CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS
Consulting and Advisory Arrangements
A number of our executive officers currently provide services to
Aveta Health, a related company controlled by Daniel E. Straus,
and other related companies that are managed by members of TSG,
or by Daniel E. Straus, one of our principal stockholders and
chairman of our board of directors, with costs allocated between
Aveta Health and us based on an agreed upon allocation of the
time spent by such executive officers on various matters. We
have entered into a services agreement with Aveta Health for one
year following the closing of the private placement offering on
December 29, 2005 pursuant to which we make
Messrs. Dunn, Kamins and Malton and their staff available
to provide Aveta Health with support as requested by it for
business development, tax, legal, treasury and other corporate
services in exchange for reimbursement by Aveta Health of our
costs for such services.
Lease for Corporate Office
On December 1, 2005, we entered into a lease for
approximately 10,000 square feet of office space in an
office building located in Fort Lee, New Jersey, owned by a
company controlled by Daniel E. Straus, one of our principal
stockholders and Chairman of our board of directors. The lease
has a
10-year
term that
expires on November 30, 2015 and provides for a base rent
of $27,533.33 per month that commenced on December 1,
2005 and will increase on an annual basis to $35,924.66 per
month during the last year of the lease scheduled to commence on
December 1, 2014, plus a proportionate share of taxes,
insurance, common area charges and other operating costs. In
addition, we have agreed to pay approximately $450,000 for
tenant improvements to the office, including office space to be
used by Mr. Straus in his capacity as Chairman of our board
of directors and in his capacities for other companies. After
the third anniversary of the commencement of the lease, the
landlord has the power to terminate the lease upon 180 days
written notice to us.
Transfer of Service Mark
In December 2005, Aveta Health, a related company controlled by
Daniel E. Straus, transferred to us all of its interests in the
federally registered service marks
Aveta
®
and North American Medical
Management
®
without payment for such transfer. We have agreed that Aveta
Health may continue to use Aveta in its corporate
name and that of its subsidiaries without any payment to us.
Acquisition of NAMM
On August 22, 2005, we entered into a stock purchase
agreement under which we acquired the stock of NAMM from Aveta
Health, a related company. Certain of our stockholders,
directors and executive officers are stockholders in Aveta
Health. The purchase price of the acquisition was
$95.8 million, subject to a purchase price adjustment based
on the working capital and tangible net worth of the acquired
business at closing. We and Aveta Health agreed that this
purchase price adjustment obligation will be satisfied by our
payment of approximately $4.5 million to Aveta Health.
Timothy ODonnell, our Chief Executive Officer, received a
$1.4 million payment from Aveta Health in December 2005 in
consideration for the discharge of his contractual right with
respect to equity interests of NAMM.
A subsidiary of NAMM extended non-interest bearing loans to
Aveta Health with a balance of $7.5 million as of
December 31, 2004. These loans were forgiven in connection
with the acquisition.
Senior Credit Facility
Two of our stockholders, AG MMM, L.L.C. (through Northwood
Capital IV, V, and VI) and Redwood Master Fund, Ltd., are
members of the bank syndicate under our senior credit facility
and held approximately $12.95 million and
$6.48 million, respectively, of this indebtedness as of
December 31, 2005. The net proceeds of the private
placement offering on December 29, 2005 were used to repay
$148.0 million of the term loan under our senior credit
facility, including indebtedness held by AG MMM, L.L.C. and
Redwood Master Fund, Ltd., respectively.
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Management Services Agreement of Care Enterprises
On November 30, 2004, MMM Holdings entered into a
management services agreement with Care Enterprises I,
Inc., pursuant to which Care Enterprises I, Inc. agreed to
provide MMM Holdings with investment, strategic, financial,
accounting and administrative consulting services.
Messrs. Straus and Mark, our chairman and the chairman of
our executive committee, respectively, control Care
Enterprises I. During the year ended December 31,
2005, we paid or accrued management fees to Care
Enterprises I of $1.5 million. This agreement was
terminated on December 29, 2005.
PrimeCare of Chino Valley
Richard Shinto, M.D., the President and Chief Executive
Officer of NAMM and a licensed physician, holds 50% of the
equity interests of PrimeCare of Chino Valley. Under the
contractual arrangements between NAMM and PrimeCare of Chino
Valley, the profits and gains realized by that entity are
distributed 50% to the unaffiliated physicians and 50% to NAMM
and, in most circumstances, there are no economic returns to any
stockholders in their capacity as stockholders. In addition, if
Dr. Shinto resigns or is terminated he must transfer his
50% equity interest back to NAMM or its designee.
Aveta Health Illinois Administrative Purchase and Delegation
Agreement
Aveta Health Illinois has entered into an administrative
purchase and delegation agreement with MMM Healthcare pursuant
to which MMM Healthcare has agreed to provide Aveta Health
Illinois with accounting and marketing services and assistance
with the implementation of a prescription drug benefit plan. In
consideration for these services, MMM Healthcare will receive a
fee equal to 125% of its costs incurred under the agreement.
Relationships with Aveta Health
Members of our management team have relationships with Aveta
Health, a related company. Daniel Straus, our chairman, and
Joseph Mark, the chairman of our executive committee, have the
following related party interests with Aveta Health:
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they are also the chairman and chief operating officer,
respectively, of Aveta Health;
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they have significant indirect equity interests in Aveta Health;
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they received bonuses from Aveta Health totaling
$3.0 million in connection with the acquisition of NAMM by
us; and
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they receive compensation as employees and/or directors from
both Aveta Health and us.
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In addition, members of management of Aveta Health have
historically provided us managerial and administrative services.
Aveta Health allocated a portion of salaries and related
benefits to us for the estimated time and efforts of these
individuals, and we reimbursed Aveta Health for these amounts.
As of August 22, 2005, these employees of Aveta Health
became our employees and we allocate a portion of their salaries
and related benefits to Aveta Health for which Aveta Health
reimburses us. For the year ended December 31, 2005 and for
the three month period ended March 31, 2006, we reimbursed
Aveta Health for $553,000 and $0, respectively, of employee
costs and Aveta Health reimbursed us for $652,000 and $273,000,
respectively, of employee costs.
Purchase of Shares from our Management
Several of our executive officers and directors, including
Messrs. Dunn, Kamins, Malton, Mark, ODonnell and
Straus and entities related to Messrs. Kolatch and Roberts,
directly and/or indirectly, hold shares of our common stock. We
used a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of shares of
our common stock in the private placement offering on
December 29, 2005 and the overallotment option in
connection with the private placement exercised by the FBR in
January 2006, to purchase and retire shares of our common stock
from certain of our existing stockholders, including such
members of management, at a price per share
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equal to the net proceeds per share that we receive from the
private placement offering, after giving effect to the initial
purchasers return to us of a portion of the initial
purchasers discount. Messrs. Dunn, Kamins, Malton,
Mark, ODonnell and Straus received approximately $109,055,
$327,165, $436,219, $17,880,661 $6,096,546 and $81,104,676,
respectively, upon such repurchase. The amount repurchased from
Messrs. Straus and Mark include amounts held through their
interests in family trusts. Each of Messrs. Straus and Mark
disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of common stock
held by such trusts.
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