of providing services to the ERISA Plan or by relationship to a service provider, provided that the ERISA Plan fiduciary has made a determination that there is adequate consideration for the transaction. By tendering all or
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any portion of your shares pursuant to the Offer, you will be deemed to represent and warrant that your participation in the Offering will not constitute or result in any non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 or in any violation of Similar Laws.
17. Extension of the Offer; Termination; Amendment
We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion and subject to applicable law, at any time and from time to time, and regardless of whether or not any of the events set forth in Section 7 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by us to have occurred, to extend the period of time the Offer is open and delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such extension. We also expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, to terminate the Offer and reject for payment and not pay for any shares not theretofore accepted for payment or paid for, subject to applicable law, and to postpone payment for shares, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions specified in Section 7, by giving oral or written notice of such termination or postponement to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such termination or postponement. Our reservation of the right to delay payment for shares that we have accepted for payment is limited by Rule 13e-4(f)(5) and 14e-1 under the Exchange Act, which requires that we must pay the consideration offered or return the shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer.
Subject to compliance with applicable law, we further reserve the right, in our sole discretion, and regardless of whether any of the events set forth in Section 7 shall have occurred or shall be deemed by us to have occurred, to amend the Offer in any respect (including, without limitation, by decreasing or increasing the consideration per share offered to shareholders pursuant to the Offer or by decreasing or increasing the aggregate Purchase Price of shares being sought in the Offer). Amendments to the Offer may be made at any time and from time to time by public announcement of such amendments. In the case of an extension, the notice of the amendment must be issued no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the last previously scheduled or announced Expiration Time. Any public announcement made pursuant to the Offer will be disseminated promptly to shareholders in a manner reasonably designed to inform shareholders of such change. Without limiting the manner in which we may choose to make a public announcement, except as required by applicable law, we shall have no obligation to publish, advertise or otherwise disseminate any such public announcement other than by making a release through PR Newswire or another comparable service.
If we materially change the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, or if we waive a material condition of the Offer, we will extend the Offer to the extent required by Rules 13e-4(d)(2), 13e-4(e)(3) and 13e-4(f)(1) under the Exchange Act. These rules and certain related releases and interpretations of the SEC provide that the minimum period during which a tender offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the tender offer or information concerning the tender offer (other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought) will depend on the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of such terms or information. If:
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we increase the maximum price per share to be paid for shares above $61.50 per share or decrease the minimum price per share to be paid for shares below $53.50 per share or otherwise change the price range to be paid for shares in the Offer or increase or decrease the aggregate Purchase Price offered for shares being sought in the Offer (but, in the case of an increase, only if we increase the aggregate Purchase Price as a result of which the number of shares being sought will increase by more than 2% of our outstanding shares of common stock); and |
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then, in each case, the Offer will be extended so that it will remain open for a period of ten business days from and including the date that such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given to shareholders in the
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manner specified in this Section 17. For purposes of the Offer, a business day means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or Federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 midnight, New York City time.
We have retained Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC to act as the Dealer Manager in connection with the Offer, which will receive, for these services, a reasonable and customary fee. We also have agreed to reimburse the Dealer Manager for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Offer, including fees and expenses of counsel, and to indemnify it against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws.
The Dealer Manager and its affiliates have rendered, and may in the future render, various investment banking, lending and commercial banking services and other advisory services to us or our subsidiaries. The Dealer Manager has received, and may in the future receive, customary compensation from us or our subsidiaries for such services. The Dealer Manager and its affiliates may from time to time hold shares in their proprietary accounts, and, to the extent it owns shares in these accounts at the time of the Offer, the Dealer Manager or any of its affiliates may tender the shares pursuant to the Offer. Additionally, CSLF and Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch are Commitment Parties under the terms of the Credit Facilities Commitment Letter. See Section 9 .
We have also retained Georgeson LLC, to act as Information Agent and Computershare Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., to act as Depositary in connection with the Offer. The Information Agent may contact shareholders by mail, telephone, facsimile and personal interviews and may request brokers, dealers and other nominee shareholders to forward materials relating to the Offer to beneficial owners. The Information Agent and the Depositary will each receive reasonable and customary compensation for their respective services, will be reimbursed by us for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Offer and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws.
We will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers or other persons (other than fees to the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent and the Depositary as described above) for soliciting tenders of shares pursuant to the Offer. Shareholders holding shares through brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies or other nominee shareholders are urged to consult the brokers, dealers or other nominee shareholders to determine whether transaction costs may apply if shareholders tender shares through the brokers, dealers or other nominee shareholders and not directly to the Depositary. We will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks and trust companies for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer and related materials to the beneficial owners of shares held by them as a nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. No broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company has been authorized to act as our agent or an agent of the Information Agent, the Dealer Manager or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer. We will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes, if any, on our purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer, except as otherwise provided in Section 5.
Certain officers and employees of the Company may render services in connection with the Offer but will not receive any additional compensation for such services.
We are not aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law. If we become aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of shares pursuant to the Offer is not in compliance with any valid applicable law, we will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after such good faith effort, we cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not
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be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the holders of shares in that jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities or blue sky laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on our behalf by the Dealer Manager or one or more requested brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.
After the completion of the Offer, we may purchase shares in the open market subject to market conditions, or in private transactions, exchange offers, tender offers or otherwise. Any of these purchases may be on the same terms as, or on terms more or less favorable to shareholders than, the terms of the Offer. However, Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act generally prohibits us and our affiliates from purchasing any shares, other than through the Offer, until at least ten business days after the expiration or termination of the Offer. Any possible future purchases by us will depend on many factors, including the market price of the shares, the results of the Offer, our business and financial position and general economic and market conditions.
Pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c)(2) under the Exchange Act, we have filed with the SEC the Schedule TO, which contains additional information relating to the Offer. The Schedule TO, including the exhibits and any amendments and supplements thereto, may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the same places and in the same manner as is set forth in Section 11 with respect to information concerning DVA.
We have not authorized any person to make any recommendation on our behalf as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your shares in the Offer or as to the price or prices at which you may choose to tender your shares in the Offer. You should rely only on the information contained in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal or to documents to which we have referred you. Our delivery of this Offer to Purchase shall not under any circumstances create any implication that the information contained in this Offer to Purchase is correct as of any time other than the date of this Offer to Purchase or that there have been no changes in the information included or incorporated by reference herein or in the affairs of DVA or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates since the date hereof. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than the information and representations contained in this Offer to Purchase or in the Letter of Transmittal. If anyone makes any recommendation or gives any information or representation, you must not rely upon that recommendation, information or representation as having been authorized by us, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary or the Information Agent.
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The Letter of Transmittal, certificates for shares and any other required documents should be sent or delivered by each shareholder of the Company who wishes to tender shares in the Offer or his or her broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to the Depositary as follows:
The Depositary for the Offer is:
By First Class Mail: | By Mail, or Overnight Courier: | |
Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011 |
Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions 250 Royall Street, Suite V Canton, MA 02021 |
DELIVERY OF THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent or to the Dealer Manager at their respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth below. Requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or other documents relating to the Offer should be directed to the Information Agent. The Information Agent will promptly furnish to shareholders additional copies of these materials at the Companys expense. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
1290 Avenue of the Americas, 9 th Floor
New York, NY 10104
Toll-Free (888) 206-5896
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Toll-Free: (800) 318-8219
Exhibit (a)(1)(B)
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO TENDER SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
OF
DAVITA INC.
IN CONNECTION WITH ITS
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK FOR AN AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE
OF NO MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF NOT LESS THAN $53.50 PER SHARE AND
NOT MORE THAN $61.50 PER SHARE
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT
12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019,
UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE
EXPIRATION TIME) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED.
METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATE(S) IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE OWNER THEREOF. DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH BELOW WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
Mail or deliver this Letter of Transmittal, together with the certificate(s) representing your shares, to Computershare Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Depositary), as follows:
By First Class Mail: |
By Registered, Certified or Express Mail, or Overnight Courier: |
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Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011 |
Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions 150 Royall Street, Suite V Canton, MA 02021 |
Corporate Actions Voluntary: COY DVA Class C01
Pursuant to the Offer, the undersigned encloses herewith and tenders the following certificate(s) representing shares of common stock of DaVita Inc.:
Corporate Actions Voluntary: COY DVA Class C01
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CAPITALIZED TERMS USED HEREIN WITHOUT DEFINITION HAVE THE
MEANINGS ASCRIBED TO THEM IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE
(AS DEFINED BELOW)
YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS, BEFORE YOU COMPLETE IT. FOR THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO BE VALIDLY DELIVERED, IT MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY AT ONE OF THE ABOVE ADDRESSES BEFORE THE OFFER EXPIRES (IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS DETAILED IN THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ITS INSTRUCTIONS).
I/we, the undersigned, hereby tender to DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), the share(s) identified above pursuant to the Companys offer to purchase for cash shares (the shares) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock), for an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion pursuant to (i) Auction Tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share or (ii) Purchase Price Tenders, in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase), and in this Letter of Transmittal (which, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, constitute the Offer). This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed only if (a) certificates for shares are being forwarded herewith or (b) a tender of book-entry shares is being made to the account maintained by The Depository Trust Company (DTC) pursuant to Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and the tender is not being made pursuant to DTCs Automated Tender Offer Program (ATOP). I/we certify that I/we have complied with all requirements as stated in the instructions included in this Letter of Transmittal, am/are the registered holder(s) of the shares represented by the enclosed certificate(s), have full authority to tender these shares, and give the instructions in this Letter of Transmittal and warrant that the shares represented by the enclosed certificate(s) are free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests, claims, restrictions and equities whatsoever and that when, as and if the shares tendered hereby are accepted for payment by the Company, the Company will acquire good title thereto, free and clear of all liens, charges, encumbrances, security interests, claims, restrictions and equities and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim or right. I/we make the representation and warranty to the Company set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase under the caption Tendering Shareholders Representation and Warranty; Net Long Position and understand that the tender of shares made hereby constitutes an acceptance of the terms and conditions of the Offer (including if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of such extension or amendment). Subject to, and effective upon, acceptance for purchase of and payment for, shares tendered herewith in accordance with the terms of the Offer, I/we hereby (a) irrevocably sell, assign and transfer to, or upon the order of the Company, all right, title and interest in and to all shares that are being tendered hereby, (b) waive any and all rights with respect to the shares, (c) release and discharge the Company from any and all claims I/we may have now, or may have in the future, arising out of or related to, the shares and (d) irrevocably constitute and appoint the Depositary as my/our true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to any such tendered shares, with full power of substitution and resubstitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (i) deliver certificates representing such shares, or transfer ownership of such shares on the account books maintained by DTC, together, in any such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity, to the Company, (ii) present such shares for transfer on the relevant security register and (iii) receive all benefits or otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such shares (except that the Depositary will have no rights to, or control over, funds from the Company, except as agent for tendering holders, for the consideration payable pursuant to the Offer).
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➎ Purchase Price Tender (See Instruction 5): ☐ By checking this one box instead of one of the price boxes under Section 4, Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered , you are tendering shares and are willing to accept the Purchase Price selected by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Offer. This action will maximize the chance of having the Company purchase your shares pursuant to the Offer (subject to proration). Note that this election is deemed to be a tender of shares at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share and could cause the Purchase Price in the Offer to be lower and could result in the tendered shares being purchased at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share. (See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 5 to this Letter of Transmittal).
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➏ Odd Lots (See Instruction 6): As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, under certain conditions, shareholders holding a total of fewer than 100 shares may have their shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price accepted for payment before any proration of other tendered shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of 100 or more shares in the aggregate, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 shares. Accordingly, this section is to be completed only if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares. The undersigned either (check one box):
☐ is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, all of which are being tendered; or
☐ is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s) shares with respect to which it is the record holder and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of such shares.
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CONDITIONAL TENDER
As described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, a tendering shareholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing all or a specified minimum number of the shares tendered. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering shareholders responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from the shareholder in order for the shareholder to qualify for sale or exchange (rather than distribution) treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors before completing this section. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax result for any shareholder tendering shares . Unless this box has been checked and a minimum number of shares specified, your tender will be deemed unconditional.
The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me/us, if any are purchased from me/us, is: shares
If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering shareholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box: ☐
The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned.
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➐ Special Payment Instructions (See Instruction 7): If you want your check for cash and/or Certificate(s) for shares not tendered or not purchased to be issued in another name, fill in this section with the information for the new account name. A Signature Guarantee is required here |
Signature Guarantee Medallion Apply Medallion Guarantee Stamp Below Apply Medallion Guarantee Stamp Below |
➑ Special Delivery Instructions (See Instruction 8): Fill in ONLY if mailing check for cash and/or Certificate(s) for shares not tendered or not purchased to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown on the front of this form. A Signature Guarantee is required here. Mailing certificate(s) and/or check(s) to: |
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Address (Number and Street) |
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(Name of Guarantor Please Print) |
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(City, State & Zip Code) |
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(Employer Identification Number or Social Security Number) |
(Address of Guarantor Firm) |
(Employer Identification Number or Social Security Number) |
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL
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The certificated shares and/or book-entry shares you own are shown in Box 1. Please indicate the total number of certificated shares and/or book-entry shares you are tendering in Box 1. |
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Sign, date and include your daytime telephone number in this Letter of Transmittal in Box 2 after completing all other applicable sections and return this form in the enclosed envelope. If your shares are represented by physical stock certificates, include them in the enclosed envelope as well. |
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PLEASE SEE THE SECTION ENTITLED IMPORTANT U.S. TAX INFORMATION FOR HOLDERS AND THE ACCOMPANYING IRS FORM W-9 AND INSTRUCTIONS THERETO TO CERTIFY YOUR EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER IF YOU ARE A U.S. TAXPAYER. Please note that the Depositary or other withholding agent may withhold a portion of your proceeds (24% under current law) as required by the IRS if the Employer Identification Number or Social Security Number is not properly certified on our records. If you are a non-U.S. taxpayer, in order to establish an exemption from backup withholding, please complete and submit an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY (with any required attachments), W-8ECI, or W-8EXP, as applicable (which may be obtained on the IRS website ( www.irs.gov )). The Depositary or other withholding agent will generally withhold tax at a 30% rate (subject to certain exceptions) on payments made to non-U.S. shareholders pursuant to the Offer, unless the Depositary or other withholding agent determines that a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty or exemption from withholding is applicable. |
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Indication of Price at Which Shares are Being Tendered . If you want to tender your shares at a specific price within the $53.50 to $61.50 range, you must properly complete the pricing section of this Letter of Transmittal, which is called Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered. You must check ONLY ONE BOX in the pricing section. If more than one box is checked or no box is checked, your shares will not be validly tendered . If you want to tender portions of your shares at more than one price, you must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which you tender shares. However, the same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless previously and validly withdrawn as provided in Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase. |
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By checking the box in Section 5 instead of one of the price boxes in Section 4, you are tendering shares and are willing to accept the Purchase Price determined by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Offer. This action will maximize the chance of having the Company purchase your shares pursuant to the Offer (subject to proration). Note that this election is deemed to be a tender of shares at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share for purposes of determining the Purchase Price in the Offer, and could cause the Purchase Price in the Offer to be lower and could result in your shares being purchased at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share . See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. |
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As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, if the Company is to purchase fewer than all shares validly tendered before the Expiration Time and not validly withdrawn, the shares purchased first will consist of all shares validly tendered by any shareholder who owned, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, and who tenders all of the holders shares at or below the Purchase Price. This preference will not be available to you unless you complete Box 6 in this Letter of Transmittal and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. Please see Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase under the caption Odd Lots for additional information regarding Box 6. |
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If you want your check for cash and/or certificate(s) for shares not tendered or not purchased to be issued in another name , fill in Box 7 with the information for the new account name. If you complete Box 7, your signature(s) must be guaranteed. |
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Complete Box 8 only if the proceeds of this transaction and/or any unaccepted shares are to be sent to a person other than the registered holder or sent to a different address. If you complete Box 8, your signature(s) must be guaranteed. |
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If any stock certificate representing shares that you own has been lost, stolen or destroyed, please contact the Depositary at (800) 446-2617 or (781) 575-2879 promptly to obtain instructions as to the steps that must be taken in order to replace the certificate. This Letter of Transmittal and related documents cannot be processed until the procedures for |
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replacing lost or destroyed certificates have been followed. Please contact the Depositary immediately to permit timely processing of the replacement documentation. |
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Shareholders who cannot deliver their certificates and all other required documents to the Depositary or complete the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time may tender their shares by properly completing and duly executing the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and thereafter timely delivering the shares subject to such notice of guaranteed delivery in accordance with such procedures. |
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The Company will determine in its sole discretion the number of shares to accept, and the validity, eligibility and acceptance for payment of any tender. There is no obligation to give notice of any defects or irregularities to shareholders. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase for additional information. Any such determinations will be final and binding on all parties. The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all tenders of shares it determines not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which or payment for which may, in the Companys opinion, be unlawful. The Company also reserves the right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any particular shares, and the Companys interpretation of the terms of the Offer, including these instructions, will be final and binding on all parties. No tender of shares will be deemed to be validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities in connection with tenders must be cured within such time as the Company shall determine. None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary, the Information Agent or any other person is or will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in tenders and none of them will incur any liability for failure to give any such notice. |
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If any of the shares tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such persons must sign this Letter of Transmittal. If any shares tendered hereby are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates. If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificate or stock power is signed by a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, he or she should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to the Company of his or her authority to so act must be submitted with this Letter of Transmittal. |
If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the shares tendered hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment of the Purchase Price is to be made, or certificates for shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued, to a person other than the registered owner(s). Signatures on any such certificates or stock powers must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the shares tendered hereby, or if payment is to be made or certificate(s) for shares not tendered or not purchased are to be issued to a person other than the registered owner(s), the certificate(s) representing such shares must be properly endorsed for transfer or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered owner(s) appear(s) on the certificates(s). The signature(s) on any such certificate(s) or stock power(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible institution. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. Signature guarantees are also required if either Box 7, Special Payment Instructions or Box 8, Special Delivery Instructions are completed.
The tendering holder will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or the Company to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the shares tendered hereby.
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If the space provided in Box 1 above is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the number of shares should be listed on a separated signed schedule that should be attached hereto. |
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Partial Tenders (Not Applicable to Shareholders Who Tender by Book-Entry Transfer) . If fewer than all the shares represented by any certificate submitted to the Depositary are to be tendered, fill in the number of shares that are to be tendered in Box 1. In that case, if any tendered shares are purchased, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the shares that were evidenced by the old certificate(s) will be sent to the registered holder(s), unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, promptly after the acceptance for payment of, and payment for, the shares tendered herewith. All shares represented by certificates delivered to the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated. |
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In participating in the Offer, the tendering shareholder acknowledges that: (1) the Offer is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be extended, modified, suspended or terminated by the Company as provided in the Offer to Purchase; (2) the tendering shareholder is voluntarily participating in the Offer; (3) the future value of the shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; (4) the tendering shareholder has received the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, as amended or supplemented; (5) any foreign exchange obligations triggered by the tendering shareholders tender of shares or the receipt of proceeds are solely his or her responsibility; and (6) regardless of any action that the Company takes with respect to any or all income/capital gains tax, social security or insurance tax, transfer tax or other tax-related items (Tax Items) related to the Offer and the disposition of shares, the tendering shareholder acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Items is and remains his or her sole responsibility. In that regard, the tendering shareholder authorizes the Company to withhold all applicable Tax Items that the Depositary or other withholding agent is legally required to withhold. The tendering shareholder consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the tendering shareholders personal data as described in this document by and among, as applicable, the Company, its subsidiaries, and third party administrators for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Offer. No authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred shall be affected by, and all such authority shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned. All obligations of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, personal and legal representatives, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, successors and assigns of the undersigned. |
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IMPORTANT U.S. TAX INFORMATION FOR HOLDERS
This is a summary only of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations. Shareholders should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences with respect to their particular circumstances.
In order to avoid backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax on payments pursuant to the Offer, a U.S. shareholder tendering shares must, unless an exemption applies, provide the Depositary or other withholding agent with such shareholders correct taxpayer identification number (TIN), certify under penalties of perjury that such TIN is correct (or that such shareholder is waiting for a TIN to be issued), and provide certain other certifications by completing the IRS Form W-9 included in this Letter of Transmittal. If a shareholder does not provide his, her or its correct TIN or fails to provide the required certifications, the IRS may impose certain penalties on such shareholder and payment to such shareholder pursuant to the Offer may be subject to backup withholding at a rate currently equal to 24%. All U.S. shareholders tendering shares pursuant to the Offer should complete and sign the IRS Form W-9 to provide the information and certification necessary to avoid backup withholding (unless an applicable exemption exists and is proved in a manner satisfactory to the Depositary or other withholding agent). To the extent that a U.S. shareholder designates another U.S. person to receive payment, such other person may be required to provide a properly completed IRS Form W-9 or a substitute form W-9.
Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the amount of the backup withholding may be credited against the U.S. federal income tax liability of the person subject to the backup withholding. If backup withholding results in an overpayment of tax, a refund can be obtained by the shareholder by timely providing the required information to the IRS.
If the shareholder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a TIN or intends to apply for a TIN in the near future, then the shareholder should write Applied For in the space for the TIN in Part I of the IRS Form W-9 and should sign and date the IRS Form W-9. If the Depositary or other withholding agent has not been provided with a properly certified TIN by the time of payment, backup withholding will apply. If the shares are held in more than one name or are not in the name of the actual owner, consult the instructions on the enclosed IRS Form W-9 for additional guidance on which name and TIN to report.
Certain shareholders (including, among others, corporations, individual retirement accounts and certain foreign individuals and entities) are not subject to backup withholding but may be required to provide evidence of their exemption from backup withholding. Exempt U.S. shareholders should provide their proper Exempt payee code on the IRS Form W-9. See the enclosed IRS Form W-9 for more instructions.
Non-U.S. shareholders, such as non-resident alien individuals and foreign entities, including a disregarded U.S. domestic entity that has a foreign owner, should not complete an IRS Form W-9. Instead, to establish an exemption from backup withholding, a non-U.S. shareholder (or a shareholders non-U.S. designee, if any) should properly complete and submit an IRS Form W-8BEN, W-8BEN-E, W-8IMY (with any required attachments), W-8ECI, or W-8EXP, as applicable, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to such exempt status (which may be obtained on the IRS website (www.irs.gov)). The Depositary or other withholding agent will generally withhold tax at a 30% rate (subject to certain exceptions) on payments made to non-U.S. shareholders pursuant to the Offer, unless the Depositary or other withholding agent determines that a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty or exemption from withholding is applicable. See Sections 3 and 15 of the Offer to Purchase.
Shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to determine whether they are exempt from these backup withholding and reporting requirements.
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Form W-9 (Rev. October 2018) Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service |
Request for Taxpayer Identification Number and Certification
u Go to www.irs.gov/FormW9 for instructions and the latest information. |
Give Form to the requester. Do not
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Part I | Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) |
Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the instructions for Part I, later. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN, later.
Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1. Also see What Name and Number To Give the Requester for guidelines on whose number to enter. |
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Part II | Certification |
Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:
1. | The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and |
2. | I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and |
3. | I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and |
4. | The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct. |
Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions for Part II, later.
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General Instructions
Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.
Future developments . For the latest information about developments related to Form W-9 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to www.irs.gov/FormW9.
Purpose of Form
An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but are not limited to, the following.
Form 1099-INT (interest earned or paid)
Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds)
Form 1099-MISC (various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds)
Form 1099-B (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other transactions by brokers)
Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions)
Form 1099-K (merchant card and third party network transactions)
Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), 1098-T (tuition)
Form 1099-C (canceled debt)
Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property)
Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN.
If you do not return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN, you might be subject to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding, later.
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By signing the filled-out form, you:
1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued),
2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or
3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners share of effectively connected income, and
4. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. See What is FATCA reporting, later, for further information.
Note: If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requesters form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9.
Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are:
● An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien;
● A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States;
● An estate (other than a foreign estate); or
● A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7).
Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section 1446 on any foreign partners share of effectively connected taxable income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid section 1446 withholding on your share of partnership income.
In the cases below, the following person must give Form W-9 to the partnership for purposes of establishing its U.S. status and avoiding withholding on its allocable share of net income from the partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States.
● In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the entity;
● In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the trust; and
● In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust) and not the beneficiaries of the trust.
Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities).
Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a saving clause. Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes.
If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items.
1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien.
2. The treaty article addressing the income.
3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions.
4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax.
5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article.
Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on his or her scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption.
If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233.
Backup Withholding
What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such payments. This is called backup withholding. Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding.
You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return.
Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if:
1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester,
2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the instructions for Part II for details),
3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN,
4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or
5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only).
Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code, later, and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.
Also see Special rules for partnerships, earlier.
What is FATCA Reporting?
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all United States account holders that are specified United States persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code, later, and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.
Updating Your Information
You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you no longer are tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account; for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies.
Penalties
Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.
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Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.
Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.
Specific Instructions
Line 1
You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line blank. The name should match the name on your tax return.
If this Form W-9 is for a joint account (other than an account maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFI)), list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of Form W-9. If you are providing Form W-9 to an FFI to document a joint account, each holder of the account that is a U.S. person must provide a Form W-9.
a. Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name.
Note: ITIN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line 1a. This should also be the same as the name you entered on the Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ you filed with your application.
b. Sole proprietor or single-member LLC. Enter your individual name as shown on your 1040/1040A/1040EZ on line 1. You may enter your business, trade, or doing business as (DBA) name on line 2.
c. Partnership, LLC that is not a single-member LLC, C corporation, or S corporation. Enter the entitys name as shown on the entitys tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.
d. Other entities. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.
e. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a disregarded entity. See Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iii). Enter the owners name on line 1. The name of the entity entered on line 1 should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owners name is required to be provided on line 1. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entitys name on line 2, Business name/disregarded entity name. If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN.
Line 2
If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded entity name, you may enter it on line 2.
Line 3
Check the appropriate box on line 3 for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box on line 3.
IF the entity/person on line 1 is a(n) . . . |
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● Corporation | Corporation | |
● Individual
● Sole proprietorship, or
● Single-member limited liability company (LLC) owned by an individual and disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes.
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● LLC treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes,
● LLC that has filed Form 8832 or 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, or
● LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner but the owner is another LLC that is not disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes.
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Limited liability company and enter the appropriate tax classification. (P= Partnership; C= C corporation; or S= S corporation) | |
● Partnership
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Partnership | |
● Trust/estate
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Trust/estate |
Line 4, Exemptions
If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to you.
Exempt payee code.
● Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding.
● Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends.
● Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions.
● Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to attorneys fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC.
The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space in line 4.
1An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2)
2The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities
3A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities
4A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities
5A corporation
6A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or possession
7A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
8A real estate investment trust
9An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940
10A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a)
11A financial institution
12A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian
13A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947
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The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.
IF the payment is for . . . | THEN the payment is exempt for . . . | |
Interest and dividend payments
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All exempt payees except
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Broker transactions |
Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012.
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Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends
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Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,000 1
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Generally, exempt payees
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Payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions
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Exempt payees 1 through 4 |
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See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and its instructions. |
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However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney reportable under section 6045(f), and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency. |
Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A requester may indicate that a code is not required by providing you with a Form W-9 with Not Applicable (or any similar indication) written or printed on the line for a FATCA exemption code.
AAn organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37)
BThe United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities
CA state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities
DA corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)
EA corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)
FA dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state
GA real estate investment trust
HA regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940
IA common trust fund as defined in section 584(a)
JA bank as defined in section 581
KA broker
LA trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1)
MA tax exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan
Note: You may wish to consult with the financial institution requesting this form to determine whether the FATCA code and/or exempt payee code should be completed.
Line 5
Enter your address (number, street, and apartment or suite number). This is where the requester of this Form W-9 will mail your information returns. If this address differs from the one the requester already has on file, write NEW at the top. If a new address is provided, there is still a chance the old address will be used until the payor changes your address in their records.
Line 6
Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.
Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)
Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below.
If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN.
If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, enter the owners SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). Do not enter the disregarded entitys EIN. If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entitys EIN.
Note: See What Name and Number To Give the Requester, later, for further clarification of name and TIN combinations.
How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local SSA office or get this form online at www.SSA.gov . You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/Businesses and clicking on Employer Identification Number (EIN) under Starting a Business. Go to www.irs.gov/Forms to view, download, or print Form W-7 and/or Form SS-4. Or, you can go to www.irs.gov/OrderForms to place an order and have Form W-7 and/or SS-4 mailed to you within 10 business days.
If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and write Applied For in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester.
Note: Entering Applied For means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon.
Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8.
Part II. Certification
To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if item 1, 4, or 5 below indicates otherwise.
For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on line 1 must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code, earlier.
Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below.
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1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.
2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form.
3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification.
4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. Other payments include payments made in the course of the requesters trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations).
5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), ABLE accounts (under section 529A), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.
What Name and Number To Give the Requester
For this type of account: | Give name and SSN of: | |||||
1. |
Individual |
The individual | ||||
2. | Two or more individuals (joint account) other than an account maintained by an FFI | The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account 1 | ||||
3. | Two or more U.S. persons (joint account maintained by an FFI) | Each holder of the account | ||||
4. | Custodial account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act) | The minor 2 | ||||
5. | a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee) | The grantor-trustee 1 | ||||
b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law | The actual owner 1 | |||||
6. | Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual | The owner 3 | ||||
7. |
Grantor trust filing under Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 1 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)
(A)) |
The grantor* | ||||
For this type of account: | Give name and EIN of: | |||||
8. | Disregarded entity not owned by an individual | The owner | ||||
9. | A valid trust, estate, or pension trust | Legal entity 4 | ||||
10. | Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553 | The corporation | ||||
11. | Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax-exempt organization | The organization | ||||
12. | Partnership or multi-member LLC | The partnership | ||||
13. | A broker or registered nominee | The broker or nominee |
For this type of account: | Give name and EIN of: | |||||
14. | Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments | The public entity | ||||
15. | Grantor trust filing under the Form 1041 Filing Method or the Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 2 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B)) | The trust |
1 |
List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that persons number must be furnished. |
2 |
Circle the minors name and furnish the minors SSN. |
3 |
You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or DBA name on the Business name/disregarded entity name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN. |
4 |
List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Also see Special rules for partnerships, earlier. |
*Note: |
The grantor also must provide a Form W-9 to trustee of trust. |
Note: If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.
Secure Your Tax Records From Identity Theft
Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, SSN, or other identifying information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.
To reduce your risk:
● Protect your SSN,
● Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and
● Be careful when choosing a tax preparer.
If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.
If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039.
For more information, see Pub. 5027, Identity Theft Information for Taxpayers.
Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a systemic problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059.
Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.
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The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts.
If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov or report them at www.ftc.gov/complaint. You can contact the FTC at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 877-IDTHEFT (877-438-4338). If you have been the victim of identity theft, see www.IdentityTheft.gov and Pub. 5027.
Visit www.irs.gov/IdentityTheft to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.
Privacy Act Notice
Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their laws. The information also may be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payers must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.
The Depositary for the Offer is:
By First Class Mail: |
By Registered, Certified or
Express Mail, or Overnight Courier: |
|
Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011 |
Computershare c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions
150
Royall Street, Suite V
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DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to Georgeson LLC, the Information Agent for the Offer, or to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, the Dealer Manager for the Offer, at their respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth below. You may request additional copies of the Offer to Purchase and this Letter of Transmittal from the Information Agent at the telephone numbers and address set forth below. Shareholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
The Information Agent for the Offer is:
1290 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10104
Banks, Brokers and Shareholders
Toll-Free: (888) 206-5896
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Toll-Free: (800) 318-8219
Exhibit (a)(1)(C)
NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
(Not to be used for Signature Guarantee)
for
Tender of Shares of Common Stock
of
DAVITA INC.
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION TIME) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED.
As set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase and, together with the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal ), as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer ), this form (or a manually executed facsimile hereof) must be used to accept the Offer if (1) certificates representing your shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock ), of DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (or the procedures for book-entry transfer described in the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal cannot be completed on a timely basis), or (2) time will not permit all required documents, including a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time.
This form, signed and properly completed, may be transmitted by facsimile or delivered by mail or overnight courier to the Depositary. See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the same meanings set forth in the Offer to Purchase.
By First Class Mail: |
By Registered, Certified or
Express Mail, or Overnight Courier: |
|
Computershare
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions P.O. Box 43011 Providence, RI 02940-3011 |
Computershare
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions 150 Royall Street, Suite V Canton, MA 02021 |
By facsimile transmission:
For Eligible Institutions Only: (617) 360-6810
Telephone for Confirmation Only: (781) 575-2332
(This number is ONLY for confirmation of a fax; for information about the Offer, please contact the
Information Agent, at (888) 206-5896)
DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.
For this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to be validly delivered, it must be received by the Depositary at the above address, or by facsimile transmission, prior to the Expiration Time. Deliveries of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery to the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or The Depository Trust Company (DTC) will not constitute valid delivery and will not be forwarded to the Depositary and therefore will not constitute valid delivery.
This Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is not to be used to guarantee signatures. If a signature on a Letter of Transmittal is required to be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution under the instructions in the Letter of Transmittal, the signature guarantee must appear in the applicable space provided in the signature box on the Letter of Transmittal.
To be effective, this form must be properly completed, signed and delivered, together with your properly completed Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary at one of the addresses listed on the first page of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery by the Expiration Time. Do not send your Offer materials to the Company or the Information Agent. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for physical share presentation by broker must be FAXED to the Depositary before it is covered.
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned hereby tenders to the Company, at the price per share indicated in this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the number of shares set forth below, all pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase. All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Offer to Purchase.
Number of shares to be tendered: shares.
THE UNDERSIGNED IS TENDERING SHARES AS FOLLOWS (CHECK ONLY ONE BOX):
(1) |
AUCTION PRICE TENDER: PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED (SEE INSTRUCTION 4 TO THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL) |
By checking one of the following boxes below instead of the box under Section 2, Purchase Price Tender , you are tendering shares at the price checked. This election could result in none of your shares being purchased if the Purchase Price selected by the Company for the shares is less than the price checked below. If you wish to tender shares at more than one price, you must complete a separate Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for each price at which you tender shares. The same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless previously and validly withdrawn. (See Section 3 and Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 4 to the Letter of Transmittal).
PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED CHECK ONLY ONE BOX IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED OR IF NO BOX IS CHECKED, THERE IS NO PROPER
TENDER OF SHARES
(Shareholders who desire to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which shares are tendered.)
☐ $53.50 |
☐ $55.25 |
☐ $57.00 |
☐ $58.75 |
☐ $60.50 |
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☐ $53.75 |
☐ $55.50 |
☐ $57.25 |
☐ $59.00 |
☐ $60.75 |
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☐ $54.00 |
☐ $55.75 |
☐ $57.50 |
☐ $59.25 |
☐ $61.00 |
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☐ $54.25 |
☐ $56.00 |
☐ $57.75 |
☐ $59.50 |
☐ $61.25 |
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☐ $54.50 |
☐ $56.25 |
☐ $58.00 |
☐ $59.75 |
☐ $61.50 |
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☐ $54.75 |
☐ $56.50 |
☐ $58.25 |
☐ $60.00 |
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☐ $55.00 |
☐ $56.75 |
☐ $58.50 |
☐ $60.25 |
OR
(2) |
PURCHASE PRICE TENDER (SEE INSTRUCTION 5 TO THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ) |
☐ |
By checking this one box instead of one of the price boxes under Section 1, Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered , you are tendering shares and are willing to accept the Purchase Price selected by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Offer. This action will maximize the chance of having the Company purchase your shares pursuant to the Offer (subject to proration). Note that this election is deemed to be a tender of shares at the minimum price under the Offer of $ 53.50 per share and could cause the purchase price in the Offer to be lower and could result in the tendered shares being purchased at the minimum price under the Offer of $ 53.50 per share. (See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 5 to the Letter of Transmittal). |
CHECK ONE, AND ONLY ONE, BOX ABOVE. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED ABOVE, THERE IS NO PROPER TENDER OF SHARES. IF NO BOX IS CHECKED, YOU WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE A PURCHASE PRICE TENDER.
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ODD LOTS
(See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal)
As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, under certain conditions, shareholders holding a total of fewer than 100 shares may have their shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price accepted for payment before any proration of other tendered shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of 100 or more shares in the aggregate, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 shares. Accordingly, this section is to be completed only if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares. The undersigned either (check one box):
☐ |
is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, all of which are being tendered; or |
☐ |
is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s) shares with respect to which it is the record holder and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of such shares. |
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CONDITIONAL TENDER
(See Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase and Box 6 of the Letter of Transmittal)
As described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, a tendering shareholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing all or a specified minimum number of the shares tendered. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering shareholders responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from the shareholder in order for the shareholder to qualify for sale or exchange (rather than distribution) treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors before completing this section. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax result for any shareholder tendering shares. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum number of shares specified, your tender will be deemed unconditional.
☐ The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me, if any are purchased from me, is: shares.
If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering shareholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box:
☐ The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned.
ALL SHAREHOLDERS TENDERING BY NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY
MUST COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW AND HAVE THE GUARANTEE ON
THE FOLLOWING PAGE COMPLETED.
Certificate Nos. (if available):
Name(s) of Record Holder(s):
(Please Type or Print)
Address(es):
Zip Code(s):
Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number:
Signature(s):
Dated: , 2019
If shares will be tendered by book-entry transfer, check this box and provide the following information:
Name of Tendering Institution:
Account Number at DTC:
THE GUARANTEE SET FORTH BELOW MUST BE COMPLETED.
To be effective, this form must be properly completed, signed and delivered, together with your properly completed Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary at one of the addresses listed on the first page of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery by the Expiration Time. Do not send your Offer materials to the Company or the Information Agent. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for physical share presentation by broker must be FAXED to the Depositary before it is covered.
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GUARANTEE (NOT TO BE USED FOR SIGNATURE GUARANTEE)
The undersigned, a firm that is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is also an eligible guarantor institution, as the term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 (the Eligible Institution ) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act ), hereby guarantees that (1) the above named person(s) own(s) the shares tendered hereby within the meaning of Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act, (2) such tender of shares complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Exchange Act and (3) it will deliver to the Depositary either the certificates representing the shares tendered hereby, in proper form for transfer, or confirmation of book-entry transfer of such shares into the Depositarys account at DTC, in any such case, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or an Agents Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any required signature guarantees and other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, within three business days (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) after the date of receipt by the Depositary of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
The Eligible Institution that completes this form must communicate the guarantee to the Depositary and must deliver the Letter of Transmittal and certificates for shares to the Depositary within the time period shown herein. Failure to do so could result in financial loss to such Eligible Institution.
Name of Firm:
Authorized Signature:
Name:
(Please Type or Print)
Title:
Address:
Zip Code:
Area Code and Telephone Number:
Dated: , 2019
NOTE: DO NOT SEND CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES WITH THIS NOTICE. CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES SHOULD BE SENT WITH YOUR LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.
To be effective, this form must be properly completed, signed and delivered, together with your properly completed Letter of Transmittal, to the Depositary at one of the addresses listed on the first page of this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery by the Expiration Time. Do not send your Offer materials to the Company or the Information Agent. Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for physical share presentation by broker must be FAXED to the Depositary before it is covered. Participants should notify the Depositary prior to covering through the submission of a physical security directly to the Depositary based on a guaranteed delivery that was submitted via DTCs ATOP platform.
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Exhibit (a)(1)(D)
DAVITA INC.
Offer to Purchase for Cash
Up to $1,200,000,000 of Shares of its Common Stock
At a Purchase Price Not Less Than $53.50 Per Share and
Not More Than $61.50 per Share
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION TIME) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED.
July 22, 2019
To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,
Trust Companies and Other Nominees:
We have been appointed by DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), to act as Dealer Manager in connection with the Companys offer to purchase for cash shares (the shares ) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock ) for an aggregate purchase price of no more than $1.2 billion, pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share ( Auction Tenders ) or (ii) purchase price tenders ( Purchase Price Tenders ), in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase ), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal , and together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer ). Please furnish copies of the enclosed materials to those of your clients for whom you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee.
Promptly following the Expiration Time, the Company will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single price per share (the Purchase Price ), which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that it will pay for shares purchased in the Offer, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders. Shares tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share under the Offer) for purposes of determining the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable the Company to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate purchase price not exceeding $1.2 billion. Shares validly tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender will not be purchased if the price specified in the Auction Tender is greater than the Purchase Price.
In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the event that shares are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price having an aggregate purchase price of more than $1.2 billion, the Company may exercise its right to purchase an additional number of shares of common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of any shares of common stock held by or for the Companys account or by or for the account of any of the Companys subsidiaries) without extending the Expiration Time.
All shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be purchased at the same Purchase Price regardless of whether the shareholder tendered at a lower price. However, because of the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase, all of the shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price may not be purchased if more than the number of shares the Company seeks to purchase are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if the number of shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, the Company will purchase shares: (i) first , from all holders of odd lots of less than 100 shares who validly tender all of their shares at or below the Purchase Price, and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time; (ii) second , from all other shareholders (except for shareholders who tendered shares conditionally for which the condition was not satisfied) who validly tender shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time), on a pro rata basis with appropriate adjustments to avoid the purchase of fractional shares, until the Company has purchased shares resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion; and (iii) third , only if necessary to permit the Company to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion, from holders who validly conditionally tender shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not validly withdraw such shares prior to the Expiration Time) for which the condition was not initially satisfied, by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time. See Sections 1 and 6 of the Offer to Purchase.
For your information, and for forwarding to those of your clients for whom you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, we are enclosing the following documents:
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Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019; |
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Letter of Transmittal (including the Form W-9), for your use in accepting the Offer and tendering shares of, and for the information of, your clients; |
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Letter to Clients, for you to send to your clients for whose accounts you hold shares registered in your name or in the name of a nominee, with an Instruction Form provided for obtaining such clients instructions with regard to the Offer; |
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Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, to be used to accept the Offer if (1) certificates representing your clients shares are not immediately available or cannot be delivered to you to be further delivered to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time (or the procedures for book-entry transfer cannot be completed on a timely basis), or (2) if time will not permit all required documents, including a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, to reach the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time; and |
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Return envelope addressed to Computershare Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Depositary ). |
The conditions of the Offer are described in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase. Please see Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase for a summary of material U.S. federal income tax consequences to shareholders of an exchange of shares for cash pursuant to the Offer, including with respect to withholding requirements.
Your prompt action is requested. We urge you to contact your clients as promptly as possible. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless the Offer is extended or terminated. Under no circumstances will the Company pay interest on the Purchase Price, even if there is any delay in making payment.
For shares to be tendered validly pursuant to the Offer:
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the certificates for the shares, or confirmation of receipt of the shares pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer set forth in the Offer to Purchase, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, including any required signature guarantees, or an Agents Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received prior to the Expiration Time by the Depositary at its address set forth on the back cover page of the Offer to Purchase; or |
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tendering shareholder must, prior to the Expiration Time, comply with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase and thereafter timely deliver the shares subject to such notice of guaranteed delivery in accordance with such procedures. |
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Although the Companys Board of Directors has authorized the Offer, it has not, nor has the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent or the Depositary (each as defined in the Offer to Purchase) made, and they are not making, any recommendation to your clients as to whether they should tender or refrain from tendering their shares or as to the price or prices at which they may choose to tender their shares. Your clients must make their own decisions as to whether to tender their shares and, if so, how many shares to tender and the price or prices at which their shares should be tendered. In doing so, your clients should read carefully the information in, or incorporated by reference in, the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, including the purposes and effects of the Offer. See Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase. Your clients are urged to discuss their decisions with their own tax advisors, financial advisors and/or brokers.
The Company will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers or other persons (other than fees to the Dealer Manager, the Information Agent and the Depositary, as described in the Offer to Purchase) for soliciting tenders of shares pursuant to the Offer. However, the Company will, on request, reimburse you for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding copies of the enclosed Offer and related materials to your clients. The Company will pay or cause to be paid all stock transfer taxes, if any, on its purchase of shares pursuant to the Offer, except as otherwise provided in the Offer to Purchase (see Section 5 of the Offer to Purchase).
The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, shareholders in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of offers to sell shares would not be in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction. If the Company becomes aware of any such jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of shares pursuant to the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the shareholders residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on the Companys behalf by the Dealer Manager (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) or by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of that jurisdiction.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent or the Dealer Manager, and requests for additional copies of the enclosed materials may be directed to the Information Agent, at the telephone numbers and addresses listed below.
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The Information Agent for the Offer is:
1290 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor
New York, NY 10104
Banks, Brokers and Shareholders
Toll-Free (888) 206-5896
The Dealer Manager for the Offer is:
Eleven Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10010
Call Toll-Free: (800) 318-8219
Very truly yours,
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
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Nothing contained in this letter or in the enclosed documents shall render you or any other person the agent of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary, the Information Agent or any affiliate of any of them or authorize you or any other person to give any information or use any document or make any statement on behalf of any of them with respect to the Offer other than the enclosed documents and the statements contained therein.
Exhibit (a)(1)(E)
DAVITA INC.
Offer to Purchase for Cash
Up to $1,200,000,000 of Shares of its Common Stock
At a Purchase Price Not Less Than $53.50 Per Share and
Not More Than $61.50 per Share
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION TIME) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED.
July 22, 2019
To Our Clients:
Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase ), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer ), in connection with the offer by DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), to purchase for cash shares ( the shares ) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock ) for an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion, pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share ( Auction Tenders ) or (ii) purchase price tenders ( Purchase Price Tenders ), in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer. After the Expiration Time, the Company will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single price per share (the Purchase Price ), which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that it will pay for shares purchased in the Offer, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders. Shares tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share under the Offer) for purposes of determining the Purchase Price. The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable the Company to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered in the Offer and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate purchase price not exceeding $1.2 billion. All shares purchased pursuant to the Offer will be purchased at the same Purchase Price regardless of whether the shareholder tendered at a lower price. Only shares validly tendered at prices at or below the Purchase Price, and not validly withdrawn, will be purchased. However, because of the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions described in the Offer to Purchase, all of the shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price may not be purchased if more than the number of shares the Company seeks to purchase are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn. If any tendered shares are not purchased or if less than all shares evidence by a shareholders certificates are tendered, certificates for unpurchased shares will be returned promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or the proper withdrawal of the shares, or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer at DTC, the shares will be credited to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering shareholder at DTC, in each case without expense to the shareholder. See Sections 1, 3 and 4 of the Offer to Purchase.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, if the number of shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, the Company will purchase shares: (i) first , from all holders of odd lots of less than 100 shares who validly tender all of their shares at or below the Purchase Price, and do not validly withdraw them prior to the Expiration Time; (ii) second , from all other shareholders (except for shareholders who tendered shares conditionally for which the condition was not satisfied) who validly tender shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not validly withdraw such shares prior to the Expiration Time), on a pro rata basis with appropriate adjustments to avoid the purchase of fractional shares, until the Company has purchased shares resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion; and (iii) third , only if necessary to permit the Company to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $1.2 billion, from holders
who validly conditionally tender shares at or below the Purchase Price (and do not validly withdraw such shares prior to the Expiration Time) for which the condition was not initially satisfied by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time. See Sections 1, 3, 4 and 6 of the Offer to Purchase.
In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the event that shares are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price having an aggregate purchase price of more than $1.2 billion, the Company may at its option exercise its right to purchase up to an additional 2% of its outstanding shares of common stock (exclusive of shares of common stock held by or for the Companys account or by or for the account of any of the Companys subsidiaries) without extending the Expiration Time.
We are the holder of record (directly or indirectly) of shares held for your account. As such, we are the only ones who can tender your shares, and then only pursuant to your instructions. We are sending you the Letter of Transmittal for your information only; you cannot use it to tender shares we hold for your account.
Please instruct us, by completing the attached Instruction Form, as to whether you wish us to tender all or any portion of the shares we hold for your account on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
Please note the following:
1. If you wish to make an Auction Tender, you may tender your shares at a price not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, in increments of $0.25, as indicated in the attached Instruction Form, net to you in cash, less any applicable withholding tax and without interest. Alternatively, you may make a Purchase Price Tender by checking the appropriate box on the Instruction Form.
2. You should consult with your broker or other financial or tax advisor on the possibility of designating the priority in which your shares will be purchased in the event of proration.
3. The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to a number of other terms and conditions, including the Financing Condition. See Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase.
4. The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless the Offer is extended or terminated.
5. If you wish to tender shares at more than one price, you must complete a separate Instruction Form for each price at which you wish to tender shares. We must submit separate Letters of Transmittal or Agents Messages on your behalf for each price at which you are tendering shares, provided, however, that the same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless previously validly withdrawn. See Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase.
6. If you are an Odd Lot Holder (as such term is defined in the Offer to Purchase) and you instruct us to tender on your behalf all of the shares that you own at or below the Purchase Price prior to the Expiration Time, and check the box captioned Odd Lots on the attached Instruction Form, the Company, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, will accept all such shares for payment before any proration of the purchase of other tendered shares.
7. If you wish to tender shares subject to the condition that all or a specified minimum number of your shares tendered must be purchased if any shares tendered are purchased, you may elect to do so, and thereby avoid possible proration, by completing the section captioned Conditional Tender in the attached Instruction Form. The Companys purchase of shares from all tenders which are so conditioned, to the extent necessary, will be determined by random lot, treating all tenders by a particular shareholder as a single lot. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have tendered all of their shares.
8. Any tendering shareholder or other payee who is a United States Holder (as defined in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase) and who fails to complete, sign and return to the Depositary the Form W-9 included with the Letter of Transmittal
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(or such other Internal Revenue Service form as may be applicable) may be subject to United States federal income tax backup withholding of 24% of the gross proceeds paid to the United States Holder or other payee pursuant to the Offer, unless such holder establishes that such holder is exempt from backup withholding. In order to avoid backup withholding, any tendering shareholder who is a Non-United States Holder (as defined in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase) must file an appropriate IRS Form W-8, attesting to such shareholders exemption from backup withholding. The form can be obtained from the IRS website at www.irs.gov . See Sections 3 and 15 of the Offer to Purchase.
If you wish to have us tender all or any portion of your shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the attached Instruction Form. An envelope to return your Instruction Form to us is enclosed.
If you authorize us to tender your shares, we will tender all your shares unless you specify otherwise on the attached Instruction Form.
Your prompt action is requested. Your Instruction Form should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf prior to the Expiration Time. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless the Offer is extended or terminated.
The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, shareholders in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of offers to sell shares would not be in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction. If the Company becomes aware of any such jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of shares pursuant to the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the shareholders residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on the Companys behalf by the Dealer Manager (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) or by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of that jurisdiction.
ALTHOUGH THE COMPANYS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS AUTHORIZED THE OFFER, IT HAS NOT, NOR HAS THE COMPANY, THE DEALER MANAGER, THE INFORMATION AGENT (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE) OR THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE OFFER TO PURCHASE) MADE, AND THEY ARE NOT MAKING, ANY RECOMMENDATION TO YOU AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING YOUR SHARES OR AS TO THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU MAY CHOOSE TO TENDER YOUR SHARES. YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER YOUR SHARES AND, IF SO, HOW MANY SHARES TO TENDER AND THE PRICE OR PRICES AT WHICH YOU WILL TENDER THEM. IN DOING SO, YOU SHOULD READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION IN, OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN, THE OFFER TO PURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, INCLUDING THE PURPOSES AND EFFECTS OF THE OFFER. YOU ARE URGED TO DISCUSS YOUR DECISIONS WITH YOUR OWN TAX ADVISORS, FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND/OR BROKERS.
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INSTRUCTION FORM WITH RESPECT TO
DAVITA INC.
Offer to Purchase for Cash
Up to $1,200,000,000 of Shares of its Common Stock
At a Purchase Price Not Less Than $53.50 Per Share and
Not More Than $61.50 per Share
The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase ), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer ), in connection with the offer by DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company ), to purchase for cash shares (the shares ) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock ), pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share or (ii) purchase price tenders, in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal.
The undersigned hereby instruct(s) you to tender to the Company the number of shares indicated below or, if no number is indicated, all shares you hold for the account of the undersigned, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.
In participating in the Offer, the undersigned acknowledges that: (1) the Offer is established voluntarily by the Company, it is discretionary in nature and it may be extended, modified, suspended or terminated by the Company as provided in the Offer to Purchase; (2) the undersigned is voluntarily participating in the Offer; (3) the future value of the shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; (4) the undersigned has received the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal (as amended or supplemented); (5) any foreign exchange obligations triggered by the undersigneds tender of shares or the receipt of proceeds are solely his or her responsibility; and (6) regardless of any action that the Company takes with respect to any or all income/capital gains tax, social security or insurance tax, transfer tax or other tax-related items ( Tax Items ) related to the Offer and the disposition of shares, the undersigned acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Items is and remains his or her sole responsibility. In that regard, the undersigned authorizes the Company to withhold all applicable Tax Items that the withholding agent is legally required to withhold. The undersigned consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of the undersigneds personal data as described in this document by and among, as applicable, the Company, its subsidiaries, and third party administrators for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Offer.
The undersigned understands that the Company holds certain personal information about him or her, including, as applicable, but not limited to, the undersigneds name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social security number or other identification number, nationality, any shares of common stock held in the Company, details of all options or any other entitlement to shares outstanding in the undersigneds favor, for the purpose of implementing, administering and managing his or her stock ownership ( Data ). The undersigned understands that Data may be transferred to any third parties assisting in the implementation, administration and management of the Offer, that these recipients may be located in his or her country or elsewhere, and that the recipients country may have different data privacy laws and protections than his or her country. The undersigned understands that he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data. The undersigned authorizes the recipients to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the purposes of implementing, administering and managing his or her participation in the Offer, including any requisite transfer of such Data as may be required to a broker or other third party with whom the undersigned held any shares of the Companys common stock. The undersigned understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage his or her participation in the Offer. The undersigned understands that he or she may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost. The undersigned understands,
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however, that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect his or her ability to participate in the Offer. For more information on the consequences of his or her refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, the undersigned understands that he or she may contact the Depositary.
Number of shares to be tendered by you for the account of the undersigned: shares. Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed that all shares held by us for your account are to be tendered.
THE UNDERSIGNED IS TENDERING SHARES AS FOLLOWS (CHECK ONLY ONE BOX):
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AUCTION PRICE TENDER: PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED (SEE INSTRUCTION 4 TO THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL) |
By checking one of the following boxes below instead of the box under Section 5, Purchase Price Tender , you are tendering shares at the price checked. This election could result in none of your shares being purchased if the Purchase Price selected by the Company for the shares is less than the price checked below. If you wish to tender shares at more than one price, you must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which you tender shares. The same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless previously and validly withdrawn. (See Section 3 and Section 4 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 4 to the Letter of Transmittal).
PRICE (IN DOLLARS) PER SHARE AT WHICH SHARES ARE BEING TENDERED
CHECK ONLY ONE BOX
IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED OR IF NO BOX IS CHECKED, THERE IS NO PROPER TENDER OF SHARES
(Shareholders who desire to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which shares are tendered.)
☐ $53.50 |
☐ $55.25 | ☐ $57.00 | ☐ $58.75 | ☐ $60.50 | ||||
☐ $53.75 |
☐ $55.50 | ☐ $57.25 | ☐ $59.00 | ☐ $60.75 | ||||
☐ $54.00 |
☐ $55.75 | ☐ $57.50 | ☐ $59.25 | ☐ $61.00 | ||||
☐ $54.25 |
☐ $56.00 | ☐ $57.75 | ☐ $59.50 | ☐ $61.25 | ||||
☐ $54.50 |
☐ $56.25 | ☐ $58.00 | ☐ $59.75 | ☐ $61.50 | ||||
☐ $54.75 |
☐ $56.50 | ☐ $58.25 | ☐ $60.00 | |||||
☐ $55.00 |
☐ $56.75 | ☐ $58.50 | ☐ $60.25 |
OR
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PURCHASE PRICE TENDER (SEE INSTRUCTION 5 TO THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL) |
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By checking this one box instead of one of the price boxes under Section 1, Auction Price Tender: Price (in Dollars) per Share at Which Shares are Being Tendered , you are tendering shares and are willing to accept the Purchase Price selected by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Offer. This action will maximize the chance of having the Company purchase your shares pursuant to the Offer (subject to proration). Note that this election is deemed to be a tender of shares at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share and could cause the purchase price in the Offer to be lower and could result in the tendered shares being purchased at the minimum price under the Offer of $53.50 per share. (See Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 5 to the Letter of Transmittal). |
CHECK ONE, AND ONLY ONE, BOX ABOVE. IF MORE THAN ONE BOX IS CHECKED ABOVE, THERE IS NO PROPER TENDER OF SHARES. IF NO BOX IS CHECKED, YOU WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE MADE A PURCHASE PRICE TENDER.
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ODD LOTS
(See Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase and Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal)
As described in Section 1 of the Offer to Purchase, under certain conditions, shareholders holding a total of fewer than 100 shares may have their shares tendered at or below the Purchase Price accepted for payment before any proration of other tendered shares. This preference is not available to partial tenders or to beneficial or record holders of 100 or more shares in the aggregate, even if these holders have separate accounts or certificates representing fewer than 100 shares. Accordingly, this section is to be completed only if shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares. The undersigned either (check one box):
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is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares, all of which are being tendered; or |
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is a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that (a) is tendering for the beneficial owner(s) shares with respect to which it is the record holder and (b) believes, based upon representations made to it by the beneficial owner(s), that each such person is the beneficial owner of an aggregate of fewer than 100 shares and is tendering all of such shares. |
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CONDITIONAL TENDER
(See Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase and Box 6 of the Letter of Transmittal)
As described in Section 6 of the Offer to Purchase, a tendering shareholder may condition his or her tender of shares upon the Company purchasing all or a specified minimum number of the shares tendered. Unless at least the minimum number of shares you indicate below is purchased by the Company pursuant to the terms of the Offer, none of the shares tendered by you will be purchased. It is the tendering shareholders responsibility to calculate the minimum number of shares that must be purchased from the shareholder in order for the shareholder to qualify for sale or exchange (rather than distribution) treatment for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Shareholders are urged to consult with their own tax advisors before completing this section. No assurances can be provided that a conditional tender will achieve the intended U.S. federal income tax result for any shareholder tendering shares. Unless this box has been checked and a minimum number of shares specified, your tender will be deemed unconditional.
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The minimum number of shares that must be purchased from me/us, if any are purchased from me/us, is: shares. |
If, because of proration, the minimum number of shares designated will not be purchased, the Company may accept conditional tenders by random lot, if necessary. However, to be eligible for purchase by random lot, the tendering shareholder must have tendered all of his or her shares and checked this box:
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The tendered shares represent all shares held by the undersigned. |
ALL SHAREHOLDERS WISHING TO GIVE INSTRUCTIONS PURSUANT
TO THIS INSTRUCTION FORM MUST COMPLETE THE FORM BELOW.
The method of delivery of this document is at the election and risk of the tendering shareholder. If delivery is by mail, then registered mail with return receipt requested, properly insured, is recommended. In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to ensure timely delivery.
Signature(s) |
Name(s) |
(Please Type or Print) |
Taxpayer Identification or Social Security Number: |
Address(es): |
Zip Code(s): |
Daytime Area Code and Telephone Number: |
Dated: , 2019 |
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Exhibit (a)(1)(F)
This announcement is neither an offer to purchase nor a solicitation of an offer to sell shares of common stock of DaVita Inc. (the Company). The Offer (as defined below) is made solely by the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019, and the related Letter of Transmittal, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The information contained or referred to therein is incorporated herein by reference. The Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, shareholders in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of offers to sell shares would not be in compliance with the laws of that jurisdiction. If the Company becomes aware of any such jurisdiction where the making of the Offer or the acceptance of shares pursuant to the Offer is not in compliance with applicable law, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with the applicable law. If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with the applicable law, the Offer will not be made to (nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of) the shareholders residing in such jurisdiction. In any jurisdiction where the securities, blue sky or other laws require the Offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the Offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of the Company by the Dealer Manager (as defined below), or by one or more registered brokers or dealers licensed under the laws of that jurisdiction.
DaVita Inc.
Notice of Offer to Purchase for Cash
Shares of its Common Stock
for an Aggregate Purchase Price of no More Than $1.2 Billion
At a Purchase Price Not Less Than $53.50 Per Share and
Not More Than $61.50 per Share
DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company), is offering to purchase for cash shares (the shares) of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the common stock), pursuant to (i) auction tenders at prices specified by the tendering shareholders of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share (Auction Tenders), or (ii) purchase price tenders (Purchase Price Tenders), in either case, net to the seller in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase, dated July 22, 2019 (the Offer to Purchase), and in the related Letter of Transmittal (the Letter of Transmittal and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the Offer). The Company is offering to purchase shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of no more than $1.2 billion.
THE OFFER, PRORATION PERIOD AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT, NEW YORK CITY TIME, AT THE END OF THE DAY ON AUGUST 16, 2019, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE EXPIRATION TIME) OR OTHERWISE TERMINATED. |
The Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being tendered. The Offer is, however, subject to a number of other terms and conditions specified in the Offer to Purchase, including the Financing Condition (as defined in the Offer to Purchase).
The Companys Board of Directors has authorized the Offer. However, none of the Company, the Companys Board of Directors, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary (as defined below) or the Information Agent (as defined below) makes any recommendation to the Companys shareholders as to whether to tender or refrain from tendering their shares or as to the price or prices at which shareholders may choose to tender their shares. The Company has not authorized any person to make any such recommendation. Shareholders must make their own decision as to whether to tender their shares and, if so, how many shares to tender and the price or prices at which their shares should be tendered. In doing so, shareholders should read carefully the information in, or incorporated by reference into, the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal, including the purposes and effects of the Offer. Shareholders are urged to discuss their decision with their tax advisors, financial advisors and/or brokers.
The Companys Board of Directors determined that it is in the Companys and its stockholders best interests to repurchase shares of its common stock pursuant to the Companys share repurchase program, and the Companys management believes that, at this time, the Offer is a prudent use of financial resources and an effective way to provide value to shareholders. The modified Dutch auction tender offer set forth in the Offer to Purchase is a mechanism that will provide shareholders with the opportunity to tender all or a portion of their shares and thereby receive a return of some or all of their investment if they so elect. Conversely, the Offer also affords shareholders the option not to participate and, thereby, to increase their relative percentage interest in the Company if the Offer is consummated.
In accordance with the instructions to the Letter of Transmittal, shareholders desiring to tender shares must specify (1) whether shares are tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender or a Purchase Price Tender and (2) if an Auction Tender is made, the price, not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share (in increments of $0.25), at which they are willing to tender their shares to the Company in the Offer. After the Expiration Time, the Company will, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, determine a single price per share (the Purchase Price), which will be not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share, that it will pay for all shares purchased in the Offer, taking into account the number of shares tendered pursuant to Auction Tenders and Purchase Price Tenders and the prices specified by shareholders tendering shares pursuant to Auction Tenders. Shares tendered pursuant to Purchase Price Tenders will be deemed to have been tendered at a price of $53.50 per share (which is the minimum price per share under the Offer) for purposes of determining the Purchase Price. Shareholders who validly tender shares without specifying whether they are making an Auction Tender or a Purchase Price Tender will be deemed to have made a Purchase Price Tender. The Purchase Price will be the lowest price per share of not less than $53.50 and not more than $61.50 per share that will enable the Company to purchase the maximum number of shares validly tendered pursuant to the Offer and not validly withdrawn having an aggregate Purchase Price not exceeding $1.2 billion. Shares validly tendered pursuant to an Auction Tender will not be purchased if the Purchase Price determined by the Company for the shares is less than the price selected by the shareholder. All shares purchased in the Offer will be purchased at the same Purchase Price regardless of whether the shareholder tendered at a lower price. Any shareholder who wishes to tender shares at more than one price must complete a separate Letter of Transmittal for each price at which shares are being tendered. The same shares cannot be tendered at more than one price, unless previously and validly withdrawn, as described in the Offer to Purchase.
As of July 19, 2019, the Company had 160,258,708 shares of common stock issued and outstanding. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $53.50 per share, the minimum price per share pursuant to the Offer, the Company would purchase 22,429,906 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 14.0% of the Companys outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019. Assuming that the Offer is fully subscribed, if the Purchase Price is determined to be $61.50 per share, the maximum price per share pursuant to the Offer, the Company would purchase 19,512,195 shares pursuant to the Offer, which would represent approximately 12.2% of the Companys outstanding common stock as of July 19, 2019.
If the conditions to the Offer have been satisfied or waived and shares validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time would result in an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion, the Company will purchase shares in the following order of priority:
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First , all shares owned in odd lots (less than 100 shares) that have been validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price (and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time), as indicated by completing the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and, if applicable, in the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery; |
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Second , all other tendered shares (other than conditionally tendered shares for which the condition was not satisfied) validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price (and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time), on a pro rata basis if necessary, with appropriate adjustments to avoid the purchase of fractional shares, until the Company has purchased shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion; and |
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Third , only if necessary to permit the Company to purchase shares resulting in an aggregate Purchase Price of $1.2 billion, shares validly conditionally tendered at or below the Purchase Price (and not validly withdrawn prior to the Expiration Time) for which the condition was not initially satisfied, by random lot, to the extent feasible. To be eligible for purchase by random lot, shareholders whose shares are conditionally tendered must have validly tendered and not validly withdrawn all of their shares prior to the Expiration Time. |
If any tendered shares are not purchased, or if less than all shares evidenced by a shareholders certificates are tendered, certificates for unpurchased shares will be returned promptly after the expiration or termination of the Offer or the valid withdrawal of the shares, or, in the case of shares tendered by book-entry transfer at DTC (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), the shares will be credited to the appropriate account maintained by the tendering shareholder at DTC, in each case at the Companys expense.
Shareholders wishing to tender their shares must follow the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal. Shareholders wishing to tender their shares but who are unable to deliver them physically or by book-entry transfer prior to the Expiration Time, or who are unable to make delivery of all required documents to the Depositary prior to the Expiration Time, may tender their shares by complying with the procedures set forth in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase for tendering by Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.
If proration of tendered shares is required, the Company will determine the proration factor promptly following the Expiration Time.
For purposes of the Offer, the Company will be deemed to have accepted for payment, subject to the odd lot priority, proration and conditional tender provisions of the Offer, shares that are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price and not validly withdrawn, only when, as and if the Company gives oral or written notice to Computershare Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (the Depositary) of its acceptance of the shares for payment pursuant to the Offer.
Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Company will accept for payment and pay the Purchase Price per share for all of the shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer promptly after the Expiration Time, taking into account any time necessary to determine any proration, but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of (1) certificates for shares, or a timely book-entry confirmation of the deposit of shares into the Depositarys account at DTC, (2) a validly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal including any required signature guarantees, or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agents Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), and (3) any other required documents.
The Company expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion and subject to applicable law, at any time and from time to time, and regardless of whether or not any of the conditions to the Offer set forth in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase have occurred or are deemed by the Company to have occurred, to extend the period of time the Offer is open and delay acceptance for payment of, and payment for, any shares by giving oral or written notice of such extension to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such extension no later than 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the next business day after the last previously scheduled Expiration Time. In the event of an extension, the term Expiration Time will refer to the latest time and date at which the Offer, as extended by the Company, will expire. During any such extension, all shares previously tendered and not validly withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and to the right of a tendering shareholder to withdraw such shareholders shares.
In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in the event that shares having an aggregate Purchase Price of more than $1.2 billion are validly tendered at or below the Purchase Price, the Company may, at its option, accept for payment an additional number of shares of common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of shares of common stock (exclusive of any shares of common stock held by or for the Companys account or by or for the account of any of the Companys subsidiaries) outstanding without extending the Expiration Time. Unless otherwise expressly stated, information in the Offer to Purchase assumes that no such additional shares of common stock will be purchased. The Company also expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend the Offer to purchase additional shares, subject to applicable law.
The Company also expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate the Offer and reject for payment and not pay for any shares not theretofore accepted for payment or paid for, subject to applicable law, or to postpone payment for shares, upon the occurrence of any of the conditions to the Offer specified in Section 7 of the Offer to Purchase, including the Financing Condition, by giving oral or written notice of such termination or postponement to the Depositary and making a public announcement of such termination or postponement. The Companys reservation of the right to delay payment for shares that it has accepted for payment is limited by Rule 13e-4(f)(5) and Rule 14e-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), which requires that the Company must pay the consideration offered or return the shares tendered promptly after termination or withdrawal of the Offer.
Shares tendered in the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Expiration Time. In addition, unless the Company has already accepted such tendered shares for payment, shareholders may withdraw their tendered shares at any time after 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on September 16, 2019. Except as otherwise provided in the Offer to Purchase, tenders of shares pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable. For a withdrawal to be effective, a written or facsimile notice of withdrawal must be received in a timely manner by the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth on the back cover page of the Offer to Purchase, and any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the tendering shareholder, the number of shares to be withdrawn, the price at which such shares were tendered, if an Auction Tender is being withdrawn, and the name of the registered holder of the shares to be withdrawn, if different from the person who tendered the shares. A shareholder who has tendered shares at more than one price must complete a separate notice of withdrawal for shares tendered at each price. If the certificates for shares to be withdrawn have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, then, before the release of those certificates, the tendering shareholder also must submit the serial numbers shown on those particular certificates for shares to be withdrawn and, unless an Eligible Institution (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) has tendered those shares, the signature(s) on the notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. If shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer described in Section 3 of the Offer to Purchase, the notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn shares and must otherwise comply with DTCs procedures.
All questions as to the form and validity, including the time of receipt, of any notice of withdrawal will be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, and will be final and binding on all parties absent a finding to the contrary by a court of competent jurisdiction. The Company reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the notice of withdrawal or method of withdrawal of shares by any shareholder, whether or not the Company waives similar defects or irregularities in the case of any other shareholder. None of the Company, the Dealer Manager, the Depositary, the Information Agent or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, nor will any of them incur liability for failure to give any such notice.
Generally, U.S. shareholders will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation when they receive cash from the Company in exchange for the shares they tender. Their receipt of cash for tendered shares will generally be treated either as (1) a sale or exchange eligible for gain or loss treatment if certain requirements (described in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase) are satisfied or (2) a distribution in respect of stock from the Company if those requirements (described in Section 15 of the Offer to Purchase) are not satisfied. All shareholders should read carefully the Offer to Purchase for additional information regarding certain tax issues and should consult their own tax advisor regarding the tax consequences of the Offer.
The Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal contain important information that shareholders should read carefully before they make any decision with respect to the Offer.
The information required to be disclosed by Rule 13e-4(d)(1) under the Exchange Act is contained in the Offer to Purchase and is incorporated herein by reference.
Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to Georgeson LLC, the information agent for the Offer (the Information Agent), or to Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, the dealer manager for the Offer (the Dealer Manager), at their respective telephone numbers and addresses set forth below. Requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery may be directed to the Information Agent at the telephone number and address set forth below. Shareholders may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.
The Depositary for the Offer is:
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Computershare | Computershare | |||||
c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions | c/o Voluntary Corporate Actions | |||||
P.O. Box 43011 | 150 Royall Street, Suite V | |||||
Providence, RI 02940-3011 | Canton, MA 02021 |
The Information Agent for the Offer is: | The Dealer Manager for the Offer is: | |
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1290 Avenue of the Americas, 9th Floor | Eleven Madison Avenue | |
New York, NY 10104 | New York, NY 10010 | |
Toll-Free (888) 206-5896 | Toll-Free: (800) 318-8219 |
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Exhibit (a)(5)(B)
DAVITA COMMENCES SELF-TENDER
OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH
SHARES OF ITS COMMON STOCK FOR AN AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE
OF NO MORE THAN $1.2 BILLION
AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF NOT LESS THAN $53.50 PER SHARE AND
NOT MORE THAN $61.50 PER SHARE
DENVER, CO, July 22, 2019 DAVITA INC. (NYSE: DVA) , DaVita, a Fortune 500 ® health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients around the globe and the largest provider of kidney care services in the U.S., announced today that it has commenced a modified Dutch auction tender offer for up to $1.2 billion of its common stock at a price per share not less than $53.50 and not greater than $61.50. The tender offer will expire at 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on August 16, 2019, unless extended by DaVita or otherwise terminated. Tenders of shares must be made on or prior to the expiration of the tender offer and may be withdrawn at any time prior to the expiration of the tender offer, in each case, in accordance with the procedures described in the tender offer materials.
A modified Dutch auction tender offer allows shareholders to indicate how many shares and at what price within DaVitas specified range they wish to tender. Based on the number of shares tendered and the prices specified by the tendering shareholders, DaVita will determine the lowest price per share within the specified range that will enable DaVita to purchase shares having an aggregate purchase price of up to $1.2 billion. DaVita also reserves the right, in the event that more than $1.2 billion of its shares are tendered in the tender offer at or below the purchase price, to purchase at its option up to an additional number of shares of common stock not to exceed 2% of the total number of its shares of common stock outstanding (exclusive of any shares of common stock held by or for DaVitas account or by or for the account of any of DaVitas subsidiaries) without amending or extending the tender offer. All shares purchased by DaVita in the tender offer will be purchased at the same price. Shareholders whose shares are purchased in the tender offer will be paid the determined purchase price in cash, less any applicable withholding taxes and without interest, after the expiration of the tender offer.
DaVita expects to enter into a new credit agreement and finance the share purchases in the tender offer with borrowings under such new credit agreement. The tender offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of shares being tendered, but is subject to the successful execution of the new credit agreement with terms reasonably satisfactory to DaVita and total lender commitments of not less than $5.25 billion. The tender offer documents also contain tendering instructions and a complete explanation of the tender offers terms and conditions.
The dealer manager for the tender offer is Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC. Georgeson LLC is serving as information agent for the tender offer and Computershare is serving as the depositary for the tender offer.
Neither DaVita, its directors, the dealer manager, the information agent, nor the depositary makes any recommendation as to whether to tender shares or as to the price at which to tender them.
Additional Information Regarding the Planned Tender Offer
This release is for informational purposes only and is not an offer to buy or the solicitation of an offer to sell any shares of DaVitas common stock. The tender offer is being made solely by the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer documents, as they may be amended or supplemented from time to time, mailed to shareholders beginning on July 22, 2019. Each of these documents have been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and shareholders may obtain them for free from the Securities and Exchange Commission at its website ( www.sec.gov ). Shareholders may also obtain a copy of these documents from DaVitas information agent, Georgeson LLC, by calling toll-free at 888-206-5896. SHAREHOLDERS ARE URGED TO CAREFULLY READ THE OFFER TO PURCHASE, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND RELATED MATERIALS BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE VARIOUS TERMS OF, AND CONDITIONS TO, THE TENDER OFFER, THAT SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR SHARES.
Contact Information
Investors: |
Jim Gustafson |
Vice President, Investor Relations |
(310) 536-2585 ir@davita.com |
About DaVita Inc. DaVita (NYSE: DVA) is a Fortune 500 ® health care provider focused on transforming care delivery to improve quality of life for patients around the globe. DaVita is the largest provider of kidney care services in the U.S. and has been a leader in clinical quality and innovation for 20 years. Through DaVita Kidney Care, DaVita treats patients with chronic kidney failure and end stage renal disease. DaVita is committed to bold, patient-centric care models, implementing the latest technologies and moving toward integrated care offerings for all. As of March 31, 2019, DaVita served approximately 203,000 patients at 2,689 outpatient dialysis centers in the United States. DaVita also operated 243 outpatient dialysis centers in nine countries across the world. DaVita has reduced hospitalizations, improved mortality, and worked collaboratively to propel the kidney care industry to adopt an equitable and high-quality standard of care for all patients, everywhere. To learn more about how DaVita is leading the health care evolution, please, visit DaVita.com/About .
DaVita Inc. and its representatives may from time to time make written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements in this release, filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), reports to stockholders and in meetings with investors and analysts. All such statements in this release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements and as such are intended to be covered by the safe harbor for forward-looking statements. Without limiting the foregoing, statements including the words expect, intend, will, plan, anticipate, believe, forecast, guidance, outlook, goals, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.
These forward-looking statements include but are not limited to statements related to our expectations regarding the tender offer and the proposed new credit agreement and the use of proceeds therefrom.
Our actual results and other events could differ materially from any forward-looking statements due to numerous factors that involve substantial known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things:
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our ability to satisfy the conditions to the tender offer (including the financing condition); |
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the price per share at which we ultimately determine to purchase shares in the tender offer and the number of shares tendered in the tender offer; |
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the terms, timing, costs and interest rate on any indebtedness incurred to fund such purchases; |
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our ability to commence and complete the tender offer, including the number of shares we are able to purchase pursuant to the tender offer; |
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our ability to achieve the benefits contemplated by the tender offer; |
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any adverse impact that the tender offer may have on us and the trading market for our common stock; |
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the concentration of profits generated by higher-paying commercial payor plans for which there is continued downward pressure on average realized payment rates, and a reduction in the number of patients under such plans, including as a result of restrictions or prohibitions on the use and/or availability of charitable premium assistance, which may result in the loss of revenues or patients, or our making incorrect assumptions about how our patients will respond to any change in financial assistance from charitable organizations; |
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the extent to which the ongoing implementation of healthcare reform, or changes in or new legislation, regulations or guidance, enforcement thereof or related litigation, and the extent to which such developments result in a reduction in coverage or reimbursement rates for our services, a reduction in the number of patients enrolled in higher-paying commercial plans, or other material impacts to our business; |
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a reduction in government payment rates under the Medicare End Stage Renal Disease program or other government-based programs and the impact of the Medicare Advantage benchmark structure; |
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risks arising from potential and proposed federal and/or state legislation, regulation, ballot, executive action or other initiatives, including such initiatives related to healthcare and/or labor matters; |
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the impact of the changing political environment and related developments on the current healthcare marketplace and on our business, including with respect to the future of the Affordable Care Act, the exchanges and many other core aspects of the current health care marketplace; |
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changes in pharmaceutical practice patterns, reimbursement and payment policies and processes, or pharmaceutical pricing, including with respect to calcimimetics; |
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legal and compliance risks, such as our continued compliance with complex government regulations and the provisions of our current corporate integrity agreement; |
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continued increased competition from dialysis providers and others, and other potential marketplace changes; |
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our ability to reduce administrative expenses while maintaining targeted levels of service and operating performance; |
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our ability to maintain contracts with physician medical directors, changing affiliation models for physicians, and the emergence of new models of care introduced by the government or private sector that may erode our patient base and reimbursement rates, such as accountable care organizations, independent practice associations and integrated delivery systems; |
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our ability to complete acquisitions, mergers or dispositions that we might announce or be considering, on terms favorable to us or at all, or to integrate and successfully operate any business we may acquire or have acquired, or to successfully expand our operations and services in markets outside the United States, or to businesses outside of dialysis; and our ability to enter into the new credit agreement on the terms currently contemplated or at all, and to complete the redemption of our Senior Notes on the terms currently contemplated or at all; |
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noncompliance by us or our business associates with any privacy or security laws or any security breach by us or a third party involving the misappropriation, loss or other unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information; |
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the variability of our cash flows; the risk that we may not be able to generate sufficient cash in the future to service our indebtedness or to fund our other liquidity needs; and the risk that we may not be able to refinance our indebtedness as it becomes due, on terms favorable to us or at all; |
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factors that may impact our ability to repurchase stock under our stock repurchase program (including the tender offer described above) and the timing of any such stock repurchases; |
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risks arising from the use of accounting estimates, judgments and interpretations in our financial statements; |
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impairment of our goodwill, investments or other assets; |
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uncertainties related to our use of the proceeds from the DMG sale transaction and other available funds, including external financing and cash flow from operations, which may be or have been used in ways that we cannot assure will improve our results of operations or enhance the value of our common stock; and |
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uncertainties associated with the other risk factors set forth in our most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and the other risks and uncertainties discussed in any subsequent reports that we file or furnish to the SEC from time to time. |
The forward-looking statements should be considered in light of these risks and uncertainties. All forward-looking statements in this release are based solely on information available to us on the date of this release. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of changed circumstances, new information, future events or otherwise.
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Exhibit (b)(3)
Execution Version
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC 550 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 |
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10019 |
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. 383 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10179 |
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MUFG 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. One Bryant Park New York, New York 10036 |
BARCLAYS 745 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC Eleven Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010 |
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA 200 West Street New York, New York 10282 |
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 |
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SUNTRUST BANK SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC. 3333 Peachtree Road Atlanta, Georgia 30326 |
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 40 King Street West 62nd floor Toronto, Ontario Canada M5W 1H1 |
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION 277 Park Avenue New York, New York 10172 |
July 18, 2019
DaVita Inc.
$5,250,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities
Commitment and Engagement Letter
DaVita Inc.
2000 16 th Street
Denver, CO 80202
Attention: Mr. Chet Mehta
Ladies and Gentlemen:
You have advised Wells Fargo Securities, LLC ( WF Securities ), Wells Fargo Bank, National Association ( Wells Fargo Bank ), Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ( CACIB ), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ( JPMCB ), MUFG (as defined below), Bank of America, N.A. ( BANA ), Barclays Bank PLC ( Barclays ), Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC ( CSLF ), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch ( Credit Suisse ), Goldman Sachs Bank USA ( GS Bank ), Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and/or an affiliate ( MSSF ), SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. ( STRH ), SunTrust Bank ( SunTrust Bank ), The Bank of Nova Scotia ( Scotiabank ), and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ( SMBC and, together with WF Securities, Wells Fargo Bank, CACIB, JPMCB, MUFG, BANA, Barclays, CSLF, Credit Suisse, GS Bank, MSSF, STRH, SunTrust Bank and Scotiabank, the Commitment Parties ) that you intend to consummate the Transactions (such term and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein having the meanings assigned to them in the Term Sheet (as defined below)). Each of WF Securities, CACIB, JPMCB, MUFG, BANA, Barclays, CSLF, GS Bank, MSSF and STRH are collectively referred to as the Lead Arrangers . Each of Scotiabank and SMBC are collectively referred to as the Co-Managers . The Lead Arrangers and the Co-Managers are collectively referred to as the Arrangers .
For purposes of this Commitment and Engagement Letter, MUFG shall mean MUFG Bank, Ltd., MUFG Union Bank, N.A., MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and/or any affiliates of Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. as determined to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated herein (subject to the confidentiality, assignment and other provisions hereof).
The Lead Arrangers are pleased to advise you that they are willing to act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (as defined below). The Co-Managers are pleased to advise you that they are willing to act as co-managers for the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. Furthermore, (a) Wells Fargo Bank is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $127,272,727 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $222,727,273 of the Term Loan A Facility, (b) CACIB is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $90,909,091 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $ 159,090,909 of the Term Loan A Facility, (c) JPMCB is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $90,909,091 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $ 159,090,909 of the Term Loan A Facility, (d) MUFG is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $90,909,091 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $ 159,090,909 of the Term Loan A Facility, (e) BANA is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (f) Barclays is pleased to advise you of its commitment to (i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (g) Credit Suisse is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (h) GS Bank is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $(i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (i) MSSF is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (j) SunTrust Bank is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $63,636,364 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $111,363,636 of the Term Loan A Facility, (k) Scotiabank is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $45,454,545 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $79,545,455 of the Term Loan A Facility and (l) SMBC is pleased to advise you of its commitment to provide (i) $45,454,545 of the Revolving Credit Facility and (ii) $79,545,455 of the Term Loan A Facility, and the Lead Arrangers are pleased to advise you of their agreement to use commercially reasonable efforts to assemble a syndicate of Lenders (as defined below) to provide the balance of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (it being understood and agreed that none of the Commitment Parties is committing to, or agreeing to provide, such balance of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities). This Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Summary of Terms and Conditions attached as Exhibit A hereto and the Conditions listed on Exhibit B hereto (collectively with Exhibit A, the Term Sheet ) set forth the principal terms and conditions on and subject to which the Commitment Parties are willing to make available the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. The commitments of the Commitment Parties hereunder are several and not joint.
It is agreed that the Lead Arrangers will act as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Co-Managers will act as co-managers in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and that Wells Fargo Bank will act as the sole administrative agent and collateral agent in respect of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. It is agreed that, with respect to all marketing materials and in the definitive documentation for the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (i) the name of WF Securities will have top left placement, (ii) the name of WF Securities will appear above the names of the other Arrangers and (iii) all other Lead Arrangers will be listed in alphabetical order. You agree that, as a condition to the commitments and agreements hereunder, no other agents, co-agents or arrangers will be appointed, no other titles will be awarded and no compensation (other than that expressly contemplated by the Term Sheet, Fee Letter referred to below and the separate agency fee letter among you and Wells Fargo Bank) will be paid in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facilities unless you and the Lead Arrangers shall agree.
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The Lead Arrangers intend to use commercially reasonable efforts to syndicate the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to a group of lenders (collectively with the Commitment Parties, the Lenders ) identified by the Lead Arrangers in consultation with you and reasonably acceptable to you. The Lead Arrangers intend to commence syndication efforts promptly, and you agree actively to assist the Lead Arrangers in completing a syndication reasonably satisfactory to them and you. Such assistance shall include (a) your using commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the syndication efforts benefit materially from your existing banking relationships, (b) direct contact between your senior management and advisors and the proposed Lenders, (c) as set forth in the next paragraph, your assistance in the preparation of materials to be used in connection with the syndication (collectively, with the Term Sheet, the Information Materials ) and (d) the hosting, with the Lead Arrangers and your senior management, of one or more meetings of prospective Lenders at times and places to be mutually agreed.
You will assist the Lead Arrangers in preparing Information Materials, including a confidential information memorandum (which shall include forecasts of the financial performance of the Borrower and its subsidiaries on an annual basis through 2023), for distribution to prospective Lenders. If requested by the Lead Arrangers, you also will assist the Lead Arrangers in preparing an additional version of the Information Materials (the Public-Side Version ) to be used by prospective Lenders public-side employees and representatives ( Public-Siders ) who do not wish to receive material non-public information (within the meaning of United States federal securities laws) with respect to you, your affiliates and any of your or their securities ( MNPI ) and who may be engaged in investment and other market related activities with respect to any such entitys securities or loans. Before distribution of any Information Materials, you agree to execute and deliver to the Lead Arrangers (i) a customary letter in which you authorize distribution of the Information Materials to prospective Lenders employees willing to receive MNPI and to treat such information confidentially ( Private-Siders ) and (ii) a separate customary letter in which you authorize distribution of the Public-Side Version to Public-Siders and represent that no MNPI is contained therein and exculpating us with respect to any liability related to the use of the contents of such Public-Side Version or any related marketing material by the recipient thereof. You also acknowledge that Commitment Party Public-Siders who are publishing debt analysts may participate in any meetings held pursuant to clause (d) of the preceding paragraph (unless you specifically anticipate discussing MNPI); provided that such analysts shall not publish any information obtained from such meetings until the syndication of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities has been completed upon the making of allocations by the Lead Arrangers and the Lead Arrangers freeing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to trade.
The Borrower agrees that the following documents may be distributed to both Private-Siders and Public-Siders, unless the Borrower advises the Lead Arrangers in writing (including by email) within a reasonable time prior to their intended distribution that such materials should only be distributed to Private-Siders: (a) administrative materials prepared by the Commitment Parties for prospective Lenders (such as a lender meeting invitation, lender allocation, if any, and funding and closing memoranda), (b) notification of changes in the terms of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and (c) other materials intended for prospective Lenders after the initial distribution of Information Materials. If you advise the Lead Arrangers that any of the foregoing should be distributed only to Private-Siders, then Public-Siders will not receive such materials without further discussions with you.
The Borrower hereby authorizes the Lead Arrangers to distribute draft and final definitive documentation with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities to Private-Siders and Public-Siders.
It is understood and agreed that the Lead Arrangers will manage, in consultation with you, all aspects of the syndication, including decisions as to the selection of institutions to be approached and when they will be approached, when their commitments will be accepted, which institutions will participate (which institutions shall be reasonably acceptable to you), the allocation of the commitments
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among the Lenders and the amount and distribution of fees among the Lenders (which shall be reasonably acceptable to you). The Lead Arrangers will have no responsibility other than to use commercially reasonable efforts to arrange the syndication as set forth herein and in no event shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties. Additionally, the Borrower acknowledges and agrees that the Lead Arrangers are not advising the Borrower as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Borrower 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 Lead Arrangers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Borrower with respect thereto.
To assist the Lead Arrangers in their syndication efforts, you agree promptly to prepare and provide to the Lead Arrangers all customary information with respect to you and the Transactions, including all financial information and projections (the Projections ) as the Lead Arrangers may reasonably request in connection with the arrangement and syndication of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. You hereby represent and covenant that (a) all written information other than the Projections, other forward looking information and information of a general economic or industry specific nature (including any information about competitors or vendors) (collectively, the Information ) that has been or will be made available to the Lead Arrangers by you or any of your representatives in connection with the Transactions, when taken as a whole in combination with your Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, and each Form 10-Q and Form 8-K filed subsequent to December 31, 2018, in each case, filed or furnished with the Securities and Exchange Commission, is or will be, when furnished, taken as a whole, complete and correct in all material respects and does not or will not, when furnished, taken as a whole, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made and (b) the Projections that have been or will be made available to the Lead Arrangers by you or any of your representatives in connection with the Transactions have been or will be prepared in good faith based upon assumptions you believed to be reasonable at the time made (it being recognized by the Commitment Parties that such Projections are as to future events and not to be viewed as facts and are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies many of which are beyond your control and that actual results during the period or periods covered by any such Projections may differ significantly from the projected results and such differences may be material). You agree that if at any time prior to the Closing Date, any of the representations and warranties in the preceding sentence would be incorrect in any material respect if the Information and Projections were then being furnished, and such representations were then being made, then you will promptly supplement, or cause to be supplemented, the Information and Projections such that such representations and warranties are correct in all material respects under those circumstances. In issuing this commitment and in arranging and syndicating each of the Facilities, the Commitment Parties are and will be using and relying on the Information and the Projections without independent verification thereof. You understand that in arranging and syndicating the Senior Secured Credit Facilities the Lead Arrangers may use and rely on the Information and Projections without independent verification thereof.
As consideration for the commitments and agreements of the Commitment Parties hereunder, you agree to cause to be paid the nonrefundable fees described in the Fee Letter which will be delivered to you by us in connection herewith (the Fee Letter ).
Each Commitment Partys respective commitments and agreements hereunder are subject to: (a) there not occurring or becoming known to such Commitment Party any event, development or circumstance that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, operations, property, or financial condition of the Borrower and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (b) such Commitment Party not becoming aware after the date hereof of any information or other matter (including any matter relating to financial models and underlying assumptions relating to the
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Projections) affecting the Borrower or the Transactions that in such Commitment Partys judgment is inconsistent in a material and adverse manner with any such information or other matter disclosed to such Commitment Party prior to the date hereof or could reasonably be expected to materially impair the syndication of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities; (c) such Commitment Partys satisfaction that prior to and during the syndication of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities there shall be no competing offering, placement or arrangement of any debt financing by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries (other than debt financings in the ordinary course of business or under existing facilities); (d) the closing of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities on or before December 24, 2019; and (e) the other conditions set forth or referred to in the Term Sheet. The terms and conditions of the commitments hereunder and of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities are not limited to those set forth herein and in the Term Sheet. Those matters that are not covered by the provisions hereof and of the Term Sheet are subject to the approval and agreement of the Commitment Parties and the Borrower.
You agree (a) to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Commitment Parties, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, employees, advisors, and agents (each, an indemnified person ) from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities to which any such indemnified person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment and Engagement Letter, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the use of the proceeds thereof, the Transactions or any related transaction or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, regardless of whether any indemnified person is a party thereto (and regardless of whether such matter is initiated by a third party or by you, any of your affiliates, equity holders or creditors), and to reimburse each indemnified person upon written demand for any reasonable and invoiced legal expenses or other out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing; provided that the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any indemnified person, apply to losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court to arise from (i) the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such indemnified person or its controlled affiliates, directors, officers or employees or (ii) a material breach in bad faith of this Commitment and Engagement Letter (and solely to the extent such proceeding is brought against such indemnified person by you), and (b) to reimburse each Commitment Party and its affiliates on written demand for all reasonable and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses (including due diligence expenses, syndication expenses, consultants fees and expenses, travel expenses, and reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Commitment Parties incurred in connection with the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and any related documentation (including this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the definitive Bank Documentation) or the administration, amendment, modification or waiver thereof, in each case, regardless of whether the Transactions are consummated. You acknowledge that information and documents relating to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities may be transmitted through SyndTrak, Intralinks, the internet, e-mail, or similar electronic transmission systems, and, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no indemnified person shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of Information or other materials obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent such damages are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court to arise from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such indemnified person or its control affiliates, directors, officers or employees or (ii) a material breach in bad faith of the confidentiality provisions of this Commitment and Engagement Letter. In addition, neither the Borrower nor any indemnified person shall be liable for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages in connection with the Commitment and Engagement Letter, the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the use of proceeds thereof, the Transaction or any related transaction; provided , that nothing contained in this sentence shall limit your indemnification obligations set forth herein.
You acknowledge that each Commitment Party and its affiliates (the term Commitment Party as used below in this paragraph being understood to include such affiliates) may be providing debt
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financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests regarding the transactions described herein and otherwise. No Commitment Party will use confidential information obtained from you by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby or its other relationships with you in connection with the performance by such Commitment Party of services for other companies, and no Commitment Party will furnish any such information to other companies. You also acknowledge that no Commitment Party has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, or to furnish to you, confidential information obtained from other companies. You further acknowledge that each Arranger or one or more of its affiliates is a full service securities firm and each Commitment Party may from time to time effect transactions, for its own or its affiliates account or the account of customers, and hold positions in loans, securities or options on loans or securities of the Borrower and its affiliates and of other companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment and Engagement Letter.
You acknowledge that certain of the Commitment Parties are currently acting as a Lender under the Existing Credit Agreement and your and such Commitment Parties rights and obligations under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement (the Existing Loan Documents ) that currently or hereafter may exist are, and shall be, separate and distinct from the rights and obligations of the parties pursuant to this Commitment and Engagement Letter, and none of such rights and obligations under such other agreements shall be affected by any Commitment Partys performance or lack of performance hereunder.
You hereby agree that the Commitment Parties may render their respective services under this Commitment and Engagement Letter notwithstanding any actual or potential conflict of interest presented by the foregoing and you hereby waive any conflict of interest claims relating to the relationship between any Commitment Party and you and your affiliates in connection with the engagement contemplated hereby on the one hand, and the exercise by any Commitment Party or any of its affiliates of any of their rights and duties under the Existing Credit Agreement and the other Existing Loan Documents, on the other hand.
Each Commitment Party may employ the services of its affiliates in providing certain services hereunder and, in connection with the provision of such services, may exchange with such affiliates information concerning you and the other companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment and Engagement Letter, and, to the extent so employed, such affiliates shall be entitled to the benefits afforded such Commitment Party hereunder and subject to the related confidentiality obligations of such Commitment Party hereunder. You also agree that each Commitment Party may at any time and from time to time assign all or any portion of its commitments hereunder to one or more of its affiliates; provided that, except with respect to an assignment of GS Banks commitments hereunder to Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC, such Commitment Party will not be relieved of all or any portion of their commitments hereunder prior to the initial funding of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
You acknowledge and agree that (a) each Commitment Party is acting under this Commitment and Engagement Letter as an independent contractor and no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between you and the Commitment Parties is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment and Engagement Letter, irrespective of whether the Commitment Parties have advised or are advising you on other matters, (b) the Commitment Parties, on the one hand, and you, on the other hand, have an arms-length business relationship that does not directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do you rely on, any advisory or fiduciary duty on the part of the Commitment Parties (irrespective of whether any Commitment Party has advised, is currently advising or will advise you, your equity holders or your affiliates on any other matters), (c) you are capable of
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evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment and Engagement Letter and you have consulted with your own legal and financial advisors to the extent you have deemed appropriate and (d) you have been advised that the Commitment Parties are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from your interests and that the Commitment Parties have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to you by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship. Please note that the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates do not provide tax, accounting, investment, regulatory or legal advice. Furthermore, without limiting any provision set forth herein, you waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims you may have against us or our affiliates (in our capacities as Commitment Parties hereunder) for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty arising out of this Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby and agree that we and our affiliates shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to you in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of you, including your stockholders, employees or creditors.
This Commitment and Engagement Letter shall not be assignable by you without the prior written consent of each Commitment Party (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be null and void), is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto and the indemnified persons. This Commitment and Engagement Letter may not be amended or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by you and each Commitment Party. This Commitment and Engagement Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Commitment and Engagement Letter by email or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. This Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Fee Letter are the only agreements that have been entered into among us with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and set forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect thereto. The parties hereby agree that BANA may, without notice to the Borrower, assign its rights and obligations under this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Fee Letter to any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Bank of America Corporations or any of its subsidiaries investment banking, commercial lending services or related businesses may be transferred following the date of this Commitment and Engagement Letter.
This Commitment and Engagement Letter shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to its principles of conflicts of laws that would result in the application of a different law. The Borrower consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state or federal courts located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York with respect to any action, suit or proceeding in connection with this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Fee Letter, and agrees not to bring or support any such action, suit or proceeding in any other court. Each party hereto irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, (a) any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such legal proceeding in the state or federal courts located in the City of New York and (b) any right it may have to a trial by jury in any suit, action, proceeding, claim or counterclaim brought by or on behalf of any party related to or arising out of this Commitment and Engagement Letter, the Term Sheets, the transactions contemplated hereby or the performance of services hereunder.
This Commitment and Engagement Letter is delivered to you on the understanding that neither this Commitment and Engagement Letter, the Term Sheet or the Fee Letter nor any of their terms or substance shall be disclosed, directly or indirectly, to any other person (including, without limitation, other potential providers or arrangers of financing) except (a) to your officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, attorneys, accountants and advisors who are directly involved in the consideration of
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this matter who need to know such information and are informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential, (b) as may be compelled in a judicial or administrative proceeding or as otherwise required by law (in which case you agree to inform us promptly thereof, to the extent permitted by law), (c) with the written consent of the Lead Arrangers and the Commitment Parties, (d) this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Term Sheet may be disclosed in any proxy or other public filing relating to the Transaction, (e) the fees contained in the Fee Letter may be disclosed as part of a generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses related to fee amounts to the extent required in marketing materials, any proxy or other public filing or any prospectus or other offering memorandum and (f) this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the Term Sheet may be disclosed to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Senior Secured Credit Facilities; provided that the foregoing restrictions shall cease to apply (except in respect of the Fee Letter and its terms and substance unless pursuant to clause (e) above or required by applicable law) after the execution of the definitive documentation with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facility.
Each Commitment Party shall use all non-public information provided to it by or on behalf of you hereunder or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder solely for the purpose of providing the services that are the subject of this Commitment and Engagement Letter and shall treat confidentially all such information with the same degree of care as they treat their own confidential information, except in each case for information that was or becomes publicly available other than by reason of disclosure by such Commitment Party in violation of this Commitment and Engagement Letter, or was or becomes available to such Commitment Party or its affiliates from a source which is not known by such Commitment Party to be subject to a confidentiality obligation to the Borrower or any of its subsidiaries, or was independently developed by such Commitment Party; provided that nothing herein shall prevent such Commitment Party from disclosing any such information (i) to rating agencies in connection with obtaining ratings for the Borrower and the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, (ii) to any Lenders, assignees or participants or prospective lenders, assignees or participants, provided that the disclosure of any such information to any Lenders or prospective Lenders or participants or prospective participants referred to above shall be made subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such Lender or prospective Lender or participant or prospective participant that such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as is otherwise reasonably acceptable to you and each Commitment Party, including, without limitation, as agreed in any Information Materials) in accordance with the standard syndication processes of such Commitment Party or customary market standards for dissemination of such type of information, (iii) pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal or administrative proceeding, including, without limitation, to establish a due diligence defense (in which case such Commitment Party agrees (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority) to promptly notify you to the extent practicable and not prohibited by applicable law, rule or regulation), (iv) upon the request or demand of any regulatory authority claiming jurisdiction over such Commitment Party or any of its affiliates, (v) to such Commitment Partys employees, legal counsel, independent auditors and other experts or agents who need to know such information and are informed of the confidential nature of such information and instructed to keep such information confidential, (vi) to any of its affiliates (with such Commitment Party being responsible for such affiliates compliance with this paragraph) and (vii) to any other Commitment Party. This undertaking by each Commitment Party shall automatically terminate on the earlier of (x) the execution of definitive documentation by such Commitment Party with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities and (y) two (2) years from the date hereof. Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, the provisions contained in this paragraph shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment and Engagement Letter.
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Each of the Commitment Parties hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law on October 26, 2001) (the Patriot Act ), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower and each Guarantor (as defined in the Term Sheet), which information includes names, addresses, tax identification numbers, certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 (such certification, the Beneficial Ownership Certification ) and other information that will allow such Commitment Party to identify the Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and is effective as to us and each Lender.
The fees, reimbursement, indemnification, submission to jurisdiction, waivers and exculpation, absence of fiduciary duty, choice of law and forum and, subject to the last sentence of the second preceding paragraph, confidentiality provisions contained herein and in the Fee Letter and any other provision herein or therein which by its terms expressly survives the termination of this Commitment and Engagement Letter shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether definitive financing documentation shall be executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment and Engagement Letter or the commitments hereunder; provided that your obligations under this Commitment and Engagement Letter, other than those relating to confidentiality and to syndication of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, shall automatically terminate and be superseded by the definitive financing documentation relating to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities upon the initial funding of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities.
If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please indicate your acceptance of the terms hereof and of the Term Sheet and the Fee Letter by returning to us executed counterparts hereof and of the Fee Letter not later than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 18, 2019. This offer will automatically expire at such time if we have not received such executed counterparts in accordance with the preceding sentence. In the event that the Closing Date does not occur on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on December 24, 2019, then this Commitment and Engagement Letter and the parties respective commitments and agreements hereunder, and our agreements to perform the services described herein, shall automatically terminate without further action or notice and without further obligation to you unless the Commitment Parties shall, in their discretion, agree to an extension.
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We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in connection with this important financing.
Very truly yours, | ||
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Kevin A. Wright | |
Name: Kevin A. Wright | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
By: | /s/ Kirk Tesch | |
Name: Kirk Tesch | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK |
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By: | /s/ Jill Wong | |
Name: Jill Wong | ||
Title: Director | ||
By: | /s/ Gary Herzog | |
Name: Gary Herzog | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Dawn Lee Lum | |
Name: Dawn Lee Lum | ||
Title: Executive Director | ||
MUFG BANK, LTD. | ||
By: | /s/ Timothy Dilworth | |
Name: Timothy Dilworth | ||
Title: Managing Director |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Darren Merten | |
Name: Darren Merten | ||
Title: Vice President | ||
BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||
By: | /s/ John Skrobe | |
Name: John Skrobe | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH | ||
By: | /s/ Judith Smith | |
Name: Judith Smith | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
By: |
/s/ Lingzi Huang |
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Name: Lingzi Huang | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
CREDIT SUISSE LOAN FUNDING LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Phillipe Jacob | |
Name: Phillipe Jacob | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | ||
By: | /s/ Thomas M. Manning | |
Name: Thomas M. Manning | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory | ||
MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ F. Michael Manfred | |
Name: F. Michael Manfred | ||
Title: Authorized Signatory |
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SUNTRUST BANK | ||
By: | /s/ Chris White | |
Name: Chris White | ||
Title: MD | ||
SUNTRUST ROBINSON HUMPHREY, INC. | ||
By: | /s/ William G. Monroe IV | |
Name: William G. Monroe IV | ||
Title: Managing Director | ||
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | ||
By: | /s/ Michelle C. Phillips | |
Name: Michelle C. Phillips | ||
Title: Execution Head & Director | ||
SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION | ||
By: | /s/ Michael Maguire | |
Name: Michael Maguire | ||
Title: Executive Director |
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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first above written: |
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DAVITA INC. | ||
By: | /s/ Chet Mehta | |
Name: Chet Mehta | ||
Title: Group Vice President, Finance |
EXHIBIT A
DAVITA INC.
SENIOR SECURED CREDIT FACILITIES
Summary of Terms and Conditions
Set forth below is a summary of the terms and conditions of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (as defined below). Such terms and conditions will be documented in the Bank Documentation (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Summary of Terms but not defined herein are used with the meanings assigned to them in the Commitment and Engagement Letter or the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below).
Borrower : | DaVita Inc. ( Borrower ). | |
Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners : | WF Securities, CACIB , JPMCB, MUFG, BANA, Barclays, CSLF, GS Bank, MSSF and STRH (in such capacity, the Arrangers). | |
Lenders : | A syndicate of banks, financial institutions and other entities, including Wells Fargo Bank, CACIB, JPMCB, MUFG, BANA, Barclays, Credit Suisse, GS Bank, MSSF, SunTrust Bank, Scotiabank, and SMBC, identified by the Lead Arrangers (collectively, the Lenders ) in consultation with Borrower and reasonably acceptable to the Borrower. | |
Co-Managers : | Scotiabank and SMBC (collectively, the Co-Managers ). | |
Administrative Agent, | ||
Collateral Agent and | ||
Swing Line Lender : | Wells Fargo Bank. | |
Issuing Bank : | To be mutually agreed and such other banks reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, who may agree from time to time to be an Issuing Bank. | |
Co-Syndication Agents : | CACIB, JPMCB and MUFG. | |
Co-Documentation Agents : | BANA, Barclays, CSLF, GS Bank, MSSF and STRH. | |
Type and Amount of Facilities : | Term Loan Facilities : | |
Term Loan Facilities (the Term Loan Facilities ) in an aggregate principal amount of $4,250 million, comprised as follows: | ||
(i) a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $1,750 million (the Term Loan A Facility ); and |
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(ii) a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $2,500 million (the Term Loan B Facility ). |
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Revolving Credit Facility : | ||
A revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit Facility ) in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000 million. The Term Loan Facilities and the Revolving Credit Facility are herein referred to collectively as the Senior Secured Credit Facilities . | ||
Purpose : | Proceeds of the Term Loan Facilities, together with the proceeds from the sale of DaVita Medical Holdings, LLC and its subsidiaries, will be used to finance (i) the repayment of all outstanding amounts under the Borrowers Credit Agreement dated June 24, 2014 (as amended on March 29, 2018, November 21, 2018 and May 6, 2019), as in effect on such date (the Existing Credit Agreement ), (ii) the redemption of the Borrowers outstanding 5.750% Senior Notes due 2022 (clauses (i) and (ii) together, the Refinancing ) (iii) general corporate purposes, including stock repurchases, acquisitions and investments and (iv) the payment of fees, commissions and expenses in connection therewith (clauses (i) through (iii) collectively, together with the entry into the Bank Documentation and the initial funding under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Transactions ). On and after the Closing Date, the Revolving Credit Facility will be used by Borrower and its subsidiaries for working capital and general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, stock repurchases, acquisitions and investments). | |
Closing Date : | The date of the initial funding under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. | |
Maturity Dates : | Term Loan Facilities : | |
Term Loan A Facility: 5 years from the Closing Date. | ||
Term Loan B Facility: 7 years from the Closing Date. | ||
Revolving Credit Facility : 5 years from the Closing Date. | ||
Incremental Facilities : | The Bank Documentation will permit the Borrower to add one or more incremental term loan facilities under the Bank Documentation (each, an Incremental Term Facility ) and/or increase commitments under the Revolving Facility (any such increase, an Incremental Revolving Increase ) (the Incremental Term Facilities and the Incremental Revolving Increases are collectively referred to as Incremental Senior Secured Facilities and the commitments in respect thereof are referred to as the Incremental Commitments ) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (A) $1,500.0 million plus (B) an amount |
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such that, after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Incremental Senior Secured Facility (which shall be deemed to include the full amount of any Incremental Revolving Increase assuming that the full amount of such increase had been drawn) (and after giving effect to any acquisition consummated concurrently therewith and any other acquisition, disposition, debt incurrence, debt retirement and other appropriate pro forma adjustment events, including any debt incurrence or retirement subsequent to the end of the applicable test period and on or prior to the date of such incurrence, all as set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement), the Borrower would be in compliance, on a pro forma basis, with a Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement and to be determined net of all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents up to $750.0 million) (recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Borrower for which financial statements are available) that is no greater than 3.50 to 1.0 plus (C) the amount of any voluntary prepayments and permanent commitment reductions (other than any voluntary prepayments and commitment reductions funded with the proceeds of debt), and such Incremental Facilities shall be on the terms and conditions (including, without limitation, a 50 bps MFN pricing protection for existing lenders under the Term Loan B Facility) set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement except that such MFN pricing protection shall only apply to Incremental Term Facilities made on or prior to 12 months after the Closing Date. | ||
Refinancing Facilities : | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Extended Maturity Dates : | The Bank Documentation (as defined below) shall provide the right for individual Lenders to agree to extend the maturity date of the outstanding loans under the Term Loan A Facility or Term Loan B Facility, as applicable, or of the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility upon the request of the Borrower and without the consent of any other Lender on terms and subject to conditions to be agreed. | |
Availability : | Term Loan B Facility : Upon satisfaction or waiver of conditions precedent to drawing to be specified in the documentation governing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Bank Documentation ), a single drawing may be made on the Closing Date of the full amount of the Term Loan B Facility. | |
Term Loan A Facility : Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions precedent to drawing to be specified in the Bank Documentation, a single drawing of the full amount of the Term Loan A Facility may be made on the Closing Date or at any time between the Closing Date and the date that is 45 days after the Closing Date (such date, the Delayed Draw Termination Date ). The commitments with respect to the Term Loan A Facility shall terminate on the Delayed Draw Termination Date, if not funded prior to such date. |
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Revolving Credit Facility : Upon satisfaction or waiver of conditions precedent to drawing to be specified in the Bank Documentation, borrowings may be made at any time on or after the Closing Date to but excluding the business day preceding the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Facility. | ||
Multicurrency Revolving Loans : | The full amount of the Revolving Credit Facility will be available for loans to be denominated in pounds sterling, euros and such other currencies as may be approved by all lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility (such loans, the Multicurrency Revolving Loans ). The outstanding principal amount of any Multicurrency Revolving Loan made by each lender under the Revolving Credit Facility will constitute usage of such lenders commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility for all purposes including determining availability of borrowings from such lender thereunder. Each Revolving Credit Facility lenders commitment to make Multicurrency Revolving Loans shall be pro rata with their commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. The terms and conditions of the Multicurrency Revolving Loans shall be substantially consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Letters of Credit : | Up to $325,000,000 will be available for letters of credit denominated in currencies to be agreed, on terms and conditions to be agreed. | |
Swing Line Facility : | Up to $100,000,000 of the Revolving Credit Facility will be available for Swing Line Loans, on terms and conditions to be consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Defaulting Lenders : | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Amortization : | Term Loan A Facility : The Term Loan A Facility will amortize on a quarterly basis at a rate of 2.5% per annum during the first year following the Closing Date, 5.0% per annum during the second and third years following the Closing Date, 7.5% per annum during the fourth year following the Closing Date and 10% per annum during the fifth year following the Closing Date (beginning with the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date) with the balance paid on the maturity date of the Term Loan A Facility. | |
Term Loan B Facility : The Term Loan B Facility will amortize at a rate of 1.0% per annum on a quarterly basis (beginning with the first full fiscal quarter after the Closing Date) with the balance paid on the maturity date of the Term Loan B Facility. | ||
Revolving Credit Facility : None. |
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Interest : | At Borrowers option, loans will bear interest based on the Base Rate or LIBOR, as described below: | |
A. Base Rate Option | ||
Interest will be at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin, calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 365 days and payable quarterly in arrears. The Base Rate is defined as the highest of (i) the Federal Funds Rate, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, plus 1/2 of 1%, (ii) the prime commercial lending rate of Wells Fargo Bank, as established from time to time and (iii) LIBOR for an Interest Period of one month plus 1.00%; provided that if the Base Rate is negative it shall be deemed to be zero. | ||
Base Rate borrowings will require one business days prior notice and will be in minimum amounts consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement. | ||
B. LIBOR Option | ||
Interest will be determined for periods ( Interest Periods ) of one, two, three or six months, or, if available to all Lenders, twelve months (as selected by Borrower) and will be at an annual rate equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate ( LIBOR ) for the corresponding deposits of U.S. dollars (provided that if LIBOR is negative it shall be deemed to be zero), plus the Applicable Margin. LIBOR will be determined by the Administrative Agent at the start of each Interest Period and will be fixed through such period. Interest will be paid at the end of each Interest Period or, in the case of Interest Periods longer than three months, quarterly, and will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed in a year of 360 days. LIBOR will be adjusted for maximum statutory reserve requirements (if any). | ||
LIBOR borrowings will require three business days prior notice and will be in minimum amounts consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement. | ||
The Bank Documentation shall contain customary LIBOR successor language. | ||
Default Interest : | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. |
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Interest Margins : | The Applicable Margin for the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan A Facility will be (x) 1.50%, in the case of Eurodollar Loans and (y) 0.50%, in the case of ABR Loans; provided that after the date on which Borrower shall have delivered financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, the Applicable Margin with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan A Facility will be determined pursuant to the grid below. |
Leverage Ratio |
Applicable Margin for
Eurodollar Loans |
Applicable Margin
for ABR Loans |
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³ 4.25 to 1.0 |
2.00% | 1.00% | ||||
<4.25 to 1.0 but ³ 3.50 to 1.0 |
1.75% | 0.75% | ||||
<3.50 to 1.0 but ³ 2.75 to 1.0 |
1.50% | 0.50% | ||||
<2.75 to 1.0 but >2.00 to 1.0 |
1.25% | 0.25% | ||||
<2.00 to 1.0 |
1.00% | 0.00% |
The Applicable Margin for the Term Loan B Facility will be agreed upon in connection with the syndication of the Term Loan B Facility. | ||
Commitment Fee : | A Commitment Fee shall accrue on the unused amounts of the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility. Such Commitment Fee will initially be 0.25% per annum and after delivery of financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending at least three months after the Closing Date will be determined pursuant to the grid below (the Commitment Fee Rate ). Accrued Commitment Fees will be payable quarterly in arrears (calculated on a 360-day basis) for the account of the Lenders from the Closing Date. |
Leverage Ratio |
Commitment Fee | |||
³ 4.25 to 1.0 |
0.35% | |||
<4.25 to 1.0 but ³ 3.50 to 1.0 |
0.30% | |||
<3.50 to 1.0 but ³ 2.75 to 1.0 |
0.25% | |||
<2.75 to 1.0 but >2.00 to 1.0 |
0.20% | |||
<2.00 to 1.0 |
0.15% |
Delayed Draw Ticking Fee : | The Borrower shall pay to the Lenders under the Term Loan A Facility a ticking fee equal to the then applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the undrawn portion of the Term Loan A Facility, accruing beginning on the Closing Date (the Delayed Draw Ticking Fee ). The Delayed Draw Ticking Fee shall accrue until the date that is earlier of (x) the date that all of the Term Loan A Facility has been drawn and/or commitments thereunder terminated and (y) the Delayed Draw Termination Date. |
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The Delayed Draw Ticking Fee shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last business day of each of March, June, September and December, calculated based upon the actual number of days elapsed over a 360 day year and shall be distributed to the Lenders under the Term Loan A Facility pro rata in accordance with the amount of each such Lenders commitments in respect of the Term Loan A Facility. | ||
Letter of Credit Fees: | Borrower will pay the Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility letter of credit participation fees equal to the Applicable Margin for LIBOR Loans under the Revolving Credit Facility, in each case, on the undrawn amount of all outstanding letters of credit. In addition, Borrower will pay the Issuing Bank customary issuance fees. | |
Mandatory Prepayments: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to changes requested by the Borrower and mutually agreed. | |
Optional Prepayments: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement, permitted in whole or in part, with prior notice but without premium or penalty (other than as set forth below and except LIBOR breakage costs) and including accrued and unpaid interest, subject to limitations as to minimum amounts of prepayments. | |
The Borrower shall pay a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of any voluntary prepayment or mandatory prepayment with the proceeds of debt in connection with a refinancing (or amendment) of the Term Loan B Facility occurring prior to 6 months after the Closing Date which results in a lower effective yield than the Term Loan B Facility. | ||
Application of Prepayments: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Guarantees: | To be provided by each of the Borrowers material wholly-owned domestic subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions. | |
Security: | Same as the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Conditions to Initial Borrowings: | Conditions precedent to initial borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities will include those set forth in the Commitment and Engagement Letter and in Annex B. | |
Conditions to Each Borrowing: | Conditions precedent to each borrowing or issuance under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities (including the initial borrowing) will be consistent with the Existing Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, (1) the absence of any continuing default or event of default and (2) the accuracy of all representations and warranties. | |
Representations and Warranties: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement and including a representation as to the accuracy of the Beneficial Ownership |
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Certification as of the Closing Date, subject to changes requested by the Borrower and mutually agreed. | ||
Affirmative Covenants: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement and including a covenant as to compliance with the Beneficial Ownership Regulation (including updating the Administrative Agent regarding changes to beneficial ownership within time periods to be agreed), subject to changes requested by the Borrower and mutually agreed. | |
Negative Covenants: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to changes requested by the Borrower and mutually agreed; provided that the Bank Documentation will permit (i) the incurrence of indebtedness if, after giving effect to the incurrence of such indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof, (a) in the case of indebtedness secured by liens on the collateral that is pari passu with the liens securing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio does not exceed 3.50:1.00, (b) in the case of indebtedness secured by liens on the collateral that is junior to the liens securing the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Leverage Ratio (to be defined in a manner substantially similar to such definition (including its component definitions) in the Existing Credit Agreement but including a cap on cash netting equal to $750.0 million) does not exceed 4.25:1:00, and (c) in the case of unsecured indebtedness, the Leverage Ratio does not exceed 4.50:1:00, in each case, subject to customary terms and conditions, and (ii) Restricted Payments (a) unlimited Restricted Payments if the Leverage Ratio would be less than or equal to 4.00:100, (b) the repurchase of the common stock of the Borrower in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,200.0 million and (c) a general Restricted Payments basket in an aggregate amount not to exceed $750.0 million, in each case, subject to the absence of any continuing default or event of default. | |
Financial Covenants: | A maximum Leverage Ratio to be set at a level of (x) for any measurement period ending through December 31, 2022, 5.00:1.00 and (y) thereafter, 4.50:1.00; provided that, in the case of clause (y) only, the level shall increase to 5.00:1.00 for the 12 month period following a Material Acquisition (to be defined in a manner to be agreed). | |
Events of Default: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement, subject to changes requested by the Borrower and mutually agreed. | |
Assignments and Participations: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Expenses and Indemnification: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
Yield Protection, Taxes and Other Deductions: |
As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. |
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Voting: | As set forth in the Existing Credit Agreement. | |
EU Bail-In: | The Bank Documentation will contain customary EU Bail-In provisions. | |
ERISA: | The Bank Documentation will contain customary Lender ERISA representations. | |
Governing Law and Forum: | The laws of the State of New York. Each party to the Bank Documentation will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in The City of New York. | |
Counsel to the Lead Arrangers, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent: |
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP . |
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EXHIBIT B
CONDITIONS
The availability of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, in addition to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A, shall be subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given in said Exhibit.
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The Bank Documentation shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto in a form satisfactory to the Commitment Parties. |
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The Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all reasonable fees and invoiced out-of-pocket expenses required to be paid on or before the Closing Date. |
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The Borrower shall have obtained commitments from a group of Lenders satisfactory to the Lead Arrangers with respect to the Senior Secured Credit Facilities on the terms set forth herein and in the Fee Letter such that, when taken together with the commitments of the Commitment Parties with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan A Facility, such commitments are equal to the full amount of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities. |
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All government and third party approvals necessary in connection with the financing contemplated hereby and the continuing operations of the Borrower shall have been obtained. |
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All filings, recordations and searches and the execution and delivery of all documents and instruments necessary to establish that the Collateral Agent will have a perfected first priority security (subject to permitted liens) interest in the collateral under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities shall have been made to the extent required in the Bank Documentation. |
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The Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall have received such legal opinions (including opinions from counsel to the Borrower and from such local counsel as may be required by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent), certificates (including a chief financial officers solvency certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), documents and other instruments as are customary for transactions of this type or as it may reasonably request. |
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The Borrower shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, at its expense, corporate credit or family ratings of the Borrower after giving effect to the Transactions and monitored public ratings of the Senior Secured Credit Facilities from Moodys Investors Service ( Moodys ) and Standard & Poors Ratings Group ( S&P ) on or prior to the launch of general syndication. The Borrower shall participate actively in the process of securing such ratings, including having senior management of the Borrower meet with such rating agencies. |
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(a) The Administrative Agent and each Commitment Party shall have received, at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, to the extent reasonably requested by the Lenders at least 10 days prior to the Closing Date, and (b) if the Borrower qualifies as a legal entity customer under 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230 and the relevant Administrative Agent has provided the Borrower the name of each requesting Lender and its electronic delivery requirements at least 10 business days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent and each such Lender requesting a Beneficial Ownership Certification (which request is made through the relevant Administrative Agent) will have received, at least three business days prior to the Closing Date, the Beneficial Ownership Certification in relation to the Borrower. |
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Prior to the initial borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, the Term Loan A, Term Loan B and Term Loan A-2 under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been repaid. Prior to or substantially simultaneously with the initial borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facilities, borrowings under the revolver under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been repaid and the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated. |
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Exhibit (d)(22)
DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |||
Address: |
«Address_1» «City», «State» «Zip» |
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Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |||
Number of Units: | «RSU_Award» | |||
Vesting Schedule: | «RSU_Vesting_1» | |||
«RSU_Vesting_2» | ||||
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |||
Plan ID#: | FVA3 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By accepting this award, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc.
Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
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DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) of «RSU_Award» restricted stock units (Restricted Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Vesting Conditions. This Award of Restricted Stock Units shall vest as indicated on the Vesting Schedule on the front page.
3. Conversion of Restricted Stock Units and Stock Issuance. One share of Common Stock (each a Share) will become issuable to Grantee for each Restricted Stock Unit that vests on each vesting date, subject to any reduction in the number Shares pursuant to Section 6 below, with such Shares to be distributed to the Grantee within 60 days following the applicable vesting date or vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B. The number of Shares issuable to Grantee, after any reduction pursuant to Section 6 , shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Restricted Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Restricted Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for benefit of Grantee.
6. Taxes
(a) Generally. Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability.
(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. If the Company determines in its sole discretion that the vesting of the Award may result in any domestic or foreign tax withholding obligation, whether federal, state or local, including any social tax obligation (the Tax Withholding Obligation), Grantee must arrange for the satisfaction of the minimum amount of such Tax Withholding Obligation in a manner acceptable to the Company. Grantee may choose to satisfy Grantees tax obligation in either of the following manners:
(i) By Sale of Shares . Unless Grantee chooses to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation by some other means in accordance with clause (ii) below, Grantees acceptance of this Award constitutes Grantees instruction and authorization to the Company and any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to withhold or sell on Grantees behalf a whole number of Shares from those
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Shares issuable to Grantee as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation. Such Shares will be sold on the day the tax Withholding Obligation arises or as soon thereafter as practicable. Grantee will be responsible for all brokers fees and other costs of sale, and Grantee agrees to indemnify and hold the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale. To the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed Grantees Tax Withholding Obligation, the Company agrees to pay such excess in cash to Grantee through payroll or otherwise as soon as practicable. Grantee acknowledges that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy Grantees Tax Withholding Obligation. Accordingly, Grantee agrees to pay to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates as soon as practicable, including through additional payroll withholding, any amount of Tax Withholding Obligation that is not satisfied by the sale of Shares described above.
(ii) By Check, Wire Transfer or Other Means . At any time not less than ten (10) business days before any Tax Withholding Obligation arises, Grantee may notify the Company of Grantees intent to make separate cash payment to satisfy Grantees Tax Withholding Obligation. If Grantee elects to satisfy Grantees Tax Withholding Obligation in this manner, Grantee will be asked to remit to the Company an amount that the Company determines is sufficient to satisfy the Tax Withholding Obligation within ten (10) business days after the Vesting Date by (a) delivery of a certified check payable to DaVita Inc. at: DaVita Inc. Attn: Dan Chandler, Director, Compensation, P.O. Box 2076, Tacoma, Washington 98401-2076, or such other address as the Company may from time to time direct, (b) wire transfer to such account as the Company may direct, or (c) such other means as the Company may establish or permit. If Grantee does not remit this amount to the Company within twenty (20) business days after the Vesting Date, the Company reserves the right to satisfy Grantees Tax Withholding Obligation in the manner set out under paragraph (i) above in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Tax Withholding Obligation that occurs during a period when transactions in the Companys stock cannot be initiated except pursuant to a trading plan in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 created under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (e.g., a Company designated blackout period), no election pursuant to this clause (ii) may be made and the Tax Withholding Obligation shall automatically be settled pursuant to the procedure described in clause (i) above.
(c) Right to Retain Shares. The Company will have the right to defer the issuance of any Shares to Grantee until Grantee satisfies the Tax Withholding Obligation.
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel
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all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the entire Award may vest immediately. The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which full vesting would occur are set forth in Exhibit B .
12. [Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[ Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an employee of the Company and for the Non Compete Term (3 mo. Manager, 6 mo. Director, 1 yr. VP and above) period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
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(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
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(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to be exempt from or meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code in a manner permissible under the Plan.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
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If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting Awards
Change of Control Vesting
The Award shall automatically vest in its entirety (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control (defined below) if the Acquiror (defined below) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) other than for Cause (defined below) or, if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any; provided, however, that if the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then in the case of clause (i), if the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled in accordance with its normal vesting schedule or, if earlier and to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, Grantees termination of employment, provided that the Grantee has not satisfied the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting as of the date of such termination, and in the case of clause (ii), if the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Grantee satisfies the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting, then the vested Award shall be settled upon the vesting dates on which the vested Award is scheduled to be settled under the Rule of 65.
Change of Control means:
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 50% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 50% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consist of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
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Cause means: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company.
Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall vest and shall be settled in accordance with its normal vesting schedule set forth on the cover page of the Agreement; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control is a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then the vested Award shall be settled upon such Change of Control to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences by Section 409A of the Code. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Grantees termination of employment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the number of Shares eligible for vesting shall be prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees termination of employment divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
Death or Disability
In the event of the Grantees death or Disability while employed by the Company and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such death or Disability, the Award shall vest and be settled within 60 days following such death or Disability.
Disability mean that the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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Exhibit (d)(23)
DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Performance Stock Units Agreement (this Agreement) is entered into effective as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |||
Address: | «Address_1» | |||
«City», «State» «Zip» | ||||
Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |||
Performance Conditions: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |||
Vesting Conditions: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |||
Vesting Dates: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |||
Number of Units: | «PSU_Award» | |||
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |||
Plan ID#: | FVA3 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By signing below, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc.
Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
Grantee
«Grantee» |
Note: Please mark and initial any correction to the Grantees name and/or Address shown on this page before returning a signed copy of this Agreement to Michelle Burkart, Manager, Compensation (the Stock Plan Administrator).
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Performance Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) «PSU_Award» performance-based restricted stock units (Performance Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the performance and vesting conditions set forth in this Agreement. The number of Performance Stock Units specified in this Agreement reflects the target number of Units that may be earned by Grantee.
2. Performance and Vesting Conditions. The number of Units that may be earned by and for which shares of Common Stock (Shares) become issuable to Grantee (the Earned Units) shall be based upon the achievement of the performance criteria as reviewed and approved by the Committee and reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Goals) over the performance periods reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Periods) and the remaining terms of this Agreement (the Vesting Conditions). The determination by the Committee with respect to the achievement of the Performance Goals shall be made as soon as administratively practicable following the Performance Period after all necessary Company information is available. The specific date on which such determination is formally made and approved by the Committee is referred to as the Determination Date.
3. Conversion of Performance Stock Units and Stock Issuance. To the extent that the Committee determines on the Determination Date that some or all of the Performance Goals have been achieved, then as of each Vesting Date specified on Exhibit B (each, a Vesting Date) that Grantee satisfies the Vesting Conditions or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (but in any event no later than 60 days following the applicable Vesting Date or the vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B), the Company shall issue the number of Shares issuable to Grantee (the Shares), for the Earned Units determined by the Committee on the Determination Date pursuant to its determination of the level of achievement of the Performance Goals, subject to Section 6 below.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Performance Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Performance Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for the benefit of Grantee.
6. Taxes
(a) Generally. Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability.
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(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any shares upon vesting of the Award, the Grantee shall, upon request by the Company, pay to the Company such amount of cash as the Company may be required, under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations, to withhold and pay over as income or other withholding taxes (the Required Tax Payments ) with respect to the Award. If the Grantee shall fail to advance the Required Tax Payments, the Company may, in its discretion, deduct any Required Tax Payments from any amount then or thereafter payable by the Company to the Grantee or withhold Shares. If the Grantee is subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Grantee may elect to satisfy his or her obligation to advance the Required Tax Payments by any of the following means: (1) a cash payment to the Company; (2) delivery to the Company (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) of previously owned whole Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments; (3) authorizing the Company to sell or withhold from the Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award, a number of whole Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the Required Tax Payments; or (4) any combination of (1), (2) and (3). If the Grantee is not subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, the Grantee may select from such methods to satisfy the Required Tax Payments as are acceptable to the Company. Shares to be delivered or withheld may not have a Fair Market Value in excess of the minimum amount of the Required Tax Payments; provided , however , that if a fraction of a Share would be required to satisfy the minimum statutory withholding taxes, then the number of Shares to be delivered or withheld may be rounded up to the next nearest whole Share. No Shares shall be delivered until the Required Tax Payments have been satisfied in full.
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
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11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the number of Earned Units that are assigned to each Performance Goal issuable shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition, as set forth in Exhibit B .
12. [Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[(a) Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an Employee, and for the 12 month period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person ) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit
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Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to
(i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security
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(which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to meet the requirements of or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the non-exempt deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
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15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Shares issuable under this Performance Share Units award will be determined based on the level of performance achieved on specified performance conditions. Except as set forth in this Exhibit B or the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, vesting in the right to receive the number of Shares so determined shall be contingent on Grantees continued employment by the Company on the Vesting Date indicated for each performance condition listed below.
[INSERT PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS]
For purposes of this Exhibit, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
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Change of Control : Change of Control shall mean: |
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 40% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 40% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consists of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
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Cause : Cause shall mean: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company. |
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Change of Control Vesting
In the event of a Change of Control (defined herein), this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety upon the earlier of the following two events: (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control if the Acquiror (defined herein) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) (a) other than for Cause (defined below) or (b) if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any; provided, however, that if the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A, then in the case of clause (i), if the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled upon its normal Vesting Dates or, if earlier and to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, Grantees termination of employment, provided that the Grantee has not satisfied the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting as of the date of such termination, and in the case of clause (ii), if the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Grantee satisfies the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting, then the vested Award shall be settled, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, upon the Vesting Dates on which the vested Award is scheduled to be settled under the Rule of 65. In the event of such accelerated vesting due to a Change of Control, the number of Shares issuable for the Condition Target PSUs assigned to the performance conditions described in Section A. shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition described in Section B. below.
Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall vest and shall be settled on its normal Vesting Dates; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control is a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then the vested Award shall be settled upon such Change of Control to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences by Section 409A of the Code, with the number of Shares issuable as determined above under Change of Control Vesting. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Grantees termination of employment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the number of Condition Target PSUs eligible for vesting shall be prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees termination of employment divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
Death or Disability
In the event of the Grantees death or Disability while employed by the Company and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such death or Disability, the Condition Target PSUs shall vest and be settled within 60 days following such death or Disability (or, if later and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, within 60 days following the conclusion of the performance period applicable to the underlying performance goals).
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Disability mean that the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
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TSR means the Companys total shareholder return, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Share Value by (ii) the Opening Average Share Value. |
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Index Total Return means the total return of the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Index Value by (ii) the Opening Average Index Value. |
Example : An illustrative example of TSR and Index Total Return calculations for a hypothetical company and performance period is attached at the end of this Exhibit.
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Opening Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of a companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Opening Average Period. |
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Opening Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Opening Average Period means the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2018. |
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Accumulated Shares means, for a given trading day, the sum of (i) one (1) share and (ii) a cumulative number of shares of the companys common stock purchased with dividends declared on a companys common stock, assuming same day reinvestment of the dividends in the common stock of a company at the closing price on the ex-dividend date, for ex-dividend dates between the first day of the Opening Average Period and the trading day. |
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Closing Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Closing Average Period. |
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Closing Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Closing Average Period means (i) in the absence of a Change of Control, (a) for the First Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2021 or (b) for the Second Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2022; or (ii) in the case of a Change of Control, the trading days during the period beginning thirty (30) calendar days prior to the Change of Control and ending on the Accelerated End Date. |
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Accelerated End Date means the date five (5) calendar days (or such shorter period as may be established by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) prior to the Change of Control. |
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The following example illustrates the calculation of TSR for a hypothetical company with only quarterly dividends and the calculation of the Index Total Return with a performance period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2014. For the purposes of the example, the Opening Average Period is the trading days in December 2013 and the Closing Average Period is the trading days in March 2014.
Hypothetical company
Opening Average Share Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | $50.09 | ||||
Closing Average Share Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | $51.69 | ||||
TSR |
103.19% |
Accum. | Share | Accum. | Share | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/31/2013 | $ | 51.05 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.15 | 3/31/2014 | $ | 52.01 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/30/2013 | $ | 51.11 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.22 | 3/28/2014 | $ | 51.83 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/27/2013 | $ | 51.18 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.29 | 3/27/2014 | $ | 51.31 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/26/2013 | $ | 51.00 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.10 | 3/26/2014 | $ | 51.55 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/24/2013 | $ | 51.28 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.39 | 3/25/2014 | $ | 52.01 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/23/2013 | $ | 51.24 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.35 | 3/24/2014 | $ | 51.46 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/20/2013 | $ | 51.03 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.13 | 3/21/2014 | $ | 51.72 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/19/2013 | $ | 50.36 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.46 | 3/20/2014 | $ | 52.03 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/18/2013 | $ | 50.25 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.35 | 3/19/2014 | $ | 51.33 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2013 | $ | 49.36 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.46 | 3/18/2014 | $ | 51.31 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/16/2013 | $ | 50.28 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.38 | 3/17/2014 | $ | 50.42 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/13/2013 | $ | 49.73 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.83 | 3/14/2014 | $ | 50.04 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2013 | $ | 49.42 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.52 | 3/13/2014 | $ | 50.14 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/11/2013 | $ | 48.70 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 48.80 | 3/12/2014 | $ | 51.28 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/2013 | $ | 49.30 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.40 | 3/11/2014 | $ | 51.83 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/9/2013 | $ | 49.56 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.66 | 3/10/2014 | $ | 52.27 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/6/2013 | $ | 49.55 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.65 | 3/7/2014 | $ | 52.45 | $ | 0.125 | 1.004439 | $ | 52.68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/5/2013 | $ | 48.19 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 48.29 | 3/6/2014 | $ | 52.41 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 52.52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/4/2013 | $ | 48.94 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.04 | 3/5/2014 | $ | 51.99 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 52.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/3/2013 | $ | 48.65 | $ | 0.100 | 1.002055 | $ | 48.75 | 3/4/2014 | $ | 51.30 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/2/2013 | $ | 49.71 | $ | | 1.000000 | $ | 49.71 | 3/3/2014 | $ | 50.45 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening average | $ | 50.09 | Closing average | $ | 51.69 |
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S&P 500 Total Return
Opening Average Index Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | 3,240.19 | ||||
Closing Average Index Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | 3,357.65 | ||||
Index Total Return |
103.63% |
Index | Index | |||||||||||||
Date | Value | Date | Value | |||||||||||
12/31/2013 | 3,315.59 | 3/31/2014 | 3,375.51 | |||||||||||
12/30/2013 | 3,302.30 | 3/28/2014 | 3,348.83 | |||||||||||
12/27/2013 | 3,302.66 | 3/27/2014 | 3,333.23 | |||||||||||
12/26/2013 | 3,303.15 | 3/26/2014 | 3,339.00 | |||||||||||
12/24/2013 | 3,287.55 | 3/25/2014 | 3,362.44 | |||||||||||
12/23/2013 | 3,277.62 | 3/24/2014 | 3,347.36 | |||||||||||
12/20/2013 | 3,259.79 | 3/21/2014 | 3,363.72 | |||||||||||
12/19/2013 | 3,244.15 | 3/20/2014 | 3,373.60 | |||||||||||
12/18/2013 | 3,245.59 | 3/19/2014 | 3,353.29 | |||||||||||
12/17/2013 | 3,192.33 | 3/18/2014 | 3,373.98 | |||||||||||
12/16/2013 | 3,202.22 | 3/17/2014 | 3,349.71 | |||||||||||
12/13/2013 | 3,182.07 | 3/14/2014 | 3,317.81 | |||||||||||
12/12/2013 | 3,182.33 | 3/13/2014 | 3,327.11 | |||||||||||
12/11/2013 | 3,193.52 | 3/12/2014 | 3,366.07 | |||||||||||
12/10/2013 | 3,229.72 | 3/11/2014 | 3,364.17 | |||||||||||
12/9/2013 | 3,239.99 | 3/10/2014 | 3,381.22 | |||||||||||
12/6/2013 | 3,233.99 | 3/7/2014 | 3,382.57 | |||||||||||
12/5/2013 | 3,197.76 | 3/6/2014 | 3,380.49 | |||||||||||
12/4/2013 | 3,211.59 | 3/5/2014 | 3,374.10 | |||||||||||
12/3/2013 | 3,214.95 | 3/4/2014 | 3,373.64 | |||||||||||
12/2/2013 | 3,225.06 | 3/3/2014 | 3,322.85 | |||||||||||
Opening average | 3,240.19 | Closing average | 3,357.65 |
Based on the above TSR and Index Total Return calculations, the Percent of Condition Target PSUs is calculated as follows:
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 100% + 2x(Hypothetical Company TSR Index Total Return)
= 100% + 2x(103.19% - 103.63%)
=100% + 2x(-0.44%)
=100% - 0.88%
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 99.12%
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Exhibit (d)(24)
DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |
Address: | «Address_1» | |
«City», «State» «Zip» | ||
Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |
Base Shares: | «SSAR_Award» | |
Base Price per Share: | $«Base_Price» | |
Vesting Schedule: | «SSAR_Vesting_1» | |
«SSAR_Vesting_2» | ||
Expiration Date: | «Expiration_Date» | |
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |
Plan ID#: | 2011 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By accepting this award, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc.
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Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
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DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights Award
The Company hereby grants to Grantee an award of stock appreciation rights (Award) covering «SSAR_Award» shares (Base Shares) of Common Stock, pursuant to which the Grantee shall be eligible to receive a number of shares (Gain Shares) of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date and the base price of $«Base_Price» per share (Base Price) subject to Grantees fulfillment of the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Term of Stock Appreciation Rights Award
(a) This Award shall be effective for the period (Term) from the Grant Date shown above through «Expiration_Date» (Expiration Date).
(b) In the case of the termination of Grantees employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (Severance), the date upon which the Award shall terminate shall be determined based on the following:
(i) If Grantee dies while employed by the Company or during the three (3) month period immediately subsequent to his or her Severance, the Award shall terminate one (1) year from the date of the Severance.
(ii) If Grantee was disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) at the time of his or her Severance, the Award shall terminate one (1) year following the Severance.
(iii) If the Grantee satisfies the requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting (as described in Exhibit B attached hereto) at the time of his or her Severance and such Severance is not for Cause (as defined in Exhibit B attached hereto), the Award shall terminate on the Expiration Date.
(iv) In all other cases, the Award shall terminate three (3) months following the Severance.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Award shall terminate no later than the Expiration Date, regardless of whether or not Grantee remains in the employ of the Company.
(c) If Grantee is transferred between the Company and a subsidiary thereof, or vice versa, or between subsidiaries, Severance shall not be deemed to have occurred.
(d) If the Company determines in its sole direction that there has been a meaningful reduction in Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation has also been reduced for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of the Award.
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3. Exercisability
(a) The Base Shares subject to this Award shall become exercisable (vest) on the dates indicated under the Vesting Schedule such that this Award shall be fully exercisable on the last date listed on the table, provided, however, that such vesting shall cease at the time of Grantees Severance; provided, further, that the Award shall continue to vest on the dates indicated in the Vesting Schedule if (i) the Grantee satisfies the requirements of Rule of 65 vesting (as set forth on Exhibit B ) at the time of his or her Severance and his or her Severance is other than for Cause or (ii) the Grantees Severance is due to death or disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of death or such termination.
(b) These installments shall be cumulative, so that this Award may be exercised as to any or all of the Base Shares covered by an installment at any time or times after the installment becomes vested and until this Award terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, as such term is defined in Exhibit B attached hereto, the entire Award may vest immediately. The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which full vesting would occur upon a Change in Control are set forth in Exhibit B .
(d) Except as otherwise provided for herein, Grantees Severance shall not accelerate the number of Base Shares with respect to which an Award may be exercised.
(e) If vested Base Shares remain unexercised at the close of business on the day prior to the Expiration Date (or the preceding trading day if the Expiration Date is not a trading day), and if the Award has an in-money value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more (computed as the number of vested but unexercised Base Shares remaining under the Award multiplied by the excess of the closing price of the Common Stock on that day prior to the Expiration Date over the Awards Base Price per Share) (the Minimum Exercise Spread), this Award will be automatically exercised on the Expiration Date with respect to all shares exercisable and all resulting Gain Shares will be sold by the Company on Grantees behalf as soon as administratively practicable on or after the Expiration Date, with the Company withholding sale proceeds sufficient to remit required withholding taxes to tax authorities and distributing the remaining proceeds to Grantee. If the Minimum Exercise Spread is not satisfied, the Company will not automatically exercise any portion of the Award and the unexercised portion of the Award will expire at the close of business on the Expiration Date.
This procedure to automatically exercise an Award on the Expiration Date is provided as a protection against inadvertent expiration of an Award, including during a period when the Award might not otherwise be exercisable. Because any exercise of an Award is the Grantees responsibility, the Grantee hereby waives any claims he or she might have against the Company or any of its employees or agents if an automatic exercise of an Award does not occur for any reason and the Award expires. For avoidance of doubt, Grantee may exercise any exercisable portion of the Award prior to the time that an automatic exercise might occur pursuant to this provision, but the Company is not obligated to automatically exercise any portion of this Award at or after Grantees termination for Cause, as such term is defined in Exhibit B attached hereto.
4. Method of Exercising
This Award may be automatically exercised pursuant to Section 3(e), or by Grantee upon delivery of the following documents to the Company at its principal executive offices, or as otherwise required in accordance with a broker-assisted cashless exercise program:
(a) Written notice, in the form of a completed exercise election form, specifying the number of Base Shares with respect to which the Award is being exercised;
(b) Such agreements or undertakings that are required by the Committee pursuant to the Plan; and
(c) Provision for the payment of any taxes (including withholding taxes), which may be required by the Company.
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Upon execution of an automatic exercise and sale pursuant to Section 3(e), the Company will reduce the cash to be issued to Grantee by an amount equal to all taxes (including Federal, state, local and social taxes) required to be withheld by the Company (at their minimum withholding levels).
5. Settlement of Award
Upon exercise of the Award, in whole or in part, the Company shall:
(a) provide for the registration in book-entry form for Grantees benefit of the Gain Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number, and which may be reduced by any Gain Shares required to be withheld or sold on behalf of Grantee to satisfy tax withholding requirements), or
(b) deliver to Grantee a stock certificate representing the Gain Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number, and which may be reduced by any Gain Shares required to be withheld or sold on behalf of Grantee to satisfy tax withholding requirements).
6. Clawback Provision
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from exercise of this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 6 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
7. Assignments
(a) Subject to Section 7(b) below, this Award shall be exercisable only by Grantee during Grantees lifetime. In the event of Grantees death while still employed by the Company or during the three (3) month period immediately subsequent to his or her Severance, this Award may be exercised by any of Grantees executor, heirs or administrator to whom this Award may have been assigned or transferred.
(b) The rights of Grantee under this Award may not be assigned or transferred except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
8. No Rights as a Stockholder
Grantee shall have no rights as a stockholder of any Base Shares or Gain Shares unless and until the Gain Shares are issued to Grantee upon the exercise of the Award.
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9. Interpretation of Award
(a) This Award is granted under the provisions of the Plan and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with it.
(b) Any provision in this Award inconsistent with the Plan shall be superseded and governed by the Plan .
(c) For all purposes under this Award, employment by the Company shall include employment by the Company or any subsidiary thereof.
(d) This Award shall be subject to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or any subsidiary thereof to the extent permissible under the Plan.
10. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares
Grantee acknowledges that any Gain Shares issued upon exercise of this Award may be subject to such transfer restrictions that prohibit any transfer, pledge, sale or disposition of the Gain Shares as the Company may deem necessary to comply with all applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations.
11. Amendments
Except as provided in Section 2(d) above, this Award may be amended at any time with the consent of the Company and Grantee.
12. [ Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[(a) Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an employee of the Company and for the Non Compete Term (3 mo. Manager, 6 mo. Director, 1 yr. VP and above) period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
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Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management service organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person); (ii) hire any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
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(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time within (a) the Term, or (b) one (1) year after Severance, whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b), (ii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iii) is convicted of a felony; (iv) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (v) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any gain realized by Grantee from exercising all or a portion of this Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 6 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 6 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
13. Compliance
It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 13 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 13, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
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14. Compliance with Law
No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered for a Gain Share unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
15. Electronic Delivery and Execution
You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement.
Electronic Delivery . The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Change of Control Vesting
The Award shall automatically vest in its entirety (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control (defined below) if the Acquiror (defined below) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) other than for Cause (defined below) or, if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any.
Change of Control means:
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 50% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 50% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consist of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
Cause means: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company.
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Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall become exercisable on its normal vesting dates set forth on the cover page of the Agreement; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced, then the vested Award shall automatically vest upon such Change of Control. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Severance occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the Award shall continue to vest and become exercisable in accordance with its scheduled vesting dates, but on a prorated basis, with the number of Base Shares eligible for vesting prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees Severance divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
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Exhibit (d)(25)
DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |||
Address: | «Address_1» | |||
«City», «State» «Zip» | ||||
Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |||
Number of Units: | «RSU_Award» | |||
Vesting Schedule: | «RSU_Vesting_1» | |||
«RSU_Vesting_2» | ||||
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |||
Plan ID#: | FVA3 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By accepting this award, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc. |
Eric G. Severson |
Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) of «RSU_Award» restricted stock units (Restricted Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Vesting Conditions. This Award of Restricted Stock Units shall vest as indicated on the Vesting Schedule on the front page.
3. Conversion of Restricted Stock Units and Stock Issuance. One share of Common Stock (each a Share) will become issuable to Grantee for each Restricted Stock Unit that vests on each vesting date, subject to any reduction in the number Shares pursuant to Section 6 below, with such Shares to be distributed to the Grantee within 60 days following the applicable vesting date or vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B. The number of Shares issuable to Grantee, after any reduction pursuant to Section 6 , shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Restricted Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Restricted Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for benefit of Grantee.
6. Taxes
(a) Generally. Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations (the Required Tax Payments ) owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability.
(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any Shares upon vesting of the Award, the Grantee shall satisfy the Required Tax Payments by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award a whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments, with the number of Shares withheld rounded up to the nearest whole Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (or, in the case of a Grantee subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Committee) may, in its sole discretion, establish alternative methods for the Grantee to satisfy the Required Tax Payments, which may include, without limitation, a cash payment, proceeds from the sale of Shares otherwise issuable to Grantee, or delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole Shares, in each case, having an aggregate value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the Required Tax Payments.
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the entire Award may vest immediately. The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which full vesting would occur are set forth in Exhibit B .
12. [Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
(a) [Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an employee of the Company and for the Non Compete Term (3 mo. Manager, 6 mo. Director, 1 yr. VP and above) period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives
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such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to be exempt from or meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code in a manner permissible under the Plan.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting Awards
Change of Control Vesting
The Award shall automatically vest in its entirety (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control (defined below) if the Acquiror (defined below) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) other than for Cause (defined below) or, if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any; provided, however, that if the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then in the case of clause (i), if the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled in accordance with its normal vesting schedule or, if earlier and to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, Grantees termination of employment, provided that the Grantee has not satisfied the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting as of the date of such termination, and in the case of clause (ii), if the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Grantee satisfies the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting, then the vested Award shall be settled upon the vesting dates on which the vested Award is scheduled to be settled under the Rule of 65.
Change of Control means:
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 50% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 50% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consist of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
Cause means: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company.
Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall vest and shall be settled in accordance with its normal vesting schedule set forth on the cover page of the Agreement; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control is a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then the vested Award shall be settled upon such Change of Control to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences by Section 409A of the Code. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Grantees termination of employment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the number of Shares eligible for vesting shall be prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees termination of employment divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
Death or Disability
In the event of the Grantees death or Disability while employed by the Company and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such death or Disability, the Award shall vest and be settled within 60 days following such death or Disability.
Disability mean that the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Exhibit (d)(26)
DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Performance Stock Units Agreement (this Agreement) is entered into effective as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |
Address: | «Address_1» | |
«City», «State» «Zip» | ||
Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |
Performance Conditions: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |
Vesting Conditions: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |
Vesting Dates: | As indicated on Exhibit B | |
Number of Units: | «PSU_Award» | |
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |
Plan ID#: | FVA3 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By signing below, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc. | Grantee | |||||
Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Performance Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) «PSU_Award» performance-based restricted stock units (Performance Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the performance and vesting conditions set forth in this Agreement. The number of Performance Stock Units specified in this Agreement reflects the target number of Units that may be earned by Grantee.
2. Performance and Vesting Conditions. The number of Units that may be earned by and for which shares of Common Stock (Shares) become issuable to Grantee (the Earned Units) shall be based upon the achievement of the performance criteria as reviewed and approved by the Committee and reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Goals) over the performance periods reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Periods) and the remaining terms of this Agreement (the Vesting Conditions). The determination by the Committee with respect to the achievement of the Performance Goals shall be made as soon as administratively practicable following the Performance Period after all necessary Company information is available. The specific date on which such determination is formally made and approved by the Committee is referred to as the Determination Date.
3. Conversion of Performance Stock Units and Stock Issuance. To the extent that the Committee determines on the Determination Date that some or all of the Performance Goals have been achieved, then as of each Vesting Date specified on Exhibit B (each, a Vesting Date) that Grantee satisfies the Vesting Conditions or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (but in any event no later than 60 days following the applicable Vesting Date or the vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B), the Company shall issue the number of Shares issuable to Grantee (the Shares), for the Earned Units determined by the Committee on the Determination Date pursuant to its determination of the level of achievement of the Performance Goals, subject to Section 6 below.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Performance Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Performance Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for the benefit of Grantee.
6. Taxes
(a) Generally . Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations (the Required Tax Payments ) owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability.
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(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any Shares upon vesting of the Award, the Grantee shall satisfy the Required Tax Payments by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award a whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments, with the number of Shares withheld rounded up to the nearest whole Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (or, in the case of a Grantee subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Committee) may, in its sole discretion, establish alternative methods for the Grantee to satisfy the Required Tax Payments, which may include, without limitation, a cash payment, proceeds from the sale of Shares otherwise issuable to Grantee, or delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole Shares, in each case, having an aggregate value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the Required Tax Payments.
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the number of Earned Units that are assigned to each Performance Goal issuable shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition, as set forth in Exhibit B .
12. [Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[(a) Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an Employee, and for the 12 month period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed
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during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person ) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
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(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to
(i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
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13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to meet the requirements of or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the non-exempt deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Shares issuable under this Performance Share Units award will be determined based on the level of performance achieved on specified performance conditions. Except as set forth in this Exhibit B or the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, vesting in the right to receive the number of Shares so determined shall be contingent on Grantees continued employment by the Company on the Vesting Date indicated for each performance condition listed below.
For purposes of this Exhibit, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
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Change of Control : Change of Control shall mean: |
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 40% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 40% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consists of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
Cause :
Cause shall mean: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company.
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Change of Control Vesting
In the event of a Change of Control (defined herein), this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety upon the earlier of the following two events: (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control if the Acquiror (defined herein) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) (a) other than for Cause (defined below) or (b) if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any; provided, however, that if the Award constitutes nonqualified deferred compensation within the meaning of Section 409A, then in the case of clause (i), if the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code or to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled upon its normal Vesting Dates or, if earlier and to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code, Grantees termination of employment, provided that the Grantee has not satisfied the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting as of the date of such termination, and in the case of clause (ii), if the Change of Control was not a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code and the Grantee satisfies the age and service requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting, then the vested Award shall be settled, to the extent required by Section 409A of the Code, upon the Vesting Dates on which the vested Award is scheduled to be settled under the Rule of 65. In the event of such accelerated vesting due to a Change of Control, the number of Shares issuable for the Condition Target PSUs assigned to the performance conditions described in Section A. shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition described in Section B. below.
Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall vest and shall be settled on its normal Vesting Dates; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced and the Change of Control is a change in control event within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then the vested Award shall be settled upon such Change of Control to the extent permitted without adverse tax consequences by Section 409A of the Code, with the number of Shares issuable as determined above under Change of Control Vesting. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Grantees termination of employment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the number of Condition Target PSUs eligible for vesting shall be prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees termination of employment divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
Death or Disability
In the event of the Grantees death or Disability while employed by the Company and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such death or Disability, the Condition Target PSUs shall vest and be settled within 60 days following such death or Disability (or, if later and to the extent permitted under Section 409A of the Code, within 60 days following the conclusion of the performance period applicable to the underlying performance goals).
Disability mean that the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
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TSR means the Companys total shareholder return, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Share Value by (ii) the Opening Average Share Value. |
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Index Total Return means the total return of the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Index Value by (ii) the Opening Average Index Value. |
Example : An illustrative example of TSR and Index Total Return calculations for a hypothetical company and performance period is attached at the end of this Exhibit.
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Opening Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of a companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Opening Average Period. |
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Opening Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Opening Average Period means the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2019. |
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Accumulated Shares means, for a given trading day, the sum of (i) one (1) share and (ii) a cumulative number of shares of the companys common stock purchased with dividends declared on a companys common stock, assuming same day reinvestment of the dividends in the common stock of a company at the closing price on the ex-dividend date, for ex-dividend dates between the first day of the Opening Average Period and the trading day. |
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Closing Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Closing Average Period. |
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Closing Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Closing Average Period means (i) in the absence of a Change of Control, (a) for the First Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or (b) for the Second Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2023; or (ii) in the case of a Change of Control, the trading days during the period beginning thirty (30) calendar days prior to the Change of Control and ending on the Accelerated End Date. |
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Accelerated End Date means the date five (5) calendar days (or such shorter period as may be established by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) prior to the Change of Control. |
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The following example illustrates the calculation of TSR for a hypothetical company with only quarterly dividends and the calculation of the Index Total Return with a performance period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2014. For the purposes of the example, the Opening Average Period is the trading days in December 2013 and the Closing Average Period is the trading days in March 2014.
Hypothetical company
Opening Average Share Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | $50.09 | ||||
Closing Average Share Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | $51.69 | ||||
TSR |
103.19% |
Accum. | Share | Accum. | Share | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/31/2013 | $ | 51.05 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.15 | 3/31/2014 | $ | 52.01 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/30/2013 | $ | 51.11 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.22 | 3/28/2014 | $ | 51.83 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/27/2013 | $ | 51.18 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.29 | 3/27/2014 | $ | 51.31 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/26/2013 | $ | 51.00 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.10 | 3/26/2014 | $ | 51.55 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/24/2013 | $ | 51.28 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.39 | 3/25/2014 | $ | 52.01 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/23/2013 | $ | 51.24 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.35 | 3/24/2014 | $ | 51.46 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/20/2013 | $ | 51.03 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.13 | 3/21/2014 | $ | 51.72 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.95 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/19/2013 | $ | 50.36 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.46 | 3/20/2014 | $ | 52.03 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/18/2013 | $ | 50.25 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.35 | 3/19/2014 | $ | 51.33 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/17/2013 | $ | 49.36 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.46 | 3/18/2014 | $ | 51.31 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/16/2013 | $ | 50.28 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.38 | 3/17/2014 | $ | 50.42 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.64 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/13/2013 | $ | 49.73 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.83 | 3/14/2014 | $ | 50.04 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.26 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2013 | $ | 49.42 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.52 | 3/13/2014 | $ | 50.14 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 50.36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/11/2013 | $ | 48.70 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 48.80 | 3/12/2014 | $ | 51.28 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 51.51 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/10/2013 | $ | 49.30 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.40 | 3/11/2014 | $ | 51.83 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.06 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/9/2013 | $ | 49.56 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.66 | 3/10/2014 | $ | 52.27 | $ | | 1.004439 | $ | 52.50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/6/2013 | $ | 49.55 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.65 | 3/7/2014 | $ | 52.45 | $ | 0.125 | 1.004439 | $ | 52.68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/5/2013 | $ | 48.19 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 48.29 | 3/6/2014 | $ | 52.41 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 52.52 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/4/2013 | $ | 48.94 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 49.04 | 3/5/2014 | $ | 51.99 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 52.10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/3/2013 | $ | 48.65 | $ | 0.100 | 1.002055 | $ | 48.75 | 3/4/2014 | $ | 51.30 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 51.41 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
12/2/2013 | $ | 49.71 | $ | | 1.000000 | $ | 49.71 | 3/3/2014 | $ | 50.45 | $ | | 1.002055 | $ | 50.55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Opening average | $ | 50.09 | Closing average | $ | 51.69 |
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S&P 500 Total Return
Opening Average Index Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | 3,240.19 | ||||
Closing Average Index Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | 3,357.65 | ||||
Index Total Return |
103.63% |
Index | Index | |||||||||||||
Date | Value | Date | Value | |||||||||||
12/31/2013 | 3,315.59 | 3/31/2014 | 3,375.51 | |||||||||||
12/30/2013 | 3,302.30 | 3/28/2014 | 3,348.83 | |||||||||||
12/27/2013 | 3,302.66 | 3/27/2014 | 3,333.23 | |||||||||||
12/26/2013 | 3,303.15 | 3/26/2014 | 3,339.00 | |||||||||||
12/24/2013 | 3,287.55 | 3/25/2014 | 3,362.44 | |||||||||||
12/23/2013 | 3,277.62 | 3/24/2014 | 3,347.36 | |||||||||||
12/20/2013 | 3,259.79 | 3/21/2014 | 3,363.72 | |||||||||||
12/19/2013 | 3,244.15 | 3/20/2014 | 3,373.60 | |||||||||||
12/18/2013 | 3,245.59 | 3/19/2014 | 3,353.29 | |||||||||||
12/17/2013 | 3,192.33 | 3/18/2014 | 3,373.98 | |||||||||||
12/16/2013 | 3,202.22 | 3/17/2014 | 3,349.71 | |||||||||||
12/13/2013 | 3,182.07 | 3/14/2014 | 3,317.81 | |||||||||||
12/12/2013 | 3,182.33 | 3/13/2014 | 3,327.11 | |||||||||||
12/11/2013 | 3,193.52 | 3/12/2014 | 3,366.07 | |||||||||||
12/10/2013 | 3,229.72 | 3/11/2014 | 3,364.17 | |||||||||||
12/9/2013 | 3,239.99 | 3/10/2014 | 3,381.22 | |||||||||||
12/6/2013 | 3,233.99 | 3/7/2014 | 3,382.57 | |||||||||||
12/5/2013 | 3,197.76 | 3/6/2014 | 3,380.49 | |||||||||||
12/4/2013 | 3,211.59 | 3/5/2014 | 3,374.10 | |||||||||||
12/3/2013 | 3,214.95 | 3/4/2014 | 3,373.64 | |||||||||||
12/2/2013 | 3,225.06 | 3/3/2014 | 3,322.85 | |||||||||||
Opening average | 3,240.19 | Closing average | 3,357.65 |
Based on the above TSR and Index Total Return calculations, the Percent of Condition Target PSUs is calculated as follows:
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 100% + 2x(Hypothetical Company TSR Index Total Return)
= 100% + 2x(103.19% - 103.63%)
=100% + 2x(-0.44%)
=100% - 0.88%
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 99.12%
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Exhibit (d)(27)
DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |
Address: | «Address_1» | |
«City», «State» «Zip» | ||
Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |
Base Shares: | «SSAR_Award» | |
Base Price per Share: | $«Base_Price» | |
Vesting Schedule: | «SSAR_Vesting_1» | |
«SSAR_Vesting_2» | ||
Expiration Date: | «Expiration_Date» | |
Plan Name: | 2011 Incentive Award Plan | |
Plan ID#: | 2011 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By accepting this Award, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
DaVita Inc.
Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
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DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights Award
The Company hereby grants to Grantee an award of stock appreciation rights (Award) covering «SSAR_Award» shares (Base Shares) of Common Stock, pursuant to which the Grantee shall be eligible to receive a number of shares (Gain Shares) of Common Stock with an aggregate value equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of one share of Common Stock on the exercise date and the base price of $«Base_Price» per share (Base Price) subject to Grantees fulfillment of the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Term of Stock Appreciation Rights Award
(a) This Award shall be effective for the period (Term) from the Grant Date shown above through «Expiration_Date» (Expiration Date).
(b) In the case of the termination of Grantees employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary (Severance), the date upon which the Award shall terminate shall be determined based on the following:
(i) If Grantee dies while employed by the Company or during the three (3) month period immediately subsequent to his or her Severance, the Award shall terminate one (1) year from the date of the Severance.
(ii) If Grantee was disabled (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code) at the time of his or her Severance, the Award shall terminate one (1) year following the Severance.
(iii) If the Grantee satisfies the requirements for Rule of 65 Vesting (as described in Exhibit B attached hereto) at the time of his or her Severance and such Severance is not for Cause (as defined in Exhibit B attached hereto), the Award shall terminate on the Expiration Date.
(iv) In all other cases, the Award shall terminate three (3) months following the Severance.
(v) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Award shall terminate no later than the Expiration Date, regardless of whether or not Grantee remains in the employ of the Company.
(c) If Grantee is transferred between the Company and a subsidiary thereof, or vice versa, or between subsidiaries, Severance shall not be deemed to have occurred.
(d) If the Company determines in its sole direction that there has been a meaningful reduction in Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation has also been reduced for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of the Award.
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3. Exercisability
(a) The Base Shares subject to this Award shall become exercisable (vest) on the dates indicated under the Vesting Schedule such that this Award shall be fully exercisable on the last date listed on the table, provided, however, that such vesting shall cease at the time of Grantees Severance; provided, further, that, if the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of death or termination, then (i) the Award shall continue to vest on the dates indicated in the Vesting Schedule if the Grantee satisfies the requirements of Rule of 65 vesting (as set forth on Exhibit B ) at the time of his or her Severance and his or her Severance is other than for Cause or (ii) the entire Award shall vest immediately upon the Grantees Severance due to death or disability (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code). The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which vesting would occur upon death, disability or Rule of 65 are set forth in Exhibit B .
(b) These installments shall be cumulative, so that this Award may be exercised as to any or all of the Base Shares covered by an installment at any time or times after the installment becomes vested and until this Award terminates.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control, as such term is defined in Exhibit B attached hereto, the entire Award may vest immediately. The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which full vesting would occur upon a Change in Control are set forth in Exhibit B .
(d) Except as otherwise provided for herein, Grantees Severance shall not accelerate the number of Base Shares with respect to which an Award may be exercised.
(e) If vested Base Shares remain unexercised at the close of business on the day prior to the Expiration Date (or the preceding trading day if the Expiration Date is not a trading day), and if the Award has an in-money value of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) or more (computed as the number of vested but unexercised Base Shares remaining under the Award multiplied by the excess of the closing price of the Common Stock on that day prior to the Expiration Date over the Awards Base Price per Share) (the Minimum Exercise Spread), this Award will be automatically exercised in full on the Expiration Date with respect to all shares exercisable, with the required withholding taxes to be paid in accordance with Section 5(b). If the Minimum Exercise Spread is not satisfied, the Company will not automatically exercise any portion of the Award and the unexercised portion of the Award will expire at the close of business on the Expiration Date.
This procedure to automatically exercise an Award on the Expiration Date is provided as a protection against inadvertent expiration of an Award, including during a period when the Award might not otherwise be exercisable. Because any exercise of an Award is the Grantees responsibility, the Grantee hereby waives any claims he or she might have against the Company or any of its employees or agents if an automatic exercise of an Award does not occur for any reason and the Award expires. For avoidance of doubt, Grantee may exercise any exercisable portion of the Award prior to the time that an automatic exercise might occur pursuant to this provision, but the Company is not obligated to automatically exercise any portion of this Award at or after Grantees termination for Cause, as such term is defined in Exhibit B attached hereto.
4. Method of Exercising
This Award may be automatically exercised pursuant to Section 3(e), or by Grantee upon delivery of the following documents to the Company at its principal executive offices, or as otherwise required in accordance with a broker-assisted cashless exercise program:
(a) Written notice, in the form of a completed exercise election form, specifying the number of Base Shares with respect to which the Award is being exercised;
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(b) Such agreements or undertakings that are required by the Committee pursuant to the Plan; and
(c) Provision for the payment of any taxes (including withholding taxes), which may be required by the Company, as described in Section 5 .
5. Taxes
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Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations (the Required Tax Payments ) owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant, vesting or exercise of the Award or the subsequent sale of the Gain Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability. |
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As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any Gain Shares upon exercise of the Award, the Grantee shall satisfy the Required Tax Payments by the Company withholding from the Gain Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award a whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments, with the number of Shares withheld rounded up to the nearest whole Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (or, in the case of a Grantee subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Committee) may, in its sole discretion, establish alternative methods for the Grantee to satisfy the Required Tax Payments, which may include, without limitation, a cash payment, proceeds from the sale of the Gain Shares otherwise issuable to Grantee, or delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole Shares, in each case, having an aggregate value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the Required Tax Payments. |
6. Settlement of Award
Upon exercise of the Award, in whole or in part, the Company shall:
(a) provide for the registration in book-entry form for Grantees benefit of the Gain Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number, and which may be reduced by any Gain Shares required to be withheld or sold on behalf of Grantee to satisfy tax withholding requirements), or
(b) deliver to Grantee a stock certificate representing the Gain Shares (rounded down to the nearest whole number, and which may be reduced by any Gain Shares required to be withheld or sold on behalf of Grantee to satisfy tax withholding requirements).
7. Clawback Provision
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from exercise of this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys
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Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 7 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
8. Assignments
(a) Subject to Section 8(b) below, this Award shall be exercisable only by Grantee during Grantees lifetime. In the event of Grantees death while still employed by the Company or during the three (3) month period immediately subsequent to his or her Severance, this Award may be exercised by any of Grantees executor, heirs or administrator to whom this Award may have been assigned or transferred.
(b) The rights of Grantee under this Award may not be assigned or transferred except by will or by the laws of descent and distribution.
9. No Rights as a Stockholder
Grantee shall have no rights as a stockholder of any Base Shares or Gain Shares unless and until the Gain Shares are issued to Grantee upon the exercise of the Award.
10. Interpretation of Award
(a) This Award is granted under the provisions of the Plan and shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with it.
(b) Any provision in this Award inconsistent with the Plan shall be superseded and governed by the Plan.
(c) For all purposes under this Award, employment by the Company shall include employment by the Company or any subsidiary thereof.
(d) This Award shall be subject to the terms of any written employment agreement between the Grantee and the Company or any subsidiary thereof to the extent permissible under the Plan.
11. Restrictions on Transfer of Shares
Grantee acknowledges that any Gain Shares issued upon exercise of this Award may be subject to such transfer restrictions that prohibit any transfer, pledge, sale or disposition of the Gain Shares as the Company may deem necessary to comply with all applicable state and federal securities laws and regulations.
12. Amendments
Except as provided in Section 2(d) above, this Award may be amended at any time with the consent of the Company and Grantee.
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13. [ Non-Competition/] 1 Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[(a) Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an employee of the Company and for the «NonCompete_Term» period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 13(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation. Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management service organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person); (ii) hire any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel
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such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure. In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time within (a) the Term, or (b) one (1) year after Severance, whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the [non-competition provision of Section 13(a); (ii) breaches the] 1 non-solicitation provision of Section 13(b), (ii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 13(c); (iii) is convicted of a felony; (iv) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (v) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any gain realized by Grantee from exercising all or a portion of this Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 13(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 7 of this Award or of the Companys
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Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 7 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 13(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
14. Compliance
It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law
No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered for a Gain Share unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
16. Electronic Delivery and Execution . You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this Award until you have accepted the terms of this Agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any online or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Stock Appreciation Rights Agreement
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting Awards
For purposes of this Exhibit, the following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth below:
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Change of Control : Change of Control shall mean: |
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 50% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 50% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consists of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
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Cause : Cause shall mean: (1) a material breach by Grantee of his or her duties and responsibilities which do not differ in any material respect from the duties and responsibilities of Grantee during the ninety (90) days immediately prior to a Change of Control (other than as a result of incapacity due to physical or mental illness) which is demonstrably willful and deliberate on Grantees part, which is committed in bad faith or without reasonable belief that such breach is in the best interests of the Company and which is not remedied in a reasonable period of time after receipt of written notice from the Company specifying such breach; (2) willful misconduct or gross negligence which results in material harm to the Company; (3) the conviction of Grantee of, or a plea of nolo contendere by Grantee to, a felony or other crime involving fraud or dishonesty; or (4) willful violation of Company policies which results in material harm to the Company. |
Change of Control Vesting
In the event of a Change of Control (defined herein), this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety upon the earlier of the following two events: (i) immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control if the Acquiror (defined herein) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award, or (ii) as of the date of termination of Grantees employment if such termination occurs within twenty-four (24) months following a Change of Control by the Company (or the Acquiror) (a) other than for Cause (defined below) or (b) if applicable, by Grantee in accordance with the termination for Good Reason provisions of Grantees employment agreement, if any.
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Rule of 65 Vesting
In the event that (i) the Grantee has remained continuously employed with the Company for at least one year from the Grant Date, (ii) the Grantee has satisfied the Rule of 65 (as defined below) at the time of his or her termination of employment and such termination of employment is not for Cause, and (iii) the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such termination of employment, then the Award shall vest and become exercisable in accordance with its normal vesting schedule set forth on the cover page of the Agreement; provided, however, that if following the Grantees termination of employment under this paragraph, there is a Change of Control and the Award is not effectively assumed, converted or replaced, then the Award shall vest and become exercisable upon such Change of Control. If the Grantee satisfies the requirements of the preceding sentence but the Grantees termination of employment occurs prior to the first anniversary of the Grant Date, then the portion of the Award eligible for vesting shall be prorated based on the number of full months from the Grant Date to the Grantees termination of employment divided by 12.
Rule of 65 means that the sum of the Grantees age and years of service equals or exceeds 65, with a minimum age of 55 and a minimum of five years of continuous service.
Death or Disability
In the event of the Grantees death or Disability while employed by the Company and the Grantee is an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act at the time of such death or Disability, the Award shall vest and become exercisable upon such death or Disability.
Disability mean that the Grantee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
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Exhibit (d)(28)
DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Restricted Stock Unit Agreement (this Agreement) is dated as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
Grantee: | «Grantee» | |
Address: |
«Address_1» «City», «State» «Zip» |
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Grant Date: | «Grant_Date» | |
Number of Units: |
«RSU_Award» |
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Vesting Schedule: |
June 1, 2020 |
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Plan Name: |
2011 Incentive Award Plan |
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Plan ID#: |
FVA3 |
This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting of Awards
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By accepting this award, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
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Eric G. Severson Chief People Officer, Kidney Care |
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DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Restricted Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) of «RSU_Award» restricted stock units (Restricted Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the vesting and other conditions set forth in this Agreement.
2. Vesting Conditions. This Award of Restricted Stock Units shall vest as indicated on the Vesting Schedule on the front page.
3. Conversion of Restricted Stock Units and Stock Issuance. One share of Common Stock (each a Share) will become issuable to Grantee for each Restricted Stock Unit that vests on the vesting date, subject to any reduction in the number Shares pursuant to Section 6 below, with such Shares to be distributed to the Grantee within 60 days following the vesting date or vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B. The number of Shares issuable to Grantee, after any reduction pursuant to Section 6, shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Shares.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment or similar agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Restricted Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment or similar agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Restricted Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for benefit of Grantee.
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Taxes |
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Generally. Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations (the Required Tax Payments ) owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability. |
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Payment of Withholding Taxes. As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any Shares upon vesting of the Award, the Grantee shall satisfy the Required Tax Payments by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award a whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the |
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obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments, with the number of Shares withheld rounded up to the nearest whole Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (or, in the case of a Grantee subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Committee) may, in its sole discretion, establish alternative methods for the Grantee to satisfy the Required Tax Payments, which may include, without limitation, a cash payment, proceeds from the sale of Shares otherwise issuable to Grantee, or delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole Shares, in each case, having an aggregate value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the Required Tax Payments. |
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the entire Award may vest immediately. The specific provisions regarding circumstances in which full vesting would occur are set forth in Exhibit B .
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Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an employee of the Company and for the Non Compete Term (3 mo. Manager, 6 mo. Director, 1 yr. VP and above) period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any
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of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.
(b) Non-Solicitation. Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
(c) Non-Disclosure. In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion,
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credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
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13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to be exempt from or meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code in a manner permissible under the Plan.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
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16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Restricted Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Events Causing Full Vesting Awards
Change of Control Vesting
In the event of a Change of Control (defined herein), this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control if the Acquiror (defined herein) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award; provided, however, that to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled upon its normal vesting date.
Termination involuntarily without Cause or due to resignation for Good Reason, death or Disability
In the event that Grantees employment with the Company terminates involuntarily without Cause or due to Grantees resignation for Good Reason, death or Disability (each as defined in the Employment Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2008 and amended effective December 31, 2014 and August 20, 2018, between the Company and Grantee, and as clarified by Grantees Executive Chairman Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2019 (the Executive Chairman Agreement)), prior to the vesting date, this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety upon such termination and shall be settled within 60 days following such termination, subject to Grantees (or Grantees estates) execution of a release agreement, as contemplated by the Executive Chairman Agreement.
Change of Control means:
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly-owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 50% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 50% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consist of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
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Exhibit (d)(29)
DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement under the
DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan
and Long-Term Incentive Program
This Performance Stock Units Agreement (this Agreement) is entered into effective as of the Grant Date indicated below by and between DaVita Inc., a Delaware corporation (formerly known as DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc., and referred to herein as the Company) and the Grantee pursuant to the DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. 2011 Incentive Award Plan , as amended and restated (the Plan).
Primary Terms
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As indicated on Exhibit B |
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This Agreement includes this cover page and the following Exhibits, which are expressly incorporated by reference in their entirety herein:
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
Grantee hereby expressly acknowledges and agrees that he or she is an employee at will and may be terminated by the Company or its applicable Affiliate at any time, with or without cause. By signing below, Grantee hereby acknowledges he or she has a copy of the Plan, and accepts and agrees to the terms and provisions of this Agreement and the Plan. Capitalized terms that are used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Plan.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Grantee have executed this Agreement effective as of the Grant Date.
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Note: Please mark and initial any correction to the Grantees name and/or Address shown on this page before returning a signed copy of this Agreement to Michelle Burkart, Manager, Compensation (the Stock Plan Administrator).
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit A General Terms and Conditions
For valuable consideration, the receipt of which is acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Grant of Performance Stock Units. The Company hereby grants to Grantee this award (the Award) «PSU_Award» performance-based restricted stock units (Performance Stock Units or Units) under the Plan, subject to adjustment, forfeiture and the other terms and conditions set forth below. This Award represents Grantees right to receive shares of common stock of the Company (Common Stock), subject to Grantees fulfillment of the performance and vesting conditions set forth in this Agreement. The number of Performance Stock Units specified in this Agreement reflects the target number of Units that may be earned by Grantee.
2. Performance and Vesting Conditions. The number of Units that may be earned by and for which shares of Common Stock (Shares) become issuable to Grantee (the Earned Units) shall be based upon the achievement of the performance criteria as reviewed and approved by the Committee and reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Goals) over the performance periods reflected in Exhibit B (the Performance Periods) and the remaining terms of this Agreement (the Vesting Conditions). The determination by the Committee with respect to the achievement of the Performance Goals shall be made as soon as administratively practicable following the Performance Period after all necessary Company information is available. The specific date on which such determination is formally made and approved by the Committee is referred to as the Determination Date.
3. Conversion of Performance Stock Units and Stock Issuance. To the extent that the Committee determines on the Determination Date that some or all of the Performance Goals have been achieved, then as of each Vesting Date specified on Exhibit B (each, a Vesting Date) that Grantee satisfies the Vesting Conditions or as soon as administratively practicable thereafter (but in any event no later than 60 days following the applicable Vesting Date or the vesting event, subject to Section 13 below and Exhibit B), the Company shall issue the number of Shares issuable to Grantee (the Shares), for the Earned Units determined by the Committee on the Determination Date pursuant to its determination of the level of achievement of the Performance Goals, subject to Section 6 below.
4. Termination of Employment. Except as set forth in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment or similar agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Performance Stock Units will cease vesting upon the date Grantees employment with the Company or any Affiliate is terminated for any reason. Upon the date that Grantee ceases being an Employee for any reason other than as expressly contemplated in Exhibit B or pursuant to the terms of any written employment or similar agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, Grantee will forfeit his or her right to any unvested Performance Stock Units.
5. Rights to Shares. Grantee shall not have any rights to the Shares subject to the Award, including without limitation, voting rights and rights to dividends, unless and until the Shares shall have been issued by the Company and held of record by or for the benefit of Grantee.
6. Taxes
(a) Generally. Grantee is ultimately liable and responsible for all taxes under all applicable federal, state, local or other laws or regulations (the Required Tax Payments ) owed in connection with the Award, regardless of any action the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates takes with respect to any tax withholding obligations that arise in connection with the Award. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates makes any representation or undertaking regarding the treatment of any tax withholding in connection with the grant or vesting of the Award or the subsequent sale of Shares issuable pursuant to the Award. The Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates do not commit and are under no obligation to structure the Award to reduce or eliminate Grantees tax liability.
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(b) Payment of Withholding Taxes. As a condition precedent to the delivery to the Grantee of any Shares upon vesting of the Award, the Grantee shall satisfy the Required Tax Payments by the Company withholding from the Shares otherwise to be delivered to the Grantee pursuant to the Award a whole number of Shares having a Fair Market Value, determined as of the date the obligation to withhold or pay taxes first arises in connection with the Award (the Tax Date ), equal to the Required Tax Payments, with the number of Shares withheld rounded up to the nearest whole Share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company (or, in the case of a Grantee subject to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), the Committee) may, in its sole discretion, establish alternative methods for the Grantee to satisfy the Required Tax Payments, which may include, without limitation, a cash payment, proceeds from the sale of Shares otherwise issuable to Grantee, or delivery (either actual delivery or by attestation procedures established by the Company) to the Company of previously owned whole Shares, in each case, having an aggregate value, determined as of the Tax Date, equal to the amount necessary to satisfy the Required Tax Payments.
7. Assignment. Grantees interest in this Award may not be assigned or alienated, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
8. Meaningful Reduction in Responsibilities . If there is a meaningful reduction, determined in the Companys sole discretion, in both Grantees duties and responsibilities and the level of Grantees regular cash compensation for an extended or indefinite period of time, the Company reserves the right to unilaterally revoke some or all of the unvested portion of this Award.
9. Clawback Provision. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement to the contrary, Grantee shall be subject to the written policies of the Companys Board of Directors as well as laws and regulations applicable to Company executives, including without limitation any Board policy relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation arising from this Award, and rules adopted pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Act, and any other Board policy, law or regulation relating to recoupment or clawback of compensation that may exist from time to time during Grantees employment by the Company and thereafter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantee and this Award shall be subject to the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy approved by the Companys Board of Directors on December 5, 2014 as the same may be amended from time to time, including certain provisions thereof that would allow the Company to recover any value conferred upon Grantee by this Award and/or cancel all or a part of this Award in the event of any significant misconduct (as defined in such policy) by Grantee or a subordinate employee of Grantee, if Grantee is at the level of Senior Vice President or above in the Companys domestic dialysis business, or in a role that provides support to the Companys domestic dialysis business. The provisions of this Section 9 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
10. Amendments. Except as otherwise provided in Section 8, this Agreement and the Award may be amended only by means of a written document signed by both Grantee and the Company.
11. Change of Control of the Company. In the event of a Change of Control, the number of Earned Units that are assigned to each Performance Goal issuable shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition, as set forth in Exhibit B .
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12. [Non-Competition/]Non-Solicitation/Non-Disclosure
[(a) Non-Competition . Grantee acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive nature of the business of the Company and accordingly agrees that while Grantee is an Employee, and for the 12 month period following termination of such relationship for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary) (the Restricted Period), Grantee shall not, as an employee, independent contractor, consultant, or in any other form, prepare to provide or provide any of the same or similar services that Grantee performed during his/her employment with or service to the Company for any other individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, independent practice association, management services organization, or any other entity (collectively, Person ) that competes in any way with the area of business of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, in which Grantee worked and/or performed services. For purposes of the above, preparing to provide any of the same or similar services includes, but is not limited to, planning with any Person on how best to compete with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or discussing the Companys, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates business plans or strategies with any Person.
Grantee further agrees that during the Restricted Period, Grantee shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise engage in, act for, or act on behalf of any Person (other than the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates) engaged in any activity that Grantee was responsible for during Grantees employment with or engagement by the Company where such activity is similar to or competitive with the activities carried on by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
Grantee acknowledges that during the Restricted Period, Grantee may be exposed to confidential information and/or trade secrets relating to business areas of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates that are different from and in addition to the areas in which Grantee primarily works for the Company (the Additional Protected Areas of Business). As a result, Grantee agrees he/she shall not own, manage, control, operate, invest in, acquire an interest in, or otherwise act for, act on behalf, or provide the same or similar services to, any Person that engages in the Additional Protected Areas of Business.
Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the geographical limitations and duration of this covenant not to compete are reasonable.
To the extent that the provisions of this Section 12(a) conflict with any other agreement signed by Grantee relating to non-competition, the provisions that are most protective of the Companys, and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, interests shall govern.] 1
(b) Non-Solicitation . Grantee agrees that during the term of his/her employment and/or service to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and for the one-year period following the termination of his/her employment and/or service for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), Grantee shall not (i) solicit any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work for any Person; (ii) hire any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iii) take any action that may reasonably result in any of the Companys or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates employees going to work (as an employee or an independent contractor) for any Person; (iv) induce any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, either individually or collectively, to patronize any competing business; (v) request or advise any patient, customer, or supplier of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vi) enter into any contract the purpose or result of which would benefit Grantee if any patient or customer of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, were to withdraw, curtail, or cancel such persons business with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (vii) solicit, induce, or encourage any physician (or former physician) affiliated with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or induce or encourage any other person under contract with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, to curtail or terminate such persons affiliation or contractual relationship with the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; or (viii) disclose to any Person the names or addresses of any patient or customer of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates.
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(c) Non-Disclosure . In addition, Grantee agrees not to disclose or use for his or her own benefit or purposes or for the benefit or purposes of any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential information relating to customers, development, programs, costs, marketing, trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (Information); provided, however, the foregoing shall not apply to (i) Information which is not unique to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates; (ii) Information which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of Grantees breach of this covenant; or (iii) disclosure that is required by any applicable law, rule or regulation. If Grantee receives such a request to produce Information in his or her possession, Grantee shall provide the Company reasonable advance notice, in writing, prior to producing said Information, so as to give the Company reasonable time to object to Grantee producing said Information. Grantee also agrees that Grantee will not become employed by or enter into service with any Person other than the Company and any of its subsidiaries or affiliates in which Grantee will be obligated to disclose or use any Information, or where such disclosure would be inevitable because of the nature of the position. Grantee shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any Federal or State trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that: (1) is made (a) in confidence to a Federal, State, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (b) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (2) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Disclosures to attorneys, made under seal, or pursuant to court order are also protected in certain circumstances under 18 U.S.C. § 1833.
(d) Nothing in this Agreement (including with respect to Confidential Information, Trade Secrets, and other obligations) is intended to be or will be construed to prevent, impede, or interfere with Grantees right to respond accurately and fully to any question, inquiry, or request for information regarding Grantees employment with the Company when required by legal process by a Federal, State or other legal authority, or from initiating communications directly with, or responding to any inquiry from, or providing truthful testimony and information to, any Federal, State, or other regulatory authority in the course of an investigation or proceeding authorized by law and carried out by such agency. Grantee is not required to contact the Company regarding the subject matter of any such communications before Grantee engages in such communications. In addition, nothing in this Agreement is intended to restrict Grantees legally protected right to discuss wages, hours or other working conditions with co-workers or in any way limit Grantees rights under the National Labor Relations Act or any whistleblower act.
(e) If, at any time (a) while Grantee is an employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (b) within one (1) year after termination of Grantees employment with the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates for any reason (whether voluntary or involuntary), whichever is the latest, Grantee (i) breaches the non-competition provision of Section 12(a); (ii) breaches the non-solicitation provision of Section 12(b); (iii) breaches the non-disclosure provision of Section 12(c); (iv) is convicted of a felony; (v) has been adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction of having committed an act of fraud or dishonesty resulting or intending to result directly or indirectly in personal enrichment at the expense of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, or (vi) is excluded from participating in any federal health care program, then (1) this Agreement and the Award shall terminate effective on the date on which Grantee enters into such activity and (2) the Company may seek temporary, preliminary, and permanent injunctive relief to prevent any actual or threatened breach or continuation of any breach of this Agreement without the necessity of proving actual damages or posting a bond or other security (which Grantee hereby agrees to) and/or an order requiring Grantee to repay the Company any value, gain or other consideration received or realized by Grantee as a result of this Award or any Shares received pursuant to the Award. In the event of any conflict between the language of this Section 12(e), on the one hand, and the language of Section 9 of this Award or of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy as the same may be amended from time to time, on the other hand, the language of Section 9 of this Award and of the Companys Incentive Compensation Clawback Policy shall be controlling. The provisions of this Section 12(e) are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies (as defined herein below), or any laws or regulations.
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13. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement and the Award are intended to meet the requirements of or be exempt from Section 409A of the Code, as applicable, and shall be interpreted and construed consistent with that intent. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that the right to any issuance of Shares or payment to Grantee hereunder provides for the non-exempt deferral of compensation within the meaning of Section 409A(d)(1) of the Code that is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the issuance or payment shall be made in accordance with the following:
If Grantee is a specified employee within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code on the date of Grantees separation from service within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code (the Separation Date), then no such issuance of Shares or payment shall be made during the period beginning on the Separation Date and ending on the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, on the date of Grantees death, if the earlier making of such issuance of Shares or payment would result in tax penalties being imposed on Grantee under Section 409A of the Code. The amount of any issuance of Shares or payment that would otherwise be made during this period shall instead be made on the first business day following the date that is six months following the Separation Date or, if earlier, the date of Grantees death. If the Grantee is subject to an employment or other agreement that specifies a time and form of payment that differs from the time and form of payment set forth in Exhibit B, then this Award shall be settled in accordance with such employment or other agreement to the extent required to comply with Section 409A of the Code.
14. Compliance. It is understood and agreed upon that at all times Grantee will act in full compliance with the Companys Code of Conduct, Policies and Procedures, JV Compliance Handbook, MDA Compliance Handbook, Gift Policy and the credentialing process (collectively, the Policies).
Grantee may not improperly use something of value to attempt to induce or actually induce, either directly or indirectly, a patient to switch to, or continue to receive, treatment at a Company facility center in violation of the Policies. Inducement may include paying a patient, providing gifts, or otherwise providing something of value to a patient to switch to, or continue to receive treatment at a Company facility center. Grantee also may not attempt to induce or actually induce a referral source with something of value to obtain referrals in violation of the Policies.
If Grantees conduct, whether related to the Award granted under this Agreement or otherwise, violates the requirements of the immediately preceding two paragraphs, then Grantee will forfeit any unvested portion of the Award granted under this Agreement and be subject to immediate disciplinary action, up to and including termination. The provisions of this Section 14 are in addition to and not in lieu of any other remedies available to the Company in the event Grantee violates the Policies, or any laws or regulations.
If at any time Grantee has questions or concerns about the provisions in this Section 14, or suspects any improper conduct related to this initiative, Grantee should immediately contact his or her supervisor or Team Quest. Grantee also may anonymously and confidentially call the Companys Compliance Hotline at 888-458-5848.
15. Compliance with Law. No shares of Common Stock shall be issued and delivered pursuant to a Unit unless and until all applicable registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, all applicable listing requirements of any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed, and all other requirements of law or of any regulatory bodies having jurisdiction over such issuance and delivery, shall have been complied with. In particular, the Committee may require certain investment (or other) representations and undertakings in connection with the issuance of securities in connection with the Plan in order to comply with applicable law.
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If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be unenforceable or invalid under any applicable law, such provision will be applied to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, and shall automatically be deemed amended in a manner consistent with its objectives to the extent necessary to conform to any limitations required under applicable law. Furthermore, if any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal under any applicable law, such provision shall be null and void to the extent necessary to comply with applicable law, but the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
16. Electronic Delivery and Execution. You will not be able to initiate any stock transactions related to this award until you have accepted the terms of this award agreement. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to this Award or future awards made under the Plan by electronic means or request Participants consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and, if requested, agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or another third party designated by the Company.
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit B Performance and Vesting Conditions
Shares issuable under this Performance Share Units award will be determined based on the level of performance achieved on specified performance conditions. Except as set forth in this Exhibit B or the terms of any written employment or similar agreement between the Grantee and the Company or a Subsidiary thereof in effect on the Grant Date, vesting in the right to receive the number of Shares so determined shall be contingent on Grantees continued employment by the Company on the Vesting Date indicated for each performance condition listed below.
For purposes of this Exhibit, the following term shall have the meaning set forth below:
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Change of Control : Change of Control shall mean: |
(i) any transaction or series of transactions in which any person or group (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act and Sections 13(d) and 14(d) under the Exchange Act) becomes the direct or indirect beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), by way of a stock issuance, tender offer, merger, consolidation, other business combination or otherwise, of greater than 50% of the total voting power (on a fully diluted basis as if all convertible securities had been converted and all warrants and options had been exercised) entitled to vote in the election of directors of the Company (including any transaction in which the Company becomes a wholly owned or majority-owned subsidiary of another corporation);
(ii) any merger or consolidation or reorganization in which the Company does not survive;
(iii) any merger or consolidation in which the Company survives, but the shares of the Companys Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation represent 40% or less of the voting power of the Company after such merger or consolidation; or
(iv) any transaction in which more than 40% of the Companys assets are sold;
provided, however, that no transaction contemplated by clauses (i) through (iv) above shall constitute a Change of Control if both (x) the person acting as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company for the six months prior to such transaction becomes the Chief Executive Officer or the Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of the entity that has acquired control of the Company as a result of such transaction (the Acquiror) immediately after such transaction and remains the Chief Executive Officer or Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for not less than one year following the transaction and (y) a majority of the Acquirors board of directors immediately after such transaction consists of persons who were directors of the Company immediately prior to such transaction.
Change of Control Vesting
In the event of a Change of Control (defined herein), this Award shall automatically vest in its entirety immediately prior to the effective date of a Change of Control if the Acquiror (defined herein) fails to assume, convert or replace this Award; provided, however, that to the extent distribution would not be permissible under Section 409A of the Code without adverse tax consequences, then the vested Award shall be settled upon its normal Vesting Dates. In the event of such accelerated vesting due to a Change of Control, the number of Shares issuable for the Condition Target PSUs assigned to the performance conditions described in Section A. shall be determined as specified in the Relative Total Shareholder Return performance condition described in Section B. below.
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Termination involuntarily without Cause or due to resignation for Good Reason, death or Disability
In the event that Grantees employment with the Company terminates involuntarily without Cause or due to Grantees resignation for Good Reason, death or Disability (each as defined in the Employment Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2008 and amended effective December 31, 2014 and August 20, 2018, between the Company and Grantee, and as clarified by the Grantees Executive Chairman Agreement, dated as of April 29, 2019 (the Executive Chairman Agreement)), prior to June 1, 2020, the Performance Share Units shall remain eligible to vest (subject to satisfaction of the applicable performance conditions) to the same extent as if Grantee had remained employed through the Vesting Date for each performance condition, in each case, subject to Grantees (or Grantees estates) execution of a release agreement, as contemplated by the Executive Chairman Agreement. To the extent that the Performance Share Units become vested, they will be settled within 60 days following the normal Vesting Dates.
[INSERT PERFORMANCE CONDITIONS]
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DaVita Inc.
Performance Stock Units Agreement
Exhibit C Calculation of Relative Total Shareholder Return
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TSR means the Companys total shareholder return, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Share Value by (ii) the Opening Average Share Value. |
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Index Total Return means the total return of the Standard & Poors 500 Stock Index, which will be calculated by dividing (i) the Closing Average Index Value by (ii) the Opening Average Index Value. |
Example : An illustrative example of TSR and Index Total Return calculations for a hypothetical company and performance period is attached at the end of this Exhibit.
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Opening Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of a companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Opening Average Period. |
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Opening Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Opening Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Opening Average Period means the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2019. |
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Accumulated Shares means, for a given trading day, the sum of (i) one (1) share and (ii) a cumulative number of shares of the companys common stock purchased with dividends declared on a companys common stock, assuming same day reinvestment of the dividends in the common stock of a company at the closing price on the ex-dividend date, for ex-dividend dates between the first day of the Opening Average Period and the trading day. |
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Closing Average Share Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the companys stock multiplied by the Accumulated Shares for each trading day during the Closing Average Period. |
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Closing Average Index Value means the average, over the trading days in the Closing Average Period, of the closing price of the S&P 500 Total Return Stock Index (S&P Capital IQ symbol ^SP500TR). |
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Closing Average Period means (i) in the absence of a Change of Control, (a) for the First Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2022 or (b) for the Second Tranche, the trading days during the three months ended March 31, 2023; or (ii) in the case of a Change of Control, the trading days during the period beginning thirty (30) calendar days prior to the Change of Control and ending on the Accelerated End Date. |
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Accelerated End Date means the date five (5) calendar days (or such shorter period as may be established by the Compensation Committee in its sole discretion) prior to the Change of Control. |
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The following example illustrates the calculation of TSR for a hypothetical company with only quarterly dividends and the calculation of the Index Total Return with a performance period beginning January 1, 2014 and ending March 31, 2014. For the purposes of the example, the Opening Average Period is the trading days in December 2013 and the Closing Average Period is the trading days in March 2014.
Hypothetical company
Opening Average Share Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | $50.09 | ||||
Closing Average Share Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | $51.69 | ||||
TSR |
103.19% |
Accum. | Share | Accum. | Share | |||||||||||||||
Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | Date | Close | Ex-Div. | Shares | Value | |||||||||
12/31/2013 |
$ 51.05 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.15 | 3/31/2014 | $ 52.01 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.24 | |||||||||
12/30/2013 |
$ 51.11 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.22 | 3/28/2014 | $ 51.83 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.06 | |||||||||
12/27/2013 |
$ 51.18 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.29 | 3/27/2014 | $ 51.31 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.54 | |||||||||
12/26/2013 |
$ 51.00 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.10 | 3/26/2014 | $ 51.55 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.78 | |||||||||
12/24/2013 |
$ 51.28 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.39 | 3/25/2014 | $ 52.01 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.24 | |||||||||
12/23/2013 |
$ 51.24 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.35 | 3/24/2014 | $ 51.46 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.69 | |||||||||
12/20/2013 |
$ 51.03 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.13 | 3/21/2014 | $ 51.72 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.95 | |||||||||
12/19/2013 |
$ 50.36 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 50.46 | 3/20/2014 | $ 52.03 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.26 | |||||||||
12/18/2013 |
$ 50.25 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 50.35 | 3/19/2014 | $ 51.33 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.56 | |||||||||
12/17/2013 |
$ 49.36 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.46 | 3/18/2014 | $ 51.31 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.54 | |||||||||
12/16/2013 |
$ 50.28 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 50.38 | 3/17/2014 | $ 50.42 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 50.64 | |||||||||
12/13/2013 |
$ 49.73 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.83 | 3/14/2014 | $ 50.04 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 50.26 | |||||||||
12/12/2013 |
$ 49.42 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.52 | 3/13/2014 | $ 50.14 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 50.36 | |||||||||
12/11/2013 |
$ 48.70 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 48.80 | 3/12/2014 | $ 51.28 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 51.51 | |||||||||
12/10/2013 |
$ 49.30 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.40 | 3/11/2014 | $ 51.83 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.06 | |||||||||
12/9/2013 |
$ 49.56 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.66 | 3/10/2014 | $ 52.27 | $ | 1.004439 | $ 52.50 | |||||||||
12/6/2013 |
$ 49.55 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.65 | 3/7/2014 | $ 52.45 | $ 0.125 | 1.004439 | $ 52.68 | |||||||||
12/5/2013 |
$ 48.19 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 48.29 | 3/6/2014 | $ 52.41 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 52.52 | |||||||||
12/4/2013 |
$ 48.94 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 49.04 | 3/5/2014 | $ 51.99 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 52.10 | |||||||||
12/3/2013 |
$ 48.65 | $ 0.100 | 1.002055 | $ 48.75 | 3/4/2014 | $ 51.30 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 51.41 | |||||||||
12/2/2013 |
$ 49.71 | $ | 1.000000 | $ 49.71 | 3/3/2014 | $ 50.45 | $ | 1.002055 | $ 50.55 | |||||||||
Opening average | $ 50.09 | Closing average | $ 51.69 |
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S&P 500 Total Return
Opening Average Index Value |
(12/1/2013 12/31/2013) | 3,240.19 | ||||||
Closing Average Index Value |
( 3/1/2014 3/31/2014) | 3,357.65 | ||||||
Index Total Return |
103.63% |
Index | Index | |||||||||||||
Date | Value | Date | Value | |||||||||||
12/31/2013 | 3,315.59 | 3/31/2014 | 3,375.51 | |||||||||||
12/30/2013 | 3,302.30 | 3/28/2014 | 3,348.83 | |||||||||||
12/27/2013 | 3,302.66 | 3/27/2014 | 3,333.23 | |||||||||||
12/26/2013 | 3,303.15 | 3/26/2014 | 3,339.00 | |||||||||||
12/24/2013 | 3,287.55 | 3/25/2014 | 3,362.44 | |||||||||||
12/23/2013 | 3,277.62 | 3/24/2014 | 3,347.36 | |||||||||||
12/20/2013 | 3,259.79 | 3/21/2014 | 3,363.72 | |||||||||||
12/19/2013 | 3,244.15 | 3/20/2014 | 3,373.60 | |||||||||||
12/18/2013 | 3,245.59 | 3/19/2014 | 3,353.29 | |||||||||||
12/17/2013 | 3,192.33 | 3/18/2014 | 3,373.98 | |||||||||||
12/16/2013 | 3,202.22 | 3/17/2014 | 3,349.71 | |||||||||||
12/13/2013 | 3,182.07 | 3/14/2014 | 3,317.81 | |||||||||||
12/12/2013 | 3,182.33 | 3/13/2014 | 3,327.11 | |||||||||||
12/11/2013 | 3,193.52 | 3/12/2014 | 3,366.07 | |||||||||||
12/10/2013 | 3,229.72 | 3/11/2014 | 3,364.17 | |||||||||||
12/9/2013 | 3,239.99 | 3/10/2014 | 3,381.22 | |||||||||||
12/6/2013 | 3,233.99 | 3/7/2014 | 3,382.57 | |||||||||||
12/5/2013 | 3,197.76 | 3/6/2014 | 3,380.49 | |||||||||||
12/4/2013 | 3,211.59 | 3/5/2014 | 3,374.10 | |||||||||||
12/3/2013 | 3,214.95 | 3/4/2014 | 3,373.64 | |||||||||||
12/2/2013 | 3,225.06 | 3/3/2014 | 3,322.85 | |||||||||||
Opening average | 3,240.19 | Closing average | 3,357.65 |
Based on the above TSR and Index Total Return calculations, the Percent of Condition Target PSUs is calculated as follows:
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 100% + 2x(Hypothetical Company TSR Index Total Return)
= 100% + 2x(103.19% - 103.63%)
=100% + 2x(-0.44%)
=100% - 0.88%
Percent of Condition Target PSUs = 99.12%
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